Rollo
Rollo (c. 846 – c. 932), known as Ganger-Hrólf (or as Göngu Hrólfr in the Old Norse language), and baptised Robert, was a Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy, a region of France. Rollo came from a noble warrior family of Scandinavian origin. After making himself independent of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair, he sailed off to Scotland, Ireland, England and Flanders on pirating expeditions, and took part in raids along France's Seine river. Rollo won a reputation as a great leader of Viking rovers in Ireland and Scotland, and emerged as the outstanding personality among the Norsemen who had secured a permanent foothold on Frankish soil in the valley of the lower Seine.Charles the Simple, the king of West Francia, ceded them lands between the mouth of the Seine and what is now the city of Rouen in exchange for Rollo agreeing to end his brigandage, and provide the Franks with his protection against further incursion by Norse war bands.
Rollo is first recorded as the leader of these Viking settlers in a charter of 918, and it appears that he continued to reign over the region of Normandy until at least 927. Before his death, he gave his son, William I Longsword, governance of the Duchy of Normandy that he had founded, and after William succeeded him the offspring of Rollo and his men became known as the Normans, under leadership of Rollo's progeny, the Dukes of Normandy. After the Norman conquest of England and their conquest of southern Italy & Sicily over the following two centuries, the descendants of Rollo and his men came to rule Norman England (the House of Normandy), the Kingdom of Sicily (the Kings of Sicily) as well as the Principality of Antioch from the 10th to 12th century AD, leaving behind an enduring legacy in the historical developments of Europe and the Near East.
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite
The "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite" is made up of the first four tracks of Frank Zappa's album Apostrophe ('): "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow", "Nanook Rubs It", "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast", and "Father O'Blivion." Each song in the suite is loosely connected, although the songs are not all connected by one overall story/theme. The suite was only played in full from 1973 to 1974 and 1978 to 1980. "Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast" contains Zappa's percussionist Ruth Underwood on marimba who added a very distinct sound to many of his songs in the early 70s.
Story
"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" is a song about a man who dreams that he was an Eskimo named Nanook. His mother warns him "Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow." The song directly transitions into "Nanook Rubs It." The song is about Nanook encountering a fur trapper "strictly from commercial" who is whipping Nanook's "favorite baby seal" with a "lead-filled snow shoe." Eventually Nanook gets so mad he rubs husky "wee wee" into the fur trapper's eyes, blinding him. According to the lyrics, this is supposed to replace "The Mud Shark" (a song from the live album Fillmore East – June 1971) in Zappa mythology. Zappa then sings in the fur trapper's perspective. The fur trapper then makes his way to the parish of St. Alfonzo, introducing the next song "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast."
Rollo (disambiguation)
Rollo was the founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy.
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- Herr Merkt präsentiert Kennenlernrunde Vol. 5 released: 2008
- Schriftwechsel released: 2008
Herr Merkt präsentiert Kennenlernrunde Vol. 5
Released 2008- Intro (prod. by Agent Dan & Mile)
- Exclusive (prod. by Undress)
- Für immer und ewig (prod. by Malus Bam)
- Monsin (prod. by Emonex)
- Gespalten (prod. by Conny Walker)
- Schatten oder Licht (prod. by Lex Barkey)
- Gib da des (prod. by Lou Cypher)
- Movie Scenes (prod. by reumsmoke)
- Morgen (prod. by Herr von Grau)
- Christmast (prod. by S Boy J)
- Schelle Schelle (prod. by Dexter)
- Es muss weiter gehen (prod. by Absolude)
- Geisterstadt (prod. by Negundo)
- Momente der Nacht (prod. by Mystik Manners)
- Tag ohne Licht (prod. by TrinexX)
- Mein Leben die Cracknutte (prod. by 0Acht15)
- Goldfieber (prod. by Nowak)
- Brot und Miete (Bonus Track) (prod. by DJ Johnson)
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- 15 Years After released: 2005
- The Ultimate Party Pack: From Dance to Trance released:
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As Long as U Know
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I worship the rain that falls on the grass that you walk on
and the sun that shines on it to help it grow
so no matter where you are or whatever it is that you go through
there's one thing that I think you oughta know
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No matter how far apart
girl you always have my heart
I don't care where you go
as long as you know
I worship the rain that falls on the grass that you walk on,
and the sun that shines on it to help it grow,
so no matter where you are and whatever it is your going through
there's one thing that I think you ought know
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No matter how far apart,
Girl you'll always have my heart (yoooooou)
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