Classic works of fiction in music...

Philly_Q

fretmeister said:

Philly_Q said:

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica

Are we letting them get away with the error then?

Hemingway would be appalled.

I feel thick now, but you've lost me.

Fuengi

Philly_Q said:

fretmeister said:

Philly_Q said:

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica

Are we letting them get away with the error then?

Hemingway would be appalled.

I feel thick now, but you've lost me.

For whom the bells toll? 

poopot

The ballad of billbo baggins - Leonard nimoy

Litterick

Eyes Without a Face.

Philly_Q

Fuengi said:

Philly_Q said:

fretmeister said:

Philly_Q said:

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica

Are we letting them get away with the error then?

Hemingway would be appalled.

I feel thick now, but you've lost me.

For whom the bells toll? 

I wondered about that, but apparently not:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls

pmbomb

because the book title itself is a quote from John Donne (metaphysical poet d. 1631)?

Fuengi

pmbomb said:

because the book title itself is a quote from John Donne (metaphysical poet d. 1631)?

Obviously! 

Philly_Q

Fuengi said:

pmbomb said:

because the book title itself is a quote from John Donne (metaphysical poet d. 1631)?

Obviously! 

In which case it was probably Ye Bellef Tolleth.  Or something.

merlin

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Benjamin Britten. 

Litterick

It works the other way, as well. Douglas Copeland wrote novels titled Girlfriend in a Coma and Eleanor Rigby. Ian Rankin's novel, The Falls, takes its title from a song by the New Zealand band, The Mutton Birds.

jdgm

"It's no use, he sees her
He starts to shake and cough
Just like the old man in

That book by Nabokov"

"Don't Stand So Close To Me" - The Police

The book is "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov.

 

blobb

Litterick said:

It works the other way, as well. Douglas Copeland wrote novels titled Girlfriend in a Coma and Eleanor Rigby. Ian Rankin's novel, The Falls, takes its title from a song by the New Zealand band, The Mutton Birds.

The Rotters Club - Jonathan Coe.

Litterick

blobb said:

Litterick said:

It works the other way, as well. Douglas Copeland wrote novels titled Girlfriend in a Coma and Eleanor Rigby. Ian Rankin's novel, The Falls, takes its title from a song by the New Zealand band, The Mutton Birds.

The Rotters Club - Jonathan Coe.

Yes! Hatfield and the North make an appearance.

steven70

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