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What do you call a song that starts with its chorus instead of its verse?
I am listening to the bollywood song "Challa" from the movie: "Jab Tak Hai Jaan 2012".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a4izd3Rvdw
At 00:28, I feel the song suddenly starts with its chorus instead of its verse. What do we call this type of music?
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Is the song "25 ans" by Ben Mazué a cover?
Is there a "original" version of this song 25 ans by Ben Mazué?
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What's definition of 'straight funk'
In "tales from the tourbus" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKWRZBjC95w Mike Judge states that Purple Rain was released during the 'heyday of straight funk, 1984'.
What does he mean by 'straight funk' in this context?
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Background music style of cops movies
Don't really know how to describe it, but I'm looking for the name of style/type of background music used in "funny" cop movies/series. I need the name of it so I can do research and look at different songs for a video-editing project.
Let's say,…
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Why John Mayer is not considered par with other guitarists like BB King, Eric Clapton?
I am confused as to why John Mayer is not considered par with other guitarists like BB King, Eric Clapton, etc. when he can and produces so difficult songs to play even for advanced level guitarists like Neon, Stop this train, and many more.
P.S:…
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Name of this Instrumental Track I've been trying to identify for almost a decade
I have been looking for the name of this song (as well as the artist) for nine years. Here's a link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwLTAjBJlFk
The person who posted it says in the comments that they got it on a mix CD with no track…
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Is there a genre name for these new hip hop like songs with clicking drum machine?
Lately (especially after the release of the Black Panther movie and soundtrack) I hear on the radio and at the street a style of music that uses a specific type of a clicking (alternating between fourths and triplets) drum machine. They seem to…
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Artists like (the late Pakistani singer) Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn
What genre would describe the music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (the late Pakistani superstar singer) and who are the current top singers who authentically embody that same style?
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Tune quoted in Jinkx Monsoon's "Cartoons & Vodka"
From 2:43 to 2:47 in Jinkx Monsoon's "Cartoons & Vodka", where is this tune from? It's so familiar, but I just can't place it.
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What genre of classical music is Caroline Shaw?
I recently had the privilege of hearing Caroline Shaw's "this might also be a form of dreaming" and "Partita for 8 voices".
Some of it sounds familiar, like the myriad of "modern" manic sounding music I've heard but dislike for its "instability".…
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Knife Party - Destroy Them With.. Lasers or Lazers?
I'm building a website which builds Spotify playlists from Last.FM data.
Knife Party - Destroy Them With Lasers/Lazers is one issue I'm trying to work out..
Last.FM spells Laser with a "z" (and redirects "s" to "z").
Spotify spells Laser with an "s"…
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Origins of 'Madchester'
I'm interested in the origins of the term 'Madchester' that was used to describe the Manchester music scene of the late 1980s /early 1990s. The 'Madchester Rave On' EP released by the Happy Mondays in November 1989 is a likely source, but did they…
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Which place does "west side" in Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam's "A 1000 Times" refer to?
This is the line from the lyrics "I left my room, on the west side".
Does this refer to the upper west side in nyc? Does this even refer to a specific place at all?
The music video seems to show some part of nyc (I could be wrong about that…
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Meanings in "Mon Maquis" by Alizée
[well, written by Mylène Farmer, I believe]
So ... I love this song! I feel like it would fit well as an eve-of-battle song in the Lord of the Rings or something. Anyway, I would just like to know what messages are in the lyrics. A full translation…
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What is the meaning of "special option in your car?"
The song Don't Turn Your Back, off of Blue Oyster Cult's album Fire of Unknown Origin, includes the line "You'll use that special option in your car." What does this mean?
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