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"The Sound of Silence" (originally "The Sounds of Silence") is a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon. The duo's studio audition of the song led to a record deal with Columbia Records, and the original acoustic version was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia's 7th Avenue Recording Studios in New York City for their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M ...
Indeed, the perceived silence characterizing Cage's composition is not actually 'silence', but the interference of the ambient sounds made by the audience and environment. [8] To him, any auditory experience containing some degree of sound, and hence can be considered music, [ 54 ] countering its frequent label as "four minutes thirty-three ...
The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, "The Sound of Silence", which originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence". [2] The song had earlier been released in an acoustic version on the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. , and later on the soundtrack to the movie The Graduate .
Sounds of Silence, a 1966 album by Simon & Garfunkel; The Sound of Silence, 1968 album by Carmen McRae; 4′33″, a three-movement composition by American experimental composer John Cage, also known as The Sounds of Silence "Sound of Silence" (Dami Im song), Australia's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Based on 1960s songs like the Swingin' Medallions' "Double Shot of My Baby's Love" (1966), [60] the lyrics are about a man who wants to be alone with his girlfriend in his car, but is stuck driving his rowdy mother-in-law to an unemployment agency. [71] [72] "Jackson Cage" is a rock and new wave song featuring organ. It is about a woman living ...
Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
According to AllMusic's Tom Maginnis, "On Your Radio" was written by Jackson as an "honest yet cutting kiss-off to all those who ever doubted him". [1] The song condemns Jackson's enemies of the past in lyrics such as "Ex-friends, ex-lovers, and enemies/I've got your cases in front of me today/All sewn up/Ex-bosses you never let me be/I got your names and your numbers filed away/I've grown up."
Catalogue at the John Cage Compendium, compiled by Paul van Emmerik, alphabetical; John Cage Chronological Catalog of Music compiled by Larry Solomon, includes an alphabetic list as well; details on individual compositions (some minor errors and omissions) Unrecorded John Cage Works with details on events and a list of lost works