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How to understand free jazz?
Do you need to know music theory in order to fully appreciate Free Jazz? What is it that makes free jazz harder to understand than, say Bebop?
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Why does "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by The Offspring start with a sample from "Rock of Ages" by Def Leppard?
As established in this question, "Rock of Ages" by Def Leppard starts with
"Gunter, Glieben, Glauchen, Globen"
because of an in-joke by the band and their producer, Mutt Lange.
But why does "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by The Offspring start…
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Who are the people referenced in "You Don't Belong" by Bad Religion?
The song "You Don't Belong" by Bad Religion obviously references the SoCal punk scene they were a part of. In it, a number of people are mentioned by name.
missy was a teen blue video star,
tom took his life in his mother's car,
milo went to…
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The "right here, right now" sample in "Right Here, Right Now"
In Fatboy Slim’s Right Here, Right Now, the lyrics contain repetitions of "right here, right now", spoken by a woman.
This sample seems to be taken from the movie Strange Days, where Angela Bassett says these…
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Who recorded Rusty Dusty Blues for the first time?
The song Rusty Dusty Blues has been sung by many blues musicians. For example, BB King has recorded this song. I also have Jimmy Rushing (with Count Basie Orchestra) version from 1943, I believe. I want to ask if this is the first orchestra/singer…
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What is the significance of "the promised land" mentioned in many Bruce Springsteen songs?
Apart from the song The Promised Land, there are quite a few other songs by Bruce Springsteen whose lyrics make reference to a "promised land".
Some examples:
"For all the blown-off strangers and hot rod angels, stumbling through this promised…
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What does Son House mean when he refers to "jumping" with regard to the blues?
Here is a link to a three-minute clip from a documentary from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival where the blues singer and guitarist Son House talks about the nature of the blues.
Here is the URL to the video clip posted on…
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Do the lyrics a the beginning of Rock of Ages by Def Leppard mean anything?
At the beginning of the song Rock of Ages, there are four words muttered that sound like gibberish that are:
Gunter, glieben, glauchen, globen
Do these words actually mean anything?
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Mods vs Rockers - who won?
I've heard a lot about Mods vs Rockers in the '60s. But can either side reasonably claim to have 'won', either overall or in any of the significant individual 'battles', e.g. the 'Battle of Brighton'?
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Why was Dave Mustaine fired from Metallica?
I know Dave was in Metallica at first and wrote many of the songs on Kill 'em All and Ride the Lightning. The thing is, they were great, so why was he fired? I heard he had a bit of a drinking problem, but I don't think thats the main reason he was…
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Does the Dead Can Dance song "Carnival of Light" mean anything?
I know Lisa Gerrard sings in an invented language that has no relation to any language in the real world, sometimes referred to as idioglossia or glossalalia, but she seems to suggest that the random phonemes she sings have some meaning to her. Has…
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First 45 not to feature a "second song"?
Napoleon XIV (AKA Jerry Samuels) released "They're Coming to Take Me Away" in 1966. He had no second song, so they simply played the song backwards on the B-side.
A lot of singles simply feature an instrumental version of the A-side, for the same…
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As a performer, was Mozart primarily a pianist or a violinist?
As a performer, was Mozart primarily a pianist or a violinist? In other words, which was his primary performing instrument?
As he gained success as a composer, did he stop performing? If so, was it more or less sudden, or was it gradual?
What were…
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Longest-running artist in music history?
If you google information about longest running bands, there seem to be conflicting accounts, like U2, ZZ Top, Rolling Stones, etc, which depend on the criteria used (no gaps, same members, etc). These tend to focus on rock bands, but surely there…
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Everything You Do Is a Balloon - meaning
Boards of Canada have released a song entitled Everything You Do Is a Balloon that appeared on Hi Scores.
Has it ever been officially explained by the duo what does that song title mean? Or is it just supposed to be a silly name?
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