When I read The Time Traveler's Wife a while back, a recurring thought was that I ought to make a soundtrack mix for the book. Aside from the wealth of location shots in the Chicago area, there are also plenty of references to specific songs or bands and crucial scenes that take place in venues such as the Riv and Aragon.
Here is my tracklist, complete with page numbers from the paperback edition and a note as to whether the specific song was mentioned or just the band (I tried to pick appropriately themed songs in the latter case):
1. The Beatles - When I'm Sixty-Four (p.65 -song)
2. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (p.85 -song)
3. Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong - I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good (p.128 -song)
4. Smoking Popes - I Need You Around (p.134 -band)
5. Aretha Franklin - Respect (p.144 -song)
6. Violent Femmes - Add It Up (p.154 -song)
7. Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone (p.155 -song)
8. Prince - 1999 (p.206 -song)
9. Beatles - Yellow Submarine (p.261 and 286 -song)
10. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill Your Television (p.316 -song)
11. Iggy Pop - Pussy Power (p.421 -song)
12. Iggy Pop - Funtime (p.421 -song)
13. Golden Palominos - A Divine Kiss (p.435 -band)
14. Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell (p.492 -band)
15. Billie Holiday - I Didn't Know What Time It Was (p.500 -band)
16. Kinks - This Time Tomorrow (p.508 -band)
There are probably a couple I missed, and there are a few instances where the author runs through a list of specific bands that the lead characters enjoy; I left those off because they weren't specific enough.
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