Cultural / Historical Reference Songs

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Let's compile songs that reference American history, classic or modern literature, architecture, art!

Joan of Arc - Questioning Benjamin Franklin's Ghost

Then I've read about DJ Spooky using Gertrude Stein's writings in one of his recent mixes

A German emo band called 'Boys try beheading' turned T.S. Eliot's 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' into a song.

― sibsi (sibsi), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 10:59 (twenty years ago)

Not American history but:

µ-ziq - the Hwicci Song

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 11:12 (twenty years ago)

Mastodon's entire Leviathan album is based on Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.

― M Carty (mj_c), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 12:26 (twenty years ago)

Jefferson Airplane, "Rejoyce" --> James Joyce's "Ulysses"

Ambrosia, "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" --> something by Kurt Vonnegut

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

Iron Maiden: Rime of the Ancient Mariner
(also Alexander the Great, Murder in the Rue Morgue, and about 50 billionty-two others)

Plus I recall a German metal band recording a version of Macbeth, but I can't think of the name of the band. Hilarious, by the way.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

Billy Joel

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 15 February 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

oh wait, you said American history. scratch Macbeth and insert
In Flames with their 'Gettysburg' epic. Cannons & all!!

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

Then I've read about DJ Spooky using Gertrude Stein's writings in one of his recent mixes

Hmm, papery. I've seen Richard James playing turntable mats, and I think the Haters probably DJed/played sandpaper at some point. It's a room-clearer!~

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

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