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American Murder Song (sometimes abbreviated AMS) is an American musical act founded in 2016 by cult film composers and performers Terrance Zdunich and Saar Hendelman. The project uses the murder ballad genre to explore American history , especially 19th-century America.
Aurora described "Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" as a complex narrative told from the victim's perspective, exploring themes of pain and acceptance. The song portrays a man who, believing he is doing the right thing, takes a woman's fate into his own hands. Overcome with love and sorrow, he breaks down in tears after committing the act. [1]
Poor Ellen Smith (Roud 448) is an American murder ballad that originated in the late 19th century, recounting the shooting death of one Ellen Smith, [1] and the trial and execution of her murderer, Peter de Graff. He apparently wrote the lyrics while awaiting execution by hanging in 1893 using a melody he purloined from the hymn "How Firm a ...
Several historical murder ballads became hit pop songs in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" (as mentioned above), which was a #1 Billboard hit in 1958, Lloyd Price's version of "Stagger Lee", which reached the top of the chart in 1959, and Lefty Frizzell's "Long Black Veil", which was a hit for a number of artists ...
A similar song, "Old Mother Lee", is sung in playgrounds in Liverpool. [4] The refrain "Weile Weile Waile" (/ ˈ w iː l j æ ˈ w iː l j æ ˈ w ɔː l. j æ /) is a version of the Middle English expression of grief "wellaway!" (Old English wā lā wā, "woe, la!, woe). [5] [6] [7] The name "Saile" comes from the Irish word "salach" meaning ...
Swift starts the song with the chorus that immediately makes her distaste for the subject of the song clear. “‘Cause, baby, now we got bad blood/ You know it used to be mad love/ So take a ...
Fortuosity" is the first song in the 1967 motion picture The Happiest Millionaire which was written by the Sherman Brothers and performed by Tommy Steele playing the part of "John Lawless" (the butler). [1] Richard Sherman stated that the word meant "Faith and Good Fortune". [1]
The band performed the song as "Killing an Ahab" with lyrics inspired by Herman Melville on 2011's Reflections Tour. [13] During the band's 40th anniversary tour, the lyrics and title were changed back to "Killing an Arab". [14] The band performed the song as "Killing Another" to close out the final show on their tour in December 2022. [15]