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Songs Inspired by Poetry
September 17, 2010
Blog
Column
Writer: Paul McInnes

A List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Rot

The Fugs

Pairubu

2

Enivrez-Vous

Stereolab

Catcher

3

Sun in My Mouth

Björk

roi1

4

On a Poet's Lips I Slept

Benjamin Britten

quierosaber

5

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Iron Maiden

DarceysDad

6

Golden Hair

Syd Barrett

BeltwayBandit

7

Stevie Smith

Vic Chesnutt

JckKrc

8

Lonely London

Jah Wobble

murphsup

9

Music to Hear

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

ShipArrivingTooLate

10

Rave On John Donne

Van Morrison

Fintan28

B List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Ghetto Defendant

The Clash

robbo100

2

Douglas Traherne Harding

Incredible String Band

treefrogdemon

3

Blake's View

M. Ward

steenbeck

4

The Dangling Conversation

Simon and Garfunkel

Fintan28

5

Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes

Joanna Newsom

unclearleo

6

My Foolish Heart

Bhundu Boys

Mark68

7

Because I Could Not Stop for Death

Natalie Merchant

sonofwebcore

8

Poppy Day

Siouxsie and the Banshees

severin

9

Welcome to the Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

saneshane

10

A Living Dance Upon Dead Minds

Thrice

Atrus11

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