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How do you find music that matches your steps when running at a normal speed?
Examples:
"Stronger" (Kelly Clarkson) matches my steps at a running speed of
8km/h
"Traveling Light" (Joel Hanson) matches my steps at a running
speed of 6km/h
"Five Hundred Miles" (Justin Timberlake) matches my
steps when slowly…
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What does Johnny Cash refer to when he says he has a “mackinaw?”
In Johnny Cash’s song Country Trash, he says:
I got a mackinaw and a hunting dog
What is a mackinaw? I’m a Michigander myself, so I’m familiar with Mackinac Island and Mackinaw City and the etymology of those names, I’m just unclear as to what a…
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The Dancing Dead
Music Fans Topic Challenge #2 - Dancing
Michael Jackson's Thriller music video was arguably the most influential music video ever, and its iconic zombie dance has been widely imitated in popular culture. But the trope of the dancing dead ("Danse…
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Identify melody used in a production of Waiting for Godot for "the dog song"
I'm exasperatedly seeking the melody behind this scene in a BBC production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, starting here at the 1:04:18 mark. Singing more slowly, with a lilt, feels helpful. Incidentally it reminds me of Schubert's Der Müller…
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Identify MM or MC pickup
I have an old turntable which I now want to connect to my amp via a phono preamp. It of course has inputs for both MC and MM pickups. Since I didn't buy the turntable or the pickup, I don't know which one it is. How can I tell?
PS: I'm not sure if I…
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What is the style/genre of the non-English sections of Panic is Perfect's "Go Go Go"?
Reference music
I'm aware of the the whole song's genre being alternative. But my interest lies in the interlude part only, with non-english vocals (I'm not aware of the language). I've heard this style of music in movies and games, especially the…
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Identifying Celesta Music
I'm trying to identify a piece of music which I believe is being played on a celesta. I have heard it in several places but can only find a couple of examples. These can be found here at 0:03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um_sp2kn9Gc
and here from…
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Can a band (i.e. Linkin Park) survive the loss of a core member?
After Chester committed suicide and broke our hearts, I wondered what will happen next?
Will Linkin Park survive? Is there an example from history where bands were able to recover after losing a core member?
My question: can you give an example…
user3693
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Who was the guy in the B-52's video "Roam"?
In the music video Roam by the B-52's there appears to be an African American B-52 with large hair (not really an Afro but similarly large).
Upon seeing that I though "Oh, cool, the B-52s were more diverse than I thought" but then when I checked out…
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What is the difference between original mix, extended mix, bootleg, and a radio edit in music?
Original mix, extended mix, bootleg, radio edit:
What are these called - versions of audio products?
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What Do The Lyrics Of "O Shenandoah" Refer to?
I've been looking at some arrangements of "O Shenandoah", and am utterly confused about the lyrics. First of all: None make too much sense. I always thought it was about a river, but a good number of online sources such as Wikipedia claim it is…
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Which concert(s) is featured in Aerosmith's "Crazy" videoclip?
In Aerosmith's Crazy videoclip, there are several scenes of the band playing live, which appear to be from the same concert. Yet, I am unable to find a proper reference for this concert. Wikipedia in English and other languages which I sort of…
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Highest ranked popular hits with an uncommon time signature
The song Golden Brown by The Stranglers has a particular time signature on some parts of the song:
|| 3/4 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 ||
This song may be considered as a hit because it ranked top charts in different contries (#2 in UK, #7 in Belgium, #10 in…
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Whose faces are behind the Nimrod stickers on the cover of Green Day's "Nimrod"?
I googled a lot but couldn't find who's faces are behind the Nimrod stickers.
Are they some popular faces?
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Why are there so many "featurings" in released singles nowadays?
My references are Bilboard and Wikipedia.
I was counting how many singles with a "featuring" ranked top 100 in charts last years.
The trend starts increasing in the late-90s/early-2000s and reached such a point that, last years, almost 1/3 of top…
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