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When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear is a compilation album [1] devised and produced by musician Cevin Soling in 2002. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The album is a collection of popular songs recorded by artists considered unlikely to cover them.
Joe Strummer 001 is a career-spanning compilation album by the English musician Joe Strummer.The 32 song album was released on 28 September 2018 by Ignition Records and features 12 previously unreleased songs, as well as known favourites from his recordings with the 101ers, the Mescaleros and his extensive soundtrack work along with alternate versions of previously released songs.
"When pigs fly" is an adynaton, a way of saying that something will never happen. The phrase is often used for humorous effect, to scoff at over-ambition. There are numerous variations on the theme; when an individual with a reputation for failure finally succeeds, onlookers may sarcastically claim to see a flying pig .
In 1999, he released his first proper solo album featuring Brian Doerner on drums, called When Pigs Fly. This was released under the band name "Vollmer". In 2004, the 30th anniversary of Helix, the band played a special concert at Brantford, Ontario's Sanderson Centre. The then-current lineup of Helix played a short set, followed by members of ...
In 2002, the Fixx performed Nancy Sinatra's 1960s classic "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" for an album of cover versions of songs from the 1960s to 1990s called When Pigs Fly. In 2003, the band released their ninth studio album, Want That Life .
She sarcastically said, "When pigs fly!" in response to his ambitions. The characters in the revue (all played by men) appear in sketches: a song to unlikely loves ("Torch Song #1"); four life-sized queens from a deck of playing cards ("You've Got to Stay in the Game"); and dancers make a case for being yourself ("Light in the Loafers").
As a response to an unlikely proposition, "when pigs fly", "when pigs have wings", or simply "pigs might fly". [1] "When Hell freezes over" [2] and "on a cold day in Hell" [3] are based on the understanding that Hell is eternally an extremely hot place. The "Twelfth of Never" will never come to pass. [4] A song of the same name was written by ...
I note that the article was previously moved, apparently without discussion, to "pigs fly", then moved back after minimal discussion. (See higher up this talk page.) --Deskford 13:42, 16 May 2017 (UTC) In this case, we can write in the lead section, The phrase "when pigs fly" (alternatively, "pigs might fly") is an adynaton. The more common ...