Drama
Drama is the specific mode of narrative, typically fictional, represented in performance. The term comes from the Greek word δρᾶμα, drama, meaning action, which is derived from the verb δράω, draō, meaning to do or to act. The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts, unlike other forms of literature, is directly influenced by this collaborative production and collective reception. The early modern tragedy Hamlet (1601) by Shakespeare and the classical Athenian tragedy Oedipus the King (c. 429 BC) by Sophocles are among the masterpieces of the art of drama. A modern example is Long Day's Journey into Night (1956) by Eugene O’Neill.
The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia and Melpomene, the Muse of comedy represented by the laughing face, and the Muse of tragedy represented by the weeping face, respectively. Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory.
Drama!
"Drama!" is the first single released by Erasure from their fourth studio album Wild!. It was issued by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S.
Written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, the synthpop song begins with a low-key keyboard line and a subdued vocal from Bell. As the song progresses, the instrumentation and vocals become more hectic, ultimately ending as a full-blown dancefloor anthem. "Drama!" is known for its mob-shouted "Guilty!" exclamation throughout and Bell's intricate, multi-layered background vocals. Lyrically the song addresses a person who could be considered a drama queen, experiencing "one psychological drama after another" about everyday struggles that are universal and are easily dealt with by most people. Lines such as "your shame is never-ending!" are directed at the subject of the song. The mob's vocals were added to by The Jesus and Mary Chain, who happened to be recording in the studio next door.
Released prior to Wild!, "Drama!" continued Erasure's winning streak on the UK singles chart, peaking at number four. In Germany the single also fared well, hitting number twelve. "Drama!" did not continue Erasure's chart success in the United States, where it failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100. It did, however, climb to number ten on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
Drama (Bananarama album)
Drama is the ninth studio album by the British female vocal duo Bananarama. It features eleven newly recorded tracks, along with a remix of their 1986 smash hit "Venus" (done by Soft Cell's Marc Almond) and a 2005 remix of their 1982 hit "Really Saying Something", an underground bootleg club hit produced by Solasso.
Drama is a comeback of sorts for Bananarama members Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin and is their first album to be released in their native UK since 1993. The album's first single "Move in My Direction" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at Number 14, also becoming their first UK Top 40 hit since 1993. The second single, "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)", also hit the UK Top 40, and climbed to Number 2 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart as an import, becoming Bananarama's biggest US dancefloor hit since "Venus" two decades earlier.
The album mostly incorporates pop and eurodance musical styles, with some synthpop elements. Drama charted at a number 169 in the UK. It was later released in the United States (both in retail stores and as digital downloads) in 2006. While the album performed well on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums chart, peaking at number 21, it did not chart on the Billboard 200, the US Pop Albums chart.
R & R
[Verse One]
Now listen the kid with the new found vision
sound Christian, the old me found missing
I don't miss him I'm on a mission
Commissioned by an Author who's telling iller stories then John Grishom
Mind twistin, you would think it was this then
He's known for flipping the script and giving them something different
For instance isn't death irreversible-
But the instant you're found in Him now it isn't
How terrific how He fixes our afflictions, the epitome of all out altruism
All to Him is going all I have cause all I owe
I don't deserve Him at all y'all I know
All the woes, all the burdens of time
Combined and loaded down on one man's mind
Is all too kind and light of a situation
In light of the one eternal dilemma that man is facing
Try leaving the land of the living
And stand before the Lamb without having your sins forgiven
This is a no win situation, unless you know Him cause then your placed in
Relationship that's safe so when it's all over
Just know that it's just beginning for those who call upon Jehovah
We'll take off this flesh and put on fresh type skin
We don't know what we'll be but we'll be just like Him
Through out all the centuries, all who've fallen to sleep
Whether burned at the stakes or sawn into pieces of lost in the deep
Or tossed into steep pits and left for dead
They'll lift their heads and all get to breath then
Looking back at this life won't even add up
Compared to eternity earth won't even matter
So death is not my enemy anymore, it's only a key to a door
So hit me with a shotty a Maserati a pestilence or sword
Me absent from the body means I'm present with the Lord
[Chorus x2]
If Christ is not risen, we won't rise with Him
If He's not returning, we won't fly with Him
But since He's risen and since He's returning
We'll be living with Him in heaven for eternity
[Verse Two]
The truth has been cited
We've learned after Christ' return the bride & the groom are united
With His introduction, to show sin's destruction
This body of corruption puts on incorruption & shares His perfection
Receive the life He gives & see Him like He is like His mirror's reflection
He'll soothe in love, no tear ducts, hair plugs, or airbrush
Removal of the worst of infirmities
With Christ the Lord in paradise-
Restored & have our life's applaud in worship eternally
The R without Eric B & them, Regenerated from our legacy of sin inherently
Within plus He's the resurrector
Who brings us back like rewind wheel it up selecta
Rude boy derelicts fiery lake inherited
While what must I do to be saved becomes rhetoric
Not a relevant question
Cuz Christ righteousness sliced our beef like a delicatessen
When God's done assembling
No need for the r for restrains but the r that remains for the remnant
We'll proceed from the White throne, to an eternal life zone
Thru His gates we'll breeze like a cyclone
To kick it with Christ who paid iniquities price & He'll sit as the light
Enthroned & this home is the city of life
It's the earth's new edition like Ronny, Bobby, Ricky & Mike
Just day for us to live in
Never have a good night that God blessed like his name was Russell Simmons
It will be splendid, sin's not remembered
All cuz He rendered sin's debt rescinded
