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The Great Gatsby has the glitz and the highs of the Jazz Age as the characters live their high-end lives. As the story unfolds, the fun and joy of the Jazz Age begins to unravel and starts to show the downfall of the Jazz Age and the materialistic views. The music that F. Scott Fitzgerald uses in this novel help to unfold the reality behind the Jazz Age, and the real lives that lived in it. The music he chose to use such as "Ain't We Got Fun", "Beale Street Blues", and "The Sheik of Araby" change the mood of their scenes as they bring the reader out of the clouds and see's the truth behind the era. People could not buy their cares away, nor could they simply pretend they didn't matter as long as they stayed happy on the outside. Fitzgerald uses music in The Great Gatsby to start to break through the fake outer crust of the character's happiness, and bring to light the unhappiness the people brought upon themselves as they tried to live the standards of the Jazz Age.

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"Ain't We Got Fun?" (Van & Schenck, 1921)

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Piano Man by Billy Joel (Beale Street Blues)

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Piano Man by Billy Joel (Beale Street Blues)

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"Piano Man" by Billy Joel was released in 1973 as the artists first single. This song became hugely popular as it told the story of a bar performer and the people he sings to. Many of them are run down and washed out. This song correlates to "Beale Street Blues" as it gives that sad, nostalgic mood that Fitzgerald uses to show how Daisy chose the more glitzy path over a path of love with Gatsby. "Through this twilight universe Daisy began to move again with the season..." (Pg. 151) "Piano Man" shows the other side of the spectrum, as people who have spent their lives running after the glitz, but have been left with very little. "He says, 'Son, can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes.'" These people regret many things in their lives, but they can't go back, so they must live with the choices they've made. This song also shows how they have gained nothing in all of their travels because they never did anything that would bring them real joy, like Daisy marrying for money over love. "Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone"

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You'll Be Back by Lin Manuel Miranda (The Sheik of Araby)

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You'll Be Back by Lin Manuel Miranda (The Sheik of Araby)

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"You'll Be Back" by Lin Manuel Miranda is a show tune from the hit Broadway show Hamilton. This song is King George expressing how he knows that he has grown distant from the American colonies, but ultimately, they will realize that they need him.This song correlates to "The Sheik of Araby" because both King George and Gatsby are obsessed with someone or something, and they are willing to go to great lengths to achieve their goal. "[Gatsby] had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed starlight to casual moths---so he could 'come over' some afternoon to a stranger's garden." (Pg. 78) King George is willing to "...send a fully armed battalion..." and "...kill your friends and family to remind you of [his] love." This song gives the mood of gross obsession. King George sounds absolutely crazy and all the listener can do is laugh by how absurd his notions are. Yet he is convinced by doing these things, the American colonies will come running back to him. "You'll be back, soon you'll see. You'll remember you belong to me."

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The real Beale Street is in Memphis, and was home to "The Father of Jazz" W.C. Handy. The "Beale Street Blues" is mentioned in The Great Gatsby as the reader learns more about what happened between Daisy and Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses this song to explain to the reader how people in the 1920's were more keen on the big flashy things of the world rather than the meaningful and nostalgic parts of life. In this part of the novel, Daisy is feeling a little lost because Gatsby is gone and she doesn't know whether to wait for him, or marry someone out of necessity. "All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the Beale Street Blues while a hundred pairs of golden and silver slippers shuffled the shining dust." (Pg.151) This quote shows how no matter how much the want for happiness called, more people went for the glitz and money. "The seven wonders of the world I've seen, And many are the places I have been, Take my advice, folks, and see Beale Street first!" This song gives a sad mood as the reader see's the dark side of materialism. Many people bought huge and expensive homes, and spent their lives travelling to far lands to see what the world has to offer. The "Beale Street Blues" told people that you didn't need to go out of your way to see the flashy parts of life. You could go to Beale Street and still live a satisfying life.

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When Daisy first visits Gatsby's mansion, he tries to impress her in every way he can. He has Klipspringer play the piano for them, even though Klipspringer swears he can't really play. The song he chooses to sing is "Ain't We Got Fun" by Van and Schenck. This song epitomizes what the Jazz Age was; not having a care in the world and just having fun. "Not much money, Oh, but honey Ain't we got fun? The rent's unpaid dear
We haven't a bus But smiles were made dear For people like us" It was all about appearance and who was having the better time. This song is used in The Great Gatsby to show how Gatsby fell right into the stereotypes of the Jazz Age.  "One thing's sure and nothing's surer The rich get rich and the poor get children" (Pg.95) This song creates a mood of being carefree. "'Don't talk so much, old sport,' commanded Gatsby. 'Play!' (Pg.95) The song is fun and it encourages people to just have fun and forget your cares!

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http://thegreatgatsbyreadingmap.blogspot.com/p/jazz-era-music.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-the-great-gatsby-got-right-about-the-jazz-age-57645443/

http://voices.pitt.edu/LessonPlans/documents/GreatGatsby.pdf

https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-music-sad-express-daisy-s-sadness-why-343932

http://www.bealestreet.com/history/

http://www.bealestreet.com/wc-handy-museum/

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The Jazz Age was about following your dreams, and throwing caution to the wind. "It was the hour of a profound human change, and excitement was generating on the air." (Pg.95) "Only in New York" was introduced in the Broadway adaptation of Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2000. This song is sung by the character Muzzy, as she explains the wonder and amazement of New York City. This song correlates to "Ain't We Got Fun" because it creates that carefree mood. It encourages people to follow their dreams and have fun without a care in the world. "Each day it's free admission to those who dream...Make that wish, seek that thrill...Only in New York." This song also shows the American dream as she describes how some things only happen in New York. "Hey castle-builder Want the moon, and nothing less? Work for years, then overnight success. I know firsthand Only in New York."

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The Sheik of Araby by Fats Waller                               

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The Sheik of Araby by Fats Waller                               

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In chapter 4, Jordan Baker recounts the tale of the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby, as well as all that Gatsby has gone through the past 5 years trying to catch her attention once more. All the while, "The Sheik of Araby" by Fats Waller is playing softly in the background. Fitzgerald uses this song to subtly show how Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy. As Nick Carraway is taking in all the information, the song sings "At night when you're asleep Into your tent I'll creep---". Immediately after Fitzgerald wrote this in the book, Jordan explains to Nick that "'Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.'" (Pg. 78) Without telling Daisy, Gatsby sneaks himself back into her life. This song influences the mood because rather than make it seem sweet that Gatsby moved right across the bay from her, it shows how his love turned to obsession and turns Gatsby into more of a stalker than a romantic. The mood becomes a little unsettling, and the reader starts to feel confused at the choices Gatsby has made for the past 5 years. Every choice he has made has been for the sole purpose of getting back to Daisy.