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Austria or (), officially the Republic of Austria (German: ), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below , and its highest point is . The majority of the population speaks German, which is also the country's official language. Other local official languages are Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
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Belgium (, ), officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, as well as those of several other major international organizations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of , and it has a population of about 10.8 million people.
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Eshtaol () is a moshav in central Israel. Located north of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006, Eshtaol had a population of 876.
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Gaza
Gaza ( , ; also referred to as Gaza City) is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 410,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.
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Hebron
Hebron (Arabic: ; Hebrew: , Standard Hebrew: , Tiberian: ), is located in the southern West Bank, 30 km (19 mi) south of Jerusalem. Nestling in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters (3,050 ft) above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Israeli settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter. The city is most notable for containing the traditional burial site of the biblical Patriarchs and Matriarchs and is therefore considered the second-holiest city in Judaism. The city is also venerated by Muslims as the burial place of the prophet Abraham. and was traditonally viewed as one of the "four holy cities of Islam."
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Tel Tzora, (), is a tell and Israeli archaeological site near the modern day kibbutz of the same name. It is a well-known tourist attraction regarded by many as the location of Samson's tomb.
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Zorah
Zorah (), perhaps "place of wasps," a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards given to Dan (Josh. 19:41; Judg. 18:2), probably the same as Zoreah ((Josh. 15:33). This was Samson's birthplace (Judg. 13:2, 25), and near it he found a grave (Judg. 16:31). It was situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the valley of Sorek, and was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:10). It has been identified with Sar'a, 23 kilometers west of Jerusalem near Wadi Surar (in Hebrew Nahal Sorek). It is noticed on monuments in the 15th century B.C. as attacked by the Apiru.
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Abimelech (Judges)
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Amnon
According to the Bible, Amnon (, "faithful") was the oldest son of David, King of Israel, with his wife, Ahinoam, who is described as "the Jezreelitess". (, )
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Austria
Austria or (), officially the Republic of Austria (German: ), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below , and its highest point is . The majority of the population speaks German, which is also the country's official language. Other local official languages are Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
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Bedan
Bedan is named as the deliverer of Israelites in 1 Samuel 12:11. He is not mentioned elsewhere as a judge of Israel. Bp. Patrick and others hypothesis the name to be a contraction of ben Dan ("the son of Dan") by which they suppose Samson is meant, as the Targum reads. The LXX, Syriac, and Arabic, however, refer to the name as Barak, instead of Bedan; and the two latter versions refer to Samson, instead of Samuel. These readings are adopted by Houbigant, and appear to be genuine, for it is not probable that Samuel would enumerate himself.
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Carl Heinrich Bloch
Carl Heinrich Bloch (May 23, 1834 – February 22, 1890) was a Danish painter.
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Danaans
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David Noel Freedman
David Noel Freedman (May 22, 1922 - 8 April 2008), son of Romanian and Russian immigrants, was a biblical scholar, author, editor, archaeologist and an ordained Presbyterian minister (Th.B., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1944). After earning a doctorate in Semitic Languages and Literature at the Johns Hopkins University in 1948, Freedman held a series of professorial and administrative positions at various theological institutions and universities.
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Denyen
The Denyen are one of the groups constituting the Sea Peoples, raiders associated with the Eastern Mediterranean Dark Ages who attacked Egypt during the reign of Rameses III.
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Hazelelponi
Hazelelponi, also spelled Hazzelelponi (, shade coming upon me) is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:3. She was the daughter of Etam, sister of Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash, of the tribe of Judah.
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Israelites
The Israelites were a people of the Ancient Near East who inhabited the Land of Israel. They are the ancestors of modern-day Jews. The term "Israelites" (or the Twelve Tribes or Children of Israel) means both a people, the descendants of the patriarch Jacob/Israel, and those who worship the god of the people Israel, regardless of ethnic origin. In the biblical history an Israelite can be:
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Manoah
Manoah is the father of Samson. Manoah means rest or quiet in Judges 13:1-23 and 14:2-4 of the Hebrew Bible.
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:For the rugby footballer and coach of the same name, see Robert Graves (rugby)
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Roland
Roland (Frankish: Hruodland) (died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. Historically, Roland was military governor of the Breton March, with responsibility for defending the frontier of Francia against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni, which describes him as Hruodlandus Brittannici limitis praefectus ("Roland, prefect of the limits of Brittany") when narrating his death at the Battle of Roncesvalles, when the rearguard, under his command, and the baggage train of a Frankish army was beset by rebellious Basques.
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Sea Peoples
The Sea Peoples is the term used for a confederacy of seafaring raiders of the second millennium BC who sailed into the eastern Mediterranean, caused political unrest, and attempted to enter or control Egyptian territory during the late 19th dynasty and especially during Year 8 of Ramesses III of the 20th Dynasty. The Egyptian Pharaoh Merneptah explicitly refers to them by the term "the foreign-countries (or 'peoples'As noted by Gardiner V.1 p.196, other texts have N25:X1*Z4 "foreign-peoples"; both terms can refer to the concept of "foreigners" as well. Zangger in the external link below expresses a commonly held view that "sea peoples" does not translate this and other expressions but is an academic innovation. The Woudhuizen dissertation and the Morris paper identify Gaston Maspero as the first to use the term "peuples de la mer" in 1881.) of the sea" (Egyptian ) in his Great Karnak Inscription. Although some scholars believe that they invaded Cyprus, Hatti and the Levant, this hypothesis is disputed.
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Tola (Bible)
Tola () was one of the Judges of Israel whose career is documented in Judges 10:1-2. Tola, the son of Puah and the grandson of Dodo from the tribe of Issachar, judged Israel for twenty-three years after Abimelech died and lived at Shamir in Mount Ephraim, where he was also buried.
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Zimri (prince)
Zimri was the Prince of the Tribe of Simeon during the time of the Israelites in the desert. At Shittim (Num. 25:6-15) he took part in the Heresy of Peor, taking as a paramour a Midianite woman, Cozbi. Zimri openly defied Moses before the people who were standing at the entrance of the Tabernacle by going in to the Midianite, but Phinehas, grandson of Aaron, killed them both by impaling them on a spear.
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Samson and Delilah (2010)
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Samson Filmography
- Love and God (1986)
- Sharmeelee (1971)
- Ek Raat (1968)
- Farz (1967)
- Jewel Thief (1967)
- Zimbo Ka Beta (1966)
- Mere Lal (1966)
- Rustom Kaun (1966)
- Nishan (1965)
- Tarzan Comes to Delhi (1965)
- Kabli Khan (1963)
- China Town (1962)
- Passport (1961)
- Savera (1958)
- Kalapani (1958)
- Chaubees Ghante (1958)
- Begunah (1957)
- Sipahsalar (1956)
- Samaj (1954)
- Amber (1952)
- Padmini (1948)
- Jawan Ki Pukar (1942)
- Fashionable Wife (1938)
- Shakuntala (1920)
Samson Filmography
- Breast Seller 4 (2008)
- The Party (2007)
- Tits Ahoy 3 (2006)
- Lick It Up 3 (2006)
- Lick It Up (2005)
- Lick It Up 2 (2005)
- Beef Eaters 2 (2005)
- Spunk'd 3 (2005)
- Tits Ahoy 2 (2005)
- Finger Licking Good 2 (2005)
Samson Filmography
- Finger Licking Good 4 (2007)
- America the Beautiful (2002)
- Blowjob Fantasies 14 (2002)
- Hooray for Hollywood (2002)
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Starflyer 59 - Samson
I know we can work it out
Spend some time to talk it out
I know it will all work it out if you say so
All work out if you say so
Please don't you rush about
If you don't know that I'm down and out
I know it will all work it out if you say so
All work out if you say so...
Ghoti Hook - Samson
Me and Samson go to the store
And ole Samson leaves craters in the floor
Me and Samson walk around town
And clumsy Samson knocked several buildings down
Me and Samson we're best of friends
Me and Samson until the end
Me and Samson go on a double date
But you know it didn't turn out that great
Me and my date are romantically impaired
But ole Samson he lost all of his hair
Me and Samson we're best of friends
Me and Samson until the end
There is this girl and her name is Delilah
She's a Philistine and she's such a big liar
There is this girl and her name is Delilah
She's a Philistine and she's such a big liar
Me and Samson are no longer friends
Cause ole Samson has met his end
Man, I'd really hate to burst your bubble
But it goes to show you
GIRLS ARE NOTHING BUT TROUBLE!!!
Me and Samson were best of friends
Me and Samson until the end
There is this girl and her name is Delilah
She's a Philistine and she's such a big liar
There is this girl and her name is Delilah
She's a Philistine and she's such a big...
Regina Spektor - Samson
You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
I have to go, I have to go
Your hair was long when we first met
Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
He ate a slice of wonder bread and went right back to bed
And history books forgot about us and the bible didn't mention us
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once
You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the stars came fallin' on our heads
But they're just old light, they're just old light
Your hair was long when we first met
Samson came to my bed
Told me that my hair was red
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
Oh I cut his hair myself one night
A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
And he told me that I'd done alright
And kissed me 'til the mornin' light, the mornin' light
And he kissed me 'til the mornin' light
Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
Ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down
Yeah we couldn't destroy a single one
And history books forgot about us
And the bible didn't mention us, not even once
You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first
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- Nice Girl
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- Vice Versa
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- Love this Time
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- A Matter of Time
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- Are You Ready
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- Burning Up
- The Fight Goes On
- Don't Get Mad - Get Even
- Into the Valley
- Bite on the Bullet
- Doctor Ice
- Front Page News
- Leaving Love (Behind)
- Front Page News
- La Grange (Studio Jam)
- Riding With the Angels
- Vice Versa
- Walking Out on You
- Bright Lights
- It's Not as Easty as It Seems
- I Wish I Was the Saddle of a Schoolgirl's Bike
- Big Brother
- Tomorrow or Yesterday
- Koz
- Six Foot Under
- Inside Out
- Wrong Side of Time
- It's Not as Easy as It Seems
- I Wish I Was the Saddle of a Schoolgirl's Bike
- Six Foot Under
- Inside Out
- Wrong Side of Time
- The Chosen Few
- Tramp
- Burning
- No Turning Back
- Tell Me
- Tales of the Fury
- That Ain't All
- Power of Love
- The Russians Are Coming
- Reach Out to Love
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Regina Spektor - "Samson" [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
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- Duration: 3:32
- Published: 13 Nov 2006
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Regina Spektor "Samson" Directed by Peter Sluszka Regina's new album 'What We Saw from the Cheap Seats' is available now: smarturl.it For more Regina: Facebook.com ReginaSpektor.com http
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Regina Spektor - Samson lyrics
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- Duration: 3:54
- Published: 22 Jan 2010
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
you are my sweetest downfall ♥
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Regina Spektor - Samson with lyrics
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- Duration: 3:53
- Published: 23 Sep 2007
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
Samson.. with lyrics
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Regina Spektor - Samson - The culture Show
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- Duration: 3:09
- Published: 17 Feb 2007
- Updated: 17 Jul 2012
Regina Spektor on the culture show
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Regina Spektor - Samson
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- Duration: 3:21
- Published: 05 Mar 2007
- Updated: 16 Jul 2012
Regina playing "Samson" on TV. March 4th, 2007.
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samson 'vice versa' promo
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- Duration: 4:09
- Published: 12 Sep 2006
- Updated: 15 Jul 2012
great tune with bruce bruce 'dickinson' on vocals! my fave song by samson. enjoy
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Samson (Regina Spektor)
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- Duration: 3:50
- Published: 23 Sep 2006
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
Download available on MySpace via SNOCAP. www.myspace.com/lukesandoval Written by Regina Spektor. On the Album "Begin to Hope" Just a truly beautiful song... This is for the boy who introduced me to Regina Spektor. We couldn't bring the columns down, but we tried.
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samson - regina spektor with lyrics
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- Duration: 3:58
- Published: 08 Feb 2008
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
samson - with lyrics - by regina spektor,,,You are my sweetest downfall... i loved you first, i loved you first,,, this is ddcated to my ex.
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Samson Gets Me Lifted
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- Duration: 0:41
- Published: 19 Mar 2007
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
bit.ly bit.ly bit.ly bit.ly bit.ly Samson Gets Me Lifted music video Sir Smokes A-Lot from the movie half baked
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Samson - Hammerhead (Bruce Dickinson's band before Iron Maiden!!!)
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- Duration: 3:37
- Published: 25 Aug 2009
- Updated: 14 Jul 2012
Taken from the 1980 album "Head On".
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Samson & Delilah: Australian Trailer
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- Duration: 2:02
- Published: 03 May 2009
- Updated: 18 Jul 2012
The trailer for Australian director Warwick Thornton's debut feature film, 'Samson & Delilah'
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Samson - Kenangan Terindah Video Clip
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- Duration: 4:08
- Published: 06 Jan 2007
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
Indonesia's best selling ring back tone (RBT) of 2006.
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Black Samson (1974) trailer
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- Duration: 2:48
- Published: 15 Dec 2006
- Updated: 16 Jul 2012
Trailer for the film "Black Samson" (1974).
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SAMSON & DELILAH trailer (UK)
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- Duration: 2:14
- Published: 23 Mar 2010
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Trailer of upcoming film Samson&Delilah -out on UK screens April 2nd. Check out www.samsondelilah.co.uk for more details.
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Sidney Samson ft Wizard Sleeve - 'Riverside (Let's Go!)' (Official Video)
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- Duration: 2:42
- Published: 26 Nov 2009
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
Click here to buy this track from iTunes: bit.ly Download on ministryofsound.com: bit.ly Sidney Samson feat. Wizard Sleeve - Riverside (Let's Go!) The massive new single on Data Records, this is Sidney Samson feat. Wizard Sleeve - Riverside (Let's Go!), out 4th January 2010. Visit bit.ly to star in your very own Riverside video! www.ministryofsound.com Be the first to download the Full Track of Riverside! Text RIVER to 810 88 Ts & Cs Pre-order costs £1 plus standard text message cost. UK Only, unavailable to Virgin network subscribers. For support call 08443511191
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![(Animated) - Samson & Delilah - [1/5]](http://web.archive.org./web/20120811002729im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8ZGbHYckAAo/0.jpg "(Animated) - Samson & Delilah - [1/5]")
(Animated) - Samson & Delilah - [1/5]
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- Duration: 10:00
- Published: 05 Oct 2009
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
Tara McDonald vs Sidney Samson - Dynamite (Nicky Romero Remix)
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- Duration: 5:47
- Published: 05 Jul 2011
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
Join Sidney Samson on facebook: on.fb.me Join us on Facebook: on.fb.me Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Check out our playlists on Spotify: spoti.fi Join us on G+ : gplus.to Buy here on Beatport : bit.ly Sidney Samson presents a more blissed out sound than we are used to from him. With Tara McDonald adding her fantastic vocals 'Dynamite' rocks the house every time. Huge Nicky Romero Remix included. David Guetta: 'Nicky romero spices it up' David Tort: 'Interesting Nikki Romero remix' Bingo Players: 'Full support on Nicky Romero remix' DJ DLG: 'Massive!' Robbie Rivera: 'Cool release!' Marco V: 'Nice remix from Nicky!'
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the story of samson - lego bible lessons
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- Duration: 2:13
- Published: 13 Dec 2009
- Updated: 17 Jul 2012
the story of samson in lego
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Samson & Delilah (FULL MOVIE) 1/13
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- Duration: 10:00
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This article is about the Biblical figure. For other uses, see Samson (disambiguation).
| Judges in the Bible |
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| In the Book of Joshua |
| In the Book of Judges |
| In First Samuel |
| †Not explicitly described as a judge |
Samson, Shimshon (Hebrew: שמשון, Modern Shimshon Tiberian Šimšôn, meaning "man of the sun"[1]); Shamshoun (Arabic: شمشون) or Sampson (Greek: Σαμψών) is the third to last of the Judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) (Book of Judges chapters 13 to 16).[2][3][4]
Samson was granted supernatural strength by God in order to combat his enemies and perform heroic feats[5] such as wrestling a lion,[4][6][7][8] slaying an entire army with only the jawbone of an ass,[3][4][7][8][9] and destroying a pagan temple.[2][4][8] Samson is believed to have been buried in Tel Tzora in Israel overlooking the Sorek valley. There reside two large gravestones of Samson and his father Manoah. Nearby stands Manoah’s altar (Judges 13:19-24).[10] It is located between the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol.[11]
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Biblical narrative[link]
Main article: Nazirite
Samson's activity takes place during a time when God was punishing the Israelites, by giving them "into the hand of the Philistines".[12] The Angel of the Lord appears to Manoah, an Israelite from the tribe of Dan, in the city of Zorah, and to his wife, who had been unable to conceive.[3][6][13] The Angel of the Lord proclaims that the couple will soon have a son who will begin to deliver the Israelites from the Philistines.[6] The wife believed the Angel of the Lord, but her husband wasn't present, at first, and wanted the heavenly messenger to return, asking that he himself could also receive instruction about the child that was going to be born.
Requirements were set up by the Angel of the Lord that Manoah's wife (as well as the child) were to abstain from all alcoholic beverages, and her promised child was not to shave or cut his hair. He was to be a "Nazirite" from birth. In ancient Israel, those wanting to be especially dedicated to God for a while could take a nazarite vow, which included things like the aforementioned as well as other stipulations.[3][6][13] After the Angel of the Lord returned, Manoah soon prepared a sacrifice, but the Angel of the Lord would only allow it to be for God, touching his staff to it, miraculously engulfing it in flames. The Angel of the Lord then ascended up into the sky in the fire revealing that it had been God in angelic form, as the Angel of the Lord and "an" angel are two different things. This was such dramatic evidence as to the nature of the Messenger, that Manoah feared for his life, as it has been said that no-one can live after seeing God; however, his wife soon convinced him that if God planned to slay them, he would never have revealed such things to them to begin with. In due time the son, Samson, is born; he is reared according to these provisions.[6][13]
When he becomes a young adult, Samson leaves the hills of his people to see the cities of the Philistines. While there, Samson falls in love with a Philistine woman from Timnah whom he decides to marry, overcoming the objections of his parents who do not know that "it is of the Lord".[6][13][14] The intended marriage is actually part of God's plan to strike at the Philistines.[6] On the way to ask for the woman's hand in marriage, Samson is attacked by an Asiatic Lion and simply grabs it and rips it apart, as the spirit of God moves upon him, divinely empowering him. This so profoundly affects Samson that he just keeps it to himself as a secret.[6][7] He continues on to the Philistine's house, winning her hand in marriage. On his way to the wedding, Samson notices that bees have nested in the carcass of the lion and have made honey.[6][7] He eats a handful of the honey and gives some to his parents.[6] At the wedding-feast, Samson proposes that he tell a riddle to his thirty groomsmen (all Philistines); if they can solve it, he will give them thirty pieces of fine linen and garments.[6][13] The riddle ("Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet") is a veiled account of his second encounter with the lion (at which only he was present).[6][7] The Philistines are infuriated by the riddle.[6] The thirty groomsmen tell Samson's new wife that they will burn her and her father's household if she does not discover the answer to the riddle and tell it to them.[6][7] At the urgent and tearful imploring of his bride, Samson tells her the solution, and she tells it to the thirty groomsmen.[6][13]
Before sunset on the seventh day they said to him,
- "What is sweeter than honey?
- and what is stronger than a lion?"
Samson said to them,
He flies into a rage and kills thirty Philistines of Ashkelon for their garments, which he gives his thirty groomsmen.[7][9][13] Still in a rage, he returns to his father's house and found out that his bride was given to another man to be his wife.[7][9][13] Her father refuses to allow him to see her and wishes to give Samson the younger sister.[9][13] Samson attaches torches to the tails of three hundred foxes, leaving the panicked beasts to run through the fields of the Philistines, burning all in their wake.[7][9][13] The Philistines find out why Samson burned their crops and they burn Samson's wife and father-in-law to death.[8][9][13] In revenge, Samson slaughters many more Philistines, smiting them "hip and thigh".[9][13]
Samson then takes refuge in a cave in the rock of Etam.[9][13][15] An army of Philistines went up and demanded from 3000 men of Judah to deliver them Samson.[13][15] With Samson's consent, they tie him with two new ropes and are about to hand him over to the Philistines when he breaks free.[8][15] Using the jawbone of an ass, he slays one thousand Philistines.[4][8][15] At the conclusion of Judges 15 it is said that "Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines".[15]
Later, Samson goes to Gaza, where he stays at a harlot's house.[9][16] His enemies wait at the gate of the city to ambush him, but he rips the gate up and carries it to "the hill that is in front of Hebron".[9][16]
He then falls in love with a woman, Delilah, at the Brook of Sorek.[8][9][16][17] The Philistines approach Delilah and induce her (with 1100 silver coins each) to try to find the secret of Samson's strength.[9][16] Samson, not wanting to reveal the secret, teases her, telling her that he will lose his strength should he be bound with fresh bowstrings.[9][16] She does so while he sleeps, but when he wakes up he snaps the strings.[9][16] She persists, and he tells her he can be bound with new ropes. She ties him up with new ropes while he sleeps, and he snaps them, too.[9][16] She asks again, and he says he can be bound if his locks are woven together.[9][16] She weaves them together, but he undoes them when he wakes.[9][16] Eventually Samson tells Delilah that he will lose his strength with the loss of his hair.[8][9][16][17] Delilah calls for a servant to shave Samson's seven locks.[9][16][17] Since that breaks the Nazirite oath, God leaves him, and Samson is captured by the Philistines,[4][9][16] who stab out his eyes with their swords. After being blinded, Samson is brought to Gaza, imprisoned, and put to work grinding grain.[16]
Death[link]
One day the Philistine leaders assemble in a temple for a religious sacrifice to Dagon, one of their most important deities, for having delivered Samson into their hands.[11][16] They summon Samson so that people can gather on the roof to watch.[11][16][17] Once inside the temple, Samson, his hair having grown long again, asks the servant who is leading him to the temple's central pillars if he may lean against them (referring to the pillars).[8][11][16]
- "Then Samson prayed to God, "remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes" (Judges 16:28)".[4][11][16] "Samson said, 'Let me die with the Philistines!' (Judges 16:30)[11][18] He pulled the two pillars together (or possibly pushed them apart[19]), and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it.[4][8][11][17][18] Thus he killed many more as he died than while he lived." (Judges 16:30).[8][18]
After his death, Samson's family recovers his body from the rubble and buries him near the tomb of his father Manoah.[11]
The fate of Delilah is never mentioned.[17]
Rabbinic literature[link]
Main article: Samson in rabbinic literature
Rabbinical literature identifies Samson with Bedan;[13] Bedan was a Judge mentioned by Samuel in his farewell address (1 Samuel 12:11) among the Judges that delivered Israel from their enemies.[20] However, the name "Bedan" is not found in the Book of Judges.[20] The name "Samson" is derived from the Hebrew word "shemesh", which means the sun, so that Samson bore the name of God, who is called "a sun and shield" in Psalms 84:11; and as God protected Israel, so did Samson watch over it in his generation, judging the people even as did God.[13] Samson's strength was divinely derived (Talmud, Tractate Sotah 10a).[13][21]
Jewish legend records that Samson's shoulders were sixty cubits broad.[13] (Although many talmudic commentaries explain that this is not to be taken literally, for a person that size could not live normally in society. Rather it means he had the ability to carry a burden 60 cubits wide (approximately 30 meters) on his shoulders).[22] He was lame in both feet,[23] but when the spirit of God came upon him he could step with one stride from Zorah to Eshtaol, while the hairs of his head arose and clashed against one another so that they could be heard for a like distance.[13][24] Samson was said to be so strong that he could uplift two mountains and rub them together like two clods of earth,[25] yet his superhuman strength, like Goliath's, brought woe upon its possessor.[13][26]
In licentiousness he is compared with Amnon and Zimri, both of whom were punished for their sins.[13][27] Samson's eyes were put out because he had "followed them" too often.[13][28] It is said that in the twenty years during which Samson judged Israel he never required the least service from an Israelite,[29] and he piously refrained from taking the name of God in vain.[13] Therefore, as soon as he told Delilah that he was a Nazarite of God she immediately knew that he had spoken the truth.[13][28] When he pulled down the temple of Dagon and killed himself and the Philistines the structure fell backward, so that he was not crushed, his family being thus enabled to find his body and to bury it in the tomb of his father.[13][30]
In the Talmudic period, some seemed to have denied that Samson was a historic figure and was regarded by such individuals as a purely mythological personage. This was viewed as heretical by the rabbis of the Talmud, and they attempted to refute this. They named Hazelelponi as his mother in Numbers Rabbah Naso 10 and in Bava Batra 91a and stated that he had a sister named "Nishyan" or "Nashyan".[13]
Interpretations[link]
Academics have interpreted Samson as a demi-god (such as Hercules or Enkidu) enfolded into Jewish religious lore, or as an archetypical folklore hero, among others. These views sometimes interpreted him as a solar deity, popularized by "solar hero" theorists and Biblical scholars alike.[31][32][33] The name Delilah may also involve a wordplay with the Hebrew word for night, 'layla', which of course consumes the day.[34] Samson bears many similar traits to the Greek Herakles (and the Roman Hercules adaptation), inspired himself partially from the mesopotamian Enkidu tale: Herakles and Samson both battled a Lion bare handed (Lion of Nemea feat), Herakles and Samson both had a favorite primitive blunt weapon (a club for the first, an ass's jaw for the latter), they were both betrayed by a woman which led them to their ultimate fate (Herakles by Dejanira, while Samson by Delilah). Both heroes, champion of their respective people, die by their own hand: Herakles ends his life on a pyre while Samson makes the Philistine temple collapse upon himself and his enemies.
These views are disputed by traditional and conservative biblical scholars who consider Samson to be a literal historical figure and thus refute any connections to mythological heroes.[35] that Samson was a "solar hero" has been described as "an artificial ingenuity".[36] Some biblical scholars suggest that Samson's home tribe of Dan might have been related to the Philistines themselves. "Dan" might be another name for the tribe of Sea Peoples otherwise known as the Denyen, Danuna, or Danaans. If so, then Samson's origin might be entirely Aegean.[37] These speculations are in stark contrast to the historical depictions expressed in the Bible and are therefore mutually exclusive.
Joan Comay, co-author of Who's Who in the Bible: The Old Testament and the Apocrypha, The New Testament, believes that the biblical story of Samson is so specific concerning time and place that Samson was undoubtedly a real person who pitted his great strength against the oppressors of Israel.[2] In contrast, James King West finds that the hostilities between the Philistines and Hebrews appear to be of a "purely personal and local sort". He also finds that Samson stories have, in contrast to much of Judges, an "almost total lack of a religious or moral tone".[38]
Folk culture[link]
Samson parades are annual parades of a Samson figure in different villages in Lungau, Salzburg and two villages in the north-west Styria (Austria).[citation needed] Samson is one of the giant figures at the "Ducasse" festivities, which take place at Ath, Belgium.[39]
A regional version of Samson (spelled Sanson) plays a major role in many accounts of Basque mythology, where he is represented as a mighty giant capable of hurling heavy stones, often providing an explanation for the origin of mountains and megalithic monuments. In some places this role is played by a development of the character Roland (Errolan).
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References[link]
- ^ Van der Toorn et. al.. Dictionary of deities and demons in the Bible. Google Books. p. 404. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=yCkRz5pfxz0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Deities+and+Demons+of+the+Bible&source=bl&ots=aFtAd-m5_w&sig=ympjVKroVNqj5Og-kZ-EHw02t_Q&hl=en&ei=jKjbTP7bGcrCcafgpcMG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Samson&f=false.
- ^ a b c Comay, Joan; Ronald Brownrigg (1993) (in English). Who's Who in the Bible:The Old Testament and the Apocrypha, The New Testament. New York: Wing Books. pp. Old Testament, 320. ISBN 0-517-32170-X.
- ^ a b c d Rogerson, John W. (1999). Chronicle of the Old Testament Kings: the Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Ancient Israel. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 58. ISBN 0-500-05095-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Porter, J. R. (2000). The Illustrated Guide to the Bible. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 75. ISBN 0-7607-2278-1.
- ^ Comay, Joan; Ronald Brownrigg (1993) (in English). Who's Who in the Bible:The Old Testament and the Apocrypha, The New Testament. New York: Wing Books. pp. Old Testament, 316-317. ISBN 0-517-32170-X.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Comay, Joan; Ronald Brownrigg (1993) (in English). Who's Who in the Bible:The Old Testament and the Apocrypha, The New Testament. New York: Wing Books. pp. Old Testament, 317. ISBN 0-517-32170-X.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Rogerson, John W. (1999). Chronicle of the Old Testament Kings: the Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Ancient Israel. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 59. ISBN 0-500-05095-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rogerson, John W. (1999). Chronicle of the Old Testament Kings: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Ancient Israel. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 61. ISBN 0-500-05095-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Comay, Joan; Ronald Brownrigg (1993) (in English). Who's Who in the Bible:The Old Testament and the Apocrypha, The New Testament. New York: Wing Books. pp. Old Testament, 318. ISBN 0-517-32170-X.
- ^ The Philistines are upon you, Samson, Ynet
- ^ a b c d e f g h Comay, Joan; Ronald Brownrigg (1993) (in English). Who's Who in the Bible:The Old Testament and the Apocrypha, The New Testament. New York: Wing Books. pp. Old Testament, 319. ISBN 0-517-32170-X.
- ^ Judges 13
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Samson". Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901–1906. http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=122&letter=S&search=Samson. - ^ a b Judges 14
- ^ a b c d e Judges 15
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Judges 16
- ^ a b c d e f Rogerson, John W. (1999). Chronicle of the Old Testament Kings: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Ancient Israel. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 62. ISBN 0-500-05095-3.
- ^ a b c Judges 16:30
- ^ Judges 16:29
- ^ a b BibleGateway - Quick search: Bedan
- ^ (Midrash Genesis Rabbah xcviii. 18)
- ^ Ben Yehoyada and Maharal in commentry to Talmud tractate "sotah" 10a
- ^ (Talmud tractate Sotah 10a)
- ^ (Midrash Leviticus Rabbah viii. 2)
- ^ (ibid.; Sotah 9b)
- ^ (Midrash Eccl. Rabbah i., end)
- ^ (Leviticus Rabbah. xxiii. 9)
- ^ a b (Sotah l.c.)
- ^ (Midrash Numbers Rabbah ix. 25)
- ^ (Midrash Genesis Rabbah l.c. § 19)
- ^ Morris Jastrow, The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria (Boston: Ginn & Company, 1898).
- ^ Charles Fox Burney, The Book of Judges, with Introduction and Notes (London: Rivingtons, 1918).
- ^ Graves, Robert (1955) The Greek Myths cf Herakles.
- ^ David Noel Freedman (editor), Eerdmans Dictionary of The Bible, page 336, entry for 'Delilah' (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000). ISBN 0-8028-2400-5
- ^ Mobley, Gregory (2006) Samson and the Liminal Hero in the Ancient Near East, Continuum International Publishing Group, p. 5.
- ^ George Albert Cooke, The Book of Judges (Cambridge University Press, 1913).
- ^ Greenberg, Gary (2000). 101 Myths of the Bible. Sourcebooks, Inc.. pp. 171–172. ISBN 1-57071-586-6.
- ^ West, James King (1971) Introduction to the Old Testament, MacMillan Company, New York, p. 183.
- ^ see fr:Samson (Géant processionnel)
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Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (Russian: Реги́нa Ильи́нична Спе́ктор, IPA: [rʲɪˈɡʲinə ˈspʲɛktər], English: /rɨˈdʒiːnə ˈspɛktər/; born February 18, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered in New York City's East Village.
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Early life[link]
Spektor was born in Moscow, Soviet Union in 1980 to a musical Russian Jewish family. Her father, Ilya Spektor, is a photographer and amateur violinist. Her mother, Bella Spektor, was a music professor in a Soviet college of music and now teaches at a public elementary school in Mount Vernon, New York.[1] She has a brother Barry (Bear), who was featured in track 7, "* * *", or "Whisper", of her 2004 album, Soviet Kitsch.
She learned how to play piano by practising on a Petrof upright that was given to her mother by her grandfather.[2] She was also exposed to the music of rock and roll bands such as The Beatles, Queen, and The Moody Blues by her father, who obtained such recordings in Eastern Europe and traded cassettes with friends in the Soviet Union.[1] The family left the Soviet Union in 1989, when Regina was nine and a half, during the period of Perestroika, when Soviet citizens were permitted to emigrate. Regina had to leave her piano behind.[3] The seriousness of her piano studies led her parents to consider not leaving the USSR, but they finally decided to emigrate, due to the ethnic and political discrimination that Jews faced.[4] Spektor is fluent in Russian and reads Hebrew, and has since paid tribute to her Russian heritage, quoting the poem February by the Russian poet Boris Pasternak in her song Après Moi, and stating “I’m very connected to the language and the culture.”[5]
Traveling first to Austria and then Italy, the family was admitted to the United States as refugees with the assistance of HIAS (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) and settled in The Bronx, where Spektor graduated from the SAR Academy, a Jewish day middle school in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. She then attended high school for two years at the Frisch School, a yeshiva in Paramus, New Jersey, but transferred to a public school, Fair Lawn High School, in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, where she finished the last two years of her high school education.[6]
Career[link]
In New York, Spektor studied classical piano with Sonia Vargas, a professor at the Manhattan School of Music, until she was 17; Spektor's father had met Vargas through her husband, violinist Samuel Marder.[7] Although the family had been unable to bring their piano from Russia, Spektor found a piano on which to play in the basement of her synagogue, and also practiced on tabletops and other hard surfaces.
Spektor was originally interested only in classical music, but later became interested in hip hop, rock and punk as well.[1] Although she had always made up songs around the house, Spektor first became interested in more formal songwriting during a visit to Israel with the Nesiya Institute in her teenage years when she attracted attention from the other children on the trip for the songs she made up while hiking and realized she had an aptitude for songwriting.[4]
Following this trip, she was exposed to the work of Joni Mitchell, Ani DiFranco, and other singer-songwriters, which encouraged her belief that she could create her own songs.[4] She wrote her first a cappella songs around the age of 16 and her first songs for voice and piano when she was nearly 18.[1]
Spektor completed the four-year studio composition program of the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College within three years, graduating with honors in 2001. Around this time, she also worked briefly at a butterfly farm in Luck, Wisconsin,[8] and studied in Tottenham, ( a suburb of London) for one semester [9].
She gradually achieved recognition through performances in the anti-folk scene in downtown New York City, often as a duo with drummer Anders Griffen, and most importantly at the East Village's Sidewalk Cafe, but also at the Living Room, Tonic, Fez, the Knitting Factory, and CB's Gallery.[citation needed] She also performed at local colleges (such as Sarah Lawrence College) with other musicians, including the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. She sold self-published CDs at her performances during this period: 11:11 (2001) and Songs (2002). In 2004, she signed a contract with Warner Brothers' record label Sire Records to publish and distribute her third album Soviet Kitsch, originally self-released in 2003.
Spektor is married to Jack Dishel, guitarist with the band The Moldy Peaches.[9]
Style[link]
Spektor has said that she has created a great number of songs,[10] but that she rarely writes any of them down. She has also stated that she never aspired to write songs herself, but songs seem to just flow to her.[11] Spektor's songs are not usually autobiographical, but rather are based on scenarios and characters drawn from her imagination.[4][12] Her songs show influences from folk,[13][14] punk, rock, Jewish,[12][15] Russian,[12] hip hop,[13][16][17] jazz,[13][16] and classical music.[12][16] Spektor has said that she works hard to ensure that each of her songs has its own musical style, rather than trying to develop a distinctive style for her music as a whole.[11]
It doesn't feel natural for me to write some diary type song. I want to write a classic like Yesterday but weird songs about meatballs in refrigerators come into my head - I can't help it.[18]
Spektor has a broad vocal range and uses the full extent of it. She also explores a variety of different and somewhat unorthodox vocal techniques, such as verses composed entirely of buzzing noises made with the lips and beatbox-style flourishes in the middle of ballads, and also makes use of such unusual musical techniques as using a drum stick to tap rhythms on the body of the piano or chair.[4][19] Part of her style also results from the exaggeration of certain aspects of vocalization, most notably the glottal stop, which is prominent in the single "Fidelity". She also uses a strong New York accent on some words, which she has said is due to her love of New York and its culture.[1]
Her lyrics are equally eclectic, often taking the form of abstract narratives or first-person character studies, similar to short stories or vignettes put to song.[1][19] Spektor usually sings in English, though she sometimes includes a few words or verses of Latin, Russian, French, and other languages in her songs. She also plays with pronunciations, which she said on a NPR interview to be a remnant of her early years when she listened to pop in English without understanding the lyrics. Some of Spektor's lyrics include literary allusions,[4] such as to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway in "Poor Little Rich Boy", The Little Prince in "Baobabs", Virginia Woolf and Margaret Atwood in "Paris", Ezra Pound and William Shakespeare in "Pound of Flesh", Shakespeare's Hamlet in "The Virgin Queen", Boris Pasternak in "Après Moi", Samson and Delilah in "Samson", and Oedipus the King in "Oedipus", Billie Holiday in "Lady" and Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome in "2.99 cent blues". She alludes to The Beatles and Paul McCartney in the song "Edit". She also used a line from Joni Mitchell's California in her song "The Devil Came to Bethlehem". Recurring themes and topics in Spektor's lyrics include love, death, religion (particularly Biblical and Jewish references), city life (particularly New York references), and certain key phrases have been known to recur in different songs by Spektor, such as references to gravediggers, the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and the name "Mary Ann". Spektor's use of satire is evident in "Wasteside," which refers to The Twelve Chairs, the classic satirical novel by the Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, and describes the town in which people are born, get their hair cut, and then are sent to the cemetery.
In Spektor's early albums, many of her tracks had a very dry vocal production, with very little reverb or delay added. However, Spektor's more recent albums, particularly Begin to Hope, have put more emphasis into song production and have relied more on traditional pop and rock instruments.[3] Spektor says the records that most impact her are those of "bands whose music is really involved",[20] specifically naming The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Radiohead, Tom Waits, and Frédéric Chopin as primary influences.[20][21]
In her songs, "Eet", "Us" and "Après Moi" the titular sounds are used as the focal point throughout. (In "Dance Anthem of the 80's", the sound "eet" is also used often, on words such as "meat", "street", and "eat").
Performances[link]
Spektor's first nationwide tour was accompanying The Strokes as the opening act on their 2003–2004 Room on Fire tour, during which she and the band performed and recorded "Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men". Kings of Leon were the second opening act on that tour, and they invited Regina to open for them on their own European tour right after The Strokes tour. In June 2005, Spektor was the opening act for the English piano rock band Keane on their North American tour, during which she performed at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2005.[22] During her 2006 headlining tour in support of the Begin to Hope album, Spektor sold out a performance at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, and two shows at Town Hall Theater in New York City on September 27 and September 28, 2006.[23]
Spektor has appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (once), Late Night with Conan O'Brien (three times), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (twice), Jimmy Kimmel Live (twice), Last Call with Carson Daly (five times), Late Show with David Letterman (twice), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (twice), CBS News Sunday Morning, Good Morning America (twice), Australia's Rove Live, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (twice).[24] On October 10, 2009 she performed on Saturday Night Live.
Since January 2005, Spektor has performed on a bright red Baldwin baby grand piano.[25] At the present time she uses exclusively Steinway & Sons pianos. She plays a seafoam Epiphone Wildkat archtop hollow-body electric guitar.[26]
Although she generally only performs original material, Spektor occasionally performs covers. Most famous of these covers were her performances of songs by Leonard Cohen and Madonna, for the 2nd Annual Jewish Music & Heritage Festival at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.[4] In 2006 and 2007, Spektor embarked on a headlining tour of the U.S. and Europe, selling out numerous clubs and theaters. She covered John Lennon's "Real Love" at the performance arts center of her alma mater, State University of New York at Purchase, on March 28, 2007, at a benefit concert for the Conservatory of Music.[27] In 2007, Spektor recorded "Real Love" for the Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur CD, which was released in June of that year. She recorded a version of the song for Triple J's Like a Version radio segment which was shown on jTV.
On March 8, 2007, Spektor appeared on the British ITV network's Loose Women, promoting and performing "Fidelity" live, and on April 20, 2007, she performed on the Late Show with David Letterman. On Saturday, April 28, 2007, she appeared at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. On Friday, May 18, 2007, she appeared on BBC1's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. On June 16, 2007, she performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival and later performed at the 2007 Lollapalooza on August 4, 2007 and Virgin Festival on August 5, 2007 in Baltimore, Maryland. On September 16, 2007, she performed at the Austin City Limits Music Festival and recorded a set for the Austin City Limits TV show the following day. She performed acoustic at the Bridge School Benefit at Shoreline Amphitheatre on October 27 and October 28, 2007.
On November 14, 2007, at her concert at Ryman Auditorium, in Nashville, it was announced that Spektor collapsed during the sound check and was taken to a local emergency room. According to the statement given to the audience, Spektor was fine, but doctors said that she could not perform that night. It was later reported that the cause of the collapse was an inner ear infection which caused intense vertigo. The show was initially rescheduled for December 6, 2007,[28] but the date was once again rescheduled, and the concert finally occurred on February 29, 2008.[29] After her initial collapse in Nashville, she was able to perform in concerts at Mountain Stage on November 18, 2007,[30][citation needed] and at Duke University on November 19, 2007.[31]
In conjunction with the release of her 2009 album Far, Spektor was headlining at Serpentine Sessions, a series of concerts London's Hyde Park on June 29, 2009. Other European performances in 2009 include Glastonbury Festival, Hultsfred Festival, Oxegen 2009, T in the Park, Paradiso (Amsterdam), Latitude Festival, and Rock Werchter. Spektor has invited Brooklyn-based rock band Jupiter One to open concerts on her 2009 North American tour. As a part of that tour, on October 14, 2009 Spektor headlined a concert at the Radio City Music Hall in NYC.
On July 7, 2010, Regina performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland.[32] Her cellist, Dan Cho, drowned the day before while swimming in Lake Geneva near the Chillon Castle.[33][34] She was described as distraught, shaken, and in tears and took several breaks to regain her composure.[35]
Media coverage[link]
Since 2005, Spektor's music has been used in various television programs and commercials. In late 2005 "Us" (from Soviet Kitsch) was used in a commercial as part of the What Do You Want To Watch? series for the United Kingdom's British Sky Broadcasting. The advert features a clip from a documentary on skateboarder Danny Way. In the summer of 2006, a clip from "Us" was used for the teaser website for Microsoft's Zune project at ComingZune.com, as well as for a promotional campaign for MtvU. The same track is used by Dutch telecom company KPN in a commercial. "Somedays" was used in a 2005 episode of CSI: NY and "Samson" was used in a 2006 episode of the same series. "On the Radio" was used in an episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy. "Field Below" was used in a 2006 episode titled "The Last Word" of CBS's Criminal Minds. "Fidelity" has also been used in an episode of Grey's Anatomy titled "Six Days, Part 2", Veronica Mars titled "Wichita Linebacker", Brothers & Sisters titled "Sexual Politics", during the end credits of Love and Other Drugs, and in the Brazilian telenovela A Favorita. "Better" is currently being used in a commercial for XM Satellite Radio, an episode of "How I Met Your Mother", and the popular film My Sister's Keeper. Her song "Music Box" is currently being used in a commercial for JC Penney. Spektor also sang the title song "Little Boxes" of Showtime's television series Weeds in the episode "Mile Deep and a Foot Wide" (2006) and her "Ghost of Corporate Future" was used both at the beginning and end of the episode.[36] On January 21, 2007, she was featured on CBS News Sunday Morning.[11]
Spektor received increased attention in 2006 when her video for "Fidelity" was viewed over 200,000 times in two days on YouTube. On Sirius Radio's Left of Center channel, her single "Fidelity" was voted by listeners as the #1 song of 2006. Towards the end of 2006, VH1 showcased her as part of their "You Oughta Know: Artists on the Rise" featurettes: they played clips from the "Fidelity" music video and showed parts of an interview with Spektor during commercial breaks on the channel.[37] Spektor's video for "Fidelity" reached #3 on VH1's Top 20 Countdown.[citation needed]
Peter Gabriel recorded a version of "Après Moi" on his 2010 release Scratch My Back.
In Australia, Spektor's music has rapidly gained popularity in mainstream culture primarily due to Begin to Hope being played on the nation-wide radio station Triple J, where it eventually became a feature album. Prior to Begin to Hope, Spektor had only a small following in Australia in comparison to the US and Europe.
Spektor reached #33 on Blender magazine's top 100 of 2006 and was also listed as one of the "Hottest Women of...Rock!".[38] "Fidelity" was also used in a 2007 television commercial in New Zealand advertising Yahoo!Xtra, a new partnership between Yahoo! and Telecom's Xtra ISP. Also in 2007, the mobile phone company Vodafone used her lyric, "Come into my world..." from the track, "Hotel Song" on Begin to Hope, in an extensive TV advertising campaign in the UK and Ireland.
On October 1, 2007, Spektor's new video for "Better" was released on VH1 and YouTube, where it was viewed more than 100,000 times within the first 24 hours. "Fidelity" was used in the trailer for the film 27 Dresses, released on October 3, 2007.[39]
Her song "The Call" appeared prominently in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,[40] as part of the film's finale sequence. Spektor's song "Better" was used in the movie My Sister's Keeper, loosely based on the novel of the same name by Jodi Picoult. A section of "That Time" was featured in the film In Bruges. Additionally, "Us" and "Hero" are both featured on the soundtrack for the film (500) Days of Summer. Spin magazine profiled Spektor in their July 2009 issue, where she discussed her just-released album Far. The story was released in their digital edition that month, as well.[41] In August 2009, the song "Two Birds" was used in the 2009 Fall Campaign of the Polish TV station TVN. Also Regina's song "Eet" debuted on the show 90210 in April 2010.
On September 16, 2009, it was announced that Spektor would write the music for the musical Beauty, a modern adaptation of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, which is set to open during the 2011–12 Broadway season.[42]
In May 2010, Spektor performed for President Obama and his wife Michelle along with hundreds of other guests at the White House reception in honor of Jewish Heritage Month. She sang "Us" and "The Sword & the Pen", receiving a standing ovation begun by Michelle Obama.
The song "Human of the Year" featured prominently in the trailer and first episode of the 2011 HBO series Enlightened.
The song "All the Rowboats" was featured on The CW's Ringer in March 2012.
The Song "Hotel Song" was featured in the opening of the movie Friends with Kids.
Philanthropy[link]
In 2007, she covered John Lennon's "Real Love" for Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. The following year, she participated in Songs for Tibet, an initiative to support the human rights situation in Tibet and the 14th Dalai Lama. The album was issued on August 5, 2008, via iTunes and on August 19 in music stores around the world.[43] On January 22, 2009, Spektor performed at the third annual Roe On The Rocks gig at the Bowery Ballroom to raise money for Planned Parenthood New York City.[44] Also, continuing with her support for Tibet, Regina Spektor played for Tibet House's annual concert at Carnegie Hall on February 26, 2010. Less than one month later, on March 23, 2010, Spektor gave a concert at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza in New York City to raise funds for the work of Doctors Without Borders in Haiti. Also, on April 27, she released a cover of Radiohead's song "No Surprises" with all proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders to help the earthquake victims in Haiti and Chile.
Discography[link]
Main article: Regina Spektor discography
Albums[link]
- 2001: 11:11
- 2002: Songs
- 2004: Soviet Kitsch
- 2006: Begin to Hope
- 2009: Far
- 2012: What We Saw from the Cheap Seats
Singles[link]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
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| U.S. | UK | IRE | AUS | NZ | BEL | SWE | |||||||||
| 2004 | "Carbon Monoxide" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet Kitsch | ||||||
| "Your Honour / The Flowers" | — | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2006 | "Us" | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "On the Radio" | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | Begin to Hope | |||||||
| "Fidelity" | 51 | 45 | — | 50 | 16 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2007 | "Hotel Song" | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Samson" | — | 174 | — | 22 | — | 30 | 29 | ||||||||
| "Better" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2009 | "Laughing With" | 14* | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | Far | ||||||
| "Eet" | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2010 | "No Surprises" | — | — | — | 96 | — | — | — | Charity download | ||||||
| 2012 | "All the Rowboats" | — | — | — | 91 | — | — | — | What We Saw from the Cheap Seats | ||||||
| "Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart. * Hot 100 Singles Sales; did not chart on Billboard Hot 100 |
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Awards[link]
- Begin to Hope – Shortlist Music Prize (nominated)
- Studio8's Female Voice of August 2009 (won)
References[link]
- ^ a b c d e f Soundcheck (2004-11-18), "Hot Hot Hot" New York Public Radio
- ^ "Regina Spektor - Refugee from Soviet kitsch". The Independent. 2009-07-03. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/regina-spektor--refugee-from-soviet-kitsch-1729328.html. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ a b Aizlewood, John (2006-08-24). "Regina Spektor: A Triumph That Began With Hope". thislondon.co.uk. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/gig-23351811-details/Regina+Spektor/gigReview.do?reviewId=23364423.
- ^ a b c d e f g Soundcheck interview (2005-09-13) "From Russia with Love". New York Public Radio.
- ^ Piano Woman June 12, 2006, New York Magazine/
- ^ Morrisset-Solo Forums
- ^ Roeschlein, Shane. "Regina Spektor: The Red Princess". themusicedge.com. http://www.themusicedge.com/moxie/news/featartist/regina-spektor-the-red-pr.shtml.
- ^ Versatile Regina Spektor floats among her song stories, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), October 12, 2006
- ^ a b "Regina Spektor: 'Art comes from a different place'" 12 May 2012 Guardian.
- ^ Orloff, Brian. "Regina Spektor's Got New "Hope"". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9485254/regina_spektors_got_new_hope.
- ^ a b c Orloff, Brian (2007-10-21). "Regina Spektor's Boundless Talent". CBS News. CBS. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/18/sunday/main2371910.shtml.
- ^ a b c d Alonzo, Rod. "Making Stuff Up: An Interview With Regina Spektor". WOMANROCK.com. http://www.womanrock.com/features/regina_spektor.html.
- ^ a b c Murphy, John. "Regina Spektor – Mary Ann Meets The Gravediggers (review)". musicomh.com. http://www.musicomh.com/albums/regina-spektor_0106.htm.
- ^ Bridge, Colette (July 2006). "Nottingham Music: Paolo Nutini / Peaches / Regina Spektor: Tis the period of the singer / songwriter". BBC – Nottingham. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/music/2004/07/paolo_nutini_peaches_regina_spektor.shtml.
- ^ Holub, Annie (2006-11-02). "Spectral Musings: Six lines that will make you fall in love with Regina Spektor". Tucson Weekly. http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Music/Content?oid=88732.
- ^ a b c MySpace: Regina Spektor
- ^ National Public Radio. "Regina Spektor in Concert". http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6161219.
- ^ Rolling Stone magazine issue 694, September 2009. "New York Screwball Pop Queen" by Jenny Eliscu, page18.
- ^ a b Block, Melissa. "Stories in Song: Regina Spektor's Begin to Hope". National Public Radio – All Things Considered. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5518985.
- ^ a b Regina Spektor | The A.V. Club
- ^ "Spectacular Spektor", by Susan Visakowitz (from Billboard.biz, 13 January 2007)
- ^ Music Snobbery: Regina Spektor Tells a Guy To Fuck Off
- ^ Music Snobbery: Regina Spektor @ Town Hall: Moscow on the Hudson
- ^ ABC News: Regina Spektor Rocks 'GMA'
- ^ "Regina Spektor in a Piano Shop". WNYC – New York Public Radio. 2005-01-28. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/tnbt/episodes/2005/01/28.
- ^ Epiphone Musical Instruments
- ^ http://www.nynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070329/ENTERTAINMENT/703290453
- ^ Bill Friskics-Warren (2007-11-14). "Spektor rushed to the hospital before Ryman show". Tennessean.com. http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071114/ENTERTAINMENT01/71114057.
- ^ the Historic Ryman Auditorium
- ^ mountainstage.org
- ^ Spektor's official web site
- ^ Facebook post about by Regina Spektor on the death of Dan Cho
- ^ Swiss Newspaper 24Heures
- ^ GenevaLunch >> Montreux Jazz Festival: Regina Spektor and former Katy Perry bandmember dies
- ^ Spinner.com: Daniel Cho, Cellist for Regina Spektor, Reportedly Drowns in Lake Geneva
- ^ "Music from the hit series, Weeds". [[Showtime (TV network)|]]. http://www.sho.com/site/weeds/music.do.
- ^ "New Music Artists Info on You Oughta Know, Rising New Artists, See Photos & Watch Videos Online". VH1.com. http://www.vh1.com/artists/you_oughta_know/index.jhtml?extPop=popVspot(1537507).
- ^ "Hottest Women of... Rock!". Blender. http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2295&src=blender_ed.
- ^ "27 Dresses Movie Trailer". [1]. 2007-10-03. http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/10/03/27-dresses-movie-trailer.
- ^ "Pandora". http://www.pandora.com/music/song/regina+spektor/call#lyrics.
- ^ Digital Spin
- ^ Playbill.com article on "Sleeping Beauty"
- ^ E-Online (July 22, 2008) Sting, Matthews, Mayer Gamer for Tibet Than Beijing
- ^ NME.com (Nov. 17, 2008)
External links[link]
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- Official site
- Regina Spektor at the Internet Movie Database
- Regina Spektor at the Open Directory Project
- "Regina Spektor" interview by Noel Murray (from The A.V. Club, 21 June 2006)
- Interview from Soundcheck, WNYC, 13 September 2005
- Interview from All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 28 June 2006
- Strangers Almanac Column on Regina Spektor from Glide Magazine
- NPR - All Songs Considered 7/22/2009 - Regina Spektor: When Every Sound Sings
- NPR All Things Considered 5/24/2012 - Regina Spektor Still Doesn't Write Anything Down
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| Name | Spektor, Regina |
| Alternative names | Реги́нa Ильи́нична Спе́ктор (Russian) |
| Short description | American singer-songwriter and pianist |
| Date of birth | February 18, 1980 |
| Place of birth | Moscow, Soviet Union |
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| Bruce Dickinson | |
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 Bruce Dickinson performing live in Costa Rica on the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour, 26 February 2008. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Paul Bruce Dickinson |
| Also known as | "Bruce Bruce" Dickinson (in Samson years) |
| Born | (1958-08-07) 7 August 1958 (age 53) Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter, author, pilot, marketing director, screenwriter, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Labels | EMI, Sanctuary |
| Associated acts | Iron Maiden, Samson, Tribe of Gypsies, Ayreon, Godspeed |
| Website | www.screamforme.com |
Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, airline pilot, fencer, broadcaster, author, screenwriter, actor and former marketing director, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
Dickinson began his career in music fronting small pub bands at school and University, including Styx (not the American band of the same name) in 1976, Speed, (1977–1978), and Shots in early 1979. He then joined the band Samson later in 1979, where he gained some popularity under the stage name, "Bruce Bruce." He left Samson in 1981 to join Iron Maiden as their new vocalist, replacing Paul Di'Anno, and debuting on their 1982 album The Number of the Beast.[1] During his first tenure in the band, they issued a series of high impact releases,[2] resulting in Dickinson gaining worldwide fame, and becoming one of the most acclaimed heavy metal vocalists of all time.
Dickinson quit Iron Maiden in 1993 in order to pursue his solo career, being replaced by Blaze Bayley, which saw him experiment with a wide variety of heavy metal and rock styles. Dickinson rejoined the band in 1999 along with guitarist Adrian Smith, with whom he released four subsequent studio albums. Since his return to Iron Maiden, Dickinson issued one further solo record in 2005, Tyranny of Souls. He is the older cousin of Rob Dickinson, former lead singer of British alternative rock band Catherine Wheel.[3] His son, Austin, is the lead singer in metalcore band Rise to Remain.[4] On 19 July 2011, Dickinson was presented with an honorary music doctorate from Queen Mary College, in honour of his contribution to the music industry.[5]
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Childhood[link]
Paul Bruce Dickinson was born in the small mining town of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.[6] His mother Sonia worked part-time in a shoe shop and his father Bruce was a mechanic in the army.[6] Dickinson's birth hurried the young couple, then just teenagers, into marriage.[6] Initially, he was brought up by his grandparents; his grandfather was a coal-face worker at the local colliery and his grandmother was a housewife.[6] This is referred to in his song "Born In '58" from the album Tattooed Millionaire.[7]
Dickinson started school at Manton Primary in Worksop while his parents moved away to Sheffield.[6] Soon afterwards, when he was six, he was also despatched to Sheffield,[8] where he attended "a notoriously tough local primary school" called Manor Top.[9] After six months, his parents decided to move him to a small private school called Sharrow Vale Junior.[9] Of this period he recalls, "I'm sort of quite grateful for the fact that I didn't have what you would think of as a conventionally sort of happy, uncomplicated childhood. It made me very self-reliant. I grew up in an environment where it struck me that the world was never gonna do you any favours ... And I had very few close friends, because ... I never really met anybody for that long. I was always moving."[10] Dickinson has a younger sister named Helena who was born in 1963.[11][12] He tried to isolate himself from her as much as he could when he was young, supposedly out of spite because she, unlike him, was a planned pregnancy and birth.[13]
Dickinson's first musical experience was dancing in his grandparents' front room to Chubby Checker's "The Twist," back when he still lived with them in Worksop.[14] The first record Dickinson recalls owning was The Beatles single "She Loves You," which he managed to persuade his grandfather to buy him.[14] From then on, he became more interested in music, saying "I remember thinking I liked the B-side better than the A-side, and that's when I started listening to music and deciding what I liked and what I didn't like."[14] He tried to play an acoustic guitar belonging to his father, but it blistered his fingers.[9]
By the time he moved to Sheffield, Dickinson's parents were earning a good living from buying property, refurbishing it and then selling it for a profit.[11] As a result, a lot of Dickinson's childhood was spent living on a building site, until his parents bought a boarding house and a bankrupt garage where his father began selling second-hand cars.[9] The income from their business success gave them the opportunity to give Dickinson—then 13 years old—a boarding school education and they chose Oundle, a public school in Northamptonshire.[9] Dickinson was not opposed to moving away from home, as "I didn't particularly enjoy being with my parents, so I saw it as an escape ... I think it was because I hadn't built any real attachment to them when I was very, very young."[9]
At Oundle, however, Dickinson was picked on and routinely bullied by the older boys of Sidney House, the boarding house that he belonged to,[15] which he described as "like systematic torture" and meant that he became "aware that I was this outsider."[13] His interests at Oundle were often military; he co-founded the school wargames society with Mike Jordan, and he rose to a position of some power in the school's cadet force,[15] with which he was allowed to handle live ammunition, which he used to create explosions as booby-traps.[16]
Oundle was where Dickinson became attracted to heavy rock, after hearing Deep Purple's "Child In Time" being played in another student's room.[16] As a result, the first album he ever bought was Deep Purple's In Rock, "all scratched to fuck but I thought it was great, and that's what started me off on buying albums and getting into rock music."[17] After In Rock, he went on to buy Black Sabbath's debut, Jethro Tull's Aqualung and Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer.[17] Every term, a band would play at the school, the first of whom Dickinson would see was called Wild Turkey, featuring former Jethro Tull bassist Glenn Cornick.[17] After that, he saw Van der Graaf Generator and Arthur Brown.[17]
Dickinson initially wanted to play the drums,[17] later obtaining a pair of bongo drums from the music room and practised.[18] He remembers playing "Let It Be" with his friend Mike Jordan, during which Dickinson discovered his singing voice while encouraging Jordan to sing the high-notes.[18] Shortly afterwards, however, Dickinson was expelled from Oundle for urinating in the headmaster's dinner.[18]
Returning home to Sheffield in 1976, Dickinson enrolled at a local comprehensive school, at which he joined his first band.[19] He had overheard two other pupils talking about their band and that they needed a singer and so volunteered immediately.[19] They rehearsed in the drummer's father's garage and the band were impressed by Dickinson's singing, encouraging him to buy his first microphone.[19] Their first gig took place at the Broadfield Tavern in Sheffield.[19] Originally called "Paradox," the band changed their name upon Dickinson's suggestion to "Styx", unaware of the American act with the same name.[20] They made local newspaper headlines when a steel worker was awoken by their performance and tried to smash the band's drumkit.[21] Soon after, the band split up.[20]
University[link]
After leaving school with A-levels in English, History and Economics, Dickinson confesses "I didn't really know what I wanted to do."[20] The first thing he did was join the Territorial Army for six months.[20] Although he enjoyed his time in the TA, Dickinson realised that "this is not really a career choice" and so he applied for a place to read history at Queen Mary College, in London's East End.[20] His parents wanted him in the army, but he told them that he wanted to get a degree first; "that was what they wanted to hear, so that was my cover story. Then, when I got down there, I started immediately finding and playing in bands."[20]
In college, Dickinson got involved in the Entertainments Committee; "one day you'd be a roadie for The Jam, the next you'd be putting up the Stonehenge backdrop for Hawkwind or whatever."[22] In 1977, Dickinson met Paul "Noddy" White, a multi-instrumentalist who owned a PA and other equipment, with whom Dickinson, along with drummer Steve Jones, would form a band together called "Speed."[22] Dickinson explains, "It had nothing to do with taking speed, we were a completely drug-free band. We just used to play everything ridiculously fast!"[22] In Speed, Dickinson began writing his own material; "I got Noddy to give me a few guitar lessons and I just started writing stuff straight away. He showed me three chords and I'd write stuff just from those three chords."[22]
Although Speed would play several gigs at the Green Man pub in Plumstead, the band did not last long, but it encouraged Dickinson to continue to work to be a musician.[22] Dickinson spotted an advertisement in Melody Maker with the caption "Singer wanted for recording project" and replied immediately.[22] He "wailed and wolfed and hollered and just made noises" onto a tape and sent it with a note which read; "By the way, if you think the singing's crap, there's some John Cleese stuff recorded on the other side you might find amusing."[22] They liked what they heard and invited Dickinson down to the studio to make "Dracula," the first song he would ever record, with a band called "Shots,"[22] formed by two brothers, Phil and Doug Siviter.[23] The song would later appear on the second disc of The Best of Bruce Dickinson compilation. The brothers were impressed with Dickinson's vocal abilities and asked him what music he liked; "I started saying 'Ian Gillan, Ian Anderson, Arthur Brown,' and Doug goes, 'That's it! Fucking Arthur Brown, man! Sometimes your voice is a dead ringer for Arthur!' He said, 'We've got to form a band.' I was, like, 'Bloody hell,' you know? 'This guy's got a studio and he wants to form a band with me.' I was like 'Yes!'"[24]
Dickinson played pubs with Shots on a regular basis "to about five people."[24] One particular night, Dickinson suddenly stopped in the middle of a song and started interviewing a man in the audience, heckling for not paying enough attention.[24] He got such a good response he started doing it every night until it became a regular routine; "suddenly everybody was paying attention, 'cause they might be next! The first time I did it, afterwards the landlord of the pub was, like, 'Fucking great show, lads! See you next week!' So we started sort of building this bit into the show. And that was when I first started to get the hang of not just being a singer but being a frontman, too."[24]
The next step in Dickinson's career was taken in a pub called the Prince of Wales in Gravesend, Kent, where Shots were playing regularly, when Barry Graham ("Thunderstick") and Paul Samson paid a visit.[25] Impressed with his stage-act, they talked with Dickinson afterwards, about which he recalls, "Paul Samson gave me his number and basically said, 'Listen, we've got an album out, we've got a record deal, but we need a new singer and we'd like you to be it.'"[26] Dickinson agreed to join their band, Samson, but only once he'd finished taking his History finals two weeks later.[26] Until that point, he had been neglecting his University education, having "done absolutely fuck all work, got pissed, got laid and just generally had a pretty good time."[26] As a result, the University had tried to kick him out for failing his Second Year exams and not paying his accommodation fees, but was saved because of his role as Entertainments Officer.[26] After writing 6 months worth of essays in the space of two weeks and some last minute cramming for his exams, Dickinson achieved a 2:2, "which is what everybody else got anyway."[26]
Samson: 1979—1981[link]
Main article: Samson (band)
"In my naïvety, I thought people who were in rock 'n' roll bands were great artists, and it was a huge shock to the system to realise that they weren't, that they didn't even aspire to be, really. Some of them did, maybe, but some of them, like Samson, were very frightened of the idea."
—Bruce Dickinson.[27]
After meeting Paul Samson and Barry Purkis at the Prince of Wales, and while still undertaking his final university exams, Dickinson joined Samson onstage at Bishop's Stortford to perform one of their songs, "Rock Me Baby", cementing his role as their new lead vocalist.[28][29]
The band had already released their debut album, Survivors, in 1979 on an independent label, two months before Dickinson joined.[26] Immediately following the completion of his University work, he met up with the band at Greenwich's Wood Wharf studios to learn the Survivors album.[30] Although the tracks did not suit Bruce's vocal style,[31] the band soon wrote the majority of the following Head On album in their earliest rehearsal sessions,[32] some of which were immediately incorporated into their live set.[31]
It was during these early rehearsals that the nickname "Bruce Bruce" came about, derived from Monty Python's Bruces sketch.[32] The name became very tiresome as the band's management continually wrote dud cheques, made payable to "Bruce Bruce", as a joke.[33] Dickinson later commented "it just stuck. I mean, I wasn't entirely happy with it, but it was, like, 'Oh well, OK. It's a sort of stage name, isn't it?'"[33]
Dickinson was shocked after finding out that not all rock performers were "great artists," as some, such as Samson, only wanted "to have a good drink, a good shag, and take some drugs," which he found "really, really difficult to relate to."[27] Although he had smoked joints before,[27] Dickinson discovered that it was impossible to communicate with other band members if he was sober.[33] He deemed it, "the price that had to be paid", believing it to be "just another step towards my goal of just wanting to be a singer in a rock n' roll band."[33]
While fronting the band, Dickinson also came across Iron Maiden for the first time, who were supporting Samson at the Music Machine in 1980.[34] As Dickinson recalls; "I was watching them, and they were good, really fucking good, and at that moment, I remember thinking, 'I wanna fucking sing for that band. In fact, I'm going to sing for that band! I know I'm going to sing for that band!' ... I just thought, 'This is really me. Not Samson.'"[34]
Dickinson remained in the band for another year, recording two studio albums with them - Head On and Shock Tactics.[33] However, Samson soon ran into difficulties with their record label, Gem, who went out of business and failed to finance their European tour in support of Iron Maiden.[35] The band was turned over to RCA, "who did not give a shit about this unknown band from England," Dickinson explains, and so the band promptly fired their management team and the resulting injunction meant that their equipment was reclaimed and they could not be paid for their concert performances.[35] The band's last gig was at Reading Festival, after which Bruce was approached by Iron Maiden's manager, Rod Smallwood, who asked him to audition to be their new lead vocalist, about which Dickinson recounts; "It wasn't like, 'We want you to do the job.' It was more like, 'We'd like to offer you the chance of an audition.' ... I remember being very self-confident at the time, though, and saying, 'But when I do it, I'll get the job, so let's talk about what's gonna happen when I get the job.'"[36]
Iron Maiden[link]
Main article: Iron Maiden
Beginnings and success: 1981—1985[link]
"Maiden worked to a time table. A table that wasn't absolute but it had to be stuck to. "Now you'll write for six weeks, now you'll make a record for three months, now you're rehearsing for two weeks, now you'll tour for eight months." It was organised like that and that seemed to suit the style of writing of the band."
— Bruce Dickinson at Gino, Stockholm.[37]
Dickinson went to audition for Iron Maiden at a rehearsal room in Hackney in September 1981, about which he describes, "As soon as I walked in, I knew this was something entirely different from anything I'd known up till then ... They had proper, professional roadies; they had a proper monitor system; they had cars laid on. They had everything! I thought, 'Right, there'll be no smoking dope in the back of the tour bus any more, then.'"[38] In the practice rooms, the band played through "Prowler", "Sanctuary", "Running Free" and "Remember Tomorrow", before asking Dickinson to sing the same songs again in a recording studio, and "that was it. We all went out and got roaring pissed and I was in Iron Maiden."[38]
Iron Maiden had a strict and organised routine that suited the band's writing style, which Dickinson described as a "time table".[37] After a few gigs, they began writing new material for their third album, The Number of the Beast, released in 1982. In the wake of Samson's contractual problems, Dickinson could not legally be credited on any of the record's songs,[39] having to make, what he called, a "moral contribution", later revealing that he had contributed limited creative input to "The Prisoner", "Children of the Damned" and "Run to the Hills."[40] The album was a major success, topping the UK charts,[41] and the band embarked on a supporting tour around the globe.
On the following albums, 1983's Piece of Mind and 1984's Powerslave, Steve Harris's song-writing monopoly was pushed aside in favour of other members' ideas, with Dickinson contributing to a number of tracks, including the singles "Flight of Icarus" and "2 Minutes to Midnight".[42] Throughout the World Slavery Tour, as part of the new theatrical elements incorporated into the band's stage-show, Dickinson wore a feathered mask during "Powerslave".[43] This was the band's longest tour to date, during which Harris and Dickinson considered going home mid-tour, due to the high number of shows.[44] Iron Maiden's management were continually adding dates, until Dickinson demanded that they stop "or I was gonna jack it in. I guess it was the first time I really thought about leaving. I don't just mean Iron Maiden, I mean quitting music altogether. I really felt like I was pretty much basket-case material by the end of that tour, and I did not want to feel that way. I just thought, 'Nothing is worth feeling like this for.' I began to feel like I was a piece of machinery, like I was part of the lighting rig."[45]
Growing tensions and departure: 1986—1993[link]
After a six-month break, which Dickinson mostly spent practising fencing,[46] Iron Maiden began writing their next album, Somewhere in Time, but Dickinson was unhappy with its synthesised bass and guitars and the progressive rock-influenced style.[47] He has no writing credits on the release, as his material, based on his own suggestion that they should "make a more acoustic based album," was rejected by the rest of the band.[48] As Dickinson explains; "If I'd had my way, the album would have sounded very different. Powerslave, for me, felt like the sort of natural rounding off of Piece of Mind and Number of the Beast ... I felt we had to come up with our Physical Graffiti or our Led Zeppelin IV ... It wasn't so much that it had to be acoustic; I just felt that we should be leading and not following ... the time was right for us to do something audacious, something vast and daring, and I didn't feel that we did that with Somewhere in Time. We just made another Iron Maiden album."[48] Steve Harris, on the other hand, stated, "I just thought he'd lost the plot completely. Bruce just wasn't himself at the time. We didn't realise it at first, but he was probably more burnt out than anyone at the end of the last tour ... he just couldn't seem to get himself together with any of the writing or anything ... It wasn't 'cause it was acoustic, necessarily, or even that it was very different sort of stuff; it was just that we didn't think it was good enough, really. And I could see he would feel bad that his songs were rejected, but he seemed to accept it quite readily at the time."[49]
After a subsequent tour, Iron Maiden started working on their next studio effort, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, which became their second release to top the UK charts.[41] Unlike Somewhere in Time, Dickinson was much more enthusiastic about this album and has several song-writing credits; "I remember Steve rang me to tell me about this idea he'd had for the next album, all about this seventh son of a seventh son stuff, and I thought, 'What a great idea! Brilliant!' And of course I was really chuffed, too, because he'd actually rung me to talk about it and ask me if I had any songs that might fit that sort of theme. I was like, 'Well, no, but give me a minute and I'll see what I can do.'"[50] After the following tour in 1988, the band decided to take a year off.[51]
During the next album's writing stage, Adrian Smith left Iron Maiden, and was replaced by Janick Gers. Iron Maiden's eighth studio release, 1990's No Prayer for the Dying, had a raw sound that did not "hold up well" compared to past efforts,[52] as it was recorded in a barn which Steve Harris owned, with a mobile studio owned by the Rolling Stones.[53] The record featured Dickinson's "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter", originally composed for a film soundtrack, which despite receiving a Golden Raspberry Award for worst original song in 1989, became the band's first and only single to top the UK singles chart.[41] By 1992, Harris had converted his barn into a proper studio, and the new album, Fear of the Dark, was recorded there,[54] resulting in a better overall sound than No Prayer for the Dying,[55] although Dickinson still claims it had "big limitations" due to its size.[53]
After the Fear of the Dark Tour, Dickinson decided to leave Iron Maiden to concentrate on his solo career; "I think I realised that I had reached a creative fork in the road, you know? I thought, 'If you want to, you can stay with Maiden, but things are sure not gonna change.' Or I could take a chance and go somewhere else."[56] At that point the band had already booked a following tour in 1993, which Dickinson did not enjoy; "I thought it wouldn't be a problem to go out and do the shows at all ... but it wasn't a good vibe ... we walked out onstage and it was like a morgue. The Maiden fans knew I'd quit, they knew these were the last gigs, and I suddenly realised that, as the frontman, you're in an almost impossible situation. If you're like, 'Wow, this is really fucking cool tonight, man,' they're all gonna sit there going, 'What a wanker. He's leaving. How can it be cool?' Or do you go on and say, 'Look, I'm really sorry I'm leaving - not to put a damper on the evening, but I am quitting'? I mean, what do you do?"[57]
Throughout the tour, Dickinson drew a lot of criticism from his band mates, with Steve Harris in particular saying, "I really wanted to kill him."[57] Harris explains that "When all the press was there, ... he had no problem turning on a professional performance ... but I swear, some nights all he did was mumble through the songs."[58] "It was so calculated, you know? ... we played in Paris, for example, where there's loads of press ... Then he'd perform, you know, pretty well. But if he played somewhere like Nice or Montpelier or somewhere like that, where it doesn't really matter, he was terrible ... One night, I went to the monitor man and said, 'What the fuck's going on? I can't hear him!' And he pushed the fader up to full and said, 'Look, there's nothing there. He's just mumbling into the mic.'"[57] Dickinson responded to the accusations by saying, "That's crap. That's absolute crap. The singing was always really, really good. What I did do at the shows was decide that I was not going to make like Mr Happy Face if the vibe wasn't right. ... I was trying as hard as I could, every single night, but as hard as I could some nights it was impossible. A rock concert is supposed to be a celebration. It's not supposed to be a wake."[58]
His last performance with the band was filmed by the BBC at Pinewood Studios and released as a live video, entitled Raising Hell.[59] "I don't recall saying goodbye," states Dickinson, "It was a very strange way of parting. After the show, I had a couple of beers and went home to bed."[59]
Return: 1999—present[link]
Along with Adrian Smith, Dickinson rejoined Iron Maiden in 1999 with Janick Gers remaining in the band, about which Dickinson recalls, "It was Rod who took me aside and said, 'How do you feel about putting it back together?' I said, 'Well, you know, there's a couple of things that concern me, but 90 per cent of things that I think are massive opportunities."[60] Initially Steve Harris had reservations about Bruce's return, but soon came round to the idea; "When Rod first mentioned it, I wasn't really into it," Harris stated, "I thought, 'Well why would he wanna come back? ... But then I thought, 'Well if the change happens, who would we get?' The thing is, we know Bruce and we know what he's capable of, and you think, 'Well, better the devil you know.'"[60]
Harris and Dickinson met up at Rod Smallwood's home in Brighton in January 1999 for the first conversation they would have with each other since 1993.[62] "It was strange," Dickinson remembers, "I think we were both a bit nervous. But as soon as we walked in the room, we gave each other a big hug and it evaporated. Literally, like, boof! Gone. And we both just chatted away ... And then, of course, we all ended up going down the pub. One thing led to another and we all woke up with thick heads the next day."[62] Steve Harris confesses, "I thought we'd have the meeting and that it wouldn't work ... then we actually had the meeting and it really changed everything. His enthusiasm was 100 per cent, so I thought, 'Well, maybe it is the right thing to do.'"[62]
After embarking on a small tour, the band set about recording Brave New World, their first studio album with Dickinson since 1992. Dickinson insisted that they find a replacement for the now retired Martin Birch, the band's regular producer, and record in a different studio than the one in which they made No Prayer for the Dying and Fear of the Dark; "When we had our first get-together, my main concern was how did I know we were gonna make this great record ... And Steve immediately said, 'Well I think we need a producer. And I don't think we can do it in the same studio. We've got to get the best studio we can possibly get.' By which point, you could have picked me up off the floor!"[63] The album was recorded at Guillaume Tell Studios, Paris with producer Kevin Shirley,[64] after which Iron Maiden undertook a supporting tour culminating with a performance at the Rock in Rio festival before a crowd of 250,000.[65]
In 2003 they recorded and released Dance of Death at London's SARM Studios with Kevin Shirley, now the band's new regular producer.[66] After two further stints on the road (Dance of Death World Tour and Eddie Rips Up the World Tour) Iron Maiden returned to SARM in 2006 to record their next studio album, A Matter of Life and Death,[67] and embarked on a supporting tour. In 2008 and 2009, the band set out on the Somewhere Back in Time World Tour,[68] which has since been described as "groundbreaking"[69] for its use of Ed Force One, the band's customised Boeing 757, flown by Dickinson himself,[68] and led to the documentary film Iron Maiden: Flight 666, which had a limited cinema release in April 2009.[70] Iron Maiden held another world tour in 2010 and 2011 in support of The Final Frontier,[71] their first album recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas since 1986's Somewhere in Time,[72] and which peaked at No. 1 in 28 countries.[73]
Solo career[link]
In early 1989, Zomba asked Dickinson to produce a track for the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child,[74] providing a budget, a studio, and a producer, Chris Tsangarides. Dickinson took up the opportunity and called an old friend of his, former Gillan guitarist, Janick Gers, and, shortly after meeting up, they had "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" ready for the studio,[75] then recorded with the assistance of bassist Andy Carr, and drummer Fabio del Rio.[76] "I wrote it in about three minutes", states Dickinson, "I don't know where the title 'Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter' came from, but it just popped into my head. I thought, 'Bloody hell, straight out of AC/DC!' And I thought, 'Nightmare on Elm Street. Yeah, that'll do.'[77] Impressed with the results, Zomba asked Dickinson if he was willing to record a whole album as well.[77] With the same line-up and producer, Dickinson's solo debut, Tattooed Millionaire, was written and recorded within two weeks, and released in May 1990,[77] followed by a supporting tour.[78]
Later that year, Dickinson participated on a re-recording of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water", as part of the humanitarian effort Rock Aid Armenia.[79] Backed by the band Skin, he produced a cover version of Alice Cooper's "Elected", along with Rowan Atkinson (in character as Mr. Bean), which was used in 1992 for Comic Relief,[80] and five years later, on Bean Soundtrack.[81]
For his second solo effort, Dickinson received the collaboration of American producer, Keith Olsen, and, while working on the record in LA, decided to leave Iron Maiden.[56] Unhappy with the direction he was taking with Olsen, Dickinson began working with Tribe of Gypsies guitarist Roy Z and started the album again from scratch.[37] Balls to Picasso was recorded with Tribe of Gypsies as the backing band,[37] and was released in 1994. That same year, Dickinson recorded a cover version of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" with the band Godspeed for Black Sabbath's tribute album Nativity in Black.[82] Tribe of Gypsies departed to work on their own material and Dickinson tracked down another band, including his new writing partner and guitarist, Alex Dickson.[37] After the Balls to Picasso supporting tour finished, he started working on a new studio record, Skunkworks. Dickinson decided that Skunkworks would be the title of the band as well, but the record company refused to release the album without his name on the cover.[83]
Due to musical differences, the "Skunkworks" entity ceased to be when the tour ended. "I was devastated by the Skunkworks thing", stated Dickinson, "Skunkworks was a record which I tore myself apart to make and nobody seemed to give a shit."[84] After a short period of inactivity, Dickinson once again teamed up with Roy Z and Tribe of Gypsies to record his next album, Accident of Birth; "It was actually Roy that dragged me back into some assemblance, because he called up and he said, 'Listen, I've got some stuff and it's like a metal record.' And I wasn't thrilled, I wasn't really sure that I had anything to offer... Then he played me some backing-tracks he'd done for what was to become Accident of Birth down the phone and I thought 'There is something there.'"[84] Former Iron Maiden guitarist, Adrian Smith, was asked to guest on the record, but remained as a full-time member of Dickinson's solo outfit.[85] The album marked a return to heavy metal for Dickinson, with Sputnikmusic remarking, "The album's heavy feel is very satisfying, and definitely fills that void left by Maiden during the 90's."[85] The follow-up, The Chemical Wedding, was a semi-concept album on alchemy, which drew inspiration from William Blake's writings; with some songs, such as "Book of Thel", having the same title as some of his poems, and the cover artwork featuring one of his paintings.[84] The record was even more successful than its predecessor, with Sputnikmusic commenting, "Bruce had shattered all expectations to create an album that might even be better than the previous one."[86] During The Chemical Wedding's supporting tour, the live album, Scream for Me Brazil was recorded in São Paulo, after which Dickinson and Smith returned to Iron Maiden in February 1999.
In 2000, Dickinson performed vocals on the song, "Into the Black Hole", for Ayreon's Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator.[87] Later that year, he collaborated with Judas Priest's front-man, Rob Halford, recording, "The One You Love to Hate", for Halford's debut, Resurrection.[88] A compilation, entitled The Best of Bruce Dickinson, was released in late 2001, including two new songs and a bonus disc of rarities.[89] His latest solo album, Tyranny of Souls was released in May 2005. This time the song-writing was all split between Roy Z and Dickinson and many songs were composed by Z sending recordings of riffs to Dickinson while he was on tour with Iron Maiden.[90] On 21 June 2005, Dickinson's complete solo discography was re-released, featuring bonus discs with rare and remastered tracks. That same year, Dickinson contributed to the song, "Beast in the Light", from Tribuzy's album, Execution, and their subsequent live album.[91] A three-DVD box set, entitled Anthology, was released on 19 June 2006, containing concerts and promo videos from throughout his solo career, as well as an old Samson video, entitled "Biceps of Steel."[92]
Other work[link]
Dickinson's interests include literature, writing, fencing (at which he has competed internationally, placing 7th in Great Britain,[93] and has founded a fencing equipment company under the brand name "Duellist"[94]), railway technology and aviation. Due to the wide variety of Dickinson's pursuits, the Winter 2009 edition of Intelligent Life named him as a living example of a polymath.[95]
Aviation[link]
Dickinson learned to fly recreationally in Florida in the 1990s[96] and now holds an airline transport pilot's licence. He regularly flew Boeing 757s in his role as captain for the now-defunct UK charter airline Astraeus,[97][98] which, from 16 September 2010, employed him as Marketing Director.[99][100] One of his key roles in said position was to promote Astraeus' services by increasing their number of videos,[100] leading to the UK CAA releasing a video featuring Dickinson on aircraft loading safety in June 2011.[101] Following Astraeus' closure on 21 November 2011, Dickinson launched Cardiff Aviation Ltd on 1 May 2012, an aircraft maintenance business based at the Twin Peaks Hangar in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.[102]
In mid-2006, Dickinson flew about 200 UK citizens home from Lebanon during the Israel/Hezbollah conflict.[103] On 12 February 2007, Dickinson was given permission to fly Rangers F.C. to Israel for their UEFA Cup game against Hapoel Tel Aviv.[104] After the collapse of XL Airways UK in September 2008, he piloted an Iceland Express aeroplane and flew home 180 stranded holiday makers from Egypt,[105] as well as a Boeing 757 with a group of British RAF pilots from Afghanistan.[106] "A lot of them recognised him because they are Maiden fans, but he was there in his professional capacity as a pilot," says an RAF spokesman.[106] Dickinson flew Liverpool F.C. from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to an away European tie with S.S.C. Napoli in Italy on 19 October 2010.[107] Following Hurricane Irene in August 2011, Dickinson was one of the first pilots to be ready to fly out of New York.[108]
For the 2008-2009 "Somewhere Back in Time World Tour," he piloted Iron Maiden's chartered Boeing 757, dubbed "Ed Force One", specially converted to carry the band's equipment between continents.[68] Dickinson flew "Ed Force One" again for "The Final Frontier World Tour" in 2011.[109]
Radio and TV[link]
Dickinson presented Bruce Dickinson's Friday Rock Show on BBC radio station 6 Music from 2002-2010. Jean-Jacques Burnel, bassist with The Stranglers, took over the presenting duties while Dickinson toured the US with Iron Maiden. In March 2010, the BBC announced that, after over eight years, Dickinson's show was to be axed.[110] His final broadcast was on 28 May 2010, with the regular format abandoned in favour of a personal and musical tribute to the recently deceased Ronnie James Dio. Dickinson scorned the BBC executives for the cancellation, playing the Johnny Paycheck version of "Take This Job and Shove It".[111]
He has recently taken the helm of BBC Radio 2 serial Masters of Rock and presented the 5-part historical TV series about aviation, Flying Heavy Metal, which was shown on the Discovery Channel, and later on Discovery Turbo in the UK.[112] He was a guest on an episode of the Military Channel's The Greatest Ever, where he drove a Russian T-34 tank. In 2006, Dickinson presented a documentary for Sky One entitled Inside Spontaneous Human Combustion with Bruce Dickinson, in which he investigated the phenomenon by enlisting the help of several experts and performing various experiments to determine its possible cause.[113] Other television appearances include guesting on quiz shows such as Never Mind the Buzzcocks and the short lived Space Cadets, as well as the chat show Clarkson, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.[114] Dickinson has also appeared in a BBC series called The Paradise Club, undertaking the role of a musician named Jake Skinner.[78]
Writing[link]
Plotting it out was the doddle. It came from a series of mad conversations, actually, that all gestated together along with some Sherlock Holmes, some Biggles and Penthouse, and out it came.
— Bruce Dickinson commenting on Lord Iffy.[115]
During a 1986-1987 Iron Maiden tour, and in the wake of a divorce, Dickinson started writing his first book. He spent sleepless nights trying to give birth to the main character, Lord Iffy Boatrace, an English landlord, whose problems were always related to a lack of money, questing a wealthy life.[115]
The novel, entitled The Adventures of Lord Iffy Boatrace (ISBN 0-283-06043-3), was released in 1990 and sold more than 30,000 copies almost immediately. Due to the high demand, the publisher, Sidgwick & Jackson, asked Dickinson to produce a sequel, which became 1992's The Missionary Position (ISBN 0-283-06092-1).[115]
Dickinson has turned his hand to scriptwriting, co-authoring Chemical Wedding with director Julian Doyle. The film, in which Dickinson played a few small cameo roles and composed the soundtrack, was released in 2008 and starred Simon Callow.[116]
Ozzfest incident[link]
At the 2005 Ozzfest, Ozzy Osbourne's wife, Sharon, encouraged family friends and members of other bands to sabotage Iron Maiden's last performance at Hyundai Pavilion in San Bernardino on 20 August.[117][118] The attack was in response to Dickinson's comments on reality television, to which Osbourne took offence,[119] ordering interference with the band's PA and delaying the entrance of Eddie,[117] as well as encouraging members of the Osbourne camp to throw eggs, lighters and bottle tops from the front of the audience.[119]
On top of Dickinson's attack on reality TV, it was also claimed that he made several anti-American comments, of which Classic Rock magazine claimed that "nobody can present any cast-iron evidence."[120] Classic Rock also argued that there had been "bad blood" between the band and the Osbournes since the start of the tour, with the allegations that Iron Maiden refused to pay "a substantial fee" to appear on the tour T-shirt and had complained about Ozzfest's seating arrangements, with Steve Harris commenting that "it's awkward because we feed off the front audience. A lot of 'em look like they want to get out a remote and change the channel."[120] Sharon Osbourne would later claim that the flag-waving during "The Trooper" was disrespectful to American troops,[121] at the time fighting alongside the British in Iraq, even though Dickinson had always held a Union Flag during the song, being based on the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War.[120] Classic Rock pointed out the hypocrisy in Osbourne's statement as her husband had, in the past, been incarcerated for urinating on the Alamo, causing upset in the U.S.[120] Sharon Osbourne also accused Dickinson of "making other comments about the other artists," believing "he was at a battle of the bands," while other performers "don't even look at Ozzfest as touring, but as its heavy metal summer camp."[121] Dickinson went on to criticise this comment, stating that "the whole way it's being portrayed as being some kind of altruistic holiday for all the bands is absolute nonsense, it's complete bullshit. Most of the bands are there because they paid to be there."[122] It was also reported that Steve Harris had spoken to Ozzy Osbourne in San Bernardino, apologising for Dickinson's comments,[120][121] which Harris denies, stating, "No I didn't [apologise]. What I actually said was that, if there was anything to apologise for, then I'd do it. But that was twisted around to seem like I'd said sorry — that never happened!"[123]
In response to the incident, Iron Maiden's manager, Rod Smallwood, published a statement criticising the attack as "vile, dangerous, criminal and cowardly" as well as disrespectful to fans who had paid to see the band perform "a full unhindered performance."[124] Speaking some years later to the Daily Mail, Dickinson commented that "Our revenge was to simply carry on regardless and play the best show of the day," and that "I haven't changed my views about reality TV either. I think it's a complete disgrace – freak-show television, the lowest of the low."[119] Speaking to Metal Hammer in 2006, Dickinson stated, "so much has been written about what I did, or didn't say onstage. Did I have a go at Ozzy and Black Sabbath? No. Why would I? But I do find The Osbournes TV series loathsome, and the whole cult of reality TV celebrities disgusting."[123] An eyewitness report, published on Blabbermouth.net, praised Iron Maiden for being "the consummate professionals," continuing to play in spite of "the amount of terrorizing and intimidation that [they] had to deal with."[118]
Iron Maiden's 2006 album, A Matter of Life and Death, contained a song entitled "These Colours Don't Run", a phrase which Dickinson also used onstage on 20 August 2005.[123] When asked if the song was inspired by the Ozzfest incident, Dickinson replied, "I suppose it's inevitable that people will think the song's about Sharon Osbourne, she thinks everything is about her anyway! But it isn't. It's about men going off to war, and the fears and hopes they leave behind ... The phrase 'These Colours Don't Run' fitted the mood of the song perfectly. That's all."[123]
Singing style[link]
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Although Dickinson never received formal training, he still possessed a wide vocal range which was trademarked by his quasi-operatic tenor. Along with Ronnie James Dio and Rob Halford, Dickinson is one of the pioneers of the operatic vocal style later to be adopted by power metal vocalists and regularly appears near the top in lists of the greatest rock vocalists/front-men of all time.[125][126][127][128] Dickinson says that his style was influenced primarily by Arthur Brown, Peter Hammill (Van der Graaf Generator), Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) and Ian Gillan (Deep Purple).[89]
Dickinson's singing varied notably in the 1990s in the recording of albums such as No Prayer for the Dying, Fear of the Dark and his first solo work Tattooed Millionaire, making use of a much more raspy and unpolished sound,[129] befitting their stripped down style.[130] Since returning to Iron Maiden in 1999, his singing style has returned to much like it was in the 1980s,[131] though soft and reflective passages have been incorporated with the familiar operatic wail to suit the more progressive direction of Iron Maiden since the reunion. His voice has lowered with age, making him a dramatic tenor in opera terms.
Discography[link]
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Notes[link]
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- ^ "The Greatest Metal Bands of All Time". MTV News. MTV Networks. http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal/greatest_metal_bands/071406/index5.jhtml. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- ^ Soren, Tabitha (1992) "Wheel of Fortune", SPIN, July 1992, retrieved 2011-07-02
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- ^ a b c d e Wall 2004, p. 198.
- ^ Shooman 2007, p. 119.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 200.
- ^ a b c d e f Wall 2004, p. 201.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 202.
- ^ a b Shooman 2007, p. 12.
- ^ Would you let this man fly you to France?, Christa D'Souza / The Daily Telegraph, 19 January 2005
- ^ a b Wall 2004, p. 203.
- ^ a b c Wall 2004, p. 199.
- ^ a b Shooman 2007, p. 13.
- ^ a b Wall 2004, p. 204.
- ^ a b c d e Wall 2004, p. 205.
- ^ a b c Wall 2004, p. 206.
- ^ a b c d Wall 2004, p. 207.
- ^ a b c d e f Wall 2004, p. 208.
- ^ Shooman 2007, p. 17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Wall 2004, p. 209.
- ^ Shooman 2007, p. 21.
- ^ a b c d Wall 2004, p. 210.
- ^ Shooman 2007, p. 33.
- ^ a b c d e f Wall 2004, p. 211.
- ^ a b c Wall 2004, p. 212.
- ^ Shooman 2007, p. 35.
- ^ "Samson Biography-sing365". http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Samson-Biography/C74A429BD38D32F848256D75002F88E0. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ Shooman 2007, p. 36.
- ^ a b Shooman 2007, p. 40.
- ^ a b Shooman 2007, p. 38.
- ^ a b c d e Wall 2004, p. 213.
- ^ a b Wall 2004, p. 214.
- ^ a b Wall 2004, p. 216.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 217.
- ^ a b c d e "A Conversation with Bruce Dickinson". BookOfHours. 1996-04-28. http://www.bookofhours.net/bdwbn/ginoklar.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ^ a b Wall 2004, p. 218.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 224.
- ^ Shooman 2007, p. 82.
- ^ a b c "UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". everyHit.com. http://www.everyhit.co.uk/. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
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- ^ The History Of Iron Maiden – Pt. 2: Live After Death (DVD). Sony. 4 February 2008.
- ^ Stenning, Paul (2006). Iron Maiden: 30 Years of the Beast. Chrome Dreams. p. 104. ISBN 1-84240-361-3.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 255.
- ^ Shooman 2007, p. 100.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Somewhere in Time > Review". Allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r9916. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ^ a b Wall 2004, p. 260.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 261.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 265.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 273.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "No Prayer for the Dying > Review". Allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r9919. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
- ^ a b "The Wicked Man". Classic Rock (15): 36–43. 2000-06-01.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 289.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Fear of the Dark > Review". Allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r58737. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ a b Wall 2004, p. 293.
- ^ a b c Wall 2004, p. 296.
- ^ a b Wall 2004, p. 297.
- ^ a b Wall 2004, p. 298.
- ^ a b Wall 2004, p. 328.
- ^ "Iron Maiden Murder Madison Square Garden". http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2010/07/live_iron_maide.php. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ^ a b c Wall 2004, p. 329.
- ^ Wall, Mick (1999-05-01). "The Devil You Know". Classic Rock (4): 38–43.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 342.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 349.
- ^ Wall 2004, p. 368.
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- ^ "Iron Maiden: 'On Board Flight 666' Photographic Book Due In October". http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=159848. Retrieved 2011-09-06. "...take-off in January 2008 on the groundbreaking "Somewhere Back In Time Tour""
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- ^ "Iron Maiden Announces Support Acts For U.K. Tour". http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=154142. Retrieved 2011-11-20. "went straight to #1 in the album charts in 28 countries worldwide."
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- ^ Shooman 2007, p. 117.
- ^ a b c Wall 2004, p. 281.
- ^ a b Shooman 2007, p. 122.
- ^ "Smoke On The Water - Rock Aid Armenia". ProgArchives.com. http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=15789. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
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- ^ Shooman 2007, p. 155.
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- ^ "The Universal Migrator - part 2". ArjenLucassen.com Ltd.. 2000-07-01. http://www.arjenlucassen.com/ayreon/ay_interview_09.html. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ Adams, Bret. "Resurrection > Review". Allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r492727. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
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- ^ "The Roy Z well-being network". Book of Hours. 2005-06-23. http://www.bookofhours.net/bdwbn/royint2005.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
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References[link]
- Shooman, Joe (2007). Bruce Dickinson: Flashing Metal with Iron Maiden and Flying Solo. Independent Music Press. ISBN 0-9552822-4-1
- Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (third ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. ISBN 1-86074-542-3
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| Sidney Samson | |
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| Born | (1981-10-02) October 2, 1981 (age 30) |
| Genres | Electro House Dutch House |
| Occupations | Disc jockey |
| Instruments | Keyboard, turntable, computer |
| Labels | Spinnin' Records & Ultra Records |
| Website | http://www.sidneysamson.com/ |
Sidney Samson (born 2 October 1981) is a Dutch DJ and dance musician. Samson started DJing at the age of 13, focusing on hip hop music before working seriously on house music from 1999.[1][2] He is a resident DJ at The Matrixx, a major Dutch nightclub and released "Bring That Beat Back" and "It’s all funked up" on the digidance and Spinnin' Records labels respectively.[2][3] After collaborating with Gregor Salto, he formed his own record label, Samsobeats, in 2007.
Samson managed to get his debut single "Riverside" to #1 on the Dutch Top 40,[4] #9 on the Australian ARIA Charts,[5] #1 on the Irish Singles Chart, and #2 on the UK Singles Chart.[6]
He released his second single "Shut Up and Let It Go" (featuring Lady Bee) in February 2010.[2]
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| 2009 | "Riverside" | 40 | — | — | 10 | 13 | Single |
| 2009 | "Riverside (Let's Go)" (feat. Wizard Sleeve) | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| 2010 | "Shut Up and Let It Go" (feat. Lady Bee) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | "The World Is Yours" (Original Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | "Fill U Up" (feat. Sicerow) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | "Wake Up Call" (feat. Steve Aoki) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | "Duplex" (Original Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2010 | "Let's Go" (feat. Lady Bee and Bizzey) | — | — | — | 48 | — | |
| 2010 | "Quacky" (Afrojack & Sidney Samson) | 32 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | "Tomahawk" (Original Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | "Thanks I Get It" (Original Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | "Surrender" (Feat. Mc Ambush) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | "The Street Is Ours" (Original Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | "Mutate" (Feat. Lil Jon) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2012 | "Get Low" (Original Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | |
Remixes[link]
- Laidback Luke & Steve Aoki feat. Lil Jon - "Turbulence"
- Katy Perry - "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
- Rihanna - "S&M"
- David Guetta & Chris Willis feat. Fergie & LMFAO - "Gettin' Over You"
- 3OH!3 - "Double Vision"
- Kylie Minogue - "Get Outta My Way"
- Silvio Ecomo & DJ Chuckie - "Moombah"
- Kelly Rowland feat. David Guetta - "Commander"
- Flo Rida feat. David Guetta - "Club Can't Handle Me"
- Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette - "Hello"
- Ian Carey - "Let Loose"
- Roger Sanchez & Far East Movement - "2gether"
- Tony Cha Cha - "Solar"
- Ellie - "Superstar"
- Lil Jon feat. LMFAO - "Outta Your Mind"
- Pitbull feat. T-Pain - "Hey Baby"
- Her Majesty & The Wolves - "Stars in Your Eyes"
- David Guetta feat. Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj - "Where Them Girls At"
- Innerpartysystem - "Not Getting Any Better"
- Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce - "Telephone"
- Kizzo feat. BloodLine - "This Time"
- Chrizzo & Maxim feat. Amanda Wilson - "Runaway"
- David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj - "Turn Me On"
- Lady Gaga - "Marry the Night"
- Lil Jon & LMFAO - "Drink"
- Far East Movement feat. Rye Rye - "Jello"
- Benny Benassi feat. Kelis, apl.de.ap & Jean-Baptiste - "Spaceship"
- Jennifer Lopez - "Papi"
- DJ Die & Interface feat. William Cartwright - "Bright Lights"
- will.i.am feat. Jennifer Lopez & Mick Jagger - "T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)"
- Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull & The WAV.s - "I Like How It Feels"
References[link]
- ^ "Sidney Samson". Last.fm. 2008-11-21. http://www.last.fm/music/Sidney+Samson. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
- ^ a b c Granger, Scott (19 February 2010). "Scott Granger: My money's on Young Money to strike it rich with single Bedrock". Scotsman. http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Scott-Granger-My-money39s-on.6088134.jp. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ "About Sidney Samson". Sidneysamson.hyves.net. http://sidneysamson.hyves.net/. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
- ^ "Top 40 | Hitlijst | Radio 538 - 102 FM". Radio538.nl. 2010-02-26. http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=875994. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Week Commencing: 8th June 2009". Australian Recording Industry Association. Ariacharts.com.au. June 8, 2009. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/echarts/chart_aria.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ^ "UK Singles Top 75 - Music Charts". Acharts.us. 2010-01-10. http://acharts.us/uk_singles_top_75/2010/02. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
- ^ "danishcharts.com - Sidney Samson". danishcharts.com. http://www.danishcharts.com/showperson.asp?name=Sidney+Samson. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Sidney Samson". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=12478. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 19 November 2011. Search for Sidney Samson.
- ^ "australian-charts.com - Discography Sidney Samson". australian-charts.com. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sidney+Samson. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "ultratop.be - Sidney Samson". ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showperson.asp?name=Sidney+Samson. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
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| Name | Samson, Sidney |
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| Date of birth | October 2, 1981 |
| Place of birth | October 2, 2010 |
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Samson Pascal François (18 May 1924 – 22 October 1970) was a French pianist and composer.
Biography[link]
François was born in Frankfurt where his father worked at the French consulate. His mother, Rose, named him Samson, for strength, and Pascal, for spirit. François discovered the piano early – at the age of two – and his first studies were in Italy, with Pietro Mascagni, who encouraged him to give his first concert at the age of six. Moving from country to country with his itinerant family, he studied in Belgrade with professor Ćirilo Ličar (Cyril Licar), obtaining a first prize in performance. Professor Ličar also introduced him to the works of Béla Bartók.
Having studied in the Conservatoire in Nice from 1932 to 1935, where he again won first prize, François came to the attention of Alfred Cortot, who encouraged him to move to Paris and study with Yvonne Lefébure at the École Normale de Musique. He also studied piano with Cortot (who reportedly found him almost impossible to teach), and harmony with Nadia Boulanger. In 1938, he moved to the Paris Conservatoire to study with Marguerite Long, the doyenne of French teachers of the age. He won the piano section of the inaugural (1943) Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition.
He was particularly admired for his performances of Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, and Ravel. Many of these interpretations are now available on compact disc. François was a keen jazz fan — particularly of the brilliant pianist Bud Powell, who lived and performed in Paris — and claimed that jazz influenced his playing. He composed, among other works, a concerto for piano and incidental music for film.
He married Josette Bahvsar, and their son Maximilien was born in 1955. Maximilien published a biography of his father in 2002 (see bibliography below).
Samson François's extravagant lifestyle, good looks, and passionate but highly disciplined playing, gave him a cult status as a pianist, although his passion for nightlife and his reckless behavior (lavish drinking and drug use) resulted in a heart attack on the concert stage in 1968. His early death followed only two years later.
François himself said "never play simply to play well" and, in a remark clearly inspired by his jazz influences, "It must be that there is never the impression of being obliged to play the next note."
Bibliography[link]
- Spycket, Jérôme, Scarbo, 1985 (in French – a biography of François)
- François, Maximilien-Samson, Samson François, histoire de… mille vies (1924-1970). Editions Bleu Nuit (2002). ISBN 2-913575-54-4 (In French)
External links[link]
- Biography, in French from which the quotes in this article were translated.
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Tara McDonald vs Sidney Samson - Dynamite (Nicky Romero Remix)
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Samson & Delilah (FULL MOVIE) 1/13
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Samson & Delilah (FULL MOVIE) 1/13
My Personal Website: www.kimberly1x.com Please checkout my new inspiring Christian blog @ http . It has the latest reviewed christian songs, movies, documentaries, daily scripture, video of the day, christian humor of the day and everything pertaining to religion and its latest conspiracies, myths, facts and current events!!! Please come by and support!! God Bless!! Samson was born to aged parents. He was a Nazirite set apart for God's service and therefore did not cut his hair or drink alcohol. His exploits included tearing a lion apart with his bare hands, killing a company of the men of Ashdod, setting fire to their fields and orchards, and slaughtering a thousand men with the jawbone of an ass. After a Philistine woman named Delilah enticed Samson to reveal the secret of his great strength, she cut off his hair, and the Philistines gouged out his eyes, bound him with strong fetters, and set him to grind at the mill in the prison. But Samson's hair, the secret of his strength, began to grow again. The day came when the Philistine lords sent for the blind Samson to laugh at him. Samson felt for the pillars on which the house rested, pulled them down, and died along with many Philistines. Judg 13:1-25 - Birth Judg 16:4-31 - Delilah
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