Sunday, February 5, 2012

Song Titles Inspired from Literature?

This was inspired by the Bring Me The Horizon song "Who Wants Flowers When You're Dead? Nobody." It's a line from J.D. Salinger's book Catcher In The Rye.



So, the question is. What song names come from books/comics/etc.

Song Titles Inspired from Literature?
Rush- Tom Sawyer
Reply:Tales of Mystery %26amp; Imagination: Alan Parsons Project

--the whole album is Edgar Allan Poe based.



The Raven: Lou Reed

--another album based on Poe



Tales from the Rue Morgue: Iron Maiden

--yes I did a lot of research on a paper on Poe... :)
Reply:The Chariot's entire CD is a poem, each title is a line in the poem:

back to back

they faced eachother

they drew their swords

and shot each other

the deaf policeman

heard this noise

then came to kill

the two dead boys
Reply:Dante's Inferno by Iced Earth. Kick *** song inspired by the Devine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.



Anaal Nathrakh's Human, All to F*cking Human: a bastardization of Nietzsche's work Human, All to Human.
Reply:the flight of Icarus - iron maiden

for whom the bell tolls - metallica



the Doors took their name from "the doors of perception" by Aldous Huxley
Reply:In the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair.

but Golom, the evil one, crept up and slipped away with her her, her her, her yeah... Led Zep, Ramble On references JR Tolkien Lord of the Rings
Reply:Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden inspired by the epic poem of the same name by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Reply:Our Lady Peace's album 'Spiritual Machines' was inspired by 'The Age of Spiritual Machines' by Ray Kurzweil.
Reply:The Call Of Ktulu by Metallica was from an H.P. Lovecraft book called "The Call Of Chtulhu".
Reply:The Odyssey - Symphony X....For obvious reasons :)
Reply:The song title "dulce et decorum est" by matthew ryan comes from the poem of the same name by Wilfred Owen
Reply:Jesus Is Alright By Me.

Doobie Brothers.

The Bible.
Reply:Creeping Death - Metallica from the Bible
Reply:The Things He Carried- Vanna

- From the novel by Tim O'Brien.
Reply:Sampsa Meets Kafka by Showbread



both are authors
Reply:The only answer I can think of is stupid.



So I'll just tell you this is a great question and you shall have a star! =)


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