The English Roses One of the teachers there had described the girls as "The English Roses" which Madonna found "funny". She had already progressed with a few other stories but wanted to write about girls who always felt they did not have "enough". The death of Madonna's mother at an early age had always affected her, and her musical endeavors. So while developing Binah, she drew from her own experience of dealing with her mother's death. Like her, Binah kept a picture of her mother beside her bed. It was Madonna's "own personal experience and I needed to come up with things for
The Days of Wine and Roses by the English writer Ernest Dowson (1867–1900): The album is ranked number 99 in "Blender (magazine)'s 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever" This is the track listing of the original release. Later re-releases have included bonus tracks from the earlier "Down There" EP, rehearsals, alternate takes, and the 1981 single recorded by 15 Minutes (a Steve Wynn collaboration with members of the Davis, California band Alternate Learning). All tracks written by Steve Wynn except as noted. The Days of Wine and Roses The Days of Wine and Roses is the second record and the debut full-length album by American alternative rock