Virgin Suicides musical dialogue

Jan 24, 2010 20:59

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Most of the songs we've forgotten, but a portion of that contrapuntal exchange survives, in pencil, on the back of Demo Karafilis's Tea for the Tillerman, where he jotted it. We provide it here:

the Lisbon girls: "Alone Again, Naturally," Gilbert O'Sullivan
us: "You've Got a Friend," James Taylor
the Lisbon girls: "Where Do the Children Play?" Cat Stevens
us: "Dear Prudence," The Beatles
the Lisbon girls: "Candle in the Wind," Elton John
us: "Wild Horses," The Rolling Stones
the Lisbon girls: "At Seventeen," Janice Ian
us: "Time in a Bottle," Jim Croce
the Lisbon girls: "So Far Away," Carole King

Actually we're not sure about the order. Demo Karafilis scribbled the titles haphazardly. The above order, however, does chart the basic progression of our musical conversation.

(The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides. pp. 190-191)
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