Oreos for Breakfast - The CDs
First we gave you an explanation of the music in the story... so here's the companion piece: the music we write to and use as inspiration.
Oreos for Breakfast - The CDs
First we gave you an explanation of the music in the story... so here's the companion piece: the music we write to and use as inspiration.
Cake for Breakfast - Volume 1
The first CD we made with songs mentioned in this story we had just started writing, which we were actually calling "Cake for Breakfast." After we wrote the vending machine breakfast of Oreos scene, we ended up changing that title… and Oreos was born! (D'ya think we'll owe Nabisco royalties at some point?). Anyway, we actually wrote quite a bit of the story before we started putting it into chapter form and sharing it with anyone, so this list is really those songs that moved us from one point of the story to the other.
| Here
With Me - Dido Back To Your Heart - BSB Your Song - Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge Soundtrack) Palomino - Duran Duran My Lover's Gone - Dido Secret Oktober - Duran Duran Thank You - Dido Faithfully - Journey Open Arms - Journey |
The
One - BSB Don't Stop Believin' - Journey It's Gotta Be You - BSB Rock Show - Blink 182 Larger Than Life - BSB Flavor of the Week - American Hi-Fi Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz Calling All Destroyers - Tsar |
Oreos for Breakfast / Sudden Silence - Volume 2 (with bonus track)
Listen to this CD and you have basically every song that inspired the first part of Oreos for Breakfast and fueled our writing and helped shape the characters you now know and the band, Sudden Silence. Most of our inspiration came, as you can see, from That Dog and the Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack, with our favorite BSB songs thrown in for good measure!
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Long Island
- That Dog |
Everyone
- BSB Come On - Josie and the Pussycats The Call - BSB You Don't See Me - Josie and the Pussycats Annie - That Dog Minneapolis - That Dog More Than That - BSB I Wish You Well - Josie and the Pussycats Being With You - That Dog Bonus Track: I Need You Tonight - BSB (Nick!) |
Oreos for Breakfast - Volume 3
I think this CD was probably compiled when we were writing early Nick and Rachel, mostly likely the bit in the story where they meet up in Philadelphia. So these are songs that sort of inspired their characters during that period of just getting to know one another.
We've always imagined "Flavor of the Week" from Jeremy's perspective, watching Rachel falling in love with Nick. Nick, of course is the "Nintendo" boyfriend and Damon is "too stoned."
Poe's album, Haunted, is really amazing. Most of her songs above are on that CD. When we heard it for the first time, we couldn't help but think of Rachel and her dad issues. Poe recorded Haunted by interspersing clips of her late father talking into a tape recorder - to her and her family. Very emotional stuff and you'll probably see some of these songs reappear as Rachel's down the road. Haunted could be Rachel's solo album…
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Walk the
Walk - Poe |
Not
a Virgin Anymore - Poe I Wanna Be Bad - Willa Ford Hey Pretty - Poe Angry Johnny - Poe If You Stay - Backstreet Not for Me - Backstreet Control - Poe |
OFB Volume 4: "32 flavors and then some…"
This is the CD that Rachel makes for Nick in Chapter 14
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Something
Changed - Pulp |
Cowboy
Take Me Away - Dixie Chicks Open Arms - Journey Get There - Oleda Addams Stolen Car - Beth Orton 32 Flavors - Ani DiFranco For You - Tracy Chapman Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk - Rufus Wainwright |
"Lifecycle of Love"
Not really that related to Oreos, but sort of a relationship projection.
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You're A
Star - Josie and the Pussycats |
Ex-Girlfriend
- No Doubt 3 Small Words - Josie and the Pussycats You Set Me Free - Michelle Branch Gravel - Ani Difranco Girlfriend - *Nsync Simple Kind of Life - No Doubt All You Wanted |
Rockstar Baby - Chapter 18
Ahhhh… Nick's solo album is born! So are the soundtracks as we know them. Pretty much every chapter from 18 on has had a CD associated with it. Sometimes we skip a chapter because very often the material that we think will only be one chapter gets split into two. You'd think that Chapter 18 would be all sad stuff, because that's the 9/11 chapter… but we actually wrote the bulk of that chapter around the real 9/11 (writing is a good way to process life events!).
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Rockstar
Baby - Nick Carter |
Princely
Ghetto - Kay Hanley I Got You - Nick Carter Satellite - Kay Hanley Heart Without A Home - Nick Carter Faded Dress - Kay Hanley Who Needs the World - Nick Carter Galapagos - Kay Hanley |
Oreos for Breakfast - Chapter 19
Chapter 19 is where the trouble begins… there are a lot of good, bitter breakup songs on here. Ciao might be my favorite. Very obscure track featuring one of our other favorite singers, Jarvis Cocker of Pulp (*pause of a moment of silence* Seriously great music here, folks… pick up "Different Class" by Pulp and prepare to be blown away!)
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Peace Love
and Understanding - Elvis Costello |
Lie
to Me - The Pretenders Faded Dress - Kay Hanley Don't Walk Away - Nick Carter I Should Have - The Pretenders Stigmatized - The Calling Ciao - Lush featuring Jarvis Cocker These Foolish Things - Roxy Music I Go To Sleep - The Pretenders |
Oreos for Breakfast - Chapter 21
This is a very mellow CD. "Hymn to Her" is probably one of the most poignant songs I've ever heard. I just love it… it's beautiful.
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Nothing Fails
- Madonna |
Don't
Walk Away - Nick Carter One of God's Better People - Robbie Williams Between Two Worlds - Grace of My Heart soundtrack Hymn to Her - The Pretenders The Universal - Blur Hey Pretty (mix) - Poe |
Oreos for Breakfast - Chapter 23
Yay! We get to be happy again! After going through the break up and angst, it was fun to have… fun again! Meet Keith Urban… we love him, he really is the country version of Nick Carter. It's freaky!
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Lava Lamp
- Duran Duran |
Underwear
- Pulp Miss America - Nick Carter Take My Hand - Dido I'll Be - Placebo Ashtray Girl - Placebo The Universal - Blur Who Needs The World (Live) - Nick Carter Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi (Concert for NYC - Live) |
Oreos for Breakfast - Chapter 24
We had to start using JC's solo material, didn't we? And Mona Lisa's and Madhatters… wow, there's a classic Elton John song that was resurrected single-handedly by Cameron Crowe! And the last track by Ani is just so great. Doesn't really fit here, but might factor in later…
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AIDAS - JC
Chasez |
Underneath
Your Clothes - Shakira Your Body is a Wonderland - John Mayer Sand in My Shoes - Dido Running - No Doubt Yes, I Will - BSB This Land Is Mine - Dido I Got You - Nick Carter Untouchable Face - Ani Difranco |
Oreos for Breakfast - Chapter 25
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Back for
Good (live) - Robbie Williams |
Thinking
of You - JC Chasez Underneath Your Clothes (acoustic) - Shakira Angels (acoustic) - Robbie Williams Heaven from Here - Robbie Williams Driftwood - Travis Calling All Angels - Train Write to Read - Travis Queer - Garbage Rock Star - Oasis |
The CDs below aren't really soundtracks, but compilation CDs that we both use to write to, so we thought we'd throw them in here…
Untitled - November
2002
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Flavor of
the Week - American Hi-Fi |
Bed
of Roses - Bon Jovi Underneath Your Clothes - Shakira End of Forever - Nick Carter Something to Sleep To - Michelle Branch Just Like a Pill - Pink Blow Your Mind - Nick Carter 32 Flavors - Ani DiFranco |
Slower Songs to Write To
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Drowning
- BSB |
The
One - BSB Don't Want to Lose Your Now - BSB No Distance Left to Run - Blur If You Stay - BSB Answer to our Lives - BSB |
Snack Pack of Oreos - Nick and Rachel Solo
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Love to Love
- Nick Carter (demo) |
Goodbye
to You - Michelle Branch I Wish You Well - Josie and the Pussycats Final Answer - The Calling Stigmatized - The Calling You Set Me Free - Michelle Branch Heaven - Nick Carter |
Nick in Notting Hill
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She - Elvis
Costello |
End
of Forever - Nick Carter Forever Rebel - Nick Carter Payback - Nick Carter Rockstar Baby - Nick Carter Scandalicious - Nick Carter |
Countrified Oreos
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Fall Into
Me - Emerson Drive |
You Were Mine - Dixie Chicks You'll Think of Me - Keith Urban Top of the World - Dixie Chicks I Should Be Sleeping - Emerson Drive Landslide - Dixie Chicks Over My Shoulder - Emerson Drive You're Not Alone Tonight - Keith Urban Possession - Sarah McLaughlin Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) - Dixie Chicks |
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