On a rewatch, I’m really interested in the music in Maggie’s shop. So far I’ve caught (Ep. 1) “You Don’t Own Me” by Lesley Gore and (Ep. 2) “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” by Dusty Springfield… Nice work on the music supervisor’s part.
Both, of course, are soundtracking Maggie’s story (“You Don’t Own Me” is playing when Aziraphale refuses to collect the rent, so, okay, sensible chuckle.gif; “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” is on when she’s tearfully explaining her “pash” on Nina) but HMMmmmm with the Maggie/Crowley parallelism then there’s another layer to the lyrics here:
Lesley Gore’s defiant claims of independence:
I don't tell you what to say I don't tell you what to do So just let me be myself That's all I ask of you
And then, next ep, Dusty Springfield coming in with the emotional steel chair:
When I said I needed you You said you would always stay It wasn't me who changed but you and now you've gone away Don't you see that now you've gone And I'm left here on my own That I have to follow you and beg you to come home
Add that to your ‘hi i’m unwell’ playlist if you like; I certainly have.
…OH AND fun fact both Gore and Springfield were queer women (Gore was with her partner for more than 30 years) and semi-publicly out even during the height of their fame.
