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When was this song first presented? (Город Детства by Эдиты Пьехи)
I found this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukiNvFHLQF0
where it says 1966 but I wonder whether it has been published earlier.
Город Детства by Эдиты Пьехи
Is somebody able to search russian web for that information? My russian not good enough…
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What is the song "Unstoppable" by Posthumus famous for?
I recently was browsing Spotify, and I came across Unstoppable by E.S. Posthumus. It's an awesome song, but it sounds really familiar... I don't watch Sherlock Holmes, so I know I didn't first hear it on there.
Anyone know where this song was used…
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I'm hooked on Ry Cooder's 'Paris, Texas' soundtrack. Where can I look for more like that?
I don't know how this kind of country is called, the names of those who play it, but I know I need more!
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Best of Rockabilly
I'd like to know some of the best or better known artist of the Rockabilly scene. Not current artist. The classic from the 50s-60s.
Thank you!
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Recording LP Records
I have over 400 LP records. About half of them are classical, many of which are European imports (such as DDG, Das Alte Werk, Argo, and Seraphim). Many of my LPs are also jazz (such as Ellington, Davis, Getz, and Modern Jazz Quartet).
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What's a head banging rock song?
What makes a rock song "head banging"? When is a rock called head banging?
Could you also list a few popular head banging rock songs?
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What other genres or subgenres has Current Value taken on?
I'm a pretty big fan of a drum and bass producer known as Current Value. Easily one of my favourite artists specialising in the darker types of drum & bass.
But I've been wondering, has he ever attempted a different subgenre other than Neurofunk or…
user927
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How did Spotify get all the music?
It seems that pretty much all music with any amount of popularity (at least here in the West) is available to be played on Spotify, unless someone has explicitly removed their songs - but notable examples of this (like Neil Young, famously) seem few…
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Industrial Music- What Happened to the Genre? Where did it Go?
My absolute favorite type of music has always been industrial. Bands like Rammstein, Skinny Puppy, or My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult. Even my real-world style has been defined at it's core by such bands and their aesthetics. Why does it seem to…
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What exactly is "Funk / Soul" genre?
I am using mp3tag to access Discogs database to clean up MP3 tags in my 4000+ items library. For surprisingly large number of results I am getting:
Funk / Soul
entry as the only or one of the genres.
What exactly is this?
Shouldn't this be treated…
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Why are vinyl RPM and tape speed the way they are?
I've two related questions.
[1] Analogue record players rotate the disk at 16⅔, 33⅓, 45 or 78 RPM - apart from the first two values, there's no obvious relationship between all those figures. Why were those particular values chosen?
[2] Analogue…
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Why do CD "releases" often contain only one big, long FLAC file instead of individual track files?
I have noticed that many lossless (pirate) releases of CDs don't contain each track as its own FLAC file. Instead, there is one big FLAC file of the entire disc, with every track baked together, and then there is a separate .cue file which just…
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Where did Eddie Van Halen comment that everything resets in the music industry about every 10 years?
I remember reading a comment from Eddie Van Halen in a music or guitar magazine a few decades ago, about how every 10 years or so there's a reset in the music industry, and a new style or approach to music makes it easy for beginners to get started,…
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What is the first recorded instance of a stage name?
To me, it seems as though stage names did not become very common until recently. Maybe I am wrong, but either way, this got me wondering what the first recorded instance of a stage name is. I am curious to see how far back in time it is and which…
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How is the Super Bowl halftime musician and show determined?
Rihanna is headlining this year's Super Bowl Halftime show. Who selects the musician each year, and what is the process for selecting the headliner?
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