Yes. Not complete, but very good, so I'll give you that. Here's how it breaks down (I shall use the power of
sorcery Wikipedia to complete the detail for accuracy's sake).
How does Miranda connect Richard Ashcroft, Motorhead, Iron Maiden and Charlotte Church, by way of the grandson of a Bulldog, and Essex?
Miranda was, as was mentioned, a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest, the daughter of Duke Prospero. At one point, she says
O brave new world that has such people in it!
From where Aldous Huxley took his title for his famous dystopian novel. The Jim Morrison reference Pingu made upthread is to Huxley's Doors of Perception. Not a direction I'd gone here.
It was difficult to clue Aldous Huxley, because of his unusual names, so I referred to his grandfather, TH Huxley, known as Darwin's Bulldog for his robust defences of evolution, probably more responsible for swaying scientific & educated opinion in favour. Aldous had three brothers, of which one was a zoologist, one a biologist, and one died young.
So, to the songs.
Richard Ashcroft, superManc and former singer of the Verve, released a classic album called Alone With Everybody, which opened with Song for the Lovers, and contained a track called Brave New World.
Motorhead recorded a song called Brave New World on their Hammered album. Surprised that no one got this one.
Iron Maiden had a whole album called Brave New World, from which I'm thinking of the title track.
Charlotte Church's first foray into pop was The Opera Song (Brave New World).
Essex was indeed David Essex, who played The Artilleryman on Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, and sang the poignantly deluded song, Brave New World.
