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on the following albums: An acoustic version appeared as a bonus track on Poison's 2000 album "Crack a Smile... and More!" Bret Michaels re-recorded the song in 2001 for his solo album "Ballads, Blues & Stories". A country version by Bret Michaels appears on The song appeared in the films: The song appeared in one or more episodes of the following TV shows: The song was made available to download on February 12, 2012 for play in "Rock Band 3" Basic and PRO mode utilizing real guitar / bass guitar, and MIDI compatible electronic drum kits/keyboards plus vocal harmonies. The
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Bret Michaels Bret Michael Sychak (born March 15, 1963), professionally known as Bret Michaels, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He gained fame as the lead singer of the glam metal band Poison who have sold over 40 million records worldwide and 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted 10 singles to the Top 40 of the "Billboard" Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and a number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, including the soundtrack album to the
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Bret Michaels discography The discography of Bret Michaels consists of 5 studio albums, 4 compilation albums, 2 EPs and 24 singles. Bret Michaels first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison who have sold over 45 million records worldwide and 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the "Billboard" Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, including the soundtrack
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with Bret Michaels playing the last of the song on his acoustic guitar and walking away. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" became the group's first (and only to date) number-one single on the "Billboard" Hot 100; it climbed to the top during the last two weeks of 1988 and the first week of 1989. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1989. The song originally appeared on the album "Open Up and Say... Ahh!". It was later included in greatest hits compilations such as "", "" or "Best of Ballads & Blues". Live versions of the song appeared
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34 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s", #100 on their "100 Greatest Love Songs" and #7 on MTV and VH1 "Top 25 Power Ballads". In an interview with VH1's "Behind the Music", Bret Michaels said the inspiration for the song came from a night when he was in a laundromat waiting for his clothes to dry, and called his girlfriend on a pay phone. Michaels said he heard a male voice in the background and was devastated; he said he went into the laundromat and wrote "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" as a result. The music video to
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music album until now. Also included on the album are four bonus previously released tracks including the country music version of Poison's "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" originally included on his country rock album "Freedom of Sound". The digital version of the album features two extra bonus tracks which are the explicit versions of "Lie to Me" and "What I Got". Album Singles Custom Built Custom Built is the fourth studio album by rock artist, Poison lead singer and reality television star Bret Michaels. It was released on July 6, 2010 and is Michaels' first
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Ballads, Blues & Stories Ballads, Blues & Stories is a unique storytellers music CD from Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the rock band Poison. Released in 2001 it consists of Bret Michaels' solo music and Poison songs, with a recorded story before each song, about how the songs were created and written. The album features new songs "It's Me Your Talking To", "Stay With Me" and "Walk Away" along with an unreleased demo "The Other Side of Me" and new solo versions of the Poison hit singles "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and "Something to Believe In". The CD
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album's new cover songs include "Sweet Home Alabama" originally recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd and "Margaritaville" originally recorded by Jimmy Buffett and among the newly re-recorded Poison classics is the "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" featuring the "Queen of Country Music" Loretta Lynn. Jammin' with Friends Jammin' with Friends is the fifth studio album by rock artist, Poison lead singer and reality television star Bret Michaels. The album was released on June 25, 2013 by Poor Boy Records. The album is Michaels' first album since 2010's "Custom Built", which charted at #1 on the Hard Rock
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"Every Rose" was directed by Marty Callner. It starts out with a forlorn Bret Michaels in bed with a young woman, they both look unhappy. He gets up, does the heavy sigh that is at the start of the song and walks away to play the acoustic guitar, the video then goes into video clips of the band's tour. The same young woman is seen driving a Thunderbird in the rain, (two different times) listening to "Every Rose" on the car's radio. The rest of the video is interspersed with various clips from the band's 1988 tour. The video ends
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title track "Can't Be Tamed" bears a theme of "breaking out and feeling free." It is followed by a cover version of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", originally performed by the band Poison for their second studio album "Open Up and Say... Ahh!" (1988); she stated that the modern-day music industry "shelters kids [from] songs as honest and real as this one", and added that a consultation with the band's lead singer Bret Michaels helped her to incorporate her "own flare and edge". "Two More Lonely People" was described by Evan Sawdey of PopMatters as "one moment of carefree dance-pop
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DeVille, and Poison's only number 1 single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". In 1990, Poison released the multi-platinum selling "Flesh & Blood", an album which was again largely written by DeVille. During this period, DeVille also performed lead guitar on Warrant's hit song "Cherry Pie", from the album "Cherry Pie". While touring in support of "Flesh and Blood", and despite Poison's success, substance abuse and tensions with other members of the band, particularly lead singer Bret Michaels, led to conflict within the band. Leading up to the release of the live album "Swallow This Live" conflict between Michaels and DeVille
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Nothing to Lose (Bret Michaels song) "Nothing to Lose" is a song written by Bret Michaels, and was recorded by Michaels as the first single for his solo album, "Custom Built". The song was originally recorded by Michaels himself, however, he was working with Miley Cyrus who asked to sing on the track with him. Miley Cyrus covered the hit Poison ballad "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" with Michaels for her album "Can't Be Tamed" and then became involved on Bret's new single. "Nothing to Lose" was the most added song to radio the week of its release, topping both
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Unskinny Bop "Unskinny Bop" is a song by American glam metal band Poison, which was released as the first single from their 1990 "Flesh & Blood" album. The song peaked at number 3 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, number 5 on the Mainstream rock charts, number 15 in the UK and #7 on the Australian charts. This made it the band's second highest success, after "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". The music video for the song has Bret Michaels dancing with a couple of animated neon cowgirls next to him. The meaning of "Unskinny Bop" has always been shrouded
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a guitar solo. The song is a rock/country rock ballad backed mostly by piano, the story of the song revolves around lost love (a theme similar to those found on Poison songs like Every Rose Has Its Thorn, and I Won't Forget You) it describes the narrator saying to the girl that he will miss her "beautiful soul." The music video for "A Beautiful Soul" features Bret Michaels walking thru various areas singing including one scene on a beach, another above a big city, and scenes in the desert at night, the video was released via his official YouTube page
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eliminated on May 19, 2010. James had tried out for and been selected to compete in the ninth season of "Idol" in 2009 in spite of the fact that he had never seen the show. He was the oldest contestant to be selected for the Top 24 of the ninth season at the age of 27. James was voted off of the competition on May 19, 2010, and finished in third place. During the finale of "American Idol", he performed a duet of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" with Bret Michaels. "USA Today" music critic Brian Mansfield suggested that James
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Rock of Love, titled "Rock of Love Bus". Michaels also re released the "Fallen" single with acoustic, piano and demo versions included. Michaels released a 30-minute DVD from Time Life in 2008 called "Hard & Heavy Confidential featuring Bret Michaels" which included acoustic versions of "All I Ever Needed", "Driven", "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and "Something to Believe In", it also included in depth interviews. The DVD was included in the Hard & Heavy CD/DVD collection from (Time Life) advertised on TV by Bret Michaels. The same four acoustic performances were also released on CD titled "Bret Michaels Acoustic
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on the following albums: An acoustic version appeared as a bonus track on Poison's 2000 album "Crack a Smile... and More!" Bret Michaels re-recorded the song in 2001 for his solo album "Ballads, Blues & Stories". A country version by Bret Michaels appears on The song appeared in the films: The song appeared in one or more episodes of the following TV shows: The song was made available to download on February 12, 2012 for play in "Rock Band 3" Basic and PRO mode utilizing real guitar / bass guitar, and MIDI compatible electronic drum kits/keyboards plus vocal harmonies. The
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to Be Good") and sex ("Love on the Rocks", "Good Love", "Tearin' Down the Walls", and "Look but You Can't Touch"). Vocalist Bret Michaels allegedly wrote the band's most successful single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", in response to a failed love affair with a Los Angeles stripper. Poison had been playing at a cowboy bar called "The Ritz" in Dallas, Texas. After the show, Michaels called the woman at her apartment and heard a man's voice in the background. Heartbroken, he wrote the song with an acoustic guitar in a laundromat. The first single "Nothin' But a Good Time"
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Every Rose Has Its Thorn "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is the title of a power ballad song by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in October 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album "Open Up and Say... Ahh!". The band's signature song, it is also their only number-one hit in the U.S., reaching the top spot on December 24, 1988, for three weeks (carrying over into 1989) and it also charted at #11 on the Mainstream Rock chart. It was a number 13 hit in the UK. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" was named number
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song appeared in 2009 music game "Band Hero". Every Rose Has Its Thorn "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is the title of a power ballad song by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in October 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album "Open Up and Say... Ahh!". The band's signature song, it is also their only number-one hit in the U.S., reaching the top spot on December 24, 1988, for three weeks (carrying over into 1989) and it also charted at #11 on the Mainstream Rock chart. It was a number 13 hit in the UK.
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such as Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" (1971), Aerosmith's "Dream On" (1973), and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" (1974). The Carpenters' "Goodbye to Love" (1972) has also been identified as a prototype of the power ballad. Well-known later power ballads include Nazareth's version of "Love Hurts" (1975), Heart's "What About Love" (1985), Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" (1991) and Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (1988). Journey's power ballad, "Faithfully", a late addition to the group's "Frontiers" (1983) album, inspired Prince, who obtained the blessing of Journey's singer/songwriter Jonathan Cain, before releasing what was to become Prince's signature song, "Purple Rain"
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stated that he would "become very intertwined in Will's life". The episode featured cover versions of "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga's "Telephone" featuring Beyoncé, "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars and "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison. "What I Did for Love" from "A Chorus Line", "Getting to Know You" from "The King and I", and "Listen" from the film adaptation of "Dreamgirls" were also performed vocally, while "The Power" by Snap! featured as a dance performance. All of the songs performed in the episode except "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", "Getting
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following the death of her father. The shy Rose discovers that she has a violent and sexually adventurous split personality Thorn who is determined to find her father's murderers. Exposure to the sap of a rare tropical plant gave Thorn limited control over plant life, especially those with thorny stalks. The sap was also responsible for physically transforming Rose into the evil Thorn. She also has the ability to spin rapidly like a top. Thorn also had Rose's extensive knowledge of botany and plant-related toxins. Rose and Thorn Rose and Thorn are the two personalities of a Golden Age character
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My Old Man's a Dustman "My Old Man's a Dustman" is a song first recorded by the British skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan. It reached number one in the British, Irish, Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand singles charts in 1960. The chorus of the song is: The song was written by Lonnie Donegan, Peter Buchanan (Donegan's manager between 1956 and 1962), and Beverly Thorn; Thorn was not credited on the original release. According to his autobiography, Beverley Thorn was a pseudonym of Leslie Bricusse, the songwriter who wrote hit shows with Anthony Newley. It probably has its origins in "My Father
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"Swallow This Live" in a single-disc format on June 1, 2004. Aside from the bonus studio tracks, this release is missing "Poor Boy Blues," the drum solo, and the guitar solo. In addition, much of the profanity from the original release has been edited out and the track listing was slightly altered to have "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" as the last song on the disc. "" is a Poison concert video, recorded in southern California in 1991. It was the first concert from the band to be released on VHS video. Swallow This Live Swallow This Live is the
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"Rock and Roll All Nite." The final version of the album, titled "Crack a Smile... and More!", contained the original 12 album tracks, two studio outtakes, one unnamed demo, "Face the Hangman" (previously released only as a B-side on European singles for "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"), and four of the songs from "MTV Unplugged". Saraceno was given considerable creative freedom and his writing and performing contributions dominated the album. The album's studio tracks were recorded at "Devonshire Studios", Hollywood, California. Saraceno plays on these new songs (tracks 1-15), and original guitarist C.C. DeVille plays on the remaining bonus tracks,
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Thorn (comics) Thorn is a fictional character in DC Comics, a superhero who has multiple personalities. The character was created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru in the 12-page Lois Lane story "Death House Honeymoon" in "Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane" #105 (Oct. 1970), with her own series, "Rose and the Thorn", debuting that issue as the title's backup feature. This was a 1970s update of a Golden Age character of the same name. A 2004 "Rose & Thorn" six issue miniseries was written by writer Gail Simone. A one-shot take on Rose and Thorn was published as
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Poison – Rock Champions Poison – Rock Champions is a compilation album by American rock band Poison, released in 2001 by EMI. The album consists of fourteen studio tracks from Poison's previous albums, "Look What the Cat Dragged In", "Open Up and Say...Ahh!", "Flesh & Blood" and also "Native Tongue". It features no songs from "Crack a Smile... and More!" or "Power to the People". The compilation was a follow up/alternate version from the original Poison hits album "" which was released in 1996. However, it still features the bands #1 hit single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and the
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went on to start the electro/pop/rock group "Come On, Come On!" Frontman Kelvin Cruz recently confirmed that A Thorn For Every Heart will reunite in 2013 marking their 10-year anniversary with the original members including Joel Holt, Aaron Peck, Jeff Harber, Kelvin Cruz, Joy Welling, and Phil Nguyen. The only original member not rejoining is Justin Powell. A Thorn for Every Heart has recently confirmed that they will be reuniting to play with fellow resurrected band and long-time friends A Static Lullaby on June 17, 2016 at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood. Original lineup member Joy Welling, violinist, passed
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but was so nervous about performing that he neglected to eat. Several songs into Poison's set, Michaels went into insulin shock and collapsed onstage. When subsequent media reports alleged that Michaels collapsed due to a drug overdose, Michaels publicly announced that he was a diabetic. 1987 also saw the dissolution of his relationship with Lewis, who felt that fame had changed him. Though Michaels contends that Lewis was unfaithful to him, Lewis (now Lewis Crosby) insists that it was Michaels who was unfaithful. Michaels was inspired by the breakup to write "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", explaining that the rose
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away in March 2018. ATFEH has been featured on compilations. Compilation tracks include: A Thorn for Every Heart A Thorn for Every Heart (often abbreviated to ATFEH) is a post-hardcore band from Chino Hills, California. A Thorn for Every Heart was started in early 2003 by Joel Ryan Holt (guitar) and Aaron Peck (drums). The original line-up of Holt, Peck, Kelvin Cruz (lead vocals), Jeff Harber (guitar, keys, backing vocals), Justin Powell (bass), and Joy Welling (violin) independently released their debut EP, "Silence Is Golden", in late 2003. The EP gained them internet exposure and created an underground following, leading
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Rose and Thorn Rose and Thorn are the two personalities of a Golden Age character in DC Comics. Thorn (Rose Canton) is a woman with a split personality whose villainous personality has the ability to control plants. Initially, she and her hired thugs opposed The Flash. After being (apparently) cured of her Thorn persona, Rose married Alan Scott and had two children, Jennie-Lynn Hayden and Todd James Rice by him. After a resurgence of her madness, she committed suicide. Years later, a second "Rose and Thorn" appeared, Rhosyn Forrest. (Before the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Rose Canton came from Earth-2
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in Britain, and has appeared in written texts since the medieval period. A flowering sprig is sent to the British Monarch every Christmas. The original tree has been propagated several times, with one tree growing at Glastonbury Abbey and another in the churchyard of the Church of St John. The "original" Glastonbury thorn was cut down and burned as a relic of superstition during the English Civil War, and one planted on Wearyall Hill in 1951 to replace it had its branches cut off in 2010. According to legend, Joseph of Arimathea visited Glastonbury with the Holy Grail and thrust
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compilation titled, "Sight for Sore Ears" which featured all the music videos from "Open Up and Say...Ahh!" and "Look What the Cat Dragged In". The original front cover of the album, which featured model Bambi dressed as a luminous red demon with a protruding tongue, caused controversy among parental groups. The band apologized and changed the cover so that only the model's eyes were visible. The album's themes are partying ("Nothin' But a Good Time" and "Your Mama Don't Dance"), lost innocence ("Back to the Rocking Horse" and "Fallen Angel"), lost love ("Every Rose Has Its Thorn"), anti-social behavior ("Bad
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that consumed their cabin. Their brief honeymoon resulted in the conception of twins, the children who were to become Jade and Obsidian. Fearful that Thorn might kill them, she gave the children up for adoption. Thorn continued to fight Alan, who was still unaware of his wife's alter ego. On the island of Tashmi, she faced her husband and two children, both now adults. To keep Thorn from killing them, Rose fatally stabbed herself in the heart. It has been revealed that Rose Canton had given birth to a third child, known only as Mayflower of the US government-backed team
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A Rose Is Still a Rose (song) "A Rose Is Still a Rose" is a 1998 single written and produced by Lauryn Hill and recorded and released by singer Aretha Franklin off the album of the same name. Written by Hill for Franklin, the song is feminist-based, focused on a motherly figure giving advice to a younger woman who keeps getting into bad relationships. Throughout the song, Franklin advises that in spite of everything and despite the woman's "scorned roses and thorn crowns" that the woman is "still a rose". Elements of the song "What I Am" by Edie Brickell
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The Lilly The Lilly is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was published as part of his collection Songs of Experience in 1794. The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, The humble sheep a threat’ning horn: While the Lily white shall in love delight, Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright. The Rose, which is a symbol of love and beauty, puts forth a flaw or a thorn. The humble sheep also calls to attention its horn or flaw. The Lilly, however, which is pure and white, enjoys love and has no thorn
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The Force of July. Mayflower has her mother's ability to grow plant life and have them do her bidding. Mayflower speaks with an English accent. The identity of her father has not been revealed. She was killed by Ravan, who was at that time a member of the Suicide Squad, during the Janus Directive affair. A new version of Rose and Thorn appeared in September 2012 as part of the "New 52" line from DC, written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Neil Googe. This version is a teenage girl Rose, who is just returning to school after being institutionalized
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flames. She appeared on Charmed for eight episodes. Patterson also portrayed Holly Little in the 2008 film "". She starred as Maggie Schaffer on the web series, called "". In 2009, she appeared on an episode of the TV series "House", where she starred as Ashley. In 2011, she appeared briefly on an episode of "The Mentalist" ("Every Rose Has Its Thorn") as a con artist who would sleep with wealthy men and then blackmail them. Her character was named Naomi/Victoria. Patterson is close friends with Jennifer Finnigan, her co-star on "The Stalking of Laurie Show". Patterson's charity work includes
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A Thorn for Every Heart A Thorn for Every Heart (often abbreviated to ATFEH) is a post-hardcore band from Chino Hills, California. A Thorn for Every Heart was started in early 2003 by Joel Ryan Holt (guitar) and Aaron Peck (drums). The original line-up of Holt, Peck, Kelvin Cruz (lead vocals), Jeff Harber (guitar, keys, backing vocals), Justin Powell (bass), and Joy Welling (violin) independently released their debut EP, "Silence Is Golden", in late 2003. The EP gained them internet exposure and created an underground following, leading to talks of a record deal with Interscope. Due to musical differences, Holt
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besmirched by duty, or any other thorn the rose may bear. The Lilly The Lilly is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was published as part of his collection Songs of Experience in 1794. The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, The humble sheep a threat’ning horn: While the Lily white shall in love delight, Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright. The Rose, which is a symbol of love and beauty, puts forth a flaw or a thorn. The humble sheep also calls to attention its horn or flaw. The Lilly, however,
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part of the "National Comics" line of 2012, written by Tom Taylor and drawn by Neil Googe. Rhosyn "Rose" Forrest is the daughter of Metropolis police officer Phil Forrest, who was killed by a criminal gang named "The 100". When Rose went to sleep, her Thorn personality would emerge and stalk the streets as a vigilante, attempting to bring "The 100" to justice. When she succeeds in bringing "The 100" to justice, the "Thorn" personality subsides. Eventually, however, the gang escapes and forms another group, called "The 1000", and her alternate personality resurfaces. She has since worked with Superman and
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Rikki Rockett Richard Allan Ream (born August 8, 1961), better known by the stage name Rikki Rockett, is an American drummer for glam metal band Poison. The band has sold more than 45 million records worldwide and has sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the "Billboard" Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". Richard Allan Ream was born on August 8, 1961 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, the youngest of two children of Norman and Margaret Ream.
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and melancholic": "The most beautiful girl can only offer what she has to offer", "Life is a dream, death is an awakening", and "Every rose has its thorn". Most of Mitică's lines are comebacks in dialogue, and Caragiale notes that his character takes pride in "being unrivaled" when it comes to these. The writer implicates himself in the story, portraying himself as his character's good friend and a main target for such remarks—for instance, he recounts that, soon after New Year's Eve 1900, Mitică pretended not to have recognized him because "it's been a century since we last saw each
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Aren't So Beautiful Now. Silence Is Golden (EP) Silence Is Golden is A Thorn for Every Heart's first EP. It contains either six or seven tracks, depending on the version. The original version contains "Intro" as track #1 and "Next of Kin" as track #2. On later versions, those two tracks were combined as track #1. The primary songwriters were Jeff Harber, Joel Ryan Holt, and Aaron Peck. Kelvin Cruz was the primary lyricist. It is the only A Thorn for Every Heart record to feature founding guitarist Holt, though five of its six songs were rerecorded for the band's
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Silence Is Golden (EP) Silence Is Golden is A Thorn for Every Heart's first EP. It contains either six or seven tracks, depending on the version. The original version contains "Intro" as track #1 and "Next of Kin" as track #2. On later versions, those two tracks were combined as track #1. The primary songwriters were Jeff Harber, Joel Ryan Holt, and Aaron Peck. Kelvin Cruz was the primary lyricist. It is the only A Thorn for Every Heart record to feature founding guitarist Holt, though five of its six songs were rerecorded for the band's forthcoming debut album, Things
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Poison discography The following is a comprehensive discography of Poison, an American rock band that achieved huge success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, the band has sold over 45 million records worldwide and has sold more than 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the "Billboard" Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one single, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". The band became icons of the 1980s MTV era and have had widespread commercial success. The band's break through debut album,
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Bobby Dall Robert Harry Kuykendall, also known as Bobby Dall (born November 2, 1963), is an American musician best known as the bassist for the multi-platinum selling hard rock band Poison. The band has sold over 45 million records worldwide and has sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the "Billboard" Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". Dall had ambitions of studying law, but ultimately turned to music instead. He began playing guitar but switched
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Edge Readers' Choice Awards Poison (American band) Poison is an American rock band which achieved great commercial success in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s. Poison has sold over 45 million records worldwide and has sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the "Billboard" Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". The band's breakthrough debut album, the multi-platinum "Look What the Cat Dragged In", was released in 1986 and they hit their peak with their second album,
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Poison (American band) Poison is an American rock band which achieved great commercial success in the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s. Poison has sold over 45 million records worldwide and has sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the "Billboard" Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and the Hot 100 number-one, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". The band's breakthrough debut album, the multi-platinum "Look What the Cat Dragged In", was released in 1986 and they hit their peak with their second album, "Open Up and Say...
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Taylor, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman, Nashville musician Cortney Tidwell and Los Valentinos' guitarist Jono. It contains eight original songs and two cover versions: Lee Hazlewood's "Come on Home to Me" (a duet with Jens Lekman) and "You Are a Lover" by The Unbending Trees (with whom Thorn collaborated in 2008). The album's opening track, "Oh, the Divorces!", was made available as a free digital download on 17 February 2010, along with the confirmation of the album's track list. Thorn has described the theme of the album as "a record about the person I am now and the people around me
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The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock is a compilation album from the American rock band Poison, released to celebrate the band's 20 year anniversary. It has sold more than 1 million copies to date in the U.S as of September 2009. The album was released on April 3, 2006 on EMI. It features many songs from the band's 20-year career. Most notable is the song "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", which was the band's biggest hit, a power ballad. A rare cover of the KISS classic "Rock and Roll All
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realize things didn't turn out the way they'd planned. Sherrie tells Drew that she didn't have sex with Stacee and that she is going home to Oklahoma. As they part ways, Sherrie and Drew both lament the situation ("Every Rose Has Its Thorn"). Stacee realizes he has feelings for Constance and calls the Rolling Stone office in an attempt to find her, but the receptionist tells him that "she is covering Stacee Jaxx's show at The Bourbon Room" and Stacee, unaware that he was supposed to perform that night, rushes to the venue, where Lonny leads the patrons of the
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The Thorn in Mrs. Rose's Side The Thorn in Mrs. Rose's Side is the debut album by Biff Rose. It was released in 1968 on Bill Cosby's music label Tetragrammaton Records. "Fill Your Heart" was written together with American composer, singer-songwriter, and actor Paul Williams. The two met while working together on a television comedy show. Tiny Tim released "Fill Your Heart" on his album, "God Bless Tiny Tim", six months before Biff Rose's own version. It was also released as the B-side of Tiny Tim's 1968 hit, "Tiptoe Through the Tulips". David Bowie took a liking to “Fill Your
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from AllMusic shared a similar sentiment in regards to its production, suggesting that the excessive use of Auto-Tune limited Cyrus' ability to express genuine emotion, adding that several tracks were similar to "Tik Tok" by Kesha "minus that song's mindless fun". A writer for "Billboard" also noted Cyrus' a lack of emotion in Cyrus' vocals, but considered the "delightfully robo-country" cover version of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" as the standout track from the record. Writing for "The Boston Globe", James Reed questioned the need to "tame" Cyrus, given that "this stuff is already pretty innocuous". However, he acknowledged that
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Biff Rose Paul "Biff" Rose (born 1937) is an American comedian and singer-songwriter. Born in New Orleans, Rose moved to Hollywood where he found a job working as a comedy sketch writer with George Carlin working sometimes on the Mort Sahl show. Eventually, Rose moved to songwriting. Following the release of 1968's "The Thorn in Mrs. Rose's Side", Rose made a string of appearances on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show" from 1968 to 1970. Rose performed on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", and "American Bandstand", and Hugh Hefner's "Playboy After Dark". He emceed the Atlantic City Pop Festival of 1969,
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Open Up and Say... Ahh! Open Up and Say... Ahh! is the second studio album by American glam metal band Poison, released in 1988 through Enigma Records. It proved to be the band's most successful release, and spawned four hit singles: "Nothin' but a Good Time", "Fallen Angel", "Your Mama Don't Dance" (a Loggins and Messina cover) and their only #1 single to date, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". The album peaked at #2 on the US "Billboard" 200. "Open Up And Say Ahh" was certified platinum in 1988 and 5x platinum in 1991 by the RIAA. It also has
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... about real life after forty." The cover art was designed by John Gilsenan. An EP of remixes, "Opposites", was released digitally on 24 August 2010. It contains three songs from "Love and Its Opposite", in original and remixed forms. Love and Its Opposite Love and Its Opposite is the third solo album by former Everything but the Girl singer Tracey Thorn, released on 17 May 2010. The album was released on Thorn's husband Ben Watt's label Strange Feeling in the UK, and on Merge Records in North America. It was produced by Ewan Pearson, who also produced tracks on
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in her water bottle. This was a reference to a controversy about the high cost of water at the festival, and Otto on fire references the large number of fires that occurred. Otto holds up a boombox and blares Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" whilst proposing to Becky. When Otto plays air guitar, it is completely accurate fingering: John Achenbach, a storyboard artist on the show, is an accomplished guitarist and provided demonstrations for the animators. When Krusty interviews Marge, it is a television static image of her face with an impersonator's lips in place of hers; this was
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co-captain Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) later encounters Sunshine in the girls' bathroom, and they sing an impromptu duet of "Telephone" by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. Rachel is intimidated by her performance, and directs Sunshine to a crack house instead of the auditorium in an attempt to sabotage her glee club audition. Rachel is reprimanded by glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) when this is discovered. Sunshine later auditions successfully, impressing the club members with her rendition of "Listen" from "Dreamgirls". Co-captain Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) encourages Sam to audition after overhearing him singing "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by
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mother, and "Wild Rose", an Irish vigilante who is even more vicious and punitive than Thorn. She encountered the Birds of Prey in the "Hero Hunters" storyline. As of "Birds of Prey" #98, she is employed at Dinah Lance's flower shop, Sherwood Florist II. Her most recent appearance was in "Birds of Prey" #108, where she makes an appearance as one of the heroines called in to confront and intimidate Spy Smasher. In "Smallville", a fugitive from Phantom Zone called Gloria is based on Thorn and Poison Ivy. Thorn appears in the DC Universe Annual #1. Thorn (comics) Thorn is
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fellow Pre-Raphaelite James Collinson (1825-1881). Rossetti wrote two sonnets to explain the painting's symbolism - the first was engraved at the bottom of the original frame, whilst the second was printed in the Free Exhibition catalogue. A crossed palm branch on the floor refers to Palm Sunday and Good Friday and the pale roses and thorn-shaped branches on the wall to Christ's passion and Mary's seven joys and seven sorrows. The oil lamp symbolises piety, three of the books are in colours symbolising the three cardinal virtues and the rose is another symbol of Mary (the 'rose without a thorn').
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move on with their lives ("Every Rose Has Its Thorn"). Franz leaves for Germany and Hertz begins to regret the hurtful way he treated his son ("Keep on Loving You"). Regina arrives and explains to Hertz that Franz does "not" hate him; he simply wants his father to support his dream. Hertz decides to return the deed to the Bourbon Room to Dennis and invest in Franz's confectionery store. Drew, now a pizza delivery boy, realizes none of his dreams have come true—he still is not a rock star, and Sherrie is leaving on a midnight train. Lonny arrives and
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Pete Rose (musician) Pete Rose (born 1942) is an American recorder player and composer. He is the foremost interpreter of contemporary classical music for recorder. He is also one of the few recorder players who plays jazz on the instrument. He has many published works (see his web page: www.peteroserecorder.com). He has performed the music of Daniel Goode, Ryohei Hirose, Luciano Berio, and Benjamin Thorn. Rose has also written a number of comprehensive articles documenting the use of the recorder in contemporary classical music. He resides in Bridgewater, New Jersey where he also gives lessons to new and advancing recordists.
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Pete Rose (musician) Pete Rose (born 1942) is an American recorder player and composer. He is the foremost interpreter of contemporary classical music for recorder. He is also one of the few recorder players who plays jazz on the instrument. He has many published works (see his web page: www.peteroserecorder.com). He has performed the music of Daniel Goode, Ryohei Hirose, Luciano Berio, and Benjamin Thorn. Rose has also written a number of comprehensive articles documenting the use of the recorder in contemporary classical music. He resides in Bridgewater, New Jersey where he also gives lessons to new and advancing recordists.
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Sessions". In 2010, Michaels released a new single called "Nothing to Lose" from his upcoming new studio album, "Custom Built". The song featured the guest vocals of Miley Cyrus and was the most added song to radio the week of its release, topping both Bon Jovi and Nickelback. In April 2010, he released the second single "Lie to Me" and in May 2010 released the third single, "Wasted Time". Michaels performed on the "American Idol" season 9 finale on May 26 against his doctor's recommendation. Michaels also performed a duet of "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" with Miley Cyrus on
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and Rose Forrest from Earth-1; see Multiverse (DC Comics)). As a child, Rose Canton would use an imaginary friend, "Thorn", to deflect blame for bad things that she did. Over the years, Thorn developed as a distinct persona in Rose's head. As an adult, Rose was studying biology on the island of Tashmi, where she was exposed to the sap of a jungle root, which transformed her into Thorn. After killing her teacher, Professor Hollis, she reverted to Rose. Rose returned to America and settled in Keystone City where Thorn headed a gang which harassed the Flash. When she was
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album chart. "Be the One" is on the following albums. Be the One (Poison song) "Be the One" is a power ballad by American rock band Poison. The song was released as the second single from their 2000 "Crack a Smile...and More!" album. The single/sampler was released in February 2000 and featured five b-sides including the first single from the album "Shut Up, Make Love" and the four unplugged bonus tracks from the album: "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", "Talk Dirty to Me", "Your Mama Don't Dance" and "Something to Believe In". Poison's fifth studio album came out on March
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three are Poison singles that charted on The Billboard Hot 100 including the number 1 hit "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". Great Big Hits Live! Bootleg Great big hits live! bootleg is an album by American rock band Poison, released on July 4, 2006 by Sony. The record is essentially "Power to the People" re-packaged without the new studio tracks and the guitar and drum solos (live songs only). "Power to the People" was released in 2000 and charted at #166 on The Billboard 200 and #16 on the Australian ARIA Charts, selling more than 1.5 million copies to date
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one of the roses tells her there is a way to produce a red rose, but only if the nightingale is prepared to sing the sweetest song for the rose all night with her heart pressing into a thorn, sacrificing her life. Seeing the student in tears, and valuing his human life above her bird life, the nightingale carries out the ritual. She impales herself on the rose-tree's thorn so that her heart's blood can stain the rose. The student takes the rose to the professor's daughter, but she again rejects him because another man has sent her some real
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rock music heard throughout the film. An album of the by David Newman would not become available until 2007. The song Bill and Ted play for the battle of the bands is "Final Guitar Solo" by Steve Vai, which he wrote to help blend into "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II" by Kiss, although they appear similar in appearance to Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top. There's also a reference to the lyrics from "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison. Critical reception to the movie was mixed. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 54%
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Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It?", and ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man". Variations include Smokey Robinson's "My Guy", The Beatles's "Ticket to Ride", The Pretenders' "Back on the Chain Gang" (ABABCAB), Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (ABABCBAB), and Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" (ABABCABCAB). Song structure Song structure or the musical forms of songs in traditional music and music are typically sectional, repeating forms used in songs, such as strophic form and is a part of the songwriting process. Other common forms include bar form, thirty-two-bar form, verse-chorus form, ternary form, strophic form,
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a religious, rapid-talking gossip-bearer. Luke turns from a drunken womaniser who hangs around his mates all day to a loner who lives by himself on a farm. Father Ralph offers to leave the church and marry Meggie, something that he never implied in the original. She finally gets the love she was hungering for, and Father Ralph breaks his vow of chastity. Meggie has two surviving brothers in the original: Jack and Bob, while in the "Missing Years" Frank and Jack are mentioned. The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years is a CBS miniseries that
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Be the One (Poison song) "Be the One" is a power ballad by American rock band Poison. The song was released as the second single from their 2000 "Crack a Smile...and More!" album. The single/sampler was released in February 2000 and featured five b-sides including the first single from the album "Shut Up, Make Love" and the four unplugged bonus tracks from the album: "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", "Talk Dirty to Me", "Your Mama Don't Dance" and "Something to Believe In". Poison's fifth studio album came out on March 14, 2000 and peaked at #131 on the Billboard 200
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falsetto during its middle 8. Alex Young of "Consequence of Sound", Phil Freeman of AllMusic and John Robb of "The Quietus" compared it to the music of David Bowie, while IGN found it similar to "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (1988) by Poison. Entertainment.ie's Lauren Murphy deemed "Running to the Edge of the World" an "Oasis-lite" ballad. "PopMatters" Lana Cooper felt that the song's refrain "We don't seek death / We seek destruction" could be understood as a "bromance-tinged love letter from" Manson to Ramirez. Cooper added that the song sounds like "you'd expect [it] to be played during a
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by comparison, none managed to do so in the UK. "One More Try" was the third consecutive number one single from the "Faith" album. "One More Try" debuted at an impressive number 40 the week of 16 April 1988, and matching the speed of "Father Figure", reached number one by its seventh week, 28 May 1988, this time staying there for three consecutive weeks. "One More Try" was the second-longest running number one of 1988, tied with "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison, and behind the four-week run of Steve Winwood's "Roll with It". In total, "One More Try"
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A Rose Without a Thorn A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian TV play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne. It was the first production directed by Alan Burke after he joined the ABC full-time. Burke would go on to be one of the leading directors of the early days of Australian television. Seven different sets were used in the program. "A Rose Without a Thorn" had been performed in 1933. It
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Isabella to prick Elisa with a poisoned rose at the funeral of Count Drago. Meanwhile, Lucrezia goes to Martino, who has fever, but he calls Elisa. At Rivombrosa, the commander comes to ask Fabrizio to testify about the death of Gulio Drago. During the funeral, Isabella does not fully meet the order she received: she pricks to Elisa with the thorn of the rose, but the thorn was not poisoned. After the funeral, Elisa and Fabrizio go to the police station and testified that it was a duel and Giulio was killed by accident. Then Lucrezia discovers that Isabella did
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Total Baseball Total Baseball (Latest Edition , First Published 1989) is a baseball encyclopedia first compiled by John Thorn and Pete Palmer in 1989. The latest edition, published in 2004, is its eighth. The encyclopedia contains seasonal and career statistics in numerous categories for every Major League player, as well as historical, opinion, and year-by-year essays. The idea for "Total Baseball" originated when two baseball statisticians and historians, Palmer and Thorn, realized that the current "Baseball Encyclopedia" endorsed by Major League Baseball contained numerous significant mistakes. These included miscalculations by earlier statisticians, typographic mistakes made by the original score keeper,
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a music video which appeared on Billboard's "Hot Videoclip Tracks" chart in 2008. "Right Now, Right Here" and "Open Road" which Bret performed live on Nashville Star were also released as singles. The album also includes a new country version of the #1 smash hit Poison song "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", a duet version of "Raine" (feat. Edwin Mccain) and two unreleased demos; "Future Ex Wife" and "The One You Get". "Walk Away" and a solo version of the Poison song "Something to Believe In" were recorded earlier on the unique storytellers CD Ballads, Blues & Stories, but never
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Broadway. He landed the role after auditioning with Commodores' "Easy" and Gavin DeGraw's "I Don't Want to Be". He later sang "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars as a studio test, and eventually sang this in the season premiere "Audition", along with "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison. Following Overstreet's casting, media speculation suggested Sam might have been created as a boyfriend for Kurt. Overstreet later confirmed this, but stated that his storyline had been adjusted to pair Sam with Quinn, as a result of the chemistry the producers detected between himself and Agron. Chord Overstreet said of
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in control, Rose would approach Jay for help, claiming to be Thorn's sister. The Amazons of Paradise Island undertook her psychological treatment and apparently managed to rid Rose of the Thorn persona. During the time of her recovery, Rose developed a crush on Alan Scott. Dyeing her hair black, she assumed the identity of Alyx Florin and romantically pursued him, leading to their marriage. Tragedy struck when, on their honeymoon, Thorn returned. The personality of Rose was able to prevent Thorn from killing Alan, but she chose to run, preferring Alan to believe that she had perished in the fire
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the June 18, 2010 episode "Good Morning America". On July 6, 2010, Michaels released his new album "Custom Built". The album became Michaels highest charting solo album to date peaking at No. 1 on both the Top Independent Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums chart and also charting at No. 4 on the Top Rock Albums and No. 14 on the "Billboard" 200. On August 4, 2010, Michaels appeared in the fifth season of "America's Got Talent" and performed "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", accompanying himself on acoustic folk guitar. Despite not being released as a single, a music video
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own label, Get Hip Records. The Hooters, from Philadelphia, broke into nationwide attention when they became the opening band at Live Aid where they performed "All You Zombies," soon to become their first hit single. The album "Nervous Night" followed with several more major hits like "And We Danced" and "Day By Day" in 1985 and 1986. Hair metal band Poison were originally from the Harrisburg area, but as was common with glam metal bands, relocated to Los Angeles before becoming successful. They had a #1 Hot 100 hit with "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" in 1988. In 1979, The
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as her biological daughters. Ivy names them Rose and Hazel. With the help of Selina Kyle and fellow researcher, Darshan, she finds that the Gotham Botanical Gardens were performing experiments which resulted in creating another plant-human hybrid named Thorn. Ivy destroys the laboratory and rescues the child. Ivy raises Rose, Hazel and Thorn who grow to adult size at an exponential rate, becoming young women within 35 weeks. When the girls sneak out to see Gotham City at night for the first time, they cause an incident at a strip club that gets the police involved and Ivy has to
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for Congress and wins. Breakup songs of 1987: U2 "With or Without You"; Whitney Houston "Didn't We Almost Have It All"; Poison "I Won't Forget You" Hip Hop Classic of 1987: "Push It" by Salt-n-Pepa & Spinderella PSA of 1987: Rockers Against Drugs (Anti-Drug) Nerds of 1987: , Bud Bundy, Gilbert Gottfried The What The F#?%!!! Moment of 1987: Vanna White's Autobiography: "Vanna Speaks" Break-up songs of 1988: Poison- "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"; Cinderella- "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)"; Chicago- "Look Away" Hip Hop Classic of 1988: "Mary, Mary" by Run-D.M.C. PSA Of 1988: Sylvester Stallone
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he sees white pigeons with him, and surprisingly the old man - by the name of Mathias - takes him in without question. It turns out that Mattias is part of the Thorn Valley resistance and a friend of Jonatan, who is hiding in his house. Jonatan, a hero among the Thorn Rose Valley people, is intent on freeing Orvar, the leader of the Thorn Valley resistance movement who is kept in the cave of Karmanjaka near the Karma Falls, where Katla dwells, with his release sparking the long-anticipated final uprising against Tengil. The Lionheart Brothers soon depart for Karmanjaka
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"Can't Be Tamed" contained "the catchiest Top 40 hits money can buy." Referencing the lyrics in "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", Leah Greenblatt from "Entertainment Weekly" felt that Cyrus was "just not (yet) that thorny a girl" despite visible efforts of rebellion. Alexis Petridis of "The Guardian" thought that Cyrus lost sight of her target audience with the project, noting that "if you're old enough to stay up after 9:00 PM without asking permission, it's not intended for you" while also commenting that children that may be interested in the record had likely "transferred their affections" to the then-teenage Justin
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conversations to the popular rock magazines of the day, including "Circus", "Creem", "Rip Magazine", "Rock Express" and "Hit Parader", ensuring enormous visibility for the album's release. In 1987 the band recorded a cover of the Kiss song "Rock and Roll All Nite" for soundtrack to "Less Than Zero". Poison's second album, "Open Up and Say...Ahh!", was released May 21, 1988. It peaked at No. 2 on the American charts and would ultimately go on to sell 8 million copies worldwide. The album included the band's biggest hit, the No. 1 single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", along with other hits
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released their debut self-titled album eponymous début and Dokken released the successful "Back for the Attack". In the last years of the decade the most notable successes were "New Jersey" (1988) by Bon Jovi, "OU812" (1988) by Van Halen, while "Open Up and Say... Ahh!" (1988) by Poison, spawned number one hit single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", and eventually sold eight million copies worldwide. Britny Fox from Philadelphia and Winger from New York released their eponymous débuts in 1988. In 1989 Mötley Crüe produced their most commercially successful album, the multi-platinum number one "Dr. Feelgood". In the same year
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Raptor (novel) Raptor is a 1993 historical novel written by Gary Jennings. Raptor is an historical novel set in the late fifth and early sixth centuries. It purports to be the memoirs of an Ostrogoth, Thorn, who has a secret: he is a hermaphrodite and takes on the name, "Thorn the Mannamavi", "a being uninhibited by conscience, compassion, remorse- a being as implacably amoral as the juika-bloth and every other raptor on this earth." Thorn discovers his sexuality rather unorthodoxly during his early teens. After he is banished from both a monastery and, later, a convent, he travels throughout the
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Jossi, a landlord, and assumes the surname Lionheart along with his brother. However, despite first appearances, not all is truly at peace in Nangijala. The adjacent valley, the Thorn Rose Valley, is suppressed by a tyrant named Tengil, his army and a female dragon named Katla, who is controlled by Tengil through a trumpet. The people of the Cherry Valley, led by Sofia, are aiding the resistance movement in the Thorn Rose Valley, but they know someone from the Cherry Valley is helping Tengil, as Sofia's white doves, which transport secret messages between the valleys, are being shot. Soon after
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since changed dramatically again with the cessation of all coal mining. The local farms, such as that at Duchray, have sustained some of Ayrshire's agricultural heritage. The village of Joppa was reputedly named for an ale-house kept by a man named Hendry. Local lore has it that he fed his customers with salt herrings which became known as "Joppa hams". An offshoot of the original Trysting Thorn, immortalised by Robert Burns in "The Soldier's Return," has been moved from its original site to a spot farther from the road, by Coylton Burns Club. The thorn which is situated on the
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handcuffs, and they fall into each other's arms / THE SEDUCTION During a change of duty shifts, Joe manages to smuggle Carmen out of the camp, and before leaving she tells him to come to Lilas Pastia's bar. Joe is arrested. Carmen has embedded herself in his heart like a thorn from a beautiful rose. Joe realises with both despair and passion the love he feels for this woman, who has brought such unexpected emotional chaos into his otherwise orderly life / THE ROSE SONG A month has passed. Lilas Pastias` bar is buzzing with business, and his guests lack
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an average end of season league placing of third and captured a major domestic title in over sixty percent of all seasons played to date. Kashima are the current J. League Champions, and are also one of only two teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of professional football every year since its inception (the other being Yokohama F. Marinos). The name ‘Antlers’ is derived from the city of Kashima, which literally translates to ‘Deer Island’. The club crest not only resembles deer antlers but it also reflects the image of rose thorn as it is the official flower
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to California at the beginning of the California Gold Rush. Fort Thorn was named for him by General John Garland who commanded the military department of the New Mexico Territory in 1853. Herman Thorn Herman Thorn was a U.S. Army officer that rose from the enlisted ranks and died serving on the frontier in 1849. A well on a frontier trail in Texas and an army fort in New Mexico was named for him. Herman Thorn was born in New York, on March 22, 1823 to Herman Thorne and Jane Mary Jauncey Thorne. He enlisted in the Second Infantry Regiment
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being tied up and gagged in a supply closet, Thorn returned to her Rose persona and began to sob, frightened and confused about what was happening. Her sobs were heard by Green Arrow, who had rescued her earlier. They eventually teamed up to take down the crime lord after she returned to her Thorn persona. When Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy moved to Metropolis, Thorn immediately attacked them. After a fierce battle, the women left Thorn hanging bound and gagged from a Superman statue in a local park for all of the citizens to see. During a later confrontation, Harley
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these aquatic plants like "yarpuz, sirim, pincar" are edible and regularly picked by locals every spring. Thorn apples, rose hips, turpentine trees, wild pears grow naturally without anthropogenic involvement. Falcons, hawks, owls, partridges, quails, sparrows, pigeons, crows are primary bird species. Capturing and petting partridges is a common hobby among local men. Hunting partridges and quails for dietary purposes is also popular. Sarikaya Tor hosts most of these bird species as its steep and rocky structure acts as a safe heaven. Local men do not welcome strangers with hunting purposes. Serefli people can get territorial and they even often abstain
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that the album's songs "recalled the socially conscious soul of the early '70s." "Spin"'s Tracey Pepper suggested that the album shared qualities of those by Annie Lennox and Tracey Thorn while "Time" compared Morley to Sade and Portishead. Morley released her second album, "Days Like These", in 2005, followed by "Seen" in 2008. Thom Jurek of Allmusic praised "Seen" as "an album so original and poetically beautiful, it deserves its own category." On album track "Women of Hope", Jurek remarked: "Morley prays for and celebrates those women who suffer in the hellholes of the world - from American ghettos to
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was adapted for Australian radio by Max Afford in 1940, a production much revived. It was also filmed by British TV in 1948. A Rose Without a Thorn A Rose without a Thorn is a 1958 Australian TV play about King Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine Howard. It was directed by Alan Burke from a play by Clifford Bax. The play was shown live in Sydney, recorded, then shown in Melbourne. It was the first production directed by Alan Burke after he joined the ABC full-time. Burke would go on to be one of the leading directors of the early
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graveyard, and perceives the Rat Creatures in pursuit. Thorn reaches the Crown, whereupon the Rat Creatures' chieftain Kingdok orders Thorn to kill him, so as to free him from the Lord of the Locust. When Thorn refuses, Kingdok holds her leg in his teeth, and she kills him, but fails to escape. Fone Bone attempts to touch the Crown of Horns himself, but because Thorn took the piece of the locust out from him earlier, nothing happens. Briar strikes down Rose, and is about to kill Rose when Lucius grabs her; simultaneously, Fone takes Thorn's hand and touches the Crown
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