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Greatest longevity in Rock bands, keeping all initial members
I'm looking for famous Rock bands that had the greatest longevity with keeping all initial members.
Here are some restrictions:
Initial members would be the ones who recorded the first album.
Famous would be a band that reached the Billboard…
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Was the radio intro in "Protect Ya Neck" real or created for the song?
The probably most famous song of the Wu-Tang Clan "Protect Ya Neck" from the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) starts with this radio talk:
Caller: "So whassup man?"
DJ: "Coolin' man"
C: "Chillin' chilin'? Yo, you know I had to call, you know…
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Has a B-side unexpectedly become more popular than A-side?
When released for the first time, a single usually suppose to have a hit on the A-side, and a secondary song not supposed to be a hit, on the B-side. That song was basically used to fill the B-side, and producers didn't give hight hopes on it.
The…
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Lyrics confusion in Queen's "I Want to Break Free"
Here's an extract of the lyrics to Queen's "I Want to Break Free":
I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
"This time I know it's for real" sounds he had already fallen in fake love. So why did…
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Spinal Tap: Units confusion in building Stonehenge stage prop
In the Spinal Tap movie, the band confuses inches with feet, and as result they end up with a ridiculously small (18") model of Stonehenge instead of a large one (18'). I have the feeling that this might be inspired from real facts, but I don't know…
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Does it matter when an album is purchased?
In terms of the money going to a band from album sales, does it matter when I buy the album? Is there a difference between day of release, one month later, one year, one decade? I would guess this is dependent on contracts signed and probably…
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A piece of music that is almost identical to another is called?
In movies and TV to save on royalties they would play a song that almost sounds like another popular song with just a few notes changed. They are meant to fool the audience or at least try to give off the same effect.
Example: Escape montage from…
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What is meant by "Run me like a river"?
I recently got Madden 17. Like any EA sports game, it has a soundtrack of "EA Trax", which are usually terrible. Luckily, you can disable them one-by-one in case any of them happen to be okay.
One of the last songs I disabled before turning the…
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Definition of the cyberpunk genre?
How is the cyberpunk genre defined?
Wikipedia says:
Some musicians and acts have been classified as cyberpunk due to their aesthetic style and musical content. Often dealing with dystopian visions of the future or biomechanical themes, some fit…
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Why did electronic music become popular recently? (America)
I listened to trance around 2003-2006, and it was almost a closet musical enjoyment. I was an American teenager, and I knew very few people who shared my preference for electronic music - it was a fringe genre at best. Fast forward to college in…
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What band(s) is Spinal Tap based on?
This Is Spinal Tap is very iconic spoof of a documentary of a rock band, but what band or bands is Spinal
Tap actually based on?
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How can the blues be linked to hip hop / rap music?
I've seen / read many things about black music, especially the Negro spiritual, blues, rhythm'n'blues, rock'n'roll, etc.
And 99% of what I've heard or read says that the rap music descends from blues, for example.
I love hip hop culture, but I can…
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Historical "pop" music in Europe
Today, we have youtube, radio, TV, and background music in shopping malls -- all which proliferate our exposure to music. It's easy to measure weekly hit songs, based on listenership/requests of radio stations and/or iTune downloads. But before…
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What is the exact meaning of the song "Hotel California" & its album cover image?
There one song Hotel California from Eagles , I tried to know about meaning of that song & its album cover image which has something pointing to some ghost on window.
From google i read its poiting to Antony LaVey who was converting people to his…
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Quote about classical music during the Industrial Revolution
I know, there's a (famous) composer who said that classical music during the industrial revolution should sound louder, because there was more noise (from machines) to be "good".
I want to know who said that, and the actual quote with his own…
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