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The lyrics tell of the singer's attempt to find the heroine Ophelia. [1] [2] The relationship between the singer and Ophelia is never made explicit. Author Craig Harris refers to her as the singer's old friend, while music critic Nick DeRiso considers her his lover. [2] [3] But he finds out that Ophelia has left town, apparently in a hurry.
"Ophelia" is a song recorded by American folk rock band the Lumineers. It was released as the lead single from their sophomore album Cleopatra on February 5, 2016. As of July 2024, the song has garnered over 1.3 billion streams on Spotify .
Northern Lights – Southern Cross is the sixth studio album by Canadian-American rock band the Band, released in November 1975.It was the first album to be recorded at their new California studio, Shangri-La, and the first album of all new material since 1971's Cahoots.
Jaime Royal Robertson [1] OC (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician of Indigenous ancestry. [2] He was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s, guitarist and primary songwriter of The Band from their inception until 1978, and a solo artist.
It also opened them up to a larger, international audience. Drummer, R. Duke, joined the live lineup in 2010. The band created music videos for "The Dolly Pop Song" and the fan favorite "Ophelia." [7] Following the release of Synesthesia, Bella Lune embarked on a tour in Japan, [8] with a headline performance in Tokyo. Prior to the tour, Dy was ...
The steampunk band Abney Park recorded a song called "Dear Ophelia" that is sung from the point of Hamlet, writing letters to Ophelia expressing that he does, in fact, love her. [47] The Band recorded a song titled "Ophelia" for the album Northern Lights – Southern Cross, in which some have interpreted Ophelia as a metaphor for race-mixing. [48]
[1] The Band biographer Craig Harris considers it "one of pop music's saddest songs." [2] Music critic Nick DeRiso similarly states that "The Band, as a whole, has never constructed a sadder moment, nor one with more direct specificity." [3] The song's theme is the singer's inability to get over a failed relationship. [2]
Ophelia is a feminine given name, probably derived from Ancient Greek ὠφέλεια (ōphéleia, "benefit"). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name is best known as a character from William Shakespeare 's Hamlet who has a tragic end.