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re: Songs Based On Works Of Literature
Posted on 3/12/26 at 8:01 am to Telecaster
Posted on 3/12/26 at 8:01 am to Telecaster
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Posted on 3/12/26 at 8:11 am to Big Scrub TX
From Edgar Allan Poe -
Posted on 3/12/26 at 11:30 am to STigers
This whole primus album.
This post was edited on 3/12/26 at 11:31 am
Posted on 3/12/26 at 12:41 pm to STigers
Parsons did a whole album based on Poe's work
Posted on 3/12/26 at 1:02 pm to Red Boarman
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Moby Dick---Because the novel is so much like a drum solo.
I see what you did there...
Posted on 3/13/26 at 2:34 pm to STigers
Ben Nichols of Lucero did an album based on Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian
Posted on 3/13/26 at 7:08 pm to Legba007
This was what I was going to post! I loved that album.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 10:11 pm to STigers
Posted on 3/13/26 at 10:25 pm to PacoPicopiedra
Although Sting alludes to other pieces of literature in regards to the lyrics, he has mentioned "The Executioner's Song", and Gary Gilmore as the main inspiration.
Posted on 3/13/26 at 10:46 pm to STigers
I thought “Home At Last “ would be one of the first replies! The inspiration comes straight from “The Odyssey”. I think Homer would like it:
Posted on 3/14/26 at 12:29 am to STigers
"Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin, they had a story about this old British soldier that they knew, but I suspect it was based on James E. Michener's book "Caravans" .
I love that song. The feeling of always climbing is impressive.
I love that song. The feeling of always climbing is impressive.
Posted on 3/14/26 at 6:55 pm to STigers
Al Stewart - Nostradamus / Prophecies by Nostradamus
Deep Blue Something/ Breakfast At Tiffany's / Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Deep Blue Something/ Breakfast At Tiffany's / Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Posted on 3/14/26 at 7:02 pm to Legba007
Speaking of The Alan Parson Project:
I, Robot
I, Robot
Posted on 3/15/26 at 1:16 am to nealnan8
From Wind In The Willows
Posted on 3/15/26 at 9:34 am to Jim Rockford
Brand new - sowing season (excerpts from if by Kipling are a pretty good chunk of the song)
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