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hermionesviolin mentions Songs Inspired By Literature, by "Artists For Literacy." This reminds me that I had once thought that if I got nothing else out of the Lit Hum syllabus, at least it ought to be good for a mix tape. However, after Led Zeppelin's "Achilles' Last Stand," "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" by Cream, and Tom Lehrer's "Oedipus Rex," the idea sort of petered out.
(As a preemptive strike in my defense, I'd like to point out that I merely used the site that came up first in my Google search on "lit hum syllabus.")
hermionesviolin mentions Songs Inspired By Literature, by "Artists For Literacy." This reminds me that I had once thought that if I got nothing else out of the Lit Hum syllabus, at least it ought to be good for a mix tape. However, after Led Zeppelin's "Achilles' Last Stand," "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" by Cream, and Tom Lehrer's "Oedipus Rex," the idea sort of petered out.(As a preemptive strike in my defense, I'd like to point out that I merely used the site that came up first in my Google search on "lit hum syllabus.")
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Date: 2005-02-13 04:07 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-02-13 04:32 pm (UTC)*sigh* I can't get by wanting to make this Odious Rex.
Ahaha
Date: 2005-02-13 05:29 pm (UTC)But you have inadvertently reminded me that there are a few cobwebby corners I need to dust in hopes of reducing my spamload....
I am now getting the urge to make a song called "You Remind Me of the Peloponnesian War." Perhaps with a B-side entitled "Defacing the Herms." Or "Alcibiades' Lament":
I got naked with Socrates
But he didn't even get hard
Thought I could take him under the blankets
But he never let down his guard
I got naked with Socrates
But he never turned a hair
Just rolled over and went to sleep
As if I wasn't there
Okay, maybe I don't have what it takes to be a rockstar.
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Date: 2005-02-13 07:05 pm (UTC)Re: Ahaha
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Date: 2005-02-14 12:21 am (UTC)TCH
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Date: 2005-02-13 07:06 pm (UTC)If I think of anything brilliant to include, I'll let you know. But don't hold your breath...
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Date: 2005-02-13 11:02 pm (UTC)[OT]
Date: 2005-02-14 02:23 pm (UTC)HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!
Re: [OT]
Date: 2005-02-14 04:33 pm (UTC)Have a great day!
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Date: 2005-02-14 10:59 pm (UTC)Whoa.
Happy Birthday
Date: 2005-02-14 04:35 pm (UTC)There are all sorts of other literature-based songs--Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights," The Cure's "Killing an Arab," Usher's forthcoming double-disc interpretation of The Golden Ass--but none of these, alas, have ever made an appearance, to my knowledge, on anyone's Lit Hum syllabus.
Re: Happy Birthday
Date: 2005-02-14 07:10 pm (UTC)Re: Happy Birthday
Date: 2005-02-14 10:45 pm (UTC)Re: Happy Birthday
Date: 2005-02-14 10:49 pm (UTC)I went through this whole Milesian Tales phase because of it.
Re: Happy Birthday
Date: 2005-02-14 10:57 pm (UTC)Re: Happy Birthday
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