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Writer Tom Johnston described the motivation for the song as a call for world peace: "The chord structure of it made me think of something positive, so the lyrics that came out of that were based on this utopian idea that if the leaders of the world got together on some grassy hill somewhere and either smoked enough dope or just sat down and just listened to the music and forgot about all this ...
Listen to the Mocking Bird. "Listen to the Mocking Bird" (1855) is an American popular song of the mid-19th century. Its lyrics were composed by Septimus Winner under the pseudonym "Alice Hawthorne", and its music was by Richard Milburn. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It relates the story of a singer dreaming of his sweetheart, now dead and buried, and a ...
The psychology of music preference is the study of the psychological factors behind peoples' different music preferences. One study found that after researching through studies from the past 50 years, there are more than 500 functions for music. [ 1] Music is heard by people daily in many parts of the world, and affects people in various ways ...
Sheet music version. Wrought iron railing with the music of the song "Home Sweet Home" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. " Home! Sweet Home! " is a song adapted from American actor and dramatist John Howard Payne 's 1823 opera Clari, or the Maid of Milan. The song's melody was composed by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop with lyrics by Payne.
Sylvie Vartan version (in French) The song was adapted into French (under the title "En écoutant la pluie", meaning "Listening to the Rain") by Richard Anthony. It was recorded by Sylvie Vartan, who released it as a single in April 1963 as the lead off of her second studio album, Twiste et chante, released that July.
Anchorage (song) " Anchorage " is the debut single of American singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked, released as the lead single from her first studio album, Short Sharp Shocked (1988), in September 1988. The song peaked at number 66 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and also charted in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, reaching the top 75 in ...
The chords have an unexpected flow in terms of the beginning and the ending, moving from E ♭ down to Gm and momentarily to F major, then going back to the previous sequence again. The song has a lush, romantic quality, with the melody going through different ranges and peaks, and the verse and the chorus flow into each other, making it sound ...
As for that love, there’s “My Lady Fair”—“just one of dozens of love songs for my sweetie,” he says. “I’m one of the fortunate few,” he says.