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| − | == | + | ==Songs, Music and Artists in ''Inherent Vice''== |
| + | This is a playlist to ''hear'' the music referenced in ''Inherent Vice''. The songs are organized below by the page on which they are found. Enjoy... | ||
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| + | There is a [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2n9lMjugDWY1RN7RecHGdm?si=pRCHwmssTdeiMXuoY4sZmw Pynchon Wiki Playlist of Thomas Pynchon's "Inherent Vice" on Spotify] if you use that streaming service. | ||
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| + | ==''Inherent Vice'' Playlist== | ||
1: Country Joe and the Fish<br /> | 1: Country Joe and the Fish<br /> | ||
| − | [ | + | [https://youtu.be/eRl6-bHlz-4?si=OVLoKy6kmZBczAYm Look/Listen to Country Joe playing "Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die"] or [https://youtu.be/QBUOKnLdJpc Listen to CJ & the Fish's "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine"]<br /> |
| − | 3: "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles: [ | + | 3: "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles: [https://youtu.be/srwxJUXPHvE Listen...] <br /> |
| − | 10: "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies [ | + | 10: "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies [https://youtu.be/j3plj_Xplus Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 11: "Runaround Sue" by Dion [ | + | 11: "Runaround Sue" by Dion [https://youtu.be/LcILsIE0j-I Listen...] <br /> |
| − | 36: Dick Dale: [ | + | 36: Dick Dale: [https://youtu.be/cztu-juq1mw Dick Dale & the Deltones performing "Misirlou"]<br /> |
| − | 37: Jimi Hendrix, Earl Bostic, Stan Getz, Lee Allen | + | 37: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix Jimi Hendrix], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Bostic Earl Bostic], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_getz Stan Getz], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Allen_(musician) Lee Allen]<br /> |
| − | 37: The Chantays [ | + | 37: The Chantays [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chantays Wikipedia] [https://youtu.be/ZFucCXherLg Look & Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 37: The Trashmen [ | + | 37: The Trashmen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trashmen Wikipedia] [https://youtu.be/sJgERVTOnD8 Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 37: | + | 37: [https://youtu.be/tEufRt3HY9Y Listen...] (mentioned in anachronism, as they apparently started out in the 1980s?)<br /> |
| − | 55: "The Great Pretender" by The Platters [ | + | 55: "The Great Pretender" by The Platters [https://youtu.be/RBj2HN2uuNA_ Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 56: "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" | + | 56: "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" The Bonzo Dog Band's cover of Cher's original [https://youtu.be/nY-UQkI7V1s Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 69: " | + | 69: "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison [https://youtu.be/Am38jAK38DU Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 72: "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by The Beach Boys [ | + | 72: "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by The Beach Boys [https://youtu.be/6Vv_dkDwZeQ Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 75: "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra [ | + | 75: "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra [https://youtu.be/Y2rDb4Ur2dw Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 77: "The Crystal Ship" by The Doors [ | + | 77: "The Crystal Ship" by The Doors [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QehH-JWobEQ Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 81: "People Are Strange" by The Doors [ | + | 77: "Blueberry Hill" by Fats Domino [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6H_sxI6jG8 Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 92: Iron Butterfly [ | + | 78: "Little GTO" by Ronny and the Daytonas (not ''specifically'' called out, but obliquely referenced in the "golden oldie" by the Boards): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozcIn8a9lM8 Listen...] [https://lyrics.wikia.com/Ronny_%26_The_Daytonas:G.T.O. Lyrics...]<br /> |
| − | 95: Blue Cheer [ | + | 81: "People Are Strange" by The Doors [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezc05A4s2g Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 103: [ | + | 92: Iron Butterfly [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4 Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHNmG0X4t4 Listen to "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1968)]<br /> |
| − | 108: "The Ice Caps Are Melting" by Tiny Tim<br /> | + | 95: Blue Cheer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cheer Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as1NcX31szs Listen to "Summertime Blues" (1968)]<br /> |
| − | 121: [ | + | 101: The Surfaris "Wipe Out" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4IfxAQ4TqQ Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 124: "Pipeline" | + | 103: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Prunes The Electric Prunes] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amQtlkdQSfQ Listen to "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night"]<br> |
| − | 125: [ | + | 108: "The Ice Caps Are Melting" by Tiny Tim (This Tiny Tim song is actually called "'''The Other Side'''"; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAqhKKvlZmM Listen...])<br /> |
| − | 129: | + | 121: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearls_Before_Swine_%28band%29 Pearls Before Swine]<br /> |
| − | 130: George Formby [ | + | 124: The Chantays "Pipeline" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fc57tYou4U Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 130: Herman's Hermits [ | + | 124: "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB2uuGKBQeg Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 130: Pat Boone [ | + | 124: "Bamboo" by Johnny & The Hurricanes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjUMfLBS0Qs Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 131: "Donna Lee" (Miles Davis) [ | + | 124: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_%26_the_Showmen Eddie & the Showmen]<br /> |
| − | 134: "Here Come the Hodads" by the Marketts [ | + | 124: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEcL_ELHqyo "Mr. Moto" by the Bel Airs]<br /> |
| − | 135: "Eight Miles High" by The Byrds [ | + | 125: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0EZv2GWTKg "Thelisa" (1962) The Hollywood Saxons]<br /> |
| − | 146: Frank Zappa [ | + | 125: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIUzVGtxQCY "Western Movies" by The Olympics]<br /> |
| − | 153: "Happy Trails" by Roy Rogers [ | + | 125: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_JFLb1IItM "Tequila" by The Champs]<br /> |
| − | 155: Wild Man Fischer [ | + | 129: [https://youtu.be/uTfDUyUkVYE?&t=115 Pink Floyd w/founder Syd Barrett playing "Astronomy Domine"]<br /> |
| − | 156: "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane [ | + | 130: George Formby [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUbB1qe6BR0 Look/Listen to Formby playing "Leaning on a Lamp Post"]<br /> |
| − | 156: "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass [ | + | 130: Herman's Hermits [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman%27s_Hermits Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKu3N6o5qvE Covering Formby's "Leaning on a Lamp Post"]<br /> |
| − | 159: | + | 130: Pat Boone [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Boone Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8JoXzhwlJU Pat Boone's "Love Letters in the Sand"]<br /> |
| − | 160: "It Never Entered My Mind" by Rodgers & Hart (show tune from the musical Higher and Higher) [ | + | 131: "Donna Lee" (Miles Davis) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Lee Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvK9u_UYL3o Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 160: "Alone Together" by Dietz & Schwartz [ | + | 134: "Here Come the Hodads" by the Marketts [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketts Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3UnklXwdFE Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 162: "Samba Do Avião" (by Antonio Carlos Jobim) [ | + | 135: "Eight Miles High" by The Byrds [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Il9q397lL0 Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 165: Tommy James and the Shondells [ | + | 146: Frank Zappa [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 176: Theme from ''Dark Shadows'' [ | + | 148: "Runaway" by Del Shannon [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KJ9oykwb6A Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 193: "Something Happened to Me Yesterday" by the Rolling Stones [ | + | 153: "Happy Trails" by Roy Rogers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXFil77aj1o Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 198: Floyd Cramer [ | + | 155: Wild Man Fischer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Man_Fischer Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw6H_uxjq0o Wild Man Fischer on "Rowan and Martin"]<br /> |
| − | 220: Liberace [ | + | 156: "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_%28song%29 Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0 Look/Listen]<br /> |
| − | 220: "Grande valse brillante" by Chopin [ | + | 156: "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppYnbbu1OmA Listen]<br /> |
| − | 221: "There's No Business Like Show Business" sung by Ethel Merman [ | + | 159: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Carlos_Jobim Antonio Carlos Jobim]<br />[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWxyzVbiT98 "The Girl from Ipanema"]<br /> |
| − | 222: Mick Jagger [ | + | 160: "Desafinado" by Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto, with Charlie Byrd [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=991uASejkY8 Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 223: Frank Zappa [ | + | 160: "It Never Entered My Mind" by Rodgers & Hart (show tune from the musical ''Higher and Higher'') [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBUfDRRdW5I Listen to Chet Baker perform this tune]<br /> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGIAVTf2dTQ Peggy Lee sings]<br /> |
| − | 224: “One Fine Day” by the Chiffons [ | + | 160: "Alone Together" by Dietz & Schwartz [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZZh1HbFoW8 Listen to Ella Fitzgerald perform this tune]<br /> |
| − | 225: Ernest Tubb [ | + | 162: "Samba Do Avião" (by Antonio Carlos Jobim) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNO4NjTnfM Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 225: Jim Reeves [ | + | 165: Tommy James and the Shondells [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_James_and_the_Shondells Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS0niyiKlcw Listen to "Crimson and Clover"]<br /> |
| − | 225: Web Pierce [ | + | 176: Theme from ''Dark Shadows'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSbCqp_a3iE Watch/Listen to the ''Dark Shadows'' opening sequence and theme]<br /> |
| − | 227: Merle Haggard [ | + | 193: "Something Happened to Me Yesterday" by the Rolling Stones [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjMXESf5ia8 Listen...] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Happened_to_Me_Yesterday Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 229: Les Paul [ | + | 198: Floyd Cramer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Cramer Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKwq6UW9bnU Floyd Cramer "On the Rebound" (1961)]<br /> |
| − | 232: The | + | 220: Liberace [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberace Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 232: Elvis Presley [ | + | 220: "Grande valse brillante" by Chopin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Valse_Brillante_(Chopin) Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjLTCRmuLCY aListen to Liberace performing Chopin's "Grande Valse Brillante"]<br /> |
| − | 233: "Wunderbar" by Cole Porter, from "Kiss Me Kate" [ | + | 221: "There's No Business Like Show Business" sung by Ethel Merman: |
| − | 233: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., "Haunted Heart" by Dietz & Schwartz [ | + | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIiQMsDQ0Uo Listen!] |
| − | 234: "Viva Las Vegas" by Elvis Presley [ | + | 222: Mick Jagger [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_jagger Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 239: | + | 223: Frank Zappa [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 239: | + | 224: “One Fine Day” by the Chiffons [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvyOqKhKWQ4 Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 240: Pat Boone [ | + | 225: Ernest Tubb [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Tubb Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFFMiItHJLw Look/Listen to Tubb performing "Walkin' the Floor Over You"]<br /> |
| − | 243: Elvis Presley [ | + | 225: Jim Reeves [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Reeves Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nECoA-uVGfw Look/Listen to Reeves performing "I Love You Because"]<br /> |
| − | 244: Dolly Parton [ | + | 225: Web Pierce [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Pierce Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y4OkVT08rc Look/Listen to Pierce performing "There Stands the Glass"]<br /> |
| − | 244: Roy Acuff [ | + | 227: Merle Haggard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_Cannonball "The Wabash Cannonball"] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHcGlF0xDw Look/Listen to Haggard performing "Mama Tried"]<br /> |
| − | 247: "(You're not Sick) You're Just in Love" [ | + | 229: Les Paul [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkGf1GHAxhE Look/Listen to Les Paul & Mary Ford performing "How High the Moon"]<br /> |
| − | 247: "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" by Tiny Tim [ | + | 232: The Monkees [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkees Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 249: [ | + | 232: Elvis Presley [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_presley Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 271: "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley [ | + | 233: "Wunderbar" by Cole Porter, from "Kiss Me Kate" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqiXIwrujCc Look/Listen to this 1958 TV performance with Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson]<br /> |
| − | 278: "That's Amore" by Dean Martin [ | + | 233: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., "Haunted Heart" by Dietz & Schwartz [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZYsBN6NRyM Look/Listen to Jo Stafford performing "Haunted Heart"]<br /> |
| − | 289: Bonzo Dog Band [ | + | 234: "Viva Las Vegas" by Elvis Presley [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ihOQNPKG1A Elvis singing "Viva Las Vegas"]<br /> |
| − | 299: "Interstellar Overdrive" by Pink Floyd [ | + | 239: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Pack The Rat Pack] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZD-lu9ewBg Check out the Rat Pack (Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra)]<br /> |
| − | 300: "Tears on My Pillow" by Little Anthony & The Imperials [ | + | 239: Marty Robbins [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Robbins Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bwoGbpYXRw Look/Listen to Robbins perform "El Paso"]<br /> |
| − | 330: "Elusive Butterfly" by Bob Lind [ | + | 240: Pat Boone [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Boone Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 331: Glen Campbell [ | + | 243: Elvis Presley [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_presley Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 332: "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by Ohio Express (covered by Herb Alpert) [ | + | 244: Dolly Parton [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 352: Theme from ''Hawaii Five-O'' [ | + | 244: Roy Acuff [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Acuff Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 356: "Something in the Air" by Thunderclap Newman [ | + | 247: "(You're not Sick) You're Just in Love" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin Irving Berlin Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMHS6D8tFvE Ethel Merman singing this]<br /> |
| − | 360: "We Should Be Together" sung by Shirley Temple and George Murphey [ | + | 247: "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" by Tiny Tim [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Tim_(musician) Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skU-jBFzXl0 Look/Listen to Tiny Tim performing "Tiptoe Through the Tulips"] [https://lyrics.wikia.com/Tiny_Tim:Tip_Toe_Through_The_Tulips Lyrics...]<br /> |
| − | 363: Dick Dale [ | + | 249: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roza_Eskenazi Roza Eskenazi]<br /> |
| − | 364: "Help Me Rhonda" by the Beach Boys [ | + | 249: Bessie Smith, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpVCqXRlXx4&feature=related Listen...]<br /> |
| − | 365: "Volare" [ | + | 271: "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATDJ8VPJG5s&ob=av2n Listen...] [https://lyrics.wikia.com/Elvis_Presley:I%27m_All_Shook_Up Lyrics...]<br> |
| − | 365: "Java Jive" [ | + | 276: Vivaldi [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi Wikipedia]<br /> |
| − | 368: "Super Market" by Fapardokly [ | + | 278: "That's Amore" by Dean Martin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS6-b7CONDI Look/Listen to Martin singing this tune] [https://lyrics.wikia.com/Dean_Martin:That%27s_Amore Lyrics...]<br /> |
| − | 368: Elephant's Memory [ | + | 289: Bonzo Dog Band [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKXsrWrmbAg Look/Listen to the Doo Dahs perform "Death Cab for Cutie"]<br /> |
| − | 368: "Stranger | + | 299: "Interstellar Overdrive" by Pink Floyd [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEIr7QtFIb4 Look/Listen to the Floyd perform "Interstellar Overdrive" (with Syd Barrett)]<br /> |
| − | 368: "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys [ | + | 300: "Tears on My Pillow" by Little Anthony & The Imperials [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxjQ3M_v7xc Listen...]<br /> |
| + | 318: Mike Curb's score from ''The Big Bounce'' (1969). Listen to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mPpueWQsxo "Nancy's Theme"] from ''The Big Bounce''.<br /> | ||
| + | 330: "Elusive Butterfly" by Bob Lind [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lind Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxUQy5Mo7V8 Listen...]<br /> | ||
| + | 331: Glen Campbell [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Campbell Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw_uYRLiVqk Listen to a Glen Campbell medley!]<br /> | ||
| + | 332: "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by Ohio Express (covered by Herb Alpert) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsGBickkZiI Listen the Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass]<br /> | ||
| + | 338: Rocio Durcal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roc%C3%ADo_D%C3%BArcal Wikipedia]<br> | ||
| + | 352: Theme from ''Hawaii Five-O'' [https://youtu.be/CpxJsy8nfjA?&t=28 Listen...]<br /> | ||
| + | 356: "Something in the Air" by Thunderclap Newman [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJae3Q2l-BY Listen...] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderclap_Newman Wikipedia]<br /> | ||
| + | 360: "We Should Be Together" sung by Shirley Temple and George Murphey [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF-VJsw33Os Look/Listen...]<br /> | ||
| + | 363: Dick Dale [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Dale Wikipedia]<br /> | ||
| + | 364: "Help Me Rhonda" by the Beach Boys [https://youtu.be/CCYTRjViAGg?&t=28 Look/Listen to a 1965 Beach Boys performance of this tune<br /> | ||
| + | 365: "Volare" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah637P0_cts Listen to Dean Martin sing this, with lyrics]<br /> | ||
| + | 365: "Java Jive" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeovqsn4MQ Listen to the Ink Spots sing their hit version of this tune]<br /> | ||
| + | 368: "Super Market" by Fapardokly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fapardokly Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvzF-1YB0FM&t=1670s Listen...]<br /> | ||
| + | 368: Elephant's Memory [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant%27s_Memory Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ekzvxc4Ws Listen to them perform "Mongoose" (1970)]<br /> | ||
| + | 368: "Stranger in Love" covered by The Spaniels [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spaniels Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apaPd1QBETg Listen to the Spaniels sing "Stranger in Love"]<br /> | ||
| + | 368: "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSzuvhaqu4A Listen to the Beach Boys perform this, with Brian Wilson on lead vocal] | ||
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| + | ==Other Resources== | ||
| + | * [[Pynchon on Shuffle|Pynchon's Use of Music in ''Inherent Vice'' - Mark Feeney, ''The Boston Globe'']] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:38, 11 July 2025
Songs, Music and Artists in Inherent Vice
This is a playlist to hear the music referenced in Inherent Vice. The songs are organized below by the page on which they are found. Enjoy...
There is a Pynchon Wiki Playlist of Thomas Pynchon's "Inherent Vice" on Spotify if you use that streaming service.
Inherent Vice Playlist
1: Country Joe and the Fish
Look/Listen to Country Joe playing "Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die" or Listen to CJ & the Fish's "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine"
3: "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles: Listen...
10: "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies Listen...
11: "Runaround Sue" by Dion Listen...
36: Dick Dale: Dick Dale & the Deltones performing "Misirlou"
37: Jimi Hendrix, Earl Bostic, Stan Getz, Lee Allen
37: The Chantays Wikipedia Look & Listen...
37: The Trashmen Wikipedia Listen...
37: Listen... (mentioned in anachronism, as they apparently started out in the 1980s?)
55: "The Great Pretender" by The Platters Listen...
56: "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" The Bonzo Dog Band's cover of Cher's original Listen...
69: "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison Listen...
72: "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by The Beach Boys Listen...
75: "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra Listen...
77: "The Crystal Ship" by The Doors Listen...
77: "Blueberry Hill" by Fats Domino Listen...
78: "Little GTO" by Ronny and the Daytonas (not specifically called out, but obliquely referenced in the "golden oldie" by the Boards): Listen... Lyrics...
81: "People Are Strange" by The Doors Listen...
92: Iron Butterfly Wikipedia Listen to "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1968)
95: Blue Cheer Wikipedia Listen to "Summertime Blues" (1968)
101: The Surfaris "Wipe Out" Listen...
103: The Electric Prunes Listen to "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night"
108: "The Ice Caps Are Melting" by Tiny Tim (This Tiny Tim song is actually called "The Other Side"; Listen...)
121: Pearls Before Swine
124: The Chantays "Pipeline" Listen...
124: "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen Listen...
124: "Bamboo" by Johnny & The Hurricanes Listen...
124: Eddie & the Showmen
124: "Mr. Moto" by the Bel Airs
125: "Thelisa" (1962) The Hollywood Saxons
125: "Western Movies" by The Olympics
125: "Tequila" by The Champs
129: Pink Floyd w/founder Syd Barrett playing "Astronomy Domine"
130: George Formby Look/Listen to Formby playing "Leaning on a Lamp Post"
130: Herman's Hermits Wikipedia Covering Formby's "Leaning on a Lamp Post"
130: Pat Boone Wikipedia Pat Boone's "Love Letters in the Sand"
131: "Donna Lee" (Miles Davis) Wikipedia Listen...
134: "Here Come the Hodads" by the Marketts Wikipedia Listen...
135: "Eight Miles High" by The Byrds Listen...
146: Frank Zappa Wikipedia
148: "Runaway" by Del Shannon Listen...
153: "Happy Trails" by Roy Rogers Listen...
155: Wild Man Fischer Wikipedia Wild Man Fischer on "Rowan and Martin"
156: "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane Wikipedia Look/Listen
156: "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Listen
159: Antonio Carlos Jobim
"The Girl from Ipanema"
160: "Desafinado" by Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto, with Charlie Byrd Listen...
160: "It Never Entered My Mind" by Rodgers & Hart (show tune from the musical Higher and Higher) Listen to Chet Baker perform this tune
Peggy Lee sings
160: "Alone Together" by Dietz & Schwartz Listen to Ella Fitzgerald perform this tune
162: "Samba Do Avião" (by Antonio Carlos Jobim) Listen...
165: Tommy James and the Shondells Wikipedia Listen to "Crimson and Clover"
176: Theme from Dark Shadows Watch/Listen to the Dark Shadows opening sequence and theme
193: "Something Happened to Me Yesterday" by the Rolling Stones Listen... Wikipedia
198: Floyd Cramer Wikipedia Floyd Cramer "On the Rebound" (1961)
220: Liberace Wikipedia
220: "Grande valse brillante" by Chopin Wikipedia aListen to Liberace performing Chopin's "Grande Valse Brillante"
221: "There's No Business Like Show Business" sung by Ethel Merman:
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222: Mick Jagger Wikipedia
223: Frank Zappa Wikipedia
224: “One Fine Day” by the Chiffons Listen...
225: Ernest Tubb Wikipedia Look/Listen to Tubb performing "Walkin' the Floor Over You"
225: Jim Reeves Wikipedia Look/Listen to Reeves performing "I Love You Because"
225: Web Pierce Wikipedia Look/Listen to Pierce performing "There Stands the Glass"
227: Merle Haggard "The Wabash Cannonball" Look/Listen to Haggard performing "Mama Tried"
229: Les Paul Wikipedia Look/Listen to Les Paul & Mary Ford performing "How High the Moon"
232: The Monkees Wikipedia
232: Elvis Presley Wikipedia
233: "Wunderbar" by Cole Porter, from "Kiss Me Kate" Look/Listen to this 1958 TV performance with Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson
233: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., "Haunted Heart" by Dietz & Schwartz Look/Listen to Jo Stafford performing "Haunted Heart"
234: "Viva Las Vegas" by Elvis Presley Elvis singing "Viva Las Vegas"
239: The Rat Pack Check out the Rat Pack (Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra)
239: Marty Robbins Wikipedia Look/Listen to Robbins perform "El Paso"
240: Pat Boone Wikipedia
243: Elvis Presley Wikipedia
244: Dolly Parton Wikipedia
244: Roy Acuff Wikipedia
247: "(You're not Sick) You're Just in Love" Irving Berlin Wikipedia Ethel Merman singing this
247: "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" by Tiny Tim Wikipedia Look/Listen to Tiny Tim performing "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" Lyrics...
249: Roza Eskenazi
249: Bessie Smith, Listen...
271: "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley Listen... Lyrics...
276: Vivaldi Wikipedia
278: "That's Amore" by Dean Martin Look/Listen to Martin singing this tune Lyrics...
289: Bonzo Dog Band Look/Listen to the Doo Dahs perform "Death Cab for Cutie"
299: "Interstellar Overdrive" by Pink Floyd Look/Listen to the Floyd perform "Interstellar Overdrive" (with Syd Barrett)
300: "Tears on My Pillow" by Little Anthony & The Imperials Listen...
318: Mike Curb's score from The Big Bounce (1969). Listen to "Nancy's Theme" from The Big Bounce.
330: "Elusive Butterfly" by Bob Lind Wikipedia Listen...
331: Glen Campbell Wikipedia Listen to a Glen Campbell medley!
332: "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by Ohio Express (covered by Herb Alpert) Listen the Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
338: Rocio Durcal Wikipedia
352: Theme from Hawaii Five-O Listen...
356: "Something in the Air" by Thunderclap Newman Listen... Wikipedia
360: "We Should Be Together" sung by Shirley Temple and George Murphey Look/Listen...
363: Dick Dale Wikipedia
364: "Help Me Rhonda" by the Beach Boys [https://youtu.be/CCYTRjViAGg?&t=28 Look/Listen to a 1965 Beach Boys performance of this tune
365: "Volare" Listen to Dean Martin sing this, with lyrics
365: "Java Jive" Listen to the Ink Spots sing their hit version of this tune
368: "Super Market" by Fapardokly Wikipedia Listen...
368: Elephant's Memory Wikipedia Listen to them perform "Mongoose" (1970)
368: "Stranger in Love" covered by The Spaniels Wikipedia Listen to the Spaniels sing "Stranger in Love"
368: "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys Listen to the Beach Boys perform this, with Brian Wilson on lead vocal
