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Toby Fournier of Cross Rhythms gave a positive review of the song, saying, "Bare piano chords open the song with David Crowder coming in to deliver his message of hope, which gradually rises to a crescendo and features some killer backing vocals on the chorus and a chord progression that lifts the whole affair sky high." [7]
"Dead!" was written as a commentary on the criticism towards the band. At the time of writing the song, the band repeatedly faced criticism from the general public, inspiring the band to write "Dead!" as a song that on the idea of being dead and people not caring. The band described writing the song as them stating "here we are, and we’re better.
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms is a hymn published in 1887 with music by Anthony J. Showalter and lyrics by Showalter and Elisha Hoffman. It is most commonly played on the scale of A-flat major . Showalter said that he received letters from two of his former pupils saying that their wives had died.
"Uncle John's Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album Workingman's Dead . Written by guitarist Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter , "Uncle John's Band" presents the Dead in an acoustic and musically concise mode, with close harmony singing.
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The sheet music for the song was published by Cinephonic Music Co Ltd. of London, at two shillings. [2] A version by Herman's Hermits, credited as "Leaning on the Lamp Post", reached number nine on the US Hot 100 in 1966. [3] The song was added into the 1985 production of Me and My Girl, but was not in the original 1937 version of the musical. [4]
The song opens with a slide piece and quickly moves into a solo acoustic guitar capo on the 3rd fret strumming the chords of A, D and E before bass, drums and piano join in, respectively. Wyman's autoharp can be heard somewhat faintly during the first verse with noticeable 'ping' sounds coming from it around the 0:40-0:50 mark but it is mostly ...
"Legend of a Mind" is one of the Moody Blues' longer songs, lasting about six and a half minutes, with a two-minute flute solo by Ray Thomas, in the middle.. During the 1980s, Thomas and keyboardist Patrick Moraz (who joined the band in 1978, replacing Mike Pinder) modified the live performance of the song by composing a flute and keyboard duet as part of the flute solo.