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The song has a tempo of 127.5 beats per minute and is written in the key of A major with a chord progression of D-A-F#m-E. According to Dan Smith, the song is written as a conversation between two victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, stating in an interview, "I was reading a book that had some picture of the people who got caught up in the volcanic eruption.
Music for Montserrat was a benefit concert held on 15 September 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall.The event was organised by Sir George Martin, former producer for The Beatles and founder of Associated Independent Recording, to raise funds for the Caribbean island of Montserrat after a major volcanic eruption by the Soufrière Hills volcano earlier that year.
Mount Matavanu is an active volcano on the island of Savaiʻi in Samoa. The volcano was formed during an eruption in 1905. [2] Lava flows from the eruption covered a large area of land in the Gagaʻemauga district, leading to the relocation of several villages. The name of the mountain refers to a valley (vanu) with an eye-shaped feature (mata ...
The eruption started on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland at 10:17pm on Monday night Iceland volcano - latest: Stunning footage shows 100m high lava waves as man rescued by helicopter ...
Lava spurts and flows after the eruption of a volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland. ... 30 this morning," the office reported online. "Shortly before 8:00 (a.m.), the lava ...
The volcano, Hawaii's second largest next to neighbor Mauna Loa, started erupting through four scratch-like fissures about 12:30 a.m. in an area 2.5 miles southwest of its caldera, the U.S ...
Volcano was recorded at AIR Studios in Montserrat and was played at the London benefit concert "Music for Montserrat", arranged by Sir George Martin to support the island after the twin disasters of Hurricane Hugo and the eruptions of the Soufrière Hills volcano. The lyrics were changed to fit the context.
This eruption was the largest in at least 1,300 years (after the hypothesized eruption causing the volcanic winter of 536); its effect on the climate may have been exacerbated by the 1814 eruption of Mayon in the Philippines. The significant amount of volcanic ash and gases released into the atmosphere blocked sunlight, leading to global cooling.