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The name "frangipani" comes from a 16th-century marquis of the noble Frangipani family in Italy, who created a synthetic plumeria-like perfume. [6] [7] Common names for plants in the genus vary widely according to region, variety, and whim, but frangipani or variations on that theme are the most common. [5]
It grows as a spreading tree to 7–8 m (23–26 ft) high and wide, and is flushed with fragrant flowers of shades of pink, white and yellow over the summer and autumn. Its common names include frangipani , [ 2 ] red paucipan , [ 2 ] red-jasmine , [ 2 ] red frangipani , common frangipani, temple tree , [ 2 ] calachuchi , [ 5 ] or simply plumeria .
For the Khmer musicians who managed to escape the ruthless persecution of the Khmers Rouges who forbade any foreign influence and almost every form of music apart from propaganda, the refugee camps in Thailand were a safe haven where listening to "Champa Battambang" or the Khmer version of The House of the Rising Sun and others pieces of Cambodian rock music was a certain consolation in their ...
Pages in category "Songs about California" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The lyrics were written the following day by Boon who in 1962 at age 11 had moved to Los Angeles, California, and had lived in California until 1967, [2] [3] and had also sojourned in California prior to joining Diesel in 1978. [4] [5] Boon would later recall that he had spent time in Sausalito the summer before writing the song. [6]
"California Sun" was eventually featured on the band's debut album Let's Have a Party. A later version was released later that year as "California Sun '65" on their second and final album, Campus Party. The song was used in the 1987 movie Good Morning, Vietnam, as well as on its soundtrack album.
California was at the forefront for the emergence of these two genres in the 1990s with nu metal bands such as Korn, Linkin Park, Papa Roach and P.O.D all coming from California along with alternative metal bands such as A Perfect Circle, Audioslave, Deftones, Faith No More, Jane's Addiction, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, and Tool.
In 2021, the game show Press Your Luck introduced a Whammy animation spoofing the song, with "Whammy Poppins" singing "Supercalifragilistic-give me all your money!" [ 30 ] In September 2022, Japanese boyband JO1 pre-released the song "SuperCali" from their EP single, Midnight Sun .