Mythology & Ancient Hellenic History in songs & artists names

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Songs & artists with names or references to Hellenic mythology & Ancient Hellenic history
(Broadcasted live on Radio Boo, April 15, 2013)

18:00 - 19:00

01) Michael Penn - No Myth (LP March, 1989)

02) Aaron Neville - Hercules (1973)

03) Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love (1985)
Lyrics:When he sings that Siren song, I just gotta tag along
Notice: Allthough the original songs refers to the Siren, Alison rephrases the song as 'When he sings that sorry song'

04) The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger (LP Synchronicity, 1983)
Lyrics: You consider me the young apprentice, caught between the Scylla and Charybdis

05) T-Rex - Get It On (LP Electric Warrior, 1971)
Lyrics: You got the teeth of the Hydra upon you

06) Roxy Music - Do The Strand (LP For Your Pleasures, 1973)
Lyrics: The Sphynx and Mona Lisa, Lolita and Guernica did the Strand

07) Annie Lennox - A White Shade Of Pale (LP Medusa, 1995)

08) Sybil - Don't Make Me Over (1989)

09) OMD - Pandora's Box (LP Sugar Tax, 1991)

10) Eros presents Richard D - Enamorada (2001)

11) Mike Oldfield feat. Anita Hegerland - Pictures in the Dark (1985)
Lyrics:  Pictures in the dark, I see, Morpheus comes to me

12) Shriekback - Nemesis (LP Oil & Gold, 1985)

13) LL Cool J - Dear Mallika (LP The Rapsody Overture - Hip Hop Meets Classic, 1997)
Lyrics: vacuums filled with narcissism suckin up the livin

14) Tal Bachman - She's So High (LP Tal Bachman, 1999)
Lyrics: She's so high, like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, or Aphrodite


19:00 - 20:00

01) Felt - Rain Of Crystal Spires (LP Forever Breathes The Lonely Word , 1986)
Lyrics: Homer's "Iliad" lay burning in the fire

02) Raining Pleasure - Kemal (LP Reflections, 2005)
Lyrics:Who is Lucy, who is Nestor?

03) Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (LP Gorillaz, 2001)
Lyrics: So I'mma stick around with Russ and be a mentor

04) The Andrews Sisters - Rum & Coca-Cola (1945)
Lyrics: If you ever go down Trinida they make you feel so very glad Calypso sing and make up rhyme

05) Kirka - Sadness In Your Eyes (1992)

06) Sunday Club - Grete Weitz (LP For Sale, 1984)
Lyrics: In this northern Marathon

07) Morrissey - First Of The Gang To Die (LP You AreThe Quarry, 2004)
Lyrics: Hector was the...

08) Placebo - Special K (LP Black Market Music, 2000)
Lyrics:  You're my new Achilles heel

09) Sabaton - Coat of Arms (LP Coat Of Arms, 2010)
Lyrics: That dawn, envoy arrives Morning of October 28th No day, proven by deed Descendence of Sparta, Athens and Crete! Call to Arms banners fly in the wind, For the glory of Hellas Coat of Arms reading freedom or death, Blood of King Leonidas

10) Iron Maiden - Alexander The Great (LP Somewhere In Time, 1986)

11) The Clash - The Magnificent Seven (LP Sandinista! 1980)
Lyrics: Socrates and Milhous Nixon Both went the same way - through the kitchen, Plato the Greek or Rin Tin Tin Who's more famous to the billion millions?

12) Lou Reed - Sword of Damocles (LP Magic & Loss, 1992)

13) Francois Feldman feat. Joniece Jamison - Love Platonique (1995)

also see:

Birdhouse In Your Soul - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS (LP Flood, 1989)

Lyrics: There's a picture opposite me Of my primitive ancestry Which stood on rocky shores and kept the beaches shipwreck free Though I respect that a lot I'd be fired if that were my job After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts Bluebird of friendliness Like guardian angels its always near

Gift Of The Gods - JOE BELLOMO (1960 / Paris & Helen)

Misled - KOOL & THE GANG (1984 / Pandora's Box)

Nature Boy - NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (LP Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus, 2004)

Lyrics: As you closed in, in slow motion quoting Sappho, in the original Greek

Sisyphus - ANDREW BIRD (2019)


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