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Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

bobbyb5 — Fri, 1 Sep 2017 19:47:44 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 09/01/2017 23:47

jmo32087 wrote:

Eponine - Ozma

One of my all time favorite songs and it's about one of my favorite characters.

Is that the Ozma from one of the Wizard of Oz books? there was a witch or something in one of those books named Ozma of Oz. I love those books when I was a little

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

jmo32087 — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:16:35 GMT

Author: jmo32087

Posted: 08/31/2017 23:16

Eponine - Ozma

One of my all time favorite songs and it's about one of my favorite characters.

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

RoundTheBend — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 01:50:25 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 08/31/2017 05:50

Der Ring des Niebelungen is based on the Poetic/Prose Edda - Norse methology.

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

Daydreamer — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:04:15 GMT

Author: Daydreamer

Posted: 08/30/2017 21:04

Onater wrote:

Some more songs with Jesus in the title:
The Birthday Party - Big-Jesus-Trash-Can
Brand New - Jesus
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
The Flaming Lips - Plastic Jesus
Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me
Green Day - Jesus Of Suburbia
Kanye West - Jesus Walks
Modest Mouse - Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Of The Moon
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone
Slayer - Jesus Saves
Stevie Wonder - Jesus Children Of America
Tom Waits - Jesus Gonna Be Here
Tome Waits - Chocolate Jesus
Wilco - Jesus Etc.

Queen - Jesus

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

bobbyb5 — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 18:15:02 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 08/28/2017 22:15

Frankenstein. The Edgar Winter Group
In the Wake of Poseidon. King Crimson
Godzilla. Blue Oyster Cult
Satan. Orbital
King Arthur. Rick Wakeman
Merlin the Magician. Rick Wakeman
The Little Prince Carole King

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

paladisiac — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:18:00 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 08/28/2017 21:18

sparks - sherlock holmes
bruce springsteen - santa claus is coming to town
shirley bassey - goldfinger

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

Onater — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:05:31 GMT

Author: Onater

Posted: 08/28/2017 20:05

Jimmy Dread wrote:

Jesus - The Velvet Underground

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

bobbyb5 — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 07:13:14 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 08/28/2017 11:13

I thought of some more when I started thinking of Greek myths

Achilles Last Stand. Led Zeppelin
Pandora. Cocteau twins
Isis. Bob Dylan
Athena. The Who
Venus Bananarama

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

Jimmy Dread — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 07:09:15 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 08/28/2017 11:09

bobbyb5 wrote:

Shakespeare's Sister was also the name of a band in the late 80s. I think they were a Irish band.

Irish/British and American as it goes - Marcella Detroit is from the States, Siobhan used to be in Bananarama.

And it's Shakespear without the e on the end.

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

bobbyb5 — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 06:47:23 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 08/28/2017 10:47

indieshins wrote:

Stover75 wrote:

Two Smiths songs refer to literature:

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others mentions Antony and Cleopatra

Sheila Take a Bow refers to playwright Shelagh Delaney who wrote A Taste of Honey, which Morrissey is obsessed with.

Shakespeare's Sister as well - refers to Viriginia Woolf's essay A Room of One's Own, in which she imagines that Shakespeare had a sister as talented as he was, who couldn't get her plays performed or published because she was a woman. She ends up committing suicide. Given the lyrics of the song, it seems likely that's what it's referring to.
This is why doing Literature at uni is awesome!

Shakespeare's Sister was also the name of a band in the late 80s. I think they were a Irish band.

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

Jimmy Dread — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 06:44:18 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 08/28/2017 10:44

Jesus - The Velvet Underground

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

indieshins — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 06:39:49 GMT

Author: indieshins

Posted: 08/28/2017 10:39

Stover75 wrote:

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

CharlieBarley — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 05:56:40 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 08/28/2017 09:56

Two Smiths songs refer to literature:

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others mentions Antony and Cleopatra

Sheila Take a Bow refers to playwright Shelagh Delaney who wrote A Taste of Honey, which Morrissey is obsessed with.

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

indieshins — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 04:58:29 GMT

Author: indieshins

Posted: 08/28/2017 08:58

Hey Orpheus/Oh Eurydice - Arcade Fire
Adam Raised a Cain/Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen (the Bible's still literature, right?)
Miss Macbeth/I Thought I'd Write to Juliet/Romeo's Seance - Elvis Costello
King Kunta - Kendrick Lamar
Things Fall Apart - The Roots (not a character, but I'm going to stretch it)

On that note : 2 + 2 = 5 - Radiohead and Soma - The Strokes/Smashing Pumpkins both reference literature, but not characters.

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

Onater — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 01:43:27 GMT

Author: Onater

Posted: 08/28/2017 05:43

bobbyb5 wrote:

Waiting for Superman Flaming Lips
Superman. The Kinks

Going off of this, The Superman by David Bowie, Superman's Song by Crash Test Dummies, and Superman by R.E.M.

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

bobbyb5 — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 22:33:54 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 08/28/2017 02:33

All you guys came up with some awesome ones

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

CharlieBarley — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 22:19:58 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 08/28/2017 02:19

Good call.

I got:

Charlotte Sometimes - The Cure
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits (sorry, a Shakespeare one, T1CR, BUT I LOVE THAT SONG)
Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin
Don Quixote - Nik Kershaw
Billy Budd - Morrissey

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

bobbyb5 — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 15:34:22 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 08/27/2017 19:34

Heres some more

Don Quixote. Gordon Lightfoot
Waiting for Superman Flaming Lips
Superman. The Kinks
Prince Charming. Adam and the Ants

Re: What songs are named after literary characters?

Tha1ChiefRocka — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 14:10:25 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 08/27/2017 18:10

You could probably make a whole album just based on Shakespeare characters. In fact, I'm going to make a playlist with Shakespeare inspired songs. Will post it later.

https://open.spotify.com/user/hoss.mirocke/playlist/6ZuwNV1D9Ffz7nXHzvJTTy

What songs are named after literary characters?

bobbyb5 — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 13:49:56 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 08/27/2017 17:49

Heres some famous fictional literary characters with songs named after them: what other ones are there?

Tales of Brave Ulysses. Cream
Tom Sawyer. Rush