Natalie Anne Merchant (born on 26 October 1963)Â is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet In her beautiful song âOpheliaâ (Dec 6: OPHELIA by Natalie Merchant), she imagines a woman living different lives throughout history , which in the end appear to be delusions from a mental patient (the real Ophelia). Three quotes: âI… Read More đHappy Birthday, Natalie Merchant!đ
“Yesterday” is a melancholy ballad in which the singer expresses his regrets about his past. It is a feeling we all experience, when we look back to the times when everything was fine and we had nothing to be worried about. Then we realize we have made mistakes and lost something, and we wish we… Read More “Yesterday”: the backstory
“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” (H. Hoover) Herbert Hoover (August 10, 1874 â-1964), Americaâs 31st president, took office in 1929, the year the U.S. economy fell into the Great Depression. Even though his predecessorsâ policies contributed to the crisis, Hoover bore much of the blame in the… Read More Herbert Hoover
âThe Catcher in the Ryeâ, Â the famous novel by Jerome David Salinger. was published in 1951, at a time when American industrial economy was making the nation prosperous, and rooted social rules served as a code of conformity for the young generations. The use of slang and profanity and the discussion of adolescent sexuality seemed… Read More 16 July 1951: publication of âThe Catcher in the Ryeâ
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