Songs Inspired by Photographs?

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I just read that Crosby Stills and Nash's "Teach Your Children" was inspired by seeing Diane Arbus' "Boy with a Toy Hand Grenade"...can anyone think of any others?

Iago Galdston, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:37 (nine years ago) link

"Pictures of Lily" doesn't count.

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Friday, 11 July 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link

idk why it didn't embed

voodoo chili, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link

Nickleback - Photograph

online hardman, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link

what's "Royals" voodoo? thanks everyone

Iago Galdston, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link

Jackson Browne - Fountain Of Sorrow
Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter

sprang to mind

jamiesummerz, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link

oh shit, voodoo, that was a Lorde joke? Right over my head!

Iago Galdston, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:45 (nine years ago) link

Don't think the Lorde thing is a joke. It was really inspired by that photo.

Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:48 (nine years ago) link

Smoke - Luke's Feet (about a picture of Luke Perry's feet)

StanM, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link

"Renee and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After The War"

The title derives from a photograph of the Magrittes and their dog in Belgium by photographer Lothar Wolleh. He took two photographs of them: one, "René and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog During the War", was a black and white photo, purportedly from the World War II era, but likely taken during the 1960s.[3][4] The second, "René and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog", was taken in their home in Belgium in 1967.[5]

heavy on their trademark ballads (Eazy), Friday, 11 July 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link

Good thread idea

A Leonard Cohen song , maybe "dance me to the end of love" but I can't remember the details

Yeah the "Royals" thing is legit:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/16/lorde-george-brett-royals_n_5160828.html

voodoo chili, Friday, 11 July 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link

'Kevin Carter' was the first thing I thought of, but beaten to it. I'm sure there are actually a fair few of these, but buggered if I can think of any more.

emil.y, Friday, 11 July 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link

Strange Fruit

Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 11 July 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link

^ top prize

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Friday, 11 July 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link

Marlene On The Wall?

john wahey (NickB), Friday, 11 July 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link

Harold Budd - "The Photo of Santiago McKinn"

http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/778/medium/2cwb001_1_.jpg

Hideous Lump, Saturday, 12 July 2014 04:25 (nine years ago) link

I may be wrong, but I think I read that Patti Smith's "Wave" was inspired by a photo of Pope Paul walking on the beach.

Hideous Lump, Saturday, 12 July 2014 04:41 (nine years ago) link


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