Vinyl & Verses

     Champagne spills, roaring music, inconceivable sins, cheating spouses: these are just a few of the sights you’ll see at one of Gatsby’s parties. In the Great Gatsby, we see the party scene as a something straight out of a fever dream, one that I can’t put into words. However, I find a rather uncanny connection between this exotic party scene and the song “No Church in the Wild” by Kanye West and Jay-Z.       In the Great Gatsby, we are often reminded about the corruption that comes with wealth. This is very accurately represented by Gatsby’s parties as they represent the loss of morality for the sake of money flaunting and status. In fact, the parties themselves hold no value other than for Gatsby to impress Daisy. In “No Church in the Wild” we see the same concept: there is a severe loss of morality that comes with wealth, even to this day. In the hook of the song we hear “ What’s a king to a God?”/“Whats a God to a non-believer?”, showing how by...

     When first listening to jazz, one might think that it's written with complexity or even inspiration from past forms of music. However, this couldn't be further from the truth: the genre of Jazz defies the classic and normal structure of most music. This idea of rebellion didn't just come from the mind of some crackhead; it came from a certain era in American history known as the Jazz Age. It brings to mind "The Great Gatsby" by Scott F. Fitzgerald, which takes place in this very same age and represents rebellion in ways that go beyond just music.      Take Tom and Myrtle's affair, for example. Tom Buchanan, a wealthy man who has inherited substantial wealth, is married to Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy woman who also has vast riches in inheritance. In a typical relationship of such class, one would expect them to be perfectly happy and content in their luxurious courtship. However, Tom is secretly seeing Myrtle Wilson, presumably because he is bored with hi...