https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy English en-us 2018-04-23 20:08:20 UTC 2018-05-02 20:50:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png burnsbrandt40 https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257109683 The Great Gatsby is rich with elements of pop culture from the iconic Jazz Age. Fitzgerald was very calculated with the songs he chose to play in different parts of the novel. Certain songs can swing a readers mood like Barry Bonds. While there were many different songs to choose from, three of them stood out the most. Those three are "The Sheik Of Araby", by Fats Waller, "Ain't We Got Fun", by Van and Schenck, and "Beale Street Blues", by Chris Walker.]]> 2018-05-02 04:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257109683 burnsbrandt40 https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257110360 This is one of the two songs chosen that have the most direct contexts to each other. This song is played in the context of Daisy and Gatsby's lovebird stint back in the day. This song is shown on page 157, where Fitzgerald writes "All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the 'Beale Street Blues". The song and words used to describe it were carefully chosen. This scene and song invoke memories of old days, nostalgia in a way. Gatsby had what he most desired in life and the music sways him back into that feeling in a way. Fitzgerald plays on how music evokes nostalgia in people in this quote. In addition, the words used such as "wailing" and "hopeless" put the bitter part in the bittersweet memories, giving the whole ordeal a dreamlike and relatable tone. ]]> 2018-05-02 04:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257110360 burnsbrandt40 https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257112615 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD4quj1zu4I]]> 2018-05-02 04:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257112615 burnsbrandt40 https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257112763 The song Beale Street Blues is a song very focused on nostalgia and the past. Looking at the lyrics of it outside of Great Gatsby, it has a message that boils down to missing the past, and the past is gone now. Chris Walker sings of how great Beale Street was back in the day, but Beale Street is no longer. A more modern equivalent is the iconic "Summer of 69'" by Bryan Adams. In this song, Adams sings of his younger days and his indescribable time he had back during the Summer of 1969. But, just like Chris Walker in Beale Street Blues, there is also an underlying message of how it is gone. These both relate to Gatsby in the sense that he looks back and cherishes the days with Daisy but despite his never ending attempts to fish her back in he knows deep deep down he can never have another "Summer of 69".]]> 2018-05-02 04:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257112763 burnsbrandt40 https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257113503 This is the second song in the little "series", which is music representing the past, and music representing the present/future. This song is from page 95, where it's played by Kilpsinger when Daisy comes to Gatsby's house for the first time. In opposition to the previous song, this song represents what could be rather than what is. It is carefully chosen to invoke a tone of hope and reaching back and trying to make the past the present. While it does involve Gatsby dwindling on the past, because the whole book basically does, it overall represents more of a hopefulness for the future. Fitzgerald chose this song in order to show Gatsby's intentions, love, and calculatedness towards Daisy.]]> 2018-05-02 04:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257113503 burnsbrandt40 https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257431403 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOergMpEPzY]]> 2018-05-02 19:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257431403 burnsbrandt40 https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257432813 The choice for this song to relate isn't a connection on the lyrics of Ain't We Got Fun, like the previous connection. While both songs share some lyrical similarities, that is not the main factor here. The similarity between these two songs is between the context/Fitzgerald's meaning in Ain't We Got fun, and the message Bon Jovi sends in Who Says We Can't Go Home. In The Great Gatsby, the song is used in the context of what the past was, and longing to bring the past feeling back into the present, and from there into the future. Bon Jovi tells a similar story. The song is about the past, similar to Summer of 69', but it has more of a focus on "going back". This is most explicitly referenced in the title "Who Says We Can't Go Home", with home being used both literally and metaphorically to represent what used to be.]]> 2018-05-02 19:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257432813 burnsbrandt40 https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257438161 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOergMpEPzY]]> 2018-05-02 20:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257438161 burnsbrandt40 https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257439811 This song is not in the same contextual grouping as the previous two, but it still plays on the past like them. This song carries an important role in the novel, and Fitzgerald's talent at linking a specific moment with an emotion and that whole scenario with a song. The majority of people can pick out every detail from a moment where their emotions ran high, whether it be extreme sadness, anger, happiness, or shock. The moment where this song occurs in the novel is more of a "shock" emotion. A verse from this song is included on page 78, while Gatsby and Jordan drive through New York. This may seem mundane at first, but on that drive Jordan details to Nick Gatsby and Daisy's past, and how he moved to Long Island for her. It would be expected this would be a bit of a surprise and high emotional moment to Nick, as it sheds light on many of Gatsby's mannerisms and decisions. This was an expert song choice for the scene. The scene details what Gatsby has done to follow and not lose Daisy, and the song has a very similar meaning. It talks about a girl, and a huge fantasy of "ruling the world" with her, and following her. It does not explicitly state this part, but it is implied that the girl Fats Waller is singing about turns a blind eye to him, paralleling Daisy's self-absorbedness and true feelings about Gatsby.]]> 2018-05-02 20:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257439811 burnsbrandt40 https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257444603 The song here may be a little more light hearted and more silly romantic than following a girl romantic, but it still has a strong relation when it comes down to it. The Sheik Of Araby is a song about a fantasy for mutual love and a girl. While it is not blatantly said, lyrics in the song imply that the love felt is either conditional and/or one sided. This is just like Gatsby, he has unconditional love for Daisy while hers, if you could even call it love, is a textbook example of conditional. Just like that, in Cheap Trick's song, a very similar message is put across. "I want you to want me, I need you to need me". That lyric pretty much sums up the song, about wanting to be wanted and needed to be needed. It also could be a theme of Gatsby, due to the fact his entire life and drive revolves around wanting to be wanted by a single person.]]> 2018-05-02 20:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/burnsbrandt40/caw8zu0w1uwy/wish/257444603