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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [QB] Sounds like good stuff.... [QUOTE]March 12, 2002 -- In great works of literature, the words are often said to flow like music. So it's no surprise that the spirit of those words sometimes inspire songwriters. Rock 'n' Roll icon Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about Tom Joad, the hero of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Suzanne Vega sings about Homer's Odyssey. Now those songs and others are united on one CD: Songs Inspired by Literature, a benefit project to promote literacy.[/QUOTE] http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/mar/sibl/index.html [QUOTE]Track listing/Literary Inspiration: 1. Jill Tracy - Evil Night Together ** - 4:24 Inspired by Luc Sante's historical account Low Life 2. Deb Talan - Tell Your Story Walking * - 3:27 Inspired by Jonathan Lethem's novel Motherless Brooklyn 3. Aimee Mann - Ghost World - 3:30 Inspired by Dan Clowes' graphic novel Ghost World 4. Bob Hillman - Tolstoy * - 2:32 Inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace 5. Lynn Harrison - Einstein's Brain * - 4:27 Inspired by Michael Paterniti's memoir Driving Mr. Albert 6. Grace Slick - ReJoyce - 4:01 Inspired by James Joyces' novel Ulysses 7. Justin Wells - The Last Temptation of Odysseus * - 4:36 Inspired by Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey" 8. Essence - Still Crying * - 4:06 Inspired by Mark Levine's poem "Work Song" 9. Suzanne Vega - Calypso - 4:11 Inspired by Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey" 10. Deborah Pardes - 7th Step - 5:11 Inspired by Frank McCourt's memoir Angela's Ashes 11. Scarth Locke - Bucking Bronco * - 3:38 Inspired by Shel Silverstein's children's poem "Bucking Bronco" 12. Ray Manzarek - He Can't Come Today - 4:40 Inspired by Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot 13. Anny Celsi - T'was Her Hunger Brought Me Down * - 4:19 Inspired by Theodore Dreiser's novel Sister Carrie 14. David LaMotte - Dark and Deep * - 3:03 Inspired by Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" 15. Diane Zeigler - The Legend of Enoch Arden * - 3:19 Inspired by Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem "Legend of Enoch Arden" 16. Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad - 4:20 Inspired by John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath[/QUOTE] http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/sibl [/QB][/QUOTE]
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