Their begging song might easily be a folk melody:

Their most famous hit is the song " Fish Heads ", which was named as one of the top 100 videos of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.

Their love of laughter, spirit of song, horses and gambling, along with their willingness to live for the moment is the legacy they have given to the Jamaicans.

A satirical song published in The Times newspaper of 1789 referring to the rumoured clandestine marriage between Prince Regent and Mrs. Fitzherbert also reflects this symbolic usage of the broomstick imagery: “ Their way to consummation was by hopping o ’ er a broom, sir ”, and there are plentiful other examples of ‘ broomstick ’ being using in other contemporary contexts but all with a similar implication of dubiousness or fakery.

Their biggest hit was a cover of the country song, " Jackson ".

Their next release in 1966, "( You're My ) Soul and Inspiration " was a Phil Spector sound-alike song, produced by Bill Medley, who was able to fully simulate the Spector style of production.

Their second album concluded with the a song titled " David ", possibly referencing Song of Songs as well.

Their song " Price to Play " was the official theme song of WWE's Vengeance pay-per-view event in July 2003.

The group is mentioned in the Paul Simon song, " Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War.

Their song, " Why Can't I Touch It " was played in the second episode of the sixth season of TV series Entourage.

Their song Treatment Bound was used in official soundtrack of movie Jackass Number Two

Their biggest song together was " Magic Carpet Ride ".

Their song " Madhouse " was used in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City in-game radio station V-Rock and in Guitar Hero II.

Their song " Caught in a Mosh " was featured in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, and it is also featured on Guitar Hero: Smash Hits.

Their song " Indians " was featured in " Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock ".

* Their song " Busy Office Rhumba " was used as the theme for the 1993 Fox television series Bakersfield P. D.

Their best known songs to date are " Brain Collapses ", " Unveiling the Secret ", " Eternal ", " Misery ", " Tears ", " Sanctuary ", " Gods and Monsters ", " 15 Minutes ", and a remake of the famous Q Lazzarus song " Goodbye Horses " made popular by the movie The Silence of the Lambs ; as well as their cover version of Soft Cell's " Sex Dwarf ".

Their song " Look Who's Perfect Now " was their only foray into the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at No. 56 in May 1998.

The Sirens might be called the Muses of the lower world, Walter Copland Perry observed: " Their song, though irresistibly sweet, was no less sad than sweet, and lapped both body and soul in a fatal lethargy, the forerunner of death and corruption.

" Their song is continually calling on Persephone.

" Their song takes effect at midday, in a windless calm.

Their 1991 song " Les tam-tam de l ' Afrique " was one of the first French rap hits to deal explicitly with slavery.

Their version of the song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Their " ambitious " and " groundbreaking " debut album The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth was released in 1990 with the song " The Widdershins Jig " acclaimed as " particularly significant " and " a certain first in the realms of Metal ".

Their lyrics, by Roy Alfred ( who later co-wrote the 1955 hit "( The ) Rock and Roll Waltz "), were mildly sexually suggestive, and one teenager from Philadelphia said " That Hucklebuck was a very nasty dance ".

Their early music was also characterised by the growling vocals and sometimes misanthropic lyrics of both Jean-Jacques Burnel and Hugh Cornwell.

Their lyrics tended to be straight-out poetry ; comparisons to Charles Bukowski and Raymond Chandler were made from the start.

Their lyrics often gave evidence of band's humor and thematically focus on personal experiences and sexual innuendos.

Their first album, Let Them Eat Bingo, included the number one single " Dub Be Good to Me ", which caused a legal dispute revolving around allegations of infringement of copyright through the liberal use of unauthorised samples: the bassline was a note-for-note lift from " The Guns of Brixton " by The Clash and the lyrics borrowed heavily from " Just Be Good to Me " by The S. O. S.

Their next album, 13 ( 1999 ) saw the band members experimenting with electronic and gospel music, and featured more personal lyrics from Albarn.

Their lyrics focus on pain and personal alienation rather than traditional heavy metal themes.

" Their lyrics are sung exclusively in Swedish instead of the Finnish language " apparently because this language was better to evoke the trollish spirit ", even though the real reason for this lies in the band's original vocalist belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority.

Their early music was typified by slow and grinding guitar noise, and pounding drums, punctuated by Gira's morbid and violent lyrics ( inspired by Jean Genet and the Marquis de Sade ), usually barked or shouted.

Their music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian / Near Eastern mysticism, history, religion, and art, as well as stories by H. P. Lovecraft.

Lengthy sleeve notes are included with the albums Black Seeds of Vengeance, In Their Darkened Shrines, Annihilation of the Wicked and Those Whom the Gods Detest, explaining the inspiration or source for the lyrics of each song.

Their music is similar to early symphonic progressive rock groups such as Yes, marked by sharp dynamic changes, polyrhythmics, heavy bass, vocal harmonies, abstract and occasionally nonsensical lyrics, and extended song lengths.

Their songs typically have humorous and off-beat, satirical lyrics that often deal with sexual subjects and contain many puns and innuendos.

Their lyrics range from the personal to the political, in some of the latter cases attacking Eurocentrism and racism in America.

Their debut single "( We Don't Need This ) Fascist Groove Thang " attracted some attention and, due to its overtly left-wing political lyrics, was banned by BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read ( who is a staunch supporter of the Conservative Party ), and neither this nor any other of the four singles taken from the band's debut album Penthouse and Pavement managed to reach the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.

Their most notable song " Death and the Maiden " features in its lyrics Paul Verlaine, the shooting of Rimbaud, and repeats the word " Verlaine " numerous times.

Their music emphasized boogie rhythms and fast guitar leads with lyrics extolling the values, aspirations-and excesses-of Southern working-class young adults, not unlike the outlaw country movement.

Their songwriting efforts had Pomus write the lyrics and Shuman the melody, although quite often they worked on both.

Their lyrics often relate to matters of social responsibility.

Their combination of androgynous glam punk imagery and critical social lyrics about " culture, alienation, boredom and despair " soon gained them a loyal following and cult status.

Their guitar-driven sound, inspired by the Soukous guitarist Dr. Nico, combined highly melodic rumba with lyrics sung in Swahili.

Their usual tongue-in-cheek humor and sarcastic lyrics remain intact, but the album's overall sound is quite different from any of their others.

Their MySpace page first described the project as " a lushly orchestrated mix of eclectic songwriting that is sure to conjure up memories of 1997's When the Red King Comes " and stressed its " more mature approach to arrangements, lyrics, and instrumentation.

Their lyrics are informed by a complete disregard for societal norms.