"which he lives. Winston has an affection and interest in items and poetry from the past. Even before he begins an affair with Julia, he develops a rapport with the seemingly harmless Mr Charrington, who sells him a diary and a distinctive coral ornament. He also introduces Winston to the largely forgotten rhyme ""Oranges and Lemons"", prompting him to look for similar lost poetry. Winston is described as a Londoner in the novel. His name is usually taken to come from Winston Churchill and the common surname Smith. He was also partly inspired by the character of Rubashov from Arthur"
"1831, while he was a student at the Andover Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts. His friend Lowell Mason had asked him to translate the lyrics in some German school songbooks or to write new lyrics. A melody in Muzio Clementi's Symphony No. 3 (also called 'The Great National' and contains the melody of 'God Save the Queen' as a tribute to Clementi's adopted country) caught his attention. Rather than translating the lyrics from German, Smith wrote his own American patriotic hymn to the melody, completing the lyrics in thirty minutes. Smith gave Mason the lyrics he had written and the"
"For Sale"" as it was originally intended to be sung - by a man. In the 1980s Smith became a member of The Salvation Army at Regent Hall Corps in Oxford Street, London. He played several concerts for the organisation and recorded the song ""I'll Make My Promises"" for the soundtrack album for the Gowans/Larsson musical ""The Blood of the Lamb"" (released by SP&S in 1981). As a composer Smith wrote scores for several musicals, including ""King, The Rainbow Girl, That Golden Fortune, Mountains of Peru, Mezzaluna"" and ""La Tosca"". He recorded several songs from those shows on a solo"
"Smith in their songs. The English band Elastica released the track ""How He Wrote Elastica Man"" in 2000, a reference to the 1980 Fall Song ""How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'"", while in 2014 the Fat White Family released an EP titled ""I Am Mark E Smith"". Sonic Youth covered three Fall songs, as well as the Kinks' ""Victoria"", which they released in 1990 as the ""4 Tunna Brix"" EP. Mark E. Smith Mark Edward Smith (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an English singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer, lyricist and only constant member of"
"school sweetheart, Suzanne (Sue), with whom he had three sons: Oscar, Tyrone, and Willard. Smith played in several lo-fi experimental bands in New Zealand and released a few albums with Say Yes to Apes and Hyphen-Ears in the mid '80s. After suffering a concussion while playing university rugby union in 1987, Smith was forced to sit on the sidelines for almost three weeks. His wife saw a casting call advertisement for the touring musical tribute to Elvis Presley, ""Are You Lonesome Tonight"", and signed up Kevin for an audition. He got the role of bodyguard JoJoe and was the lead"
"Honeywell plant. The family was of part-Irish ancestry and Patti was the eldest of four children. At the age of 4, Smith's family moved from Chicago to the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, before her family moved to Pitman, New Jersey and later to The Woodbury Gardens section of Deptford Township, New Jersey. At this early age Smith was exposed to her first records, including ""Shrimp Boats"" by Harry Belafonte, Patience and Prudence's ""The Money Tree"", and ""Another Side of Bob Dylan"", which her mother gave to her. Smith graduated from Deptford Township High School in 1964 and went to work"
"W. Smith, when the two met in the clothing store where Moore worked. He signed a publishing contract with Paragon Music, and began writing songs and singing on demo recordings. While with Paragon he wrote songs for fellow Christian singer and songwriter, Steven Curtis Chapman. Since that time they've become best friends, and have co-written numerous songs together, including the title track on Chapman's 1992 Dove Award and Grammy winning release ""The Great Adventure"". During the mid-1980s, Moore recorded three solo albums released on the Power Discs label, including ""Where are the Other Nine?"", ""Over the Edge"" and ""The Distance""."
"Learnin' the Blues ""Learnin' the Blues"" is a big band popular song written by Dolores ""Vicki"" Silvers and performed by Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra in 1955. Initially published on the B side of the EP ""Session With Sinatra"" (Capitol Records EAP 1-629), ""Learnin' the Blues"" was subsequently re-released in June 1955 as a single with Sinatra's ""If I Had Three Wishes"" on the B side (Capitol 3102). In the weeks of 3-9 and 24-30 July 1955, Sinatra's rendition was briefly the most frequently played song on U.S. radio. The single's sales peaked at #2 on the"
"stole it. I'm not sure from whom, but he said they'd never miss it. He worked with a lot of big-name artists and he felt it was his duty as a socialist to relieve them of some of their worldly possessions. So he gave me that at the end of Seventeen Seconds. I actually wrote ""Primary"" on it and incorporated it into a few other things."" Speaking of his brief stint(s) of playing guitar with Siouxsie & the Banshees in 1979, (and later from 1982-1984 while still playing with the Cure), Smith offered the following input of his time with"
"Studios looking for work as a songwriter, ending up recording his songs himself. His first recordings were not a success and Smith spent time working in life insurance before returning to the studio. Recording initially in an easy listening style, Smith's first chart success came in the late 1960s with ""Bend Down"", which was followed by Jamaican number one hits in ""Ride on Sammy,"" ""One Dream,"" and ""Pitta Patta"", all produced by Richard Khouri at Federal, the latter based on Lee ""Scratch"" Perry's ""Musical Transplant"" rhythm, which was voted the best song of the year in ""Swing"" magazine. In 1972,"
"he, Baker, and Clapton began rehearsing and became Cream. Four songs were recorded by the Powerhouse. Jones chose ""I Want to Know"" (his own composition, although credited to his wife, Sheila MacLeod) and Winwood selected ""Steppin' Out"". According to Boyd, Clapton wanted to record Albert King's ""Crosscut Saw"", but Boyd suggested ""Standing at the Crossroads"" (a version of Robert Johnson's ""Cross Road Blues"" recorded by Elmore James); Clapton then suggested Johnson's ""Traveling Riverside Blues"". Finally, a new arrangement of ""Crossroads"" was recorded using lyrics from both of the Johnson songs. A fourth song, described as a slow blues, was also"
"learn'. It is Paris where Clementine discovered Nina Simone. He delivers his introspective lyrics about integrity and vulnerability and explores both in everyday experience. One of his frustrations after returning to the UK was how little ambition he thinks there is in British song lyrics compared to his experience of French music. Talking to the ""Guardian"" journalist Tim Lewis, he said, ""it's very important down there (France) because most of the time they [the audience] pay more attention to what the singer says and what they are trying to express."" On his song ""Winston Churchill's boy"", he rewrites and repurposes"
"generally used on compilations. A cover of the song by Love Spit Love was used in the soundtrack for the 1996 film ""The Craft"" and later appeared as the theme song of the television series ""Charmed"" for eight seasons. Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr wrote ""How Soon Is Now?"" along with ""William, It Was Really Nothing"" and ""Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want"" during a four-day period at Earls Court in London in June 1984. His demo was originally called ""Swamp"". In contrast to the frequent chord changes he had employed in most Smiths' songs, Marr wanted to"
"portrayed a character called Candy Slice on ""Saturday Night Live"" based on Smith. Alternative rock singer-songwriter Courtney Love of Hole heavily credited Smith as being a huge influence on her; Love received Smith's album ""Horses"" in juvenile hall as a teenager, and ""realized that you could do something that was completely subversive that didn't involve violence [or] felonies. I stopped making trouble,"" said Love. ""I stopped."" Hole's classic track ""Violet"" features the lyrics ""And the sky was all violet / I want it again, but violent, more violent"", alluding to lyrics from Smith's ""Kimberly"". Love later stated that she considered"
"William, It Was Really Nothing ""William, It Was Really Nothing"" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released as a single in August 1984, featuring the B-sides ""Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want"" and ""How Soon Is Now?"", and reached No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart. The song is featured on the compilation albums ""Hatful of Hollow"" and ""Louder Than Bombs"", as well as other best of and singles collections. In 2004, the song was ranked No. 425 on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time."
"in 1994, with releases on the independent record labels Cavity Search and Kill Rock Stars (KRS). In 1997, he signed a contract with DreamWorks Records, for which he recorded two albums. Smith rose to mainstream prominence when his song ""Miss Misery""—included in the soundtrack for the film ""Good Will Hunting ""(1997)—was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category in 1998. Smith had trouble with alcohol and other drugs throughout his life, while suffering from depression, and these topics often appear in his lyrics. In 2003, aged 34, he died in Los Angeles, California, from two stab wounds"
"including ""Time Bandits"" (1981), ""The Missionary"" (1982), ""A Private Function"" (1984) and ""Nuns on the Run"" (1990). Leng recognises an increasing Python-based comedy influence in Harrison's songwriting and musical arrangements, beginning with his 1979 track ""Soft-Hearted Hana"" and subsequently including ""Save the World"", with that song's ""groove … horn charts and moog riffs"" reminiscent of ""His Name Is Legs"", and ""Greece"". Following his guest appearance on ""His Name Is Legs"", Smith became part of a coterie of local musicians known as the Henley Music Mafia, which also included Harrison, Alvin Lee, Jon Lord and Joe Brown. Smith appeared in the"
"style, as well as his habit of purposely detuning the high ""E"" (first) string on his guitars. Of his first lessons, Smith stated: I started on classical guitar, actually. I had lessons from age nine with a student of John Williams, a really excellent guitarist. [...] I learned a lot, but got to the point where I was losing the sense of fun. I wish I'd stuck with it. I still read music, but it takes me too long to work through a piece. Smith also described his detuning process: I don't know what it adds, but the guitar just"
"1982. While Smith wrote the single as a throwaway, ""stupid"" pop song to the press, it became a minor hit in the UK, reaching number 44 on the singles chart, but entered the Top 20 in Australia and New Zealand. It was followed in 1983 by two more successful songs: the synthesiser-based ""The Walk"" (number 12), and ""The Love Cats"", which became the band's first British Top 10 hit, reaching number seven. The group released these studio singles and their B-sides as the compilation album ""Japanese Whispers"", designed by Smith for the Japanese market only, but released worldwide on the"
"style on ""I Just Need Myself"". Both of those styles were left behind as a third emerged during the production of the band's debut album, ""Three Imaginary Boys"". This new sound, which can be heard on most of the final versions of songs from that period, became the signature Smith sound, which he generally abandoned during Seventeen Seconds era'. Around that time, Smith said he wanted to improve his singing, the opposite of his goal in 1984: he remarked in the documentary ""Ten Imaginary Years"" that he tried to sing badly on the album ""The Top"". Smith's songwriting has developed"
"by Smith in 1954, who was inspired by the song ""Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise"" by Romberg and Hammerstein. Smith, a jazz musician who had backed singers such as Patrice Munsel performing the song, composed ""Walk, Don't Run"" as a contrafact, using the chord progression from ""Softly..."" as the basis for his melody, which he keyed in D minor. Smith included the piece on his 1954 album ""In A Sentimental Mood"" using a title chosen by his producer, Teddy Reig. It was also on Smiths 1956 album, ""Moods"". In 1967, Johnny Smith recorded a new and more up-tempo arrangement"
"the famous press advertisement asking for ""four insane boys"" so he applied for the job. Nesmith won his role largely by appearing blasé when he auditioned. He rode his motorcycle to the audition, and wore a wool hat to keep his hair out of his eyes; producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider remembered ""Wool Hat"", and called Nesmith back. Once he was cast, Screen Gems bought his songs so they could be used in the show. Many of the songs Nesmith wrote for The Monkees, such as ""The Girl I Knew Somewhere"", ""Mary, Mary"" and ""Listen to the Band"", became"
"Scott Joplin, ""Cannonball Rag"" by Joe Northrup, ""Black and White Rag"" by George Botsford, and ""Don't Hit that Lady Dressed in Green"", about which he said ""the lyrics to this song were a sex education, especially for a twelve year old boy."". His other favorites picked up from the saloons were ""She's Got Good Booty"" and ""Baby, Let Your Drawers Hang Low"". By the early 1910s he was playing in New York City and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Smith served in World War I, where he saw action in France, and played drum with the African-American regimental band led by"
"was born in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans. He was influenced by the innovative work of Professor Longhair. He became known for his shuffling right-handed break on the piano that influenced other Southern players. Smith wrote his first song on the piano, ""Robertson Street Boogie"" (named after the street where he lived), when he was eight years old. He performed the tune with a friend; they billed themselves as Slick and Dark. Smith attended McDowell High School and Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. When Smith was fifteen, he began working in clubs and recording with his"
"in several record deals being offered. The song was re-recorded with Robert Smith playing most instruments in January 1984, produced by Chris Parry, and was released on Fiction Records (with a new video) in June, reaching number 34 in the British charts. He was invited to America for the first time in 1983 by Neil Young who asked him to film the video for his song ""Wonderin’"". Young personally drove him around Los Angeles on a guided tour to see the sights, using the car that was ultimately to feature in the famous ""Wonderin’"" video, filmed with its idiosyncratic speed-up,"
"Suffer Little Children ""Suffer Little Children"" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. It was included on ""The Smiths"" in February 1984 and as a B-side to the May 1984 single ""Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now"". The song is about the Moors murders that took place on Saddleworth Moor, which overlooks Manchester, between 1963 and 1965. At the time of their deaths, many of the victims were only a few years older than Morrissey (born 1959), who wrote the lyrics of the song after reading a book about the"
"Miami (Will Smith song) ""Miami"" is a 1998 single by American rapper Will Smith from his debut solo album ""Big Willie Style"" (1997). It samples The Whispers's 1980 hit ""And The Beat Goes On."" The song charted at number 17 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number 3 on the UK charts. ""Miami"" won a MTV VMA Best Male Video award. The video, which incorporates the first two verses and refrains of the selection's ""radio edit,"" followed by the third verse and refrain of its ""Miami Mix,"" both listed below, features an early on-screen appearance of Smith's future ""Hitch"" co-star,"
"have done so if they had known that it was not being done with the director's approval. Most of the tracks are instrumental, with song titles and lyrics of two songs on the album being derived from Orwell's text. For instance, ""I Did It Just The Same"" is taken from a passage in the book where the protagonist, Winston Smith, relates how he committed ""sexcrime"" with a prostitute—initially deceived by her makeup, when he got close to her, he realised she was ""about fifty—but I did it just the same"". ""Julia"" was the name of Winston's lover. ""Sexcrime"" and ""Doubleplusgood"""
"nominated for a Grammy Award on 1989. Smith has around 30 albums as leader to his credit in the United States and Japan. Described by critics as ""fiery"", ""passionate"", and having ""an evil left hand"", he was a frequent headliner at jazz festivals around the world. Smith may be heard on recordings ranging from the popular Burt Bacharach/Dionne Warwick and Steve Lawrence/Eydie Gorme tracks, recorded in the 1960s, to jazz albums with Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy DeFranco, Louie Bellson, Milt Hinton, and Clark Terry. The material Smith has recorded also includes movie sound tracks among them Woody Allen's ""Hannah and Her"
"Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter and author. He came to prominence as the frontman of the Smiths, a rock band active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, Morrissey has had a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions and reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart thrice. Born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, to a working-class Irish migrant family, Morrissey grew up in Manchester. As a child he developed a love of literature, kitchen sink realism, and pop music. Involved in"
"Smith as DJ, the El Paso sound system grew in popularity and caught the attention of producer Keith Hudson, who asked him to record for him, starting with ""Marker Version"", with hits soon following in the form of ""Spanish Amigo"", ""Shades Of Hudson"", ""Revelation Version"", ""Maca Version"" and ""The Sky's The Limit"", all in 1970. Smith then moved to Coxsone Dodd's Studio One where he decided on a change of name, 'Al Capone' being a nickname that had stuck with him since going to see a gangster movie with friends. This resulted in the ""Nanny Version"" single, which was another"
"from David McConnell of Goldenboy. McConnell told ""Spin"" that, during this time, Smith would smoke over $1,500 worth of heroin and crack per day, would often talk about suicide, and on numerous occasions tried to give himself an overdose. Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips and Scott McPherson of Sense Field played a few drum tracks, Sam Coomes contributed some bass guitar and backing vocals, but almost every other instrument was recorded by Smith. Smith's song ""Needle in the Hay"" was included in Wes Anderson's 2001 dark comedy film ""The Royal Tenenbaums"" during a suicide attempt scene. Smith was originally"
"Wild Wild West (Will Smith song) ""Wild Wild West"" is a single by American actor and rapper Will Smith, released as the fourteenth cut from his second solo album ""Willennium"" (1999). It is best known for being the theme song of the 1999 film of the same name Smith also starred in. The song became a number-one hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and its extended music video, directed by Paul Hunter, was a hit on MTV. Will Smith's ""Wild Wild West"" single samples Stevie Wonder's 1976 hit song ""I Wish"", with parts of the chorus from Kool Moe Dee's"