Steinberg obviously has concluded that it is the lyric element which must dominate in this score, and he manages at times to create the effect of the whole orchestra bursting into song.

There is a quick change from the plaintive song to a conversational tone.

A crowd of 1,400 is expected for the ceremonies, which will be followed by the show in which the writers will lampoon baseball personalities in skit, dance and song.

What a discussion can ensue when the title of this type of song is in question.

If your favorite song is not here it must be an unfamiliar one.

Today, in the era of the integrated musical when an individual song must contribute to the over-all development of the show, it is understandable that a song, no matter how excellent it may be on its own terms, is cut out because it does not perform the function required of it.

Among the particular gems in this collection is the impudent opening song of `` The Garrick Gaieties '', an impressive forecast of the wit and melody that were to come from Rodgers and Hart in the years that followed ; ;

He shares with Mr. Morse a parody of the college anthems he once sang while his second song is whisked away from him by Virginia Martin, a girl with a remarkably expressive yip in her voice.

" America the Beautiful " is an American patriotic song.

The song is one of the most beloved and popular of the many American patriotic songs.

The song is often included in songbooks in a wide variety of religious congregations in the United States.

Charles ' recording is very commonly played at major sporting and entertainment events, such as the Super Bowl, and WrestleMania 2 ; Charles gave a live performance of the song prior to Super Bowl XXXV, the last Super Bowl played before the September 11 terrorist attacks, as well as during Game 2 of the 2001 World Series after the attacks.

This song is also used in Ellen Raskin's The westing game.

The full version of the song from Melbourne Punch, the fourth verse of which is pasted onto the urn

* Atomic Dog, a song that is popular world wide ; written and performed by Our Father Who Art of Funk ; " George Clinton " from Parliament and the Funkadelics

Cash often included the song when he toured prisons, saying " For the three minutes that song is going on, everybody is free.

Bruce Hindmarsh suggests that the secular popularity of " Amazing Grace " is due to the absence of any mention of God in the lyrics until the fourth verse ( by Excell's version, the fourth verse begins " When we've been there ten thousand years "), and that the song represents the ability of humanity to transform itself instead of a transformation taking place at the hands of God.

This verse is also featured in William Billing's popular Sacred Harp song " David's Lamentation ", first published in 1778.

Also, " Absalom, Absalom Would I die for you my son, I would have it all undone, The way it all came down " is found on the 1998 album Largo in the song " Gimme A Stone ".

For example, Jim Morrison used an anagram of his name in the Doors song L. A. Woman, calling himself " Mr. Mojo Risin ' ".

A poignant sense of nostalgia accompanied the recordings of several gospel and blues singers in the 1940s and 1950s who used the song to remember their grandparents, traditions, and family roots.

The 1982 science fiction film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan used " Amazing Grace " amid a context of Christian symbolism, to memorialize the death of Mr. Spock but more practically, because the song has become " instantly recognizable to many in the audience as music that sounds appropriate for a funeral " according to a Star Trek scholar.

* Alphabet song, or " the ABC's ", a song used to teach children the alphabet

The word " anthem " is commonly used to describe a celebratory song or composition for a distinct group, as in the term " national anthem ".

An alphabet song is any of various songs used to teach children an alphabet, used in kindergartens, pre-schools and homes around the world.

The Canadian children's TV series The Big Comfy Couch used a version of the song in the episode " Backwards ".

* The song " Do-Re-Mi " from The Sound of Music, which is used to learn the order of the notes in the Solfege scale, just like the alphabet song is used to learn the order of the letters in the alphabetical order.

The elegant, harmonically-advanced music in this musical pays indirect homage to the compositions of Maurice Ravel, especially his Valses nobles et sentimentales ( whose opening chord is " borrowed " for the opening chord of the song " Liaisons "); part of this effect stems from the style of orchestration that Jonathan Tunick used.

" BDP used this riff in the song " Remix for P is Free ," and it was later resampled by artists such as Black Star and dead prez.

For the 2005 tour to New Zealand the Lions management commissioned a song, " The Power of Four ", although it met with little support amongst Lions fans at the matches and was not used on the 2009 Tour.

In 2002, the US remake of Queer as Folk used the song " Smalltown Boy " in an episode.

The keyboard riff was used again in 2006, in the September song " Cry for You " along with a version by Trance artist ESS-K.

The theme from Field of Dreams was played at the last game at Memorial Stadium in 1991, and the song " Magic to Do " from the stage musical Pippin was used that season to commemorate " Orioles Magic " on 33rd Street.

Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa.

In the later 19th century it took on the meaning of a slow form of popular love song and the term is now often used as synonymous with any love song, particularly the pop or rock power ballad.

By the 1920s, composers of Tin Pan Alley and Broadway used ballad to signify a slow, sentimental tune or love song, often written in a fairly standardized form ( see below ).

As new genres of music, such as ragtime, blues and jazz, began to emerge in the early 20th century the popularity of the genre faded, but the association with sentimentality led to the term ballad being used for a slow love song from the 1950s onwards.

* Todd Rundgren wrote a humorous song " Onomatopoeia " which uses many examples in this " Love Song ".

* a humorous song describing p53 structure and function

For example, Bill Haley's incompletely bowdlerized cover of " Shake, Rattle and Roll " transformed Big Joe Turner's humorous and racy tale of adult love into an energetic teen dance number, while Georgia Gibbs replaced Etta James's tough, sarcastic vocal in " Roll With Me, Henry " ( covered as " Dance With Me, Henry ") with a perkier vocal more appropriate for an audience unfamiliar with the song to which James's song was an answer, Hank Ballard's " Work With Me, Annie ".

His influence was derived primarily from the following elements of his writing: his skillful depiction of historical characters using details of their speech, conversations, and actions ; his innovative use of informal, humorous, and varied language ( even Lu Xun ( 魯迅 ) regarded Shiji as " the historians ' most perfect song, a " Li Sao " without the rhyme "

While most contemporary Western couples select a romantic song and a relatively formal dance style, some couples choose to perform humorous choreographed dances.

* In 2001, Dan Bern wrote a humorous song / story entitled " The Fifth Beatles ".

The phrase has since been adopted by some science fiction fans as a humorous way to say " goodbye " and a song of the same name was featured in the 2005 film adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

for example the humorous Bruce Springsteen song Pink Cadillac uses a pink Cadillac car as a metaphor for a woman's vagina.

During the 1990s the term Cool Britannia ( drawn from a humorous version by the Bonzo Dog Band of the song " Rule Britannia ", with words by James Thomson, which is often used as an unofficial national anthem ), was used to describe the contemporary United Kingdom.

The town is mentioned prominently in a darkly humorous Irish song called " The Hiring Fair ", in which the singer is persuaded to apprentice with a nefarious character called " Brady of Strabane ".

Springsteen has also performed the humorous song " In Freehold " about the town.

In his humorous ballet Les animaux modèles ( 1942, with Serge Lifar ) Poulenc used the theme of a French patriotic song without the German officers noticing.

Aside from the Animal House appearance, the song appeared in many other films, typically in raucous and humorous contexts.

Modern Times also included the hit song " Find Your Way Back " (# 29 ), as well as the humorous " Stairway to Cleveland ", in which the band defended the numerous changes it had undergone in its musical style, personnel, and even name.

His humorous song soon gained widespread popularity among the Russian soldiers.

Many have noted that the track " Green Eggs and Ham " ( on Immaculate Deception ) was possibly the first example of a hard core or metal band paying homage to rap music, as a break in the middle of this song is a cover of the Run DMC song " Rock Box " ( with self-mocking, humorous lyrics added.

A Bawdy song is a humorous song which emphasises sexual themes and is often rich with innuendo.

First came " Doowutchyalike ," a moderate club hit, followed by the more successful song " The Humpty Dance ", a humorous dance number that reached # 11 on the pop charts, # 7 on the R & B charts, and # 1 on the Billboard Rap Singles chart.

The painting was inspired by the humorous song " Arkansas Traveller " by Colonel Sanford ' Sandy ' Faulkner.

It was inspired by the humorous song of the same name by Colonel Sanford ' Sandy ' Faulkner.

The song Andrew's Blues, sung by Gene Pitney with the Rolling Stones and appearing on the Black Box collection CD1, is a humorous if scathing evocation of Oldham.