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Downtown (other)
Downtown is the central business district of a city. Downtown or Down Town may also refer to: Places *Downtown, Rotherhithe, an area in London *Downtown (Nevada gaming area), a neighborhood of Las Vegas *Downtown (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Film and television * Downtown (film), ''Downtown'' (film), a 1990 American comedy * ''Downtown: A Street Tale'', a 2004 American drama film * Downtown (1986 TV series), ''Downtown'' (1986 TV series), an American crime drama * Downtown (1999 TV series), ''Downtown'' (1999 TV series), an American animated series * Downtown (American Dad!), "Downtown" (''American Dad!''), a 2020 TV episode Music Albums * Downtown (Marshall Crenshaw album), ''Downtown'' (Marshall Crenshaw album), 1985 * Downtown (Petula Clark album), ''Downtown'' (Petula Clark album) or the title song (see below), 1965 * ''Downtown: Life Under the Gun'', an EP by August Alsina, or the title song, 2013 Songs * Downtown (Anitta and J Balvin song), "Down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district (CBD). Downtowns typically contain a small percentage of a city’s employment. In some metropolitan areas it is marked by a cluster of tall buildings, cultural institutions and the convergence of rail transit and bus lines. In British English, the term " city centre" is most often used instead. History Origins The Oxford English Dictionary's first citation for "down town" or "downtown" dates to 1770, in reference to the center of Boston. Some have posited that the term "downtown" was coined in New York City, where it was in use by the 1830s to refer to the original town at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan.Fogelson, p. 10. As the town of New York grew into a city, the only direction it could grow on the island was toward the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downtown (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Song)
"Downtown" is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring fellow American musicians Eric Nally of Foxy Shazam, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz. The song was officially released on August 27, 2015, as the lead single from the duo's second studio album ''This Unruly Mess I've Made'' (2016). A music video for the song was uploaded to Ryan Lewis' YouTube channel on the day of the song's release. Background On the song Macklemore said, "Ryan ewismade a beat on the road called 'moping around,' I got the beat, I thought it said moped." "Coincidentally we had both purchased mopeds for being on the road so we could go around, leave the venues that we were performing at, and I wrote a song about mopeds, which now a year and a half later is out in the world." Critical reception '' AXS'' described the song as a sequel to the duo's successful single "Thrift Shop", while ''USA Today'' called it "a hip hop recreation of Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson's "Uptown F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vol
Vol or Vols may refer to: * Vol (command), a computer operating system command * Vol (heraldry), a heraldic charge * Volatility (finance) * Volume (other) * Volunteer (Irish republican) * Nashville Vols, an American minor league baseball team * Tennessee Volunteers, the sports teams of the University of Tennessee * Republic of Upper Volta, a country in Africa now called Burkina Faso * Vigilantes of Love, an American rock band * Volans, a constellation * Volapük, a constructed international auxiliary language * Volunteer State Community College, a community college in Gallatin, Tennessee * Vol, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Vol Dooley (1927-2014), former sheriff of Bossier Parish, Louisiana See also * Völs (other) Völs may refer to: * Völs, Tyrol, a town in the district of Innsbruck-Land in Tyrol, Austria *Völs am Schlern, a town located in South Tyrol, Italy *Gerd Völs Gerd Völs (22 December 1909 – 15 March 1991) was a German rower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's About Time (SWV Album)
''It's About Time'' is the debut studio album by American female R&B trio SWV. It was released by RCA Records on October 27, 1992, in the United States. It earned 11 ''Billboard'' Music Award nominations and became the 16th best-selling album of 1993 in the United States, with 2,100,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. It also earned SWV a nomination for Best New Artist at the 36th Grammy Awards. In 1996, ''It's About Time'' was certified 3× platinum, for shipping over 3,000,000 albums in the US alone. The album spawned five hit singles with "I'm So into You", "Downtown", " Weak", a remixed version of " Right Here/Human Nature" (the latter two reached number one on the R&B singles chart, with "Weak" being their biggest and only number-one pop hit), and "You're Always on My Mind" (shortened to "Always on My Mind" for single release). A remixed version of "Anything" appeared on the soundtrack of the film ''Above the Rim'' in 1994 and was released as the final single fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One 2 Many
One 2 Many was a short-lived Norwegian-Swedish band consisting of Dag Kolsrud (keyboard instrument, keyboards), Camilla Griehsel (singing, vocals) and Jan Gisle Ytterdal (guitar). Formed in 1987, the band released their first and only album ''Mirror'' on A&M Records in 1988. The Scandinavian pop track "Downtown", was an immediate success in Europe, reaching #1 for five weeks in Norway. In the United States, US the song also a success, reaching #37 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, #18 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary, AC chart and #30 on the Hot Dance Club Songs, Dance chart in May 1989. Three further singles were released, namely "Another Man", "Writing on the Wall" and "Nearly There", but while promotion was still underway, the band had already split. Allmusic labels them a candidate to the "least remembered one-hit wonder ever". Kolsrud went on to join the band Guys in Disguise, after which he pursued a solo career. He was previously a-ha's world tour musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Are You Alone?
''Are You Alone?'' is the fourth and final studio album from Canadian pop duo Majical Cloudz, released on October 16, 2015, on Matador Records. The album was nominated for a Juno Award in 2016. Critical reception ''Are You Alone?'' received largely 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 80, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Mike Powell of ''Pitchfork'' gave the album a positive review, stating, "Like '' Impersonator'', ''Alone'' is a sad album, but its sadness is a kind of tall tale, the details of which are overblown for dramatic effect. At times its lyrics sound less like expressions of personal darkness than advertisements for darkness in general, written in lettering so big you could read it from the highway." Powell continues, "''Alone'' is less stripped-down than ''Impersonator'', but it feels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kep1er
Kep1er (; ) is a South Korean girl group formed through the Mnet reality survival competition show ''Girls Planet 999'' in 2021 and managed by Swing Entertainment and Wake One Entertainment. The group is composed of nine members: Kim Chae-hyun, Huening Bahiyyih, Choi Yu-jin, Kim Da-yeon, Seo Young-eun, Kang Ye-seo, Hikaru Ezaki, Mashiro Sakamoto, and Shen Xiaoting. They made their official debut on January 3, 2022, with the extended play (EP) ''First Impact''. Name "Kep1er" was a name suggested by viewers of ''Girls Planet 999'' through the website Naver. The name is a reference to the planets in the Kepler star systems named after the 16th century astronomer Johannes Kepler. The name is also kept in relation to ''Girls Planet 999'' by continuing the show's cosmic theme. History Formation through ''Girls Planet 999'' Kep1er was formed through the Mnet reality survival show ''Girls Planet 999'', which aired from August 6 to October 22, 2021. The show brought 99 contestants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotthard (album)
''Gotthard'' is the first studio album by the hard rock band Gotthard. It was released in 1992. The album peaked at #5 on the Swiss charts, and was certified as Platinum for exceeding 30,000 sales. The album art appears to be based on the Shroud of Turin. The original version of "Get Down" first appeared on Chris von Rohr's 1987 solo album, ''Hammer & Tongue'', re-issued in 1993 as ''The Good, The Bad and The Dog''. Track listing All songs written by Steve Lee/Leo Leoni except where noted. # "Standing In the Light" – 3:54 # "Downtown" – 3:06 # "Firedance" – 6:12 (Steve Lee/Leo Leoni/Chris von Rohr) # "Hush" – 4:04 (Joe South) # "Mean Street Rocket" – 3:53 (Steve Lee/Leo Leoni/Chris von Rohr) # "Get Down" – 3:22 (Chris von Rohr/Many Maurer) # "Take Me" – 3:43 # "Angel" – 5:31 # "Lonely Heartache" – 3:45 # "Hunter" – 4:15 # "All I Care For" – 3:10 # ""That's It"" (Instrumental) – 1:16 (Leo Leoni/Hena Habegger) Personnel * Steve Lee – vocals, *Leo Leoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sticker Happy
''Sticker Happy'' (stylized in lowercase as ''sticker happy'') is the fifth studio album of the Filipino rock band Eraserheads. It was released under BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc. on September 11, 1997. Produced by longtime collaborator Robin Rivera, the album contains eighteen tracks with a 67-minute runtime. The album cover generated controversy due to its content, which features a nude woman playing a piano while holding a red balloon in an open grass field. The woman was later revealed to be Filipino-Iranian television personality Joey Mead King. While still retaining their classic alternative rock sound, the band infused elements from techno and experimental rock music, leading to sonically different and expansive themes compared to their previous efforts. Additionally, the band had taken a different approach to their composition, incorporating a wider range of instruments, guitar effects, and cryptic lyrics. ''Sticker Happy'' was moderately successful in the Philippines, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down Town / Yasashisa Ni Tsutsumareta Nara
Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara is Maaya Sakamoto's nineteenth single. "Down Town" is used as an opening theme for the anime series ''And Yet The Town Moves'' (''Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru'') while "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" is the opening theme for the OVA ''Tamayura''. The original version of this song was released in 1974 by Yumi Arai, who was also its composer and lyricist, and was used as the ending song for ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' (''Majo no Takkyūbin''). It is Sakamoto's first single to come in CD+DVD and CD only editions. All three tracks from this single are covers of 1970s' hit songs. " Down Town" is originally sung by Japanese musical group Sugar Babe, "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" is a Yumi Arai cover while "Kanashikute Yarikirenai" was first performed by The Folk Crusaders , also known as simply , was a Japanese Folk music, folk group, popular in Japan in the later half of the 1960s. Career The band was formed in 1965 by the five univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down Town
"Down Town" was a 1987 release by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (better known as The KLF). The song is gospel music driven by house music rhythms, incorporating a sample of Petula Clark's 1964 single "Downtown". Origins In 1987, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty formed The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs), and busily released provocatively sample-heavy electronic music with beatbox rhythms and Drummond's socially aware raps. Their debut single "All You Need Is Love" and album ''1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)'' were both investigated by the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society, who ordered The JAMs to recall and destroy all unsold copies of ''1987''. A new single, " Whitney Joins The JAMs", followed, along with a satirically edited version of the album, '' 1987 (The JAMs 45 Edits)'', and the debut release from spinoff project Disco 2000, " I Gotta CD". By the time of the release of "Whitney Joins The JAMs", the duo's independent record label had been renamed KLF Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
