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  2. Songfacts - Wikipedia

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    Songfacts is a music-oriented website that has articles about songs, detailing the meaning behind the lyrics, how and when they were recorded, and any other info that can be found. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]

  3. 11 o'clock number - Wikipedia

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    11 o'clock number is a theatre term for a big, show-stopping song that occurs late in the second act of a two-act musical, in which a major character, often the protagonist, comes to an important realization.

  4. Lucius Artorius Castus - Wikipedia

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    The strongest link between them may be the extended family or clan name Artorius which may have developed into the personal name Arthur, but this does not necessarily mean Lucius Artorius Castus himself inspired the legends. The possibility, however unlikely or remote, is nonetheless real that he was remembered in local tales that grew in the ...

  5. Arthur McBride - Wikipedia

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    A song in Newcastle-upon-Tyne marking the 1821 coronation of George IV specifies its tune as "Arthur McBride". [10] "The Bold Tenant Farmer" has a similar tune which is sometimes used. [11] [12] Thomas Ainge Devyr (1805–1887), an Irish Chartist who emigrated to America in 1840, in his 1882 memoir recalled the song from his youth in County ...

  6. Earworm - Wikipedia

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    Another suggested remedy is to try to find a "cure song" to stop the repeating music. [31] [32] There are also so-called "cure songs" or "cure tunes" to get the earworm out of one's head. "God Save the King" is cited as a very popular and helpful choice of cure song. [33] "Happy Birthday" was also a popular choice in cure songs. [31]

  7. Song of Armouris - Wikipedia

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    The Song of Armouris or the Lay of Armouris (also Armoures; Greek: Ἄσμα τοῦ Ἀρμούρη) [a] is a medieval Greek heroic poem of the middle Byzantine period. Dating from the 11th century, it is probably one of the oldest surviving Acritic songs, narrative heroic songs or ballads celebrating the lives and exploits of the Byzantine Akritai.

  8. Hymn 43 - Wikipedia

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    Songwriter Ian Anderson described the song as "a blues for Jesus, about the gory, glory seekers who use his name as an excuse for a lot of unsavoury things. You know, 'Hey Dad, it's not my fault — the missionaries lied.'" [3] Sean Murphy of PopMatters wrote that, "For “Hymn 43” Anderson sets his sights on the US and in quick order sets about decimating the hypocrisy and myth-making of ...

  9. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2015 August ...

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    What does it mean for the movie star to get burned? What is a three-way script? What does "enter number two" mean? In the literal sense. This (I suppose?) is what I get. There is a film, with three movie stars. There is a love triangle. The singer of the song gets "burned" (loses the affection of the female). Number two, the rival male, enters ...