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What are name and other examples for the type of break/tempo change near the end of "Be our guest"
My 5 year old daughter is obsessed with the new (2017) version of "Beauty and the Beast" and we are listening to the music non stop for weeks and albeit being a musical grouch it really grew on me.
One thing keeps nagging on me though and drives me…
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Why was Fatboy Slim credited for "Praise You"?
From what I can tell, "Praise You" consists almost entirely of a modified from "Take Yo' Praise" by Camille Yarbrough, with a few other samples thrown in.
It seems to me it should be labeled as a remix of that song, and Fatboy Slim would be…
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Did Prince and Sheila E. really record her debut album, The Glamorous Life, in a week?
In an interview with Essence from 14 July 2017 Sheila E. tells the following story about her debut album, The Glamorous Life:
What memories do you have of recording your debut, The Glamorous Life,
with Prince?
We recorded at Sunset Sound…
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History of the Guitar in Rock 'n' Roll music
Since when guitars were used in Rock 'n' Roll music? Not necessarily as lead instrument. The wiki page says
In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but…
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Is there any evidence that Georg Friedrich Händel was gay?
Händel, one of the two greatest baroque composers, and one of the greatest composers of all time, seems to have lived a very discreet personal life. All biographies I've read never mention anything about a love life. My curiosity grew out of a…
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How can artists make money when their albums and videos are free on YouTube?
Remember, Thriller made by MJ, he never released for free. still It is in Guinness world records for Highest selling album.
Music rappers like Taylor swift, Justin Bieber etc, releasing their albums for free in youtube under VEVO channel. then how…
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What was The Grand Tour?
In some of my readings, I come across some passing mentions that Vancouver was a stop on the Grand Tour and that was a contributing factor in it developing a lot of infrastructure for musical performance. But I can't find any information on what…
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Need help finding pre-HipHop black protest music
I'm looking for albums comparable to Curtis Mayfield's self-titled album, Marvin Gaye's What's Goin' On, Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life, etc. -- in short, politically-oriented Motown.
More broadly, I'd love to find an entry point into what…
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What is the easy way to identify the soundtrack from any Hollywood movie?
I have a timeline where the music starts in a movie and have a sample audio of it.
For movies, IMDB and Wikipedia show different soundtracks, and some match while some others don't.
It is very difficult for me to search each and every song to match…
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Funk Bass Figures
So I was listening to a relatively obscure hit from New Brunswick made in 1965. The one thing I noticed about the song was that while it was clearly rock, the bassline was funky. As in, the bassline, at least in specific passages, was what you…
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Why does Nancy Sinatra roll off stage at the end of "Bang Bang"?
There's a video version of "Bang Bang", sung by Nancy Sinatra. She sings the song while lying/sitting on stage. At the end, she rolls off the stage.
It looks like it may have been for a live-in-studio pop/rock show.
What was the reason for her…
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Name of the piano piece in the Argerich documentary "Bloody Daughter"
I would like to know the name of the piano piece from the documentary "Bloody Daughter". The scene with the music starts 1:22:18 which is near the end of the movie. The piece is played by Martha Argerich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwiIqNjlfgU
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About Jimi Hendrix
Why is Jimi Hendrix called the Father of Guitar? What are the unique playing-style of guitar about him. There are many best guitarist like G-3, Jimmy Pages, Eric Clapton, etc. What are the difference between them? Well they have different styles of…
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Eluveitie - "The Call of the Mountains". What the children's choir is singing at the end?
Does anyone know the language and the text of what the children's choir is singing at the end of the song?
I've searched over the internet, but found nothing.
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Is "The Suburbs" the sequel to "Funeral", both by Arcade Fire?
The famous and successful The Suburbs by Arcade Fire won the Album of the Year by its eccentric alternative rock vibe. The album tells the story of a grown and metropolized person who thinks back of childhood life with purity, exploration, and even…
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