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Candle on the Water" is a torch song written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for Walt Disney Pictures' 1977 live-action/animated film Pete's Dragon. [1] Originally recorded by Helen Reddy , who plays Nora in the film, the song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1977, [ 2 ] though it lost to " You Light Up My Life ".
"River Man" is the second listed song from Nick Drake's 1969 album Five Leaves Left. According to Drake's manager, Joe Boyd , Drake thought of the song as the centrepiece of the album. In 2004, the song was remastered and released as a 7" vinyl and as enhanced CD single, including a music video by Tim Pope .
The lyrics were based on the phenomenal success of trapeze artist Jules Léotard, for whom the one-piece dancer's garment was named. [1] The following century, the song inspired the 1934 short story The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze by William Saroyan. The film Man on the Flying Trapeze came out in 1935, starring W. C. Fields and Mary ...
"What the Water Gave Me" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their second studio album, Ceremonials (2011). The song was written by lead singer Florence Welch and Francis "Eg" White, and produced by Paul Epworth. It was released on 23 August 2011 as the first promotional single from Ceremonials.
The song describes four different "men": Particle Man, a microscopic being whose attributes are deemed "not important" enough to be discussed lyrically; Triangle Man, a belligerent entity who hates Particle Man, fights him, and wins; Universe Man, a kinder being, who is the size of the universe, and has a watch with hands relevant to the age of the universe ("He’s got a watch with a minute ...
Horrifying video captured the moment a California cop flew down a holiday parade route on a motorcycle before crashing into a crowd of spectators, injuring at least nine people and severing his ...
A man had his hand blown off in a South Florida fireworks accident, forcing first responders to rush the severed body part to the hospital, authorities said Sunday.. Dispatchers were called at ...
The song appears on an album of the same name released by Rogers in 1981, and is considered one of the classic songs in Canadian music history. When Peter Gzowski of CBC's national radio program Morningside asked Canadians to pick an alternative national anthem , "Northwest Passage" was the overwhelming choice of his listeners.