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Lovers of Literature
Created by:	johnny_luddite
Tracks:	13
Length:	01:00:29
Keywords	1. Literature 2. influence 3. names
Created on	11/15/06 10:49pm
Level	6
Points	2608
Total visitors	63
Unique visitors	40

description:

A simple concept. Here are acts that have taken their name from literature, either from a book title or something in the book, or from the name of the author! Err, that's it!

tracklist

1	Steely Dan : Don't Take Me Alive
	I wanted to pick a relatively obscure Steely Dan track, and this tale of 'A Fool with a gun' fitted right in. As for the literary reference, Steely Dan was a steam powered dildo in William Burrough's 'The Naked Lunch.' SHOW MORE
	Track 1 from The Royal Scam Length: 00:04:16 Year: 1976
	Track Description: I wanted to pick a relatively obscure Steely Dan track, and this tale of 'A Fool with a gun' fitted right in. As for the literary reference, Steely Dan was a steam powered dildo in William Burrough's 'The Naked Lunch.' SHOW LESS
2	The Fall : There's A Ghost In My House
	'The Fall' was written by Albert Camus, and The Fall were John Peel's favourite band! Mark E Smith is the real thing, whatever the real thing actually is! SHOW MORE
	Length: 00:02:40
	Track Description: 'The Fall' was written by Albert Camus, and The Fall were John Peel's favourite band! Mark E Smith is the real thing, whatever the real thing actually is! SHOW LESS
3	our lady peace : Boy
	The inspiration here is not from the title of a book, but of a poem by Mark Van Doren. SHOW MORE
	Track 3 from Healthy In Paranoid Times Length: 00:04:35 Year: 2005
	Track Description: The inspiration here is not from the title of a book, but of a poem by Mark Van Doren. SHOW LESS
4	Killdozer : Free Love In Amsterdam
	'Killdozer' is a sci-fi novel by Theodore Sturgeon. The only thing I got in Amsterdam was mugged, but there you are! SHOW MORE
	Track 4 from 12 Point Buck Length: 00:04:42 Year: 1989
	Track Description: 'Killdozer' is a sci-fi novel by Theodore Sturgeon. The only thing I got in Amsterdam was mugged, but there you are! SHOW LESS
5	The Mekons : Ghosts of American Astronauts
	This might be pushing the definition of 'literature' a bit far, but the Mekon was the evil bad guy alien in 'Dan Dare' a comic strip that ran in 'The Eagle' comic when I was a small person! SHOW MORE
	Track 5 from So Good It Hurts Length: 00:03:53 Year: 1988
	Track Description: This might be pushing the definition of 'literature' a bit far, but the Mekon was the evil bad guy alien in 'Dan Dare' a comic strip that ran in 'The Eagle' comic when I was a small person! SHOW LESS
6	The Black Crowes : By Your Side
	The Black Crowes were first called 'Mr Crowes Garden' after a favourite children's book! Bluesy rock may be old hat, but I like the sound they made! SHOW MORE
	Track 6 from By Your Side Length: 00:04:28
	Track Description: The Black Crowes were first called 'Mr Crowes Garden' after a favourite children's book! Bluesy rock may be old hat, but I like the sound they made! SHOW LESS
7	Moby : God Moving Over the Face of the Waters
	One of the more well known name origins. Moby is an ancestor of Herman Melville, who wrote 'Moby Dick.' I always thought Moby Dick was some kind of disease! SHOW MORE
	Track 7 from Everything is Wrong Length: 00:07:21 Year: 1995
	Track Description: One of the more well known name origins. Moby is an ancestor of Herman Melville, who wrote 'Moby Dick.' I always thought Moby Dick was some kind of disease! SHOW LESS
8	The Divine Comedy : The Certainty Of Chance
	The name comes from 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante. Neil Hannon is a brilliant songwriter, with just the right amount of whimsey and despair! SHOW MORE
	Track 8 from Fin De Siecle Length: 00:06:08 Year: 1998
	Track Description: The name comes from 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante. Neil Hannon is a brilliant songwriter, with just the right amount of whimsey and despair! SHOW LESS
9	Mott the Hoople : Laugh At Me
	Wifred Manus wrote the novel 'Mott The Hoople' about a strange person who worked in a freak show. Sounds like anyone in the music business really. This is very early Mott, when they were dishevelled but good. SHOW MORE
	Track 9 from Mott The Hoople Length: 00:06:03 Year: 1969
	Track Description: Wifred Manus wrote the novel 'Mott The Hoople' about a strange person who worked in a freak show. Sounds like anyone in the music business really. This is very early Mott, when they were dishevelled but good. SHOW LESS
10	The Amboy Dukes : Pony Express
	The Amboy Dukes was hunting, fishing, shooting guitar slinger Ted Nugents first band, and 'The Amboy Dukes' is also a book about street gangs written in the 1940's by Irving Shulman. SHOW MORE
	Track 10 from The Call Of The Wild Length: 00:05:21
	Track Description: The Amboy Dukes was hunting, fishing, shooting guitar slinger Ted Nugents first band, and 'The Amboy Dukes' is also a book about street gangs written in the 1940's by Irving Shulman. SHOW LESS
11	Ice-T : Pimp Or Die
	According to one thing I read, Ice-T's name was inspired by an old time pimp called Iceberg Slim who later wrote novels with subtle names like 'Pimp'. SHOW MORE
	Track 11 from Gangsta Rap Length: 00:03:57 Year: 2006
	Track Description: According to one thing I read, Ice-T's name was inspired by an old time pimp called Iceberg Slim who later wrote novels with subtle names like 'Pimp'. SHOW LESS
12	Collective Soul : She Gathers Rain
	The band name comes from a term used in the book 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand. SHOW MORE
	Track 12 from Collective Soul Length: 00:04:31 Year: 1995
	Track Description: The band name comes from a term used in the book 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand. SHOW LESS
13	The Doors : The Crystal Ship
	Jim Morrison was influenced by both William Blake and Aldous Huxley. Blake wrote that "if the doors of perception are cleansed, everything would appear to man as it truly is, infinite. " Huxley quoted Blake for the title of his book about drug experimentation, 'The Doors Of Perception.' In it, he wrote, "There are things known and things unknown, and inbetween are the doors." It is not true that the first draft of Blakes poem "Tiger Tiger, burning Bright" originally featured the line "Come On tiger light my fire." SHOW MORE
	Track 13 from The Doors Length: 00:02:34
	Track Description: Jim Morrison was influenced by both William Blake and Aldous Huxley. Blake wrote that "if the doors of perception are cleansed, everything would appear to man as it truly is, infinite. " Huxley quoted Blake for the title of his book about drug experimentation, 'The Doors Of Perception.' In it, he wrote, "There are things known and things unknown, and inbetween are the doors." It is not true that the first draft of Blakes poem "Tiger Tiger, burning Bright" originally featured the line "Come On tiger light my fire." SHOW LESS