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songs connected with books
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so having heard AG say about one of the new tracks 'annabel' been based on a book she's read i started thinking about other songs i know that i've read the book for they're based on.the first one that sprung to mind was wuthering heights, and then also cloudbusting; i have read 'the book of dreams' which that is taken from. that one especially i remember reading it and all the way through there were bits where i would think 'that was in the song', i hummed my way through the whole book.we studied wuthering heights ay A level and every lesson was started with a quick chorus of Kates ditty.
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Tonnes and tonnes I could think of, but I'll start with David Bowie paying homage to Orwell's masterpiece on the album Diamond Dogs with 1984/We are The Dead/Big Brother.
It's a re-creation
Again I live another life
My imagination
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Is that "The Book of Dreams" by Jack Vance? SciFi?
The Sentient Struggle For Transformation
https://www.amazon.com/Sentient-Struggle-Transformation-Whickwithy/dp/1734822147/ -
Whickwithy said:
Is that "The Book of Dreams" by Jack Vance? SciFi?
no its by peter reich, its a sort of auto-biography/biography about his dad. -
I was referring to David Bowie paying homage to George Orwell's 1984 on the Diamond Dogs album. I'm a huge fan of Orwell's work personally.
It's a re-creation
Again I live another life
My imagination
Can't cross the borderline -
Thanks!
The Sentient Struggle For Transformation
https://www.amazon.com/Sentient-Struggle-Transformation-Whickwithy/dp/1734822147/ -
For those of you who love reading and don't mind doing it from an e-book, this is a great site!
http://www.gutenberg.org/
The Sentient Struggle For Transformation
https://www.amazon.com/Sentient-Struggle-Transformation-Whickwithy/dp/1734822147/ -
Border_Mind said:
I was referring to David Bowie paying homage to George Orwell's 1984 on the Diamond Dogs album. I'm a huge fan of Orwell's work personally.
i love a bit of orwell too :) -
ping said:Border_Mind said:
I was referring to David Bowie paying homage to George Orwell's 1984 on the Diamond Dogs album. I'm a huge fan of Orwell's work personally.
i love a bit of orwell too :)
Yeah, there's a Hazel O' Connor song 'Animal Farm', it's quite a nice little number, but not quite in the league of Bowie.
I got a book by Orwell recently I haven't got round to reading, I am terrible like that to be honest, it's called
'Some thoughts on the common toad'. Apart from the obvious Orwell I remember being blown away by one novel 'coming up for air' was very deep stuff, kind of anticipating the oncoming war, written I think 1938, very, very good as I recall, would read again some day.
It's a re-creation
Again I live another life
My imagination
Can't cross the borderline
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