Bonfire
A bonfire is a large but controlled outdoor fire, used either for informal disposal of burnable waste material or as part of a celebration. The name "bonfire" is derived from the fact that bonfires were originally fires in which bones were burned.
Regional traditions
In many regions of continental Europe, bonfires are made traditionally on 16 January, the solemnity of John the Baptist, as well as on Saturday night before Easter. Bonfires are also a feature of Walpurgis Night in central and northern Europe, and the celebrations on the eve of St. John's Day in Spain. In Finland bonfires are tradition on Midsummer Eve and Easter, also in midst of May celebrations.
Alpine and Central Europe
Bonfire traditions of early spring, lit on the Sunday following Ash Wednesday (Funkensonntag), are widespread throughout the Alemannic German speaking regions of Europe and in parts of France. The burning of "winter in effigy" at the Sechseläuten in Zürich (introduced in 1902) is inspired by this Alemannic tradition. In Austria "Osterfeuer", Easter Fires, are widespread, but also regulated in some cities, districts and countries to hold down the resulting annual peak of PM10-dust immission. There are also "Sonnwendfeuer" (Solstice Fires) ignited on the evening of 21 June.
Bonfire (band)
Bonfire (originally Cacumen) is a German heavy metal band, founded in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1972 by Hans Ziller. Bonfire started 1986 from Cacumen where the members just changed the name into Bonfire because of the advice of the Record Company and the Management. The original founder Hans Ziller is still in Bonfire and is the only one who has the rights on the name Bonfire.
Biography
Cacumen (1972-1986)
In 1972, in the Bavarian town of Ingolstadt the teenaged guitarist Hans Ziller, put together a rock band called Cacumen with his guitarist brother Karl and gathered a bunch of friends to complete the band. The name of the group was taken from a school test Hans had done and it translates from Latin as "the top of a mountain". For the next six years, the band played in small local venues, but formed a fan base in their hometown. In 1978, the group consisted of Hans and Karl on guitars, Horst Maier on guitar (in 1983, Maier's last name would become Maier-Thorn), Hans Hauptmann on bass and Hans Forstner on drums. When the band started searching for a replacement singer, Claus Lessmann, a fellow student of Hans', was hired.
Bonfire (song)
"Bonfire" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Craig Morgan. It was released in May 2009 as the third single from his album That's Why. It is only available on later presses of the album. The song entered the top 40 on the U.S. country charts in June 2009. It is his sixteenth single release. A Christmas version with new lyrics was released on November 24, 2009. Morgan wrote the song with Kevin Denney, Tom Botkin and Mike Rogers.
Content
"Bonfire" is an up-tempo with electric guitar accompaniment. In it, the narrator describes a summertime party around a bonfire. The partiers are described in the first verse, while the second verse tells of a police officer showing up, causing the partiers to hide their beers. The officer then takes a beer himself and states that he "came to hang out / at the bonfire, out in the sticks[…]".
Reception
The song received mixed reviews. Andrew Lacy of Engine 145 gave the song a thumbs-down rating. He described it as an "annual summer ritual of artists and labels competing to see who can release the most popular anthem by attempting to recapture the fun and flavor of [Morgan's 2005 single] 'Redneck Yacht Club'." Lacy also said that the lyrics, melody and production were "forgettable", and that the heavy production made Morgan shout instead of sing. Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave a more favorable review. Although he also said that the song was similar in theme to "Redneck Yacht Club", he said that its heavier production made it stand out on the re-released album, and gave it an "exciting" sound.
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Branded released: 2011
- You Make Me Feel: The Ballads released: 2009
- The Räuber released: 2008
- Double Vision: Live released: 2007
- Double X released: 2006
- One Acoustic Night released: 2005
- Live Over Europe released: 2003
- Free released: 2003
- Strike Ten released: 2001
- Freudenfeuer released: 2001
- 29 Golden Bullets released: 2001
- Who's Fooling Who released: 2000
- Knock Out released: 2000
- Fuel to the Flames released: 1999
- Rebel Soul released: 1997
- Feels Like Comin' Home released: 1996
- Live...the Best released: 1995
- Point Blank released: 1989
- Fire Works released: 1987
- Don't Touch the Light released: 1986
- The Best of Ballads released:
The Räuber
Released 2008- The Räuber
- Bells of Freedom
- Refugee of Fate
- The Oath
- Blut und Tod
- Love Don't Lie
- Black Night
- Hip Hip Hurray
- Do You Still Love Me
- Let Me Be Your Water
- Laß die Toten schlafen
- The Good Die Young
- Time
- Father's Return
- Love Don't Lie (acoustic mix)
- Do You Still Love Me (acoustic mix)
- Hip Hip Hurray (German version)
Live Over Europe
Released 2003- Daytona Nights
- Don't Go Changing Me
- Bang Down the Door
- Hot to Rock
- Don't Touch the Light
- Sweet Obsession
- Down to Atlanta
- Proud of My Country
- Heat in the Glow
- Who's Foolin' Who
- Goodnight Amanda
- Under Blue Skies
- American Nights
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Strike Back
- Good Time Rock'n Roll
- Until the Last Goodbye
Fuel to the Flames
Released 1999- Daytona Nights
- Don't Go Changing Me
- Proud of My Country
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Rebel Pride
- Goodnight Amanda
- Ode an die Freude
- Thumbs Up for Europe
- Bandit of Love
- Break Down the Walls
- Heat in the Glow
- Life After Love
- If It Wasn't for You
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Proud of My Country (acoustic)
- Goodnight Amanda (extended)
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Bonfire
by: RehabEverybody gather 'round, cuz you know we'a fin' to do this thang fo' reezy some ser'ous. Put ‘cha money in ya shoe and it won't get wet. Come on.
Here comes a man across the field, honey
Here comes a man across the field, babe
Here comes a man across the field,
He's kicking up dust like an automobile
Honey, oh, baby, mine
Get it up, girl down in Daisy Dukes
I want ya ass butt naked in a baby suit
Gonna keep on drinking till the tummy puke
Got a problem with that, well you can get the boot
Got shotgun pointed to the sky
Got smoke in the eyes, and I'm surely high
Waking, baking, till the noggin' fry
Naked, rolling round with a hog and I
Take from the rich and I give to me
One Escalade, two ecstacys
Perform on hoes right next to me
And I think I found serenity
Back up that punk, it's mine again
I jacked a truck of Heineken
Looks like it's time for a line again
And how about five Colonapins?
And I start to grin and start to dance
I'm speakin' in tongues, takin' off my pants
I'm blowing my whole hot damn advance
And we ain't gonna stop till the ambulance
Slow ride a hundred GMCs
Hooked up Crown Vics with DVDs
Got people down here you'll want to see
Half say there cuz's, say they're free
Start the bonfire
Drop the tailgate
Pass the Knob Creek
And we can drink it straight
And if the fire keeps burning
And the skies stay orange
We gon' be up in this motherfucker real late
Start the bonfire
Drop the tailgate
Pass the Knob Creek
And we can drink it straight
And if the fire keeps burning
And the skies stay orange
We gon' be up in this motherfucker real late
Better give me that bag of wacky tobacco
Them cracker's ain't takin' a damn thang
Drinkin' and smokin', stinkin' and pokin'
Bangin' these hoes, we profane
Getting' it up in the back of a truck
With a bitty with tittys and shakin' da butt
Call me retarded
But that's how we party
But lordy, good almighty y'all
Breakin' it down like it ain't been done
Straight jacked to the brain till I see the sun
You a punk motherfucker if you got a gun
Leave that at home and just bring your lungs, weed
Pimp swiggin‘, shindiggin', shit kickin', picknickin'
Brick dickin', thick chickens and a sicknin'
TMH? and smokin' dope in the open, no chokin', no joke
And I'm on a roll, and I'm locin', hopin' to leave a jaw broken
Soakin' in your blood, while I'm strokin' your ho in the wide open
With my folks scopin'
That bastard's crazy as hell!
That's how we do it down here in Georgia
It's on like a moth when the weather's gorgeous
Shit you N'street punks never seen on a TV screen
From radios to porches, to patios, let's torch it
Some bitch, I pour gas on it
Crunk?, Bet your ass on it!
Start the bonfire
Drop the tailgate
Pass the Knob Creek
And we can drink it straight
And if the fire keeps burning
And the skies stay orange
We gon' be up in this motherfucker real late
Start the bonfire
Drop the tailgate
Pass the Knob Creek
And we can drink it straight
And if the fire keeps burning
And the skies stay orange
We gon' be up in this motherfucker real late
That's why at 3: 30 I'm seein' shit
Screwin' three or four broads like a trail of piss
Takin' three or four rolls I ain't feelin' shit
Give me three or four mo' ‘bout real quick
Ain't nothin' down here but ‘trailer crank'
Poor man with a meth lab and a bama? stank
Man, y'all keep that dyin' shit
Motherfucker do I look like I'm tryin' to quit?
Moonshine in a Mason jar at noon-time, trippin'
Beer is for the guzzelin', this is for the sippin'
When the Sun go down, it sho' be goody good
In the dirty dirt, speakin' dirty words
They might be scarred but them boys ain't skerd
I don't know if you heard, you can't polish a turd
Yeah, my vision blurred, my speech a little slurred
But back off of me cracker ‘for your ass get hurt
“Oh my God! What are these blue turtles?
“I don't know dude, but every time I wave my cigarette around I get the trails?
Start the bonfire
Drop the tailgate
Pass the Knob Creek
And we can drink it straight
And if the fire keeps burning
And the skies stay orange
We gon' be up in this motherfucker real late
Start the bonfire
Drop the tailgate
Pass the Knob Creek
And we can drink it straight
And if the fire keeps burning
And the skies stay orange
We gon' be up in this motherfucker real late
To the window, to the walls
Feel the sweat runnin' off my balls
Till the shit runnin' out yo' draws
Skeet, skeet motherfuckers, skeet, skeet
Skeet, skeet motherfuckers, skeet, skeet
To the window, to the walls
Feel the sweat runnin' off my balls
Till the shit runnin' out yo' draws
Skeet, skeet motherfuckers, skeet, skeet
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