Ashes to Ashes
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As a metaphor
- "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust", a phrase from the Anglican burial service, used sometimes to denote total finality. It is based on scriptural texts such as "Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return" (Genesis 3:19), and "I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee" (EzekielEzekielEzekiel , "God will strengthen" , is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Ezekiel is acknowledged as a Hebrew prophet...
28:18).
In literature
- Ashes to Ashes (play)Ashes to Ashes (play)Ashes to Ashes is a 1996 play by English playwright Harold Pinter. It was first performed, in Dutch, by Toneelgroep Amsterdam, the Netherlands' largest repertory company, in Amsterdam, as part of its 1996–1997 season, and directed by Titus Muizelaar, who reprised his production, in Dutch with...
, by Harold Pinter - Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris, a book by Richard Kluger
- Ashes to Ashes (novel)Ashes to Ashes (novel)Ashes to Ashes is a crime/thriller novel written by Tami Hoag. It is the first novel in the three part Kovac/Liska Series.-Plot introduction:A serial killer known as "The Cremator" is killing prostitutes in Minneapolis parks and setting their bodies on fire...
, by Tami Hoag
In television
- Ashes to Ashes (TV series)Ashes to Ashes (TV series)Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction and police procedural drama television series, serving as the sequel to Life on Mars.The series began airing on BBC One in February 2008. A second series began broadcasting in April 2009...
, a spin-off from the BBC drama Life on Mars - "Ashes to Ashes" (Only Fools and Horses)Ashes to Ashes (Only Fools and Horses)"Ashes to Ashes" is an episode of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was the second episode of Series 2, and was first screened on 28 October, 1982...
, an episode of Only Fools and Horses - "Ashes to Ashes" (Star Trek: Voyager), an episode of Star Trek: Voyager
- "Ashes to Ashes" (CSI: Miami), an episode of CSI: Miami
- Pumpkinhead: Ashes to AshesPumpkinhead: Ashes to AshesPumpkinhead 3: Ashes To Ashes is a 2006 made for television sequel in the Pumpkinhead franchise of horror films. The film is directed by Jake West , who co-wrote the movie with Barbara Werner...
, 2006 made-for-television sequel in the Pumpkinhead franchise of horror films - Ashes to Ashes (Columbo), a 1998 television movie
In films
- Ashes to Ashes (film)Ashes to Ashes (film)Ashes to Ashes is a 1999 action film by British independent filmmaker Wayne Gerard Trotman. The producers, Red Moon Productions Limited claim that Ashes to Ashes is the first British homegrown martial arts movie and a tribute to 1970s cinema...
, by Wayne Gerard Trotman - Ashes to Ashes (2010 film), directed by Goldie Hawn
In music
- "Ashes to Ashes" (David Bowie song)Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)"Ashes to Ashes" is a single by David Bowie, released in 1980. It made #1 in the UK and was the first cut from the Scary Monsters album, also a #1 hit. As well as its musical qualities, it is noted for its innovative video, directed by Bowie and David Mallet...
- "Ashes to Ashes" (Faith No More song)Ashes to Ashes (Faith No More song)"Ashes to Ashes" is the seventh track on Faith No More's sixth and final studio album Album of the Year. It was the album's first single and was released on May 19, 1997.When asked about the song, Billy Gould replied: -Charts positions:-Footnotes:...
- "Asche zu AscheAsche zu Asche"Asche zu Asche" is a single by the German band Rammstein, from their first studio album, Herzeleid. The single was included as a "Bonus CD" for the re-released Australian Tour Edition of Sehnsucht, and as a separate CD Single. It contains the 1995 album version of "Asche zu Asche", and five live...
", Ashes to Ashes in English, a song by Rammstein - Ashes to Ashes (soundtrack album), a soundtrack album of the BBC series
- Ashes to Ashes (David Shankle Group album)Ashes to Ashes (David Shankle Group album)Ashes to Ashes is the debut album from the heavy metal band David Shankle Group. The Japanese version of the album contains two bonus tracks, called Daydreams and Jezebel.- Track listing :#Ashes To Ashes - 04:38#A Raven At Midnight - 05:20...
- A song from Blind Guardian's Somewhere Far BeyondSomewhere Far BeyondSomewhere Far Beyond is the fourth studio album by German power metal act Blind Guardian.It was released in 1992 and produced by Kalle Trapp...
album - A 1991 song by the Norwegian band Apoptygma BerzerkApoptygma BerzerkApoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian musical group. They have achieved success with a brand of synthpop, and ballads backed with electronic rhythms, commonly known within the scene and referring to themselves as "futurepop". Apop has won awards and top-10 spots in Germany and Scandinavia...
- A song by Woody GuthrieWoody GuthrieWoodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
- Ashes to Ashes, a 1990 album by Joe SampleJoe SampleJoseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
- Ashes to Ashes Live, a 2010 DVD by doom metal act CandlemassCandlemassCandlemass are an influential Swedish doom metal band established in 1984 by Leif Edling , their leader and songwriter. The band is originally from Stockholm. After releasing five full-length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994, but...
- A song from the Tangerine Dream album Electronic MeditationElectronic Meditation-Personnel:* Edgar Froese – six- and twelve-string guitar, organ, piano, sound effects, tapes* Conrad Schnitzler – cello, violin, typewriter* Klaus Schulze – drums, percussion, metal sticks* Jimmy Jackson – organ...
- The opening words of a stanza sometimes used at the end of St. Louis Blues
See also
- Ashes 2 Ashes, a story from the Army of Darkness comic spin-off
- Dust to Dust (disambiguation)