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Message in Strawberry Fields Forever
Ref: How are backward messages created on tracks?
What does the famous 'hidden message' at the end of Strawberry Fields Forever actually say?
The conspiracy theorists would have us believe it's "I buried Paul."
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What were the first music awards given and when did music awards start to gain visibility?
I wonder what were the first music awards given, and around when music awards started to gain visibility?
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Was Elvis Presley's 'Suspicious Minds' the first song with a fade-out and fade back in?
Wikipedia on Suspicious Minds explains:
Elvis' primary producer Felton Jarvis made the unusual decision to add a premature fade-out to the song starting at 3:36 and lasting for 15 seconds before fading back in. The first verse then continues…
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Identify this genre and performance: DJ with live instruments
I am trying to identify the correct terminology for a particular performance type (or genre) that has a DJ + musician that makes the music live.
For example:
Darkside - Live on KEXP
Gramatik - Live in Brussels
Notice that there is a DJ aspect to…
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Are "We are the World" incomes still sent to Africa?
The famous song by USA for Africa We are the World was initially written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie to earn funds and help Africa.
The song is still popular today (occasionally played on radio or on streaming services, covers...) and hence…
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Who mixes for Pentatonix songs?
Pentatonix voices sound very clear and good.
Does anyone know who mixes for them?
And also I am curious that what kind of program/DAW do they use for their production?
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What is a typical reggaeton beat called?
While listening to this reggaeton song, I was wondering if there is a specific name for such a beat, like western techno songs typical have a 4/4 beat.
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Why "un, dos, tres, catorce" instead of "un, dos, tres, cuatro" in U2's "Vertigo"?
U2's song Vertigo from their album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb begins like this:
Un, dos, tres, catorce!!
In Spanish that's "one, two, three, fourteen". Why "fourteen"?
I've read a number of theories, ranging from it being a reference to the…
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Why was "Dynamite Rave" remade?
Naoki Maeda originally created the song Dynamite Rave for Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix, but it was later redone in either DDR X or DDR X2 (I can't remember which) for "copyright" reasons, apparently due to the lyrics.
This also means that the Down…
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Are Saint Jimmy and the Jesus of Suburbia two different representations of the same person?
Green day's American Idiot album tells a very interesting story driven by three different characters Saint Jimmy, the Jesus of Suburbia, and Whatshername. I've always heard that Saint Jimmy and the Jesus of Suburbia are two different representations…
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Are the releases from Mastercuts available on vinyl?
I'm a music fan and I collect vinyl records. Lately I've been using discogs.com which is a very good site for buying records. But I want it on vinyl and for instance I want to buy the releases from Mastercuts that came in the 90s and those are…
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When music goes "out of print", do the writers/performers still hold their copyright?
I was wondering about out-of-print music and how it comes back in print. Do the writers still retain their copyrights? Who determines when a record/CD will go out of print, and who makes it available again?
For instance, let's say there's a record…
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When did Progressive Trance appear?
While the English Wikipedia talks a bit about progressive trance, the German and Spanish ones are much more complete.
But they all miss information about the origin of progressive trance.
What was the first track that would today be qualified as…
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Vinyl grooves look like scratch
I got here a few records which looked if they are scratched.
The scratches (if they are scratches) look like grooves. (They lay exact in the same direction as the grooves)
But if I listen to this records, you hear nothing, just music. No cracks or…
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Are these three lines from "Lieder" references to songs, too?
In the song Lieder, Adel Tawil references in almost each line a (usually popular) song.
The German Wikipedia article about this song lists the references in a table. However, three lines are missing a reference:
from the refrain:
Und ich singe…
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