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Is V in Morse code • • • − because the main theme of Beethoven's V Symphony is short-short-short-long?
I am reading Craig Wright's Listening to Music. On page 222, he states:
No wonder that during World War II (1939-1945) both sides, Fascists as well as Allied, used the music of [Beethoven's fifth] symphony to symbolize triumph — in Morse code,…
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Longest known live version of Dazed and Confused?
At worst this is a finite list, but does anyone know how long the longest known live version of Dazed and Confused ran, and from which date? There are a heck of a lot of bootlegs out there to cull the info from, but I'm trying to track down the…
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What is the work rota for a typical musical show?
A long running theater production of a musical in London or New York often has shows most nights and periodic matinees which when added to continuous rehearsals would add up to a staggering working week (I'm thinking about shows like The Lion King,…
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Du Hast - You Have or You Hate?
Rammstein's song "Du Hast" apparently means "You Hate", but "You Hate" in German is "Du Hasst". However, "Du Hast" means "You Have" in German. Is "Du Hast" supposed to mean "You Have" or "You Hate"? Is it intentionally spelled incorrectly?
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In Svefn-g-englar by Sigur Rós, what is "Tjú"?
For years I've been a fan of the song from their second album, Ágætis byrjun. When I look for the English translation, everything is translated, except for the "chorus":
I'm back
Inside of you
It's so nice to be here
It's just a quick stop
I fly…
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Panther sequence in Black or White by Michael Jackson
Why did Michael Jackson decide to end the Black or White music video (which otherwise talked about peace, love, fearlessness and harmony) with a black panther turning into Jackson and wrecking stuff?
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Is there any *objective* genre-like categorization of musical works?
I’m looking for objective criteria for classifying musical works.
Formal metadata (like artist, title, length, publication date, language etc.) doesn’t help in saying something about the actual kind of music; categorization in genres can help, but…
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Musical difference between "Chicago blues" and "Detroit blues"
When hearing a song for the first time, how can I tell whether it is Chicago blues or Detroit blues?
Chicago blues and Detroit blues each have their own article on Wikipedia, the latter saying that they are "very similar in style". What is the…
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Why do we associate different types of music with different behaviour?
Why is it that we associate metal and dubstep, for example, with aggressive behaviour, and we associate classical music with calm behavior? Is it based on superstition, or is there something else about music that affects how we perceive the "mood"…
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What are the top three recording studios of all time in terms of having sold the most songs?
There are a lot of famous recording studios, but which of them can claim responsibility for producing output that has resulted in the most song sales? (That is, all sales including as single releases and album tracks.)
I know adding up all the track…
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Is there a canonical answer as to why Ozzy Osbourne won't sing any Dio-era Black Sabbath songs in concert?
I have never heard of Ozzy doing a Dio-era song live in Black Sabbath. IMO, some of their best material is on Heaven & Hell and The Mob Rules.
Has anyone in Black Sabbath ever said why they don't perform those songs live? Is it a "pride" thing for…
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What is the oldest still running music festival?
What is the oldest still running music festival? 1970 - Pinkpop festival is at least a start, but I'm sure there are older ones.
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Does aging affect our taste in music?
When I was in school I was fan of pop music as I grow up I found Rock more interesting. Later I found myself more in hiphop which end into trance,techno and electronic music in college days. Now I have job and I hear mostly classic and ambient…
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Are the lyrics of Yoko Kanno's "Moon" gibberish or intelligible?
Are the lyrics of Yoko Kanno’s song Moon meaningless (as in using pseudowords, gibberish, scat singing or similar), or are the lyrics in some kind of language?
Maybe a fictional language constructed by Yoko Kanno (AKA Gabriela Robin), possibly also…
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Progressive Rock song, c.2002, "girl with brown hair" "standing there in my dream"
I heard this song on 99.7 KY in 2001 or 2002, when I was stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. It was on a Sunday. I contacted the station and have a list of all the songs played from 2002-2003, but this song may have been played as part of a…
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