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Songfacts is a music-oriented website that has articles about songs, detailing the meaning behind the lyrics, how and when they were recorded, and any other info that can be found. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
He has been given the "King of Visayan Song". Although known primarily for his singing of novelty songs, he has also recorded romantic ballads. Like his fellow Visayan, the Bol-anon singer Yoyoy Villame, Max Surban has also become famous for his singing of so-called novelty songs. On several occasions, both Yoyoy Villame and Max Surban have ...
" Guantanamera" (pronounced [ɡwantanaˈmeɾa]; Spanish for 'The woman from Guantánamo') [1] is a Cuban patriotic song, which uses a poem from the collection Simple Verses, by the Cuban poet José Martí, for the lyrics. It is an expression of love for Cuba and of solidarity with the poor people of the world.
Marine biologists have captured a rare sight of a giant pod of over 1,500 dolphins leaping and swimming off the California coast.. The “super pod” of Risso’s dolphins was spotted in Carmel ...
The song's morbid theme of infanticide, juxtaposed with its childish nature, has made it popular as a cultural reference. It is mentioned in Sebastian Barry 's novel Annie Dunne , Hannah Kent 's novel The Good People , Bernard MacLaverty 's Grace Notes and Daniel Shortell's novel th!s , and forms a substantial inspiration for the film The Hole ...
Many songs in Indian films are based on ragas of Indian classical music. This song list includes those that are primarily set to the given raga, without major deviation from the musical scale. This song list includes those that are primarily set to the given raga, without major deviation from the musical scale.
"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music. It is a call and response work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. The lyrics describe how daylight has ...
"Bayan Ko" (usually translated as "My Country"; Spanish: Nuestra patria, lit. 'Our Motherland') is one of the most recognizable patriotic songs of the Philippines.It was written in Spanish by the revolutionary general José Alejandrino in light of the Philippine–American War and subsequent American occupation, and translated into Tagalog some three decades later by the poet José Corazón de ...