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"Only the Good Die Young" was controversial for its time, with the lyrics written from the perspective of a young man determined to have sex with a Catholic girl. [3] The song was inspired by a high school love interest of Joel's, Virginia Callahan.
The final track, "Only the Good Die Young", closes the storyline [19] and was later featured in an episode of the 1980s' TV series Miami Vice. [20] The record opens and closes with an identical brief acoustic piece accompanied by two verses of lyrics, [ 9 ] written by Dickinson, [ 14 ] which, according to Sputnikmusic, "foreshadows doom and ...
"No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young)" is the final single recorded by the British rock band Queen. Recorded and released in 1997, six years after the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury, it is the only Queen recording to feature a three-piece lineup: guitarist Brian May (who wrote the song), drummer Roger Taylor, and bassist John Deacon.
Only the Good Die Young" was written by Joel while opening for the Beach Boys in Knoxville, Tennessee, at which point it sounded slower-pace and more akin to a reggae tune, with Joel even singing the song's lyrics in a Jamaican accent. The mood of the song was shifted at the insistence of drummer Liberty DeVitto, who reportedly said to Joel ...
There is an old adage ‘only the good die young’ and Londie was better than good, she was great! May God be pleased with her works and may peace, ...
The band reformed in 1988 for a brief tour, which was recorded and released as Only the Good Die Young. However, when Graves died in 1990 from an accidental drug overdose, the band broke up once again.
The die is cast [26] The early bird catches the worm; The end justifies the means; The enemy of my enemy is my friend; The exception which proves the rule; The female of the species is more deadly than the male; The good die young; The grass is always greener (on the other side) (of the fence) The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
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