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What car make/model was used for the engine roar in the studio recording of KISS's "Detroit Rock City"?
Given that it was in the '70s when 8 cylinders were abundant, there could be many. Has it ever been revealed — an interview, a book, someone with really good ears — what car that is?
Here is a clip
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1Burzum1 meaning in Black Metal
When I look up releases by Norweigian Black Metal band Burzum on ebay, it's always listed as 1Burzum, 1Burzum1, or Burzum1. Does anyone know why the 1's are there? There are no listings I can see with just the band's name, "Burzum". I'm curious…
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What does John Lennon mean when he references Betty Rollin's legs on the Dick Cavett show
This is an interview of John Lennon on the Dick Cavett show. He keeps mentioning Betty Rollin's legs as some kind of joke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kXCnKfdGOY
I'm just wondering whether anyone knew what this refers to. Here's a clip of the…
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In the folk song "The Wild Rover," how did the narrator get the money he has in the tavern?
In the Irish folk song "The Wild Rover," the narrator has been spending his money on beer for a long time, many years (and maybe living nomadically). He regrets this very much and resolves to mend his ways, especially since his drinking has made him…
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Measure numbers proper name
What are these measure numbers called. I could have just answered my own question there. See highlighted below. Who decides these? Is it the composer? You see I have noticed sometimes they are in spaces of five bars apart, other times a little…
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Did John Lennon condemn the Free Love ideology on the 1970 track "Working Class Hero"?
It's safe to say that the Beatles had a pretty good time in the Sixties. They were certainly at the forefront of the hippie movement, a central aspect of which was the Free Love ideology.
However, in Lennon's 1970 song Working Class Hero, he…
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Do genres have anything to do with what we like?
Many people say that one of the main purposes of genres and subgenres is to identify what we as individuals like to hear and what we don't like to hear. Here is a small selection of the artists I listen to:
Windir, Linkin Park, Nirvana, Adele,…
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Is Santiano's "Mädchen von Haithabu" intentionally very similar to Tha Mi Sgith?
An excerpt from this Wikipedia page:
Santiano is a German band from the northern region of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, whose genres include Irish folk, sea shanty, and schlager music. The name Santiano is taken from the Hugues Aufray song of the…
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Are there any artists who have written original lyrics in languages they don't speak?
And no, I don't mean Pitbull saying "Uno, dos, tre, quattro".
I'm wondering if there have been any instances of songwriters writing most or all of the lyrics to an original song in a language or dialect they aren't fluent in, perhaps even an extinct…
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Cannot identify strange ‘ringing’ noise right towards the end of Mahler’s 8th Symphony
There’s a strange ‘ringing’ — best word I can use to describe the sound — right at the end of Mahler’s 8th Symphony, and I can’t work out if it’s woodwinds or another family, although it doesn’t sound like the strings.
MAHLER | Symphony no. 8 |…
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What are the 'Non-European' 'Classical' musics?
As a French, I've heard many classical musics so far, as instance, among plenty others:
Symphony No. 40 In G Minor, K.550 — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op.125 'Choral': Ode to Joy — Ludwig van Beethowen
Toccata and Fugue in D…
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What is this theme by Vivaldi called?
What is this piece by Vivaldi called? It's Exercise 97 in Noad's "Solo Guitar Playing 1" book, with no explanation other than "Theme by Vivaldi".
You can hear a recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Oqnf3R-JNo
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Is changing the grammar of a song's lyrics correct?
I have frequently seen that certain people post, on certain websites, lyrics of a certain song with a cleaning, a grammatical cleaning. For instance, take the song See See Rider by Big bill broonzy. Here is a link: http://youtu.be/3hIcF_1DTFg
As an…
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Genre which is purely rhythmic
I am interested in music which is purely rhythmic (where there is little variation in notes and instruments, the main interest of the music is the rhythmic patterns) preferably with unusual rhythmic patterns.
Is there any sub genre which corresponds…
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Boston DJs Brian and Ivan of Shizm contact info
20 years ago there were very good house DJs named Brian and Ivan of Shizm. They released excellent mixes on a website which is no longer active. Ten years later, I dug deep and could find that Ivan had a forum on Yahoo: I wrote him an email and he…
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