mixology

[bunnymonkey]

Okay, you creative and literary geniuses with the massive music collections, I need help with a mix. I've got a backup if this doesn't work, but I thought it would be fun to a Literary Character Mix using either (a) songs directly inspired by a famous character from American or British lit or (b) songs that can be easily related to said characters

Comments

[sweetdaddydavid]

All I've got is "Patrick Bateman" (guy from American Psycho) by the Manic Street Preachers.

[bunnymonkey]

I've never even heard of them (I'm familiar with American Psycho, though). Is the song any good?

[sweetdaddydavid]

Never heard it, but I've heard them. Not my cup of tea.

[sweetdaddydavid]

Now I remembered some more:

"Tales of Brave Ulysses (sp?)" by Cream

"Don't stand so close to me" by the Police: "just like the/old man in/that book by Nabakov"

"No Myth" by Michael Penn: "What if I was Romeo in black jeans/what if I was Heathcliff/its no myth."

I'll remember more later.

[emargaret]

And of course the ubiquitous Kate Bush "Wuthering Heights."

[bunnymonkey]

Oh, man, I keep forgetting about that song. Thanks for the reminder!

Of course, my problem at this point is the difficulty of getting songs I don't already have -- Limewire is a bitch when you're using dialup. Sigh. It's a hard life...

[franklin_arthur]

I'm worthless.

As an interesting sidenote, my grandma is Flannery's first cousin. They grew up together. Grandma says she was completely bat-shit. When they were kids, she trained one of the chickens on their farm to walk backwards.

[bunnymonkey]

Ok, that? Is awesome. I wish I had a chicken that walked backwards.

[chelseapeal]

The only thing I can think of is "The Lady of Shallot" by Loreena McKennit, based on the poem. Beautiful song.

[bunnymonkey]

I'll have to track it down!

[chelseapeal]

It's a gorgeous song...I think you'll like it!

[emargaret]

Oh dude, and the Dire Straights/Indigo Girls "Romeo and Juliet." I much prefer the Indigo Girls. And they had that "Virigina Woolf" song too.