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  2. List of songs based on literary works - Wikipedia

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    However, the Joyce estate was unwilling to allow direct use of Joyce's words at that time, so she altered the lyrics. By 2011, the Joyce estate was open to licensing his work to her, so she re-worked that song as Flower of the Mountain, using Molly Bloom's soliloquy from Ulysses. [97] [98] [99] "For Whom the Bell Tolls" Ride the Lightning ...

  3. February Album Writing Month - Wikipedia

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    Feasting - Writing and recording many songs in one session in a short space of time. Auntie Sin - Someone writes the antithesis of the first song in the chain, then the next person writes a synthesis of the first two songs, then the next person writes the antithesis of the third song, then the next person writes a synthesis of songs three and ...

  4. Antithesis - Wikipedia

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    An antithesis must always contain two ideas within one statement. The ideas may not be structurally opposite, but they serve to be functionally opposite when comparing two ideas for emphasis. [4] According to Aristotle, the use of an antithesis makes the audience better understand the point the speaker is trying to make. Further explained, the ...

  5. The Girl Is Mine - Wikipedia

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    The song garnered a favourable review from Jackson's biographer, J. Randy Taraborrelli. The writer stated that the song was "cute" but lacked substance. He added that the track had a "middle-of-the-road calm" and was the antithesis of the "rambunctious" "Beat It". [3] [19]

  6. Imagine (song) - Wikipedia

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    Ono watched as he composed the melody, chord structure and almost all the lyrics, nearly completing the song in one brief writing session. [12] Described as a piano ballad [15] performed in the soft rock genre, [16] the song is in the key of C major. [17] Its 4-bar piano introduction begins with a C chord then moves to Cmaj7 before changing to F.

  7. List song - Wikipedia

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    Irving Berlin would likewise often write songs in the genre; notable examples include "My Beautiful Rhinestone Girl" from Face the Music (1932), a list song that starts off with a sequence of negative similes, [33] "Outside of That I Love You" from Louisiana Purchase, [34] and "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)" a challenge-duet, and Berlin ...

  8. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Wikipedia

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    "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is an English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem written by Jane Taylor, "The Star". [1] The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann.

  9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Wikipedia

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    [10] Embracing this idea of relativism, he committed to writing a song based on the first words he saw upon opening a book, which happened to be "gently weeps". [11] Harrison continued to work on the lyrics after this initial writing session. [10] The song reflects the disharmonious atmosphere within the Beatles following their return from India.