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The lyrics include a reference to Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange and the lyric "Oooohh wham bam, thank you, ma'am". "Suffragette City" received acclaim from music critics , with many praising the guitar work, the band's performance, the false ending, the lyric and the song's power.
The Alan Vega 70th Birthday Limited Edition EP Series featured two versions of "Frankie Teardrop". The first was a cover by American poet and singer Lydia Lunch, and the other was a previously unreleased 1976 demo of the song titled "Frankie Teardrop vs the Space Alien".
Suicide City is an American punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York City, [1] [2] [3] founded in 2005. The band's original lineup consisted of lead vocalist Karl Bernholtz, rhythm guitarist Billy Graziadei , lead guitarist AJ Marchetta, bassist Jennifer Arroyo, and drummer Danny Lamagna .
Despite the song's title, the lyrics of "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" contain no obvious reference to suicide. In The Rough Guide to Nirvana, Gillian G. Gaar called it an "upbeat, friendly thrash-along" with "nonsense lyrics" whose title lacked a connection with its music. [4]
"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" was released as a picture disc in the RCA Life Time picture disc set, and has appeared on a variety of compilation albums, including The Best of David Bowie (Japan 1974), The Best of Bowie (1980), The Singles Collection (1993), The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 (1997), and The Platinum Collection (2006).
"My City Was Gone" is a song by the rock group The Pretenders. The song originally appeared in October 1982 as the B-side to the single release of " Back on the Chain Gang "; [ 3 ] the single was the first release for the band following the death of founding bandmember James Honeyman-Scott .
The song contains plainly introspective lyrics where Joseph frankly discusses suicide, speaking with first-person singular pronouns rather than in royal "we". [ 9 ] [ clarification needed ] Joseph argues that there is a culture of romanticizing celebrity suicides, and grapples with the idea that some artists who choose to leave the world may ...
Don Arden, Black Sabbath's former manager and the father of Sharon Osbourne, is on record as having said of the song's controversial lyrics: "To be perfectly honest, I would be doubtful as to whether Mr. Osbourne knew the meaning of the lyrics, if there was any meaning, because his command of the English language is minimal." [5]