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For instance, Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." (1984) listed in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and RIAA's Songs of the Century was written as a satire yet canonized as a "patriotic rock anthem," a designation that ignores the message "how far political leaders had strayed from the values the country was founded on ...
The 40th Psalm of the Book of Psalms from the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament [30] "1984" Diamond Dogs: David Bowie: Nineteen Eighty-Four: George Orwell: 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 ...
"Dark Eyes" is a folk song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan that appears as the 10th and final track on his 1985 album Empire Burlesque. The song features a sparse arrangement in which Dylan's vocal is only accompanied by his own acoustic guitar and a harmonica played in a rack, and is thus devoid of the "80s style ...
Satellite (The Hooters song) Scrap the Monarchy; Short People; Should the Bible Be Banned; Shukusei!! Loli Kami Requiem; So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star; Song for Whoever; A Song of Patriotic Prejudice; Springtime for Hitler (song) Stars Over 45; Sue Me, Sue You Blues; Sword of Damocles (Rufus Wainwright song)
The first section of the song is to the tune of Bang Bang titled "Mere Lafzo Ki Mehkar Tu" (you are the fragrance of my words). The second section of the song is sung to the tune of "Those Were the Days" titled "Aao Na Pyar Kare" (come let's love). The tunes of both songs were mashed together in the Urdu version. [citation needed]
Funny Face is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Although having the same title as the 1927 Broadway musical Funny Face by the Gershwin brothers, and featuring the same male star ( Fred Astaire ), the plot is completely ...
The B-side, “Amsterdam”, was a cover of a Jacques Brel song, that had been performed live by Bowie since 1968. The song may have been recorded by Bowie in the summer 1973 sessions for Pin Ups [8] or in late 1971 [9] for the album Ziggy Stardust. Never selected as an album track, it was used as the single B-side as it fitted with "Sorrow".
The song has been sung in films and on TV shows, for example by Harrison Ford in the film American Graffiti (1978 reissue), [24] by an itinerant chanteuse in Crossing Delancey (1988), [25] by Jon Bon Jovi on Ally McBeal in the episode "Homecoming" (2002) [26] and by Bert in episode 102 on The Muppet Show (1977) to Connie Stevens.