Romanticism and Popular Culture

This evolving bibliography collects media that represent Romantic-era works and historical figures in fictional contexts. We welcome feedback and additions from the RC community.

Music

Frankenstein

Recording Artist:

Edgar Winters Group

Album:

They Only Come Out at Night

Date:

1973

Edgar Winters Group, “Frankenstein” from They Only Come Out at Night (1973)

Garden of Love, The Angel, Infant Sorrow

Recording Artist:

Emily Loizeau

Album:

Mothers & Tygers

Publication Information:

Polydor

Date:

2012

Songs referencing the poetry of William Blake.

Glass Hammer, "Ode to Echo"

Recording Artist:

Glass Hammer

Album:

Ode to Echo

Publication Information:

Arion Records

Date:

2014

The band Glass Hammer's 2014 album called Ode to Echo features a song called "Ozymandias." -Wikipedia

Go No More A-Roving

Recording Artist:

Leonard Cohen

Album:

Dear Heather

Publication Information:

Columbia Records

Date:

2004

Songs referecing the writing of Lord Byron.

Golden Autumn Day

Recording Artist:

Van Morrison

Album:

Back on Top

Publication Information:

POint Blank Records

Date:

1999

The song references the writings of William Blake.

Morrison mentions Blake in his song "Golden Autumn Day" from his 1999 album, Back on Top. -Wikipedia

Grave New World

Recording Artist:

The Strawbs

Album:

Grave New World

Date:

1972

The Strawbs’s Grave New World (1972) features Blake cover art

Harold en Italie

Recording Artist:

Hector Berlioz

Date:

1834

1834 – Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie, symphony in four movements for viola and orchestra -Wikipedia

Heroine

Recording Artist:

Suede

Album:

Dog Man Star

Publication Information:

Nude Records

Date:

1994

Lyrics reference Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty,' including 'She walks in beauty like the night / Discarding her clothes in the plastic flowers / Pornographic and tragic in black and white / My Marilyn come to my slum for an hour'

Highlands

Recording Artist:

Bob Dylan

Album:

Time Out of Mind

Date:

1997

Bob Dylan, “Highlands” from Time Out of Mind (1997)

History

Recording Artist:

The Verve

Album:

A Northern Soul

Publication Information:

Hut (US), Vernon Yard (UK)

Date:

1995

The opening lyrics of the song are based on the first two stanzas of William Blake's poem, "London."

Homage to Catherine and William Blake

Recording Artist:

The Fugs

Album:

Live from the '60s

Publication Information:

Big Beat Records

Date:

1995

"Yes, "Ah Sunflower" and "How Sweet I Roam'd" on The Fugs First Album; a new version of "How Sweet" -- with a new singer with a beautiful set of pipes, Steve Taylor-- appears on their 1984 live reunion album, Refuse to Be Burnt Out, and another version on The Real Woodstock Festival (1995) -- which latter also contains their "Auguries of Innocence" and "Nurse's Song." On their Live from the 60's (1995) you'll find "Homage to Catherine and William Blake." They've also set poems by Swinburne ("Before the Beginning of Years") and Matthew Arnold ("Dover Beach").

How Sweet

Recording Artist:

The Fugs

Album:

Refuse to Be Burnt Out

Publication Information:

New Rose Records

Date:

1984

How Sweet, Auguries of Innocence, Nurse's Song

Recording Artist:

The Fugs

Album:

The Real Woodstock Festival

Publication Information:

Big Beat Records

Date:

1995

Huffin' Muggles

Recording Artist:

Cherry Poppin' Daddies

Album:

White Teeth Black Thoughts

Publication Information:

Space Age Bachelor Pad

Date:

2013

American ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies reference both "The Lamb" and "The Tyger" in a line from "Huffin' Muggles", a track from their 2013 album White Teeth, Black Thoughts. -Wikipedia

In My Blakean Year

Recording Artist:

Patti Smith

Album:

Horses

Date:

1975

Patti Smith, “In My Blakean Year” from Horses (1975)

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6XUeYVfGJM&feature=youtu.be

Infinite

Recording Artist:

Yong

Album:

Infinite EP

Date:

2008

Samples lines from William Blake's "The Doors of Perception," including "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite."

Jerusalem

Recording Artist:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Album:

Brain Salad Surgery

Date:

1973

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, “Jerusalem” from Brain Salad Surgery (1973)

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN11bI1_sZo

Jerusalem

Recording Artist:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Album:

Brain Salad Surgery

Publication Information:

Manticore Records

Date:

1973

"'Jerusalem' is an adaptation of Hubert Parry's hymn, with lyrics from 'And did those feet in ancient time,' a poem from the preface to William Blake's 'Milton a Poem.' Debuting on this track is the Moog Apollo, the first polyphonic synthesizer, still a prototype at the time." -Wikipedia

Jerusalem

Recording Artist:

Sir Hubert Parry

Date:

1916

The songs reference the writings of William Blake.

In the early twentieth century British Classical song writers regularly set his work for voice or choir. The most famous musical setting is Hubert Parry's hymn Jerusalem, which was written as a patriotic song during World War I. -Wikipedia

Jerusalem

Recording Artist:

Patrick Wolf

Album:

Brumalia EP

Publication Information:

Mercury Records

Date:

2011

Songs referencing the poetry of William Blake.

Jerusalem

Recording Artist:

Vangelis

Album:

Chariots of Fire

Publication Information:

Polydor

Date:

1983

Songs referencing the poetry of William Blake.

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