pop culture references
Chapter 8: You Wanna Make Something of It?
- …no pothead Jackie Paper. Puff is a rascal…
- Peter, Paul, and Mary,
Puff the Magic Dragon
- His momma told him that he would be the leader of a big old band.
- Chuck Berry,
Johnny B. Goode
- …white light/white heat…
- The Velvet Underground,
White Light/White Heat
- "M" is for the million things she gave me.
- Howard Johnson,
Mother
- She had been his superpower under a yellow sun.
- allusion to the Superman origin story
- Hey, hey, Momma, the way you move. Make you sweat. Make you groove.
- Led Zeppelin,
Black Dog
- Down by the river.
- Neil Young,
Down By The River
- …tough enough, in love enough?
- The Rolling Stones,
Beast of Burden
- I will survive.
- Gloria Gaynor,
I Will Survive
- Somebody got murdered.
- The Clash,
Somebody Got Murdered
- Blitzkrieg bop. Hey ho, let's go.
- Ramones,
Blitzkrieg Bop