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Into the wild playlist
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INTO THE WILD
Chris McCandless
"Take A Walk On the Wild Side" - Lou Reed
Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KaWSOlASWc
I chose this song for Chris, because it protmotes the free wheeling lifestyle that he so loved. The song also promotes an alternative lifestyle, a notion that Chris enjoyed aswell.
"Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.
Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A."
A father-son relationship
"Cats In The Cradle" - Harry Chapin
Folk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c
I chose this song becuase I feel as if it is representative ...
I chose this song becuase I feel as if it is representative of the relationship had between Chris and his father. Although his father had the best of intentions, in the end his actions drove Chris away.
"When you comin' home son?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then"
Ultimate Freedom
"Redmeption Song"- Bob Marley
Reggae/Folk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOFu6b3w6c0
I chose this song becuse it speaks about taking yourself out ...
I chose this song becuse it speaks about taking yourself out of the material world, and letting yourself be your own ruler. both large theme's in this book
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds"
Allure of Wilderness
"Roam" - B-52's
Pop Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwC0sp-uA4
I chose this song becuase it promotes traveling a...
I chose this song becuase it promotes traveling and living a free life. Values MccAndless held close to his heart
"Roam if you want to
Roam around the world
Roam if you want to
Without wings, without wheels
Roam if you want to
Roam around the world
Roam if you want to
Without anything but the love we feel"
Living your true self
"My Way" - Frank Sinatra
vocal Jazz/trad pop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E2hYDIFDIU
I chose this song for its meaning. The song talks about living a li...
I chose this song for its meaning. The song talks about living a life that is in accordance with your true self, living life by your own principle, and living courageously .
"I've lived a life that's full
I've traveled each and every highway
But more, much more than this
I did it my way"
Identity
Identity
"Hip To Be Square" - Heuy Lewis and The News
Pop Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5YkmjalDg
I picked this song because I believe it's message to be the absolu...
I picked this song because I believe it's message to be the absolute antithesis of what McCandless's idea of personal identity was.
"I like my bands in business suits, I watch them on TV
I'm working out 'most everyday and watching what I eat
They tell me that it's good for me, but I don't even care
I know that it's crazy
I know that it's nowhere
But there is no denying that
It's hip to be square..."
Allure of Danger
"Born to be Wild" -Steppenwolf
Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMWlD3fLJ8
I chose this song for obvious reasons, its resemblance ...
I chose this song for obvious reasons, its resemblance to McCandless unruley dangerous attitude is undeniable.
"Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna die"
Wayne Westerberg
"The Grand Tour"- George Jones
Country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-hBAwaH6CI
I picked this song because Westerberg reminds me ...
I picked this song because Westerberg reminds me of my Grandfather (he likes George Jones) a man who is simple yet intelligent.
Principles over people
"Man of Principle" - Jethro Tull
Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e7NzInvKsY
I picked this song becuase it speaks to the theme of stro...
I picked this song becuase it speaks to the theme of strong principles, a sentiment MacAndles held with high importance. Also, I feel like in the specific exerpt I selected, the person in question could easily be McCandless .
"One day he'll walk from out of this place.
You'll see a quiet determination on his face.
He'll toe no lines. Suffer no fools.
But he'll raise three cheers to the losing team
From the other school."
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF TOTAL SELF-RELIANCE
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF TOTAL SE...
"Help"- The Beatles
Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWP6Qki8mWc
Dispite its obvious connotations, I chose this so...
Dispite its obvious connotations, I chose this song (and the lyric exerpt more specifically) because if feel like it was excatlly what McCandless was thinking, when in that cold bus in Alaska, he finally realized he couldn't do it alone.
"When I was younger so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way
But now these days are gone and I'm not so self assured
Now I find I've changed my mind, I've opened up the doors"
How the playlist reflects the novel.
How the playlist reflects the novel.
I feel as if the songs I selected for this playlist are a good representation of the themes/characters for several reasons. For one the songs all have relevance to the themes themselves.
Not only did I select songs that are of direct representation to the themes,
but I selected certain songs with a touch of irony in regards to their respective theme.
The songs I selected for the characters, not necessarily for the reasons one would take at face value from the book, but from my own interpretation of them.