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What makes an album "deluxe"?
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What makes an album as a "deluxe version"? People may notice that they usually have some bonus tracks. But, what makes them deluxe other than that?
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Age of performed musics throughout history?
As far as I know, in other periods they only performed the contemporary music of that time. For example, during Baroque period they only performed Baroque music, and when they reached Classical period they stopped performing Baroque music (and that…
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When was the first use of broadcast or live performance where singers lip synched?
Since the 80s and 90s a lot of bands and singers performed on film, on stage or on television while lip synching to a pre-recorded performance..
Now I wonder, when and by who was the first use of lip-synching to a recording?
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Some incomprehensible words of James Brown – Funky President
This song keep playing in my mind since the time when I played some game where this song was.
Lyric web sites say different versions. I gather up all the versions in one. Cold anyone please clarify or make possible suggestions to those…
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What's the name of this french song by Dalida?
I've been looking for the name of this Dalida's song for two hours and because I don't know French, it's a very hard job.
Can you please tell me its name?
I want to find its lyrics and their translation in English.
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How to connect a record player to Last.fm?
I've become an avid user of Last.fm. It's always fun to look back and see what I've streamed over the past week, month, year, etc. It provides a lot of really useful functionality that my main listening app (Spotify), doesn't provide natively.
But…
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Which artist has served front man in the most bands?
This question arrived after conversing about the spontaneous variety that is Les Claypool. I ask in terms of artists (whether they are, or have been, a singer, guitarist, or bassist, pianist, or any other artist) that has/had a lead role in more…
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Why does the actor commit suicide at the end of the video to "You're Beautiful"?
In James Blunt’s song, You're Beautiful (album: Back to Bedlam) the actor commits suicide at the end. I never understood why did he does so.
What is the meaning behind it?
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Most studio album releases before finally scoring a number one album?
I noticed that Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers finally hit number one last year in the US with Hypnotic Eye, their 13th studio album. Is this a record? If not, which artist has released the most original studio albums (i.e. not live albums,…
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What's the meaning of the Karmin song "Acapella"?
I heard this Karmin song titled Acapella, but I'm not sure what the meaning of acapella is as used in this song.
I've been googling the lyrics and I'm still not sure about the meaning of it. Can anyone explain what it means?
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How to check if a CD is copy protected?
When having a music CD in my hands, how can I check if it has a copy protection? (i.e., I’m in a store and can’t consult online sources)
In my country it’s not allowed to circumvent a copy protection (even if it’s very easy with commonly available…
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Code on Japanese CDs
All my music CDs from Japan have a code printed on the back (and sometimes also on the disk or the booklet). It seems to start with capitalized letters and to end with numerals.
For example, my soundtrack to the movie Oldboy has EKLD 0307 and my…
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Were "Mrs." and "Mustard/Parking ticket song" from Buffy ever released?
The Buffy episode Once More, with Feeling is performed as as musical, where the actors sing several songs. All of these songs were released on a soundtrack of the same name.
In a later episode (Selfless), we see a flashback to the musical episode,…
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What is the meaning behind Not Nineteen Forever by The Courteeners?
I was just wondering if anybody knew what the meaning behind this song is? None of the lyrics seem to relate to the name of the song
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Does Nina Simone play the piano on "I loves you Porgy" (studio version)?
Is Nina Simone accompanying herself on that track, and if not who plays the piano?
I've heard from someone that she does indeed accompany herself and I've seen her do it in live videos, but the comping on that track is of such high quality that I…
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