9 sentences with 'songs'
Example sentences and phrases with the word songs and other words derived from it.
• « These folk traditions, from folk songs to fairy tales to the remnants of pre-Christian pagan practices, were the "true" expression of a national spirit that had supposedly lain dormant for centuries. »
• « The point of the Brothers Grimm's work was to reach into the remote past to capture the "essence" of what it meant to be "German". At the time, there was no country called Germany, and yet romantic nationalists like the Grimms believed that there was a kind of Germanic soul that lived in the old folk songs, the German language and German traditions. »
• « 30,000 young people marched in Berlin before war was declared, singing patriotic songs and gathering at the feet of statues of German and Prussian heroes. Everywhere, thousands of young men joined the army of their own free will. »
• « From the first day I felt at home in the church choir because I loved the popular religious songs. »
• « On that occasion I performed, not just any tune, but one of the 15 songs on the rhythm and blues hit list: ours. »
• « As we walked to the car after dinner, he began singing songs we both remembered, in the sweetest male voice I'd ever heard. »
• « Recall the obscenity trial years ago of the musical group The 2 Live Crew, those poetic souls whose songs extol violence against women. »
• « Yesterday's singers certainly exploited sexuality, but their songs still romanticised long-term relationships between men and women. »
• « Nowadays songs are judged by the electronic effects of the recording. When I was young, to tell if a tune was beautiful or not, you had to play it on the piano. »