View source for Songs mentioned in Inherent Vice

==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 [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.

==''Inherent Vice'' Playlist==
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: [https://youtu.be/srwxJUXPHvE Listen...] <br />
10: "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies [https://youtu.be/j3plj_Xplus Listen...]<br />
11: "Runaround Sue" by Dion [https://youtu.be/LcILsIE0j-I Listen...] <br /> 
36: Dick Dale: [https://youtu.be/cztu-juq1mw Dick Dale & the Deltones performing "Misirlou"]<br />
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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chantays Wikipedia] [https://youtu.be/ZFucCXherLg Look & Listen...]<br />
37: The Trashmen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trashmen Wikipedia] [https://youtu.be/sJgERVTOnD8 Listen...]<br />
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 [https://youtu.be/RBj2HN2uuNA_ Listen...]<br />
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: "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison [https://youtu.be/Am38jAK38DU Listen...]<br />
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 [https://youtu.be/Y2rDb4Ur2dw Listen...]<br />
77: "The Crystal Ship" by The Doors [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QehH-JWobEQ Listen...]<br />
77: "Blueberry Hill" by Fats Domino [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6H_sxI6jG8 Listen...]<br />
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 />
81: "People Are Strange" by The Doors [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezc05A4s2g Listen...]<br />
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 />
95: Blue Cheer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cheer Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as1NcX31szs Listen to "Summertime Blues" (1968)]<br />
101: The Surfaris "Wipe Out" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4IfxAQ4TqQ Listen...]<br />
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> 
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 />
121: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearls_Before_Swine_%28band%29 Pearls Before Swine]<br /> 
124: The Chantays "Pipeline" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fc57tYou4U Listen...]<br />
124: "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB2uuGKBQeg Listen...]<br />
124: "Bamboo" by Johnny & The Hurricanes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjUMfLBS0Qs Listen...]<br />
124: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_%26_the_Showmen Eddie & the Showmen]<br />
124: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEcL_ELHqyo "Mr. Moto" by the Bel Airs]<br />
125: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0EZv2GWTKg "Thelisa" (1962) The Hollywood Saxons]<br />
125: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIUzVGtxQCY "Western Movies" by The Olympics]<br />
125: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_JFLb1IItM "Tequila" by The Champs]<br />
129: [https://youtu.be/uTfDUyUkVYE?&t=115 Pink Floyd w/founder Syd Barrett playing "Astronomy Domine"]<br />
130: George Formby [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUbB1qe6BR0 Look/Listen to Formby playing "Leaning on a Lamp Post"]<br />
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 />
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 />
131: "Donna Lee" (Miles Davis) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Lee Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvK9u_UYL3o Listen...]<br />
134: "Here Come the Hodads" by the Marketts [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketts Wikipedia] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3UnklXwdFE Listen...]<br />
135: "Eight Miles High" by The Byrds [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Il9q397lL0 Listen...]<br />
146: Frank Zappa [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa Wikipedia]<br />
148: "Runaway" by Del Shannon [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KJ9oykwb6A Listen...]<br />
153: "Happy Trails" by Roy Rogers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXFil77aj1o Listen...]<br />
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 />
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 />
156: "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppYnbbu1OmA Listen]<br />
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 />
160: "Desafinado" by Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto, with Charlie Byrd [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=991uASejkY8 Listen...]<br />
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 />
160: "Alone Together" by Dietz & Schwartz [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZZh1HbFoW8 Listen to Ella Fitzgerald perform this tune]<br />
162: "Samba Do Avião" (by Antonio Carlos Jobim) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNO4NjTnfM Listen...]<br />
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 /> 
176: Theme from ''Dark Shadows'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSbCqp_a3iE Watch/Listen to the ''Dark Shadows'' opening sequence and theme]<br />
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 /> 
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 />
220: Liberace [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberace Wikipedia]<br />
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 />
221: "There's No Business Like Show Business" sung by Ethel Merman: 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIiQMsDQ0Uo Listen!]
222: Mick Jagger [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_jagger Wikipedia]<br />
223: Frank Zappa [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa Wikipedia]<br />
224: “One Fine Day” by the Chiffons [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvyOqKhKWQ4 Listen...]<br />
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 />
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 />
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 />
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 />
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 />
232: The Monkees [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkees Wikipedia]<br />
232: Elvis Presley [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_presley Wikipedia]<br />
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 />
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 />
234: "Viva Las Vegas" by Elvis Presley [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ihOQNPKG1A Elvis singing "Viva Las Vegas"]<br />
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 />
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 />
240: Pat Boone [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Boone Wikipedia]<br />
243: Elvis Presley [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_presley Wikipedia]<br />
244: Dolly Parton [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton Wikipedia]<br />
244: Roy Acuff [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Acuff Wikipedia]<br />
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 />
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 />
249: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roza_Eskenazi Roza Eskenazi]<br /> 
249: Bessie Smith, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpVCqXRlXx4&feature=related Listen...]<br />   
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>
276: Vivaldi [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi Wikipedia]<br />
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 />
289: Bonzo Dog Band [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKXsrWrmbAg Look/Listen to the Doo Dahs perform "Death Cab for Cutie"]<br />
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 />
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]

==Other Resources==
* [[Pynchon on Shuffle|Pynchon's Use of Music in ''Inherent Vice'' - Mark Feeney, ''The Boston Globe'']]