The group released an equally solid new record, "La Di Da Di," last fall.
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And then down the counter is the more expensive, less salty, la-di-da Nova.
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You might feel differently about your solve today; maybe you flew through it, la-di-da!
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I'd be focused and in tune with the world and then, la di da, I'd space out.
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I know Game of Thrones is just a TV show, la-di-da, but it was our life.
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People seem so happy, la-di-da, just talking among themselves on the way to the art fair.
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Each time I hear it I ask myself, how did Future know that "La di da di da" line would work?
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And in a truly easy, breezy, la-di-da moment that would have otherwise been occupied by perfectionism, I gave no fucks.
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But in American cocktail culture — especially its most rarefied, la-di-da precincts — bitterness has become a signifier of sophistication and discernment.
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Even his dancers — so outstandingly fresh as a rule — reflected this by sometimes looking a bit la-di-da, too determinedly gracious for comfort.
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Stahlbaum, laden with la-di-da airs and graces, needs a drink before her party guests arrive, and yet she truly loves her children.
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The most jittery song on The Internet's fourth LP is "La Di Da," in which frontwoman Syd, who is usually thinking about sex, decides to flex.
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" Meanwhile, in "La Di Da," she casually brushes off a guy: "Face it, I'm out of your league," she sings, adding, "Sorry that I'm so blasé.
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He did not obtain a college degree but is the sort of fellow who can drop French phrases into his writing without sounding la-di-da.
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Now, perhaps this doesn't seem like much of a goal: Our generation, with our selfies, always thinking about ourselves, obsessing over who we are, la di da.
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" They bonded over a shared appreciation of music, especially Doug E. Fresh's 'La Di Da Di.'" He said they were moved by the scalding spectacle of Charlottesville, Va., to make the movie.
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"Burbank Funk" is the direction N.E.R.D. should have taken their 2010s career, while the album's lead single "Come Over" is a silver-tongued allurement, and "La Di Da" would play perfectly from a crappy speaker on the block.
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Ms. Crystal, who in addition to her sister is survived by her son, Gustav Che Finkelstein, had an unflappable, slightly spacey demeanor and an incongruous la-di-da accent that added an extra layer of ineffability to an already bizarre persona.
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"La Di Da Rap" is noteworthy in part because it seems to foreshadow current events — it is about campaign strategy, and features the phrase "make America great," which 27 years later appeared as part of Donald J. Trump's campaign slogan.
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"Goodnight Moon" is by far the most famous of Brown's hundred or so picture books, and for good reason: It replicates the lulling, la-di-da cadences that toddlers use when they jabber to themselves, and it captures the strange tendency of young children to assign emotional lives to ordinary household objects.
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Instead, they offered the phenomenon of Pollock himself: a conspicuously modern artist without a trace of European la-di-da, an artist born in Wyoming , no less, who did his painting in a barn, using not a palette but cans of aluminum paint, into which he occasionally mixed (how much more macho could it get?) nails and screws.
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"La Di Da Di", in particular, is one of the most sampled songs in music history.
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The music video for "My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da)" was directed by Wiebke Berndt.
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Richard Martin Lloyd Walters (born January 14, 1965), better known as Slick Rick, is an British-American rapper and record producer. Slick Rick rose to prominence with Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s. Their songs "The Show" and "La Di Da Di" are considered early hip hop classics. "La Di Da Di" is one of the most sampled songs in history.
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Sticky Fingaz's verse is molded off of Slick Rick's in "La-Di-Da-Di" but flipped. For his verse, Sticky Fingaz took and redid the Slick Rick's verse from the song "La Di Da Di". Almost all the lines in a verse of Sticky begin and end with the same words as in the song by Slick Rick, but they have a completely different meaning. In 1995, song was also included in a cassette single Onyx "Untitled".
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"The Yabba" is a song by American experimental rock group Battles. It was released on August 13, 2015 on Warp Records as the lead single from their third studio album, La Di Da Di. Preceding its commercial release, the song was performed during a live session along with four other songs from La Di Da Di on June 26, 2015. The performance was streamed online in a 24-hour loop on the band's website and was directed by David Raboy.
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Snoop Dogg covered "La Di Da Di" as "Lodi Dodi". Mindless Self Indulgence also covered the song, with some changes in lyrics. The song has been covered live by Chuck Brown and also by Korn.
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Everglow were scheduled to perform in five different cities in the United States, these being Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, Jersey City and Los Angeles. 에버글로우, 미국 5개 도시부터 첫 월드투어 떠난다 However, due to concerns of the coronavirus outbreak, their sold-out Los Angeles show was cancelled. The group's second mini-album, -77.82X-78.29, was released on September 21, 2020, alongside the lead single "La Di Da" and three other songs: "Untouchable", "Gxxd Boy" and "No Good Reason". "La Di Da" was co-written by member E:U.
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Hive Mind is the fourth studio album by American R&B; band the Internet, released on July 20, 2018 by Columbia Records. It was preceded by the singles "Roll (Burbank Funk)", "Come Over" and "La Di Da".
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John Walter Lawrence Clegg (born 9 July 1934) is an Indian-born English actor, best known for playing the part of 'Mr. La-di-da' Gunner 'Paderewski' Graham in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
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La Di Da Di is the third studio album by American experimental rock band Battles, released on September 18, 2015 on Warp Records. It is the band's last album with guitarist/bassist Dave Konopka before his departure in 2018.
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This was the only collaboration present on the final track- list of the record. Later on June 4, 2011, it was revealed that "Party" samples "La Di Da Di" (1985) as performed by Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew featuring MC Ricky D., and written by Douglas Davis and Ricky Walters. The original record contains the lyrics, "La di da di, we like to party", which the songwriters included on "Party". On June 6, 2011, "Party" leaked on the internet followed by the whole album, three weeks prior to its official release date, which was scheduled for June 28, 2011.
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La Di Da Di received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 30 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
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French Affair was a German-French pop-dance band established in 1999. It has found highest popularity in German-speaking countries. They scored a number of hits in Europe between 2000 and 2003, including "My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da)", "Do What You Like", "Sexy", and "Comme ci comme ça".
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"I Can't Breathe" is Farah's debut solo single, after previously co-writing songs "Marryuna", "Mr La Di Da Di", "Meditjin", and "Waiting" for artists Baker Boy and Kian, respectively. The track was written in the aftermath of George Floyd's death at the hands of police, as well as other victims of police brutality, Eric Garner and David Dungay Jnr.
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Cramer, Stephen "Beatnik Filmstars Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 26 November 2011 It found them getting lumped into the shoegazing scene, with songs that featured loud/quiet/loud passages, and swirly guitar sounds. But Jarrett was more influenced by US sounding bands and the band soon broke away from their 'shoegaze' phase. Their second and third albums (Laid Back & English and Astronaut House) found them experimenting with more Lo-Fi sounds and guitar noise.Abebe, Nitsuh "Laid Back & English Review", Allmusic, retrieved 27 November 2011 Released on the UK indie label La Di da Records, and newly formed La Di Da/Caroline Records in the USA. The band had now changed line up with John Austin and Tim Rippington (formerly of The Flatmates and 5 Year Plan) both joining as guitarists replacing Kent.
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On 16 November 2019, after a 7-year hiatus, Manny Sharrad & Jaimie Stevens performed in Melbourne under the Infusion banner, with long time friend and collaborator Phil K in place of Frank Xavier. The trio played at a laneway festival which took place at Bourke Place in Melbourne and the nightclub La Di Da. It celebrated the 22nd event for event organisers Sunny.
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Two years later in July 2005 Baracuda released their third single, "Ass Up". This song managed to grab the 70th spot in the German Singles Charts. Baracuda released a fourth single "La Di Da" in May 2007. In August 2008 the group released their fifth single, "I Will Love Again", a cover of Lara Fabian's famous hit from the year 2000.
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"My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da)" is a song by German-French dance pop act French Affair. It was released in January 2000 as the lead single from their debut album Desire. The song became a major hit worldwide, reaching the top five in Denmark, France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy. It topped the charts in Germany and Austria.
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"La Di Da Di" is a song performed by Doug E. Fresh, who provides the beatboxed instrumental, and MC Ricky D (later known as Slick Rick), who performs the vocals. It was originally released in 1985 as the B-side to "The Show". The song has since gained a reputation as an early hip hop classic, and it is one of the most sampled songs in history.
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Love, Me (stylized in sentence case) is the debut extended play (EP) by Canadian singer-songwriter Lennon Stella. The EP was released on November 16, 2018 by Columbia Records. Stella collaborated with six musicians during the production of Love, Me, including American producer Greg Kurstin and New Zealand producer Joel Little. Four tracks were issued as singles from the EP: "Bad", "Breakaway", "La Di Da", and "Feelings".
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Raised in the remote Northern Territory communities of Yurrwi and Maningrida, 21 year-old Danzel Baker, aka Baker Boy, has released "Black Magic", featuring Dallas Woods. The song is performed in Yolngu Matha and English, representing his bloodlines. Danzel Baker and Dallas Woods met when Baker Boy was 17 and Dallas was 21 and the two started writing songs together, including Baker Boy's previous single "Mr. La Di Da Di".
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The "to the tick tock ya don't stop" soundbite is sampled from Slick Ricks "La Di Da Di." The bassline, chord structure and the "I know you not gonna sing that song!" soundbite are sampled from Betty Wright's "Tonight is the Night." The chorus melody is from the Shuggie Otis song "Strawberry Letter 23". A sample of "I Wanna Sex You Up" has been used in the Kardinal Beats remix of "Tick Tock" by Lemar.
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"Tic Toc" is the lead single released from the Lords of the Underground's second album, Keepers of the Funk. Produced by Marley Marl, with the group's DJ Lord Jazz providing scratches, "Tic Toc" was the Lords' last single to reach the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 73 on that chart, while also making it to 17 on the Hot Rap Singles chart. The song samples Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's "La Di Da Di".
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The track contains a sample of the 1985 song "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick. The song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, earning Kelis her third consecutive top-five single, while becoming a modest success on the charts internationally. The accompanying music video, directed by Giuseppe Capotondi, does not feature Kelis or André 3000, and instead features children playing the roles of young Kelis and André.
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"Freedom of Speech" was one of the first raps to focus on the First Amendment and in particular attacked Tipper Gore's PMRC with unmistakable venom: The album ends with in "My Word Is Bond", featuring Syndicate members telling one exaggerated story after another against a looped sample of Slick Rick saying "Stop lying" from his song "La Di Da Di".Ice-T (1989). "My Word Is Bond". The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!.
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The band's lead singer, Barbara Alcindor, was born in Paris, and has worked as a fashion model in London. She met the Dreyer Brothers production team and signed with the BMG, before scoring a hit "My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da)" in early 2000. The single was a major hit in Europe, peaking within top 5 in many countries. It was followed by "Do What You Like", which also met with success, and a debut album, Desire.
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"Sukiyaki" was also covered as an instrumental, by English pianist Johnny Pearson, during 1982. Well-known English-language cover versions include a 1981 cover by A Taste of Honey and a 1995 cover by 4 P.M., both of which made the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. In 1989, Selena's self-titled album contained a Spanish translation of the Taste of Honey cover which was released as a single in 1990. The English lyrics have also appeared in whole or in part in songs by performers including Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh (1985's "La Di Da Di"),Jun 15, 1963: Kyu Sakamoto tops the charts with "Sukiyaki", History.com Salt-N-Pepa (1985's "The Show Stopper"), Snoop Dogg (1993's "Lodi Dodi", a "La Di Da Di" cover), Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (1995's Bless Da 40 Oz.), Raphael Saadiq (1995's Ask of You, another to make the Hot 100), Mary J. Blige (1997's "Everything") and Will Smith (1999's "So Fresh", featuring Slick Rick).
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On April 27, 2018 the band released the single "Roll (Burbank Funk)", accompanied by a music video. On May 30, the group announced Hive Mind, to be released by Columbia Records on July 20, with the announcement accompanied by the release of the album's second promotional single, "Come Over". A music video for "Come Over" was released on June 6, serving as lead singer Syd's directorial debut. "La Di Da" was released as the album's third single on July 13.
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Downtown retail is centered mostly along Main Street. Artmain, the Black Iguana, Bray's Saddlery & Western Wear, Cookies For You, D & S Anderson Bootery, Fiancee, Gideon's Trumpet, the Gourmet Chef, La Di Da, Lien's Jewelry, Lillian's, Main Street Books and Top Antiques are all retail businesses located on Main Street. There are a number of other retail businesses scattered throughout the downtown district, but the majority of downtown's retail is located along Main Street between Central Avenue and the Burdick Expressway.
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During the 1980s many former warehouses at the southern end of King Street (and in nearby Flinders Street) were converted into night clubs. King Street subsequently became Melbourne's main nightclub district, with some of Melbourne's largest clubs including Clique Lounge Bar, Tramp, Inflation, La Di Da, Brown Alley & Sorry Grandma along the strip. The street is also considered the hub of Melbourne's adult entertainment venues, including Goldfingers, The Men's Gallery,The Men's Gallery Dallas Dancers, Bar 20, Centrefold LoungeCentrefold Lounge and Spearmint Rhino.
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Late in 2009, Gibson released her second album, Hurricanes and Forget Me Nots. In 2010, the song "La Di Da" was used in the hit show The Real World.bandzoogle.com She has performed on the Fox TV show Boston Public as a singer and dancer and on MTV's My Own, remaking Natasha Bedingfield's track, "These Words". In June 2011, Gibson was chosen as one of two musicians to take part in IdeaJam, a collaboration between Katalyst (co-founded by Ashton Kutcher), Intel and Google/YouTube.
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Sad Café is the fourth studio album by English rock band Sad Café, released in October 1980 by RCA Records. In the UK, two singles were released, "La-Di-Da" and "I'm in Love Again" both of which charted on the UK Singles Chart. On some editions of the album, "Love Today" and "I'm in Love Again" are swapped around on the track listing. The album failed to continue the success of the band's previous album and it charted at number 46 on the UK Album Charts.
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"Here Comes the Hotstepper" contains several samples, including vocals from "The Champ" by The Mohawks, "Hot Pants" by Bobby Byrd, and "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick. The song's instrumental samples the drums and bass from "Heartbeat" by Taana Gardner and guitar notes from "Hung Up on My Baby" by Isaac Hayes. The song uses the "na na na na na..." chorus from the Cannibal & the Headhunters cover of "Land of a Thousand Dances," and the verse vocal melody is reminiscent of The Beatles' "Come Together".
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The Sheriff of Nottingham is the main antagonist of the show. Keith Allen's portrayal was described by The Hollywood Reporter as "very camp in the Alan Rickman tradition of sardonic villains," referring to Rickman's role as the Sheriff in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Cynical, sarcastic and with a dark sense of humour, he has many catch phrases, including "La di da di da!" and "A clue: no." He also has an explosive temper, usually triggered by Robin's interference or the repeated failures of Gisborne and other minions.
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"It's the music in relation to the visual, in relation to the way I move and the way I articulate the lyrics. But if I wanted to make music to make people sing 'la di da' that would be very boring," she concluded. "LoveGame" was released as the album's third single in North America and Europe and the fourth single in Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden after "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)". In the US it was sent to Contemporary hit radio (CHR) formats for airplay from May 12, 2009.
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"Party" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her fourth studio album, 4 (2011). It features guest vocals from American rapper André 3000, J. Cole, and background vocals from Kanye West and Consequence, and was released by Columbia Records as the fourth single from 4 on August 30, 2011. The song was written by Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, Beyoncé, Dexter Mills, Douglas Davis and Ricky Walters and produced by Beyoncé and West and co-produced by Bhasker. A midtempo R&B; song, "Party" exhibits elements of the 1980s funk and soul music, and samples the 1985 song "La Di Da Di".
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"We Can't Stop" is a mid-tempo pop, R&B; and electropop song. It is written in the key of E major with a tempo of 80 beats per minute in common time, and Cyrus' vocals span two octaves, from the low note of B2 to a high F5. The song follows the chord progression E–Gm–Cm–A (I–iii–vi–IV). The track also includes a sample of the track "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and MC Ricky D. John Kennedy of Vibe compared the track to the works of Rihanna.
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"Runaway Love" was written by Ludacris, Keri Hilson, Polow da Don, Doug E. Fresh, and Slick Rick, while production was handled by Polow da Don. The song contains a sample from the 1985 single "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick. It was recorded by Jason Monroy at The Ludaplex and Dan Cheung at Right Track–Sound on Sound Recording – recording studios in Atlanta, Georgia and New York City respectively. During the recording of "Runaway Love", guitars and bass instruments were played by Mike Hartnett, and Jason Monroy and J.R. Rotem provided keyboards.
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One early rapper to use the word bitch on record was Duke Bootee on his classic 1983 song with Grandmaster Flash, New York New York. ("He says he ain't gonna pay no child support / because the bitch left him without a second thought.") However, it is sometimes claimed that Slick Rick's "La Di Da Di" (1985) was the first rap song to use the term. Since the late 1980s, the word bitch has been frequently used among hip-hop artists and followers of the culture, which can be said as "bee-otch", spelled like Biotch, Beyotch, Beotch, etc.
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Douglas Davis, better known by his stage name Doug E. Fresh (born September 17, 1966), is a Barbadian-born American rapper, record producer and beatboxer, also known as the "Human Beat Box". The pioneer of 20th-century American beatboxing, Fresh is able to accurately imitate drum machines and various special effects using only his mouth, lips, gums, throat, tongue and a microphone. In the early 1980s he formed the Get Fresh Crew with DJs Chill Will and Barry B and later added rapper Slick Rick. Two of their songs "The Show" and "La Di Da Di" are considered early hip hop classics.
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Stax released Wattstax: The Living Word on January 18, 1973. This double-LP album release included live recordings from the Wattstax concert event, as well as a handful of studio recordings - The Staples Singers' "Oh La Di Da" and Eddie Floyd's "Lay Your Loving on Me" - overdubbed with audience reactions. The Living Word sold over 220,000 copies and a second two-disc release, The Living Word: Wattstax 2, followed later that year. Wattstax 2 featured additional live performances from both the concert and related performances seen in the film, as well as studio tracks by other music artists and Richard Pryor.
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If Callas Forever is compellingly acted . . . it is a skimpily produced movie that looks pasted together on a limited budget. The la-di-da ambience of divas and their courtiers rings true for its era, but the fussy hothouse atmosphere of unrestrained diva-worship is ultimately more than a little stifling."The New York Times review Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times stated, "The visual style is all Zeffirelli, and it is interesting that the opera-within-the-film is not skimped on, as is usually the case in films containing scenes from other productions.
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The song contains samples from "The Return of Leroy" by The Jimmy Castor Bunch, "Drop the Bomb" and "Let's Get Small" by Trouble Funk, "Funky Stuff" by Kool & The Gang, "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James, "Christmas Rappin'" by Kurtis Blow and "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and MC Ricky D.Beastie Boys' Sample- Based Music The line "Pump it up, homeboy" was sampled by Eric B. & Rakim on their song "As the Rhyme Goes On" and by Ice-T on his song "Ya Don't Quit". The line "Beer drinking, breath stinking, sniffing glue" was sampled by Dr. Dre on Eazy-E's "Boyz-n-the-Hood".
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Sad Café are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1976, who achieved their peak of popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known for the UK Top 40 singles "Every Day Hurts", "Strange Little Girl", "My Oh My" and "I'm in Love Again", the first of which was their biggest hit, reaching number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979. The band also had two US Billboard Hot 100 hits with "Run Home Girl" and "La-Di-Da". Frontman Paul Young went on to achieve greater chart success as the co-lead singer (with Paul Carrack) of Mike + The Mechanics.
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The Sheriff of Nottingham is the main antagonist of the 2006 BBC television series, Robin Hood. Keith Allen's portrayal was described by The Hollywood Reporter as "very camp in the Alan Rickman tradition of sardonic villains," referring to Rickman's role as the Sheriff in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Sarcastic and with a dark sense of humour, he has many catch phrases, including "La di da di da!" and "A clue: no" (also the title of the first season finale). He also has an explosive temper, usually triggered by Robin's interference or the repeated failures of Guy of Gisbourne and other minions.
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Delaney Gibson is an American singer-songwriter who has recorded four solo albums, The Worst Kind of Way, Hurricanes and Forget Me Nots, "It's Exploding", and Tall Like the Tree. Her song "La Di Da" was placed in the long running MTV show The Real World D.C. and the Oxygen Network's The Bad Girls Club. She currently lives in Austin, Texas, and tours year round from coast to coast, with emphasis in New York City and the Ventura and Los Angeles areas of California. Gibson joined Wheatus on their UK tour in September 2011, and she released her latest album, Tall Like The Tree, in early 2014.
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"Rock DJ" is a song by English singer and songwriter Robbie Williams, featured on his third studio album, Sing When You're Winning (2000). The song was released in July 2000 as the lead single from the album. It samples the strings from Barry White's song "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" and also contains a sample of "Can I Kick It?" by A Tribe Called Quest and has a quote from "La Di Da Di" by Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh. It reached number one in Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom as well as the top 10 in Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Switzerland.
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Sullivan, the 1964 Supreme Court decision that revolutionized American libel law. In Sullivan, the court held that public officials suing critics of their official conduct needed to prove that the contested statements were made with "actual malice", that is, with knowledge of their falsity or with serious subjective doubts about their truth. The Times moved Lewis to London in 1964, where he was bureau chief with responsibility for broad coverage of politics, culture and, in the words of one editor, "ballet, music, Glyndebourne, la-di-da London society, diplomacy, the British character, you name it". He moved to New York in 1969 and began writing a twice-weekly opinion column for the Times.
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Doug E. Fresh was interviewed in the 1986 cult documentary Big Fun In The Big Town. Slick Rick left the group almost a year after the release of "The Show"/"La Di Da Di" single, reappearing in 1988 as a Def Jam artist and releasing his debut album, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick. Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew continued on, now officially signed to Danya/Reality/Fantasy, by releasing Oh, My God! in 1986, which included the hit song "All The Way To Heaven". In 1988, The World's Greatest Entertainer was released, featuring the song "Keep Risin' To The Top", which was named after Keni Burke's then-obscure 1981 hit "Rising To The Top" (which has since become Burke's signature song).
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Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, record producer, and author. He began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays; the second hip-hop album to carry an explicit content sticker after Slick Rick's La Di Da Di. The following year, he founded the record label Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called the "") and released another album, Power, which went on to go Platinum. He also released several other albums that went Gold. He co-founded the heavy metal band Body Count, which he introduced on his 1991 rap album O.G.: Original Gangster, on the track titled "Body Count".
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Priya Elan of NME commented that "Party" is the first indication that 4 was influenced by the likes of Teena Marie. Lyrically, "Party" features Beyoncé as the female protagonist "in the mood for some loving" as she references to a get-together for two persons. West rhymes about "swag sauce" and "swagu" in the introductory lines, "You a bad girl, your friends bad too / You got the swag sauce, you're drippin' Swagu", before passing the torch to Beyoncé, who begins to sing the first verse slowly and steadily, "I may be young but I'm ready / To give you all my love / I told my girls you can get it / Don't slow it down, just let it go / So in love / I'll give it all away / Just don't tell nobody tomorrow". In the chorus lines, she harmonizes over the sample from "La Di Da Di", "Cause tonight's the night that I give you everything / Music knocking until the morning light / 'Cause we like to party".
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" (Flavor Flav was originally scheduled to join the band, but he respectfully declined during the last week. So instead, Slick Rick came out and after Rock Candy, Rick and The Biscuits performed La Di Da Di. Rahzel was then booked, but could not make the gig due to a snowstorm in the Northeast). Dr. John, Toots Hibbert (Toots and Maytals), bassist George Porter Jr. (the Meters), guitarist Brian Stoltz (the Meters), and drummer Matt Abts (Gov't Mule) then took the stage for a set that included "Right Place, Wrong Time", "Pressure Drop" and "Hey Pocky Way," with Widespread Panic keyboardist JoJo Hermann on the latter. The Derek Trucks Band featured vocalist Solomon Burke for "I wish I knew How it Would Feel to be Free" and "Home in Your Heart." Trucks’ wife, Susan Tedeschi, along with Dickey Betts, then joined in for "Turn on Your Lovelight." The String Cheese Incident opened its portion of the night with the instrumental "Valley of the Jig" and "’Round the Wheel.
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