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Bryan Ferry recorded the song for his 2010 album Olympia. English tenor Alfie Boe covered the song alongside Robert Plant on his 2011 album Alfie. George Michael performed the song during his 25 Live and Symphonica tours and released a cover on the "White Light" single on August 11, 2012. Brendan Perry covered the song live on KEXP-FM in 2012.
A siren song typically refers to the song of the siren, dangerous creatures in Greek mythology who lured sailors with their music and voices to shipwreck. (The) Siren Song or (The) Siren's Song may also refer to:
Archaic perfume vase in the shape of a siren, c. 540 BC The etymology of the name is contested. Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. [5] Others connect the name to σειρά (seirá, "rope, cord") and εἴρω (eírō, "to tie, join, fasten"), resulting in the meaning "binder, entangler", [6] [better source needed] i.e. one who binds or entangles through magic song.
As a teenager, you probably knew that one guy who had the horrible, but oddly functional, car. My main memory of this trope comes from college. I had a good friend who drove a Ford pickup from the ...
The lyric came from three song ideas that Lennon had been working on, the first of which was inspired by hearing a police siren at his home in Weybridge; Lennon wrote the lines "Mis-ter cit-y p'lice-man" to the rhythm and melody of the siren. The second idea was a short rhyme about Lennon sitting amidst his garden, while the third was a ...
The influence of Callimachus is seen in the widespread use of aitia since these were a notable feature of his work too. More particularly, there are some pointed allusions to his work. For example, one line (1.1309) is a verbatim quotation of Callimachus (Aitia I fr. 12.6 Pf): "And thus were those things to be accomplished in the course of time".
"Swing Life Away" is a song by American punk rock band Rise Against. It is an acoustic ballad, with a sharp guitar sound and optimistic lyrics about daily life and the working class. The song was first included in the 2003 compilation album Punk Goes Acoustic, and was later expanded upon in the band's 2004 album Siren Song of the Counter Culture.
The man eventually confesses to having an intellectual crisis prompted by reading the work of evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, which the man sees as nihilistic and offering no meaning for human life. Upon further prompting, the man admits his feelings of sadness also stem from the memory of a romantic relationship ended five years prior.