So previously I decided to make my piece more about music and how certain songs are personal to me. I want to incorporate this but I have decided to keep to my original idea and make the show more about the women and their narrative. To incorporate music I want to use personal songs for the transitions between characters. After working so hard on learning the dance to Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights, it seems a shame to waste the work just because my idea has changed and actually, performing the dance at the start of the piece as a pre-set works well. I can use this to create and atmosphere and lull the audience into a sense the piece will be very dance and live performance based, and then snap into a narrative driven monologue. Wuthering Heights is personal to me as it was the first song by Kate Bush that I ever listened to, to also inspired me to read the novel by Emily Bronté, which became one of my all time favourite novels.
The next song I want to incorporate is That’s All by Genesis, again the powerful voice of 80’s music supplied by Phil Collins instantly resonates with me. Not only that but the song is about a relationship that keeps going wrong. This message is perfect for setting up the scene where I personify a relationship with an exercise bike and a Dominoes pizza.
Whilst this second scene takes place, I want to make use of the typical song used to symbolise exercise, that is Physical by Olivia Newton John. This will play when I change into my costume for the second set up and begin working out on the exercise bike. Also in this section I would quite like to use the song Let it Go from Frozen, but change the lyrics to fit the internal struggle of choosing exercise or takeaway.
The transition between the second monologue and the third will feature the song Smile by Nat King Cole. This used to be my Nanna’s favourite song, and instantly reminds me of her. The orchestral sound of the song seems very old fashioned and connotes of something ending. The song is quite slow and sounds sad and thus creates the same atmosphere for the audience. As the second monologue will hopefully be very comical, this song is imperative in calming the piece down and giving it a more melancholy feel.
The final song I will use to close the show will be Your So Vain by Carly Simon. This song is personal to me as it is both my Dad and I’s favourite song. I have many memories of long car journey’s listening to this song. It has the perfect ending message for the audience to take away. Why are vain? Why are we all obsessed with the way we look. If anything this song is the real message of the piece.