263 By The Book 4: Bands with names taken from literature
Our fourth set of literary songs took a different tack and here it is the bands whose names are derived from literary references. Quite a wide variety of genres with a heavy leaning towards Sixties Prog. Maybe they were the only ones reading literature and who wanted obscure punning references….
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Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| The Musical Box | Genesis | Genesis Live | 1973 |
| Goodbye to All That/Wave/Mad/The Opium Den/The Slide/Standing in … | Marillion | Brave | 1998 |
| Whisky In The Jar | Thin Lizzy | Greatest Hits | 2004 |
Main show
| FM (No static at all) | Steely Dan | FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack | 1978 |
| Special Rider Blues | The Insect Trust | The Insect Trust | 1969 |
| Native New Yorker | Odyssey | Odyssey | 1977 |
| The Monkey Time | The Golden Apples of the Sun | The Immediate Singles Collection | 1965 |
| Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal | Dr Strangely Strange | Kip Of The Serenes | 1970 |
| Hello I love you | The Doors | Waiting for the Sun | 1968 |
| Why are we sleeping? | The Soft Machine | The Soft Machine Volume One | 1968 |
| Marchides | Matching Mole | Little Red Record | 1972 |
| Streetnoise | Shadowfax | Too Far to Whisper | 1986 |
| She’s Mine, She’s Yours | Juicy Lucy | Juicy Lucy | 1969 |
| Sacrifice | Principal Edwards Magic Theatre | Soundtrack | 1969 |
| The Pusher | Steppenwolf | Steppenwolf | 1968 |
| Easy Livin’ | Uriah Heap | Demons and Wizards | 1972 |
| Giggy Smile | Faust | Faust IV | 1973 |
| Tingel-Tangelmanden | Burnin’ Red Ivanhoe | M 144 | 1969 |
| Flames | Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera | Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera | 1968 |
| Dreamer | Supertramp | Crime of the Century | 1974 |
| Northern Hemisphere | East of Eden | Mercator Projected | 1969 |
| Venus in Furs | The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground and Nico | 1995 |
| Saint and Sceptic | The Big Sleep | Bluebell Wood | 1971 |
| Mujou No Scat | Ningen Isu | Shinseinen | 2019 |
Postshow
| Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts (Take 2) | Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | |
| Better off Dead (2021 Remaster) | Cirith Ungol | Frost and Fire | 1981 |
| Can You Sing The Song That I Sing | Mott The Hoople | The Ballads Of | 2018 |
The band name Mott the Hoople has a complicated literary angle.