It's been a long time since I heard a blackbird's song in the evening.

我已经好长时间没在晚上听到黑鹂的鸣叫声了。

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This was the first time I struggled to learn a song, because my voice cracked as I switched to a head voice.

这是我第一次学歌学得这么艰难，因为我在换成头声唱歌时破音了。

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The team leader Song, saw a milu for the first time when he was studying for his doctorate in zoology early in 2009. Since then, he has helped protect the habitats at Dongting Lake.

宋组长在2009年初攻读动物学博士学位时第一次见到了麋鹿。从那时起，他就一直在帮助保护洞庭湖栖息地。

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The song is about leaving the big city for the countryside, going home again after a long time away.

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Performers of bebop left the traditional musical melody and played a song freely, with the music and rhythm that was felt at the time.

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So,the same song could be played in a different way each time it was performed.

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"Somebody" also marks the first time a song has sold over 5 million in the first half of a year, though Gotye's smash wasn't alone in that feat, joined by Fun.

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And the songs were written one at a time and then recorded one at a time, and then the next song would be written and then recorded and finished, completely finished tracks.

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Other factors are in play: a caught phrase, a chord change, a memory of the singer (or the video), or a memory of a time when the song was playing.

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