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Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two: Larry Kenneth Potts: Nothing Like It in the World: Stephen Ambrose: Relates the story of "Poker" Alice Ivers [51] "The Ballad of Skip Wiley" Barometer Soup: Jimmy Buffett: Tourist Season: Carl Hiaasen: A song about the character Skip Wiley from Hiaasen's 1986 novel. [52] "Banana Co." Radiohead: One ...
Pages in category "Lists of songs about a topic" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... List of songs that retell a work of literature; N.
An Appointment with Mr Yeats" by The Waterboys is an album of Yeats poems set to song. The poem "Down by the Salley Gardens" was based by Yeats on a fragment of a song he heard an old woman singing. Yeats' words have been recorded as a song by many performers. The song "A Bad Dream" by Keane is based on the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His ...
This is a list of articles, or subsections of articles, about music inspired by literature. Musical settings of, or music inspired by, poems by Byron; Edgar Allan Poe and music; Music related to Anne Rice's novels; Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien; Music based on the works of Oscar Wilde; List of songs based on poems; Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)
What about bands whose entire catalog of songs is a tribute to a work of literature? Blind Guardian comes to mind. All their songs are based on works of Tolkien, primarily plotlines from The Lord of the Rings books. -- ヤギ . I'd say maybe make a separate section for things like that.
The song's musical narrative traces a path of death and rebirth. Cocteau Twins released "Persephone" in 1984 on their critically acclaimed album Treasure. The progressive death metal band Persefone is named after the Greek goddess, and they have released an album called "Core", which is based on the myth of Persephone.
Songs about writers, playwrights, novelists and poets. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. S. Songs about William Shakespeare (4 P)
The 1995 album Imaginations from the Other Side and 2015 album Beyond the Red Mirror by the power-metal band Blind Guardian contain numerous songs referencing Arthurian legends, including "A Past and Future Secret", about the battle of Camlann, "Mordred's Song", and "The Holy Grail".