Carrie Pruett:
.>
> Maybe I'm a minority of one here, but I almost never
get the music
> references in George's books, particularly the ones
set in the 70s . .) ,
for me, that I can imagine the music to go with the
characters.
> Now I do wonder if anybody who's not an ACC
basketball junkie got hung up
in
> the Sweet Forever (I am one, and I loved it but I
could see it being a
> sticking point).
Carrie, I'm reading the books almost in reverse order. Since
the advent of sports radio in Chicago and my starting
baseball leagues in the lte 80's I never listen to music on
the radio. I'd have a fighting chance if the music were from
earlier If you don't know the songs they have lost their
purpose. You are not supposed to imagine the music from your
knowledge of the character, the music is supposed to be an
aid in understanding the character and setting the
time.
I'm reading Forever' now. Though I've never been a college
basketball junkie, I do follow it, and the Len Bias
references have a bittersweet quality to me because I'm a big
Celtics fan. You can gain knowledge of a period or fact
through literature. Haven't you ever read a historical novel
and felt impelled to look up a character or something about
the era because of reading it?
To me music doesn't appeal to the intellect but the emotions.
Just reading the title of a song that's mentioned once
wouldn't cause me to try to listen to it, but if the same
song were constantly referred to, I might.. Mark .
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