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A banjo wouldn't be out of character though. There is a minor key modality to 'Forgetful Heart'. It's like 'Little Maggie' or 'Darling Cory', so there is no reason a banjo shouldn't fit or sound right". [2] Lyrically, the song features the rhetorical device of a first-person narrator "address(ing) his heart as if it had a mind of its own". [3]
Orchestra leader Jerry Wald was a rare early aficionado of the song, and Wald's showcasing of "Poinciana" during his 1943 gig at the Hotel New Yorker has been credited with boosting its profile, [4] [5] "Poinciana" being recorded in 1943 by Glenn Miller with his Army Air Force Band, with three 1944 recordings of the song afforded hit status ...
"Broken English" is a song recorded by English singer Marianne Faithfull for her seventh studio album Broken English (1979). It was released as the second single from the album on 25 January 1980 by Island Records. Written by Faithfull, Barry Reynolds, Joe Mavety, Steve York and Terry Stannard, the song's lyrical theme revolves around terrorism.
The song is played at the end of the film after Jon Batiste's titular symphony is played by an orchestra at Carnegie Hall.It Never Went Away not only brings the music down from a whole orchestra to a piano, but is also intended to summarize the documented events.
[3] [5] The official audio for the single was released onto Dion's Vevo channel on 3 December 2013. [6] Two days later, "Breakaway" was added to the A-List on BBC Radio 2's Playlist in the UK. [5] The song peaked at number thirty-eight on the UK Radio Airplay Chart in mid-December 2013 but did not enter the UK Singles Chart. [7]
"Words" is a song written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart and released by the Monkees. An early version by the Leaves appeared on their 1966 album Hey Joe . [ 2 ] The Monkees first recorded the song for their second album, More of The Monkees , in August 1966 under the supervision of Boyce and Hart.
Like many of the songs on We're Only in It for the Money, "Absolutely Free" criticizes the hippie movement and the Summer of Love. The song's lyrics are a parody of psychedelia, especially the idea of expanding one's consciousness through the use of drugs. To this end, the song frequently mentions the word "discorporate", which is explained by ...
"Black Limousine" is one of two songs on Tattoo You credited to Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood. "Black Limousine" is a hard blues number (described as "fast mid-tempo blues of no specific nature" [1] by Jagger) which heavily hearkens back to the Rolling Stones' earliest recordings from their ABCKO/London albums.