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Songs that are about books



Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003
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To continue the theme, songs that are about (or reference) books. I don't count bands who have taken their name from books (Doors, Steely Dan, Soft Machine etc) but actual songs

I offer ...

Don't Stand too close to Me - The Police and Baby Jump - Mungo Jerry, both of which mention Lolita

(Baby Jump also references Lady Chatterley's Lover)

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane's take on Alice in Wonderland

Venus in Furs - Velvet Underground, which is about the eponymous Sacher-Masoch book
 




W.C.

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Wuthering Heights
 


Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
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Queen - Brighton Rock
 


Herr Tubthumper

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The 'Stainless Style' and 'Praxis Makes Perfect' albums by Neon Neon were both a direct result of Gruff Rhys reading biographies about John Delorean and Giangiacomo Feltrinelli respectively.

Steve Harris of Iron Maiden had a habit of reading books and writing lengthy album tracks about them: Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Alexander The Great and Mother Russia. The track Evil That Men Do is related to a Shakespeare quote and there is the track Phantom of The Opera as well.

One by Metallica is based on a book.

Xanadu by Rush is inspired by the Coleridge poem Kubla Khan, does this count?
 






Icy Gull

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Off To The Races by Lana del Rey also references Lolita

Turn Turn Turn by the Byrds takes lyrics from the Bible
 














Herr Tubthumper

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Tom Sawyer - Rush
 








Pogue Mahone

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1984, We are the Dead, Big Brother...in fact just about all of Diamond Dogs by David Bowie is based on 1984 by George Orwell.
 















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