Allusions to literature in pop culture?

[pencils]

Here is a place where you can discuss your favorites or your least favorites. Sometimes it's a beautiful homage, and sometimes it feels like the author must be rolling in his/her grave.

It's also a place for me to ask this question.

Are the similarities between "You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground, I'll Be The Wings That Keep Your Heart In The Clouds" by Mayday Parade and "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe intentional? Someone posted a few of the lyrics on facebook and I looked it up and was instantly struck by the similarity, particularly in the chorus. However, I can't find anyone talking about it anywhere...and, well...it's bugging me! Any thoughts?

[pencils]

For reference: www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/maydayparade/youbetheanchorthatkeepsmyfeetonthegroundillbethewingsthatkeepyourheartintheclouds.html
classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/eapoe/bl-eapoe-dreamwithin.htm

[casey]

I actually find fashion magazines the source of the most enjoyable literary allusions. For example, one time I saw a trend report titled "Miss Havisham" for some disheveled lacy theme recurring on the runways. Or I just read something where the writer likened Rodarte's Americana wheat-field prints as reminiscent of Willa Cather's My Ántonia. Words like "Lolita", "Anna Karenina", "Madame Bovary", "Zelda Fitzgerald" or "Daisy Buchanan" (one and the the same in this context) are so ubiquitous in fashion writing. It makes sense to me that literature has a place in fashion. Fashion design and editorial shoots are so often inspired by these winding narratives and developed characterizations. It takes a character and a piece of text into the world of tangible, luxurious, aesthetic pleasure.