Genius Meanings
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ABBA – Eagle
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Eagle is the first track on the group’s fifth album, ABBA: The Album, and the longest track they ever recorded.
Lyricist Ulvaeus was inspired by Richard Bach’s novel Jonathan
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ABBA – The Name of the Game / Eagle (Live)
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The Name of the Game / [Verse: Agnetha & Frida] / I've seen you twice, in a short time / Only a week since we started / It seems to me, for every time / I'm getting more open-
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Rebecca St. James – Abba (Father)
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I'm feeling like the eagle that rises / Flies above the earth and it's troubles / Oh yes he knows that there are valleys below / But under his wings there's a stronger power / Oh
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Eagles – Desperado
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Never issued as a single, it appeared on their second album of the same name in 1973, and numerous compilation albums since then.
Although the song conjures images of the old west
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ABBA – That's Me
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[Verse 1] / Are you sure you wanna hear more? / What if I ain't worth the while / Not the style you'd be looking for? / If I'm sweet tonight / Things look different in the morning
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ABBA – The Name of the Game
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“The Name of the Game”, first called “A Bit of Myself”, was the first song to be recorded for ABBA’s fifth studio album, following the band’s European and Australian tour. It was
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ABBA – Thank You for the Music
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[Verse 1] / I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a bore / If I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before / But I have a talent, a wonderful thing / 'Cause everyone listens
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ABBA – The Winner Takes It All
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‘The Winner Takes it All’ is a single off the album Super Trouper.
With long running vocal on the back, the song sounds much more vivid.
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ABBA – Angeleyes
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This song is included on the album Voulez Vous, has been written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and the recording sessions began on 26th October 1978 at Polar Studios.
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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
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Widely considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time, “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the first single released from Queen’s fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera. It became
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Rob Rock – Eagle
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(ABBA Cover) / They came flying from far away / Now I'm under their spell / I love hearing the stories that they tell / They've seen places beyond my land / And they found new
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ABBA – Lovers (Live a Little Longer)
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[Verse 1] / Sit down and listen 'cause I've got good news for you / T'was in the papers today / Some physician had made a discovery / This' what she had to say: / (Ooh, you know
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ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
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Written by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” is one of ABBA’s greatest hits. It went to number one in seven countries. The song is about a lonely woman who
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Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight
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“Save Tonight” is about spending as much time with one’s partner as possible, or in a wider context – not wanting tomorrow to come or something to end. In an interview with CNN
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A New Dawn – Eagle
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They came flying from far away, now I'm under their spell / I love hearing the stories that they tell / They've seen places beyond my land and they've found new horizons / They
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ABBA – Dancing Queen (Live)
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[Intro] / You can dance, you can jive / Having the time of your life / Ooh, see that girl, watch that scene / Digging the dancing queen / [Verse 1] / Friday night and the lights
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ABBA – Voulez-Vous (Live) [Wembley Arena]
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[Verse 1] / People everywhere / A sense of expectation hanging in the air / Giving out a spark / Across the room, your eyes are glowing in the dark / [Pre-Chorus 1] / And here we
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Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way
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“Go Your Own Way” was the first single from Fleetwood Mac’s award winning eleventh LP Rumours, from 1977.
This album was written during the fallout of many relationships within
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ABBA – I Have a Dream (Live)
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[Verse 1] / I have a dream, a song to sing / To help me cope with anything / If you see the wonder of a fairy tale / You can take the future, even if you fail / [Chorus 1] / I
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ABBA – Knowing Me, Knowing You
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From the album Arrival, Knowing Me, Knowing You was a huge success, reaching number 1 in Britain and 14 in the US.
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ABBA – The Name of the Game [U.S. Remix]
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[Verse: Agnetha & Frida] / I've seen you twice, in a short time / Only a week since we started / It seems to me, for every time / I'm getting more open-hearted / [Pre-Chorus
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