Playlist: Survival

It's been a crazy ten days, so I haven't been able to put out new material, but I'm excited to share the second in a series of three playlists dedicated to my high school bestie Jessica.

So in "Evolution" we saw our characters facing different trials in the real world, while they looked to each other for companionship and an anchor to keep them sane on their crazy journey through life. Now we see our characters in survival mode: they've begun the evolution into better human beings, but this isn't going to be easy. In their quest they must now face resistance from the outside world, but they also find more people like them along the way. 

The context of the storyline is pretty much the same as "Evolution", but "Survival" does stand on its own in some key ways. If the last playlist saw our protagonists examining the world and its flaws, this playlist is all about putting their plans into action. They were on the edge of evolution before, now they're actually living it. Musically, this playlist still contains much t.A.T.u, with additional contributions from Dido, Lady Gaga, and even The Veronicas. Genres include dance, techno, rock, house, and even some metal, disco, electro-pop, and singer-songwriter. 

Playlist-"Survival"
Running Time-60 minutes

1. t.A.T.u-"White Robe" (3:15)
Album: Waste Management (2009)
Choice Lyric: "Flying bullets, hit their targets, wings and halos, five to seven. In this white robe, through the darkness, paragliding, back to heaven"

2. The Veronicas-"Untouched" (4:14)
Album: Hook Me Up (2007)
Choice Lyric: "I feel so untouched right now, I need you so much, and I just can't resist you, I go crazy from the moment I met you"

3. t.A.T.u-"You and I" (3:15)
Album: Waste Management (2009)
Choice Lyric: "You and I, feels so right, you and I, gonna fight, you and I, side by side, you and I, for the rest of our lives"

4. t.A.T.u-"Cosmos (Outer Space)" (4:12)
Album: Dangerous and Moving (2005)
Choice Lyric: "Our home forever is outer space"

5. Tegan & Sara-"I'm Not Your Hero" (3:51)
Album: Heartthrob (2013)
Choice Lyric: "I'm not their hero but that doesn't mean, that I wasn't brave, I'm never walked the party line doesn't mean I was never afraid, I'm not your hero but that doesn't mean we're not one in the same"

6. Dido-"Everything to Lose" (4:33)
Album: Greatest Hits (2013)
Choice Lyric: "Oh oh oh, I've got everything to lose"

7. t.A.T.u-"Sparks" (3:10)
Album: Waste Management (2009)
Choice Lyric: "Sparks are flying in my head, fading softly playing dead, sparks are flying in her head"

8. t.A.T.u-"Snowfalls" (3:17)
Album: Waste Management (2009)
Choice Lyric: "Stay closer, be brighter, than lightning be. Be frightening, be lighter, than 
lightning be"

9. Lady Gaga-"Bad Kids" (3:53)
Album: Born This Way (2011)
Choice Lyric: "Don't be insecure if you're heart is pure, you're still good to me if you're a bad kid, baby"

10. Ellie Goulding-"Hearts Without Chains" (3:46)
Album: Halcyon Days (2013)
Choice Lyric: "I wish time was still, we'd stay right here, with time to kill, in our hearts without chains. And if time was still, we'd have no fear, with no scars to heal, in our hearts without chains"

11. Shakira-"Animal City" (3:18)
Album: Oral Fixation, Vol.2 (2005)
Choice Lyric: "It's an animal city, it's a cannibal world, so be polite and don't argue, cause they're ready to fight you...they're ready to rip you right off"

12. Christina Aguilera & Peaches-"My Girls" (3:08)
Album: Bionic (2010)
Choice Lyric: "My girls, we running the show, my girls, we teasing all the boys on the go, my girls, cause that's the way that we roll, my girls, so ladies step it up and take control"

13. Lady Gaga-"Electric Chapel" (4:15)
Album: Born This Way (2011)
Choice Lyric: "If you want to, meet me in electric chapel...if you wanna steal my heart away, baby meet me in a safe place, come on meet me, in electric chapel"

14. Sarah McLachlan-"U Want Me 2" (4:07)
Album: Laws of Illusion (2010)
Choice Lyric: "Do you want me to say that I still want you? You want me too, don't you?"

15. Selena Gomez-"Undercover" (3:53)
Album: Stars Dance (2013)
Choice Lyric: "You don't need no other lover, we can do it undercover"

16. t.A.T.u-"Dangerous and Moving" (4:35)
Album: Dangerous and Moving (2005)
Choice Lyric: "Obstacles and signs, perilous and looming, dangerous and moving...dangerous and moving"

***Check out the thrilling conclusion in Part 3, out April 30, 2014!***