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"The Fly" by Esperanza Spalding (as the song "Little Fly" on her 2010 album Chamber Music Society) Cosmo Sheldrake adapted two songs of Blake's: "The Fly" into a song of the same name, and "I Rose Up At The Dawn Of Day" into the song "Solar". "And did those feet in ancient time" set to music by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916 and best known today as ...
"The Fly" reached #7 on the U.S. pop chart, #11 on the U.S. R&B chart, #5 in Canada, and #35 in Australia in 1961. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was featured on his 1961 album For 'Teen Twisters Only . [ 3 ] The song ranked #70 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1961 .
"The Fly" shows a heavier, more abrasive side of U2. The song features hip-hop beats, distorted vocals, an elaborate guitar solo, and hard industrial edge. [11] [12] [13] Allmusic called the song a "whooshing, industrial, beat-driven" piece". [14] Lyrically, Bono described the song as "a crank call from Hell... but [the caller] likes it there."
The Fly was set to music in 1965 by Benjamin Britten as part of his song cycle Songs and Proverbs of William Blake. It appears also in the song London on the 1987 Tangerine Dream album Tyger which is inspired by poetry of Blake. John Vanderslice adapted this poem into the song "If I Live or If I Die" on his 2001 album Time Travel Is Lonely.
The song is based on Donna Deitch's 1985 film Desert Hearts, which is an adaptation of Rule's novel. [186] "Soma" Is This It: The Strokes: Brave New World: Aldous Huxley: Refers to the fictional drug used in Brave New World. [187] "Song For Clay" A Weekend in the City: Bloc Party: Less than Zero: Bret Easton Ellis [53] "The Stand (Prophecy ...
"Dragonfly" is a song written by British rock musician Danny Kirwan with lyrics taken from a poem by Welsh poet W. H. Davies. It was originally recorded by Kirwan's band Fleetwood Mac in 1970, and became the first UK single released by the band after the departure of their frontman Peter Green.
Missouri Poet Laureate David L. Harrison describes something unexpected he found after checking into a room with a fly in it.
"The Eagles' Victory Song", popularly known as "Fly, Eagles Fly", [1] is the fight song of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. The song is played following each Eagles touchdown during Eagles' home games at Lincoln Financial Field and as part of pre-game festivities before the playing of the national anthem .