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Moctezuma gave lavish gifts, which led Cortés to plunder the city. Cortés claimed the Aztecs saw him as an emissary or incarnation of the god Quetzalcoatl, though this is contested by few historians. [161] Upon learning that his men had been attacked on the coast, Cortés took Moctezuma hostage in his palace, demanding tribute for King Charles.
"Cortez the Killer" is a song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young from his 1975 album, Zuma. It was recorded with the band Crazy Horse . It has since been ranked No. 39 on Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitar Solos and No. 329 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time .
The Saint Patrick's Regional Secondary Men's Chamber Choir did a cover of the song during a cultural exchange event in 2006 in Vancouver, BC. [10] The American quintet Bounding Main released a cover of the song on their 2006 album Lost at Sea. [11] UK's sea shanty band Kimber's Men released a cover of the song on their 2010 album. [12]
It is also often referred to by its first line, “We are often tossed and driven on the restless sea of time”, or the first line of the refrain, “By and by, when the morning comes.”⁴ Like many of his songs, Tindley composed “We’ll Understand it Better By and By” in his head, and transcribed and recorded it after, as Tindley was ...
The song's lyrics were inspired by the question "Why does God look our way?", which the band's lead singer Bart Millard's pastor used to ask to his congregation. [2] Millard could not get this idea out of his head, and wanted to create a song around this idea. [2] "God with Us" was designed for the church, [2] as well as to be used in worship. [1]
The song was originally recorded by Caedmon's Call and Third Day. It is the first track on the 2000 compilation album, City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise. It has been recorded as a cover nearly 100 times [2] by notable artists including: Rebecca St. James on her 2002 album, Worship God. Chris Tomlin of Passion on the 2002 album, Our ...
Cortes represents a much more familiar face — a former All-Star who has become a staple of New York’s pitching staff in recent years — but also a much bigger unknown at this point in time.
When describing popular music artists, honorific nicknames are used, most often in the media or by fans, to indicate the significance of an artist, and are often religious, familial, or most frequently royal and aristocratic titles, used metaphorically.