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"It Was on a Friday Morning", sometimes called "Friday Morning", is a song by Sydney Carter about the crucifixion of Jesus. It is written from the perspective of the Thief on the Cross, who blames God for the injustice of the situation with ironic lyrics such as "It's God they ought to crucify / Instead of you and me, / I said to the carpenter / A-hanging on the tree."
She mentioned the video in her book Experiencing Music Video: Aesthetics and Cultural Context (2004), where she studied how the audience may pay attention to the lyrics of the song in a music video. Vernallis added that "Ironic" music video functions as a limited example of how the meaning of a song's lyrics become "inaccessible" when they are ...
The Philosophy of Modern Song is a book by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, published on November 1, 2022, by Simon & Schuster. The book contains Dylan's commentary on 66 songs by other artists. [1] [2] It is the first book Dylan has published since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. [3]
SongMeanings is a music website that encourages users to discuss and comment on the underlying meanings and messages of individual songs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As of May 2015, the website contains over 110,000 artists, 1,000,000 lyrics, 14,000 albums, and 530,000 members.
These songs contain some of the singer-songwriter’s most biting lyrics, the kind that twist the emotional knife into anyone’s heart. Swift’s eleventh studio album is no different.
Their debut album was Hate Songs in E Minor, which attracted a large amount of press interest, [4] after the original album artwork was confiscated by the Nottingham Vice Squad. [5] Fudge Tunnel's reputation was built around their massive guitar sound and ironic sense of humour, and they were popular with the British music press - at least at ...
Despite mixed reviews for the White Album on release, "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" was positively received by music critics, who highlighted the song's complex structure and lyrics for praise. All four Beatles identified it as their favourite song on the album. Nevertheless, it was banned by the BBC due to its sexually suggestive lyrics.
The song features in the 1973 film Paper Moon. [13]A 1933 recording of the song was the theme song for the 1974 ABC situation comedy Paper Moon. [14]A re-arrangement of the song done by Herbie Hancock is included in the 1986 movie Round Midnight (starring saxophonist Dexter Gordon), and the accompanying soundtrack album The other Side of Round Midnight.