Who originally wrote "Don't Fear The Reaper"?
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Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser wrote the song. He was the lead guitarist for Blue Oyster Cult.  Awesome song!
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Sarah Mclaughlin\n\nAnd here are bonus lyrics! \nhttp://www.lyrics007.com/Sarah%20McLachlan%20Lyrics/Angel%20Lyrics.html
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The author is unknown. One of those dear souls who wrote a song loved over the centuries and s/he goes totally unadorned for the creativity and talent.\n\nHere is what I found:\n\nWho wrote it? No one knows. But it’s been around for a long time. Although I couldn’t speak to its author, I could start with two facts. First, the twelve days are the period between the differing celebrations of Christmas—December 25 (in the Western church) and January 6 (in the Eastern church).\n\nSecond, people living when it was written commonly wrote, painted, and thought using symbols to express what they meant. All those birds and people are probably much more than they seem. (It certainly isn’t a coded list of significant biblical numbers. That probably confuses it with a similar song called “In Those Twelve Days”.) So I started looking. Here’s what I found.\n\nIn the Middle Ages birds were symbols of a human being, the soul, and each bird had specific associations. But the birds in the song had interesting Christian connections.\n\nThe partridge was always associated with Jesus’ birth. More than that, so was the pear tree. So the song begins with a double-image of the Nativity! \nSince I’m thinking of Jesus’ birth, “two turtle doves” brought to mind Jesus’ presentation at Mary’s purification (Luke 2:21-24) and the Spirit’s descent upon him after his baptism at the start of his public ministry (Luke 3:21-22). \n“French hens,” symbols of self-sacrifice and care, are reminiscent of Jesus’ role as the Good Shepherd to his own while he was among them. \n“Calling birds”? One author suggested it might originally be “colley birds,” that is, blackbirds. (Unfortunately I haven’t found anything on their symbolism…yet.) \nSince it’s Christmas, the “five gold rings” aren’t jewelry. Instead they remind us of golden ring-necked pheasants that were often associated with Nativity scenes (as can be seen in Fra Angelico’s Nativity) as well as a royalty (suggesting Jesus’ Messianic role) and the promise of life that rises from the ashes of death. \n“Geese” (whether white or gray) symbolized spiritual vigilance, avoidance of worldly pleasures, wholehearted devotion to Godly obedience. Sounds like Jesus again. \n“Seven swans” bring the opening series to a climax. Swans, always associated with royalty and prophecy, were thought to know the hour of their death and announce their death with a great cry (“swan song”), thereby earning them an enduring association with Christ’s work on the cross. Then add the biblical nuance of seven suggesting a completed work, and the connection to the cross is complete. \nBoy, this was really interesting! If I’d lived 500 years ago, singing the first seven verses could be a powerful reminder of my Savior, his life and work. \n\nAs anyone who sings this song knows, from here on you gotta hold on to your dentures! Momentum gathers with the last five gifts – all people. Lowly “milk maids” at work give way to dancing “ladies” and “lords” in ever-increasing displays of joy, followed by an orchestra of “pipers” and “drummers” to support the chorus, and rehearsed at a speed that carries me along in its grand celebration. What a wonderful way to celebrate the coming of our Savior!\n\nThen I got out my calculator. How many gifts were there? If one arrives on the first day, three on the second, six on the third, …by the last day there’s a grand total of 364 gifts. That’s one for every day of the year!\n\nNow at last I understood. “My True Love” was no mere earthly lover but my Heavenly Father. The gift of His Son was sufficient for every day of my year.\n\nThe irony? Everybody, even my fellow Christians, think it’s only a secular song. They even enjoy the lusty singing of its parodies – like “The Twelve Days After Christmas – to mock at the corruption of the holiday. They don’t understand why I can’t laugh and sing it with t
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http://www.dogthebountyhunter.com/main.php\n\nit was written by OZzie Ozbourne and is on his Prince of Darkness CD
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It's "Don't Laugh at Me" by Mark Wills
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John Williams\nJeff Gibbs
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"God is not dead" by Donald Vails\n\nRead lyrics here:\n\nhttp://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/564116.html
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"Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin. Oh, how he croons... This was released in 1960, when music was yummy. (BTW people, Robbie Williams covered it. Cripes.)
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I love Niel, but Dylan is a better Songwriter. Check out the lyrics to "tweeter and the monkey man" (a Wilbuys take) but a Dylan song. The best!
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i write sins not tragedies- PANIC! At The Disco
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"He Didn't Have To Be" by Brad Paisley
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"I Shot The Sheriff" is a song originally written by Bob Marley. It is a song about justice, innocence and defiance, first released on his 1973 album, Burnin'. This was the last single Marley released with original Wailers Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, who left to pursue solo careers later that year. The song was popularized by blues singer and reggae fan Eric Clapton. Clapton's version was included on his 1974 album, 461 Ocean Boulevard, and featured backing vocals by Yvonne Elliman. It topped the American pop charts for a week in the summer of 1974.
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Henry Mancini, who won an Emmy Award and two Grammys for his soundtrack to Peter Gunn, was the first composer to have a widespread hit with a song from a soundtrack\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack
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hmm to be or not to be is not from romeo and juliet. anyways, my favorite qoute is "parting is such sweet sorrow". I like it because of the oxymoron "sweet sorrow", how can sorrow ever be sweet? But it best describes the experience of two lovers parting in few words.
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Suprisingly enough the song is called "One Shining Moment" written by David Barrett.  The current version is sung by Luther Vandross.
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Phil Collins \n\nDon't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away
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Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantics. He is best known for his tales of the macabre and his poems, as well as being one of the early practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction, as well as crime fiction in the United States. He is also often credited with inventing the gothic fiction story and contributing to narrative forms of the emergent science fiction genre.[1] Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is a mystery, although it is well-known that he struggled with alcohol problems; it has also been alleged that he had a drug problem. Some say he died of tuberculosis, as so many people did in his time. His exact burial location is also a source of controversy.