Margaret

Things to play and talk about with Margaret. Tap one to play it.

A fictional person with five days of play, so you can see what works rise to the top. Read-only: add your own person to play and log.

Before you start

Call them: Likes “Maggie” from people they know
Works: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (Dusty Springfield) · Waterloo (ABBA)
Avoid: Brother Tom · Loud bangs · ‘Yesterday’ (upset) and songs like it, until the family answers
Talk about: Danced at the Ritz every Saturday
Calm with: Dusty, softly, in a quiet room · You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (logged calm)
First: Comfortable, no pain, been to the toilet, not too hot or cold · a quiet room · no headphones
Hearing: Hears better on the left
Best time: Mornings

Start here

Three to begin with

Sang along or engaged on two days

Because ‘You Don't Have to Say You Love Me’ worked for Margaret

How Qloo finds these

Their story. The family tells the Go-Between about Margaret: where they lived and when, what they loved, what to steer clear of.
Places and years. Each place becomes a real town (Manchester, Blackpool) and the years Margaret was there, best between about 10 and 30.
Qloo, per town and era. Qloo finds artists of those decades (the town’s own music first), films and TV from those years popular there, long-standing places, the venues the story names, and things like what they love.
Steer clear. Anything that touches steer clear is left out, everywhere. The model only picks a song per artist, checked on MusicBrainz, and writes the prompts.

Each item in the gallery says why it’s here. The Qloo calls, one by one

Paused and resting (2)

Paused after an upset: ‘Yesterday’. The family is asked about it in Tell me more.

Resting for a month (no reaction three times): ‘Lola’.