Litwit Lounge discussion

I enjoy seeing the creativity of literature, art and music intertwined such as Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) by Don McLean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnR...



Are you aware of others? Please share them here! :-)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BX0II6w...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aA9AwyE...

5 Songs That Quote Classic Literature

(Originally I provided a link in addition to the visible address below; however, it seems Goodreads does not allow this anymore as I got a message that it is "prohibited".

Edit: Then after I clicked to add the post, it comes up as a link, go figure, lol.)

https://americansongwriter.com/5-song...

Lol @ coworker. I had a similar conversation the other day. Perhaps I might like a Swift song -- if only I could recognize one!

Lana Del Ray is new on my radar, but not the song mentioned in the article.

...Summertime Sadness in particular.

I'd love to know the particulars, so please share any songs (or verses therein) that show this.

Pink Floyd's Time has a verse "quiet desperation is the English way" which actually comes from Thoreau. However, one site said it was misquoted, nevertheless, it was the inspiration and I feel the gist remains the same.

While Henry David Thoreau is often credited with variations of the aphorism “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and die with their song still inside them,” that is not what he wrote in “Walden.” He merely said, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” ~from https://www.poynter.org/reporting-edi...