Slow road to classic hit status
As Gabler intended, "Rock Around the Clock" was first issued in May 1954 as a B-side to "Thirteen Women (and Only One Man in Town)".[16] While the song did make the American Cashbox music charts (contrary to popular opinion that it was a flop), it was considered a commercial disappointment. It was not until 1955, when "Rock Around the Clock" was used under the opening credits of the film Blackboard Jungle,[17] that the song truly took off.
Many versions of the story behind how "Rock Around the Clock" was chosen for Blackboard Jungle circulated over the years. Recent research, however, reveals that the song was chosen from the collection of young Peter Ford, the son of Blackboard Jungle star Glenn Ford and dancer Eleanor Powell. The producers were looking for a song to represent the type of music the youth of 1955 were listening to. The elder Ford borrowed several records from his son, one of which was Haley's "Rock Around the Clock".[13] In 2004, the song finished at #50 in AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
On July 9, 1955 "Rock Around the Clock" became the first rock and roll recording to hit the top of Billboard's Pop charts, a feat it repeated on charts around the world.[18] The song stayed at this place for eight weeks. The record was also no.1 for seven weeks on the Cashbox pop singles chart in 1955. The Bill Haley version also hit number three on the R&B charts.[19] Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1955, behind Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)".
In the UK, Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" was released on Brunswick Records (and Germany as well), reaching number 17 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1955, four months before it first entered the US pop charts.[20] (Coincidentally, it reached the same position as The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do", in 1962.) The song re-entered the UK chart to reach number one in November 1955 for three weeks, and after a three-week break returned there for a further two weeks in January 1956.[21] It re-entered the charts again in September 1956, reaching number 5. The song was re-issued in 1968, when it made number 20, and again in 1974, when it reached number 12. The song's original release saw it become the UK's first million selling single and it went on to sell over 1.4 million copies in total.[22]
The band performed the song on the May 31, 1955 episode of Texaco Star Theater hosted by Milton Berle in an a cappella and lip-synched versions.[23][24] On August 7, 1955, the band performed the song on the Ed Sullivan Show, hosted by Ed Sullivan.
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The black man had the blues
No one knew what they was gonna do
But Tschaikovsky had the news, he said
Let there be light, and there was light
Let there be drums, there was drums
Let there be guitar, there was guitar
Oh, let there be rock!
That rock 'n' roll was born
All across the land every rockin' band
Was blowin' up a storm
The business man got rich
And in every bar there was a superstar
With a seven year itch
Learnin' how to play
And you could hear the fingers pickin'
And this is what they had to say
Oh, let there be rock!
There was a 42 decibel rockin' band
And the music was good and the music was loud
And the singer turned and he said to the crowd:
"Let there be rock"
The seven-year itch is a popular belief, sometimes quoted as having psychological backing, that happiness in a marriage or long-term romantic relationship declines after around seven years.[1]
The phrase was used in the title of the play The Seven Year Itch by George Axelrod, and gained popularity following the 1955 film adaptation starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. In his 1913 novel, The Eighth Year, Philip Gibbs attributes the concept to the British judge Sir Francis Jeune.
The phrase has since expanded to indicate cycles of dissatisfaction not only in interpersonal relationships, but in any situation such as working a full-time job or buying a house, where a decrease in happiness and satisfaction is often seen over long periods of time.[citation needed]
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1812 Overture 改め The "English" symphony
チャイコフスキーは1840年5月7日、ウラル地方ヴォトキンスクで、鉱山技師（工場長）イリヤ・ペトローヴィチ・チャイコフスキーの次男として生まれた。チャイコフスキーとは祖父ピョートル・フョードロヴィチの代にチャイカ（Чайка: 伝統的なウクライナの苗字で、カモメを意味する）から改めた姓であり、家系は現在のポルタヴァ州に領地を持っていたウクライナ・コサックのチャイカ家に出自を持つ[2]。また、チャイコフスキーの祖先には軍に関係のある人が多い。父親のイリヤは軍の中佐として鉱山を指揮した[3]。祖父のピョートル・フョードロヴィチは軍で軍医の助手をし、のちにウドムルト共和国のグラゾフで市長を務めた。曽祖父のフュードル・チャイカはサポロージエ・コサックの生まれであり[4]、1709年の北方戦争におけるポルタヴァの戦いで、ピョートル1世のもとで活躍し、有名になった[5][6]。母のアレクサンドリアは、イリヤの2人目の妻である。フランスに出自を持ち、イリヤの18歳年下である[7]。父はフルートを
Architecture
- The architects of the Rockefeller Center in New York City worked daily in the Graybar Building where on "the twenty-fifth floor, one enormous drafting room contained forty-two identical drawing boards, each the size of a six-seat dining room table; another room harboured twelve more, and an additional fourteen stood just outside the principals' offices at the top of the circular iron staircase connecting 25 to 26".[39]
- In the Rockefeller Center (New York City) there are a total of "forty-two elevators in five separate banks"[40] which carry tenants and visitors to the sixty-six floors.
"42" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008). The song, divided into three parts, does not have a chorus. The first part is a ballad with piano and strings, which then transforms into an uptempo rock arrangement with a guitar solo. Finally, the song ends with a multi-instrumental part.
A live version of "42" was featured on the band's 2009 live album, LeftRightLeftRightLeft.[1]
This article is about the song by Coldplay. For the song by Mumford & Sons, see Delta (Mumford & Sons album).
And how do I presume when there's so much at stake?
I was so sure of it all
And what if it turns out there is no other?
If this is our last hope
We would see a sign, oh
We would see a sign
Forgiveness speaks for itself but how can I forget
When there's a stain on it all
And what if it turns out there is no other?
We had it all
If this is our time now
We wanna see a sign, oh
We would see a sign
I need some guiding light
Children of darkness, oh
おいらのような英語派の真性SEXDRUGSろっけんろーるな香具師じゃないと見えてこないんですよ、、、要するにいくらインテリでもバテレンの掌の上で踊らされてるだけ日本人には分からないようにできてるんですよ。（爆ｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ
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Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was a Scottish-born Australian singer and songwriter, best known for being the lead vocalist and lyricist of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980.[1]
Scott was born in Forfar in Angus, Scotland, and spent his early years in Kirriemuir. He moved to Australia with his family in 1952 at the age of six, living in Melbourne for four years before settling in Fremantle, Western Australia.[1]
Scott formed his first band, the Spektors, in 1964 and became the band's drummer and occasional lead vocalist. He performed in several other bands, including the Valentines and Fraternity, before replacing Dave Evans as the lead singer of AC/DC in 1974.[1] AC/DC's popularity grew throughout the 1970s, initially in Australia, and then internationally. Their 1979 album Highway to Hell reached the top 20 in the United States, and the band seemed on the verge of a commercial breakthrough. However, on 19 February 1980, Scott died after a night out in London with former musician and alleged drug dealer Alistair Kinnear. AC/DC briefly considered disbanding, but the group recruited vocalist Brian Johnson of the British glam rock band Geordie. AC/DC's subsequent album, Back in Black, was released only five months later, and was a tribute to Scott. It went on to become the second-best-selling album in history.[1]
In the July 2004 issue of Classic Rock, Scott was rated as number one in a list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen of All Time".[2] Hit Parader ranked Scott as fifth on their 2006 list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Vocalists of all time.[3]
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