There is this one excerpt at the very beginning
of this novel, where Titus goes on about being in an upcar all alone on his way
back from the moon, "flying home with the lights underneath you. and the
green faces of mothers that you can see halfway through the window of dropping
vans" (5). This passage, along with the circumstances of the party and all
the car rides Titus and Violet had in his upcar, reminded me of this song. The
feeling of being young and vulnerable, naive to the dangers of the outside world.
I believe it demonstrates so well how Titus felt being independent and falling
in love, and the absence of lyrics really brings in the youthfulness and
imaginative features of the novel. Since it is electronic, it feeds (pun
intended) into the futuristic realm of this novel as well. All in all, I feel
like this would be a great opener to the movie adaptation of this novel.
Hi Kelena,
ReplyDeleteYes, this is the type of music I imagine them playing on the moon and at their parties. The lack of lyrics also works with the novel because society is becoming illiterate and the few song lyrics that we do see are mostly the same few words repeated randomly, so the ability to write music seems to be lost. Additionally, techno music can be composed on a computer so there is no need for human invention or creativity (not to say that there are not creative people behind techno music today). There are some descriptions of how the music and beats sound in the clubs that could also probably be helpful when drawing comparisons to this song.