For the entire month of April the routine was do carve a song out of the diary entries, and would only be for one month. Routines are hard to break! I couldn't resist this one because it's a song whose lyrics come from song titles or lines from songs. I'm not sure if it's plagiaristic or clever parody, but I would argue it's the latter. They are "cameos", as well as an ironic juxtaposition between war and postwar.
Where would you go? You can't do that You better get better Or else you're gonna get worse Can't buy me love 5/1/1943, Saturday Anne Frank writes to Kitty: "...Tonight the guns have been banging away so much that I've already had to gather up my belongings four times. Today I packed a suitcase with the stuff I'd need in case we had to flee, but as mother correctly noted, "Where would you go?". All of Holland is being punished for the workers' strikes. Martial law has been declared..." 5/1/1964, Friday Beatles in the studio 6:30-9:30: taped eight numbers, including 'I Saw Her Standing There', 'You Cant Do That', 'Can't Buy Me Love'. 5/1/2012 May Day. Arab Spring of OWS protests. *** You better get better or else you're gonna get worse.—Loudon Wainwright (From the song "Daughter")
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