Saturn's Favorite Music
Saturn's Favorite Music is set at a small market adult contemporary radio station in 1992. The book is full of music references. Here's your chance to immerse yourself in its sonic landscape. (If you have a Spotify account you can log in and hear the full tracks. If you don't have Spotify you will hear :30 samples.)
This first list contains every music reference in the book in the order they appear.
Clara Jane's Mix
Clara Jane comes to Saturn after graduating from broadcast school in Detroit. When she is not at the station she watches 120 Minutes on MTV to hear the latest cutting edge music. She is nostalgic for the alternative music clubs and can't wait to work her way up to a big city so she can enjoy that kind of nightlife again. Here's a sample of what Clara has on her mix tapes.
Seth's Selections
Seth Jones, the station's morning man, is older than Clara. His musical tastes were formed in the late 1970s. His favorite band is The Kinks. He tells Clara he likes "lots of stuff" including British Invasion, Motown and impressive guitar solos. If he could program his own music, as he did back when he started in radio, he would play a lot of bluesy rock.
Light Rock, More Music
If you would rather immerse yourself in the sound of the fictional RTV in Saturn, this playlists is an approximation of what you might have heard if you tuned in.