Classic works of fiction in music...

pmbomb

1984 Eurythmics

pmbomb

Rick Wakeman Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

pmbomb

munckee said:

The ghost of tom joad - Springsteen 

there's an awesome live and heavy version of this with Tom Morello solo.

pmbomb

Maiden's Murders In The Rue Morgue is an Edgar Allen Poe short story. (the monkey did it).

pmbomb

Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

Do I win yet?

scrumhalf

1984 - Spirit

Fuengi

Hey Jack Kerouac - 10,000 Maniacs

Ok, I know, he's an author. 

west

pmbomb said:

AlexC said:

Up The Junction - Squeeze

great song which book?

author Nell dunn ... also one of my fave 60's films with suzy kendall and dennis waterman maureen lipman and the fab michael gothard.....

Philly_Q

pmbomb said:

Maiden's Murders In The Rue Morgue is an Edgar Allen Poe short story. (the monkey did it).

And WASP's Murders in the New Morgue is the remake.  I can't remember who did it.  Chainsaw Charlie, probably.

blobb

This Night Has Opened My Eyes - The Smiths.

Basically 'A Taste of Honey' in song format.

ftumch

Razzle - Richard Gere 

Philly_Q

Catcher in the Rye - Guns N' Roses

munckee

Anything by Marillion. 

munckee

pmbomb said:

munckee said:

The ghost of tom joad - Springsteen 

there's an awesome live and heavy version of this with Tom Morello solo.

I love both versions. 

Fuengi

munckee said:

Anything by Marillion. 

Oh yes, The Rakes Progress. 

Toms_Dad

Shakespeare is a rich seam here. Surprised no one has mentioned West Side Story or Kiss me Kate. Perhaps even Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District 

Philly_Q

Toms_Dad said:

Perhaps even Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District 

You hum it son, I'll play it.

DarnWeight

A Child's Christmas In Wales, John Cale (from the Paris 1919 LP, which also features "Macbeth" and "Graham Greene")

fretmeister

Stranger in a strange land. Iron Maiden.
(Heinlein novel) 

fretmeister

Philly_Q said:

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica

Are we letting them get away with the error then?

Hemingway would be appalled.