WBD takes place next week Thursday, and to celebrate I have been putting together a play-list of songs based on or inspired by novels.
You can listen to a partial list on Spotify
The songs and the stories that inspired them are here:
Elton John – Rocket Man
Book: The Rocket Man by Ray Bradbury
Nirvana – Scentless Apprentice
Book: Perfume by Patrick Suskind
The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil
Book: The Master And The Margarita by Mikhail Bulgarov
Klaxons – Gravity’s Rainbow
Book: Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Led Zeppelin – Ramble On
Book: Lord Of The Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Strokes – Soma
Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Gary Numan – Are Friends Electric?
Book: Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick
Radiohead – Dollars & Cents
Book: No Logo by Naomi Klein
Joy Division – Atrocity Exhibition
Book: Atrocity Exhibition by JG Ballard
Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness
Book: Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Red Right Hand
Book: Paradise Lost by John Milton
Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
Book: The Bible
Rick Wakeman – Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Book: Journey To The Centre Of The Earth by Jules Verne
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Yertle The Turtle
Book: Yertle The Turtle by Dr Seuss
Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Leonard Nimoy The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
Book: Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien
The United States of America – Cloud Song
Book: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Breathe – U2
Book: Ulysses by James Joyce
Frankenstein – Lenny Kravitz
Book: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
One – Metallica
Book: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
The Invisible Man – Queen
Book: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Alt-J – Breezeblocks
Book: Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Metallica – For Whom The Bell Tolls
Book: For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Ramones – Pet Sematary
Book: Sematary by Stephen King
Wintersmith – Steeleye Span
Book: Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
