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.
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And you were the first person I thought of when I heard this Mr. System.
-------------------- Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. ~ohn Adams
Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
You're just babbling incoherently. ~C. Montgomery Burns
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"Ramble On" and "The Battle of Evermore" were the first two songs I looked for on there. But Simon's alrerady beaten me to commenting on their lack of being there. Damn you, sir!
Oh, and I'm going to have to admit to being more partial to Rage against the Machine's rendition of "The Ghost of Tom Joad", rather than the original...
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I too thought of Rage in context of this project.
It appears to me that part of the project was a song writing competition.
-------------------- Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. ~ohn Adams
Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
You're just babbling incoherently. ~C. Montgomery Burns
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The "Finnegan's Wake" cover by the Dropkick Murphies, would, admittedly, be a bit out of place on that album. But if there ever was an award for replicating the, um, sound of Joyce, that's where it should go.
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At least no one will make John Donne's The Flea into a song.
-------------------- "It speaks to some basic human needs: that there is a tomorrow, it's not all going to be over with a big splash and a bomb, that the human race is improving, that we have things to be proud of as humans." -Gene Roddenberry about Star Trek
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