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Songs About Works of Art
Jan. 31, 2013
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Writer: Sue Saxby (suzi)

A List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Jeff Koons

Momus

bethnoir

2

Michaelangelo

Slapp Happy

TatankaYotanka

3

The Lie

Peter Hammill

TatankaYotanka

4

Metal Postcard

Siouxsie & the Banshees

wyngatecarpenter

5

Statue of Liberty

Laurie Anderson

BeltwayBandit

6

Magritte

Peter Blegvad

TatankaYotanka

7

La Venus de Melo

Stacey Kent

nilpferd

8

Images

Lou Reed and John Cale

Chris7572

9

Vincent

Don McLean

magicman

10

Spiral Jetty

And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

vanwolf

11

The Great Gate of Kiev (Orchestral Version)

Modest Mussorgsky

BeltwayBandit

12

An Architect's Dream

Kate Bush

magicman

B List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Obscene and Pornographic Art

Bongwater

Pairubu

2

Magritte

John Cale

Chris7572

3

Poor di Chirico

10,000 Maniacs

richardrj

4

Woman With Blond Armpit Combing Her Hair By the Light of the Stars

Bobby Previte

nilpferd

5

Eggs and Sausage

Tom Waits (from Nighthawks)

Stradust57/Fuel

6

Painting by Chagall

The Weepies

exiledMan

7

Saint Behind the Glass

Los Lobos

Makinavaja

8

Wake of the Medusa

The Pogues

magicman

9

Angel of the North

Tin Star

sugarbutty

10

Trittico Botticelliano 2. LĄdorazione dei Magi

Ottorino Respighi

BeltwayBandit

11

Manet and Monet

Harvey Andrews

TatankaYotanka

12

Mona Lisa

Al Stewart

BeltwayBandit

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