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"The Weight" was written by Robbie Robertson, who found the tune by strumming idly on his guitar, a 1951 Martin D-28, when he noticed that the interior included a stamp noting that it was manufactured in Nazareth, Pennsylvania (C. F. Martin & Company is situated there), and he started crafting the lyrics as he played.
"Chest Fever" is a song recorded by the Band on its 1968 debut, Music from Big Pink. It is, according to Peter Viney, a historian of the group, the album track that has appeared on the most subsequent live albums and compilations, second only to "The Weight". [1] The music for the piece was written by guitarist Robbie Robertson.
The song gained traction following more successful covers by Jackie DeShannon (US No. 55, 1968), Aretha Franklin (US No. 19, 1969), and the Supremes with the Temptations (US No. 46, 1969), and the song's inclusion in the movie Easy Rider (1969), which became a runaway success. "The Weight" has since become the Band's best known song.
Standing out from BigBang's usual "heavily produced electronic dance tracks", [2] "Love Song" is pop-rock ballad [1] that was compared to Coldplay's early material. An English version was later released on BIGBANG's second Japanese mini-album With U. [3] The single "utilizes building strings and overlapping vocals to create an uplifting tone despite the otherwise depressing lyrics" [2] and ...
The Band was a Canadian-American rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1957.It consisted of the Canadians Rick Danko (bass, guitar, vocals, fiddle), Garth Hudson (organ, keyboards, accordion, saxophone), Richard Manuel (piano, drums, vocals) and Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals, piano, percussion) and the American Levon Helm (drums, vocals, mandolin, guitar, bass).
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The mix used for the single is disputed, as the Band had second thoughts about the work of initial engineer Todd Rundgren, and sent the tapes to be remixed by British engineer Glyn Johns. Most likely it was the Johns mixes used for both the album and the single. [6] The Band drummer Levon Helm has written that the song is about "desperation."
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