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FIQL Pick Songs Inspired By Literature
Thousands of songs have been written which were inspired by literaure. This list only scratches the surface. See if you can guess the book that inspired the song. Follow the link to find the answers.
Read an in-depth profile of this playlist in "Art of the Radish".
Robert
March 5, 2005
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Track Song Artist Music Lyrics Video
01
Orestes A Perfect Circle  
02
Nutshell Alice In Chains  
03
Sirens Of Titan Al Stewart  
04
The Raven Alan Parsons Project  
05
The Stand The Alarm  
06
Skeleton In The Closet Anthrax    
07
California The Beach Boys    
08
The Fool On The Hill The Beatles  
09
Blake's Jerusalem Billy Bragg  
10
Black Blade Blue Oyster Cult  
11
Message Of Love The Pretenders  
12
All Along The Watchtower Bob Dylan  
13
Ghost Of Tom Joad Bruce Springsteen    
14
Let The River Run Carly Simon  
15
Clocks Coldplay  
16
Bloodletting (the Vampire Song) Concrete Blonde    
17
Rain King Counting Crows  
18
Afternoons And Coffeespoons Crash Test Dummies  
19
Tales of Brave Ulysses Cream  
20
Guinnevere Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young    
21
Charlotte Sometimes The Cure  
22
Exit Music (For A Film) Radiohead  
23
1984 David Bowie  
24
Triad Jefferson Airplane  
25
Romeo And Juliet Dire Straits  
26
The End The Doors  
27
Boys Of Summer Don Henley  
28
Frankenstein Edgar Winter    
29
Like A Great Gatsby Elliott Murphy    
30
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John  
31
A Drunken Man's Praise Of Sobriety Elvis Costello    
32
My Antonia Emmylou Harris  
33
Running Through The Garden Fleetwood Mac  
34
Knots Gentle Giant  
35
Basket Case Green Day  
36
Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Lightfoot    
37
November Rain Guns N' Roses  
38
The Trooper Iron Maiden  
39
The Barricades Of Heaven Jackson Browne  
40
Teacher Jethro Tull  
41
Prince Of Tides Jimmy Buffett  
42
Return To Pooh Corner Kenny Loggins  
43
The Battle Of Evermore Led Zeppelin  
44
For Whom The Bell Tolls Metallica  
45
Hey Jack Kerouac 10,000 Maniacs  
46
Scentless Apprentice Nirvana  
47
The Squirming Coil Phish  
48
Ghost In The Machine The Police    
49
Sympathy for the Devil The Rolling Stones  
50
Tom Sawyer Rush  

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i LOOOOOOVE this playlist. youre my hero for thinking this up.
Submitted by nicoled on Feb. 28, 2007


aww.... gutted. Wuthering Heights isn't on it. Ace list tho! I like, I like a lot.
Submitted by nugator on Apr. 11, 2007


You forgot "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush!!! and also "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by The Police has the line "Mephosofolis is not your name.." from Faust
Submitted by nikki74 on Mar. 6, 2008


Another Police song, "Don't Stand So Close to Me" has the following line: ...Just like the old man in That book by Nabakov referring to Lolita. Guess Sting's earlier job as an English Teacher really influenced his music!!
Submitted by voodude on Mar. 7, 2008


What a great idea for a list! As a dorky librarian, I can honestly say this is a playlist after my own heart. Good songs, too. Thanks for sharing!
Submitted by wordsforth on Mar. 7, 2008



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