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Kiss From A Rose
"Kiss from a Rose" is a song from British singer-songwriter Seal's second eponymous album (1994). The song was first released as a single in July 1994 by ZTT, Sire and Warner Bros., and included in the film '' The NeverEnding Story III'' that year. The song was re-released a year later in 1995 as part of the ''Batman Forever'' film soundtrack, helping it top the charts in the United States and Australia. The song also reached the top 10 in several other countries, including Canada, France, Iceland and Norway. At the 1996 Grammy Awards, it won awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Two different music videos were produced to promote the single, directed by Matthew Rolston and Joel Schumacher, respectively. The song's cryptic lyrics have been the subject of debate since its release. In 2015, Seal provided verified commentary on the "Kiss from a Rose" entry on the website Genius, stating simply: "I have avoided explaining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal (musician)
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born 19 February 1963) is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the recipient of three Brit Awards, four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award, with 20 million albums or singles sold by October 2011. He signed with record producer Trevor Horn's ZTT Records to release his Seal (1991 album), eponymous debut studio album (1991). A critical and commercial success, it spawned the singles "Crazy (Seal song), Crazy" and "Killer (Adamski song), Killer", which peaked at numbers two and one on the UK singles chart, respectively, while both entered the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. His 1994 single, "Kiss from a Rose", peaked atop the latter chart after its inclusion on the accompanying film soundtracks for ''The NeverEnding Story III'' and ''Batman Forever''. "Kiss from a Rose" spawned from Seal (1994 album), Seal's second eponymous studio album (1994), which peaked atop the UK Albums Chart along with its pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prayer For The Dying
File:Prayers-collage.png, 300px, alt=Collage of various religionists praying – Clickable Image, Collage of various religionists praying ''(Clickable image – use cursor to identify.)'' rect 0 0 1000 1000 Shinto, Shinto festivalgoer praying in front of the Tagata fertility shrine rect 1000 0 2000 1000 Hinduism, Balinese Hindu bride praying during a traditional wedding ceremony rect 2000 0 3000 1000 Islam, Muslim pilgrim praying at the Masjid al-Haram rect 0 1000 1000 2000 Catholic church, Catholic Trappist monk praying before a crucifix rect 1000 1000 2000 2000 Ethiopian Orthodoxy, Ethiopian priest praying in Lalibela rect 2000 1000 3000 2000 Buddhism, Buddhists praying in Leh rect 0 2000 1000 3000 Sikhism, Sikh praying in Front of the Golden Temple in Amritsar rect 1000 2000 2000 3000 chinese folk religion, Members of the Mengjia Longshan Temple Association gather for a traditional Chinese prayer service rect 2000 2000 3000 3000 judaism, Jewish people praying at the Western Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal (1991 Album)
''Seal'' is the debut studio album by British singer Seal, released in 1991. It contains the singles "Crazy", " Future Love Paradise", "The Beginning", " Killer" and "Violet". The album debuted at number one in the UK and went on to win Best British Album at the 1992 Brit Awards. Seal's following album, released in 1994, was also named ''Seal''; it is usually referred to as ''Seal II''. There are two versions of the album, with minor and major differences in three songs. The shorter version of "Wild" is more rock-based and heavy than the original. The shorter version of "Violet" contains no dialogue within the singing. Track lengths of both versions are given for each song affected. The only way to tell the difference is the CD Matrix; the Pre-Mix matrix is ; the Remixed CD has the same Matrix but with .2 at the end (903174557-2.2). "Killer" is a re-recorded version of the UK number one single by Adamski, which also features Seal on vocals. Many of the songs (including various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genius (website)
Genius is an American digital media company founded on August 27, 2009, by Tom Lehman, Ilan Zechory, and Mahbod Moghadam. The company is known for its eponymous website that serves as a database for song lyrics, news stories, sources, poetry, and documents, in which user-generated content, users can provide Annotation, annotations and Artistic interpretation, interpretations for. Originally launched as Rap Genius, with a focus on hip-hop music, the company attracted the attention and support of celebrities, and venture capital enabling further growth. The site expanded in 2014 to cover other forms of media, such as pop music, pop, literature, and Rhythm and blues, R&B, and added an annotation-embedded platform. That same year, an iPhone app was released. To reflect these new goals, the site relaunched as Genius in July 2014. An Android (operating system), Android version was released in August 2015, and in 2016 and 2017, the company began producing music-focused original video co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Schumacher
Joel T. Schumacher (; August 29, 1939 – June 22, 2020) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Raised in New York City by his mother, Schumacher graduated from Parsons School of Design and originally became a fashion designer. He first entered filmmaking as a production and costume designer before gaining writing credits on ''Car Wash (film), Car Wash'', ''Sparkle (1976 film), Sparkle'', and ''The Wiz (film), The Wiz''. Schumacher received little attention for his first theatrically released films, ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman'' and ''D.C. Cab'', but rose to prominence after directing ''St. Elmo's Fire (film), St. Elmo's Fire'', ''The Lost Boys'', ''The Client (1994 film), The Client'' and ''Falling Down''. Schumacher was selected to replace Tim Burton as director of the Batman in film, Batman film franchise, and oversaw two of the series's most commercially oriented entries, ''Batman Forever'' (1995) and ''Batman & Robin (film), Batman & Robin'' (1997). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Rolston
Matthew Russell Rolston is an American artist, photographer, director and creative director, known for his lighting techniques and detailed approach to art direction and design. Rolston has been identified throughout his career with the revival and modern expression of Hollywood glamour. Rolston's career spans the areas of photography, film, creative direction, experiential design (including hospitality development), branding, product design, fine art, publishing and arts education. Photography career Born in Los Angeles, Rolston studied painting and drawing at the Chouinard Art Institute and Otis College of Art and Design, and in the Bay Area at the San Francisco Art Institute. He also studied drawing, photography and imaging, and filmmaking at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. There, in 2006, he received an honorary doctorate. While still a student at ArtCenter, Rolston received an assignment from American artist Andy Warhol, for Warhol's celebrity focused '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award For Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance was a Grammy Award recognizing superior vocal performance by a male in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. It was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season. The award went to the artist. Singles or tracks only are eligible. The awards have quite a convoluted history: *From 1959 to 1960 there was an award called Best Vocal Performance, Male, which was for work in the pop field *In 1961 the award was separated into Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track and Best Vocal Performance Album, Male *From 1962 to 1963 the awards from the previous year were combined into Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male *From 1964 to 1968 the award was called Best Vocal Performance, Male *In 1969, the awards were combined and streamlined as the award for Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Male *From 1970 to 1971 the award was known as Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male *From 1972 to 1994 the award was known as Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award For Song Of The Year
The Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. The Song of the Year award is one of the four most prestigious categories at the awards (alongside Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Album of the Year), presented annually since the 1st Grammy Awards in 1959. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, the award is presented: If a winning song contains samples or interpolations of existing material, the publisher and songwriter(s) of the original song(s) can apply for a Winners Certificate. Song of the Year is related to but is conceptually different from Record of the Year or Album of the Year: * Song of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album. This award goes to the songwriter who actually wrote the lyrics and/or melodies to the song. "Song" in this context means the song as composed, not its recording. * Record of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammy Award For Record Of The Year
The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to sales or chart position." The Record of the Year award is one of the "General Field" categories at the awards presented annually since the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959 (alongside Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Album of the Year). Arrangers, songwriters, musicians and background singers of a winning recording can apply for a Winners Certificate. Songwriters can only apply for a certificate if it is a new song. Since the 55th Annual Grammy Awards in 2013, mastering engineers are considered nominees and award recipients in this category. Although " record" often refers to any recording of music, Record of the Year differs from Song of the Year or Album of the Year: * Record of the Year is awarded for a single or for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Grammy Awards
The 38th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1996, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. The awards recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Alanis Morissette was the main recipient, being awarded four trophies, including Album of the Year. Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men opened the show with their Record of the Year nominated "One Sweet Day". The ceremony was controversial for its unexpected snub of Mariah Carey's ''Daydream'' album, which proved to be one of the bestselling and most acclaimed albums of 1995. When the Grammy Award nominees were announced, and ''Daydream'' was nominated for six different awards, critics began raving how it would be "cleaning up" that year. Carey, being a multiple award nominee, was one of the headlining performers. Together with Boyz II Men, she sang a live rendition of " One Sweet Day", to a very positive response. The album had lost all of its six nominations, shocking most critics who branded it the "album of the y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman Forever (soundtrack)
''Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture'' is the 1995 soundtrack to the motion picture ''Batman Forever''. Background Only five of the songs are actually featured in the movie. Hit singles from the soundtrack include "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 and "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal (musician), Seal, both of which were nominated for MTV Movie Awards 1996, MTV Movie Awards. "Kiss from a Rose" (whose video was also directed by Joel Schumacher) reached No. 1 in the U.S. charts as well. The soundtrack itself, featuring additional songs by the Flaming Lips, Brandy Norwood, Brandy, the Offspring (songs also included in the film), Method Man, Nick Cave, Michael Hutchence (of INXS), PJ Harvey, and Massive Attack, was an attempt to (in producer Peter MacGregor-Scott's words) make the film more "Pop music, pop". The soundtrack was hugely successful, selling almost as many copies as Prince (musician), Prince's Batman (album), soundtrack to the 1989 ''Batman (1989 film), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
