Literature which inspired Pop songs

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A list of Literature (novels, short stories, poetry) which inspired a Pop song.
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91,777 medlemmar
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Förklaringar
szarka: Inspired multiple songs, including the immortal classic "Bilbo Baggins" by Leonard Nimoy.
hipdeep: Leonard Nimoy, "Bilbo Baggins"
merrystar: Led Zeppelin, "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Tinuvia: Blind Guardian "The Bard's Song"
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50,339 medlemmar
676 recensioner
3.9
6 Members
szarka, hipdeep, EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
EMS_24: "Unquiet Slumbers for the sleepers" & "In That Quiet Earth", both by Genesis from their album 'Wind and Wuthering'
Tinuvia: Kate Bush "Wuthering Heights"
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49,439 medlemmar
449 recensioner
½ 4.5
5 Members
hipdeep, EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
hipdeep: Led Zeppelin, "Ramble On"
Tinuvia: Blind Guardian "Lord of the Rings"
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41,168 medlemmar
694 recensioner
3.8
5 Members
szarka, EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
szarka: Referenced in the Aimee Mann song "Frankenstein" on the album I'm With Stupid.
EMS_24: T'Pau: "China in Your Hand"
Tinuvia: Iced Earth "Frankenstein"
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34,658 medlemmar
489 recensioner
3.9
5 Members
szarka, EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: The Cure "Killing an Arab"
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26,136 medlemmar
469 recensioner
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5 Members
szarka, EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
EMS_24: Florence + the Machine - "Rabbit Heart"
Tinuvia: The Beatles "I Am the Walrus";
Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit"
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31,922 medlemmar
320 recensioner
3.9
4 Members
szarka, hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
hipdeep: Rush, "Tom Sawyer"
8
31,138 medlemmar
546 recensioner
4.1
4 Members
szarka, hipdeep, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
hipdeep: The Police, "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
Tinuvia: Lana Del Rey "Off to the Races"
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24,264 medlemmar
465 recensioner
4.2
4 Members
EMS_24, ahef1963, UseHerName, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
EMS_24: "Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel
10
79,875 medlemmar
1,246 recensioner
4.2
3 Members
EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
EMS_24: David Bowie "We are the Dead"
Tinuvia: David Bowie "1984", "Big Brother",...;
The Offspring "The Future Is Now";
Muse "The Resistance"
Radiohead "2+2=5"
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52,655 medlemmar
753 recensioner
3.9
3 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "Brave New World";
The Strokes "Soma"
12
51,435 medlemmar
456 recensioner
4
3 Members
szarka, hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
hipdeep: Cream, "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
13
38,686 medlemmar
373 recensioner
4
3 Members
merrystar, EMS_24, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
merrystar: Led Zeppelin: "Achilles' Last Stand"
EMS_24: Abba: "Cassandra"
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33,470 medlemmar
460 recensioner
4.1
3 Members
szarka, hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
hipdeep: Bruce Springsteen, "The Ghost of Tom Joad"
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27,750 medlemmar
272 recensioner
½ 3.7
3 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
merrystar: Taylor Swift, "Love Story", Dire Straits, "Romeo and Juliet"
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22,507 medlemmar
325 recensioner
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Sting "Moon over Bourbon Street"
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21,274 medlemmar
403 recensioner
4.1
3 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Blind Guardian "Guardian of the Blind";
Pennywise "Pennywise"
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19,861 medlemmar
455 recensioner
4.2
3 Members
hipdeep, EMS_24, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
hipdeep: Rolling Stones, "Sympathy for the Devil"
EMS_24: Franz Ferdinand: "Love and Destroy"
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17,721 medlemmar
435 recensioner
3.9
3 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Nirvana "Scentless Apprentice"
20
16,769 medlemmar
312 recensioner
½ 3.7
3 Members
EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
EMS_24: ABBA : 'Me and I'
Tinuvia: Iced Earth "Jekyll & Hyde"
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13,238 medlemmar
182 recensioner
4
3 Members
EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
EMS_24: The Band Steppenwolf is named after this book
Tinuvia: Hawkwind "Steppenwind"
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4,231 medlemmar
78 recensioner
3.8
3 Members
szarka, hipdeep, EMS_24
Förklaringar
szarka: King Crimson: "The Sheltering Sky"
EMS_24: The Police: "Tea in the Sahara"
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1,591 medlemmar
30 recensioner
½ 3.5
3 Members
szarka, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: The Velvet Underground "Venus in Furs"
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1,314 medlemmar
14 recensioner
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hipdeep, EMS_24, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
EMS_24: David Bowie's 1979's Song with the same title ' I've been waiting so long Look back in anger, driven by the night Til you come'
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851 medlemmar
23 recensioner
4
3 Members
merrystar, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: The Cure "Charlotte Sometimes"
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83 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 4.6
3 Members
hipdeep, EMS_24, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
EMS_24: The Byrds: "Turn! Turn! Turn!"
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43,143 medlemmar
690 recensioner
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Hawkwind "The War I Survived"
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25,435 medlemmar
380 recensioner
4
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Rob Zombie "Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)"
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21,398 medlemmar
334 recensioner
4
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Jefferson Airplane "ReJoyce";
Kate Bush "The Sensual World"
30
18,524 medlemmar
177 recensioner
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Metallica "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
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14,823 medlemmar
196 recensioner
4
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Anthrax "Misery Loves Company"
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13,705 medlemmar
226 recensioner
3.8
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hipdeep, ahef1963
Förklaringar
hipdeep: The Ramones, "Pet Sematary"
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10,523 medlemmar
139 recensioner
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
hipdeep: Devo, "Whip It"
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10,358 medlemmar
97 recensioner
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
Förklaringar
merrystar: Mumford and Sons, "Sigh No More"
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8,756 medlemmar
170 recensioner
3.8
2 Members
Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Sonic Youth "Pattern Recognition"
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3,967 medlemmar
37 recensioner
4.2
2 Members
szarka, ahef1963
Förklaringar
szarka: Inspired "Song of Innocence" on Terry Scott Taylor's album Knowledge & Innocence, as well as his song "William Blake" on the Daniel Amos album Vox Humana.
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3,590 medlemmar
75 recensioner
4
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
ManWithAnAgenda: "Yertle the Turtle" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
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2,622 medlemmar
44 recensioner
½ 4.3
2 Members
Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: The Cure "The Drowning Man"
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2,346 medlemmar
33 recensioner
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "Rime of the Ancient Mariner";
Bastille "Weight of Living, Pt. I"
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1,698 medlemmar
29 recensioner
½ 3.5
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
Förklaringar
merrystar: Loreena McKennitt, "Cymbeline"
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1,619 medlemmar
42 recensioner
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "Where Eagles Dare"
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806 medlemmar
9 recensioner
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
hipdeep: John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, "Season in Hell (Fire Suite)"
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748 medlemmar
32 recensioner
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Metallica "The Thing That Should Not Be", "The Call of Ktulu", "All Nightmare Long"
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621 medlemmar
14 recensioner
3.9
2 Members
Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: The Smiths "William, It Was Really Nothing"
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523 medlemmar
5 recensioner
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
Förklaringar
merrystar: Loreena McKennit, "The Lady of Shalott"
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340 medlemmar
10 recensioner
½ 4.3
2 Members
merrystar, ahef1963
Förklaringar
merrystar: Loreena McKennit, "The Highwayman"
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140 medlemmar
10 recensioner
½ 3.7
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Black Sabbath "Behind the Wall of Sleep"
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124 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 4.3
2 Members
szarka, EMS_24
Förklaringar
szarka: The poem "Longing" inspired Terry Scott Taylor's song "She's All Heart" on the Daniel Amos album Vox Humana.
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85 medlemmar
2 recensioner
4.1
2 Members
EMS_24, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
EMS_24: PJ Harvey – "A Perfect Day Elise" from the album 'Is This Desire? ' from 'Nine Stories' by J D Salinger
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66 medlemmar
4 recensioner
½ 3.6
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "The Trooper"
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50 medlemmar
½ 4.5
2 Members
szarka, ahef1963
Förklaringar
szarka: The poem "The Hollow Men" inspired Terry Scott Taylor's song "Hollow Man" on the Daniel Amos album Doppelgänger.
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8 medlemmar
3.8
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
hipdeep: Elton John, "Rocket Man"
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5 medlemmar
3
2 Members
EMS_24, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
EMS_24: from the Album 'Is This Desire?' (1998) P.J. Harvey "Angelene" with the lines: ‘Rose is my color, and white/ Pretty mouth and green my eyes’ - from Nine Stories by J D Salinger
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1 medlem
3
2 Members
EMS_24, ahef1963
Förklaringar
EMS_24: Boudewijn de Groot, "Kindermeidslied"
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48,516 medlemmar
735 recensioner
½ 3.7
Member
EMS_24
Förklaringar
EMS_24: "Shadows and Tall Trees" by U2 "Lord of the Flies" by Iron Maiden
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43,568 medlemmar
673 recensioner
4.2
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Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Radiohead "Banana Co."
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40,759 medlemmar
648 recensioner
½ 4.3
Member
Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "To Tame a Land";
Blind Guardian "Traveler in Time"
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33,986 medlemmar
590 recensioner
4
Member
Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Iced Earth "Dracula"
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33,822 medlemmar
258 recensioner
3.9
Member
Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle-Earth" (album)
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21,212 medlemmar
413 recensioner
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
ManWithAnAgenda: "Good Witch of the North" by Everclear
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21,100 medlemmar
181 recensioner
4.1
Member
merrystar
Förklaringar
merrystar: Loreena McKennit, "Dante's Prayer"
62
20,127 medlemmar
425 recensioner
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
ManWithAnAgenda: "Table of Contents" by The Roots
63
18,008 medlemmar
325 recensioner
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
ManWithAnAgenda: "Goodbye Sky Harbor" by Jimmy Eat World
64
14,010 medlemmar
117 recensioner
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
ManWithAnAgenda: "So Long, And Thanks For All the Fish" - A Perfect Circle
65
13,423 medlemmar
172 recensioner
3.9
Member
merrystar
Förklaringar
merrystar: Loreena McKennitt, "Prospero's Speech"
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12,973 medlemmar
228 recensioner
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
ManWithAnAgenda: "Thieves in the Night" by Black Star
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av Ovid
12,830 medlemmar
99 recensioner
4.1
Member
EMS_24
Förklaringar
EMS_24: Yes "Turn of the Century" on Pygmalion
68
12,542 medlemmar
202 recensioner
3.8
Member
Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "The Phantom of the Opera";
Iced Earth "The Phantom of the Opera Ghost"
69
7,615 medlemmar
123 recensioner
4
Member
EMS_24
Förklaringar
EMS_24: 'Through the looking glass' - Di-rect (Dutch band from The Hague)
70
6,996 medlemmar
153 recensioner
½ 3.6
Member
Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Billy Talent "Saint Veronika"
71
4,927 medlemmar
38 recensioner
3.9
Member
Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Muse "The Small Print"
72
4,531 medlemmar
39 recensioner
4
Member
EMS_24
Förklaringar
EMS_24: Mark Knopfler: "Sailing to Philadelphia"
73
4,498 medlemmar
67 recensioner
3.8
Member
Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "The Prophecy";
Iron Maiden "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"
74
4,304 medlemmar
86 recensioner
3.8
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EMS_24
Förklaringar
EMS_24: Jack Bruce "The Consul at Sunset" Last sentence of the book is important.
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3,602 medlemmar
72 recensioner
4.2
Member
Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Metallica "One"
76
2,337 medlemmar
51 recensioner
½ 3.5
Member
EMS_24
Förklaringar
EMS_24: Talk Talk: "Such a Shame"
77
1,601 medlemmar
25 recensioner
½ 3.7
Member
szarka
Förklaringar
szarka: Inspired Terry Scott Taylor's song "The Double" on the Daniel Amos album Doppelgänger.
78
1,544 medlemmar
27 recensioner
½ 3.7
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Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"
79
834 medlemmar
28 recensioner
4.1
Member
EMS_24
Förklaringar
EMS_24: The concept-album Tales of Mysteries and Imagination (1976) by The Alan Parsons
80
700 medlemmar
22 recensioner
½ 3.5
Member
Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "Murders in the Rue Morgue"
81
567 medlemmar
3 recensioner
½ 4.5
Member
szarka
Förklaringar
szarka: "Father Explains" inspired the Daniel Amos song of the same name on the album Kalhoun.
82
259 medlemmar
5 recensioner
4.2
Member
KimarieBee
Förklaringar
KimarieBee: Within Temptation, "Hand of Sorrow"
83
220 medlemmar
7 recensioner
3.8
Member
Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Joy Division "No Love Lost"
84
37 medlemmar
1 recension
3.8
Member
Tinuvia
Förklaringar
Tinuvia: Outkast "Toilet Tisha"
85
20 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 3.3
Member
EMS_24
Förklaringar
EMS_24: "Swim with Sam" by A Balladeer