The lyrics of the song’s refrain were originally “Fuck off!” instead of “Freak out!” I played this song a lot when writing Studio 54 scenes, thinking about the intersection of celebrities and regular folks in the club, and how it was entirely possible for the members of Chic to be turned away while my character Lynda – beautiful, and friends with one of the bouncers – could almost always get in. But with the death of glam pioneer Marc Bolan of T. Rex and Johnny’s exposure to early punk rock, he ends up forming a band that’s famously ahead of its time: the fictional Glow Worm, referred to in the novel’s 2019 timeframe as possibly the first post-punk band. Most of her statements are inspired by songs, including “Away from the Numbers” by The Jam, “Oh Bondage, Up Yours,” by X-Ray Spex, and Tom Petty’s “American Girl,” a song that I think has one of the greatest lines in all of rock music: “She was an American girl, raised on promises.” Aura has learned at a young age that all the promises she was made are empty.
Author: largeheartedboy
Published at: 2025-10-08 21:17:48
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