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16 Apr 2004 by Jason Fried
A little Friday fun. Ok, so they turn books into movies, but what if you could turn a book into a song? Which book would you sing?
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16 Apr 2004 | Simon Jessey said...
A short book. Perhaps Wil Wheaton's Dancing Barefoot, and particularly the bit about William Shatner.
16 Apr 2004 | Scott Elfstrom said...
Beowulf, either in the original Old English or a modern English translation. Still one of my favorites of all time.
16 Apr 2004 | PeterDrife said...
From Track #27 - Make it fast, not cute
Slow-loading pages
large blocks of text
or inappropriate wit
can make crisis points
even more daunting
and difficult to overcome
Oh come on, someone had to, right?
16 Apr 2004 | RS said...
I'd brush up my Irish accent for some Finnegans Wake :)
16 Apr 2004 | David said...
I like Mad Libs :-)
16 Apr 2004 | Don Schenck said...
Psalms.
Oh ... wait ... they *are* songs. :-)
The phone book! I'd have a song like "Eight six seven five three oh nine ...". Oh ... wait ... drat ... *that's* already been done.
*sigh*
I'm out.
16 Apr 2004 | but that's just me said...
Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut
16 Apr 2004 | Benjy said...
The Butter Battle Book... Dr. Suess as 21st century war protest song.
16 Apr 2004 | Kristoffer Bohmann said...
Well, not Defensive Design for the Web... ;-)
16 Apr 2004 | CJ said...
It's already been done. Check out the first Fantomas album. It's an all-star band with guys from Faith No More, Slayer, The Melvins and Mr. Bungle. The album is a book and each song is a page - no song titles, just page numbers. It's based on an old comic book about an anti-hero named Fantomas.
Their other albums are also concept-based: the latest is an album with only one track, 74-minutes long, that's supposed to be a soundtrack for surgery.
17 Apr 2004 | david said...
Finnegans wake already is a song.
19 Apr 2004 | kev said...
Actually, I've always felt 'We have the facts and we're voting yes' went extrememly well with 'A heartbreaking work of staggering genius.' Something about the bittersweet-ness of life or something. I'll shut up now.
19 Apr 2004 | kev said...
btw, the album in question is by Deathcab for Cutie and the book is by Dave Eggers.
19 Apr 2004 | matthew said...
i disagree with this review but it's another example.
19 Apr 2004 | Nis Sarup said...
Well Any space-opera, really ;)
27 Apr 2004 | dziwki said...
So, maybe: Ken Kesey - "Sailor Song" - it will be nice
