So which seems a more likely inspiration for the Doors: a mystical religious poem or a book about mescaline? Could be both, I guess.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 20:33 (seventeen years ago) link
The Reivers = a book by Faulkner (now that spelling I NAILED)
― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 23:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― FACEBRACE (FACEBRACE), Thursday, 25 May 2006 12:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― ledge (ledge), Thursday, 25 May 2006 12:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― 35 Hertz (35 Hertz), Thursday, 25 May 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Heath Raymond (Heath Raymond), Thursday, 25 May 2006 15:54 (seventeen years ago) link
Reading A Severed Head; assume that belongs.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 00:21 (two years ago) link
Speedy Ortiz is the 2nd(?) band to take its name from Love and Rockets; as a fan of the comic, I don’t love that move… but if it leads to even one new reader, then great.
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 00:46 (two years ago) link
The Triffids
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 01:18 (two years ago) link
Devil Wears Prada, and they hilariously misunderstood what the book was about
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 01:25 (two years ago) link
No thread for songs named after books (or lines in books). Came across this in A Severed Head today:
I said, “If I broke your neck now I’d probably get off with three years.” I got up and leaned against the mantelpiece looking down at her. “What have I done to deserve this?” I said.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 02:27 (two years ago) link
Guadalcanal Diary
― henry s, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link
The Would-Be-Goods
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 24 June 2021 05:48 (two years ago) link
there's a local band here named Catcher AND the Rye and I can't tell if they think they're being clever or tehy're so stupid that they think that's the title of the book
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Thursday, 24 June 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
I think House of Love were named after the Anais Nin book 'Spy in the House of Love'
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 24 June 2021 13:54 (two years ago) link
was (not were)
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Thursday, 24 June 2021 13:59 (two years ago) link
My Favorite Summer 1956 was named after Mickey Mantle's autobiography
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Thursday, 24 June 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
or would be if they existed