- Jul 7, 2003
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Does Romeo & Juliet count as a book?
(Dire Straits).
(Dire Straits).
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Songs that are about books
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Very good call.
Norman Potting
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When I write the book - Rockpile
Norman Potting
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When I write the book - Rockpile
....And Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group
....And Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group
tinycowboy
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A Winter's Tale - David Essex. Class.
tinycowboy
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Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow - Felt (Book of the Dead is mentioned).
The Large One
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When I read it, it was in book form.
"Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings" Bo Hansson (1972 LP)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Inspired_by_Lord_of_the_Rings_(Bo_Hansson_album)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Inspired_by_Lord_of_the_Rings_(Bo_Hansson_album)
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
By the rivers of Babylon Boney M - from Book of Psalms
It's an intrumental but The Cruel Sea by the Dakotas.
It's an intrumental but The Cruel Sea by the Dakotas.
Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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As well as ‘Killing An Arab’ coming from ‘L’Estranger/The Outsider’ by Albert Camus, The Cure’s ‘Charlotte Sometimes’ comes from Penelope Farmer’s children’s novel.
Bang Bang Machine’s Peel Festive 50 winner ‘Geek Love’ is inspired by Katherine Dunne’s fantastic cult novel of the same name.
The title track from Lloyd Cole & The Commotions’ ‘Rattlesnakes’ comes from ‘Play It As It Lays’ by Joan Didion.
As well as ‘Should the Bible be Banned?’ McCarthy also did ‘The Well of Loneliness’, the title of Radclyffe Hall’s 1920s lesbian novel.
Divine Comedy’s ‘Something for the Weekend’ has the line: ‘She said there’s something in the woodshed,‘ which is a refrain from Cold Comfort Farm’ by Stella Gibbons
Pink Floyd: ‘Chapter 24’ is an interpretation of ‘The I Ching / Book of Changes’. It's on the album ‘Piper at the Gates of Dawn’, who's title is from Chapter 7 of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘Wind In The Willows’)
The title of Squeeze’s ‘masterpiece comes from Nell Dunn’s novel ‘Up the Junction’
And the other way around, Brett Easton Ellis’s novel ‘Less Than Zero’, takes its title from the Elvis Costello song.
Bang Bang Machine’s Peel Festive 50 winner ‘Geek Love’ is inspired by Katherine Dunne’s fantastic cult novel of the same name.
The title track from Lloyd Cole & The Commotions’ ‘Rattlesnakes’ comes from ‘Play It As It Lays’ by Joan Didion.
As well as ‘Should the Bible be Banned?’ McCarthy also did ‘The Well of Loneliness’, the title of Radclyffe Hall’s 1920s lesbian novel.
Divine Comedy’s ‘Something for the Weekend’ has the line: ‘She said there’s something in the woodshed,‘ which is a refrain from Cold Comfort Farm’ by Stella Gibbons
Pink Floyd: ‘Chapter 24’ is an interpretation of ‘The I Ching / Book of Changes’. It's on the album ‘Piper at the Gates of Dawn’, who's title is from Chapter 7 of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘Wind In The Willows’)
The title of Squeeze’s ‘masterpiece comes from Nell Dunn’s novel ‘Up the Junction’
And the other way around, Brett Easton Ellis’s novel ‘Less Than Zero’, takes its title from the Elvis Costello song.
The Large One
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Not a song, but 'Piper At The Gates of Dawn' (an LP) was a chapter in 'Wind In The Willows'.
Thunder Bolt
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I could have sworn Stato just said that ;o)
Cemetry Gates- The Smiths
Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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I was Spotifying some of the Kinks' poorly received post sixties stuff at the weekend and came across a song called 'Where Are They Now' which mentions the likes of John Braine and Alan Sillitoe and references characters from 'Room at the Top' and 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.'
Cosmic Joker
The Motorik
Unsurprisingly, Hawkwind have drawn inspiration from a range of Sci-Fi books over the past.
High Rise from the JG Ballard novel of the same name
Steppenwolf from Hermann Hesse
Robot is based on the Three laws of Robotics from Isaac Asimov's I Robot novel and subsequent further robot novels.
And obviously given the close friendship and association with the author within the Notting Hill/Portobello Rd scene, Hawkwind have done two albums of Michael Moorcock inspired songs. Warrior on the Edge of Time is based on his Erekose the Eternal Champion series whilst the later Chronicle of the Black Sword is based on the related Elric of Melnibone series of fantasy novels.
There will undoubtedly be more.
High Rise from the JG Ballard novel of the same name
Steppenwolf from Hermann Hesse
Robot is based on the Three laws of Robotics from Isaac Asimov's I Robot novel and subsequent further robot novels.
And obviously given the close friendship and association with the author within the Notting Hill/Portobello Rd scene, Hawkwind have done two albums of Michael Moorcock inspired songs. Warrior on the Edge of Time is based on his Erekose the Eternal Champion series whilst the later Chronicle of the Black Sword is based on the related Elric of Melnibone series of fantasy novels.
There will undoubtedly be more.
Russian Literature by them as well.
Cloudbusting by Kate Bush was inspired by Peter Reich's "A Book of Dreams".
mune ni kamome
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I have this up in my attic somewhere. I was 18 then.
mune ni kamome
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Joey-Bob Dylan "reading Neitsche and Wilhelm Reich"