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"So Long, Farewell" is a song from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1959 musical, The Sound of Music. It was included in the original Broadway run and was first performed by the Von Trapp children, played by Kathy Dunn, David Gress, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Lauri Peters, Marilyn Rogers, Joseph Stewart, and Frances Underhill.
The lyrics of "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" reference the architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, who died in 1959. [4] Art Garfunkel had studied to become an architect. [4] [5] [6] While Garfunkel sings the song's fadeout to the words "so long," producer and engineer Roy Halee is heard on the recording calling out "So long already Artie!"
Musically, Spin described the song as "an orchestral power-rocker of sorts, alternating sunnier, almost glam-like chord progressions with more traditional hard rock gestures". [3] The song was written in major key, and features a more upbeat tempo than most songs by the band. [6] [11] [12] The song features driving percussion, dark guitar parts ...
If there is any song on The Tortured Poets Department’s track list that seems to literally have Taylor Swift’s ex Joe Alwyn’s name on it, it’s “So Long, London.” Lyrically, the song ...
In 2019, Taylor Swift released the upbeat pop song “London Boy.” Five years later, she’s saying “so long” to the city with her new song “So Long London.”
A lot of people I know think that there is nothing more important than making a song. Fortunately, this belief arises infrequently in their conversation. Marianne Ihlen herself, however, said that the original words were not "So long, Marianne", but "Come on, Marianne", indicating that in an early version of the song, it was not meant as a goodbye.
The song "Farewell, Farewell", recorded by Fairport Convention on their album Liege and Lief in 1969, is an adaptation featuring new lyrics by Richard Thompson. A recording of "Willie O' Winsbury" played and sung by Thompson was included in the 2006 boxset RT - The Life and Music of Richard Thompson .
How ironic, Kathleen. You've been crowned the newest queen." The song's title is a reference to riot grrrl record label Kill Rock Stars. In response Hanna wrote "Deceptacon", included on Le Tigre's first album, which referred to the NOFX song "Linoleum": "Your lyrics are dumb like a linoleum floor, I'll walk on it, I'll walk all over you". [6]