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Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen Song)
"Everybody Knows" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and collaborator Sharon Robinson. It has often been covered and used in soundtracks. Song "Everybody Knows" was first released on Cohen's album '' I'm Your Man'', February 1988. Five minutes, 37 seconds long, "Everybody Knows" is known for its somber tone and repetition of the title at the beginning of most lines. 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".Holden, Stephen (June 21, 2006)'Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man': A Documentary Song of Praise ''The New York Times''. Accessed July 14, 2006. The lyrics include references to AIDS, social problems, and relationships and religion. Soundtracks "Everybody Knows" has been widely used in television and film. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, and sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, he received one of the Princess of Asturias Awards, Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' named Cohen the 103rd-greatest singer. Cohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not begin a music career until 1966. His first album, ''Songs of Leonard Cohen'' (1967), was followed by three more albums of Contemporary folk music, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral Sea, Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are Enclave and exclave, enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its Western Australia border, western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice League (film)
''Justice League'' is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Atlas Entertainment, and Cruel and Unusual Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the fifth installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Directed by Zack Snyder, who was replaced by Joss Whedon after Snyder left the project, and written by Chris Terrio and Whedon, the film features an ensemble cast including Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, and J. K. Simmons. In the film, following the events of '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' (2016), Batman and Wonder Woman recruit The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg after the death of Superman to save the world from the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons. Warner Bros. began to develop a live-actio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrid (singer)
Sigrid Solbakk Raabe (born 5 September 1996), known professionally as Sigrid, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She has released two studio albums, ''Sucker Punch'' (2019) and '' How to Let Go'' (2022), both of which reached the top of the charts in Norway as well as reaching the top 5 in the United Kingdom. She has also released three EPs. Early life Sigrid Solbakk Raabe was born in Ålesund to Håkon Raabe and Anette Sølberg Solbakk on 5 September 1996. She has two older siblings, a brother, Tellef, who is also a musician, and a sister, Johanne. At her first performance, in kindergarten, she had to be pulled off the stage after crying. She began playing the piano at age 7 and began singing at age 13. When she was 13, she performed a version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". In her early youth, she planned to become a teacher or lawyer or journalist, thinking a career in music would be too uncertain. In her first year of high school, she realized that music was more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everybody Knows (Stills & Collins Album)
''Everybody Knows'' is an album by Stephen Stills and Judy Collins, credited to "Stills & Collins". It marks the first collaboration between the former lovers and longtime friends. It was financed through a crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMusic. Background From 1968 to 1969, Stills and Collins were romantically involved. Stills wrote several songs about Judy, most notably " Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and "Judy". But despite Stills playing on several of Collins' recordings, they never recorded as a duo or performed on stage together. Stills said that he and Collins "talked over the years and muddled through conversations about if we did make a record together", ultimately releasing ''Everybody Knows'' and going on tour. Release ''Everybody Knows'' was released on September 22, 2017, and entered and peaked on the "Billboard 200" chart at number 195. Coincidentally, two of the five songs here not written by Stills or Collins had also appeared on '' A Letter Home'' by Neil Young rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Collins
Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning nearly seven decades. An Academy Awards, Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk music, country music, country, show tunes, pop music, rock and roll and Traditional pop, standards), for her social activism, and for the clarity of her voice. Judy Collins discography, Her discography consists of 36 studio albums, nine live albums, numerous compilation albums, four holiday albums, and 21 single (music), singles. Collins' debut studio album, ''A Maid of Constant Sorrow'', was released in 1961 and consisted of traditional Folk music, folk songs. She had her first charting single with "Hard Lovin' Loser" (No. 97) from her fifth studio album ''In My Life (Judy Collins album), In My Life'' (1966), but it was the lead single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and Manassas (band), Manassas. As both a solo act and member of three successful bands, Stills has combined record sales of over 35 million albums. He was ranked number 28 in ''Rolling Stone''s 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"''Rolling Stone'The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.2003-08-27. and number 47 in the 2011 list. Stills became the first person to be inducted twice on the same night into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. According to Neil Young, "Stephen is a genius". Beginning his professional career with Buffalo Springfield, he composed "For What It's Worth", which became one of the most recognizable songs of the 1960s. Other notable songs he contributed to the band were "Sit Down, I Think I Love You", "Bluebird (Buffalo Spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Your Man
I'm Your Man may refer to: Books * '' I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen'', a 2012 biography by Sylvie Simmons Film * ''I'm Your Man'' (1992 film), an American interactive short film * ''I'm Your Man'' (2021 film), a German drama film * '' Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man'', a 2005 American documentary Music Albums * ''I'm Your Man'' (Jason Sellers album) or the title song (see below), 1997 * ''I'm Your Man'' (Leonard Cohen album) or the title song (see below), 1988 Songs * "I'm Your Man" (2PM song), 2011 * "I'm Your Man" (Barry Manilow song), 1986 * "I'm Your Man", a song by Jason Sellers song from the 1997 eponymous album * "I'm Your Man" (Leonard Cohen song), 1988 * "I'm Your Man" (Wham! song), 1985 * "Come See Me" (The Pretty Things song), 1966, aka "I'm Your Man" * "I'm Your Man", by Enrique Iglesias from ''Enrique'', 1999 * "I'm Your Man", by Guy Sebastian from '' T.R.U.T.H.'', 2020 * "I'm Your Man", by Richard Hell and the Voidoids from '' Blank Generation'', 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lian Lunson
Lian Lunson (born 3 February 1959) is an Australian actress who became a filmmaker and author. Biography Lian Lunson was born in Victoria, Australia. After attending The Ensemble drama school in Sydney and working as an actor, she moved to Los Angeles in 1987 to join the film industry. Lunson produced commercials and music videos, and in 1997 opened her own production company based in LA, Horse Pictures. At the request of Island Records, Lian made a video for Willie Nelson in Ireland for his Spirit album. For the song 'She Is Gone', she also made a 15-minute electronic press kit. It was at that time that Lian took Nelson to meet U2 at their studio in Dublin. Whilst there, U2 and Nelson recorded the song 'Slow Dancing', which was captured on film by Lunson and used in the documentary that she would make for Willie called, ''Willie Nelson: Down Home''. It aired in 1997 on PBS. She also produced ''The Passion of the Christ: Songs Inspired By'', an alternate soundtrack to the Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson (director), Robert Wilson. Wainwright's Rufus Wainwright (album), self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. His second album, ''Poses (album), Poses'', was released in June 2001. Wainwright's third and fourth studio albums, ''Want One'' (2003) and ''Want Two'' (2004), were repackaged as the double album ''Want (Rufus Wainwright album), Want'' in 2005. In 2007, Wainwright released his fifth studio album, ''Release the Stars'', and his first live album, ''Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall''. His second live album, ''Milwaukee at Last!!!'', was released in 2009, followed by the studio albums ''All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), singles worldwide, placing him on the list of best-selling music artists. Adams was the most played artist on Canadian radio in the 2010s and has had 25 top-15 singles in Canada and over a dozen in the US, UK, and Australia. Adams released his Bryan Adams (album), eponymous debut album when he was 20 years of age. He rose to fame in North America with the 1983 top ten album ''Cuts Like a Knife''; the album featured its title track and the ballad "Straight from the Heart (Bryan Adams song), Straight from the Heart", which became his first US top-ten hit. His 1984 Canadian and US number one album, ''Reckless (Bryan Adams album), Reckless'' became the first album by a Canadian to be certified diamond in Canada and made him a global star with si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henley's Greatest Hits
''Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits'' is the first greatest hits compilation album by American singer-songwriter Don Henley, released in 1995. The album was the first compilation album released by Henley and it covered hits from all three of his solo albums throughout the 1980s. The album features three new songs, "The Garden of Allah", "You Don't Know Me at All", and Henley's cover of " Everybody Knows". The collection peaked at No. 48 on the charts and reached platinum status. "The Garden of Allah" reached No. 16 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Album cover The photograph on the cover half-jokingly depicts Henley as a cigar-smoking used car salesman, which Henley himself was asked about by David Letterman following a 1995 performance on ''The Late Show''. Henley explained that the picture and album title was a subtle satire on the record industry. Track listing #" Dirty Laundry" (Henley, Danny Kortchmar) – 5:36 #"The Boys of Summer (song), The Boys of Summer" (Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
