- 01“Ashley’s Roachclip”the Soul SearchersYou never heard of “Ashley’s Roachclip”?from the chapter
- 02“Set Adrift on Memory Bliss”P.M. DawnDawn.” I can just put my left hand up to my chin and flick it outward, and she knows immediately: “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” video, 1991, 1:19 mark.from the chapter
- 03“Hey Nineteen”Steely DanAll of this is to say that even though I was still in single digits when Steely Dan’s “Hey Nineteen” came out, I’m right there with it.from the chapter
- 04Dirty MindPrincePrince’s Dirty Mind ?from the chapter
- 05“Young, Gifted and Black”Aretha FranklinIt’s worth quoting from “Young, Gifted and Black,” the title song of Aretha’s 1972 album but originally recorded by Nina Simone (next-door neighbors with Malcolm X’s family in the mid-’60s in Mount Vernon, New York), who wrote music to match lyrics by the composer and playwright Weldon Irvine.from the chapter
- 06GauchoSteely DanIncidentally, Steely Dan did get sued for their Gaucho album, though not by Aretha.from the chapter
- 07“Long as You Know You’re Living Yours”Keith JarrettThe jazz pianist Keith Jarrett felt that the title track plagiarized his song “Long as You Know You’re Living Yours,” and Donald Fagen not only conceded that he had been influenced by Jarrett but awarded him a co-writing credit to avoid legal action.from the chapter