Herman's Hermits, "It's The End of the World":
Peter Noone as Achilles, mourning the death of Patroclus on the beach in Homer's Iliad
Why does the sun keep on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love.
...
I wake up in the morning and I wonder
why everything s the same as it was.
And I can't understand, no, I can't understand
why life goes on the way it does!
Frank Sinatra, "Something's Gotta Give":
FS as Prometheus, in chains, addressing Zeus in Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound:
When an irresistable force such as you
meets an immoveable object like me
You can bet just as sure as you live
Something's gotta give Something's gotta give Something's gotta give.
So, en garde, who knows what the Fates have in store...?
The Hues Corporation, "Rock the Boat":
An ensemble piece with Aeneas and the Trojans in their ships and Juno and Aeolus on Olympus at the opening of Vergil's Aeneid.
Aeneas: Oh, I'd like to know where you got the notion to
Juno and Aeolus: Rock the boat!
Aeneas and the Trojans: Don't rock the boat, baby!
Juno and Aeolus: Rock the boat!
Aeneas and the Trojans: Don't tip the boat over!
Juno and Aeolus: Rock the boat!
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