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Where did synth-pop and electro-pop come from, and what it's difference?
I recognize that they're both using synthesizer on their songs, that I think that they're came from the same roots, but nowadays they likely to expand their type.
For example, I define The 1975 (band)...
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Why artists/bands do not always include lyrics' sheet in their albums? [closed]
Some albums do not include any lyrics' sheet, but often the lyrics are officially available (for free) on artists' website.
Does that means that words are considered less important than music, and in ...
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What differentiates the 808 kicks from others?
I know the origin of 808 bass kicks is the Roland TR-808 drum machine.
But what differentiates them from the bass kicks of other drum machines?
What made them so widespread, even today? Isn't there ...
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Why is Chuck Berry's music mostly the same rhythm with differnt lyrics?
I have started listening to many of Chuck Berry’s songs. I noticed there are three or four different identifiable rhythms he uses in his songs. Most of his songs start off with one of the rhythms and ...
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Is a “brown-eyed girl” black?
Wikipedia reports, of Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl”:
Originally titled “Brown-Skinned Girl,” Morrison changed it to “Brown Eyed Girl” when he recorded it. . . . It has also been stated that the ...
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Blues and “big-legged women”
Several blues and rock songs refer to “big-legged” women, like Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog”:
I don’t know, but I’ve been told
A big-legged woman ain’t got no soul
and Albert King’s “Born Under a ...
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Meaning of "Bakerman" by Laid Back
I've always wondered if the lyrics of Bakerman by Laid Back have a deeper meaning. It basically consists of the lines:
Bakerman is baking bread
,
Sagabona kunjani wena
(Which means as much as "...
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Was "All for you" by Imagine Dragons ever released?
The movie Transformers: Age of Extinction (which, as a side note, is very bad) features two songs by Imagine Dragons: "Battle Cry" and "All for you". The first one was released on the OST and as a ...
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Is it a coincidence that the acronym SNSD is the same in Korean and Chinese?
SNSD is a Korean pop group otherwise known as Girls' Generation outside of Asian.
In Korean, it is "So Nyeo Shi Dae", to be honest I can almost pronounce it the same in Chinese. In Chinese it is 少女時代 ...
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Full lyrics of favorite camp song (called "Gypsy Song") containing "… faria faria-O" [closed]
I’m looking for the English lyrics to a song I learned at summer camp. It was called "Gypsy Song".
The refrain was
Set the forest and mountains ringing with faria faria-O
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When did the "standard drumkit" become popular in music
When did the standard drum kit become popular in music. My definition of standard drum kit being:
snare drum
bass drum
hi-hat
cymbal(s)
tom-tom(s)
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Lyrics for the rap in "She Drives Me Wild" by Michael Jackson
This is regarding the song She Drives Me Wild from the album Dangerous by Michael Jackson.
I have checked in many places on the Internet but the lyrics for the rap portion in this song are not ...
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Panther sequence in Black or White by Michael Jackson
Why did Michael Jackson decide to end the Black or White music video (which otherwise talked about peace, love, fearlessness and harmony) with a black panther turning into Jackson and wrecking stuff?
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Rock and metal albums recorded with symphony orchestras [closed]
I am looking for rock and metal bands who recorded albums with real orchestras. Examples:
Scorpions And Berliner Philharmoniker - Moment Of Glory (2000)
Within Temptation and Metropole Orchestra - ...
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In simple layman terms, what is the Loudness War?
Metallica's Death Magnetic is known for having compromised sound quality in order to sound louder, we hear that it is thanks to the Loudness War.
What is it? What impact does it have on music fans?
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Was "Rice Rice Baby" a Weird Al Yankovic song?
I remember hearing the parody song "Rice Rice Baby" on the radio in the early 1990s, back when Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" was getting a lot of airplay. I always wondered who did that song.
Doing a ...
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Everything You Do Is a Balloon - meaning
Boards of Canada have released a song entitled Everything You Do Is a Balloon that appeared on Hi Scores.
Has it ever been officially explained by the duo what does that song title mean? Or is it ...
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Why exactly did the jury find copyright infringement in the case of Blurred Lines?
I’ve listened to parts of Blurred Lines and Marvin Gaye’s Got to Give It Up, and I don't get it. I hear similarities, but no song can be entirely new, here in this century.
What were the specific ...
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Musical difference between "Chicago blues" and "Detroit blues"
When hearing a song for the first time, how can I tell whether it is Chicago blues or Detroit blues?
Chicago blues and Detroit blues each have their own article on Wikipedia, the latter saying that ...
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What happened to Duffy?
Does anybody know what happened to Duffy? Her last album was released five years ago, hardly any live performance the last years, too.
Any news for a new album? Or did she just give up?
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Gospel music, specific term for a certain style
Gospel is a very broad term for a lot of different genres and styles of music.
I really enjoy the "toe-tapping", "black gospel" variant, including songs as
"Oh happy day"
"I go to the rock"
"I can ...
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Why do we associate different types of music with different behaviour?
Why is it that we associate metal and dubstep, for example, with aggressive behaviour, and we associate classical music with calm behavior? Is it based on superstition, or is there something else ...
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What are some recordings by parody artists that exploit Common Meter for humorous effect?
Common meter, also known as ballad meter, is poetic meter where lines alternate having four accented syllables followed by three accented syllables. It is common in traditional hymns (Amazing Grace, ...
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Identifying term for songs with slow stomp bass tempo
I have heard songs from many different genres from rock to rap to techno with this same kind of core slow stomping percussion beat. Example songs are:
God's Gonna Cut You Down by Johnny Cash
When the ...
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Why did Elvis Presley never tour overseas?
Elvis Presley was immensely popular around the world. Surely he could have drawn huge audiences and made a ton of money if he toured overseas. But he never performed anywhere overseas. What was the ...
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What or who is The Brighton Port Authority?
What (or who) exactly is "The Brighton Port Authority"? Is it just a pseudonym of the solo artist Norman Cook (aka. Fatboy Slim), or is it a music group founded by Norman Cook?
What I found so far:
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Did the "Call 911 now!" sample in Skrillex's "First of the Year (Equinox)" come from a YouTube video?
In Skrillex's song "First of the Year (Equinox)" (listen on Spotify), there is a sample of someone shouting, "Call 911 now!".
I've heard that this sample was taken from a YouTube video of some ...
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What are the top three recording studios of all time in terms of having sold the most songs?
There are a lot of famous recording studios, but which of them can claim responsibility for producing output that has resulted in the most song sales? (That is, all sales including as single releases ...
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Definition of the cyberpunk genre?
How is the cyberpunk genre defined?
Wikipedia says:
Some musicians and acts have been classified as cyberpunk due to their aesthetic style and musical content. Often dealing with dystopian visions ...
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Apart from Frank & Nancy Sinatra, have any other parent & child both individually made it to number one in the singles charts?
Frank Sinatra has a bunch of number ones (including apparently the first Billboard #1, I'll Never Smile Again); Nancy made it with These Boots Are Made for Walkin'.
Have any other parent and child ...
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Is the song "Paradise City" written about a specific city?
In the song Paradise City by Guns N' Roses, is the "Paradise City" referenced by the song and its title based on an actual city similar to how "The Jungle" in Welcome to the Jungle refers to L.A.?
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Is there a canonical answer as to why Ozzy Osbourne won't sing any Dio-era Black Sabbath songs in concert?
I have never heard of Ozzy doing a Dio-era song live in Black Sabbath. IMO, some of their best material is on Heaven & Hell and The Mob Rules.
Has anyone in Black Sabbath ever said why they don't ...
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What band(s) is Spinal Tap based on?
This Is Spinal Tap is very iconic spoof of a documentary of a rock band, but what band or bands is Spinal
Tap actually based on?
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What is the oldest still running music festival?
What is the oldest still running music festival? 1970 - Pinkpop festival is at least a start, but I'm sure there are older ones.
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What is the largest concert performed?
What and when is the largest concert performed in terms of paying attendees?
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Why is rock music not on the charts anymore? [closed]
The days of bands Pink Floyd and Metallica topping the charts are long gone, and I'm really unsure as to why? When and why did rock music die off in popularity and electronic music take over?
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Why do some songs end up as catchy tunes?
In Germany we say: "Ich habe einen Ohrwurm", which means something like: "I got a catchy tune in my head".
Is there a reason why some songs do this to us?
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How does a record label work? [closed]
A lot of artists have their records associated with a record label. When I search for records under a specific label, the results usually resemble or relate to each other, so I use it as a way to ...
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What's up with Spinal Tap's drummer situation?
According to various sources I could find, Spinal Tap has had somewhere between 4-20+ drummers throughout their career. My question is sort of two part:
How is there such a discrepancy in the numbers?...
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How can I tell what quality/bitrate the audio stream is on a YouTube video I'm watching?
Main question as per title!
Also interested in whether it's always the same format of audio (compression technique etc.) or if it depends on the audio stream in the uploaded video? Also, does the ...
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Are the lyrics of Yoko Kanno's "Moon" gibberish or intelligible?
Are the lyrics of Yoko Kanno’s song Moon meaningless (as in using pseudowords, gibberish, scat singing or similar), or are the lyrics in some kind of language?
Maybe a fictional language constructed ...
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What is a "jazz standard"?
this is a song by ... which became jazz standards.
What is a jazz standard? Is it a jazz song which becomes so popular that everybody plays it?
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What's the difference between scoring and arranging?
Sometimes, I read "this song was arranged by someone", and "this song was scored by somebody else".
What's the difference between scoring some music and arranging it?
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Was The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" the first released record to contain a sample of another released record?
The Beatles' Yellow Submarine contains a cut-up of a Sousa march that apparently came from another record (as described in http://www.beatlesebooks.com/yellow-submarine). Was this the first instance ...
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Was the radio talk in "Right Here, Right Now" real or created for the song?
The version of Fatboy Slim’s Right Here, Right Now from the album You've Come a Long Way, Baby ends with this radio talk:
[Host] WBCN, and who’s this?
[Caller] Hey, this is Brad, this is Brad, this ...
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Audio CD with PC-application/other content
I remember putting some audio CD in the computer a long time ago, and there was extra content in form of videos, as well as an interactive application (maybe flash based). I think Ed Hunter - Iron ...
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Bands that have split up, then using same band name? [closed]
are there any bands that has been split (because of artistic differences or whatever reason) and then after continued playing/releasing albums using the same/similar band name?
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"Corn Cob Blues" - real story?
There’s a song by John Hartford called "Corn Cob Blues", from a 1967 album.
The song’s about a cowboy singer promoting the wedding of a member of his backing crew, and the thoughts of the groom ...
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What is a "warm" sound?
What does it mean for a sound to be warm? What does a sound need to have to be "warmer" than other?
We often hear this associated with analog systems. "analog warmth", "the warmth of vinyl". What is ...
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reasons behind K - pop success
K-pop seems to be much more successful (compared to other Asian genres and even most countries in the world) in spreading its influence rapidly across the globe. What are some reasons behind this ...
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