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— Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Redemption Song” “So, come with me, to a land of liberty, / Where we can live, live our lives and be free.” — Bob Marley and the Wailers, “400 years”
Strauss used many quotes from his own works in his symphonic poem A Hero's Life; Strauss quoted Luigi Denza's song Funiculì, Funiculà in his symphonic poem Aus Italien, believing it was a folk song; Igor Stravinsky quoted a theme from Franz Schubert's Marche Militaire No. 1 in D in his Circus Polka.
The song was written by Richard and Robert Sherman for the Carousel of Progress, one of four attractions Walt Disney and his Imagineers developed for the 1964 New York World's Fair. The lead vocals were by Rex Allen , a frequent Disney narrator who also provided the speaking voice for the Audio-Animatronic host of the attraction.
The Philosophy of Modern Song is a book by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, published on November 1, 2022, by Simon & Schuster. The book contains Dylan's commentary on 66 songs by other artists. [1] [2] It is the first book Dylan has published since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. [3]
She considered it the most profound song on Blue Rev. [5] The song quotes Carlisle's 1987 song "Heaven Is a Place on Earth". Guitarist Alec O'Hanley, who first envisioned the song with a more country sound, [3] came up with the idea to reference the song directly. [6]
The song's bridge quotes Buckminster Fuller's quote, "Up to the Twentieth Century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the chart of the electromagnetic spectrum , humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one-millionth of reality."
The new song, "Theme from New York, New York", begins with one of Kander's famous vamps, this one derived from the ragtime practice of putting the melody underneath a repeated note. [3]: 25–6 Liza Minnelli's performance was released as a single from the soundtrack album and peaked at #104 on the Billboard chart. [4]
"Worst That Could Happen" is a song with lyrics and music written by singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb. Originally recorded by the 5th Dimension on their 1967 album of nearly all-Jimmy Webb songs, The Magic Garden, "Worst That Could Happen" was later recorded by the Brooklyn Bridge and reached the Billboard Hot 100's top 40, at #38 on January 4, 1969, peaking at #3 on February 1-8, 1969.