WARNING: Major Curtain Twitching Ahead!
For all my closet intelligencers who delight in clocking that suspicious detail and thrill at connecting the dots before the story's intended reveal, I give you... the lyric-to-line commentary.
Now, none of the musings that follow are meant to convey concepts not already expressed in the specific book related to its commentary. However... these commentaries are tagged with a SPECULATIVE SPOILER WARNING because (as you've surely noticed) the books in the Intersection series are infused with copious covert clues, easter eggs, sleeper seeds, and other subtle signals which ground the notional threads firmly pinned to future reveals. So, naturally, the commentaries' insights are bound to shine a light on a clue or two that initially snuck past you.
There's nothing wrong with that. To breeze past a seed planted in book 1 that is scheduled to bloom in book 4 doesn't diminish your thorough enjoyment of book 1. Nor will it compromise your understanding or enjoyment of book 4 (...though you may experience a reveal as a roller-coaster-like twist, rather than an "ah-ha" moment, but that's okay too—people like roller coasters.)
Bottom line, the soundtrack commentaries are simply meant to be a fun and unconventional way to draw attention to what’s already there on the page (albeit some of it between the lines). Think of it as a guided musical reconnaissance exercise.
And... if you are planning to participate in any of the clue hunting contests later, these may become a handy instrument in your intelligence toolkit.
JUMP TO...
- Conflict of Intrigues—book 1 lyric-to-line commentary (in development)
- Desert Storm Warning—book 2 lyric-to-line commentary (coming soon)
- Third Degree Byrne—book 3 lyric-to-line commentary (TBD)
- Operation Watch Fob—book 4 lyric-to-line commentary (TBD)
- Operation Collusion Course—book 5 lyric-to-line commentary (TBD)
- Operation Crash and Byrne—book 6 lyric-to-line commentary (TBD)
Conflict of Intrigues Lyric-to-Line Commentary
A few preliminary notes...Complete CONFLICT OF INTRIGUES Soundtrack
PROLOGUE
Days Gonna Come — The Fureys
CHAPTER 1―Lost in Fraught
My Hero — Foo Fighters
CHAPTER 2―Authors Anonymous
Katherine — Simon Apple
Intrigue — Toby
You Fascinate Me So — Mark Murphy
CHAPTER 3―Reconnaisance Rendezvous
(Here's To) the Ghosts of the Past — Dot Dash
I've Just Seen A Face — Jason Consolacion
CHAPTER 4―Querying Quercus
Follow the Clues — Zoo Trippin'
You've Got Something I Want — Blossom Dearie
Aristotle — HawkBaby
You Fascinate Me So — Blossom Dearie
CHAPTER 5―Quid Pro Quo
I've Been Seeing Things — They Might Be Giants
Tea For Two — Blossom Dearie
Hey John — Monica Ramey
CHAPTER 6―Delicate Disclosure
In the Clues —Martin Wardley
Stuck In the Middle Again — Curtis Smith
Trouble Me — Megan Joy
CHAPTER 7―More Complicated Lane
Help — Ed Payne
Stuck in the Middle with You — Karizma Duo
CHAPTER 8―Chemistry Lesson
What Are You Hiding — The Bullocks
CHAPTER 9―Major Help
Stuck In the Middle — Adam Harvey (feat. Guy Sebastian)
What Are You Hiding — Podplays (feat. New Hope Honkytonk Revival Band)
CHAPTER 10―Predictably Unpredictable
Stuck in the Middle with You — Amy & Stuart
Man Behind the Curtain — The Bears
I Like You, You're Nice — Janet Seidel
Trouble — Cage the Elephant
CHAPTER 11―Pay No Attention
Trouble Me — Gabriel Mann
Deep End — Ruelle
CHAPTER 12―Two
Stuck in the Middle with You — The Penguins Band
Some Other Time — Blossom Dearie
All of the Above — Slowrush
Warm Whispers — Missy Higgins
CHAPTER 13―The Man
Like Someone in Love — Bruno Major
You'd Better Go Now — Diana Panton (feat. Don Thompson)
CHAPTER 14―Behind the Curtain
Someone Following Me — Freddie Steady KRC
I've Just Seen a Face — Victoria Lanser
Life In Her Yet — Rag'n'Bone Man
CHAPTER 15―Planes, Trains and Artful Reveals
Moonlight Kiss — Bap Kennedy
Desert Storm — Rhett Robertson
CHAPTER 16―Strangers on a Train
Lucky to Be Me — Mark Winkler
Storm Coming — Once Monsters
Desert Storm Warning Lyric-to-Line Commentary (coming soon)
Third Degree Byrne Lyric-to-Line Commentary (TBD)
