I have 2 great loves in life - music and books - the two seem to collide and mix and fester in my mind. It's strange what really happens when I'm thinking. And the result is even stranger.
So after re-reading Lord of the Flies for the I don't know how many-ith time and then going and listening to the Arctic Monkeys, I somehow felt a sense of nostalgia and deja vu and euphoria all in one.
The lyrics of the Arctic Monkeys just seem to capture the essence of Golding's message - of people, of place, of evil, of time. Combined with the crisp British snarl of Alex Turner and the snarky guitar rhythms and angry riffs, Lord of the Flies just seems to come alive. Through the whole album Favourite Worst Nightmare, the themes and feeling of Lord of the Flies are perfectly illustrated.
Particularly in the song "If You Were There, Beware" the resemblance is uncanny. From the lyrics "the serpent soul pinches" which reminded me of the "Beastie" that the boys on the island claim to have seen which is really just a reflection of their fears and own evil, to the line "our attempts to remind them of reason won't get us that far" which precisely outlines the plight of Piggy and Ralph and their attempts that yielded no avail to bring order and society to the island.
It's strange, really, that I think of these things. But upon further inspection, everything just seems to connect and click into place. Kind of how like the entire Muse album The Resistance is like a musical version of 1984...
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