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This song was written by Buck Dharma and was first recorded by the Blue Oyster Cult with a release on July 1, 1976.  It was written as a mid-tempo rock song in a minor key. Many find that the message of the inevitability of death is carried within the song, as there are "40,000 men and women everyday" who suffer this fate. Interesting enough, this song's main focus is how love (or a relationship in general) can be an eternal thing, looking at how "Romeo and Juliet/Are together in eternity".

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"The Sheik of Araby" seemed rather perverse at first from only observing the chorus first. This song is a rather disagreeable, medium-fast tempo rap (as far as I know; I didn't want to actually listen to this song after looking up the lyrics) The connection is simple: for the sheik, him claiming the love of his lover and proclaiming that he will come into her tent at night is fairly similar to "Mind if I touch" and "We need to make our way to the bed".

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Ying Yang Twins - Wait (The Whisper Song)

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Wait (The Whisper Song) Lyrics: Hey how you doin' lil' mama let me whisper in ya ear / Tell ya somethin' that ya might like to hear / Got a sexy ass body and ya ass look soft / Mind if I touch it to see if it's

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This song was first performed in 1989 by the B-52's, their inspiration coming from clubs and parties that they had been to themselves. With a medium tempo groove, a driving bass line, and horn hits, this song makes for an energetic piece. The song is often mistaken for referring to sexual activities within a confined shack, as the song suggests. This song can connect to "The Love Nest" through such lines as the shack being "a little old place where/We can get together" and "Huggin' and a-kissin' , dancin' and a lovin'"; both songs promote romance through the mindset of meeting at a simple location rather than some large, extravagant place. Both songs have a somewhat upbeat mood in the way that love is portrayed as a fun and enjoyable thing.

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Lyrics and video for the song "Love Shack" by The B-52s.

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This song was written in 1898 by Robert Cameron Rogers, the music being composed by Ethelbert Nevin. Many opera singers performed this song at the turn of the century. It became popular with  Catholics in the 1920's as a religious song. In the book,  Nick went to visit Meyer Wolfshiem the morning of Gatsby's funeral; Wolfshiem's wife answered the door. "'Nobody's in,' she said. 'Mr. Wolfshiem's gone to Chicago.' The first part of this was obviously untrue for someone had begun to whistle 'The Rosary,' tunelessly, inside." (178) There is irony in the fact that Wolfshiem is Jewish, as revealed throughout the book, yet he is the one referencing a Catholic song. As Gatsby's death was tragic to the few people who knew him personally, this hymn-like song creates a mood of melancholy, as the final stanza sings of "barren gain and bitter loss", the loss being Gatsby's life.

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The Rosary ( Ethelbert Nevin )  John McCormack   Tenor with orchestra     64257

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In 1921, Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler wrote the lyrics for "The Sheik of Arbary", Ted Snyder the composer of the music. The piece follows a harmonic-minor chord progression in the verses, giving a Middle-Eastern feel and creating a  and becomes major at the chorus, which is rather ironic since the words say "your love belongs to me" and "into your tent I'll creep", implying this love may be forced. The song was later made famous from many performances and covers, including the Beatles (1962). This song is sung  in the background by little girls as Nick and Jordan ride a Victoria carriage through Central Park; this was some time after her story about Daisy and Gatsby's past. The interesting thing is that such a song was playing while Nick was with Jordan; this makes sense as Jordan and NIck do show some type of interest in each other in the book but

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Written in 1916 by Otto Harbach and music by Louis A. Hirsch, "The Love Nest" tells of a blissful location that is simply referred to as a love nest. The medium-slow tempo of the verses creates the nostalgic mood as the song looks back at "Many builders... since the world began".  The tempo picks up a bit at the chorus as the love nest is described. This song is played when Gatsby requests Klispringer to play the piano for Daisy in Chapter 5. It is made clear that Gatsby's mansion is the so-called love nest as "millions sing its praise", as in the multitudes that attended his parties. It being referred to as a "dream room for two" and a place "you can call home", it shows how Gatsby intended his massive estate to be the medium in which he wins over Daisy.

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I have tracked down the songs Fitzgerald alludes to in The Great Gatsby: "The Love Nest" (1920), "Sheik of Araby" (1921), "Ain't We Got Fun?" (1921) and "Three o'Clock in the Morning" (1922). It's never mentioned in the book, but I can't help thinking that people were dancing the Charleston at Gatsby's parties, as we can see in the movie (1974).

It was a popular song written in 1921. Words by Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler. Music by Ted Snyder.

A popular tune written in 1916 by Otto Harbach (words) and Louis A. Hirsch (music).

Popular song of 1921. Lyrics by Gus Kahn, Raymond B. Egan. Music by Richard Whiting.

AIN'T WE GOT FUN?

Three o'clock in the morning

It was a popular song of 1921. Lyrics by Dorothy Terriss. Music by Julian Robledo.

THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING

Mendelssohn's Wedding March

One of the most famous music associated with weddings.

"The Rosary": was a popular Catholic religious song of the 1920's. It is probably an intentional irony that it is whistled by Wolfsheim, whose Jewish ethnicity has been emphasized throughout the book. Words and Music by Robert Cameron Rogers and Ethelbert Nevin.

The hours I spent with thee, dear heart
Are as a string of pearls to me;
I count them over ev'ry one apart,
My rosary, my rosary!

Each hour a pearl, each pearl a prayer
To still a heart in absence wrung:
I tell each bead unto the end,
And there a cross is hung!

O memories that bless and burn!
O barren gain and bitter loss!
I kiss each bead and strive at last to learn
To kiss the cross, sweetheart, to kiss the cross

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I have tracked down the songs Fitzgerald alludes to in The Great Gatsby: "The Love Nest" (1920), "Sheik of Araby" (1921), "Ain't We Got Fun?" (1921) and "Three o'Clock in the Morning" (1922). It's never mentioned in the book, but I can't help thinking that people were dancing the Charleston at Gatsby's parties, as we can see in the movie (1974).

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The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place in the 1920s, better known as the Jazz Age. The Jazz Age was a time with many changes in culture and ideologies, especially in music. The newer songs of the time were often looked down upon by people of the prior generations. They often focused on relationships and the hardships related to the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald chooses specific instances to include a song popular in this era to illustrate his ideas.