Comments on: The Symbiosis Of Music And Literature http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/the-symbiosis-of-music-and-literature/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:35:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: marc nash http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/the-symbiosis-of-music-and-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-1296 marc nash Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:59:14 +0000 http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/?p=5221#comment-1296 ndm - I've got Master & Margarita on my shelf to read. Didn't Laibach do a whole album of different versions of "Sympathy For The Devil" or am I just dreaming that? ndm – I’ve got Master & Margarita on my shelf to read. Didn’t Laibach do a whole album of different versions of “Sympathy For The Devil” or am I just dreaming that?

]]> By: simon http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/the-symbiosis-of-music-and-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 simon Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:39:59 +0000 http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/?p=5221#comment-1295 Marc- Bravo! Brilliant post ...And let's not forget JG Ballard, of course I new about the connections between him and my beloved Joy Division and after all they named a track on 'Closer" after his short story ' 'The Atrocity Exhibition' but it would appear he influenced a huge variety of bands apart from JD, inc Radiohead, through to the Klaxons http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8008277.stm Marc- Bravo! Brilliant post …And let’s not forget JG Ballard, of course I new about the connections between him and my beloved Joy Division and after all they named a track on ‘Closer” after his short story ‘ ‘The Atrocity Exhibition’ but it would appear he influenced a huge variety of bands apart from JD, inc Radiohead, through to the Klaxons

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8008277.stm

]]> By: ndm http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/the-symbiosis-of-music-and-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 ndm Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:28:38 +0000 http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/?p=5221#comment-1293 Though less famous than the madeleines dipped in lime-blossom tisane the Sonata by Vinteuil has perhaps even more significance to Remembrance of Things Past. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjaUTt5zS7M" rel="nofollow">Sympathy for the Devil</a> wass supposedly written as a consequence of Jagger reading the awesome <i>Master and Margarita</i> by Mikhail Bulgakov. Though less famous than the madeleines dipped in lime-blossom tisane the Sonata by Vinteuil has perhaps even more significance to Remembrance of Things Past.

Sympathy for the Devil wass supposedly written as a consequence of Jagger reading the awesome Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

]]> By: marc nash http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/the-symbiosis-of-music-and-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 marc nash Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:43:38 +0000 http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/?p=5221#comment-1290 Whoops - you did give the link, apologies. I'm gonna have to track that film down now. Whoops – you did give the link, apologies. I’m gonna have to track that film down now.

]]> By: marc nash http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/the-symbiosis-of-music-and-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 marc nash Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:40:21 +0000 http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/?p=5221#comment-1289 No I've never seen it. Can you link me to your original review? I was following a Greek music shop, but got overwhelmed with Tweets about great records I heard samples of but couldn't afford to buy... Not sure how I first came across Rebetika, but it was timely for the novel I remember that... Thanks for reading. M No I’ve never seen it. Can you link me to your original review? I was following a Greek music shop, but got overwhelmed with Tweets about great records I heard samples of but couldn’t afford to buy… Not sure how I first came across Rebetika, but it was timely for the novel I remember that…

Thanks for reading.

M

]]> By: Scott Jordan Harris http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/the-symbiosis-of-music-and-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 Scott Jordan Harris Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:25:30 +0000 http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/?p=5221#comment-1288 Fascinating post Mark - I hope it's the not last you write for us. Stephen King's most prolific period was apparently played out (admittedly whilst he was off his head) to a soundtrack of heavy metal. Not sure I could cope with that! Have you seen Rembetiko? I can't say I've ever before encountered a fan of Greek outlaw blues whom I didn't meet through my review of it: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/118107-rembetiko-special-edition/ Fascinating post Mark – I hope it’s the not last you write for us.

Stephen King’s most prolific period was apparently played out (admittedly whilst he was off his head) to a soundtrack of heavy metal. Not sure I could cope with that!

Have you seen Rembetiko? I can’t say I’ve ever before encountered a fan of Greek outlaw blues whom I didn’t meet through my review of it:

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/118107-rembetiko-special-edition/

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