So I don't have much writing yet...

Nov 01, 2007 22:28

but i have a soundtrack.  How's that for procrastinating with results?  and it actually fits quite well with the plot ideas I have.  (keep in mind that varying periods of time pass between each section inspired by the song / each section that the song fits with).

1. Jugo 45 (Zabranjeno Pusenje) -- Yugo '45.  End of WWII, birth of Yugoslavia -- but this song in particular is quite symbolic also of the dissolution of Yugoslavia. consider it the philosophical flashback song of the beginning of the story.
2. Sarajevo Ljubavi Moja (Kemal Monteno) -- "Sarajevo, My Love" -- when Todor goes to the big city.
3. Lipe Cvatu (Bijelo Dugme) -- literally, "the linden flowers bloom" (no, not some cheesy old inspiration for O-Zone's 'Dragostea Din Tei' years down the road).  -- Todor's inspiration for pursuing music, the blend of traditional and modern, from the well-known Bijelo Dugme.  he attempts to join such a presitigous group, but fails.
4. Pos’o, kuca, birtija (Zabranjeno Pusenje) --  "life, a house, birth" (from the line 'zivot nije posao, kuca, birtija' -- life isn't a job, a house, or [even] birth)...  when Todor realizes there's more to a dream instead of failing his expectations.
5. Ona i samo ona (Halid Beslic) -- "She and only she" -- when Todor meets Lana, who helps him pick up the pieces.
6. Ti i ja (Generacija 5) -- "you and I" -- Todor realizing he's falling for Lana (what do you expect, he's Yugoslav) ;P
7. Kazu da se ljubav zove to (Tifa) -- "They say that love is called that" -- caught up in the excitement of the winter Olympics in Sarajevo in 1984
8. Mjesecina (Dino Merlin) -- "Moonlight" -- the good times, skipping some years w/ descriptions of events in between 1985 and 1990
9. Hajde da ludujemo (Tajci) -- "let's go crazy" -- Yugoslavia's 1990 entry for Eurovision Song Competition, a title which intriguingly enough predicts how things fall into place in the next year or so in Yugoslavia....
10. Ko to tamo peva? (Bojan Tomovic) -- "Who's that singing over there?" -- a pun of sorts, as the title is the same for a Yugo film about a guy who wants to go to Belgrade, but is stopped due to various events along the way, arriving a day later than planned -- a providential day after Belgrade is bombed by the Germans.  Todor realizes the Yugoslavia he knew is no more, a fact realized all the more harshly upon Lana's death by a mortar attack.
11. She Threw It All Down The River (mentalEscape) -- an instrumental cover of the song by Yugo band Indexi.  Todor's lament of Lana.
12. Budi sam na ulici (Ekaterina Velika) -- "be alone on the street" -- Todor's low point, reflecting on what's going on to his life, his city, his country, his people.
13. Da li da odem ili ne (Bajaga) -- Balkan cover of The Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?" -- Todor's exact question, should he try to escape Sarajevo or stay.
14. Refugee (U2) -- Todor's realization of what exactly he'd be if he left, so he decides to take his chances and stay.  also at this point discovers his bitter cynicism of the Western media's views on the conflict.
15. Jutro ce promjeniti sve (Indexi) -- "morning will change everything" -- a pessimistic and yet optimistic new motto Todor adopts.  pessimistic in that there is nothing certain to count on; optimistic in that there's always the next day, if one makes it through the night.
16. Jugoslavijo (Boban) -- "Yugoslavia" -- Todor's nostalgia catches up with him, and he remembers what Yugoslavia once was, and reflects on what parts of Yugoslavia he can and should live out, keep with him, and what parts he should let die.
17. Djurdjevdan (Bijelo Dugme) -- "(St) George's Day" (traditionally a holiday more celebrated by the Rroma community; the song made popular in YU due to its SerboCroatian translation from the Romani) -- Todor's grim celebration of living through the Siege as the Dayton Accord is signed in the United States, 'signifying an end' to the conflict in the newly-created republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina. cynicism, grief, relief, uncertainty, and more flood our protagonist's mind and actions during this time, as he attempts to piece his life back together.
18. Ne bi te odbranila ni cijela Jugoslavija (Hari Mata Hari) -- "All of Yugoslavia wouldn't protect you" -- a catchy rock song whose contrasting title and sound signify a fitting, perplexed 'end' as we leave Todor, sitting at a coffeeshop in the Old Town of Sarajevo, realizing that life is continuing and yet with all that he's been through, though the tanks have long left the hills around Sarajevo, there is a part of him that is still trapped, and might always be.

mmkay, later post will prob include some text, once i finish an article review for geography ^_^  laters.

nanowrimo

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