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"September" has a funk groove based on a four-measure pattern that is consistent between verses and choruses, built on a circle of fifths. [7]Written in the key of A major, and using a chord progression written by Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist Al McKay, vocalist Maurice White and songwriter Allee Willis wrote the song over one month.
The song is used in the 1987 Woody Allen film Radio Days; Allen has stated that the song may be the best American popular song ever written. [11] Milton Berle sang "September Song" when he hosted an infamously bad 1979 episode of Saturday Night Live; producer Lorne Michaels claimed that Berle loaded the audience with friends and family, who ...
"Try to Remember" is a song about nostalgia [1] from the musical comedy play The Fantasticks (1960). It is the first song performed in the show, encouraging the audience to imagine what the sparse set suggests. The words were written by the American lyricist Tom Jones while Harvey Schmidt composed the music.
The song follows a police officer stationed at Ground Zero [41] "Anniversary" The song is set in New York City on the one-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks and discusses how New Yorkers' lives have changed. [42] [43] "Zephyr and I" Refers to the "fireman’s monument, where all the fatherless teenagers go" [44] Velvet Revolver "Messages"
In "Previews", the Season 1/Episode 14 of the TV series Smash, the character of producer Eileen Rand sings a version of "September Song". Anjelica Huston , who played Eileen Rand, is the granddaughter of Walter Huston, who introduced the song in the original production of Knickerbocker Holiday .
American Idiot was released on September 21, 2004 through Reprise Records; [8] "Wake Me Up When September Ends" is the eleventh song on the standard track list. [7] [9] It was released as the album's fourth single [10] on June 13, 2005, [11] [12] also through Reprise. [13]
And as a disclaimer: While "memes" typically mean funny images or jokes on the internet, these 9/11 "memes" are just more so posts online that respectfully remember those lost during such an ...
The album was reviewed by Greg Adams for Allmusic who wrote that "Mixing Durante's utterly unique voice with lush strings and a vocal chorus, September Song is a left-field masterpiece full of wistful and affecting performances. Durante was by no means a technically accomplished vocalist, but he negotiated the sessions with aplomb and created a ...