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Vic Chesnutt, a folk singer discovered by R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, recorded a very loose cover of the song for the 1992 R.E.M. tribute album Surprise Your Pig. Newfoundland folk-rockers Great Big Sea covered the song on their 1997 album Play under the title "End of the World".
Featuring phrases such as "Everybody knows that the dice are loaded" and "Everybody knows that the good guys lost", "Everybody Knows" has been variously described by critics as "bitterly pessimistic" yet funny, or, more strongly, a "bleak prophecy about the end of the world as we know it". [1] The lyrics include references to AIDS, [2] social ...
The original lyrics [8] were composed on February 23, 1940, in Guthrie's room at the Hanover House hotel at 43rd St. and 6th Ave. (101 West 43rd St.) in New York. The line "This land was made for you and me" does not appear in the original manuscript at the end of each verse, but is implied by Guthrie's writing of those words at the top of the page and by his subsequent singing of the line ...
Composition. "Do They Know It's Christmas" was co-written by Bob Geldof (left) and Midge Ure (right) and produced by Ure. Geldof's and Ure's biggest challenge was to write a song that could be recorded and released in time for Christmas. They realised that they would have to write one themselves and not record a cover version; otherwise, they ...
Background. "The End of the World" is a sad song about the aftermath of a romantic breakup. Dee, the lyricist, said she drew on her sorrow from her father's death to set the mood for the song. Davis recorded her version with sound engineer Bill Porter on June 8, 1962, at the RCA Studios in Nashville, produced by Chet Atkins, and featuring Floyd ...
One of the song's phrases, "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it", actually originated with "Star Trekkin ' " but has been subsequently misattributed to the TV series. "Star Trekkin'" was released as a single in May 1987. The song's promotional video was created by a team of art students called The Film Garage, featuring a combination of ...
All three songs eventually became singles and were released with remixes, except for the third and last track "Transcend"; a vocal version of the song, entitled "Bring You to Life (Transcend)", featuring vocals by RAS, was released instead. Its title is a reference to the 1987 R.E.M. song "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)."
Lyrics include "Don't waive your rights with your flags" Kristy Jackson "Little Did She Know (She'd Kissed a Hero)" Released as a single: 2001: Written in response to the 9/11 Tragedy. The song makes reference to a passenger on Flight 93. [4] Responses to the song were later turned into a book. [5] Michael Jackson "What More Can I Give" n/a ...