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"My precious." Gollum: Andy Serkis: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: 2002 86 "Attica! Attica!" Sonny Wortzik: Al Pacino: Dog Day Afternoon: 1975 87 "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!" Julian Marsh Warner Baxter: 42nd Street: 1933 88 "Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you ...
"Precious" is a song written by Chrissie Hynde and performed by her band the Pretenders. First released on the band's self-titled debut album in late 1979, the song features punk-inspired music and aggressive lyrics. The song was released as a single in some countries and reached number 28 on the US dance charts as part of a medley.
The song has been sampled in recent pop songs, and the Flamingos were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Michael Ochs Archives - Getty Images “Yakety Yak” by The Coasters (1958)
The live version of "Precious" on this EP, recorded at their New York Central Park performance on 30 August 1980, was finally released on CD on November 5, 2021. The booklet for disc one of the Pretenders debut album from the 2015 UK Edsel/Rhino Records box set 1979–1999 incorrectly states "Precious" (track 17) is from that Central Park ...
“I’m getting in my car in the morning, I'm singing this song. I'm in line for a coffee, I'm tapping my foot. It was just one of those things. It's like, oh, OK, this is an earworm. This is how ...
One suggestion is that "Gollum" derives from golem, a being in Jewish folklore (Prague golem pictured). [4]The Tolkien scholar Douglas A. Anderson, editor of The Annotated Hobbit, suggests that Tolkien derived the name "Gollum" from Old Norse gull/goll, meaning ' gold '; this has the dative form gollum, which can mean ' treasure '. [4]
Precious: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album that accompanied the 2009 film Precious directed by Lee Daniels, released through Matriarch Records and Geffen Records in association with Lionsgate Records on November 3, 2009. The album featured songs performed by various artists, which is a compilation of original songs and ...
Craig S. Semon from Telegram & Gazette wrote, "On "Precious", Lennox's tarnished Eurythmics' mystique and her newly found solo freedom finally fall into place. With intense vocals, she romances an angel (obviously a song to her 18-month-old daughter, Lola), while a funky program and a jazzy horn solo keep the song grooving.