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"Tyger" is both the name of an album by Tangerine Dream, which is based on Blake's poetry, and the title of a song on this album based on the poem of the same name. "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 ...
"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."
One of several songs that Bowie wrote about Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four; Bowie had also hoped to produce a televised musical based on the book. [31] "2112" 2112: Rush: Anthem: Ayn Rand: Song shares themes with the novel, such that Neil Peart recognized Rand in the album's liner notes. [32] "Abigail" Creatures: Motionless in White: The ...
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.
Missouri Poet Laureate David L. Harrison describes something unexpected he found after checking into a room with a fly in it.
"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.
Poet and educator Nile Stanley shares a story — and the poem it inspired — about a student recital during tough times. Poetry from Daily Life: A poem influenced MLK's 'Dream' speech, can teach ...