Music to Listen to While You're Reading and Reviewing "1Q84"

[Ian]

On the off-chance that there is music in the novel, mention it here and, if possible, link to the song on Youtube.

Or if you're listening to any music while you read it or it evokes music for you, tell us about it.

[Ian]

Click on the music button here:

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/m...

[Ian]

Janacek : Sinfonietta:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3RKqv...

Read the comments too.

[Stephen M]

From the opening scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3RKqv...

[Ian]

Booktunes:

http://booktunes.net/tune/15692395-1q...

http://booktunes.net/tune/15986898-1q...

I haven't come across this site before, but each of the above links has over 50 minutes of music on it.

[John]

"On the off chance that there is music in the novel...". Hahaha, I suspect this will be a long list by the time we,all plow through the +900 pages. Great idea.

[Marissa]

There is a 1Q84 station on Spotify as well as a general Haruki Murakami station. I enjoy both.

[Ian]

Thanks for all the music, MB. I'm catching up.

[Ian]

Moonbutterfly wrote: "Anytime. Today I haven't done nothing but read this book. I'm a very slow reader, so it's gonna take me some time to get through this one. So have you got the book yet?"

Yep, started last night, but was very tired.

[Ian]

Some music about the revolution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBP3nq...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpS9gy...

and Freedom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkHbCK...

make sure you endure the intros to the Cosmic Rough Riders. The music follows.

[Ian]

Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining (Video):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVtSSC...

[Magdelanye]

Moonbutterfly wrote: "Aomame goes to the dowager's house. The dowager is listening to Dowland's Lachrimae while reading a book. This is one of her favorite pieces of music."
mine too

http://youtu.be/_X9QxFaHJwA for some anu shaolin rock

http://youtu.be/ptgk67vwybk sizzle ohtaka and the asian wings

http://youtu.be/l4oJ8ZbRTy8 danger gang: caution

http://youtu.be/l4oJ8ZbRTy8 kagaru
http://youtu.be/Q_rADGEFAv4 COBU: tres Murakami

[Orico]

Check out this blog about the music in 1Q84: http://1Q84music.tumblr.com/

[Aloha]

Oh, neat! A music section. See how good I am about exploring a site? I've been deep into 1Q84 and this is the first time I saw this, and only because I received a notification. LOL Thanks, guys!

[Aloha]

I'm going to put it all into a YouTube playlist and play it while I am writing a review for a book that I thought was icky. This will be the first time I'll be writing a review for a book I don't like, because I prefer to not put any energy into it. But me and my big mouth (er typing fingers), and I got some people into an uproar. Type one word, run to do something I enjoy, type another word, run to do something else I enjoy....

[Aloha]

I prefer Ella's version of It's Only Paper Moon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gapCK5...

[Aloha]

I love the Random House site with the Murakami mix. Thanks, Ian!

[Aloha]

I love Puccini, and Beethoven, and.....

[Justin]

I found that Ryuichi Sakamoto's Out Of Noise synced up well w/ it.

[Ian]

Good suggestion. He once got me into a band called "Sandii and the Sunsetz", which I have never got out of.