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"I don't know I was really drunk at the time
I was just telling him he couldn't get into number 2
He was asking why he wasn't coming up on freely?
After I was yelling and screaming and telling him why he wasn't coming up on freely"

Explanation of choice:

Fitzgerald incorporates music, groove, alcohol. parties, wealth, love, and society in his novel. In the 1973 groovy song, "Money" by Pink Floyd, alcohol is incorporated as a result of wealth. If you know Gatsby's character, you know about his parties. His parties are very luxurious and alcohol is flooding through his mansion and the groove lingers amongst all of his guests.

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"She take my money when I'm in need
Yeah, she's a triflin' friend indeed
Oh, she's a gold digger
Way over town that digs on me"

Explanation of choice:

In the novel,"The Great Gatsby" Jay Gatz starts out by trying to achieve Daisy's love. Relating to Fitzgerald's private life, he also felt he had to work for his wife's unconditional love. Although Gatsby wasn't successful enough for her liking. Jay Gatsby lives his life hustling for a woman who is truly a "Gold Digger" who resulted in marrying a very wealthy man who lives in 'East Egg'.

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"I go to parties sometimes until four
It's hard to leave when you can't find the door
It's tough to handle this fortune and fame
Everybody's so different, I haven't changed"

Explanation of choice:

In Joe Walsh's song, "Life's been good" he describes the life of an individual who is wealthy but is empty not having real love or things of value. This song is a perfect choice from 1978 that relates to the Gatsby soundtrack. Gatsby has not changed, he still has love for Daisy. He has all of these materialistic items but he hasn't changed because of them.

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Explanation of significance:

Incorporating music, and emotion , Fitzgerald prefers to add music within the chapters that have a mixture of irony and groovy songs. Kilpsinger (A man who lives in Gatzby's home, known for playing the piano) plays "Aint we got fun" by Van and Schneck on the piano within pg. 95. During this scene,Daisy comes to Gatsby's house for the first time after there split after Louisiana. This is a significant moment that changes the mood of the scene, because it marks a change of plot. Gatsby's weakness is Daisy. A he moved to his mansion is East Egg to see her, "Across the Bay."

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

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Explanation of significance:

Music is a way of expressing emotions through Fitzgerald's many scenes of the novel, "The Great Gatsby." A significant song was introduced in Chapter 4 when a verse from the song is incorporated into the scene when Jordan and Nick are driving through New York.Jordan tells nick that Daisy and Gatsby used to be romantically involved, and that Gatsby moved to Long Island in motivation of crossing paths with her.

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Three O'Clock in the Morning by: Paul Whiteman 

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Three O'Clock in the Morning by: Paul Whiteman 

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Explanation of significance:

Fitzgerald uses music as a way of portraying flow of emotion through his many scenes of the novel, "The Great Gatsby." A significant song was introduced at Gatsby's party in Chapter 8, when Nick, Tom, and Daisy are conversation about how the mysterious Jay Gatz achieved such economic success.  During the scene, Nick thinks about the possibility of another girl showing up at the party that Gatsby could fall in love with and forget about the his undying love for Daisy.
"Three O'Clock in the Morning' a neat, sad little waltz of that year " pg 116

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Paul Whiteman Three O'Clock in the Morning Scroll Roaring 20's Victrola

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F. Scott Fitzgerald named this era the "Jazz Age."He included elements of this pop culture genre in his novel, "The Great Gatsby". In his novel he included musical songs to add significance to the many scenes