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I Wanna Be Yours
"I Wanna Be Yours" is a spoken word poem by British poet John Cooper Clarke, on his 1982 album '' Zip Style Method''. The poem was brought to wider audience via an adaptation by Arctic Monkeys on their 2013 album, '' AM''. Original lyrics The poetic spoken lyrics recount the love of one person for another, using metaphors around various domestic equipment: I wanna be your vacuum cleaner Breathing in your dust I wanna be your Ford Cortina I will never rust. The poem was included in a GCSE English anthology. Clarke re-used the title of the poem for his autobiography published in 2020. In March 2023, ''The Guardian'' noted that "if it was previously Britain's favourite wedding poem, it's now quantifiably the world's favourite British poem, full stop". Arctic Monkeys adaptation The English rock band Arctic Monkeys brought the poem to a wider audience via an adaptation which appears as the closing track on their 2013 album, '' AM''. The adaptation, produced by James Ford and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Spoken Word
Spoken word is an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a 20th-century continuation of an oral tradition, ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of recitation and word play, such as the performer's live Intonation (linguistics), intonation and voice inflection. Spoken word is a "catchall" term that includes any kind of poetry recited aloud, including poetry readings, poetry slams, jazz poetry, pianologues, musical readings, and hip hop music, and can include Sketch comedy, comedy routines and prose monologues. Unlike written poetry, the quality of spoken word is shaped less by the visual aesthetics on a page, and more from phonaesthetics or the aesthetics of sound. History Spoken word has existed for many years; long before writing, through a cycle of practicing, listening and memorizing, each language drew on its resources of sound structure for aural patterns that made spoken p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
James Ford (musician)
James Ellis Ford (born 11 December 1978) is an English record producer and songwriter, known for being a member of Simian Mobile Disco and the Last Shadow Puppets as well as his production work with Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Depeche Mode, Foals, Florence and the Machine, Haim, Gorillaz, Klaxons, Jessie Ware, Kylie Minogue, Declan McKenna, the Pet Shop Boys, Pulp and Geese (band). In 2023 he released a solo album '' The Hum'' on Warp Records. Biography James Ellis Ford was born on 11 December 1978 in Staffordshire. Ford went to Manchester University, along with other members of Simian. Ford was a founding member of the group Simian and later a member the spin-off duo Simian Mobile Disco. He produced the Klaxons album '' Myths of the Near Future'' in 2007 which won the Mercury Prize. Also that year, he produced the Arctic Monkeys second album. He has done at least part of the production on each of the band's subsequent albums. In 2008, he formed the Last Shadow Puppets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Billboard Malaysia Songs
Malaysia Songs is a music record chart in the Malaysia, compiled by ''Billboard'' since February 2022. It is part of ''Billboard''s Hits of the World chart collection, ranking the top 25 songs weekly in more than 40 countries around the globe. The first number-one song on the chart was " Angel Baby" by Troye Sivan on the issue dated February 19, 2022. The current number-one song on the chart is "Mangu" by Fourtwnty featuring Charita Utami. Methodology The chart follows the Friday–Thursday reporting period, and will be updated each Tuesday morning (ET). The chart consist of 25 songs, ranked based on song consumption methodology — blending streams and sales — in Malaysia during the tracking period. All data are provided by Luminate Data, formerly MRC Data. List of number–one songs 2022 2023 2024 2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Suda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
