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#the midnight rambler this is where i talk about stuff

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in a fanfiction.net story se hinton posted under a pseudonym, ponyboy goes out and gets two christmas ornaments: a dark haired angel singing hymns, and a smirking devil that has wings and a halo.

when the curtis brothers' parents were around, they used to get ornaments that corresponded to each family member.

these are johnny's and dally's.

tom cruise got one of his teeth removed for the movie. not only that, but during the cast's stay at the hotel they were all boarding at in tulsa, he went up to the front desk, pulled out his tooth, and put it on a plate in front of the night manager.

my favourite part is that the guy ended up saying "sorry, we only accept cash or cheque." and tom grabbed his tooth and walked off

Rumble by Link Wray. first of all time period complacent second of all music genre complacent third of all its literally named rumble. so fucking perfect and it's an instrumental so it could easily fit into the outsiders soundtrack just as like a song

ok now im sorry im sorry this one's from '68. but Busy Doin' Nothing by The Beach Boys. feels like a languid day at the curtis house. pony drawin in his room. everybody comin over. screwing around in town. Sigh before they all died of course. 😭 it is FUCKED UP how the trio at the beginning of the story is reduced to one fucking guy by the end but i digress.

Caroline No by The Beach Boys again. oh man. i feel like this one speaks to the general loss of innocence amongst the boys being involved with rumbles and rivalries and whatnot but especially johnny after he kills bob :( and also could even apply to dallas after he "gets tough", "gets smart" out of jail. standout lines

Where did your long hair go? / Where is that girl I used to know? / How could you lose that happy glow? / Oh Caroline you / Break my heart I want to go and cry / It's so sad to watch a sweet thing die / Oh Caroline, no

now two Elvises. firstly Forget Me Never UUUHGHHHHHHHGH its johnny's last words. to ponyboy.

If I should go, forget me never / Please say that you'll remember me / I pray the dreams we share together / Will shine on in your memory / Each time a star falls out of heaven / It leaves the sky a deeper blue / If I should go, forget me never / And don't forget my love for you

what can i even say about that. the "dreams they share together" are of staying gold, of getting rid of socs and greasers. and then the sky just fits because ponyboy helped him to see it, and learn to appreciate it. tell dally...

secondly In My Way. i fear it's johnny and dally, but i can't figure out if it's johnny on his deathbed in the hospital talking to him or if it's talking about dally's rampant underlying self-destructive tendencies. it's something to do with their relationship man. i saw somebody describe both of them as suicidal— johnny explicitly, dally a little more subtle— and talk about the effect it had on their relationship. living for each other while knowing that they still couldn't live in this world. ughhn. either way you look at it, it's touching. it hurts. it's at the end of my playlist.

I may not be here tomorrow / But I'm close beside you today / So lie to me a little / Say you love me a lot / And I'll be true to you in my way So smile when you kiss me / Tomorrow you may cry / But I'll be true to you in my way / Yes, I'll be true to you in my way

also by the Beach Boys from their 1966 Pet Sounds.. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times screams ponyboy, post book. especially the chorus (?) god its so melancholy and i love the reeds. i cant really point out any specific lyrics because im very particular as how they apply to the characters. it just wrecks me thinking about his behaviour after the death of his friends. everything changed. how hard of a time he would have fitting back into school life, and feeling like he was even on the same wavelength as everybody else. i would feel so separated, and i think this song encapsulates that distant, solitary feeling

and lastly In My Life by The Beatles. yes i know greasers dont listen to that shit... but i like to think eventually yknow. ponyboy would branch out. i think this song really represents the bittersweet nature of the outsiders, with losing people and at the same time moving on with your life. it must be crazy hard to go through that at 14 cause that loss will follow you around for years— i'm thinking of pony in that was then this is now— but over time, the quality of that grief changes. think modern day. old man pony. i lost a friend of mine sixty years ago. he was sixteen. takes on a different, more distant kind of remembrance. but pony would keep going, in a grateful for the memories, grateful for the chance to keep living kind of way.

in Staying Gold se hinton shares that tommy howell got the "ponyboy flu" during filming... which later made the rounds and got a ton of people sick, including the author herself!

outsiders nation i present to you guitar book of the top hits of 1967