- Maltese Falcon Mixed Tape
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lovenator
- January 30th, 2010
Track 1: Tracy Chapman, Bang Bang Bang
This song reminds me of Gutman’s body guard Wilmer, who is young and has a lot of life left but is given the job to kill and spy and be secretive. Taking away his youth and giving it to the life of crime. In the second verse there is a line about a gun that says “When he hold it in his hands/ he feel mighty he feel strong.” This relates to the boy in the book because when he holds the guns that Gutman has given to him he feels superior to others. He thinks that he has no fears and nothing can happen to him as long as he has these guns but really he’s just hiding behind the gun. He is not truly fearless. Another line is “Give him drugs and give him candy/ anything to make him think he's happy/ and he won't ever come for us/ He won't ever come.” This is like Gutman giving the boy money and drugs to make him happy just so he won’t turn on Gutman himself. In some ways Gutman is in fear that his body guard will one day turn on him. My last line from this song is when Chapman says “If he wants the chances that you took from him/ and nothing that you own/ then there'll be no place to run to/ there'll be no place to run.” This line is saying that if the boy wanted to take back the things that Gutman had deprived him of and not money and power then he would take Gutman’s life and he couldn’t do anything about it.
Track 2: T.I., No Matter What
In this song T.I. says, “Life can change ya direction, even when you ain't planned it/
All you can do it handle it, worst thing you can do is panic Use it to your advantage, avoid insanity manage To conquer, every obstacle, make impossible possible
Even when winnings illogical, losing is still far from optional.” This line reminds me of Spade because when ever he is in a bad situation whether its being held at gun point or being accused of murder he still stays calm and always ends with the upper hand. Another segment of T.I’s lyrics in this song is when he says, “I understand why, ya'll when my hands tied, they take shots, cause if I'm out there it's a landslide.” What this is saying is that No one wants to mess with him unless his hands are tied physically or figuratively. For example if spade had hit Dundy back after he had struck Spade, Spade could have gotten into a large amount of trouble. Spade kept his composure and still ended with the upper hand. The last quote I have from the song is “I lost my partner and my daughter in the same year/ somehow I rise above my problems and remain here.” Spade lost his partner and a woman that he really cares about with out much time in between the two. Even after the two he pretends that nothing happened and goes back to his job.
Track 3: no quitter go getter, lil wayne
This song is sort of what Sam Spade is like in this novel. He is defiant to the rules of the law when he is trying to achieve something. Wayne says, “I'm reliant on redeem inspired by the green never tired or fatigued never defiant to my team.” This relates to Spade because all he is trying to do in this book is find the falcon not to help someone else, but to help himself. He is all about the green (money) and is never goes against the way he feels about something. Another line in the song that relates to Spade is when lil wayne says, “Nothin's what you give to me/ I take whatever I'm visioning/ now break all of the limiting now shake all of the gimmicking/ the fakery the trickery.” This is like Spade because he doesn’t believe anything is a favor. He thinks that when someone offers to do him a favor it is because they want something in return. Spade doesn’t fall for all the bullshit that people tell him. He knows when someone is lying to him but chooses only to call the person out on it when at the right time. “Yeaah, I'm allergic to cheatin, I hate failure and I'm in love with achievement/ above and beneath it, a hug when I greet it/ my eyes on the prize and I love when I seek.” This quote just reminds me of how the only thing Spade is really looking for in this book is the Maltese Falcon.
Track 4: Poker Face, Lady GaGa
This song relates to Brigid O’shaughnessy. In one of the first lines the song says, “LoveGame intuition play the cards with Spades to start/ And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart.” This line fits Brigid because she basically wants to pretend to be in love with Spade and use him to get what she wants. “I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will be/ A little gambling is fun when you're with me I love it.” Brigid wants to pair up with Spade because she thinks they will become an unstoppable duo that could basically get what they wanted by using each others skills in brute force and lying. “Cause I'm bluffin' with my muffin/I'm not lying I'm just stunnin' with my love-glue-gunning.” This quote means that shes just using her muffin, “vagina,” to get what she wants and that the guys can’t resist. Brigid O’shaughnessy does this very well.
Track 5: Hound Dog, Elvis Presley
This song reflects on the relationship between Spade and Wilmer. Elvis says, “ You ain't nothin' but a hound dog/ Cryin' all the time.” Spade thinks of Wilmer as a kid that just whines. When Wilmer doesn’t get what he wants he runs and tells Gutman. In the third verse he says, “Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit/ and you ain't no friend of mine.” This is kinda like spade saying that Wilmer is just a poser and that’s he pretends to be hard and tough but really he isn’t and he doesn’t want to be friends with someone like that. The last line I pulled form this song is “Well they said you was high-classed/ well, that was just a lie.” Gutman and his associates says that Wilmer is a good worker and reliable but really Spade thinks he’s over rated.