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The song is most associated with the July 1985 Live Aid event, where it was performed by The Cars during the Philadelphia event; the song was also used as the background music to a montage of clips depicting the contemporaneous Ethiopian famine during the London event, which was introduced by British musician David Bowie.
The song is based on Donna Deitch's 1985 film Desert Hearts, which is an adaptation of Rule's novel. [186] "Soma" Is This It: The Strokes: Brave New World: Aldous Huxley: Refers to the fictional drug used in Brave New World. [187] "Song For Clay" A Weekend in the City: Bloc Party: Less than Zero: Bret Easton Ellis [53] "The Stand (Prophecy ...
"Nebraska" is the title song of Bruce Springsteen's 1982 solo album. The stark, moody composition sets the tone for the LP, the content of which consists mostly of songs about criminals and desperate people, accompanied only by acoustic guitar and harmonica. [1]
Today, “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke and “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye remain relevant to Black America.
The song appears on an album of the same name released by Rogers in 1981, and is considered one of the classic songs in Canadian music history. When Peter Gzowski of CBC's national radio program Morningside asked Canadians to pick an alternative national anthem , "Northwest Passage" was the overwhelming choice of his listeners.
"Strangers When We Meet" is a song by English musician David Bowie, originally recorded for his 1993 album The Buddha of Suburbia. In 1995, Bowie re-recorded the song for his 20th studio album, Outside (1995), and this version was edited and released in November 1995 by RCA as the second single from the album, paired with a reworked version of Bowie's 1970 song "The Man Who Sold the World".
"Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right" is a gospel blues song recorded in 1930 by Blind Willie Johnson with backing vocals by Willis B. Harris, who may have been his first wife. [1] The song was released in 1930 on Columbia 14597 as B-side to " Go with Me to That Land ".
"Meeting Across the River" is the seventh track on Bruce Springsteen's 1975 album, Born to Run; it also appeared as the B-side of "Born to Run", the lead single from that album. The song is often paired with " Jungleland " in concert, though without the Randy Brecker trumpet part from the record and with regular bass guitarist Garry Tallent .