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Xanadu may refer to: Shangdu , the summer capital of Yuan dynasty ruled by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan. a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, based upon Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's description of Shangdu in his poem Kubla Khan
"The Legend of Xanadu" is a single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich that reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1968 [2] and was the group's biggest hit. It was written by songwriters Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley .
Xanadu is a musical comedy with a book by Douglas Carter Beane and music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, based on the 1980 film of the same name, which was, in turn, inspired by the 1947 Rita Hayworth film Down to Earth. [1]
Xanadu is the name of Charles Foster Kane's stately mansion in the 1941 film Citizen Kane. "Xanadu" is the name of a track off of the Rush album A Farewell to Kings, that references the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Xanadu is the name of a 1980 film starring Olivia Newton-John.
Harold Bloom, in 2010, argued that Coleridge wrote two kinds of poems and that "The daemonic group, necessarily more famous, is the triad of The Ancient Mariner, Christabel, and 'Kubla Khan.'" [146] He goes on to explain the "daemonic": "Opium was the avenging daemon or alastor of Coleridge's life, his dark or fallen angel, his experiential ...
Xanadu is a 1980 American musical fantasy film written by Richard Christian Danus and Marc Reid Rubel and directed by Robert Greenwald. The film stars Olivia Newton-John , Michael Beck , and Gene Kelly in his final film role.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Xanadu is the soundtrack to the 1980 musical film of the same name, featuring the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John and the British group Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released in June 1980 on MCA Records in the United States and July 1980 by Jet Records in the United Kingdom. [ 5 ]