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"Xanadu" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush from their 1977 album A Farewell to Kings. [1] It is approximately eleven minutes long, beginning with a five-minute-long instrumental section before transitioning to a narrative written by Neil Peart, which in turn was inspired by the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Kubla Khan.
"Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream" (/ ˈ k uː b l ə ˈ k ɑː n / [1]) is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. It is sometimes given the subtitles "A Vision in a Dream" and "A Fragment."
The lyrics of the song were inspired by the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In March 1985, the album track was abridged and remixed for release as the group's fourth UK single. While criticised at the time of release and afterward for being a song that glorifies debauchery, the lyrics (and video), just as Coleridge's poem, were ...
The "person on business from Porlock" was an unwelcome visitor to Samuel Taylor Coleridge during his composition of the poem "Kubla Khan" in 1797. Coleridge claimed to have perceived the entire course of the poem in a dream (possibly an opium -induced haze), but was interrupted by this visitor who came "on business from Porlock " while in the ...
The story is a postmodern philosophical treatise written in the traditions of Buddhism and Vedanism. [5]Having a traditional Russian name Ivan, the last name of the hero of the story - Kublakhanov refers to Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan: or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment".
Hason Raja: Devotional songs written by a music composer by the name of Hason Raja (from Sylhet, northeastern side of Bangladesh near Assam) that was recently repopularised as dance music. Jari: songs involving musical battle between two groups; Jatra Pala: songs associated exclusively with plays (performed on-stage). Usually involves colourful ...
Kubla Khan is described as a Chinese emperor. Not true. Getting rid of that statement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.19.14.92 14:13, 15 July 2008 (UTC) Actually, Kublai Khan (the man the poem is titled after, even thought it is spelled differntly) was an emperor of China. He took control of of northern China in 1271 and finally ...
A stately palace built by Khan in "Kubla Khan", a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Pleasuredome (night club), a nightclub owned by Audrey Joseph; Pleasure Dome (railcar), a car on the Super Chief passenger train, named for the Coleridge poem; The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome, 1977 album by Van der Graaf Generator