Classic literary references in pop

[annwfyn]

I recently found out that 'China in your Hand' is a basically about the Frankinstein story - it's a musing on both Mary Shelley who wrote it and the story itself. I'm now listening to the song in a really different way.

I am also told by the wisdom of the internet that 'It's All Coming Back To Me' is about Wuthering Heights. It's a song about the kind of obsessive love which digs up your lover's dead body to cradle it in the moonlight. It should be heard as a love song from Heathcliffe to Cathy.

And I'm now reminded of how very creepy Heathcliff is...

Comments

[suave-steve.livejournal.com]

Heathcliff is indeed a bit on the creepy side.

[ulaidhan.livejournal.com]

Frankenstein? Ooooh.

I've always liked that song anyway, but that is an interesting new level to it. :)

[rocket-jockey.livejournal.com]

Have you seen any of Jasper Fforde's "Thursday Next" books? One of them prominently features a group therapy session with the characters from "Wuthering Heights."

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Oh goodness! I shall have to check that out. it sounds _fabulous_.

[oddnumbereven.livejournal.com]

That is interesting. Heathcliff is well creepy, no doubt. Remember the puppies....

Music and Literature

[lawrencegillies.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming that you already know that The Cure's Killing an Arab refer's to L'Etranger by Albert Camus - not just literature, but foreign literature!

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD1uGPkxQfA )

Re: Music and Literature

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

I actually didn't know that! Cool!