Flamingo
101 Strings was an umbrella term for a highly successful easy listening sym… Read Full Bio ↴101 Strings was an umbrella term for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding a hundred albums and a creative lifetime of roughly thirty years. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan "The Sound of Magnificence", a puffy cloud logo and sepia-toned photo of the orchestra. According to the photograph, the 101 Strings orchestra was composed of 124 string instruments (all male except for the harpist) and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan. The orchestra's famous official photograph was taken in the Musikhalle Hamburg. In reality, of course, the recordings also featured a full brass, woodwind and percussion section, and not quite as many strings as are shown in the photograph. In later years (right up to the 80's), the recordings were made by a session orchestra in London, with a line-up including a modern "pop" rhythm section. In the late 1990's, the 101 Strings Orchestra was revived with "The New 101 Strings Orchestra" for a series of modern recordings.

Flamingo
101 Strings Orchestra Lyrics


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Feelings, nothing more than feelings
Trying to forget my feelings of love
Teardrops rolling down on my face
Trying to forget my feelings of love
Feelings for all my life, I′ll feel it
I wish, I'd never met you girl
You′ll never come again
Feelings
Ohh feelings
Ohh feelings
Again in my arms
Feelings
Feelings like I've never lost you
And feelings like I've never have you
Again in my heart
Feelings for all my life, I′ll feel it
I wish, I′d never met you girl
You'll never come again
Feelings
Feelings like I′ve never lost you
And feelings like I've never have you
Again in my heart
Feelings
Ohh feelings
Ohh feelings again in my arms
Feelings
Ohh feelings




Ohh feelings again in my arms
Feelings

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of 101 Strings Orchestra's "Flamingo" express the overwhelming emotions of heartbreak and the difficulty of moving on from a past love. The song opens with the line "Feelings, nothing more than feelings," which sets the tone for the rest of the lyrics as they describe the struggle of trying to forget one's feelings of love. The singer's pain is evident as they sing about tears rolling down their face and the never-ending feelings for someone they wish they had never met.


The chorus repeats the word "feelings" several times, almost as if to emphasize the intensity of the emotion. The singer expresses the desire to have their lost love back in their arms, but also the conflicting feeling of not wanting to go through the pain again. The final repetition of "feelings" leaves the listener with a sense of the singer's longing and pain.


Overall, "Flamingo" is a powerful ballad that captures the bittersweet nostalgia of past love and the difficulty of moving on from it.


Line by Line Meaning

Feelings, nothing more than feelings
The song is about the overwhelming feelings of love that the singer cannot ignore.


Trying to forget my feelings of love
The singer is struggling to move on from their strong feelings of love for someone.


Teardrops rolling down on my face
The singer is crying because of the pain caused by their love for someone.


Feelings for all my life, I'll feel it
The singer knows that their feelings of love will stay with them forever.


I wish, I'd never met you girl
The singer regrets ever meeting the person who caused them this pain.


You'll never come again
The singer knows that they will never be with their love again.


Ohh feelings
The singer expresses their strong emotions of love and pain through this repeated line.


Again in my arms
The singer wants to hold their love again, despite knowing it will never happen.


Feelings like I've never lost you
The singer still feels emotional attachment to the person they lost, as if they never truly lost them.


And feelings like I've never have you
The singer still longs for the person they never truly had a chance with.


Again in my heart
The singer's feelings for this person still reside in their heart.




Writer(s): Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson

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