Steve Goodman’s Moby Book by jessstoner

^{There’s so many songs/entire albums based on Moby Dick. It’s good to get a balance for the kinds of bands interested in taking it on.}

Rose Berlin’s Coraline (Neil Gaiman’s Coraline) by jessstoner

^{Based on Raymond Carver’s “So Much Water Close to Home”}

The Glasswave’s Lolita by jessstoner

^{The Tragically Hip’s homage to Hugh MaClennan’s The Watch that Ends the Night}

Steve Earle’s Dixieland (Killer Angels) by jessstoner

David Bowie’s 1984 (Live) by jessstoner

^{Supposedly based on a chapter from Tom Robbins’ Still Life with Woodpecker}

^{Al Stewart’s classic.}

^{inspired by Toni Morrison’s Bluest Eye}

^{in the liner notes, Zappa says to read Kafka’s In the Penal Colony before listening to the song..}

There’s only about a thousand others. Some of these seem better than any book review could ever be. Some not so much. If anyone’s seen or knows where to find Laurie Anderson’s Songs and Stories from Moby Dick please share in the comments.