We made a list of your beach bag essentials to enjoy your day under the sun, because we care like that here at Revolver. The list: swimsuit, that other swimsuit you always throw in there just in case, beach towel, that slightly smaller towel, sunscreen, the other sunscreen with SPF 50, Havaianas, sunglasses, the money from that kidney you sold if you’re going to that private resort, hat, earphones to listen to our Songs with Literary References playlist and a book from our selection because you don’t want to be seen holding that Paulo Coelho book. Really.


By Agnes Semaan

 

Alt-J – Breezeblocks  (Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak)

More about the book here.

David Bowie – Big Brother (1984 by George Orwell)

We can’t but mention another Bowie song that we love The Jean Genie, a pun on author Jean Genet.

More about the book here.

Pink Floyd – Pigs (Animal Farm by George Orwell)

More about the book here.

The Cure – Killing an Arab (L’Étranger by Albert Camus)

The song was deemed racist at the time so Robert Smith adapted the lyrics and it became Killing an Ahab referring to Moby Dick by Herman Melville

More about the book here.

Led Zeppelin – Ramble On (Lord of The Rings by JRR Tolkien)

More about the book here.




The Strokes – Soma (Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)

More about the book here.

Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights (Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte)

More about the book here.

Bruce Springsteen – The Ghost of Tom Joad (The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck)

More about the book here.

Queen – Lily of the Valley (Le Lys dans la Vallée by Honoré de Balzac)

More about the book here.

Lana Del Rey – Body Electric (Leaves of Grass (Poem: I Sing The Body Electric) by Walt Whitman) Off to the Races (Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov)

More about Leaves of Grass on this link.

More about Lolita here.


Toum Extra:

The Rains of Castamere- The National / Sigur Ros; Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. The song is in the books was adapted for the show and performed by The National during The Red Wedding episode in season 2 and by Sigur Ros during King Joffrey’s Wedding in season 4. Ye, maybe you should stick to that Frank Sinatra song for your first dance.