Basically, any Rush Song. Songs all heavily influence by Ayn Rand.
Last edited:
On That Note: Every Day I Sing the Book
- Thread starter cyclones500
- Start date
I'll throw out a couple curve balls:
Don Quixote by Cervantes
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Nietzsche
both had music interpretations by Richard Strauss.
Most people have heard the first 3 minutes of Also Sprach Zarathustra and many groups have covered it.
Don Quixote by Cervantes
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Nietzsche
both had music interpretations by Richard Strauss.
Most people have heard the first 3 minutes of Also Sprach Zarathustra and many groups have covered it.
Wait. A Spock album about The Hobbit? Nerd heaven!
“I Am The Walrus," The Beatles.
In addition to plenty of scattershot wordplay (some of it acid-soaked), this one has several literary elements. (Some of these come from second-hand analyses, so I can’t vouch for full validity).
In addition to plenty of scattershot wordplay (some of it acid-soaked), this one has several literary elements. (Some of these come from second-hand analyses, so I can’t vouch for full validity).
- Idea for the walrus comes from the poem “The Walrus and The Carpenter,” in “Through the Looking-Glass,” by Lewis Carroll.
- The coda contains dialogue from a BBC radio broadcast of Shakespeare’s “King Lear.”
- The “yellow matter custard” verse allegedly is adapted from a nursery rhyme Lennon and his friend Pete Shotton used to sing when they were younger.
- "Goo goo g j’oob” refrain has several interpretations. (1) it's based on “Finnegans Wake” (2) Humpty Dumpty’s final words before falling off the wall.
Double-dose sample:
The Velvet Underground drew its name from a book of the same name by journalist Michael Leigh.
This song is based on a novella by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
The Velvet Underground drew its name from a book of the same name by journalist Michael Leigh.
This song is based on a novella by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Title is from the Robert A Heinlein SF book.
You consider me the young apprentice,
Caught between the Scylla and Charibdes
Caught between the Scylla and Charibdes
Love this song! Here is a live version (video quality is not great but the performance is!)
This song was was inspired by On the Road. I learned something new today.
How about an entire album? Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe (Alan Parsons Project album).
My fav song on the album, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether:
My favorite song off that one also. Got a bit radio air play in the mid 70s. Also got me hooked on APP.
This song is based on Meditation XVII by John Donne. I have not read it.
Comic books, technically, are literature. At least close enough.
