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[5] [6] His three-song set marked the first public performance of "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall," [7] One month later, on October 22, U.S. President John F. Kennedy appeared on national television to announce the discovery of Soviet missiles on the island of Cuba, initiating the Cuban Missile Crisis.
"Life Is Beautiful" is about Sixx's past drug addiction, the difficulties he encountered while addicted, and his realization that "Life Is Beautiful."Part of the chorus of the song, "Will you swear on your life, that no one will cry at my funeral", is a quote from Sixx's former roommate and co-lead guitarist from Ratt, Robbin Crosby.
In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...
"Suicide Is Painless" (also known as "Theme from M*A*S*H" or "Song from M*A*S*H") is a song written by Johnny Mandel (music) and Michael Altman for the 1970 film M*A*S*H. In addition to being performed by characters in the film, it plays during the title sequence as sung by The Ron Hicklin Singers .
Shout-and-fall or tumbling strain is a modal frame, "very common in Afro-American-derived styles" and featured in songs such as "Shake, Rattle and Roll" and "My Generation". [ 6 ] "Gesturally, it suggests 'affective outpouring', 'self-offering of the body', 'emptying and relaxation'."
"I've Just Seen a Face" is in the key of A major and is in 2/2 (). [20] [21] [note 3] The song begins with a ten measure intro. [20]Split into three phrases, [20] the intro uses triplets that are slower than the rest of the song to create a sense of acceleration, [23] reinforced by a shortened third phrase which quickens the first verse's arrival. [20]
The song has been interpreted by numerous artists, including Swamp Dogg, Al Kooper, and Laura Cantrell, among others. [5] Johnny Cash covered the song in a live concert, changing the line "Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose" to "Daddy must have hurt a lot back then, I suppose", and later "Daddy must have suffered a lot back then, I suppose". [6]
"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" was released as a picture disc in the RCA Life Time picture disc set, and has appeared on a variety of compilation albums, including The Best of David Bowie (Japan 1974), The Best of Bowie (1980), The Singles Collection (1993), The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 (1997), and The Platinum Collection (2006).