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Fly (other)
A fly is any species of insect of the order Diptera. Flight is the process of flying. Fly may also refer to: Places * Fly, Ohio, U.S. * Fly, Tennessee, U.S. * Fly River (or the Fly), New Guinea People Nickname or pseudonym * Fly (artist), comic book artist and illustrator * Fly (gamer), Israeli ''Dota 2'' player Surname * C. S. Fly (1849–1901), American photographer * Michael Fly (born 1983), American basketball coach * Mollie Fly (née McKie, 1847–1925), American photographer * Per Fly (born 1960), Danish film director * William Fly (died 1726), English pirate Arts, entertainment, and media Characters * Fly (Archie Comics), an Archie Comics character who first appeared in 1959 * Fly (Impact Comics), a character from a DC Comics imprint loosely based on the Archie Comics character * Fly, one of the three bugs in ''WordWorld'' * Human Fly (comics) or The Fly, a Marvel Comics character Films * Fly (1970 film), ''Fly'' (1970 film), a short film by John Lennon and Yoko Ono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight
Flight or flying is the motion (physics), motion of an Physical object, object through an atmosphere, or through the vacuum of Outer space, space, without contacting any planetary surface. This can be achieved by generating aerodynamic lift associated with gliding flight, gliding or air propulsion, propulsive thrust, aerostatically using buoyancy, or by ballistics, ballistic movement. Many things can fly, from Flying and gliding animals, animal aviators such as birds, bats and insects, to natural gliders/parachuters such as patagium, patagial animals, anemochorous seeds and ballistospores, to human inventions like aircraft (airplanes, helicopters, airships, balloons, etc.) and rockets which may propel spacecraft and spaceplanes. The engineering aspects of flight are the purview of aerospace engineering which is subdivided into aeronautics, the study of vehicles that travel through the atmosphere, and astronautics, the study of vehicles that travel through space, and ballistics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fly (1986 Film)
''The Fly'' is a 1986 American science fiction body horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. Produced by Brooksfilms and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, and John Getz. Loosely based on George Langelaan's 1957 short story of the same name and the 1958 film of the same name, ''The Fly'' tells of an eccentric scientist who, after one of his experiments goes wrong, slowly turns into a fly-hybrid creature. The score was composed by Howard Shore and the make-up effects were created by Chris Walas, along with makeup artist Stephan Dupuis. ''The Fly'' was released on August 15, 1986, to positive reviews. It grossed $60.6 million at the box office, becoming a commercial success. Walas and Dupuis' work on the film resulted in them winning an Academy Award for Best Makeup. The tagline of the film, "Be afraid. Be very afraid.", has been used in many other productions as part of popular culture. A sequel, directed by Walas, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly (Zucchero Album)
''Fly'' is the tenth studio album by the Italian blues rock singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari, released on 22 September 2006. The album was mostly recorded in 2006 at the Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood with producer Don Was, and previewed at the historic Ca' Vendramin Calergi in Venice, on 18 September 2006. Overview The album ''Fly'' is subtitled "(Come possiamo volare con le aquile se siamo contornati da tacchini)", translated "How we can fly among eagles when we are surrounded by turkeys". The album is Zucchero's "small cloud of love on the rain of disharmony around us". Like in the case of his albums, it includes several notable collaborations. The lyrics of the song "Troppa fedeltà" were co-written by Jovanotti, while those of "È delicato" along Ivano Fossati. The song "L'Amore è nell'aria" is a cover of British band Feeder's song "Broken", a B-side taken from the single " Just the Way I'm Feeling", originally written by Grant Nicholas. Zucchero rearranged th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly (Yoko Ono Album)
''Fly'' is the second album by Yoko Ono, released in 1971. A double album, it was co-produced by Ono and John Lennon. It peaked at No. 199 on the US charts. The album includes the singles " Mrs. Lennon" and "Mind Train". The track "Airmale" is the soundtrack to Lennon's time-lapse film ''Erection'', while "Fly" is the soundtrack to Lennon and Ono's 1970 film '' Fly''. Recording and songs The album was recorded around the same time as Lennon's '' Imagine''. In an article that Ono wrote for '' Crawdaddy'' magazine, she explained that the songs on ''Fly'' are divided into two categories: * Side 1 and 2: "Songs to dance to – Rock and songs with physical beat". * Side 3 and 4: "Songs to listen to – mind music with mind beat". Ono described most of the songs on ''Fly'' as being "pieces ..centered around a dialogue between my voice and John's guitar". She commented that Lennon had "brought in musicians that are fine samurais", who he pushed to "fly with me". Side one The fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly (EP)
''Fly'' is the second EP released by rock band Sick Puppies. It was released in 2003 and features 6 tracks; including a remix by Josh Abrahams, an Enhanced CD featuring the making of the "Fly" music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ... and a rare version of the clip exclusive to the CD. It is the last release to feature Chris Mileski on drums. Track listing Personnel Credits for ''Fly'' adapted from liner notes. ;Sick Puppies * Shim Moore - lead vocals, guitar * Emma Anzai - bass, backing vocals * Chris Mileski - drums ;Production * Peter Blyton - producer, mixing, programming * Steve Francis - producer, mixing, programming * Paul Stepanek - executive producer, management * Don Bartley - mastering * Anton Hagop & Scott Sandilands - studio assistants * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly (Fly Album)
''Fly'' is an album by the band Fly, drummer Jeff Ballard, bassist Larry Grenadier and saxophonist Mark Turner which was recorded in 2003 and released by the Savoy Jazz label the following year. Reception The AllMusic review by Jonathan Widran states "If your ears are starved for innovative jazz that blends punchy sax lines and dense, wild, worldbeat-flavored bass and drum rhythms, let this newly formed trio with an amazing pedigree fill the bill ... ''Fly'' is definitely a cooperative by three major jazz talents". In JazzTimes, Aaron Steinberg observed that "The spare, layered and frequently funky postbop debut finds the band constantly shifting support and frontline roles as well as melodic and harmonic duties between each member".Steinberg, AJazzTimes Review accessed May 8, 2019 Track listing All compositions by Jeff Ballard except where noted # "Child's Play" – 7:12 # "Fly Mr. Freakjar" (Ballard, Larry Grenadier, Mark Turner) – 8:29 # "Stark" (Mark Turner) – 6:50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly (Dixie Chicks Album)
''Fly'' is the fifth studio album (second major label) by American country music band The Chicks, released on August 31, 1999 through Monument Records. Compared to their previous album and breakthrough ''Wide Open Spaces'' (1998), the group had a stronger hand in writing, co-writing five of the fourteen tracks. The album was produced by Blake Chancey and Paul Worley, both of whom had already produced ''Wide Open Spaces''. The album was widely praised, even more so than their prior album and has been regarded as one of the best country albums of the '90s decade. The album was a massive commercial success for the group, debuting at the top of the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums with 341,000 copies sold first week, becoming the most successful country album of 2000 and making the group the first ever country group in history to debut at number one on the former chart. The album was also moderately successful internationally, debuting atop the Canadian country albums chart and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly (Sarah Brightman Album)
''Fly'' is the fourth album by English soprano Sarah Brightman. It is her second album with producer Frank Peterson and features collaborations with Tom Jones, Chris Thompson and Andrew Eldritch. ''Fly'' boasts a stronger pop and rock influence than Brightman's previous Broadway and operatic albums, and produced several hits in Europe including " A Question of Honour" and " Time to Say Goodbye". Since its original 1995 release, ''Fly'' is one of Brightman's few albums to undergo multiple reissues in different markets. The first reissue of ''Fly'' was in 1996 to include Brightman's hit single " Time to Say Goodbye" with Andrea Bocelli. ''Fly II'', a two-disc limited edition which featured unreleased b-sides and other material, was later released in 2000 to support Brightman's La Luna World Tour and could only be purchased at participating tour events. In 2006, ''Fly'' was re-reissued in Japan with the original 1995 track listing, along with four bonus tracks and new artwork ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flys (American Band)
The Flys are an American rock band, formed in Hollywood in 1994 by Adam Paskowitz and Josh Paskowitz. They are the sons of Doc Paskowitz, described by the New York Times as the "First Family of Surfing." The band has shared the stage and toured with many other well known acts and rock bands, but have been on indefinite hiatus since 2012 except for a brief revival in 2024. Their 1998 alternative top five hit " Got You (Where I Want You)", was produced by Chris Goss, and the video featured actors Katie Holmes and James Marsden. "Got You (Where I Want You)" was on their second album '' Holiday Man'' in 1998 and appeared on the soundtrack for the 1998 MGM film '' Disturbing Behavior'', starring Holmes and Marsden. The single reached No. 5 on the Modern Rock Charts and the album reached No. 109 on Billboard. A second single, " She's So Huge," was featured in the 2001 film '' Sugar & Spice, and'' '' The Crow: Salvation'' soundtrack, along with "What You Want." "She's So Huge" peake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flys (British Band)
The Flys were a British punk rock band that originally formed in 1976 in Coventry, England. After the self-release of their initial EP, ''Bunch of Fives'', they were signed by EMI Records. With EMI they released the albums ''Waikiki Beach Refugees'' and ''Own''. In 1980 they changed labels to Parlophone but soon disbanded. History Flys evolved from a band from Coventry, England named Midnight Circus. Midnight Circus was composed of Dave Freeman (guitar, vocals), Joe Hughes (bass), Neil O'Connor (vocals, guitar, keyboard), and "a string of unnamed drummers". In 1976 their manager's brother, Pete King, joined in on drums and Flys were born. Their career began by regularly opening for the English punk band the Buzzcocks. In late 1977, with Lyn Dobson on saxophone, they self-released the EP ''Bunch of Five'' with the tracks "Saturday Sunrise", "Love and a Molotov Cocktail", "Can I Crash Here?", "Me and My Buddies", and "Just For Your Sex". The EP, particularly "Love and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly Records
Fly Records is a British independent record label, established in 1970 by the independent music publisher David Platz, and initially managed by Malcolm Jones from the offices of Essex Music in London. History Platz had been producing records independently, in conjunction with record producers funded by Essex, and leasing them to major record labels. These creative collaborations quickly made their mark with hits such as "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Procol Harum), " Flowers in the Rain", " I Can Hear the Grass Grow" and "Blackberry Way" (The Move) alongside influential recordings from the likes of Beverley Kutner, Tucker Zimmerman and Michael Chapman. The producer roster involved with Platz included Denny Cordell, Gus Dudgeon, Rodger Bain, Don Paul, Johnny Worth and Tony Visconti, whom Platz had brought over to the United Kingdom at Cordell's initiation. After a string of hits in the late 1960s licensed via labels Deram and, later, Regal Zonophone, Platz launched his own lab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly (band)
Fly is the cooperative jazz trio of saxophonist Mark Turner, drummer Jeff Ballard and bassist Larry Grenadier. The group first surfaced as the Jeff Ballard Trio in 2000 on one track of the anthology Originations, curated by Chick Corea (Ballard was Chick's drummer at the time) and became Fly with the release of their first album, on Savoy, in 2004. Association between the players however goes back much further. Grenadier and Ballard played music together as teenagers in California in the early 1980s and subsequently gigged together often. They both migrated to the US's East coast in 1990 where they met Turner, and the three musicians have played in diverse permutations and contexts since then. In Fly, Turner, Grenadier and Ballard all write material. Mark Turner: “Sometimes it’s the saxophone carrying the melody. Other times it’s the bass or drums. We spread out the frontline duties among us. Jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born December 29, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
