Even in its most conventional appearance, the guests' song of praise to Marina, there are a few female dissenters criticizing the princess for her coldness.

They will kneel and plead for Boris' leadership in a strangely intense song, its phrases irregularly broken as if gasping for breath, but when the police with their cudgels move away, they mock and grumble and fight among themselves.

The Polish song and dance company called Mazowsze, after the region of Poland, where it has its headquarters, opened a three-week engagement at the City Center last night.

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.

On a thrusting spray thick with thorns and dewdrops and swelling pink buds, like a summer Valentine, a bird balanced and sang, nondescriptly brown and alive with its own music, a little engine of song.

* Lynn Sherr's 2001 book America the Beautiful discusses the origins of the song and the backgrounds of its authors in depth.

All four versions were marketed to distinct types of audiences thereby assuring its place as a pop song.

Gospel singer Marion Williams summed up its effect: " That's a song that gets to everybody ".

* Amazing Grace: The story behind the song and its connection to Lough Swilly

There are for example fragments in ' Sapphic ' meter praising the Dioscuri, Hermes and the river Hebrus ( a river significant in Lesbian mythology since it was down its waters that the head of Orpheus was believed to have floated singing, eventually crossing the sea to Lesbos and ending up in a temple of Apollo, as a symbol of Lesbian supremacy in song ).

Created by the Scottish-born composer, Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed in 1878, but did not gain its status as the official anthem until 1984.

*" Take Me Out to the Ball Game " is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song.

The lyrics for the " Alabama Song " and another song, the " Benares Song " are in English ( albeit specifically idiosyncratic English ) and are performed in that language even when the opera is performed in its original ( German ) language.

Christian rock group Relient K recorded the song " Plead the Fifth " a cappella on its album Five Score and Seven Years Ago.

In 1997, DJ Gruff dissed Articolo 31 in a track titled 1 vs 2 appearing on the first album of the beatmaker Fritz da Cat, but Articolo 31's lawyers obtained a retraction of the record, and its reissue without the song.

The version with Bardot was issued in 1986 and became a popular download hit in 2006 when Universal Records made its back catalogue available to purchase online, with this version of the song ranking as the third most popular download.

Starting the following game, the song ( a favorite among many fans, who appreciated its references to Wild Bill Hagy and Earl Weaver ) was only played ( along with a video featuring several Orioles stars performing the song ) after wins.

When the song became a hit, Decca decided not to press its claim.

* Though its usage here is not a parody, in an episode of Cheers, Cliff aborts his plans to emigrate to Canada with his love interest when Sam, Woody, and Frasier appeal to his patriotic side by singing this song.

He performed his song " Bo Diddley " with Eric Clapton, Robbie Robertson, and longtime bassist and musical director Debby Hastings at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 20th annual induction ceremony and in the UK, Uncut magazine included his 1957 debut album " Bo Diddley " in its listing of the ' 100 Music, Movie & TV Moments That Have Changed The World '.

With that, Love sort of whispered, " Fucking idiots ," and launched the band into its next song.

While Mellow Man Ace was the first mainstream rapper to use Spanglish, Frost's song " La Raza " paved the way for its use in American hip hop.

This was a specific follow-up to a song called " Metropolis Pt.

The album's lead single, " She's Every Woman " peaked at number-one on the Billboard Country Chart, however its follow-up single, " The Fever " ( a cover of an Aerosmith song ) only peaked at number 23, becoming Brooks's first released Country single to not chart on the Top 10.

He released a version of the Drifters song " Under The Boardwalk " as a follow-up, which got to number 2 in the UK Top 40, though was less successful in the USA.

The follow-up, " My Home's in Alabama ", became their signature song and reached the Top 20 in March 1980.

The 1968 follow-up LP, In Search of the Lost Chord included " Legend of a Mind ", a song written by Ray Thomas in tribute to LSD guru Timothy Leary which encompassed a flute solo performed by Thomas – four members of the group had taken LSD together at the start of 1967.

Before the band's 1973 – 74 world tour, Hayward wrote a song called " Island " with the intention of including it on a potential follow-up album, which the Moodies recorded in 1973 before ultimately going their separate ways.

The album became a success, however, and Gaye tried working on a follow-up but stopped work on it after Motown failed to promote the satiricial political song, " You're the Man ".

The song appeared on the soundtrack to the blockbuster film Armageddon and was that album's follow-up single to Aerosmith's " I Don't Want to Miss a Thing ".

It's unknown if Labelle themselves recorded it but due to conflicting recording and touring schedules, the song was never put on Labelle's follow-up Warner album, Moon Shadow and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes recorded the song making it a hit.

Both UFO 1 and its follow-up UFO 2: Flying, were successful in Japan ( especially the single " C ' mon Everybody " which became a huge hit there ) and Germany ( the song " Boogie For George ," also from the first album, reached No. 30 in German singles charts as well as " Prince Kajuku " from Flying reached No. 26 ), but generated poor interest in Britain and America.

The song was a top 10 hit in both the US and the UK, as was the follow-up single " Then He Kissed Me ", with lead vocals also sung by Brooks.

The song was also included as the title track of The Byrds ' debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man, which — along with its follow-up Turn!

Carly and Lucy contributed a " Simon Sisters " song — which was called " Maryanne "— to the 1982 follow-up album In Harmony 2, which was also produced by Lucy and her husband.

The first time would be in the studio for the needed follow-up song to " Hanky Panky ".

The follow-up single " Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me ", again went straight to number one but reports were later made that the song was recorded as a joke and was not intended for release.

A follow-up song, " Too Hood ", also got a lukewarm response and as a result, the album's tentative release was pushed back several times.

As the band recorded a follow-up album, cult filmmaker Quentin Tarantino used the group's cover version of the Neil Diamond song, " Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon ," in his 1994 movie Pulp Fiction.

In response to the allegations, Priest recorded the song " Parental Guidance " on the follow-up album Turbo.

Willis's follow-up was " Betty and Dupree ", another " stroll " song, which also did well.

" The Return of Jackie and Judy " is a follow-up to their well-known early song, " Judy Is a Punk ", appearing on Ramones, the band's debut album.

" This Ain't Havana " is a follow-up to the song " Havana Affair ", also on their debut album.

The follow-up song was " The Climb " No. 45 on Cashbox and No. 65 on Billboard.

Their 1979 follow-up album Images at Twilight gave them their first charting single in Canada with the song " It's Time " peaking at No. 84 in the Canadian Charts.

Bagdasarian ( again as Seville ) recorded a follow-up song, " The Bird on My Head ", singing a duet with his own sped-up voice as the bird.