"""Turdus"", is the Latin for ""thrush"", and the specific epithet refers to a character in Greek mythology, Philomela, who had her tongue cut out, but was changed into a singing bird. Her name is derived from the Ancient Greek ""Φιλο"" ""philo-"" (""loving""), and ""μέλος"" ""melos"" (""song""). The dialect names ""throstle"" and ""mavis"" both mean ""thrush"", being related to the German ""drossel"" and French ""mauvis"" respectively. ""Throstle"" dates back to at least the fourteenth century and was used by Chaucer in the ""Parliament of Fowls"". Mavis is derived via Middle English ""mavys"" and Old French ""mauvis"" from Middle Breton ""milhuyt"" meaning"
"Crush (Dave Matthews Band song) ""Crush"" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band, released as the third single from their album ""Before These Crowded Streets"". As a single, it reached #11 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, #75 on the Billboard Hot 100, #38 on the Top 40 Mainstream, and #20 on the Adult Top 40. As the album version is over eight minutes in length, the song time was cut almost in half for radio airplay. The song was almost omitted from ""Before These Crowded Streets"" as the band struggled with it in the studio until bassist Stefan"
"to changes in farming practices. The song thrush builds a neat mud-lined cup nest in a bush or tree and lays four to five dark-spotted blue eggs. It is omnivorous and has the habit of using a favourite stone as an ""anvil"" on which to break open the shells of snails. Like other perching birds (passerines), it is affected by external and internal parasites and is vulnerable to predation by cats and birds of prey. The song thrush was described by German ornithologist Christian Ludwig Brehm in 1831, and still bears its original scientific name, ""Turdus philomelos"". The generic name,"
"Crush (Mandy Moore song) ""Crush"" is a song by Mandy Moore on her third album, ""Mandy Moore"" (2001). It was the album's second single — following the mildly successful ""In My Pocket"" — and Moore's sixth. The single was released in mid-2001 (see 2001 in music). The song peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. It did chart also on the Pop Songs chart, where it stayed for five weeks and peaked at number 35. As the date, ""Crush"" has sold 7,000 physical copies and 138,000 paid digital downloads according to Nielsen Soundscan. The ""Crush"" music"
"Chough"", by Giovanni da Udine, an artist who worked in Raphael's studio in the 16th century, was a sketch for his ""Bird with Garland and Fruit"", and this in turn was the basis for a Raphael fresco in the Apostolic Palace. The early Renaissance poem ""The Harmony of Birds"" features a thrusshe (mistle thrush) singing the phrase ""sanctus, sanctus"", distinguishing the bird from the song thrush, the ""mauys"" or ""throstle"". The song of the mistle thrush is also described in Thomas Hardy's ""Darkling Thrush"" and Edward Thomas's ""The Thrush"". The loud call of this common and conspicuous bird also led"
"Turned"", Romantic poet William Wordsworth references the song thrush, writing Hark, how blithe the throstle sings And he is no mean preacher Come forth into the light of things Let Nature be your teacher The song thrush is the emblem of West Bromwich Albion Football Club, chosen because the public house in which the team used to change kept a pet thrush in a cage. It also gave rise to Albion's early nickname, ""The Throstles"". Thrushes have been trapped for food from as far back as 12,000 years ago and an early reference is found in the ""Odyssey"": ""Then, as"
"Crush (Pendulum song) ""Crush"" is the fourth single from Australian drum and bass band Pendulum released from their third studio album, ""Immersion"". Its release was set to coincide with the iTunes ""Immersion"" LP. The official video for the song was released on 7 January 2011 by BBC Radio 1 on their website. It was directed by Tim Qualtrough, who previously directed the official video for the single ""Propane Nightmares"". A ""Crush"" screensaver was released to promote the single. The song reached number 92 in the UK Singles Chart on week 4, 2011, before dropping out a week later. ""Crush"" is"
"Tush (ZZ Top song) ""Tush"" is a song by American blues rock band ZZ Top and was the only single from their fourth album ""Fandango!"". The song was named the 67th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. The song is a twelve-bar blues in the key of G. The recording was produced by Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. The title is a double entendre, referring both to slang for buttocks (with the connotation of ""a piece of ass""), and slang for ""luxurious"" or ""lavish"", according to a 1985 interview with Dusty Hill in"
"Song thrush The song thrush (""Turdus philomelos"") is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has three recognised subspecies. Its distinctive song, which has repeated musical phrases, has frequently been referred to in poetry. The song thrush breeds in forests, gardens and parks, and is partially migratory with many birds wintering in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East; it has also been introduced into New Zealand and Australia. Although it is not threatened globally, there have been serious population declines in parts of Europe, possibly due"
"loss of hedgerows, a move to sowing crops in autumn rather than spring, and possibly the increased use of pesticides. These changes may have reduced the availability of food and of nest sites. In gardens, the use of poison bait to control slugs and snails may pose a threat. In urban areas, some thrushes are killed while using the hard surface of roads to smash snails. The song thrush's characteristic song, with melodic phrases repeated twice or more, is described by the nineteenth-century British poet Robert Browning in his poem ""Home Thoughts, from Abroad"": That's the wise thrush; he sings"
"(""What the Thunder Said"") of the T. S. Eliot poem ""The Waste Land"". Former Canadian indie-rock band Thrush Hermit took their name from a reversal of the bird's name. It is also shared by the American bands Hermit Thrushes and Hermit Thrush. Hermit thrush The hermit thrush (""Catharus guttatus"") is a medium-sized North American thrush. It is not very closely related to the other North American migrant species of ""Catharus"", but rather to the Mexican russet nightingale-thrush. The specific name ""guttatus"" is Latin for ""spotted"". This species measures in length, spans across the wings and weighs . Among standard measurements,"
"The Darkling Thrush ""The Darkling Thrush"" is a poem by Thomas Hardy. Originally titled """"By the Century's Deathbed, 1900"", it was published on 29 December 1900 in ""The Graphic"". A deleted '1899' on the poem's manuscript suggests that it may have been written the year before. It was later included in a collection entitled ""Poems of the Past and the Present"" (1901). The first stanzas open with a description of the dreary, bleak winter landscape, but the melancholy tone is transformed by the bright, optimistic singing of ""an aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small."" In the end, the speaker concludes"
"each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture! The song also inspired the nineteenth-century British writer Thomas Hardy, who spoke in ""Darkling Thrush"" of the bird's ""full-hearted song evensong/Of joy illimited"", but twentieth-century British poet Ted Hughes in ""Thrushes"" concentrated on its hunting prowess: ""Nothing but bounce and/stab/and a ravening second"". Nineteenth-century Welsh poet Edward Thomas wrote 15 poems concerning blackbirds or thrushes, including ""The Thrush"": I hear the thrush, and I see Him alone at the end of the lane Near the bare poplar's tip, Singing continuously. In ""The Tables"
"Crush (Fugative song) ""Crush"" is the third single by British rapper Fugative, featuring Troy & Martika of the British group Ruff Diamondz. It was released as a Digital Download on 9 May 2010, with the CD single being released the following day. According to the Official Chart Update, it became Fugative's most successful single to date. On 16 May 2010 the single entered the UK Singles Chart at number 26, making it his first Top 40 hit. ""Crush"" debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 16 May 2010 at a current peak of #26. Crush spent two weeks inside the"
"at least the nineteenth century the song thrush was kept as a cage bird because of its melodious voice. As with hunting, there is little evidence that the taking of wild birds for aviculture has had a significant effect on wild populations. Song thrush The song thrush (""Turdus philomelos"") is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has three recognised subspecies. Its distinctive song, which has repeated musical phrases, has frequently been referred to in poetry. The song thrush breeds in forests, gardens and parks, and is partially"
"""Spin"" magazine. ""Tush"" peaked at number twenty on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Tush (ZZ Top song) ""Tush"" is a song by American blues rock band ZZ Top and was the only single from their fourth album ""Fandango!"". The song was named the 67th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. The song is a twelve-bar blues in the key of G. The recording was produced by Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. The title is a double entendre, referring both to slang for buttocks (with the connotation of ""a piece of ass""), and slang for"
"Tears (Rush song) ""Tears"" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush. It appears on their 1976 album ""2112"". It is the first Rush song to feature the Mellotron, which Hugh Syme plays. This song, along with ""Lessons"", are the only songs from ""2112"" to have never been played live by the band. Geddy Lee said in an interview about the song: ""'Tears' is a romantic ballad to give the album even more variety and depth. Mellotrons are very unique-sounding; they sound sorta electric, but also kinda stringy, they have this real resin-y sound to them, which is"
"Secret Touch ""Secret Touch"" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, and is the eighth track from the band's 2002 studio album, ""Vapor Trails"". It has been revealed to be one of singer Geddy Lee's favorite tracks from the album. It was released as the second single from ""Vapor Trails"", reaching #25 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. In an interview in the magazine ""Bass Player"" in July 2002, Geddy Lee talked about the song: ""This is a bit of an extravaganza. We built the song around these repeating bass chords that I thought sounded like French horns. The"
"Rufous-bellied thrush The rufous-bellied thrush (""Turdus rufiventris"") is a songbird of the thrush family (Turdidae). It occurs in most of east and southeast Brazil from Maranhão south to Rio Grande do Sul states, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern regions of Argentina. It is one of the most common birds across much of southeastern Brazil, and is known there under the name sabiá-laranjeira (). It was famously referred to in the well-known first strophe of the Brazilian nationalist poem Canção do exílio. The rufous-bellied thrush has been the state bird of São Paulo since 1966, and the national bird of Brazil"
"Crush (David Archuleta song) ""Crush"" is the debut single by ""American Idol"" season seven runner-up David Archuleta. It was first released to radio stations via New York City's radio station Z100 on August 1, 2008, and commercially in the United States on August 12, 2008, through digital distribution. ""Crush"" was produced by Emanuel Kiriakou and co-written by Kiriakou, Jess Cates and Dave Hodges. The song was recorded for his self-titled first album, which was released on November 11, 2008. ""Crush"" was met with positive reviews by many critics. Chuck Taylor of ""Billboard"" praised it for being a suitable match for"
"credited to: Pendulum: Other contributors: Crush (Pendulum song) ""Crush"" is the fourth single from Australian drum and bass band Pendulum released from their third studio album, ""Immersion"". Its release was set to coincide with the iTunes ""Immersion"" LP. The official video for the song was released on 7 January 2011 by BBC Radio 1 on their website. It was directed by Tim Qualtrough, who previously directed the official video for the single ""Propane Nightmares"". A ""Crush"" screensaver was released to promote the single. The song reached number 92 in the UK Singles Chart on week 4, 2011, before dropping out"
"Siúil A Rún ""Siúil a Rún"" is a traditional Irish song, sung from the point of view of a woman lamenting a lover who has embarked on a military career, and indicating her willingness to support him. The song has English language verses and an Irish language chorus, a style known as macaronic. The title translates to ""go, my love"" (or variants): ""siúil"" is an imperative, literally translating to ""walk!"", ""a rún"" is a term of endearment. The history of the song is unclear. It has been suggested that the song refers to the ""Wild Geese"" of the Glorious Revolution."
"Siúil A Rún ""Siúil a Rún"" is a traditional Irish song, sung from the point of view of a woman lamenting a lover who has embarked on a military career, and indicating her willingness to support him. The song has English language verses and an Irish language chorus, a style known as macaronic. The title translates to ""go, my love"" (or variants): ""siúil"" is an imperative, literally translating to ""walk!"", ""a rún"" is a term of endearment. The history of the song is unclear. It has been suggested that the song refers to the ""Wild Geese"" of the Glorious Revolution."
"Shrikethrush A shrikethrush, also spelt shrike-thrush, is any one of five species of songbird that is a member of the genus Colluricincla. They have nondescript, predominantly brown or grey, plumage, but are accomplished singers, their calls described as ""strong, mellow and beautiful."" Shrikethrushes are generally insectivorous, though have been recorded eating molluscs and berries. They build cup-shaped nests in the forks of trees. Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield described the genus in 1827, coining the genus name from the Ancient Greek words ""collurio"" ""shrike"" and ""cinclos"" ""thrush"". Noting the beak, they thought it related to shrikes or vangas, though"
"Mouth (Bush song) ""Mouth"" is a 1996 song by British band Bush from their second album ""Razorblade Suitcase"". Though not released as a single, it was remixed by Bush under the pseudonym Stingray for the 1997 remix album ""Deconstructed"" and was released as a single on 7 October 1997, due largely in part to it being featured prominently in both the trailer and the 1997 film ""An American Werewolf in Paris"". The Stingray remix was the version that made the song popular and received airplay on radio peaking number 5 on the ""Billboard"" Modern Rock Tracks chart. EU Import :"
"Cherish (Kool & the Gang song) ""Cherish"" is a song by American R&B band Kool & the Gang, released in 1985. It was the third single released from the band's album, ""Emergency"". It was certified Gold by the RIAA and held the number 1 position on ""Billboard""'s Adult Contemporary chart for six weeks running. It would ultimately rank as the biggest Adult Contemporary chart hit of the 1980s. The song is a romantic ballad that proved to be extremely popular when it was released and has since been a wedding song staple of sorts. The song was composed in the"
"its song indicates that they are related by harmonic simple integer pitch ratios, like most human music and unlike the songs of other birds that have been similarly examined. The hermit thrush is the state bird of Vermont. Walt Whitman construes the hermit thrush as a symbol of the American voice, poetic and otherwise, in his elegy for Abraham Lincoln, ""When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd,"" one of the fundamental texts in the American literary canon. ""A Hermit Thrush"" is the name of a poem by the American poet Amy Clampitt. A hermit thrush appears in the fifth section"
"Chorus (Erasure song) ""Chorus"" is a song by Erasure which is the first single and title track to the duo's fifth studio album ""Chorus"". It was released in 1991 by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S. Produced by Martyn Phillips and written by Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, ""Chorus"" is an uptempo synthpop song featuring Clarke's signature electronic soundscapes and Phillips' pristine, computerized production. Issued prior to the release of the ""Chorus"" album, the single returned Erasure to the upper-reaches of the UK singles chart, reaching number three. ""Chorus"" was also a success"
"Julius (song) ""Julius"" is a 1994 song by the American band Phish. It is the first track from their 1994 album ""Hoist"" and was released as their seventh promotional single by Elektra Records. The song is a blues rock song written by Phish guitarist and lead vocalist Trey Anastasio and lyricist Tom Marshall. The song features backing vocals by Rose Stone, Jean McClain and the Rickey Grundy Chorale and horn instruments by the Tower of Power Horn Section. While the lyrics of “Julius” – “Danger! I’ve been told to expect it” – are based on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Tom Marshall"
"Crush (Jennifer Paige song) ""Crush"" is a 1998 pop song recorded by American singer Jennifer Paige. The song was written by Andy Goldmark, Mark Mueller, Berny Cosgrove and Kevin Clark. It was released as the first single from her debut album, ""Jennifer Paige"" (see 1998 in music). The music video for ""Crush"" was produced by Kati Haberstok and directed by David Hogan. ""Crush"" topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand while peaking at #3 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, where it stayed for four consecutive weeks (from September 5 through September 26), behind songs including Monica's ""The"
"Push (Matchbox Twenty song) ""Push"" is a song by American rock band Matchbox Twenty. It was released in July 1997 as the second single from their debut album, ""Yourself or Someone Like You."" After landing ""Long Day"" on several rock radio stations paving the way, ""Push"" hit the top of the Modern Rock Tracks and became one of the band's most successful singles. When the song came out initially, some feminist groups were outraged and claimed the song was about abusing women, even though frontman Rob Thomas stated that the man in the song (either himself or fictional) was the"
"Hush (Tool song) ""Hush"" is a song by Tool from their 1992 debut EP ""Opiate"", recorded by producer Sylvia Massy at Sound City Studios. It was the only single released from ""Opiate"" and was the first song that helped establish the band's reputation. The lyrics protest Tipper Gore and censorship, which is a recurring theme in Tool songs. The song was first recorded on a self-titled demo tape variously known as ""Toolshed"" and ""72826"", recorded in mid-1991. This demo version is not the same as the studio recording that appears on ""Opiate"". The music video for ""Hush"" was Tool's first"
"and its tendency to sing after, and sometimes during, wet and windy weather led to the old name ""stormcock"". The song may be heard in any month, although it is uncommon from July to August while the thrush is moulting. The main call, given by both sexes, is a dry chattering ""krrrr"", louder when it is alarmed or excited. It is often likened to the sound of a football rattle, a form of musical ratchet. There is also a squeaky ""tuk"" contact call. The mistle thrush breeds in much of Europe and temperate Asia, although it is absent from the"