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Ricochet

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 10:28

Scrambled_Eggs wrote:

Jethro Tull's "A Passion Play" is loosely based on Dante's "Divine Comedy."

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 10:35

thanks guys

Im doing this as the list

The odyssey

Throuhg the looking glass

The raven

The tell tale heart

the cask of amontiliado

King of Terrors

Incatations of Aprentance

Gates of delerium

thanks alot to everyone

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 11:25

How does Gates of Delirium have anything to do with War and Peace? Seriously.

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 11:34

Duncan wrote:

How does Gates of Delirium have anything to do with War and Peace? Seriously.

It's only loosely based on it - it's obviously about a war, with a battle in the middle and the peace at the end (Soon).

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 11:35

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Ivan, I read "White Fang", and I know the lyrics of "White Mountain". There is absolutely no connection between them except that both are stories about wolves, and in one story there is a wolf called "Fang", in the other a semi-wolf called "White Fang".

I also read the book and not many connections, but according To Peter Gabriel in the famous Italian interview when he talked about the inspiration comes from the soul -La inspirazione venire del anima- (And placed the sole of his shoe next to his ear) he said that he was reading White Fang and it inspired him to write White Mountain.

Not only I have noticed that relation (The references are obvious, Peter Gabriel used to play with words as in Dancing With the Moonlit Knight:

The next track, "White Mountain", is probably one of the most underrated and yet one of my favourite Genesis tracks. The lyrics tell a story akin to Jack London's "White Fang", and it has some fantastic keyboard and acoustic guitar work throughout. PG even plays flute! The desperation in PG's vocals comes to the forefront in this track, and help add to the atmosphere - great! (In case you're wondering where the title for the LP, "Trespass" comes from, I think it came from "White Mountain", as there is the line 'outcast and trespass where no wolf may tread").

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=18366

'White Mountain' tal vez sea la pieza menos favorecida por la critica. Para algunos demasiado extensa, para otros demasiado pretenciosa liricamente; al parecer inspirada en la obra de Jack London,....

White Mountain is maybe the less accepted track by the critic. For some people too long, for others too pretentious lyrics, apparently inspitred in Jack London's work... (Translation done by me)

http://www.dlsi.ua.es/~inesta/LCDM/Discos/genesis_trespass.h tml La Caja de Musica (The Musical Box) is probably one of the best informed sites in Spanish, I believe our friend Cesar Inca writes there.

Gabriel uses literary influence and works with it creating a new product different from the oreiginal but not less inspired, take "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" which is influenced by T.S. Eliot's "Waste Land" in a very subtle way.

Iván

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 11:36

Ricochet wrote:

On which story/poem is based Six Wives and The Snow Goose?and even King Arthur? don't mix history with stories/poems...

The Snow Goose is a book by Paul Gallico. Camel wanted their album to have a narrative from the book but were refused permission by the author, hence the album is only music "inspired by" the Snow Goose.

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 14:30

Don't forget 2112 based on the book "Anthem"

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 19:05

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Thufir Hawat wrote:

The Following are all albums

Journey to the Center of the Earth – Rick Wakeman

Olias of Sunhillow – Jon Anderson

King Aruther and the Knights of the Round Table - Rick Wakeman

The Snow Goose -Camel

The Six Wives of Henry the VII - Rick Wakeman

Nice Dune inspired forum name.That is my favorite sci-fi novel.

Mine too, I see you like Starwars as well, smart man.

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 19:24

I don't think anyone's mentioned "Set the controls for the Heart of the sun" each line was taken from chinese poetry from I can't remember which dynasty.

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 19:39

chopper wrote:

Duncan wrote:

How does Gates of Delirium have anything to do with War and Peace? Seriously.

It's only loosely based on it - it's obviously about a war, with a battle in the middle and the peace at the end (Soon).

I shouldn't think this'd really cut it with English teachers.

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 20:03

'Gormenghast', a track from Fruupps 'Modern Masquerades' is based on the 'Gormenghast' trilogy and the one book of the same name. The works are just amazing fiction by English novelist poet Mervyn Peake. Hes also done famous illustrations for important works by other authors. The Fruupp song is an excellent piece of prog.-mellow and melodic. Get into both!

Looking still the same after all these years...
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Posted: January 22 2006 at 20:08

Dick Heath wrote:

Red Barchetta, my favourite Rush tune, is based on a SF story.

Ah yes, A Nice Morning Drive by Richard Foster inspired that song... it's a really nice short story too.

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Posted: January 22 2006 at 20:55

If im not mistaken then Pink Floyds album "Animals" is based on the George Orwell book "Animal Farm"

If anyone knows where I can get a copy of some Flute and Voice (Indo-Prog/Raga Rock) albums please PM me! Many thanks!

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Posted: January 23 2006 at 03:28

ivan_2068 wrote:

Not only I have noticed that relation (The references are obvious, Peter Gabriel used to play with words as in Dancing With the Moonlit Knight:

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=18366

White Mountain is maybe the less accepted track by the critic. For some people too long, for others too pretentious lyrics, apparently inspitred in Jack London's work... (Translation done by me)

Iván

It is "based" very loosely on it then; there is a short fight scene between White Fang and his old-time adversary Lip-Lip in "White Fang", but that's it. End of resemblance; "White Fang" is a completely different story (about a half-wolf raised by Indians, who flees into the wild and gets tamed again, whilst "White Mountain" is about usurpation within a pack of wolves, introducing a king of the wolves even. Now where is the resemblance there? I would call that "inspired by" perhaps, but not "based upon".
Anyway, Gabriel said something else in the interview than you claim, that "White Mountain" is inspired by the works of Jack London, which in my opinion is obvious; I always thought of Jack London when hearing this song. But he did not name "White Fang" as basis for the song, and indeed it is more a general Jack London influence for this song than any specific story one could name.

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Posted: January 23 2006 at 07:01

mrgd wrote:

'Gormenghast', a track from Fruupps 'Modern Masquerades' is based on the 'Gormenghast' trilogy and the one book of the same name. The works are just amazing fiction by English novelist poet Mervyn Peake. Hes also done famous illustrations for important works by other authors. The Fruupp song is an excellent piece of prog.-mellow and melodic. Get into both!

Also British Army war artist, who had to draw what he saw in the Nazi concentration camps - effected him for the rest of his life. Read his early work Mr Pye? BTW the BBC TV dramaised the trilogy about 6 years ago (I believe Sting owns the copyright) - can find the video remaindered in some places.

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Posted: January 23 2006 at 11:09

Duncan wrote:

chopper wrote:

Duncan wrote:

How does Gates of Delirium have anything to do with War and Peace? Seriously.

It's only loosely based on it - it's obviously about a war, with a battle in the middle and the peace at the end (Soon).

I shouldn't think this'd really cut it with English teachers.

You're probably right. I remember when I was at school our music teacher played part of an orchestral piece based on war (I forget which one) and then asked us if any "pop" band had ever made a song about war. I suggested Gates of Delirium and brought it in the following week for comparison. The music teacher then played us the whole of the orchestral piece and about 1 minute of Gates and decided the "pop" piece was rubbish and didn't really give an impression of "war" (of course, he never played the battle section or the end).

So no bias there then!

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Posted: January 23 2006 at 12:10

walrus333 wrote:

If im not mistaken then Pink Floyds album "Animals" is based on the George Orwell book "Animal Farm"

That's the common misconception, I read that it was never meant to be based on Animal Farm, even though there are a lot of similarities with the novel.

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Posted: January 23 2006 at 12:42

Ricochet wrote:

On which story/poem is based Six Wives and The Snow Goose?and even King Arthur? don't mix history with stories/poems...

history is story and poetry