James Hilton (novelist) the occasional Tibetan monks in saffron robes. The name "Shangri-La" has become a byword for a mythical utopia, a permanently happy land, isolated from the world. After the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, when the fact that the bombers had flown from an aircraft carrier remained highly classified, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the press facetiously that they had taken off from Shangri-La. The Navy subsequently gave that name to an aircraft carrier, and Roosevelt named his Maryland presidential retreat "Shangri-La". (Later, President Dwight D. Eisenhower renamed the retreat Camp David after his grandson, and that name has been used
Shangri-La Shangri-La also appears in the Oasis song "Idler's Dream", B-side to "The Hindu Times". The lyrics appear as: "And as I close my eyes, And the sky turns red I realise just what you are. You're an idler's dream, and you're singing Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la." "Going to Shangri-La" is a song from Atlanta Rhythm Section “This is Shangri-La” is a song on the album "Apple" by Mother Love Bone. "Shangri-La" is a track on Billy Idol's 1993 album "Cyberpunk". "Helsinki–Shangri-La" is a 2010 single of Finnish rapper Paleface. "Shangri-La" is the final track on the album "A New World