Siddhartha (novel) - Cultural References

Cultural References

Musical references

• The 1972 Yes song "Close to The Edge" from the Close to the Edge album was inspired by the book.
• Nick Drake wrote the song "River Man" (sample) and is the second listed song from Nick Drake's 1969 album Five Leaves Left, remastered and released as a single in 2004. According to Drake's manager, Joe Boyd, Drake thought of the song as the centre piece of the album.
• Jerry Cantrell has a song called "Siddhartha" on his Degradation Trip double album.
• Andrew McMahon of the bands Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin has the quote "the river is everywhere" tattooed on his wrist and is currently working on a clothing line called River Apparel.
• The Hot Water Music song "Sunday Suit" contains the line "Siddhartha style, I'll choose a path of open minds".
• Pete Townshend's song "The Ferryman" was written for a modern production of Siddhartha in June 1976.
• The Slovenian rock band Siddharta was named after the novel.
• Ten Mile Tide wrote a song entitled "Siddhartha" which provides a musical version of the novel.
• Ralph McTell wrote the song "The Ferryman" also based on the novel for his 1971 album You Well-Meaning Brought Me Here.
• Atmosphere's Sad Clown Bad Dub II album contains a song entitled "The River", believed by some to inspired by the novel.
• The Canadian composer Claude Vivier wrote a piece in 1976 for large orchestra called Siddhartha which was inspired by the book.
• The song "All This Time" by Sting includes references to Siddhartha.
• Inspired by the novel, Swedish singer/songwriter J.C. Schütz wrote the song "Don't Fight The Flow" in 2012 for his fifth album Love This World, an album full of references to Buddhism.

Other cultural references

• Fred Mayer published the photographic essay "Homage to Hermann Hesse and his Siddhartha", which is based on Hesse's novel.