Great Gatsby Songs by Shelby Graber https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a Made with a curious mind en-us 2018-04-23 20:01:26 UTC 2025-12-05 10:32:45 UTC hello@padlet.com The Love Nest by John steele shelby_781898 https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a/wish/254597970 The Love Nest by John Steel is the song that Gatsby told the servant to play for Daisy in chapter 5 in "The Great Gatsby." The song is a love song that shows how Gatsby feels about Daisy. Important lyrics are There's the ball room, dream room for two,
Better than a palace with a gilded dome,
Is the love nest you can call home! The lyrics show a semblance of how Daisy and Gatsby's love are. The lyrics show how Gatsby wanted a place that he could share with Daisy with the lyrics "There's a ball room, dream room for two," Fitzgerald used this song to make a basis for how the servant feels on how well he can play the piano. Even though Fitzgerald uses the song to portray how the servant feels about playing the piano, the song also makes a romantic vibe for Gatsby and Daisy.

]]> 2018-04-23 20:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a/wish/254597970 The Sheik of Araby by Harry B. Smith and Frances Wheeler shelby_781898 https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a/wish/254609846 The Sheik of Araby is used when Nick and Jordan are driving a victoria through Central Park after having lunch. Important lyrics are
 I'm the Sheik of Araby,
Your love belongs to me.
At night when you're asleep,
Into your tent I'll creep.
The stars that shine above
Will light our way to love.
You'll rule this land with me,
The Sheik of Araby.
The Sheik of Araby is a love song so Fitzgerald most likely used the song to create a romantic vibe between Nick and Jordan. Nick ends up in love with Jordan in some way at the end of the book so the song foreshadows Nick's feelings for Jordan.]]> 2018-04-23 20:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a/wish/254609846 Ain't We Got Fun by Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney shelby_781898 https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a/wish/254614987 Ain't We Got Fun is sang by the servant in the same scene as The Love Nest is. The song is sang in the middle of a conversation between Gatsby and Daisy after they meet for the first time after a while at Nick's house. The song  is a love song that represents how Gatsby loved Daisy  even when he didn't have a lot of money. Fitzgerald put this song in to show that Gatsby's love for daisy is more important to him than his money. Important lyrics are
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
In the winter in the Summer
Don't we have fun
Times are bum and getting bummer
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get children
In the meantime, in between time
Ain't we got fun?
The lyrics not only show Gatsby's love for Daisy but also how Daisy and Gatsby's love life is bright right now but will dim throughout the story.
]]> 2018-04-23 21:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a/wish/254614987 Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's shelby_781898 https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a/wish/256230058 The song shows the love that Gatsby has for Daisy while he is serving in the war. This song is a love song that portrays how much Gatsby loves Daisy. Lyrics that are significant are 
Hey there, Delilah
What's it like in New York city?
I'm a thousand miles away
But, girl, tonight you look so pretty
Yes, you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear, it's true
Hey there, Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice, it's my disguise
I'm by your side
The song shows how Gatsby never stopped loving Daisy no matter how far apart they were from each other. This song relates to the songs in the novel by showing that Gatsby loves Daisy no matter where he is or what's going on his his life just like "The Love Nest" does.
]]> 2018-04-28 15:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a/wish/256230058 Feels like the First Time by Foreigner shelby_781898 https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a/wish/256230236 The song represents how much Daisy means to Gatsby.  This song would be great in Chapter 5, when Gatsby first sees Daisy again. I would put this song in chapter 5 because if helps the mood of Gatsby and Daisy first meeting after so many years and how Gatsby would do anything to get Daisy back. Important lyrics are
I would climb any mountain
Sail across a stormy sea
If that's what it takes me baby
To show you how much you mean to me
And I guess it's just the woman in you
That brings out the man in me
I know I can't help myself
You're all in the world to me
The song relates to the songs in the novel by giving another love song that brings out how Gatsby will do anything for Daisy to love him. ]]> 2018-04-28 15:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a/wish/256230236 Don't (You Forget About Me) by Simple Minds shelby_781898 https://padlet.com/shelby_781898/jq0kuvi7xg6a/wish/256230478 This song sums up Chapter 9 after Gatsby is dead and Nick reflects over the memories that they shared.  This songs shows how Nick will never forget about Gatsby no matter what happens. It would show how Nick is sad about Gatsby's death but also knows that Gatsby is always there in his memories. Important lyrics are
Won't you come see about me?
I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby
Tell me your troubles and doubts
Giving me everything inside and out and
Love's strange so real in the dark
Think of the tender things that we were working on
Slow change may pull us apart
When the light gets into your heart, baby

Don't you forget about me
Don't don't don't don't
Don't you forget about me
This is more of a sad song that shows how Nick is going to miss Gatsby. It relates to the songs in the novel by giving the idea that Nick cared for Gatsby no matter how corrupt he was in the novel.

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