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"Shall we build for pride? Or,
Shall brick and mortar hold
worth and love inside?"

Shows the confusion of whether or not the love between Gatsby and Daisy is made of feelings or materialistic gain. Earlier when Gatsby talks of holding the meeting at Nick's house so that Daisy can see how grand his own mansion is, illustrates his pride in what he has achieved, and how he thinks that he is more likely to win back Daisy's affections by money and grandeur, than who he is and his personal 'worth and love'.

However, when Daisy and Gatsby enter the music room, Klipspriner has just played 'The Love Nest' on the piano, implying how it could be now that the self-indulgent way of thinking has left the two lovers, and that they are considering whether there is more to life than the hedonism implied through the rest of the novel.

Ain't we got fun?

"Every morning,
Every evening,
Ain't we got fun?

There's nothing surer,
The rich get richer and the poor get children.
In the meantime,
In between time,
Ain't we got fun!"

The inclusion of the lyrics of this song highlights how now that Gatsby has Daisy back in his life and has seen that perhaps his mansion and wealth does not mean as much as he thought to her, that nothing matters anymore.

It perhaps also implies his ignorance at how quickly he assumes that all is well. The flippant attitude to anything but 'fun' in the song could symbolise his child-like, shallow approach to winning Daisy back, and how he presumes that everything from here onwards will be simple because the only thing of true value to him is Daisy.

"Well I'm the sheik of Araby.
Your love belongs to me.

At night where you're asleep
Into your tent I'll creep - "

These particular words from the piece of Jazz music show how Gatsby views Tom and Daisy's relationship and how he feels Daisy's love actually 'belongs' to Gatsby. Jordan explains after the words have been sung that Gatsby deliberately bought the mansion so that 'Daisy would be just across the bay'. The closeness of the two houses of the lovers are the 'tents' because they are in 'creeping' distance of each other. It foreshadows the affair before it has begun.

The improvisational style of Jazz music could also symbolise how nobody really knows what is going to happen next because the instrument that improvises changes its melody each time the accompaniment is played. This could illustrate the life-style of the characters in the play in the way that they live for the moment - whatever they feel like doing at that instant, they do.

Three o'clock in the morning - (this is not mentioned in the book, but is included in the film and it seems to have some significance still from the time that it was written - in 1922)

"My heart keeps beating in time,

Sounds like an old sweet lovetune,
Say that there soon will be ahoneymoon."

This song could be interpreted to be a metaphor for how an old relationship has been rekindled, and that both Gatsby and Daisy's hearts are still 'beating in time' with one another.

The suggestion that 'there will soon be a honeymoon' implies that that their meeting was the start of a wonderful time of love for them. However, it could also be interpreted that the lyrics are foretelling the tragedy that is to come, as it is also known that 'honeymoon' periods must come to an end.

(Hannah James)

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Analyse the significance of references to songs in the novel

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"Shall we build for pride? Or, Shall brick and mortar hold worth and love inside?" Shows the confusion of whether or not the love between Gatsby and Daisy is made of feelings or materialistic gain.

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When Gatsby demands Klipspringer to play the piano "he had played The Love Nest he turned around on the bench and searched unhappily for Gatsby in the gloom" (95). This song is symbolic...

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"Dancing Queen" is one of those songs that have lived beyond generations. The song was released in 1976 and is still a well known and highly acclaimed songs to be ever produced. ABBA scored their only #1 track in US with this song, although the song did top music charts and sales on many other countries. The song came from ABBA's fourth studio album 'Arrival.'

"Dancing Queen" was written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson. Benny and Björn also produced the song. The song speaks about emotional content derived from the feeling freeing when you are dancing. The song recorded Platinum and Gold sales in UK and US respectively.

"Dancing Queen" is widely acclaimed a a genre defining song as it is the first of Europop tracks to be recorded.

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Although quite simple and straightforward, we will jump into some lyrics analysis of the song.

Intro

The song essentially speaks about a disco-dance setting where everyone is immersed in their own dances. 'Jive' is a form of dance originated in United States from the African Americans in the early 1930s.

The singer is complimenting the dances that are unfolding before them. In the music video ABBA is performing "Dancing Queen" infront of a crowd of people who are dancing the night away.

The singers give an ado to the dancing queen on the floor, who is young and beautiful and having the time of her life-dancing to the music. She is engrossed in her dance, but the whole dance floor has eyes on her. Everyone is digging the girl's dance.

Verse 1

ABBA describes a typical Friday night in the 70s. You go out for dinner and then go to a disco bar to dance the night away. Hopefully, you will find your king for the night (or or life) there as well.

Listen to this amazing Pop cover of "Dancing Queen" by Daecolm

In the open disco floor, anybody could be your king. The night is young and the music is loud. Everybody is in their own zones on the dancing floor. It's a fusion of rock and disco and ABBA says the scene is set for a good dance.

And when you get the chance...

When the dance floor calls you, when your King calls you for a dance, when the music calls you for a dance, take it and let the dance free your soul.

Chorus

Again the singers emphasize on the girl on the dance floor who is absolutely lost in the dance. She is only seventeen and young and sweet. Watching her dance is intoxicating to say the least.

This is again a recurrence of the intro to "Dancing Queen."

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Verse 2

This girl in the song is a teaser. I doubt she knows she is a teaser. She is lost in her dance. But her youthful innocence intoxicates everyone around her.

Or she could be purposefully teasing the people in looking for her king. She starts a fire inside of these people in the dance floor and she leaves them when she can't find her King.

The chorus repeats once more and the song draws to an end. This is one of those songs you can enjoy at anytime of the day and at any stage of your life. The song has survived the test of time for over four decades and will continue to do so.

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"Dancing Queen" is one of those songs that have lived beyond generations. The song was released in 1976 and is still a well known and highly acclaimed songs to be ever produced. ABBA scored their only #1 track in US with this song, although the song did top music charts and sales on many other countries.

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I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY // Whitney Houston

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Song Lyrics Analysis: "Young and Beautiful" by Lana Del Rey

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Young and Beautiful Lana Del Ray I've seen the world Done it all, had my cake now Diamonds, brilliant, and Bel-Air now Hot summer nights mid-July When you and I were forever wild The crazy days, the city lights The way you'd play with me like a child Will you still love me when I'm...

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Sheik of Araby in the Great Gatsby Essay example -- Literary Analysis

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Introduction to music in The Great Gatsby

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Introduction to music in The Great Gatsby

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Music is always and important aspect in everything it is in. The Great Gatsby is a novel where music is contributing to the mood and how the characters are acting in the story. They all have their own ways of acting and they are portrayed. Music is the way of expression when people do not know how to say what they are feeling on their own. It gives an insight to what they truly feel inside. Music is very powerful in most cases because it appeals to the characters on a deeper level.

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ABBA - Dancing Queen (Official Music Video)

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Three o clock in the morning- Paul whiteman 1922

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Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Official 4K Video)

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"I Wanna Dance with Somebody" by Whitney Houston - 1987

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"I Wanna Dance with Somebody" by Whitney Houston - 1987

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Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away
Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me

I've been in love and lost my senses
Spinning through the town
Sooner or later, the fever ends
And I wind up feeling down
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last

This song has a very upbeat sound which can have a misleading meaning. People think it is a happy song, but there is a deeper meaning to it than just what is on the surface. The video is shown in black and white with blurbs of color to show that she escapes her sorrow. She becomes playful and energetic and leaves things behind. This correlates to the song "Three O'Clock in the Morning" because they are both talking about the girl leaving and being sad, but they find something else. They are stuck in the loneliness of their lives until they can find something to help them and make them happy again.

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You are the dancing queen
Young and sweet
Only seventeen
Dancing queen
Feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah
You can dance
You can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh, see that girl
Watch that scene
Dig in the dancing queen

This song is about and young girl who has no worries in her life. She is able to just dance and party to her heart's desire. The party never stops with her and everyone around her is having loads of fun. This correlates with the song "Ain't We Got Fun?" because both songs are talking about an endless party that everyone is enjoying and there is not a care in any of them. They are all just living in the moment until the sun comes up.

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"Young and Beautiful" by Lana Del Rey - 2013

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"Young and Beautiful" by Lana Del Rey - 2013

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Will you still love me
When I'm no longer young and beautiful?
Will you still love me
When I've got nothing but my aching soul?
I know you will, I know you will
I know that you will
Will you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful?

This song is about a woman reflecting on you past, present, and future life with the relation of her lover. She is hoping that she will be with her lover and that we will still lover her, even in their old age. She reassures herself within the song that he will not leave. This songs fits in correlation to the song "The Sheik of Araby". They both talk about how the women long their lovers and that they depend on them and are never alone. It was important for women to feel like they were loved and not alone so these songs describe their emotions and feelings pretty well.

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"Three O'Clock in the Morning" by Paul Whiteman - 1922

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"Three O'Clock in the Morning" by Paul Whiteman - 1922

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"Three o'clock in the morning
We danced the whole night through
And daylight soon will be dawning
Just one more waltz with you
I said, the melody it's so entrancing
It seems to be made for us two
I said, I want to just keep right on dancing forever
Dear, dancing here with you" (Fitzgerald, p.108)

This song is played when Daisy is leaving Nick's house and the door shuts and the lights go out. It is talking about Daisy leaving something of her behind and she cannot get it back. It is about everything drifting away. There was a also good things in their lives.

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"Ain't We Got Fun?" by Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney - 1921

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"Ain't We Got Fun?" by Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney - 1921

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"Don't talk so much, old sport," commanded Gatsby. "Play!"
"In the morning,
In the evening,
Ain't we got fun----"      (Fitzgerald, p.95)
Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening
Ain't we got 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

This song is played at one of Gatsby's parties and it's showing that all the parties are fun and full of life. The night is still young and so are the people. Everyone is having a load of fun and no one is going to sleep anytime. Everything was awake at this our, including the trains and thunder. This song can also me ironic and mocking because they are all having fun and not caring but they do not al have money to be able to do this.

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"The Sheik of Araby" by Django Reinhardt - 1918

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"The Sheik of Araby" by Django Reinhardt - 1918

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"I'm the Sheik of Araby.
Your love belongs to me.
At night when you're asleep
Into your tent I'll creep."        (Fitzgerald, p.78)

This song is presented in the moment when they are with Jordan and she is telling them the reason on why they left the Plaza. It is about the time of the sun setting and the lights coming on. The women's voices scatter through the air to show a mood regarding how it feels to be a woman and how they are never really alone or have privacy. Some body is always listening.