Soundtrack to A Streetcar Named Desire

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This is my playlist for A Street Car Named Desire, I decided to make a playlist of songs I though would mesh well with the story line.

The first song is "Feel Good Inc." by The Gorillaz, this song basically goes about singing about making ones self feel good despite whatever may be going on. to me this describes Blanche to a T. "Stairway to Heaven" I liked not only because it has a magical quality to it that reminded me of Blanches love of enchantment , but because even the first line seems to describe her "There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold, and she's buying a stairway to heaven." Blanche thinks that by telling something different from the truth that it can become reality, that by speaking about something glittery as being gold, it can be gold. Next "(I can't get no) Satisfaction" seems to describe everyones situation, Blanche can't make her lies reality, Stanley can't get rid of Blanche, Mitch was deceived, everyone starts to realize that the shortcomings of their lives no matter the amount of will can not seem to take a turn for the better. Next I chose "Drunk" because I think this can apply to almost any of the characters when they are down, but Blanche and her situation especially coincide with this song, she gets drunk to blur her reality, it's the physical coping method that she uses along with her lying to "change" her reality. "Love the Way you Lie" by Rihanna and Eminem I feel like applies very much to Stanley and Stella he loves her, but unfortunately he can't keep his hands to himself and he always snaps at Stella, and she still comes back and loves him, and I think sometimes this makes him feel guilty, not forever but I think it makes him devastated and when she is back in his arms it's like reset, he claims he won't ever do it again, but he forgets and his angry side gets the better of him, and she still loves him. The song "Try" by Pink sums up things for Mitch and Blanche I think, however I think in this case Mitch takes the role of Pink and he wants to try where as Blanche was in that role but she is no longer trying, and has turned into the very character the lyrics go on to describe. "I Only have eyes for You" is I thought a more romantic take on things between Stella and Stanley, Stella is so truly in love with Stanley and is blind to anyone else and can only see the good in him and only wants to please him and be with him. "It's only a Paper Moon" is not only a good song to some up Blanche's fantasies but it is also major symbolism and contributes largely to the theme of fantasy versus reality, the fact that the song even comes into the story through Blanche singing it provides irony and emphasis on her dreaming. "Try A little Tenderness" reminds me of Blanche, she is looking for that little bit of tenderness, and she acts as though she were a young girl needing to be loved, and I think that Blanche would say that this was a song that described exactly what she needed even though in reality she has the love of her sister and Mitch but it isn't enough and she keeps them waiting for the next time she has another mood switch-up. "A Kiss to build a Dream on" to me could have been played as the music to a montage of Mitch's and Blanche's date, feeling the magic of the moment, she is the object of his fancies and he just wants a kiss to get him through, something to express his feelings , something he can take home, to send him over the moon. "Lights", though a weird way to end the playlist I think sums up Blanche, it both contrasts how she feels and sums it up, she needs strength to move on, but she stays away from the light because it takes her back to her true self and the reality of her past, and she just wants to be this newer better person that people. "You show the lights that stop me turn to stone You shine it when I'm alone And so I tell myself that I'll be strong And dreaming when they're gone"