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An Appointment with Mr Yeats" by The Waterboys is an album of Yeats poems set to song. The poem "Down by the Salley Gardens" was based by Yeats on a fragment of a song he heard an old woman singing. Yeats' words have been recorded as a song by many performers. The song "A Bad Dream" by Keane is based on the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His ...
New sincerity (closely related to and sometimes described as synonymous with post-postmodernism) is a trend in music, aesthetics, literary fiction, film criticism, poetry, literary criticism and philosophy that generally describes creative works that expand upon and break away from concepts of postmodernist irony and cynicism.
"Ironic" was included on the set list of Morissette's Jagged Little Pill World Tour (1995), and her compilation albums MTV Unplugged (1999), The Collection (2005), among others. The song was covered by Mexican duet Jesse & Joy for their album Esta Es Mi Vida Sesiones (2007), and by American band Four Year Strong for their cover album Explains ...
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 ...
While none of the examples are really irony in the song, that fact makes the name of the song ironic in itself. All the "irony" is mostly coincidences. Since you're expecting irony but instead get coincidences, the song is an example of situational irony. 66.10.78.114 16:53, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
The title came from the popular music hall song "There's a Long Long Trail A-Winding" published in 1913, [10] mentioned in the introduction of Tommy's Tunes. [ 11 ] Raffles proposed the idea of using it as the basis of a production to his partner, Joan Littlewood , but she detested the idea, hating World War I , military uniforms, and ...
What it all comes down to is Alanis Morissette's daughter celebrated her eighth birthday in epic fashion. During the iconic singer's concert in Nashville on Sunday, Morissette brought up her ...
Title is a play on Prince's tendency to omit vowels from song titles and takes from an actual song from his self-titled album. "Weasel Stomping Day" Straight Outta Lynwood (2006) Original, in the style of "Trim up the Tree" by Albert Hague, from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.