Literature which inspired Pop songs

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A list of Literature (novels, short stories, poetry) which inspired a Pop song.
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35,353 membres
501 critiques
3.9
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5 Members
szarka, EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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Tinuvia: The Cure "Killing an Arab"
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51,713 membres
697 critiques
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6 Members
szarka, hipdeep, EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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EMS_24: "Unquiet Slumbers for the sleepers" & "In That Quiet Earth", both by Genesis from their album 'Wind and Wuthering'
Tinuvia: Kate Bush "Wuthering Heights"
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93,894 membres
1,186 critiques
½ 4.3
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szarka, hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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szarka: Inspired multiple songs, including the immortal classic "Bilbo Baggins" by Leonard Nimoy.
hipdeep: Leonard Nimoy, "Bilbo Baggins"
merrystar: Led Zeppelin, "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Tinuvia: Blind Guardian "The Bard's Song"
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44,250 membres
687 critiques
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Radiohead "Banana Co."
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143 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 47
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Black Sabbath "Behind the Wall of Sleep"
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81,583 membres
1,267 critiques
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Rang global 10
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EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia
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EMS_24: David Bowie "We are the Dead"
Tinuvia: David Bowie "1984", "Big Brother",...;
The Offspring "The Future Is Now";
Muse "The Resistance"
Radiohead "2+2=5"
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53,699 membres
770 critiques
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3 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "Brave New World";
The Strokes "Soma"
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862 membres
23 critiques
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3 Members
merrystar, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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Tinuvia: The Cure "Charlotte Sometimes"
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34,909 membres
600 critiques
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Rang global 58
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Iced Earth "Dracula"
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18,897 membres
185 critiques
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Rang global 30
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Metallica "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
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42,398 membres
706 critiques
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Rang global 4
5 Members
szarka, EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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szarka: Referenced in the Aimee Mann song "Frankenstein" on the album I'm With Stupid.
EMS_24: T'Pau: "China in Your Hand"
Tinuvia: Iced Earth "Frankenstein"
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21,782 membres
410 critiques
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3 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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Tinuvia: Blind Guardian "Guardian of the Blind";
Pennywise "Pennywise"
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26,830 membres
476 critiques
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Rang global 6
5 Members
szarka, EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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EMS_24: Florence + the Machine - "Rabbit Heart"
Tinuvia: The Beatles "I Am the Walrus";
Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit"
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17,055 membres
313 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 20
3 Members
EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia
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EMS_24: ABBA : 'Me and I'
Tinuvia: Iced Earth "Jekyll & Hyde"
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50,215 membres
450 critiques
½ 4.5
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hipdeep, EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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hipdeep: Led Zeppelin, "Ramble On"
Tinuvia: Blind Guardian "Lord of the Rings"
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1,566 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 78
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"
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15,203 membres
204 critiques
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2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Anthrax "Misery Loves Company"
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22,806 membres
332 critiques
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hipdeep, ahef1963, Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Sting "Moon over Bourbon Street"
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722 membres
23 critiques
½ 3.5
Rang global 80
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "Murders in the Rue Morgue"
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34,739 membres
269 critiques
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle-Earth" (album)
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223 membres
7 critiques
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Joy Division "No Love Lost"
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25,763 membres
386 critiques
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2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Rob Zombie "Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)"
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3,674 membres
75 critiques
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Metallica "One"
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31,622 membres
557 critiques
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4 Members
szarka, hipdeep, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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hipdeep: The Police, "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
Tinuvia: Lana Del Rey "Off to the Races"
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8,859 membres
173 critiques
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2 Members
Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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Tinuvia: Sonic Youth "Pattern Recognition"
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12,901 membres
204 critiques
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "The Phantom of the Opera";
Iced Earth "The Phantom of the Opera Ghost"
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4,559 membres
70 critiques
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "The Prophecy";
Iron Maiden "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"
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23,994 membres
376 critiques
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ahef1963, Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Jefferson Airplane "ReJoyce";
Kate Bush "The Sensual World"
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2,382 membres
34 critiques
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2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "Rime of the Ancient Mariner";
Bastille "Weight of Living, Pt. I"
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7,086 membres
155 critiques
½ 3.6
Rang global 70
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Billy Talent "Saint Veronika"
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18,064 membres
446 critiques
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3 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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Tinuvia: Nirvana "Scentless Apprentice"
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5,364 membres
40 critiques
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Rang global 71
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Muse "The Small Print"
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13,435 membres
187 critiques
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Rang global 21
3 Members
EMS_24, ahef1963, Tinuvia
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EMS_24: The Band Steppenwolf is named after this book
Tinuvia: Hawkwind "Steppenwind"
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693 membres
33 critiques
3.8
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2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Metallica "The Thing That Should Not Be", "The Call of Ktulu", "All Nightmare Long"
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2,662 membres
44 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 38
2 Members
Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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Tinuvia: The Cure "The Drowning Man"
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42,167 membres
681 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 57
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "To Tame a Land";
Blind Guardian "Traveler in Time"
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37 membres
1 critique
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Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Outkast "Toilet Tisha"
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69 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 50
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "The Trooper"
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1,626 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.5
Rang global 23
3 Members
szarka, Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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Tinuvia: The Velvet Underground "Venus in Furs"
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1,648 membres
44 critiques
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2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Iron Maiden "Where Eagles Dare"
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629 membres
14 critiques
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2 Members
Tinuvia, ManWithAnAgenda
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Tinuvia: The Smiths "William, It Was Really Nothing"
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43,879 membres
703 critiques
4.1
Rang global 27
2 Members
ahef1963, Tinuvia
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Tinuvia: Hawkwind "The War I Survived"