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The song and its lyric video were released on September 12, 2017, as the fourth and final single from her debut studio album, Stranger in the Alps, through the Dead Oceans label. The song follows a narrator describing the death of someone whose funeral she will be singing at, depicting the inescapable grief, anxiety, depression of everyday life.
"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was arranged and conducted by John Altman and recorded at Chappell's Studio [5] with a full orchestra and the Fred Tomlinson Singers. [5] The whistling was performed by Neil Innes. [8] The song appeared on the film soundtrack album, listed as "Look on the Bright Side of Life (All Things Dull and Ugly)".
"Meaning of Life" was written by James Morrison with Ilsey Juber and Jesse Shatkin, who produced the track. [2] A doo-wop soul pop and R&B song, [3] [4] [5] it sings of learning the "meaning of life", during which the singer confesses the loneliness she's been feeling but her love is what brings her to life, showing her the light. [5]
Although credited to Williams, "The Funeral" had existed for years as a poem written by Will Carleton and recounts a black child's funeral. T. Texas Tyler , who had scored a big hit with the recitation " Deck of Cards " in 1948, had recorded a version of the song titled "Colored Child's Funeral" around the same time as Williams recorded it, as ...
The film's songs are included in full, with "Christmas In Heaven" having a longer fade-out than appears in the film. The original UK vinyl release had the traditional George Peckham messages etched on the runout grooves. The first side read: "GADZOOKS!!! NO TIME LEFT. TURN OVER FOR "THE MEANING OF LIFE" NOW.
The Meaning of Life was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. [29] While the Cannes jury, led by William Styron, were fiercely split on their opinions on several films in competition, The Meaning of Life had general support, securing it the second-highest honour after the Palme d'Or for The Ballad of Narayama. [30]
[1] The song Brumley described appears to be "The Prisoner's Song". [4] It was an additional three years later until Brumley worked out the rest of the song, paraphrasing one line from the secular ballad to read, "Like a bird from prison bars has flown" using prison as a metaphor for earthly life. [ 1 ]