#4 (UK Singles Chart) Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The mod revival was a music genre and subculture that started in the United Kingdom in 1978 and later spread to other countries (to a lesser degree). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Polydor Records is a record label once headquartered in Germany. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Paul Weller (born John William Weller, 25 May 1958, in Stanley Road, Woking, Surrey) is a British singer-songwriter. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... “British Hit Singles†redirects here. ...
"Funeral Pyre" was the The Jam's thirteenth single released on 6th June 1981. Backed by the B-side "Disguises", a cover of a Who track, it reached #4 in the UK Singles chart.[1] This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Thats Entertainment is a 1980 song by British punk/new wave group The Jam off their fifth album, Sound Affects. ... Absolute Beginners was a single released by The Jam on 24th October 1981. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ...
The recording is the most fiercely delivered amongst the group's singles discography, and is noted for Rick Buckler's particularly frenetic and prominent drum track. This may be accounted for by the fact that the song's genesis was a studio jam between Buckler and bassist Bruce Foxton, with Paul Weller's contribution coming later. (Thus the musical elements overshadow the lyrical.) Rick Buckler (born 6 December 1955—), was the drummer and an original member of The Jam, a British rock-band that enjoyed considerable success in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1982. ... Paul Weller (born John William Weller, 25 May 1958, in Stanley Road, Woking, Surrey) is a British singer-songwriter. ...
The song does not appear on any of the bands studio albums.
When King Agamemnon heard this he dismissed the people to their ships, but those who were about the dead heaped up wood and built a pyre a hundred feet this way and that; then they laid the dead all sorrowfully upon the top of it.
The dead hero had had house-dogs; two of them did Achilles slay and threw upon the pyre; he also put twelve brave sons of noble Trojans to the sword and laid them with the rest, for he was full of bitterness and fury.
And now, sir, go on with the funeral contests in honour of your comrade: gladly do I accept this urn, and my heart rejoices that you do not forget me but are ever mindful of my goodwill towards you, and of the respect due to me from the Achaeans.
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