Songs That Take You Back Into Books

[Blake the Bard]

Are there any songs that you hear that take you back to a part in a book that you have read? For me it's Glenn Miller's "In The Mood". Every time I hear that song my mind goes to the Jodie Jamboree from the novel 11/22/63. I can clearly picture the happiness on Jake and Sadie's faces while they are doing the Lindy hop and getting pied in the face.

 

[Doc Creed]

This song from the scene in Bag of Bones.

 

[Steffen]

This song from the scene in Bag of Bones.

I was so dang annoyed that they didn't use that song in the mini-series. Such a wonderful part of the book.

 

[Doc Creed]

I was so dang annoyed that they didn't use that song in the mini-series. Such a wonderful part of the book.

Yeah, ditto. I've almost erased that movie from my mind, thankfully.

 

[Steffen]

Yeah, ditto. I've almost erased that movie from my mind, thankfully.

I hear ya on that one, pal. It just didn't work, did it? Mick Garris, as much as I like and defend his work, really is hit-or-miss at times.

 

[GNTLGNT]

....Don’t Fear The Reaper.....

 

[Wayoftheredpanda]

Can't help to think of Pet Sematary whenever I hear "Blitzkrieg Bop"

 

[The Nameless]

....Don’t Fear The Reaper.....

Naturally. Specifically the image of the guy with his face in his food.

Strange one for me, as far as I can recall the song is not part of the book or the series. In 11.22.63 when Jake steps out into a bright summers day in 1958, I hear Mr Sandman by The Chordettes. Just because it's the song I most associate with 50s Americana.

Strangely, doesn't happen with IT.

 

[mal]

Whenever I hear 'In Dreams' by Roy Orbison I think of David Lynch's 'Blue Velvet'. I think I'll need to re-watch that as it's been about a decade since I've last seen it.

 

[bougti]

I personly think the song Radioactive by Imagine Dragons goes with the Divergent series. Somehow the song reminds me of Tris, especially in Insurgent.

 

[Gerald]

In Revival the first song Jamie learns to play on his guitar is 'Cherry Cherry'. Does anybody know if this refers to the Neil Diamond song? It is never said it is actually ''Cherry Cherry' by Neil Diamond, only the title is mentioned, but I don't know another song called 'Cherry Cherry'.
And Neil Diamond is mentioned elsewhere in the book as Jamie playing as a session musician on a recording with him. It does never say directly it's 'Cherry Cherry' by Diamond though.

 

[Wayoftheredpanda]

In Revival the first song Jamie learns to play on his guitar is 'Cherry Cherry'. Does anybody know if this refers to the Neil Diamond song? It is never said it is actually ''Cherry Cherry' by Neil Diamond, only the title is mentioned, but I don't know another song called 'Cherry Cherry'.
And Neil Diamond is mentioned elsewhere in the book as Jamie playing as a session musician on a recording with him. It does never say directly it's 'Cherry Cherry' by Diamond though.

Well who else do you know performed a song called “Cherry Cherry”?. Consider its probability that someone who has never learned a song on guitar before could learn this song.

 

[Gerald]

Well who else do you know performed a song called “Cherry Cherry”?. Consider its probability that someone who has never learned a song on guitar before could learn this song.

I don't know if there are other songs called that, but it's strange it's never mentioned it's by him. Or is the song that famous in the US that you don't have to mention the writer? It became # 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1966, but not everyone today might know it. I don't get why it simply says that it refers to the Diamond song.

 

[Wayoftheredpanda]

I don't know if there are other songs called that, but it's strange it's never mentioned it's by him. Or is the song that famous in the US that you don't have to mention the writer? It became # 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1966, but not everyone today might know it. I don't get why it simply says that it refers to the Diamond song.

It’s probably Diamond, and I don’t think it matters to King whether people immediately understand the artist or not, he clearly didn’t care enough to mention the artist.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

All of The Song of Ice and Fire novels (aka the Game of Thrones books).

 

[Gerald]

It’s probably Diamond, and I don’t think it matters to King whether people immediately understand the artist or not, he clearly didn’t care enough to mention the artist.

It must be him, as it also fits with the years the story takes place. 'Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show' is also mentioned, also a Diamond song, which refers directly to the subject of the book. Again it's not mentioned it's by Diamond.

There are several covers of 'Cherry, Cherry', already in the year when it came out in 1966:

Cherry, Cherry - Wikipedia

It was clearly a song that was popular at the time, even away from Diamond's version. That's why King might refer to the song itself without mentioning Diamond specifically.

 

[Gerald]

Neil Diamond always has a special place for me. I don't really follow his career anymore or buy his records, but he was the first musical artist that I took to as a child. I think it was because of Song Sung Blue, it's just one of those songs that is easy for a child to like and understand. The live album Love at the Greek has a fun version of the song with guest stars Helen Reddy and Henry 'The Fonz' Winkler.
I think in his early music there is a great sincerity. You can hear that on the live album Hot August Night (1972) - a very pure singer/songwriter. Unfortunately he soon became very glittery and more commercial. His last good album of the seventies was Beautiful Noise I would say, after that he became very commercial - especially in the eighties. It's not that the songs weren't good anymore, it just all had a commercial sheen (but you can say that about a lot of music in the eighties - it feels shallow often, very over-produced and flat). They even tried to make him into an MTV style music video artist with Headed to the Future.
Unfortunately it recently was announced that he was diagnosed with Parkinson.

 

[GNTLGNT]

I personly think the song Radioactive by Imagine Dragons goes with the Divergent series. Somehow the song reminds me of Tris, especially in Insurgent.

...welcome!....love me some Imagine Dragons......

 

[GNTLGNT]

I don't know if there are other songs called that, but it's strange it's never mentioned it's by him. Or is the song that famous in the US that you don't have to mention the writer? It became # 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1966, but not everyone today might know it. I don't get why it simply says that it refers to the Diamond song.

....from Wiki:
Two versions of "Cherry, Cherry" have been released. The version familiar to most listeners was recorded in late January 1966 and released by Bang Records in mid-1966, and was recorded as a demo, with Butler on keyboards, and Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich on backing vocals and hand-claps.[7] The other version, with different lyrics and originally intended to be released as the single, was finally released by Diamond and Sony Music Entertainment in 1996 on the compilation album In My Lifetime.

Cover versions[edit]

• Dizzy Gillespie recorded a cover of this song for his 1966 LP, The Melody Lingers On (on Limelight Records).
• The Music Machine recorded a cover of this song on their 1966 LP, (Turn On) The Music Machine (on Original Sound).
• Jonathan King recorded a cover of this song in 1970 and it became a hit all over Europe, especially in the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
• Kramer recorded a cover of this song for his 2012 solo LP, The Brill Building (on Tzadik Records).[8] Sung entirely in Spanish/Cubano, it is the first known version of the song to have not been sung in English.

....I saw that you had found this Gerald, after I already replied-but this is a nice nutshell bit.....

 

[GNTLGNT]

Neil Diamond always has a special place for me. I don't really follow his career anymore or buy his records, but he was the first musical artist that I took to as a child. I think it was because of Song Sung Blue, it's just one of those songs that is easy for a child to like and understand. The live album Love at the Greek has a fun version of the song with guest stars Helen Reddy and Henry 'The Fonz' Winkler.
I think in his early music there is a great sincerity. You can hear that on the live album Hot August Night (1972) - a very pure singer/songwriter. Unfortunately he soon became very glittery and more commercial. His last good album of the seventies was Beautiful Noise I would say, after that he became very commercial - especially in the eighties. It's not that the songs weren't good anymore, it just all had a commercial sheen (but you can say that about a lot of music in the eighties - it feels shallow often, very over-produced and flat). They even tried to make him into an MTV style music video artist with Headed to the Future.
Unfortunately it recently was announced that he was diagnosed with Parkinson.

....and broke my wife's heart.....she has seen him several times and is upset that he is ill and won't be touring anymore-but he has said he will still work on making music......