{"id":3069,"date":"2024-06-21T21:59:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T02:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=3069"},"modified":"2024-07-27T15:59:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T20:59:18","slug":"lbdg-commentary-5-piano-man-the-new-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/lbdg-commentary-5-piano-man-the-new-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"LBDG Commentary 5: Piano Man &amp; The New Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not exactly a song title, but here we invoke Billy Joel\u2019s pseudonym plus a snippet of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ABXtWqmArUU\">Paul Simon lyric<\/a>. No need to be coy, but why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>History repeating in a similar but not exactly the same manner when LBDG becomes LGDB is another bit straight out of the original years-old outline. Having this happen before Local Boy\u2019s first open mic night is in line with the whole \u201cpinch off the old timeline\u201d strategy used by the TP1 narrator, begging the question of who\u2019s calling the shots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When will you realize, the Tidbits wait for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Halloween has oddly been mentioned in all 3 of my novels. I don\u2019t even like Halloween all that much, so mostly a coincidence. \u201cWhy Halloween?\u201d is stated as much by the author as the narrator here. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uMyCa35_mOg\">Take it on faith<\/a>\u201d is a little bit of alternate future self subconscious telepathic lyrical theft. Same with \u201cThe harder you work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4d0lWpdyamI\">the luckier you get<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Allowed Aloud<\/em> still amuses me to no end. I&#8217;m <a href=\"https:\/\/drawingsof.com\/aloud-vs-allowed\/\">not the only one<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At first I considered having Local Gal use the real song titles without going through the charade of changing them, but ultimately decided against it for reasons I might explain later (and honestly am still a little wishy washy on).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-oqAU5VxFWs\">We had different reasons for that<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The real term for a phonographic memory is an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Echoic_memory\">echoic memory<\/a>, but I like mine better.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYou can\u2019t judge a song by its cover, but you can tell how much it rocks\u201d paraphrases a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w0e3lu3Mzvs\">Carter USM lyric<\/a> about books.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nelson as the new mastermind was how I originally imagined this going, but the chapter title calls it a \u201cnew plan\u201d for a reason\u2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local Boy wonders if \u201cdangerous folk rock appeal\u201d has ever been uttered before. There\u2019s a lot more DFRA to come. Anyone <a href=\"https:\/\/jlcjlc.bigcartel.com\">want a t-shirt<\/a>? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you know what happens when you presume?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TP1\u2019s narrator had strict rules about only borrowing a single song per artist, but Piano Man tackles three big Billy Joel hits here in 1969. An old draft used \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3jL4S4X97sQ\">Vienna<\/a>\u201d (retitled \u201cCrazy Child\u201d), but it felt like sacrilege to reappropriate one of my own all time favorite songs. I (sort of) took Local Boy\u2019s advice on not mocking greats and used other hits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cShe leaned in for a hug, but I put a hand on her shoulder to keep her at bay\u201d is a more restrained echoing of the \u201cHeisman\u201d maneuver from TP1. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This used to have a half page Doc Brown inspired explanation on how time travel works, mostly recapped from TP1. It was one of the final cuts I made to keep the story moving, only keeping parts that formed the <em>Stolen Songs, Stolen Ideas<\/em> part title. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Main goals of the chapter ending were to set up the arrival of the TP1 narrator (Local Boy\u2019s future son) as well as tease a return to the fateful wedding of his future daughter in year 2000. These were the last bits of the original outline\u2026which is about to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Kw1MfkDPM4\">go out the window<\/a> as soon as the next chapter happens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/b\/lbdg\">Check out <em>Local Boy Done Gone<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jlcjlc.bigcartel.com\/product\/unisex-dangerous-folk-rock-appeal-t-shirt\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unisex-staple-t-shirt-cardinal-front-668adec893751.jpg-e1722113787123-1024x838.webp?resize=640%2C524&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3134\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unisex-staple-t-shirt-cardinal-front-668adec893751.jpg-e1722113787123.webp?resize=1024%2C838&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unisex-staple-t-shirt-cardinal-front-668adec893751.jpg-e1722113787123.webp?resize=300%2C245&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unisex-staple-t-shirt-cardinal-front-668adec893751.jpg-e1722113787123.webp?resize=768%2C628&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unisex-staple-t-shirt-cardinal-front-668adec893751.jpg-e1722113787123.webp?resize=850%2C695&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unisex-staple-t-shirt-cardinal-front-668adec893751.jpg-e1722113787123.webp?w=1078&amp;ssl=1 1078w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/jlcjlc.bigcartel.com\/product\/unisex-dangerous-folk-rock-appeal-t-shirt\">Stylishly dangerous!<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not exactly a song title, but here we invoke Billy Joel\u2019s pseudonym plus a snippet of a Paul Simon lyric. No need to be coy, but why not? History repeating in a similar but not exactly the same manner when LBDG becomes LGDB is another bit straight out of the original years-old outline. 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