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Saturday Night is a 1955 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Julius J. Epstein, based on the play, Front Porch in Flatbush, written by Epstein and his brother Philip. The first professional musical written by Stephen Sondheim, Saturday Night was intended to open on Broadway in 1955; however, after the sudden death ...
The regular edition was backed with live versions of "Hot Patootie (Whatever Happened to Saturday Night?)" and "I'd Do Anything for Love", while the limited edition contained the non-album track "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" from Oklahoma! and the album track "Runnin' for the Red Light". US CD single [3]
The lyrics of "Baker Street" reflected Rafferty's disenchantment with certain elements of the music industry. This was elaborated on by music journalist Paul Gambaccini for BBC World News:. [30] His song "Baker Street" was about how uncomfortable he felt in the star system, and what do you know, it was a giant world hit.
The recognizable hand-clapping rhythmic pattern became popular in cheerleading and as a football chant worldwide. [5] [6] The rhythm was later used in the Bay City Rollers hit "Saturday Night" in 1976, The Ramones' Phil Spector-produced "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" in 1980 (which also quotes the phrase "let's go"), Like Wow – Wipeout (1985) by Australian band The Hoodoo Gurus, art ...
The song's title (and the chorus's lyrics) echo the title of a popular British situation comedy from the 1970s: Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? The song reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart when released.
The lyrics, except for Su’s contribution, are pretty straightforward science-nerd stuff about all things explosive. Su’s addition, whatever the source (and I have no reason to doubt what Brian Smith has apparently written about how Su came up with that addition), gave the song a poetical spin that added the dimension it needed to make it ...
Mason Douglas Williams (born August 24, 1938) is an American classical guitarist, composer, singer, writer, comedian, and poet, best known for his 1968 instrumental "Classical Gas" and for his work as a comedy writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and Saturday Night Live.
[4] [6] One line, "Well it's Saturday night and I just gotta rip it up" recalls Little Richard's song "Rip It Up" but unlike Little Richard, Lennon is not looking to celebrate Saturday night but rather expressing his anxiety about his personal situation and lamenting the time he has wasted getting drunk to try to forget about it. [1] [3] [6]