“Rear Admiral” of Austen in Boston posted this on a Jane Austen discussion group, his facebook page, and his blog. I think it is quite brilliant, and it will give you your Daily Chuckle – he gives me permission to post it here for your enjoyment!
Playing in Parts, by James Gillray (1801) – Wikipedia Commons
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From “Rear Admiral”: From something I posted on the Goodreads Jane Austen discussion page…I got just a bit carried away….. As I’m stuck in the (mostly) 70s/Singer Songwriter Era some (all?) of these might be unknown but I had way too much fun with this so here goes:
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Sir Walter Eliot to himself: James Blunt “You’re Beautiful”
- The Kellynch Hall mirrors to Sir Walter: Carly Simon “You’re So Vain”
- Anne Eliot to Captain Wentworth: Dan Fogelberg’s “Seeing You Again”
- Lady Catherine to everyone: Frank Sinatra “My Way”
- Emma to Mr K: Orleans “Dance with Me”
- Mr K to Emma: Orleans “Love Takes Time”
- Darcy to Lizzy: Orleans “Still the One”
- Fanny to Edmund: Yvonne Elliman “If I Can’t Have You”
- Mary Crawford to Edmund: Pink Floyd “Money”
- Mary Crawford to Edmund, yet again: Dido “I’m No Angel”
- Anne Eliot to Captain Wentworth: Yvonne Elliman “Hello Stranger”
- Captain Wentworth to Anne Eliot: Joe Cocker “The Letter”
- Catherine to Mr. Tilney: Fontella Bass “Rescue Me”
- Marianne to Willoughby: All versions “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
- Elinor to Edward: ELO “Strange Magic”
- Col Brandon to Marianne: Cat Stevens “Oh Very Young”
- Lizzy to Darcy: Olivia Newton-John “Have You Never Been Mellow”
- Mrs. Croft to Admiral Croft: The Moody Blues “Sitting At The Wheel”
- Lizzy to Bingley: The Beatles “She Loves You”
- Edward to Elinor: Mary MacGregor “Torn Between Two Lovers”
- Elinor/Marianne/Margaret/Mrs Dashwood to Fanny and John Dashwood: Foreigner “Cold as Ice”
- Elinor to Lucy Steele and Mrs. Ferrars: Foreigner “Cold as Ice”
- Edmund to Mary: Joe Cocker “Unchain My Heart”
- Marianne to Col Brandon: Lulu “To Sir With Love” (yes, the Col. isn’t a Sir, but he should be)
- Me to Jane Austen: Sugababies “Too Lost in You”
- Holly Christina “Jane Austen” : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD2XIarhE08
- Emma to herself: 10cc “I’m Not in Love”
- Jane Bennet to Bingley: Beatles “8 Days a Week”
- Caroline to Lizzy: ELO “Turn to Stone”
- Anne and Capt Wentworth: duet “Reunited”
- Willoughby to Marianne:Elvin Bishop “Fooled around and fell in love”
- Bingley to Darcy:Bee Gees “You Should Be Dancing”
- Adm Croft to the Musgrove Sisters: Lynyrd Skynyrd “What’s Your Name”
- Aunt Norris to Fanny: Nick Lowe “Cruel to be Kind”
- Eliza Williams to Willoughby Three Degrees “When will I see you again”
- Marianne to Willoughby: James Taylor “Fire and Rain”
- Robert Ferras to himself: ZZ Top “Sharp Dressed Man”
- Lady Susan and Catherine Vernon duet: ELO “Evil Woman”
- Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax duet: Atlantic Starr “Secret Lovers”
- Mrs Bennet to her daughters:The 5th Dimension “Wedding Bell Blues”
- Lizzy to Mr Collins: Police: “Don’t stand so close to me”
- Charlotte Lucus to Mr Collins:Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
- Neighbor Network of Spies to Catherine : Police “Every Breath You Take”
- Fanny to Edmund:Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr “You don’t have to be a star”
- Lucy Steele to Ferrars money: James Taylor: “How Sweet It is”
- Anyone who’s read all of this to me: Simon and Garfunkel “The Sounds of Silence”
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“Longways” Country Dance, by Thomas Rowlandson (1790s) – wikipedia
Thank you Kirk! – Anyone want to add their own versions of Jane Austen in song?
Jane Austen in Vermont 