Jane Austen in Song, Or, How the 1970s Was Really All About Jane Austen

“Rear Admiral” of Austen in Boston posted this on a Jane Austen discussion group, his facebook page, and his blog. I think it is quite brilliant, and it will give you your Daily Chuckle – he gives me permission to post it here for your enjoyment!

Playing in Parts, by James Gillray (1801) – Wikipedia Commons

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From “Rear Admiral”: From something I posted on the Goodreads Jane Austen discussion page…I got just a bit carried away….. As I’m stuck in the (mostly) 70s/Singer Songwriter Era some (all?) of these might be unknown but I had way too much fun with this so here goes:

•  Sir Walter Eliot to himself: James Blunt “You’re Beautiful”
• The Kellynch Hall mirrors to Sir Walter: Carly Simon “You’re So Vain”
• Anne Eliot to Captain Wentworth: Dan Fogelberg’s “Seeing You Again”
• Lady Catherine to everyone: Frank Sinatra “My Way”
• Emma to Mr K: Orleans “Dance with Me”
• Mr K to Emma: Orleans “Love Takes Time”
• Darcy to Lizzy: Orleans “Still the One”
• Fanny to Edmund: Yvonne Elliman “If I Can’t Have You”
• Mary Crawford to Edmund: Pink Floyd “Money”
• Mary Crawford to Edmund, yet again: Dido “I’m No Angel”
• Anne Eliot to Captain Wentworth: Yvonne Elliman “Hello Stranger”
• Captain Wentworth to Anne Eliot: Joe Cocker “The Letter”
• Catherine to Mr. Tilney: Fontella Bass “Rescue Me”
• Marianne to Willoughby: All versions “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
• Elinor to Edward: ELO “Strange Magic”
• Col Brandon to Marianne: Cat Stevens “Oh Very Young”
• Lizzy to Darcy: Olivia Newton-John “Have You Never Been Mellow”
• Mrs. Croft to Admiral Croft: The Moody Blues “Sitting At The Wheel”
• Lizzy to Bingley: The Beatles “She Loves You”
• Edward to Elinor: Mary MacGregor “Torn Between Two Lovers”
• Elinor/Marianne/Margaret/Mrs Dashwood to Fanny and John Dashwood: Foreigner “Cold as Ice”
• Elinor to Lucy Steele and Mrs. Ferrars: Foreigner “Cold as Ice”
• Edmund to Mary: Joe Cocker “Unchain My Heart”
• Marianne to Col Brandon: Lulu “To Sir With Love” (yes, the Col. isn’t a Sir, but he should be)
• Me to Jane Austen: Sugababies “Too Lost in You”
• Holly Christina “Jane Austen” : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD2XIarhE08
• Emma to herself: 10cc “I’m Not in Love”
• Jane Bennet to Bingley: Beatles “8 Days a Week”
• Caroline to Lizzy: ELO “Turn to Stone”
• Anne and Capt Wentworth: duet “Reunited”
• Willoughby to Marianne:Elvin Bishop “Fooled around and fell in love”
• Bingley to Darcy:Bee Gees “You Should Be Dancing”
• Adm Croft to the Musgrove Sisters: Lynyrd Skynyrd “What’s Your Name”
• Aunt Norris to Fanny: Nick Lowe “Cruel to be Kind”
• Eliza Williams to Willoughby Three Degrees “When will I see you again”
• Marianne to Willoughby: James Taylor “Fire and Rain”
• Robert Ferras to himself: ZZ Top “Sharp Dressed Man”
• Lady Susan and Catherine Vernon duet: ELO “Evil Woman”
• Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax duet: Atlantic Starr “Secret Lovers”
• Mrs Bennet to her daughters:The 5th Dimension “Wedding Bell Blues”
• Lizzy to Mr Collins: Police: “Don’t stand so close to me”
• Charlotte Lucus to Mr Collins:Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
• Neighbor Network of Spies to Catherine : Police “Every Breath You Take”
• Fanny to Edmund:Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr “You don’t have to be a star”
• Lucy Steele to Ferrars money: James Taylor: “How Sweet It is”
• Anyone who’s read all of this to me: Simon and Garfunkel “The Sounds of Silence”

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“Longways” Country Dance, by Thomas Rowlandson (1790s) – wikipedia

Thank you Kirk! – Anyone want to add their own versions of Jane Austen in song?

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