pop culture references
Chapter 22: Wounds
- Don't touch the glass.
- Anthony Heald, The Silence of the Lambs
- Sometimes it seems like you and me against the world.
- Helen Reddy,
You and Me Against the World
- What a town without pity can do.
- Gene Pitney,
Town Without Pity
- Double bummer.
- Bongwater,
Double Bummer
- No, no, no. The last train to Clarksville.
- The Monkees,
Last Train to Clarksville
- I want you so bad, it's driving me mad.
- The Beatles,
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
- Everything's coming up roses.
- Ethel Merman,
Everything's Coming Up Roses
- Show them how funky and strong is your fight.
- Michael Jackson,
Beat It
- I close my eyes, I see blood.
- The Smithereens,
Blood and Roses
- Should the teacher stand so near, my love?
- Dinah Washington,
Teach Me Tonight
- Lily, oh Lily
- The Who,
Pictures of Lily
- She was the best girl ever.
- Janis Joplin,
San Francisco Bay Blues
- Although he's not a man some girls would think of as handsome.
- Frank Sinatra,
Someone to Watch Over Me
- Gonna use my my my imagination.
- The Pretenders,
Brass in Pocket
- …there's a clown in the refrigerator.
- Steve Martin joke
- Points of her own, way up firm and high.
- Bob Seger,
Night Moves
- I'm special, so special.
- The Pretenders,
Brass in Pocket
- In the navy.
- The Village People,
In the Navy
- I pity the fool.
- Mister T, The A-Team