Songs based off of Stories/poems
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Topic: Songs based off of Stories/poems
Posted By: BePinkTheater
Subject: Songs based off of Stories/poems
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 00:07
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I'm burning a cd for my english teacher, and I'm trying to get a whole bunch of songs based off of stories or poems. I'm doing this because we just read the Odyssey, so I was going to just burn that for him then i found out that Symphony X also did Through the Looking glass. So now I want to fill up a cd with songs based off of Stories or poems.
Does anyone know any other good ones? ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 00:42
Ulver's Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell |
Posted By: Thufir Hawat
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 01:12
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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
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 01:16
On which story/poem is based Six Wives and The Snow Goose?and even King Arthur? don't mix history with stories/poems... ------------- 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 01:22
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Iron Maiden's Rime of the Ancient Mariner is from a Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem. And Rush's Xanadu is based on a poem by the same poet. -------------  |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 01:23
Nice Dune inspired forum name.That is my favorite sci-fi novel. ------------- |
Thufir Hawat wrote:Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 01:53
You got a lot to impress your teacher Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 02:28
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Kansas Journey To Mariabronn off of their first album is based on this story: "Narcissus and Goldmund" by Hermann Hesse ------------- 
"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 03:10
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". An album I recommend is "Fairy Tales" by Mother Gong, based on 3 Fairy Tales ("Wassilissa", a Russian Fairy Tale, "The Three Tongues" and "The Pied Piper", which seems to be connected to "The Three Tongues". "The Pied Piper even quotes Robert Browning's poem of the same title a good deal, so this may impress your teacher even more). -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: W.Chuck
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 05:21
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Symphony X :
King of Terrors (based on Edgar A. Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum") Incantations of the Apprentice (based on Paul Duka's "The sorcerer's apprentice") then "A Change of Season" => based on any poem, I don't get the name 
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Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 05:27
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Los Jaivas "Alturas De Macchu Picchu" are based on "Canto Generale" by Nobel prize winner Pablo Neruda, but I doubt whether it would be useful for your English lesson. We also forgot one important song - "Gates Of Delirium", based on "War And Peace". "1984" by Rick Wakeman is a whole album based on George Orwell's novel under the same title, it is with direct references to the book. "Scheherezade" by Renaissance is based on "Arabian Nights" main plot. "Thick As A Brick" by Jethro Tull is basically the music composed to the long poem by unknown genius Gerald Bostock "Nimrodel" by Camel (album "Mirage") has references to Tolkien Dark Side Of The Moon, especially "Breathe" was inspired by John Updike's book about Rabbit. "White Hammer" by Van Der Graaf Generator is about book "Maleus Maleficarum" about how to burn witches. "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight", "Firth of Fifth" and "Cinema Show" are based on T.S. Eliot's "Waste Land" "Grendel" by Marillion is basically "Beowulf" told from the monster's point of view and wait a minute I shall send you the link to the website, where all the literary references in prog rock are shown. ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 05:31
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here comes http://www.progbibliography.de - www.progbibliography.de and choose "literary references" ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 07:41
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[QUOTE=RaphaelT] "Thick As A Brick" by Jethro Tull is basically the music composed to the long poem by unknown genius Gerald Bostock /QUOTE]In this you're wrong, I'm afraid. Ian Anderson made that story up! ------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 07:48
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BePinkTheater: Some of Led Zeppelin's songs were influenced by or based on stories by J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit, Lord of The Rings). If you're interested, you might like to check out this page http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2406/index.html ------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 08:18
No, thats was just a joke... |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 09:20
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Of course it was just a joke, just to check your CONSTANT vigilance! ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 09:55
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Bo Hanson's Lord Of The Rings too - but there are a number of characters from LOR used by other musicians. Red Barchetta, my favourite Rush tune, is based on a SF story. C.S.Lewis's Narnia tales have been referenced by some including Steve Hackett (Please Don't Touch). The hymn music for Jersulem, based on a poem by the 18th/19th century socialist poet William Blake, has been progged by Emerson and Vangelis. Songs from Bernstein's West Side Story (based on William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliette) have been attacked by many, e.g. Todd Rundgren, Chick Corea, Steve Vai, etc. (P.J.Proby  ). |
Posted By: lordoflight
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 10:03
| Set the controls of the heart of the sun by Pink Floyd has the lyrics of a chinese poem with set the controls at the heart of the sun added after each paragraph |
Posted By: kingofla
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 10:11
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"Nightfall in Middle Earth" - Blind Guardian (no prog) (based on Tolkien's "Silmarillion") "Non al denaro nč all'amore nč al cielo" - Fabrizio De André (italian) from E L Masters "Spoon River" |
Posted By: Scrambled_Eggs
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 10:26
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Jethro Tull's "A Passion Play" is loosely based on Dante's "Divine Comedy." I also believe that the lyrics Steve Bab wrote for Glass Hammer's album "The Inconsolable Secret" are based on one of the stories from Thomas Malory's book, "Le Morte d'Arthur." ------------- And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime. I never said I was frightened of dying. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 10:28
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Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 10:35
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thanks guys Im doing this as the list The odyssey
The raven The tell tale heart the cask of amontiliado King of Terrors Incatations of Aprentance Gates of delerium
thanks alot to everyone ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: Duncan
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 11:25
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How does Gates of Delirium have anything to do with War and Peace? Seriously. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 11:34
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). |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 11:35
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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:
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 By: chopper
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 11:36
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. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 14:30
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Don't forget 2112 based on the book "Anthem"
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Posted By: Thufir Hawat
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 19:05
Mine too, I see you like Starwars as well, smart man. ------------- "I can't see through my eye lids" |
Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 19:24
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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 By: Duncan
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 19:39
I shouldn't think this'd really cut it with English teachers. |
Posted By: mrgd
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 20:03
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'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... mrgd |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 20:08
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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 By: walrus333
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 20:55
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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! |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 03:28
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. ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 07:01
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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. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 11:09
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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! |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 12:10
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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 By: R o V e R
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 12:42
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history is story and poetry |