Top 10: literature’s influence on popular music
Literature has long been a pool of inspiration for popular music. Here are ten of the best examples of works of fiction with the songs or bands they influenced.
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- 1984 by George Orwell – ‘1984’ by David Bowie. Also, ‘2+2=5’ by Radiohead, ‘Ministry of Love’ by Eurythmics, ‘Testify’ by Rage Against the Machine, ‘Big Brother’ by Stevie Wonder, ‘Standards’ by The Jam
- Ulysses by James Joyce – ‘The Sensual World’ by Kate Bush
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee – The Boo Radleys adopted the name of the recluse who lives on the same street as Scout and Jem Finch.
- Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare – ‘Romeo & Juliet’ by Dire Straits
- The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley – The Doors
- The Outsider by Albert Camus – ‘Killing an Arab’ by The Cure
- The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov – ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ by The Rolling Stones
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë – ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Kate Bush
- The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien – ‘Ramble On’ by Led Zeppelin
- Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs – Steeley Dan took their name from the steam-powered metal dildo in this controversial Beat generation classic.
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