https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z ya like jazz? en-us 2018-04-23 15:17:54 UTC 2025-12-22 06:13:38 UTC hello@padlet.com gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256275317 Music is used throughout The Great Gatsby as a subtle way to expand scenes beyond what is explicitly said or described. It allows the reader to form a greater picture in their minds of the story playing out that includes sound. The songs used appear to be deliberately selected by the author for their lyrical significance to the scene they are embedded into. Using real-life songs in a fictional story also brings a sense of realism to the book, and allows the readers to relate better to the text, as the characters in the story hear the same songs that the reader might hear on a radio or played on their own record players. Although modern readers of The Great Gatsby would need to be incredibly familiar with the music of the 1920s to immediately recognize the music, once the average reader does their research and learns about the songs, they too can be transported to the era of Jay Gatsby and his roaring parties. ]]> 2018-04-29 06:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256275317 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256275357 Written by Richard Whiting, Gus Khan, Raymond Egan]]> 2018-04-29 06:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256275357 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256275483 "Don't talk so much, old sport," commanded Gatsby. "Play!"

"In the morning, 
In the evening, 
Ain't we got fun-" (Fitzgerald, 95)

Jay tells Klipspringer, his permanent houseguest, to play a song while Daisy is with him, presumably to impress or entertain her.]]> 2018-04-29 06:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256275483 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256275708 "Landlords mad and getting madder
Ain't we got fun?
Times are so bad and getting badder
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get laid off
In the meantime, in between time
Ain't we got fun?"

Despite being an upbeat, pleasant song, the actual lyrics indicate that the person describing themselves in the song has very little money and likely lives in less than optimal conditions, yet still finds a way to have fun.]]> 2018-04-29 06:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256275708 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256275843 "All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, out run my gun
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet"

Just as "Ain't We Got Fun" juxtaposed poverty with an overall happy theme, "Pumped Up Kicks" uses dark lyrics that depict the psyche of a school shooter with soft vocals and a bouncy, upbeat tone.]]> 2018-04-29 06:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256275843 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256276503 Written by Julián Robledo]]> 2018-04-29 06:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256276503 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256276569 "Her glance left me and sought the lighted top of the steps, where Three o'clock in the Morning, a neat, sad little waltz of that year, was drifting out the open door. After all, in the very casualness of Gatsby's party there were romantic possibilities totally absent from her world. " (Fitzgerald, 108)

This song is played at one of Gatsby's iconic parties, immediately after Daisy leaves. This seems to be a reflection on the romantic tension between the two. It is an appropriate song to play for a party at the time, especially as it is winding down.]]> 2018-04-29 06:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256276569 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256276838 "It's three o'clock in the morning
We've danced the whole night through
And daylight soon will be dawning
Just one more waltz with you
That melody so entrancing
Seems to be made for us two
I could just keep on dancing forever dear with you"

The lyrics to this waltz clearly show strong romantic tones. Furthermore, this song is also, as mentioned in the lyrics, about a couple dancing the waltz, making it perfect on every level for a romantic scene or party where slow dancing is involved]]> 2018-04-29 06:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256276838 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256277068 "So honey now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
Maybe we found love right where we are"

This song follows the same slow, waltz tempo used in "Three O'Clock in the Morning", meaning it is easy to dance to. Incidentally, the official music video for "Thinking Out Loud" features a couple dancing intimately. The romantic lyrics also fit very well into the theme of the party scene from The Great Gatsby where "Three O'Clock in the Morning" was used.]]> 2018-04-29 06:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256277068 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256279746 2018-04-29 07:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256279746 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256279943 2018-04-29 07:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256279943 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256280094 by Harry Smith, Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler]]> 2018-04-29 07:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256280094 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256280560 2018-04-29 08:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256280560 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256280873 2018-04-29 08:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256280873 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256281062 "The sun had gone down behind the tall apartments of the movie stars in the West Fifties, and the clear voices of girls, already gathered like crickets on the grass, rose through the hot twilight: "I'm the Sheik of Araby. Your love belongs to me. At night when you're are asleep Into your tent I'll creep" (Fitzgerald, 78)

This song plays immediately before Jordan informs Nick that Jay wanted to ask him to invite Daisy over. The line "your love belongs to me" directly relates to Jay's attitude towards Daisy. Since he feels entitled to her love like all the other possessions he has, Jay uses Nick to "creep" into her tent. ]]> 2018-04-29 08:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256281062 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256282032 "I'm the Sheik of Araby
Your love belongs to me.
At night when you're asleep,
Into your tent I'll creep"

The lyrics to this jazz song are disturbing, even for the time it was written. The use of the word "creep" has a distinctly negative connotation, especially when used in the context of creeping into a sleeping woman's tent whose "love belongs to" the Sheik.]]> 2018-04-29 08:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256282032 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256283062 "I hate these blurred lines
I know you want it
I hate them lines
I know you want it
I hate them lines
I know you want it
But you're a good girl
The way you grab me
Must wanna get nasty
Go ahead, get at me"

Just as the lyrics of "The Sheik of Araby" had off-putting sexual suggestions, the lyrics of "Blurred Lines" are equally questionable. Both songs strongly suggest some form of non-consensual sexual actions are taking place, and the explicit music video for "Blurred Lines" featuring nude women takes another step in this deeply concerning direction. Both songs are performed in a slightly upbeat, yet reserved fashion without many changes in tempo, contrasting the inherently erratic nature of the explicit actions being described.]]> 2018-04-29 08:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256283062 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256283678 2018-04-29 09:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256283678 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256283876 2018-04-29 09:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256283876 gerpthefish https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256284337 2018-04-29 09:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gerpthefish/zzjadh3oy81z/wish/256284337