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What about bands whose entire catalog of songs is a tribute to a work of literature? Blind Guardian comes to mind. All their songs are based on works of Tolkien, primarily plotlines from The Lord of the Rings books. -- ヤギ
This page should be at List of songs that retell a work of literature, not which. Which is inclusive; that is exclusive. - Montréalais
My, that was fast ^_^ would have done it myself but not logged in at a library computer on a lunchbreak. - mtlais
Pink Floyd's Animals is a retelling of Animal Farm? It's pretty liberal with it, isn't it? I don't remember Mary Whitehouse in Animal Farm... I think "retelling" is a little over the top. In fact, are there any connections at all short of it using animals as metaphors? - Nommo
--- What about songs which are directly set to literary texts? How about musicals and operas based on a work of literature?
I have removed any which don't "retell" a work of literature (specifically, the Tool and Jefferson Airplane songs which refer to Alice in Wonderland). This is not the same thing as "referring" to a work of literature. I also took out:
Because it does not appear to be a retelling of a work of literature. Tuf-Kat 20:01, Oct 28, 2003 (UTC)
I think we've set too strict a definition of "retelling". When you condense a novel into a song, there's obviously going to be a lot lost in the translation. I'm specifically refering to "White Rabbit" which is clearly based on Carroll's two Alice novels. It's the entire subject of the song not just a passing reference and clearly belongs on the list as I think most people would understand the criteria. MK 02:57 (EST) 6 November 2003
LL Cool J does a song called "I'm that type of guy" that interpolates quotes from a movie based off of literature, should we include that in the list? It interpolates quotes from Wizard of Oz. -- SuperDude 23:22, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Maybe turn a blind eye by half man half biscuit should be linked directly to the page called first they came? Pignut 10:16, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
How about merging the literary items here and renaming the other list List of songs based on a film? ♥ Her Pegship♥ 21:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
That being said, I think merging would be a great idea as long as there are seperate sections on the page for this list and the list of things that only refer. The two really would benefit from being together. Theichibun 03:46, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
What about including songs about authors, e.g. Dan Bern's "Marilyn" (about Henry Miller, Arthur Miller, and Marilyn Monroe)? Is there a more general "songs related to literature" page? Eh Elle Dee 22:18, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Would it make more sense to organize this by literary work or literary author? - MrFizyx 18:11, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Could we possibly reorganize this list as a table, so we can change its order depending on if we want to find songs based on certain literary work, by a certain artist, or with a certain title? - Hayleyet ( talk) 01:14, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
Out of curiosity, are these limited to English-language songs? Pandacomics 07:22, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
'Yertle the Turtle' by Red Hot Chili Peppers (from the album Freaky Styley) was based on the book by Dr.Suess - it's only a short children's book, should it be included? Mz.Kiedis 17:13, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
None of the examples listed in this article has a citation, which means these are nothing but the opinions of the editors who added them. This is not appropriate or acceptable. The article should not be expanded further unless references are added. --- The Old Jacobite The '45 17:30, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
This entire list appears to be original research. Can anyone point to a single reliable source that analyses this topic? I do find the list quite charming, and the retelling of a story from another character's point of view seems to have become a quite popular extended trope. -- Bejnar ( talk) 01:09, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
I am pasting this consolidated list here so that if anyone knows of a citable source, the appropriate edits can be made to this article. KConWiki ( talk) 04:04, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
Albums
Films
Songs
Hello fellow Wikipedians - If you take a look at this sandbox page I have been working on, you will see that I have taken the (cited) entries currently on this page in list form and made them into tables for albums and for songs, as was suggested in several of the posts above a number of years ago.
I would like to invite interested users to take a look at that sandbox and leave comments here. If no major concerns, I am going to plan on removing the list of songs and albums from the current page, and replace with the tables currently on that sandbox sometime after Sept. 16 2022 (one week from the time I am leaving this message). Any questions, comments, or observations, let's please discuss. Thanks KConWiki ( talk) 04:18, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians - I am removing this listing, at least for the time being, for two reasons - 1) The source cited does not seem like a Reliable Source, and 2) The group of songs does not seem to be an album. If anyone can provide a reliable source for the citation, and if we list out individual songs, then I think this would be appropriate information to add to this article.
Album | Musical artist | Literary work | Author | Comments | Citations |
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Blixemi | Warriors series | Erin Hunter | A YouTuber who makes original songs inspired by the Warriors book series. | "Blixemi". Genius. Retrieved 2023-08-25. |
Thanks KConWiki ( talk) 03:49, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
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What about bands whose entire catalog of songs is a tribute to a work of literature? Blind Guardian comes to mind. All their songs are based on works of Tolkien, primarily plotlines from The Lord of the Rings books. -- ヤギ
This page should be at List of songs that retell a work of literature, not which. Which is inclusive; that is exclusive. - Montréalais
My, that was fast ^_^ would have done it myself but not logged in at a library computer on a lunchbreak. - mtlais
Pink Floyd's Animals is a retelling of Animal Farm? It's pretty liberal with it, isn't it? I don't remember Mary Whitehouse in Animal Farm... I think "retelling" is a little over the top. In fact, are there any connections at all short of it using animals as metaphors? - Nommo
--- What about songs which are directly set to literary texts? How about musicals and operas based on a work of literature?
I have removed any which don't "retell" a work of literature (specifically, the Tool and Jefferson Airplane songs which refer to Alice in Wonderland). This is not the same thing as "referring" to a work of literature. I also took out:
Because it does not appear to be a retelling of a work of literature. Tuf-Kat 20:01, Oct 28, 2003 (UTC)
I think we've set too strict a definition of "retelling". When you condense a novel into a song, there's obviously going to be a lot lost in the translation. I'm specifically refering to "White Rabbit" which is clearly based on Carroll's two Alice novels. It's the entire subject of the song not just a passing reference and clearly belongs on the list as I think most people would understand the criteria. MK 02:57 (EST) 6 November 2003
LL Cool J does a song called "I'm that type of guy" that interpolates quotes from a movie based off of literature, should we include that in the list? It interpolates quotes from Wizard of Oz. -- SuperDude 23:22, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Maybe turn a blind eye by half man half biscuit should be linked directly to the page called first they came? Pignut 10:16, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
How about merging the literary items here and renaming the other list List of songs based on a film? ♥ Her Pegship♥ 21:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
That being said, I think merging would be a great idea as long as there are seperate sections on the page for this list and the list of things that only refer. The two really would benefit from being together. Theichibun 03:46, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
What about including songs about authors, e.g. Dan Bern's "Marilyn" (about Henry Miller, Arthur Miller, and Marilyn Monroe)? Is there a more general "songs related to literature" page? Eh Elle Dee 22:18, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Would it make more sense to organize this by literary work or literary author? - MrFizyx 18:11, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
Could we possibly reorganize this list as a table, so we can change its order depending on if we want to find songs based on certain literary work, by a certain artist, or with a certain title? - Hayleyet ( talk) 01:14, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
Out of curiosity, are these limited to English-language songs? Pandacomics 07:22, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
'Yertle the Turtle' by Red Hot Chili Peppers (from the album Freaky Styley) was based on the book by Dr.Suess - it's only a short children's book, should it be included? Mz.Kiedis 17:13, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
None of the examples listed in this article has a citation, which means these are nothing but the opinions of the editors who added them. This is not appropriate or acceptable. The article should not be expanded further unless references are added. --- The Old Jacobite The '45 17:30, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
This entire list appears to be original research. Can anyone point to a single reliable source that analyses this topic? I do find the list quite charming, and the retelling of a story from another character's point of view seems to have become a quite popular extended trope. -- Bejnar ( talk) 01:09, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
I am pasting this consolidated list here so that if anyone knows of a citable source, the appropriate edits can be made to this article. KConWiki ( talk) 04:04, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
Albums
Films
Songs
Hello fellow Wikipedians - If you take a look at this sandbox page I have been working on, you will see that I have taken the (cited) entries currently on this page in list form and made them into tables for albums and for songs, as was suggested in several of the posts above a number of years ago.
I would like to invite interested users to take a look at that sandbox and leave comments here. If no major concerns, I am going to plan on removing the list of songs and albums from the current page, and replace with the tables currently on that sandbox sometime after Sept. 16 2022 (one week from the time I am leaving this message). Any questions, comments, or observations, let's please discuss. Thanks KConWiki ( talk) 04:18, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians - I am removing this listing, at least for the time being, for two reasons - 1) The source cited does not seem like a Reliable Source, and 2) The group of songs does not seem to be an album. If anyone can provide a reliable source for the citation, and if we list out individual songs, then I think this would be appropriate information to add to this article.
Album | Musical artist | Literary work | Author | Comments | Citations |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blixemi | Warriors series | Erin Hunter | A YouTuber who makes original songs inspired by the Warriors book series. | "Blixemi". Genius. Retrieved 2023-08-25. |
Thanks KConWiki ( talk) 03:49, 23 October 2023 (UTC)