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This week we take you through our glittering top ten songs influenced by literature. Expect some of the usual suspects such as Kate Bush, Gary Numan and David Bowie, with a few surprise pop-ups along the way. From serial killers to 80s sprinkles, this week we have it all.
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Weekend Recovery
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weekendrecoverymusic/
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/may/20/10-songs-inspired-by-literature
Wiki: 1984 - David Bowie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(song)
The Guardian: David Bowie 1984 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/19/david-bowie-nineteen-eighty-four-george-orwell-diamond-dogs-dorian-lynskey
Wiki 1984 - George Orwell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
Mental Floss: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64195/14-things-you-might-not-know-about-nineteen-eighty-four
Sing Facts - Nirvana - https://www.songfacts.com/facts/nirvana/scentless-apprentice
Wiki: Nirvana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scentless_Apprentice
Book Perfume: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perfume-Story-Murderer-Penguin-Essentials/dp/0141041153
Peggy Lee - The story behind the song: https://www.vulture.com/2015/04/is-that-all-there-is-mad-men-peggy-lee.html
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Peggy-lee-is-that-all-there-is-lyrics
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_That_All_There_Is%3F
Song Facts: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/peggy-lee/is-that-all-there-is
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds:
Rolling Stone Magazine: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/beatles-sgt-pepper-at-50-remembering-the-real-lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds-121628/
Sing Facts: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beatles/lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds
Book: Alice in Wonderland: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alices-Adventures-Wonderland-Collins-Classics/dp/0007350821
The Noisettes
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Noisettes-atticus-lyrics
Noisettes wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noisettes
Book: To Kill a Mockingbird https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kill-Mockingbird-Harper-Lee/dp/0099549484
Wurthering Heights - Kate Bush
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights_(song)
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Kate-bush-wuthering-heights-lyrics
Slow Version of Wuthering Heights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsXhtJ9BTJA
Pigs by Pink Floyd
Song facts: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/pink-floyd/pigs-3-different-ones
Open Culture: http://www.openculture.com/2017/04/pink-floyd-adapts-orwells-animal-farm-into-its-1977-concept-album-animals.html
The Observer: https://observer.com/2017/01/pink-floyd-predicted-2017-politics-animals-album/
Book Animal Farm: https://www.waterstones.com/book/animal-farm/george-orwell/malcolm-bradbury/9780141182704
Gary Numan - Cars
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_(song)
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jul/05/old-music-gary-numan-cars
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/apr/20/jg-ballard-music-inspired
JG Ballard Crash: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crash-J-G-Ballard/dp/000728702X
Whip it by Devo
Song Facts: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/devo/whip-it
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity%27s_Rainbow
FlavourWire: https://www.flavorwire.com/14378/exclusive-devos-jerry-casale-on-de-evolution-and-the-meaning-of-whip-it
Book - Gravitys Rainbow https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gravitys-Rainbow-Thomas-Pynchon/dp/0099533219
Killing and Arab - The Cure
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_an_Arab
New Statesman: https://www.newstatesman.com/2018/07/killing-arab-the-cure-single-hyde-park
Song Facts: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-cure/killing-an-arab
Post Punk: https://post-punk.com/40-years-ago-the-cure-released-killing-an-arab/
The Guardian:https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/14/camus-letranger-stranger-than-fiction-alice-kaplan
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