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Literary analysis of a different kind
| Literary analysis of a different kind | |
| Created by: | Danielle |
| Tracks: | 12 |
| Length: | 00:46:14 |
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1. Literature 2. writing 3. reading |
| Created on | 3/31/07 01:32pm |
| Level | 5 |
| Points | 2097 |
| Total visitors | 275 |
| Unique visitors | 33 |
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As an English major, I am drawn to music with literary references and thought I would start out my membership with a mix of some of my favorites. I did not hold myself to any rigid standards, so some of them are more roundabout than others. This mix is by no means all -inclusive and I am sure that I am missing many good ones. Also, I usually am opposed to having the same artist on a mix twice, but I made an exception for this one.
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| 1 | The Hold Steady : Stuck Between Stations |
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This song is about the poet John Berryman and starts off with a reference to On the Road. I heard Craig Finn i [...]
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Track 1 from Boys and Girls In America
Length: 00:04:10 Year: 2006 |
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This song is about the poet John Berryman and starts off with a reference to On the Road. I heard Craig Finn interviewed on NPR and he said that John Berryman haunted the Minneapolis scene with his death rather than his actual poetry which I found bittersweet and romantic in a macabre way. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | The Smiths : Cemetry Gates |
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Keats, Yeats, and Oscar Wilde. I have visited Oscar Wilde's grave in Paris and this song always conjures up pl [...]
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Track 5 from The Queen is Dead
Length: 00:02:41 Year: 1985 |
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Keats, Yeats, and Oscar Wilde. I have visited Oscar Wilde's grave in Paris and this song always conjures up pleasant memories. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Animal Collective : Did You See the Words |
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This song may not be a direct lit. reference but it reminds me very much of reading and writing, especially th [...]
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Track 1 from Feels
Length: 00:05:15 Year: 2005 |
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This song may not be a direct lit. reference but it reminds me very much of reading and writing, especially the line "inky periods drip from your mailbox." SHOW LESS
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| 4 | The Police : Don't Stand So Close to Me |
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One of my friends had recently borrowed my copy of Lolita when we heard this song and he exclaimed "I finally [...]
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Track 7 from Greatest Hits
Length: 00:04:01 Year: 1992 |
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One of my friends had recently borrowed my copy of Lolita when we heard this song and he exclaimed "I finally understand that esoteric line about the famous book by Nabokov!" SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Regina Spektor : Poor Little Rich Boy |
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"You're reading Fitzgerald, you're reading Hemingway. They're both super smart and drinking in the cafe." I fe [...]
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Track 2 from Soviet Kitsch
Length: 00:02:27 Year: 2003 |
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"You're reading Fitzgerald, you're reading Hemingway. They're both super smart and drinking in the cafe." I feel this line has some ironic undertones which I can relate to. There are many people in my classes who must emphasize how many times they have read Anna Karenina. These kinds of people suck the joy out of reading. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Modest Mouse : Bukowski |
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This one is pretty obvious, but I cannot think of a more perfect chacterization of Charles Bukowski.
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Track 8 from Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Length: 00:04:14 Year: 2004 |
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This one is pretty obvious, but I cannot think of a more perfect chacterization of Charles Bukowski. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | The Decemberists : Song for Myla Goldberg |
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I heard Myla Goldberg interviewed on NPR and when asked about this song, she said she didn't know the december [...]
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Track 6 from Her Majesty the Decemberists
Length: 00:03:33 Year: 0000 |
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I heard Myla Goldberg interviewed on NPR and when asked about this song, she said she didn't know the decemberists or that they even had a song about her until a friend had bought the record and called her up. I think I will have completed my life's work if anything close to that happened to me. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | The Smiths : Pretty Girls Make Graves |
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This title is a line from On the Road...
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Track 4 from The Smiths
Length: 00:03:43 Year: 1984 |
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This title is a line from On the Road... SHOW LESS
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| 9 | The Good Life : Album Of The Year (April) |
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"She was convinced I was under the influence of all those drunken romantics. I was reading Fanté at the tim [...]
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Track 1 from Album of the Year
Length: 00:05:10 Year: 0000 |
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"She was convinced I was under the influence of all those drunken romantics. I was reading Fanté at the time, I had Bukowski on my mind." SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Neutral Milk Hotel : Holland, 1945 |
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Supposedly, the inspiration for this album came from Jeff Mangum reading The Diary of Anne Frank. I usually tr [...]
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Track 6 from In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Length: 00:03:12 Year: 1998 |
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Supposedly, the inspiration for this album came from Jeff Mangum reading The Diary of Anne Frank. I usually try to separate the music from the artist's background but I found it so incredible that this little book that most of us read in middle or elementary school could create such a beautiful song and album. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Cursive : Dorothy At Forty |
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This song may be a reference of the classic movie, but i prefer to think of it as a reference to L. Frank Baum [...]
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Track 2 from Happy Hollow
Length: 00:03:02 Year: 2006 |
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This song may be a reference of the classic movie, but i prefer to think of it as a reference to L. Frank Baum's novel. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | The Hold Steady : Hornets! Hornets! |
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Another Lolita reference. "She said 'I won't be much for all this Humbert Humbert Stuff.'"
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Track 1 from Seperation Sunday
Length: 00:04:46 Year: 2005 |
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Another Lolita reference. "She said 'I won't be much for all this Humbert Humbert Stuff.'" SHOW LESS
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awarded on 2009-01-28
Level 17
Nice mix. Nice choices.
2/19/08 05:42pm
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Happy Halloween 2007! In celebration of this event, here is a recipe to make your very own candy corn:
Combine 1 cup of razor blades, 2 cups of clown tears and 3/4 tablespoon spider eggs in a pan and bring to a boil stirring constantly. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat and add 2 cups hemlock and 3 ounces of fish oil. Stir until cool enough to handle. Shape and distribute.
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Combine 1 cup of razor blades, 2 cups of clown tears and 3/4 tablespoon spider eggs in a pan and bring to a boil stirring constantly. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat and add 2 cups hemlock and 3 ounces of fish oil. Stir until cool enough to handle. Shape and distribute.
Trick or treat!
awarded on 2007-11-01
Level 12
yay. on the road.
10/24/07 10:36pm
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Welcome to level 10! Credibility is just a few levels away.
awarded on 2008-01-17
Level 11
hoorah for english majors and good music.
7/28/07 10:52am
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awarded on 2010-09-01
Level 21
This is way shrewd for me, but I can still rate it + because I like those songs a lot. And I actually picked up a Bukowski novel, and a Hemingway novel at the library today. Yay. Brilliant concept.
7/12/07 03:59pm
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Awarded to those who chose to share another scene from their own lifes. Consider this a 'thank you' from the Collective.
awarded on 2007-01-15
Level 13
Brilliant idea!
4/01/07 10:00am
