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Playlist & Pop Culture
Truth, Lies, and the Questions in Between
I love quoting music in my narratives as atmospheric reveals of my characters, setting, and era. Throughout this story, songs inspire, prod questions, and open up Patty and Simone to one another, just as they did with real-life youth.
To get readers in the mood and immerse them in the time period of Truth, Lies, and the Questions in Between, I’ve created a Spotify playlist of some of the best music of the late ‘60s to 1973—everything from Carole King to Jethro Tull to Stevie Wonder.
Click on the link below to get listening!
Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1s5DLBPR6Uxs3rpyQtSzBl?si=931e03c366af4d3f
And, if you really want to dip into the time period, check out a few of the live performances of the songs:
Aretha Franklin, "Respect," (1967): https://youtu.be/s3Itb17PXvw?si=uTLs2lUTzBAkunZ2
Jethro Tull, "Bourée," (1969): https://youtu.be/pqxwXla3-Bw?si=uUuVIQIW4ARXCJzt
Carole King, "It's Too Late," (1971): https://youtu.be/hqwLrJ6QWho?si=2T3X3LdV5VmajLuv
Chicago, "Saturday in the Park," (1972): https://youtu.be/UTFD1C4tVIg?si=apv-V4frrfGX8NW
Donny Osman, "Puppy Love," (1972): https://youtu.be/Tu3Frh9SWXc?si=pcSQdAbI3M1sh3Pu
Stevie Wonder, "Superstition," (1972): https://youtu.be/s4nCVJTkdsY?si=wgUjpfM4euM2mrF1
BOOKS
Selected Titles:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (1969)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1969)
The Godfather by Mario Puzo (1969)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (1969)
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (1970)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown (1970)
Deliverance by James Dickey (1970)
Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion (1970)
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (1970)
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White (1970)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (1971)
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (1971)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst (1972)
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin (1972)
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1972)
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies by J.B. West with Mary Lynn Katz (1972)
Johnathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (1973)
Once is Not Enough by Jaqueline Susann (1973)
The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort (1973)
TV
Selected Titles:
Laugh-In (premiered 1968)
The Mod Squad (premiered 1968)
Hee Haw (premiered 1969)
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (Premiered 1969)
Sesame Street (premiered 1969)
The Brady Bunch (premiered 1969)
The Mary Tyler Moore (premiered 1970)
The Odd Couple (premiered 1970)
All in the Family (premiered 1971)
Columbo (premiered 1971)
M*A*S*H (premiered 1972)
Sanford and Son (premiered 1972)
The Bob Newhart Show (premiered 1972)
The Six Million Dollar Man (premiered 1973)
The Waltons (premiered 1972)
FILM
Selected Titles:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Airport (1970)
Love Story (1970)
Patton (1970)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Cabaret (1972)
Deliverance (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
American Graffiti (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Sting (1973)
Serpico (1973)
What’s Up Doc? (1972)
The Way We Were (1973)
FASHION
This period was a daring time for fashion, where people experimented with clothing that pushed both boundaries and norms. From everything from caftan dresses to wide collar shirts to hot pants, check out these links to get a crash course in what people were wearing!
https://www.life.com/lifestyle/feelin-groovy-high-school-fashion-1969/
https://www.vogue.com/article/1970s-fashion-history-lesson
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/trends/g6495/70s-fashion-in-photos/
And here's how the advertising world saw women...
https://rarehistoricalphotos.
https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/
