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The song is a tribute to two anarchists of Italian origin, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti who were sentenced to death by a United States court in the 1920s. Mainstream opinion has concluded since that the ruling was based on abhorrence to their anarchist political beliefs rather than on any proof that they committed the robbery and murders of which they were accused.
"Love Me Forever" is a popular song by the Four Esquires. Released in the United States by independent record label Paris Records (cat. no. 509), it features orchestral backing by Sid Bass with a female session vocalist and peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1957. [ 1 ]
The song's popularity has reached far beyond the band's; CCLI places the song among the 30 most-sung worship songs in the United States [1] and has been called a "modern worship classic". [2] According to Martin Smith, the author of the song: "That song just wrote itself in about five minutes. The same chords the whole way through the song.
"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the British rock band Queen. A power ballad , [ 1 ] it is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic , which was released in June 1986, and was written by lead guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander . [ 2 ]
A live performance of the song appears in Queen at Wembley from 1986 where again Mercury conducts the audience as they sing the song. [8] After Mercury's death, Brian May has frequently dedicated the song to him in his own live performances. A notable exception is the Sheffield show which yielded the Return of the Champions CD and DVD. At that ...
The singer asks their lover: "Don't ask why / Don't ask how / Don't ask forever / Love me now." According to Sainte-Marie, the song "popped into my head while I was falling in love with someone I knew couldn't stay with me." [2]
"Live Forever" has garnered additional acclaim years after its release. In 2006, "Live Forever" was named the greatest song of all time in a poll released by Q; the song had ranked ninth in a similar Q poll three years prior. [23] In 2007, "Live Forever" placed number one in the NME and XFM poll of the 50 "Greatest Indie Anthems Ever". [24]
In 2013, the song was remixed by Laidback Luke for the Donna Summer remix album Love To Love You Donna (it was also remixed by Ralphi Rosario and Frank Lamboy), which was released to dance clubs all over America, having a successful peaking at No. 1, giving Summer her first posthumous No. 1 and her twentieth No. 1 overall. [23]