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2 unusual facts about First Words


First Words

Their pre-release peaked at #1 on the top 30 and hip hop charts of Fredericton, New Brunswick's CHSR, which landed them at #13 on earshot's national hip hop charts in December, 2004.

In addition, their song "Down With Putting Raps Down" was featured on the National Campus and Community Radio Association's Dig Your Roots hip hop compilation album in 2004.



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Allonsanfàn

The title of the film is the name of a young member of the society (portrayed by Stanko Molnar) playing fatal role in Fulvio's life, which is derived from the first words of La Marseillaise.

Blind Fury

Hauer calls Blind Fury one of his "most difficult jobs" because of the combination of swordplay with playing a blind man; and Hauer spent a month training with Lynn Manning whose first words to him were "I don't get confused about what I see ...".

Caeli enarrant...

Caeli enarrant... (Latin for "The Heavens declare...", the first words from Psalm 19) is the name given to a large-scale cycle of musical works by composer Georges Lentz (born 1965).

Dulcie and Decorum

The title is a play on the first words of Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, the Latin phrase meaning "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."

In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father are the first words of the Trinitarian formula.

Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi

Beḥinat ha-'Olam (The Examination of the World), called also by its first words, "Shamayim la-Rom" (Heaven's Height), a didactic poem written after the banishment of the Jews from France (1306), to which event reference is made in the eleventh chapter (compare Renan-Neubauer, Les Ecrivains Juifs Français, p. 37).

KKAA

The first words heard on KKAA after the station I.D. were by president Gerald Ford welcoming KKAA to the airwaves.

Mike Craver

This humoristic song is based on the first words transmitted thru the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas A. Watson.

Nicknames of Houston

The first words transmitted by Neil Armstrong from the moon, "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed", are written in 15 languages on bronze plaques placed along the main entrance of Tranquility Park in downtown Houston.

Runnin' From tha Police

In 2006, Ludacris used a sample of Notorious' first words in his verse (I grew up a fucking screw up / Got introduced to the game / Got an ounce and fucking blew up) as a hook on his single Grew Up a Screw Up.

Sub Arturo plebs

The first words of the text refer to a ruler under the legendary name of "Arturus" (i.e. Arthur), apparently an allusion to king Edward III (reigned 1327 – 1377), who liked to see his role as the founder of the Order of the Garter likened to that of the legendary Arthur.

The Car Is on Fire

The band was formed in early 2002 and took its name from the first words on Godspeed You! Black Emperor's album F♯ A♯ ∞.

The Karnival Kid

Mickey's first words may have inspired the "Hot Dog" song from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

WPTV-TV

At sign-on, the first words heard on-air were from Control Room Director Vern Crawford: "The power has just been turned on for WJNO-TV channel 5 by Frank M. Folsom, President of The Radio Corporation of America."