Rhonda Tharp
Active Member
Love music and mythology, and I started going back to songs from my childhood/teen years. I realized there were songs with so much imagery, symbolism and myth references that I missed when I was younger. I know some of you may have seen my Siouxsie and the Banshees post in the Offtopic section... You can tell the kind of music I like, so I may seem a bit limited with my genres.
PLEASE help me find more songs with myth references, love sharing these with my students.
Off the top of my head...
Songs:
Overground by Siouxsie and the Banshees for Persephone or Pan's Labyrinth
Rabbit Hearted Girl by Florence and the Machine for Hermes/Midas/Sacrificial Lamb
Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac for Welsh Horse Goddess Rhiannon
Union of the Snake by Duran Duran for snake symbolism
New Moon on Monday by Duran Duran for lunar celebration/worship
Spaceman by the Killers and Major Tom by Peter Schilling for Icarus
Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin for Vikings
Shrinking Universe by MUSE for God - "you're the God of a Shrinking Universe"
Cemeteries of London by Coldplay for to "see God in a new way"
Impossibility by Remy Zero for son looking for his father, "as the old man stands to judge us all, I believe I am reborn"
Bands:
MUSE for obvious reasons, but they are more into political messages and 1984
Mythology - black metal band
Incubus
PLEASE help me find more songs with myth references, love sharing these with my students.
Off the top of my head...
Songs:
Overground by Siouxsie and the Banshees for Persephone or Pan's Labyrinth
Rabbit Hearted Girl by Florence and the Machine for Hermes/Midas/Sacrificial Lamb
Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac for Welsh Horse Goddess Rhiannon
Union of the Snake by Duran Duran for snake symbolism
New Moon on Monday by Duran Duran for lunar celebration/worship
Spaceman by the Killers and Major Tom by Peter Schilling for Icarus
Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin for Vikings
Shrinking Universe by MUSE for God - "you're the God of a Shrinking Universe"
Cemeteries of London by Coldplay for to "see God in a new way"
Impossibility by Remy Zero for son looking for his father, "as the old man stands to judge us all, I believe I am reborn"
Bands:
MUSE for obvious reasons, but they are more into political messages and 1984
Mythology - black metal band
Incubus