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"Another One Rides the Bus" is a song by comedy musician "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was released in February 1981 and is a parody of Queen 's song " Another One Bites the Dust ". Yankovic's version describes a person riding in a crowded public bus.
"Another One Bites the Dust" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by bassist John Deacon , the song was featured on the group's eighth studio album The Game (1980). It was a worldwide hit , charting at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, from 4 October to 18 October (being their second and final number-one ...
James Christopher Monger of AllMusic said of the album: "The group's predilection for heartfelt, Avett Brothers-meets-Fleet Foxes roots rock is apparent right out of the gate with "Homecoming Heroes" and "Another Story," both of which utilize familiar folk-rock architecture to spin earnest and familiar tales concerning the two body parts from ...
Some commentators in the 21st century have questioned whether the song's original lyrics made it an endorsement of slavery and the ideology of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. [14] In 2009, writing in The Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates characterized the song as "another story about the blues of Pharaoh". [15]
"Same Old Lang Syne" is a song written and recorded by Dan Fogelberg and released as a single in 1980. It was included on his 1981 album The Innocent Age.The song is an autobiographical narrative ballad told in the first person and tells the story of two long-ago romantic interests meeting by chance in a grocery store on Christmas Eve. [3]
The Return of the Space Cowboy is the second album by English funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai.The album was released on 17 October 1994 under Sony Soho Square.The album continues the musical direction of their debut, Emergency on Planet Earth (1993), and is characterised by its complex songwriting as a result of Jay Kay's creative block mid-production.
The lyrics describe the daily routine of a lonely woman, using an observational style similar to McCartney's narrative in the 1966 ballad "Eleanor Rigby". McCartney recorded "Another Day" in New York City during the sessions for his and Linda's 1971 album Ram. The single was an international hit, peaking at number 2 in the United Kingdom ...
"Another Suitcase in Another Hall" features instrumentation of guitar, marimba, harp and keyboard, with Dickson singing in a soprano voice. Author Mark Ross Clark noted in his book The Broadway Song: A Singer's Guide that her vocals portrayed different emotions. Her vocals contrast the lyrics with an "underlying coolness". [5]