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The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, is a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a long-run 1950s television series (originally with Jackie Gleason as Riley for one truncated season, then with Bendix for six seasons), and a 1958 comic book.
The show began as a proposed Groucho Marx radio series, The Flotsam Family, but the sponsor balked at what would have been essentially a straight head-of-household role for the comedian. (Marx went on to host Blue Ribbon Town from 1943 to 1944 and then You Bet Your Life from 1947 to 1961.) Then creator and producer Irving Brecher saw Bendix as taxicab company owner Tim McGuerin in Hal Roach's The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942). Brecher stated "He was a Brooklyn guy and there was something about him. I thought, This guy could play it. He'd made a few films, like Lifeboat, but he was not a name. So I took The Flotsam Family script, revised it, made it a Brooklyn Family, took out the flippancies and made it more meat-and-potatoes, and thought of a new title, The Life of Riley. Bendix's delivery and the spin he put on his lines made it work."
Life is the characteristic that distinguishes organisms from inorganic substances and dead objects.
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"The life of Riley" is an expression meaning an easy, carefree life.
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The Lightning Seeds are an English alternative rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1989 by Ian Broudie (vocals, guitar, producer), formerly of the band Big in Japan.
Originally a studio-based solo project for Broudie, the Lightning Seeds expanded into a touring band following Jollification (1994). The group experienced commercial success throughout the 1990s and are well known for their single "Three Lions", a collaboration with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner which reached No. 1 in the UK in 1996 and 1998.
In 1989, Ian Broudie began recording alone under the name "Lightning Seeds". Broudie had previously been a member of the band Care in the mid-1980s, but by 1989 was much better known as a producer for Liverpool-based chart acts Echo & the Bunnymen and many other independent labels at the time.
Working as a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer, Broudie (in his guise as "The Lightning Seeds") achieved success with the psychedelic hit "Pure" from the album Cloudcuckooland, which reached the UK Top 20. "Pure" had some success in the United States Billboard Top 40 reaching No. 32. Both "Pure" and "All I Want" also reached the Modern Rock Tracks top 10.
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Music video by Lightning Seeds performing The Life of Riley. (c) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 137
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Riley (William Bendix) receives a letter from the president of the airplane plant in which he works, Cyrus P. Cunningham, announcing that the company will honor Riley's ten years of service... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0842077/?... If you enjoyed this show check out my The Life of Riley playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIn8Ziqz_265KKYNU9t-5yU-YpjpkbGlh Public Domain TV
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Music video by Drapht performing Sing It (The Life Of Riley). (C) 2011 Drapht Music under exclusive licence to Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd.
The lyrics to "The Life Of Riley" by The Lightning seeds. The lyrics to this are fantastic! I got the lyrics from a website & realise now there are a couple mistakes, so I apologise!
Hello, this is the Pop Song 'Life of Riley' performed by 'Lightning Seeds'. It was released in March 1992 I do not own any rights of this song. Links: The Lightning Seeds: http://bit.ly/dUXccZ The Life of Riley: http://bit.ly/10jlHc2
Music by Kevin MacLeod. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Download link: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400054 MacLeod's description: Genre: Pop Time: 3:55 102 BPM (Moderato - A Bit Fast) Instruments: Glock, Ukulele, Guitar, Percussion Mid-tempo cheery music for all! Bright, Relaxed, Uplifting ISRC: USUAN1400054 © 2014 Kevin MacLeod
I'm questioning all that you are,
Accused of neglecting,
The truth plain in sight,
The judge is the conscience,
The jury mankind.
What about you now,
what about your fault,
How can you live with the hurt you allowed.
Bow your head in shame and see,
Who's flawed, who's fake,
Who gets fucked 'till he bleeds.
'Cause you've
Only known the life of Riley,
Never been a poor street whore.
Hey, what does the mirror reveal,
A grimace created by lies and deceit.
How can you boast about life on the wild side,
Despising a real man who fights for his meal.
What about you now,
What about your fault,
How can live with the hurts you allowed.
Never ever tasted shit,
The silver spoon's got in the way!
Only known the life of Riley,
Never been a poor street whore.
Only known the life of Riley,