Undying Love: A musical story in 17 sequential chapters of eclectic music

Artist Song
Sting  Love is Stronger Than Justice 
Maktub  Lies 
Cast of Rent  Take Me or Leave Me 
Prince  Five Women 
Me'shell Ndgeocello  Loyalty 
N.E.R.D.  Provider 
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers  Free Like We Want to Be 
Kansas City soundtrack  Blues in the Dark  
Coldplay  We Never Change 
Brand New Heavies  You Are the Universe 
Moxy Fruvous  I Love My Boss 
Eagles  Hotel California 
Presence  Far Far Away From My Heart 
Red Hot Chili Peppers  Walkabout 
Raphael Saadiq  Blind Man 
Eric Clapton & BB King  Marry You 
Nas  Undying Love 
Bonus Track  ABC Monday Night Football 

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I made this for the CD Swap Club I belong to. I chose a very restrictive theme of choosing songs that when listened to in order, tell a coherent story. I created cover art and liner notes to help explain the role of each song (chapter) and what its place in the narrative. If you'd like to read the liner notes, just email me. Hope you like it.

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Doc Ivy
Date: 7/1/2003
Here are the liner notes for the first seven songs:

1)Our hero rides into town with his brothers and discovers there are available maidens to be had. But, are there truly enough maidens to go around? And if not, how will our guy ensure he gets one?

2)It doesn't take long for joy to turn to pain as our man stumbles through his first serious relationship. He finds many perceived faults in his new love, and here he tells her what bugs him most.

3) Was the vision of true love just a mirage? Our heroine rebutts by issuing an ultimatum. She asks him . . . no, tells him . . . no, demands he take her as she is or leave her alone. Ooooh, fire in the hole!

4) Heartbroken after his new paramour walked out on their budding relationship, the young man hits the road in search of new true love. What he finds are women who pass through his life as quickly and unrelenting as the months. After 5 excruciating months, will 5 minutes be just the salve he needs?

5) Now that our couple have refound true love, they get down to discussing what each seeks in a relationship. After the rocky road earlier, they now ask only one thing of each other: Loyalty.

6) After a move to That Big City On The East Coast, reality sets in on our bohemian couple when they discover that living requires more than love. Without any useful job skills, how will he provide for his sweet thang? Roadtrips? Of what sort?

7) Between songs, the young lover abandoned his street trade and gets a legal job at a warehouse. Will stocking shelves fulfill him as much as less legal avenues? He asks himself is he as free as he would like to be, or is he enslaved by the man in a job he despises. Here, we hear the ominous phrase: "Kept in emotion will cause an explosion."