List of songs based on literary works

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Template:Short description This is a list of songs that retell, in whole or in part, a work of literature. Albums listed here consist entirely of songs retelling a work of literature. Script error: No such module "Hatnote".

Albums

Album Musical artist Literary work Author Comments Citations
An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands, and The End Of All Songs - Part 1 Spirits Burning & Michael Moorcock The Dancers at the End of Time Script error: No such module "Sort". Three albums covering the three books of the trilogy.
Script error: No such module "sort". Kamelot Faust Script error: No such module "Sort". The Black Halo is a concept album based on Faust, Part Two. It is a follow-up to Epica, which was based on Faust, Part One. [1]
Cacophony Rudimentary Peni Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". All 30 tracks are related to Lovecraft or his work. [2]
Script error: No such module "sort". Hawkwind Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Based on aspects of the works of Moorcock, including Elric and Jerry Cornelius. Moorcock, who has appeared with the band on numerous occasions, does the narration on Live Chronicles. [3][4][5]
Dust and Dreams Camel Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [6]
Epica Kamelot Faust Script error: No such module "Sort". Epica is a concept album based on Faust, Part One. It was followed by The Black Halo, which was based on Faust, Part Two. [1]
Script error: No such module "sort". Virgin Steele Oresteia Aeschylus Two-part concept album based loosely on the Oresteia of Aeschylus [7]
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [8]
I Robot Script error: No such module "sort". I, Robot Script error: No such module "Sort". [9]
Journey to the Centre of the Earth Script error: No such module "Sort". Journey to the Centre of the Earth Script error: No such module "Sort". [10]
Leviathan Mastodon Moby-Dick Script error: No such module "Sort". [11][12][13][14][15]
Script error: No such module "sort". Mägo de Oz Don Quixote Script error: No such module "Sort". [16]
Script error: No such module "sort". Hawkwind Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [17][5]
Moby Dick or The Whale Script error: No such module "Sort". Moby-Dick Script error: No such module "Sort". Concept album from written from the perspective of various characters in the novel [18][19]
Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [20]
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Iron Maiden Seventh Son Script error: No such module "Sort". [21]
Shakespeare's Macbeth – A Tragedy in Steel Rebellion Macbeth Script error: No such module "Sort". [22]
Smallcreeps's Day Script error: No such module "Sort". Smallcreep's Day Script error: No such module "Sort". [23]
Script error: No such module "sort". Camel The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk Script error: No such module "Sort". [24]
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". The Songs of Distant Earth Script error: No such module "Sort". [25]
Tales of Mystery and Imagination Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [26][27]
Script error: No such module "sort". Rebellion King Lear Script error: No such module "Sort". [28]

Songs

Song Album Musical artist Literary work Author Comments Citations
"7th Step" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One Script error: No such module "Sort". Angela's Ashes Script error: No such module "Sort". [29]
"40" War U2 Script error: No such module "sort". [30]
"1984" Diamond Dogs Script error: No such module "Sort". Nineteen Eighty-Four Script error: No such module "Sort". One of several songs that Bowie wrote about Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four; Bowie had also hoped to produce a televised musical based on the book. [31]
"2112" 2112 Rush Anthem Script error: No such module "Sort". Song shares themes with the novel, such that Neil Peart recognized Rand in the album's liner notes. [32]
"Abigail" Creatures Motionless in White Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [33]
"Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy in Eight Parts" Script error: No such module "sort". Manowar Script error: No such module "sort". Homer A retelling of the fight between Hector and Achilles [34]
"Adam's Apple" Toys in the Attic Aerosmith Script error: No such module "sort". Retells the biblical story of the Fall of man through the perspective of Adam and Eve's discovery of their own sexuality. [35]
"Afternoons and Coffeespoons" God Shuffled His Feet Crash Test Dummies Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Adapts elements of the T. S. Eliot poem. [36]
"Ahab" Script error: No such module "sort". MC Lars Moby-Dick Script error: No such module "Sort". Retells the story of Moby-Dick from the perspective of Captain Ahab. [37]
"Alice" Every Trick in the Book Ice Nine Kills Go Ask Alice Script error: No such module "Sort". [38][39]
"All I Wanna Do" Tuesday Night Music Club Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [40]
"All Is Not Well" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Wicked Script error: No such module "Sort". [41]
"All Nightmare Long" Death Magnetic Metallica Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [42][43]
"All Quiet On The Western Front" Jump Up! Script error: No such module "Sort". All Quiet on the Western Front Script error: No such module "Sort". [44]
"Alone" Acoustic Verses Green Carnation Alone Script error: No such module "Sort". [45]
"Among the Living" Among the Living Anthrax Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [46][47]
Script error: No such module "sort". Blessed Are the Sick Morbid Angel Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Based on The Call of Cthulhu, as well as the rest of the Cthulhu Mythos. An earlier version of this song, named "Azagthoth", appeared on the band's demo album, Abominations of Desolation. [43]
"And Your Little Dog Too" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Wicked Script error: No such module "Sort". [41]
"Animal in Man" Let's Get Free dead prez Animal Farm Script error: No such module "Sort". [48]
"Anthem" Fly by Night Rush Anthem Script error: No such module "Sort". Loosely based on the Rand novel; The band would produce a fuller version in 2112. [32]
Script error: No such module "sort". Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [49][50]
Script error: No such module "sort". Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two Script error: No such module "Sort". Nothing Like It in the World Script error: No such module "Sort". Relates the story of "Poker" Alice Ivers [51]
Script error: No such module "sort". Barometer Soup Script error: No such module "Sort". Tourist Season Script error: No such module "Sort". A song about the character Skip Wiley from Hiaasen's 1986 novel. [52]
"Banana Co." Radiohead One Hundred Years of Solitude Script error: No such module "Sort". [53][54]
"Las Batallas" Café Tacuba Café Tacuba Las batallas en el desierto Script error: No such module "Sort". [55]
Script error: No such module "sort". Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [56][50]
"Behind the Wall of Sleep" Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [57][58][43]
"Bernice Bobs Her Hair" Liberation Script error: No such module "sort". Bernice Bobs Her Hair Script error: No such module "Sort". [59]
"Big Brother" Diamond Dogs Script error: No such module "Sort". Nineteen Eighty-Four Script error: No such module "Sort". One of several songs that Bowie wrote about Orwell. [31]
"Billy Liar" Her Majesty the Decemberists Script error: No such module "sort". Billy Liar Script error: No such module "Sort". [60]
"Birthing Addicts" Unreleased Melanie Martinez Go Ask Alice Beatrice Sparks [61]
"Black Blade" Cultösaurus Erectus Blue Öyster Cult Elric of Melniboné Script error: No such module "Sort". [62]
"Black Corridor" Space Ritual Hawkwind Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [63][4]
"Bloodbath & Beyond" Every Trick in the Book Ice Nine Kills Dracula Script error: No such module "Sort". [38][39]
"Bob's Country" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two Script error: No such module "Sort". Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Script error: No such module "Sort". [51]
"Brave New World" Brave New World Iron Maiden Brave New World Script error: No such module "Sort". [64]
Script error: No such module "sort". Ride the Lightning Metallica Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". "Written from the point of view of the sea nymph who helps Odysseus after he is shipwrecked." [57][58][42]
"Calypso" Solitude Standing Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Homer [65]
Script error: No such module "sort". Tales of Mystery and Imagination Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [26][27]
"Cassandra" ABBA Script error: No such module "sort". Homer [66]
"Catcher in the Rye" Distortland Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [67]
"Cent'anni di solitudine" Terra e libertà Modena City Ramblers One Hundred Years of Solitude Script error: No such module "Sort". [54]
"Chapter 24" Script error: No such module "sort". Pink Floyd I Ching [68]
"Chapter Four" Waking the Fallen Avenged Sevenfold Script error: No such module "sort". The title refers to the fourth chapter of Genesis. [69]
"Charlotte Sometimes" Faith Script error: No such module "sort". Charlotte Sometimes Script error: No such module "Sort". [70][71][72][73][74][75]
"Child of the Jago" Script error: No such module "sort". Kaiser Chiefs Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [76]
"Children of the Damned" Script error: No such module "sort". Iron Maiden Midwich Cuckoos Script error: No such module "Sort". Also based on two of the film adaptations of that book: Village of the Damned and Children of the Damned [77][78]
"Christabel" No Kinda Dancer Script error: No such module "Sort". Christabel Script error: No such module "Sort". [79]
"Cometh Down Hessian" Blessed Black Wings High on Fire Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [2]
"Communion of the Cursed" Every Trick in the Book Ice Nine Kills Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [38][39]
"Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" Fully Completely Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [80]
"Crown of Creation" Crown of Creation Jefferson Airplane Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [81]
"Curse of Athena" Atavism Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Homer About Odysseus's return to Ithaca. [82]
"Dalai Lama" Reise, Reise Rammstein Erlkönig Script error: No such module "Sort". [83]
"Damnation Alley" Quark, Strangeness and Charm Hawkwind Damnation Alley Script error: No such module "Sort". [63][5]
"Dante's Inferno" Burnt Offerings Iced Earth Inferno Script error: No such module "Sort". [84]
Script error: No such module "sort". Systematic Chaos Dream Theater Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [58]
Script error: No such module "sort". Nemesis Divina Satyricon Script error: No such module "sort". [85]
"Dead" Doolittle Pixies Script error: No such module "sort". Refurbishes the biblical legend of David and Bathsheba. [86]
"Dixieland" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". & The Del McCoury Band Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [51]
"Don Quixote" Don Quixote Script error: No such module "Sort". Don Quixote Script error: No such module "Sort". [87]
"Doublespeak" Beggars Thrice Nineteen-Eighty-Four Script error: No such module "Sort". [88]
Script error: No such module "sort". Faith Script error: No such module "sort". Gormenghast Script error: No such module "Sort". [89]
"Dunwich" Witchcult Today Electric Wizard Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [57]
"Edema Ruh" Endless Forms Most Beautiful Nightwish Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [90]
"Einstein's Brain" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One Script error: No such module "Sort". Driving Mr. Albert Script error: No such module "Sort". [29]
"Elvenpath" Angels Fall First Nightwish Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [91]
"End of the Night" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Journey to the End of the Night Script error: No such module "Sort". [92]
"Envoi" Absynthe Minded Absynthe Minded Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [93]
"Eumaeus the Swineherd" Atavism Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Homer [82]
"Eveline" Why Should the Fire Die? Nickel Creek Eveline Script error: No such module "Sort". [94]
"Exit Music (For a Film)" OK Computer Radiohead Romeo & Juliet Script error: No such module "Sort". [95]
"Fable" Volcano Gatsbys American Dream Lord of the Flies Script error: No such module "Sort". [96]
"Flower of the Mountain" Director's Cut Script error: No such module "Sort". Ulysses Script error: No such module "Sort". The 1989 Kate Bush song The Sensual World was based on the closing paragraphs of Ulysses. However, the Joyce estate was unwilling to allow direct use of Joyce's words at that time, so she altered the lyrics. By 2011, the Joyce estate was open to licensing his work to her, so she re-worked that song as Flower of the Mountain, using Molly Bloom's soliloquy from Ulysses. [97][98][99]
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" Ride the Lightning Metallica For Whom the Bell Tolls Script error: No such module "Sort". [42]
"Frankenstein" Horror Show Iced Earth Frankenstein Script error: No such module "Sort". [100]
"Franz Kafka" Scäb Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". A fictional rock opera by the fictional band Scäb from the cartoon series Home Movies. [101]
"From the Underworld" Paradise Lost Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Loosely based on the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice [102]
Script error: No such module "sort". Days Go By Script error: No such module "sort". Nineteen Eighty-Four Script error: No such module "Sort". [103]
"Script error: No such module "sort"." Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [60][104]
Script error: No such module "sort". Vansinnesvisor Thyrfing Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [105]
"Golden Hair" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [98]
"Grandpa's Groove" Parov Stelar The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway [106][107]
"Grendel" Marillion Grendel Script error: No such module "Sort". A retelling of John Gardner's 1971 novel Grendel, which is a retelling of Beowulf. [108]
"Hallelujah" Various Positions Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Based on the biblical story of David and Bathsheba. It also incorporates elements of the story of Samson and Delilah [86]
"Haunted" Haunted Poe House of Leaves Script error: No such module "Sort". "Haunted" by Poe and the novel House of Leaves by her brother, Mark Danielewski, both draw heavily on their difficult experiences growing up with their father, Tad Danielewski. [109][110]
"He Can't Come Today" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Waiting for Godot Script error: No such module "Sort". [29][111]
"Hedda Gabler" Animal Justice Script error: No such module "Sort". Hedda Gabler Script error: No such module "Sort". [112]
"Hell in the Hallways" Every Trick in the Book Ice Nine Kills Carrie Script error: No such module "Sort". [113][38][39]
"Hey (rise of the robots)" Black and White Script error: No such module "sort". I, Robot Script error: No such module "Sort". [114]
"Hey Ahab" Script error: No such module "sort". Elton John & Leon Russell Moby-Dick Script error: No such module "Sort". Based on the character Captain Ahab. [115]
"Hey There Ophelia" This Gigantic Robot Kills MC Lars Hamlet Script error: No such module "Sort". [116]
"High Rise" PXR5 Hawkwind High-Rise Script error: No such module "Sort". [63][5]
"Home at Last" Aja Steely Dan Script error: No such module "sort". Homer Retells Ulysses' encounter with the Sirens. [117]
"Horrorshow" Scars Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [118]
"House at Pooh Corner" Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". This song, written by Kenny Loggins, was later performed by Loggins and Messina on their 1971 album Sittin' In. In 1994, Loggins added additional lyrics and re-recorded it with Amy Grant as Return to Pooh Corner for his album Return to Pooh Corner. [119][120]
"House of Leaves" Juturna Circa Survive House of Leaves Script error: No such module "Sort". [121]
"How Beautiful You Are" Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [122]
"Hug Me til You Drug Me" Here, Here and Here Meg & Dia Brave New World Script error: No such module "Sort". [123]
"I Can't Let You In" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Wicked Script error: No such module "Sort". [41]
"I Robot" U.K. Subs I, Robot Script error: No such module "Sort". [118]
"In Every Dream Home a Heartache" For Your Pleasure Roxy Music Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [124]
"In Like a Lion (Always Winter)" Apathetic EP Relient K Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [125]
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Tao Te Ching [126]
"Script error: No such module "sort"." Script error: No such module "sort". Monks of Doom Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [127]
Script error: No such module "sort". Quark, Strangeness and Charm Hawkwind Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [63]
"It Was Her House That Killed Nessarose" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Wicked Script error: No such module "Sort". [41]
"Jack of Shadows" Hawkwind Jack of Shadows Script error: No such module "Sort". [63][5]
"Jamaica Inn" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Jamaica Inn Script error: No such module "Sort". [128]
"Jean Val Jean" Edison Glass Les Misérables Script error: No such module "Sort". [129]
"Killing an Arab" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [130][60][75]
"Land" Horses Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [118][131]
Script error: No such module "sort". Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Homer [29]
"Lay Down" Bursting at the Seams Strawbs Script error: No such module "sort". [132]
Script error: No such module "sort". Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [29]
"Let it Show" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Wicked Script error: No such module "Sort". [41]
"Listen (The Silences)" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two Script error: No such module "Sort". Raids on the Unspeakable Script error: No such module "Sort". [51]
"Lolita" Script error: No such module "sort". Elefant Lolita Script error: No such module "Sort". [133]
Script error: No such module "sort". Somewhere in Time Iron Maiden Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [134]
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Iron Maiden Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [135]
"Lord of Light" Doremi Fasol Latido Hawkwind Lord of Light Script error: No such module "Sort". [63][5]
"Lord of the Flies" Script error: No such module "sort". Iron Maiden Lord of the Flies Script error: No such module "Sort". [136]
"Lost Boy" Script error: No such module "Sort". Peter Pan Script error: No such module "Sort". [137]
"Love and Death" Dream Harder Script error: No such module "sort". Love and Death Script error: No such module "Sort". [138]
"Love and Destroy" Franz Ferdinand Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [139]
"Lucy" Liberation Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [59][140]
Script error: No such module "sort". Standing in the Light Level 42 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [5]
"Macondo" Script error: No such module "Sort". One Hundred Years of Solitude Script error: No such module "Sort". Based on the fictional town Macondo, used by Marquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude and other of his works. [54]
"Martin Eden" Script error: No such module "Sort". Martin Eden Script error: No such module "Sort". [141]
"Magnu" Warrior on the Edge of Time Hawkwind Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [142]
"Matilda" Harry's House Script error: No such module "Sort". Matilda Script error: No such module "Sort". [143]
"Me, Myself & Hyde" Every Trick in the Book Ice Nine Kills Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [38][39]
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Thrice Script error: No such module "sort". Retells the story of The Fall of Icarus [144]
"Misery Loves Company" State of Euphoria Anthrax Misery Script error: No such module "Sort". [145]
"Moi... Lolita" Gourmandises Alizée Lolita Script error: No such module "Sort". [146]
"Moon over Bourbon Street" Script error: No such module "sort". Sting Interview with the Vampire Script error: No such module "Sort". About the character Louis de Pointe du Lac. [147]
"Mr. Raven" MC Lars Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [148]
Script error: No such module "sort". Fireball Deep Purple Foundation series Script error: No such module "Sort". Based on the character "The Mule" from the Foundation series. [149]
"Murders in the Rue Morgue" Killers Iron Maiden Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [150][78]
"My Antonia" Red Dirt Girl Script error: No such module "Sort". with Dave Matthews My Antonia Script error: No such module "Sort". Told from the perspective of the character Jim Burden. [104]
"Narcissist" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Loosely based on the character of Dorian Gray. [151]
"Narnia" Please Don't Touch! Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [152]
Script error: No such module "sort". Every Trick in the Book Ice Nine Kills Animal Farm Script error: No such module "Sort". [153][38][39]
Script error: No such module "sort". Caress of Steel Rush Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [50]
"Nescio" Omsk Nits Script error: No such module "sort". Nescio Song is mainly inspired by the novella's ending, when protagonist Japi jumps off the Waalbrug. In the song, however, Japi does not drown but is implied to have ended up in Italy. [154]
"Nice, Nice, Very Nice" Ambrosia Ambrosia Cat's Cradle Script error: No such module "Sort". Lyrics taken almost verbatim from the poem in chapter 2 (and the bridge from the one on chapter 58) [155]
"No Love Lost" Script error: No such module "sort". Joy Division Script error: No such module "sort". Ka-tzetnik 135633 [156]
"November Rain" Use Your Illusion I Guns N' Roses Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". The video for "November Rain" is loosely based on the short story "Without You". Axl Rose wrote the introduction to James's 1995 collection The Language of Fear, which included "Without You". [157][158]
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Symphony X Script error: No such module "sort". Homer A seven-part song based on Homer's The Odyssey [159]
"Of Unsound Mind" Blessing in Disguise Metal Church Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [150]
"Off to the Races" Born to Die Script error: No such module "Sort". Lolita Script error: No such module "Sort". [160]
"Ol' Evil Eye" Riddle Box Insane Clown Posse Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [161][48]
"One" Script error: No such module "sort". Metallica Johnny Got His Gun Script error: No such module "Sort". [42]
"Oor Hamlet" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Hamlet Script error: No such module "Sort". [162]
"Orestes" Mer de Noms Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Aeschylus [163]
"Owen Meaney" Let's Talk About Feelings Lagwagon Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [164]
"Ozymandias" Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [118]
"Pantagruel's Nativity" Acquiring the Taste Gentle Giant Gargantua and Pantagruel Script error: No such module "Sort". [165]
"Patrick Bateman" Manic Street Preachers American Psycho Script error: No such module "Sort". [166]
"Pattern Recognition" Sonic Nurse Sonic Youth Pattern Recognition Script error: No such module "Sort". [167]
"Paula Ausente (Absent Paula)" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two Script error: No such module "Sort". Paula Script error: No such module "Sort". [51]
"Pennsylvania" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two Script error: No such module "Sort". Songmaster Script error: No such module "Sort". [51]
"Pennywise" Pennywise Pennywise It Script error: No such module "Sort". About the character Pennywise. [118]
Script error: No such module "sort". Every Trick in the Book Ice Nine Kills Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [38][39]
"Pet Sematary" Brain Drain Ramones Pet Sematary Script error: No such module "Sort". [118]
Script error: No such module "sort". Iron Maiden Iron Maiden Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [168]
Script error: No such module "sort". William Bloke Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [118]
Script error: No such module "sort". Every Trick in the Book Ice Nine Kills Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors Script error: No such module "Sort". [38][39]
"Popular" High/Low Nada Surf Penny's Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity Script error: No such module "Sort". [169]
"Prince Caspian" Billy Breathes Phish Prince Caspian Script error: No such module "Sort". [170]
"Quelque chose de Tennessee" Rock'n'Roll Attitude Script error: No such module "Sort". Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Script error: No such module "Sort". [171]
"Ramble On" Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Mentions characters and places from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, including "Mordor" and "Gollum". [53][104][50]
"Rebecca" Something Real Meg & Dia Rebecca Script error: No such module "Sort". [172]
"ReJoyce" After Bathing at Baxter's Jefferson Airplane Ulysses Script error: No such module "Sort". [98]
"Richard Cory" Sounds of Silence Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [173]
"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Powerslave Iron Maiden Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [174][175]
"Rivendell" Fly by Night Rush Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". The song is about the fictional valley Rivendell from Tolkien's works. [176]
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [177]
"Robot" Hawkwind Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Refers to the Three Laws of Robotics. [178]
"Romeo and Juliet" Making Movies Dire Straits Romeo and Juliet Script error: No such module "Sort". The Dire Straits songs makes use of certain aspects of Shakespeare's play, as well as elements of some of the play's stage and screen adaptations. It also purposely diverges from the play's plot and characterizations in certain respects (such as Juliet's reaction to being approached by Romeo). [179]
"Rusty James" Script error: No such module "sort". Green Day Rumble Fish Script error: No such module "Sort". The song is named for the protagonist of the novel. [118]
"Sailing to Philadelphia" Sailing to Philadelphia Script error: No such module "Sort". Mason & Dixon Script error: No such module "Sort". [180]
"Saint Veronika" Billy Talent III Script error: No such module "Sort". Veronika Decides to Die Script error: No such module "Sort". [181]
"Samson" Songs
Begin to Hope		 Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". References the biblical story of Samson and Delilah. [182]
"Scentless Apprentice" In Utero Nirvana Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Script error: No such module "Sort". [104]
"Script error: No such module "sort"." Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Ulysses Script error: No such module "Sort". The 1989 Kate Bush song The Sensual World was based on the closing paragraphs of Ulysses. However, the Joyce estate was unwilling to allow direct use of Joyce's words at that time, so she altered the lyrics. By 2011, the Joyce estate was open to licensing his work to her, so she re-worked that song as Flower of the Mountain, using Molly Bloom's soliloquy from Ulysses. [97][98][99]
"Shadows and Tall Trees" Boy U2 Lord of the Flies Script error: No such module "Sort". [183]
"Sigh No More" Sigh No More Mumford and Sons Much Ado About Nothing Script error: No such module "Sort". [184]
"Sirens of Titan" Modern Times Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [185]
Script error: No such module "sort". Among the Living Anthrax Apt Pupil Script error: No such module "Sort". [46]
"So Said Kay" Coastal Script error: No such module "sort". Desert of the Heart Jane Rule The song is based on Donna Deitch's 1985 film Desert Hearts, which is an adaptation of Rule's novel. [186]
"Soma" Is This It Script error: No such module "sort". Brave New World Script error: No such module "Sort". Refers to the fictional drug used in Brave New World. [187]
"Song For Clay" Script error: No such module "sort". Bloc Party Less than Zero Script error: No such module "Sort". [53]
Script error: No such module "sort". Declaration Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [188]
"Star-Crossed Enemies" Every Trick in the Book Ice Nine Kills Romeo and Juliet Script error: No such module "Sort". [38][39]
"Steppenwolf" Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music Hawkwind Steppenwolf Script error: No such module "Sort". [63]
"Still Life" Piece of Mind Iron Maiden Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [189]
Script error: No such module "sort". Tuxedomoon Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [190]
"Such a Shame" It's My Life Talk Talk Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [191]
"Sweet Thursday" Songs We Sing Script error: No such module "Sort". Sweet Thursday Script error: No such module "Sort". [192]
"Sympathy for the Devil" Beggars Banquet Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [53][139][104]
"Script error: No such module "sort"." Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". [193]
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" Disraeli Gears Cream Script error: No such module "sort". Homer [104]
"Tea in the Sahara" Synchronicity Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". King Crimson also has an instrumental called "The Sheltering Sky", named for the same book.[194] [195]
"Tell Your Story Walking" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Motherless Brooklyn Script error: No such module "Sort". [196][197]
"Tess-Timony" Every Trick in the Book Ice Nine Kills Tess of the d'Urbervilles Script error: No such module "Sort". [38][39]
"Thieves in the Night" Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star Black Star Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Talib Kweli wrote in the album's liner notes that The Bluest Eye "...struck me as one of the truest critiques of our society, and I read that in high school when I was 15 years old. I think it is especially true in the world of hip-hop, because we get blinded by these illusions." [48]
Script error: No such module "sort". Master of Puppets Metallica Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [42]
"Three Sisters" Liberation Script error: No such module "sort". Three Sisters Script error: No such module "Sort". [59]
"Time to Dance" Panic! at the Disco Invisible Monsters Script error: No such module "Sort". [198]
"To Tame a Land" Piece of Mind Iron Maiden Dune Script error: No such module "Sort". [53]
"tolerate it" Evermore Script error: No such module "Sort". Rebecca Script error: No such module "Sort". [199]
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Treasure Island Script error: No such module "Sort". [200]
"Tread Softly" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [51]
Script error: No such module "sort". Piece of Mind Iron Maiden Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [201][175]
"Turn! Turn! Turn!" Script error: No such module "Sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Notably covered by The Byrds; Takes its lyrics from chapter three of the Book of Ecclesiastes [202]
"T'Was Her Hunger Brought Me Down" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One Script error: No such module "Sort". Sister Carrie Script error: No such module "Sort". [29]
"United States of Eurasia" Script error: No such module "sort". Muse Nineteen Eighty-Four Script error: No such module "Sort". [203]
Script error: No such module "sort". Album Title Goes Here Deadmau5 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [204]
"Venus in Furs" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". Venus in Furs Script error: No such module "Sort". [60]
"Walking on the Chinese Wall" Chinese Wall Script error: No such module "Sort". Dream of the Red Chamber Cao Xueqin [205]
"We Are the Dead" Diamond Dogs Script error: No such module "Sort". Nineteen Eighty-Four Script error: No such module "Sort". One of several songs Bowie wrote about Nineteen Eighty-Four [53][31]
"When the War Came" Script error: No such module "sort". Hunger Script error: No such module "Sort". [206]
"White Rabbit" Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane Alice in Wonderland Script error: No such module "Sort". [207]
"William, It Was Really Nothing" Hatful of Hollow Script error: No such module "sort". Billy Liar Script error: No such module "Sort". [208][209]
"Willie Burke Sherwood" R.A.P. Music Killer Mike Lord of the Flies Script error: No such module "Sort". [48]
"Windmills" Dulcinea Toad the Wet Sprocket Don Quixote Script error: No such module "Sort". [210]
"Winston Smith Takes It on the Jaw" Oblivion Utopia Nineteen Eighty-Four Script error: No such module "Sort". [211]
"Wuthering Heights" Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". Wuthering Heights Script error: No such module "Sort". [53][60]
"Wonderland" 1989 Script error: No such module "Sort". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Script error: No such module "Sort". [212]
"Xanadu" Script error: No such module "sort". Rush Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Sort". [213]
"Yes!" Naked Amber Ulysses Script error: No such module "Sort". Lyrics include part of Molly Bloom's soliloquy [214][97]
"Don Quixote" Face the Sun Seventeen Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes

See also

References

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