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Tommy" is an 1890 poem [1] by Rudyard Kipling, reprinted in his 1892 Barrack-Room Ballads. [2] The poem addresses the ordinary British soldier of Kipling's time in a sympathetic manner. [ 3 ] It is written from the point of view of such a soldier, and contrasts the treatment they receive from the general public during peace and during war.
In Eliot's view, this makes Kipling a 'ballad-writer', and that was already, he thought, more difficult in 1941 than in Kipling's time, as people no longer had the music hall to inspire them. [4] Eliot thought Kipling's ballads unusual, also, in that Kipling had been careful to make it possible to absorb each ballad's message on a single hearing.
The song was also to be followed by the 10-second track titled "Success," but it was ultimately dropped. The repeating chords in this song are E, B, and A. After two lines with those chords, the third line goes from a G# into a C#m (then two hits on a B chord to end the line.)
The one cover song on Tommy, "Eyesight to the Blind", may have been included to introduce the character of the acid queen. [1] Tommy's parents take Tommy to the Acid Queen to see if her "lascivious attentions" can cure Tommy of his ills. [2] However, she is unsuccessful in awakening him. [2]
Oley Speaks set to music a portion of Kipling's poem Mandalay, 1890, [2] from Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses, published in 1892 and 1896. The song comprises three verses of Kipling's poem: the first, second and sixth. The text of the song is a first-person description by a British soldier in 19th-century Burma, who has
"A Pilgrim's Way" is one of the most popular of poems by Rudyard Kipling. It was set to music by Peter Bellamy, [2] and has been recorded by Cockersdale, [3] Finest Kind, [4] John Roberts & Tony Barrand, [5] Damien Barber & Mike Wilson, [6] as well as the band Pilgrims’ Way (comprising Lucy Wright, Tom Kitching and Edwin Beasant).
Virginia-bred singer Tommy Richman makes his Billboard Hot 100 debut with “Million Dollar Baby” after the single experienced staggering growth in a rollout that started April 13 when Richman ...
"Overture" is a song by English rock band the Who, written by Pete Townshend. The track is one of three instrumental tracks on Tommy , the other two being "Underture" and "Sparks". On 9 October 1970, the song was included as the B-side of "See Me, Feel Me" – which did not chart – and was titled "Overture from Tommy".