Ancient Love Themes in Contemporary Music
(Ancient Text by Lucretius, translated by Martin Ferguson Smith) and Love Will Tear Us Apart (Contemporary Song by Joy Division) ParallelTextLyricsListen Joy Division’s song “Love Will Tear Us Apart” is bitter love song about how love will ruin a relationship. Read More …
(Ancient Text by Virgil, translated by Robert Fitzgerald) and It’s not u it’s me (Contemporary Song by Bea Miller) ParallelTextLyricsListen These two pieces reflect the common theme of leaving a relationship to better oneself and reach one’s goals and aspirations Read More …
(Ancient Text by Propertius, translated by Peter Bing, Rip Cohen) and Everybody’s Changing (Contemporary Song by Keane) ParallelTextLyricsListen Both Propertius and Keane talk about how people around them have changed. Propertius talks about this after losing his lover. He says, Read More …
(Ancient Text by Catullus, translated by Peter Bing, Rip Cohen) and Nicotine (Contemporary Song by Panic! at the Disco) ParallelTextLyricsListen Throughout Catullus’s 76 poem, we see him struggling to get over a relationship. He begins to describe it as some Read More …
(Ancient Text by Tibullus, translated by Bing and Cohen) and Make you feel pretty (Contemporary Song by lovelytheband) ParallelTextLyricsListen A common phrase in today’s society is “gold digger” when referencing a woman who seems to be after a man for Read More …