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"Fire and Rain" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, released in August 1970 by Warner Bros. Records as the second single from Taylor's second studio album, Sweet Baby James. The song follows Taylor's reaction to the suicide of Suzanne Schnerr, a childhood friend, and his experiences with drug addiction ...
[1] The song opens with the lines "Let's put our heads together and start a new country up," which R.E.M. biographer Tony Fletcher describes as sounding like a "call to arms." [5] On the other hand, music writer Craig Rosen feels that the line adds to the song's optimism. [1] Another line in the song states that "we'll burn the river down."
Anna Domino (as Snakefarm) recorded a version on the 1999 album Songs From My Funeral. Carl Rutherford recorded a version on his 2001 album, Turn Off the Fear. [25] Bill Callahan (as Smog) recorded a version on his 2005 album A River Ain't Too Much to Love. Martin Simpson recorded a version titled "In the Pines" on his 2011 album Purpose + Grace.
The valley is called the "Valley of the Rain Forest Giants" because of the number of record size tree species located there. The largest specimens of Western Red Cedar, Sitka Spruce, Western Hemlock, Alaskan Cedar and Mountain Hemlock are found in the forest as well as five of the ten largest Douglas-firs. The forest receives an average of 17 ...
Fire and Rain may refer to: "Fire and Rain" (song), a 1970 song by James Taylor; Fire and Rain, a 1989 film directed by Jerry J. Jameson;
The song's story unfolds as the narrative of one family's history as factory-workers in Youngstown. [8] The narrator of the song himself is a Vietnam War veteran (continuing Springsteen's fixation with that war, also evident in songs such as "Born in the U.S.A.", "Lost in the Flood", and "Galveston Bay") and his father fought in World War II ...
"Fire" is a song by R&B/funk band Ohio Players. It was the opening track from the album of the same name and hit No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1975. [3] It spent two weeks atop the soul chart. "Fire" was the Ohio Players' only entry on the new disco/dance chart, where it peaked at No. 10. [4]
Banks of the Ohio" [1] [2] (Roud 157, Laws F5), also known as "Down on the Banks of the Ohio" and "I'll Never Be Yours", [3] is a 19th-century murder ballad, written by unknown authors. The lyrics tell of "Willie" who invites his young lover for a walk during which she rejects his marriage proposal, and once they are alone on the river bank, he ...