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At the end of Good Pop, Bad Pop, Jarvis writes "I have counted forty instances in this book of events that later found their way into song lyrics in one way or another. Did you spot them?"

Well, I have not spotted them. So I thought we could have a thread to collect them. I'll start with the ones that I noticed, in no particular order (but numbered so we can keep track):

  1. Countdown - the comic, and wanting to go to space, referenced in Chapter 7
  2. Space - as above; perhaps a bit tenuous
  3. I Scrubbed the Crabs That Killed Sheffield - story told in Chapter 22
  4. Last Day of the Miner's Strike - the strikes are mentioned in Chapter 18
  5. "Further Complications" - this is a bit tenuous, but the "life is just a carrier bag" lyric = the discussion of carrier bags
  6. Wickerman - living in the disused factory in Chapter 20
  7. Am I Missing Something - seems to be the theme of Chapter 20
  8. Bad Cover Version - the imitation Andy Warhol artwork on the Velvet Underground LP and the Top of the Pops albums, Chapter 20
  9. Inside Susan - the jumping out of the window incident mentioned in the lyrics
  10. Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) - referred to by name, but also told in the story of his mother's wedding photograph
  11. The Other Side from Room 29 - the TV interlude
  12. Seductive Barry - a little tenuous, he talks about his love for the Barry White cassette
  13. Mis-Shapes - townie violence, Chapter 23
  14. Death Comes to Town - not a direct reference exactly, but the 'Disco' button on Yamaha PortaSound PS-400 sounds just like it
  15. Common People - aluded to in the Epilogue

Some tracks are directly referred to by their name, so I'm not sure whether these count - they're not hidden! Let's imagine they do: 

16. Shakespeare Rock
17. Message to the Martians 
18. Tunnel 
19. Maureen
20. Life Is a Circle
21. My Legendary Girlfriend



-- Edited by hawalius1 on Sunday 9th of October 2022 01:29:43 PM

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This one might be a bit tenuous, but perhaps 'Tonite' in relation to the window incident ('Somebody falls from a window sill')? Also, if name-checked tracks count, he mentions finding the lyrics to 'Teen Angst' at one point (he didn't sound too chuffed about it, though!)

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