Hurrah!
Hurrah! were a British jangle pop band formed in the early 1980s and active until 1991. Two band members traded off lead vocals on track-by-track basis, giving the band two distinctly different sounds.
Band history
Line-up
Formed in the early 1980s and originally known as the Green-Eyed Children, Hurrah! initially consisted of Paul Handyside (born 28 September 1960, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; guitar/vocals), David 'Taffy' Hughes (b. 16 March 1961, Southmoor, Northumberland; guitar/vocals), David Porthouse (b. 17 August 1961, Gateshead;(bass), and Mark Sim (drums). Sim was soon replaced by Damien Mahoney.
When Mahoney left in 1986 to join the police force, after exhaustive auditions, the band eventually recruited Steve Price (b. 27 June 1965, Newport; drums) as a permanent replacement drummer. Adrian Evans (b. 6 March 1963, County Durham, England) became the band's fourth drummer when Steve Price lef the band and emigrated to America.
Releases
Hurrah! were one of the first acts signed to Kitchenware Records, who issued the band's debut single, "The Sun Shines Here", in 1982. Second single "Hip Hip" was released the following year, and gave the band an indie chart hit, reaching number 21.
Huzzah
Huzzah (sometimes written hazzah; originally huzza, and in most modern varieties of English hurrah or hooray) is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), "apparently a mere exclamation". The dictionary does not mention any specific derivation. Whatever its origins, it has seen occasional literary use since at least the time of Shakespeare. First use was in 1573, according to Merriam-Webster.
Use
Huzzah may be categorized with such interjections as hoorah and hooray. According to the OED, "In English the form hurrah is literary and dignified; hooray is usual in popular acclamation."
In common usage, such as cheers at sporting events and competitions, the speaker need not make distinction and the words are distinguished by regional dialect and accent. However there are certain circumstances where the huzzah form is preferred; for example, it is customary for rowing crews of Magdalene College, Cambridge to celebrate victories with a chant of "hip hip huzzah". Huzzah is often commonly shouted at Renaissance Festivals.
Hurrah (film)
Hurrah is a 1998 Australian film directed by Frank Shields about a man living on his own in an isolated farm property who is visited by a mysterious woman.
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Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Rebirth of the Cool released: 2010
- Way Ahead released: 2010
- The Beautiful released: 2009
- Tell God I'm Here released: 2009
- The Sound of Philadelphia released:
The Sound of Philadelphia
- Live Intro Tape
- The Sun Shines Here
- I'll Be Your Surprise
- Don't Need Food
- Saturday's Train
- Lonely Room
- Hip Hip
- Around and Around (When in Rome)
- If It Rains
- The Point of Perfection
- Who'd've Thought
- Celtic (Who Wants to Live by Love Alone)
- Big Sky
- This Boy
- Gloria
- Funny Day
- A Walk in the Park
- Suffer and See
- Sweet Sanity
- How Many Rivers
- Miss This Kiss
- If Love Could Kill
- I Would If I Could
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Around your door
And then I'll say
What's been wrong with you, my love
It's like I've been so kind that I
I can show you whatS7s better
Now for rainy days
Since I've gone you've been down
Down on promises of chance
And better things
Like a walk in the park
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For us to spand a while
Talk and remember
Sweet days of love and hope and joy
But now these days have gone
And al I have
Are thoughts of what we were
Like ships that pass on summer nights
That won't relate
And now our time slipped away
Go and find
What fortune comes your way
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