Songs Based On Literary Characters
Character: Dorian Gray
Book: "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde.
Character: Clay
Book: "Less Than Zero" by Bret Easton Ellis.
Character: Randall Flagg
Book: "The Stand" by Stephen King.
Character: Catherine Earnshaw
Book: "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë.
Character: Huckleberry Finn
Book: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.
Character: Kolly Kibber
Book: "Brighton Rock" by Graham Greene.
Character: Muriel Glass
Book: "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J. D. Salinger.
Character: Meursault
Book: "L’Étranger" (The Outsider) by Albert Camus.
Character: Napoleon
Book: "Animal Farm" by George Orwell.
Character: Adrian Mole
Book: "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" by Sue Townsend.
Character: Alice
Book: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.
Character: Achilles
Book: "The Iliad" by Homer.
Character: Tom Joad
Book: "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck.
Character: Odysseus/Ulysses
Book: "The Iliad" by Homer.
Character: Don Quijote
Book: "Don Quijote de la Mancha" by Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra.
Suggested by [@Ondagordanto]
Character: Don Quijote & Dulcinea
Book: "Don Quijote de la Mancha" by Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra.
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Character: Don Quijote
Book: "Don Quijote de la Mancha" by Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra.
Suggested by [@Ondagordanto]
Character: Don Quijote
Book: "Don Quijote de la Mancha" by Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra.
Suggested by [@Ondagordanto]
Character: Anna Karenina
Book: "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy.
Suggested by [@Ondagordanto]
Character: Emma Bovary
Book: "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert.
Suggested by [@Ondagordanto]
Character: Cinderella
Book: "Cendrillon" (Cinderella) by Charles Perrault.
Suggested by [@Ondagordanto]
Character: Cinderella
Book: "Cendrillon" (Cinderella) by Charles Perrault.
Suggested by [@Ondagordanto]
Character: The Little Prince
Book: "Le Petit Prince" (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Suggested by [@Ondagordanto]
Character: Luke
Book: "The Dice Man" by Luke Rhinehart
Suggested by [@Flopsi]
Ondagordanto
Sa, 14/03/2020 - 11:21
Here are a few more about Don Quijote:
1) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/fsb-дон-кихот-don-kihot-lyrics.html
2) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/riton-bulgaria-дон-кихот-и-дулсинея-don-k... (This one being about Dulcinea as well)
3) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tangra-don-kihot-дон-кихот-lyrics.html...
Another song about him with versions in three languages:
4.1) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/neoton-família-don-quijote-hungarian-vers...
4.2) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/neoton-família-don-quijote-german-version...
4.3) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/neoton-familia-don-quijote-spanish-versio...
Anna Karenina from the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy:
5) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/alla-pugacheva-анна-каренина-lyrics.html...
Emma Bovary from the novel "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert:
6) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/patty-pravo-emma-bovary-lyrics.html
Cinderella based on Charles Perrault's version:
7) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/mina-fuliggine-lyrics.html
8) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/gloria-пепеляшка-lyrics.html
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:
9) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/doni-momchil-malkia-princ-малкия-принц-ly...
10) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/mylène-farmer-dessine-moi-un-mouton-lyric...
Flopsi
Di, 17/03/2020 - 08:38
"Such a Shame" by Talk Talk is based on "The Dice Man" by Luke Rhinehart
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Talk-Talk-Such-Shame-lyrics.html
This one is based on "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/iron-maiden-rime-ancient-mariner-lyrics.html
There are numerous songs of The Cure based on literature. I hope to start a collection myself to dig into all of those songs and their inspiration.
Flopsi
Mi, 08/04/2020 - 18:44
Got you another one: "No Love Lost" by Joy Division is based on "The House of Dolls" by Yehiel Feiner
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/joy-division-no-love-lost-lyrics.html
https://lyricstranslate.com/es/asfalto-rocinante-lyrics.html
Character: Rocinante
Book: "Don Quijote de la Mancha" by Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra