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Religious music - one note for extended period
Can anyone point me to examples of the following:
Vicars often sing before prayer (I think) in a particular style that focuses on one note for the majority of the phrase and then moves to maybe another two or three notes at the end of the phrase,…
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Are the featured old people in Basement Jaxx's "Oh My Gosh" real?
I’ve wondered ever since I saw it if the two main old people (the lady and the man) in the video for Basement Jaxx’s "Oh My Gosh" are actually old or if they’re younger people in ageing makeup?
They move like young people! The supporting old people…
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Why do people sometimes offer a double of a LP or EP?
I was looking for vinyl on Bandcamp and some other spots and a few artists provided the option of buying two of the same record.
Why do people mainly buy doubles?
Are doubles for collecting use or for people who play a lot and want a backup or one…
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Identify the music on Australian advertisement for Sidchrome spanners
Back in the 1980s or 90s, there was an advertisement on Australian TV for Sidchrome spanners. It showed a collection of spanners being made, starting with red hot metal being stamped out, then cleaned up, filed down, washed, and finally presented.…
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Why do Desmond and Molly Jones switch roles in the repeated final verse of Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da?
In The Beatles' song Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, the last two verses are essentially the same except Desmond and Molly Jones switch actions. I've included a line by line comparison below with the differences emphasized.
Line by line comparison
Happy ever…
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What instrument makes the lowest note?
I have heard that the classical Indian musical instrument, the Surbahar, makes the lowest audible note of any musical instrument. I am curious what instrument makes the lowest audible note and what that note is in relation to the lowest note on an…
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How can I find more music similar to the ones I like?
I'm having a hard time collecting music I'm interested in through genre. Do I have any options to look for similar music based on a recording / song name?
For example, when browsing a video tagged Music on Youtube, Youtube presents a "Youtube…
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Why did Nas skip out "Bonjour" from his Nasir Film?
On Nas' latest album Nasir, I was wondering if the song Bonjour not featuring in the short film (also called Nasir) had to do with the rumoured copyright issue that delayed the release time or was just a production decision.
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How do electro-swing artists get that old cracky gramophone voice?
When listening to Electro Swing songs such as Booty Swing by Parov Stelar
, I am encountered with the familiar "old voice" in most swing songs that feature a woman singing, but the voice is low quality and the music is full of white noise. I was…
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Who would have been the "US" Beatles if the "UK" Beatles hadn't come along, in an alternative universe?
In a recent paper "The evolution of popular music: USA 1960–2010" published on the Royal Society Open Science website, the authors claim that "... these results suggest that, even if the British did not initiate the American revolution of 1964, they…
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What genre is the background song in Spike's dream scene in *Cowboy Bebop: The Movie*?
I found a video from Cowboy Bebop titled Cowboy Bebop: The Movie [HD] - Spike's Dream Scene (Blu-Ray) on YouTube. I have seen it many times, and I'm really interested in the piano playing in the soundtrack starting at 2:41. Does anyone know what…
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How much different was Prince's income on records sold, given all his roles?
In pop music, it's rare to wear more than one hat.
But a Prince record is typically written, composed, arranged, performed and produced by Prince.
Is anyone in the music industry familiar with the average percentage for each role for a record sold…
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Does anything in Elton John's "Daniel" actually/specifically reference war, or Vietnam?
I recently got Elton John's song "Daniel" in my head, and got curious what it was about - it seemed likely from the lyrics that they might be referring to something specific.
A quick look online says it's an anti-war or at least aftermath-of-war…
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How does 'meter' differ from 'rhythm', in music?
Source: The Complete Classical Music Guide (2012). General Editor: John Burrows OBE HonRCM, edited with Charles Wiffen MMus DMus RCM. pp. 14-16.
Many human activities, such as
running, walking, or dancing, produce
distinctive rhythms, which…
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Is Ghost's "Square Hammer" a cover?
I recently discovered the band "Ghost" and one of their songs named "Square Hammer" sounds so awefully familiar.
Youtube: Ghost - Square Hammer
Is this song a cover or contains some very similar elements from another famous song? Especially the…
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