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Edge of Seventeen. " Edge of Seventeen " is a song by the American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks from her debut solo studio album Bella Donna (1981), released as the third single from the album on February 4, 1982. [1] The lyrics were written by Nicks to express the grief resulting from the death of her uncle Jonathan and the murder of John ...
Cotton-Eyed Joe. " Cotton-Eyed Joe " (also known as " Cotton-Eye Joe ") (Roud 942) is a traditional American country folk song popular at various times throughout the United States and Canada, although today it is most commonly associated with the American South. The song is mostly identified with the 1994 Rednex version, which became popular ...
Haddocks' Eyes. Illustration by John Tenniel. " Haddocks' Eyes " is the nickname [1] of the name of a song sung by The White Knight from Lewis Carroll 's 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, chapter VIII. "Haddocks' Eyes" is an example used to elaborate on the symbolic status of the concept of "name": a name as identification marker may be ...
Paul V. Yoder 's arrangement of "You're a Grand Old Flag"'s chorus, as performed by a United States Army band. " You're a Grand Old Flag " is an American patriotic march. The song, a spirited march written by George M. Cohan, is a tribute to the U.S. flag. In addition to obvious references to the flag, it incorporates snippets of other popular ...
Blue-eyed soul. Blue-eyed soul (also called white soul[1]) is rhythm and blues (R&B) and soul music performed by White artists. [2] The term was coined in the mid-1960s, to describe white artists whose sound was similar to that of the predominantly black Motown and Stax record labels. Though many R&B radio stations in the United States in that ...
This melody was used in the Folk Songs song cycle by Luciano Berio. [2] The song has become a part of the traditional repertory of Celtic music artists. The song was collected as "Black is the color" by Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles in 1916 from Mrs Lizzie Roberts, it is listed in English folk songs from the southern Appalachians (1917). [3]
The song is known for its distinct time signatures and corresponding lyrical patterns. The time signatures of the chorus of the song change from 9/8 to 8/8 to 7/8; as drummer Danny Carey says, "It was originally titled 9-8-7. For the time signatures. Then it turned out that 987 was the 16th number of the Fibonacci sequence.
Length: 4.3-5.1 in (11-13 cm) Weight: 0.3-0.5 oz (10-14 g) Wingspan: 6.7 in (17 cm) Its head and back are a greyish olive, and the underparts are white with yellow flanks. The wings and tail are dark, and there are two white wing bars on each wing. The eyes have white irises, and are surrounded by yellow spectacles.