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Fine Young Cannibals singles chronology. "She Drives Me Crazy". (1989) " Good Thing ". (1989) "Don't Look Back". (1989) " Good Thing " is a song by British band Fine Young Cannibals, released as the second single from their second and last album, The Raw & the Cooked (1989). The song was their second and final US number-one, topping the ...
The opening line is a reference to widespread rumours that Adolf Hitler had monorchism ("one ball" meaning one testicle).The second and third lines similarly attack Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring and SS chief Heinrich Himmler by suggesting they had microorchidism ("very small" testicles). [6]
Tutti Frutti (song) "Tutti Frutti" ( Italian for "all fruits") is a song written by Little Richard and Dorothy LaBostrie, recorded in 1955, which was his first major hit. With its energetic refrain, often transcribed as "A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom!" (a verbal rendition of a drum pattern that Little Richard had imagined), [ 2] and its ...
Sariel. Sariel ( Hebrew and Aramaic: שָׂרִיאֵל Śārīʾēl, "God is my Ruler"; [ 2][ 3] Greek: Σαριηλ Sariēl, Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ Souriēl; [ 4][ 5] Amharic: ሰራቁያል Säraquyael, ሰረቃኤል Säräqael) is an angel mainly from Judaic tradition. Other possible versions of his name are Suriel, Suriyel (in ...
The "Jingle Bells" tune is used in French and German songs, although the lyrics are unrelated to the English lyrics. Both songs celebrate winter fun, as in the English version. The French song, titled "Vive le vent" ("Long Live the Wind"), was written by Francis Blanche [ 19 ] [ 20 ] and contains references to Father Time , Baby New Year , and ...
The following is a version with words attributed to the poet laureate Robert Bridges. [5] It is not a translation of the stanzas used within Bach's original version, but is inspired by stanzas of the same hymn that Bach had drawn upon: "Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne", the lyrics of which were written in 1661 by Martin Janus (or Jahn), and which was ...
Demian: The Story of a Boyhood is a bildungsroman by Hermann Hesse, first published in 1919; a prologue was added in 1960. Demian was first published under the pseudonym "Emil Sinclair", the name of the narrator of the story, but Hesse was later revealed to be the author; the tenth edition was the first to bear his name.
The parable of the Good Samaritan is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. [ 1] It is about a traveler (implicitly understood to be Jewish) who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. A Jewish priest and then a Levite come by, both avoiding the man. A Samaritan happens upon him, and though Samaritans and Jews were ...