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January 26

Kosheen - Catch

While Resist (Kosheen album) says the song "Catch" appeared in it in 2001, Amazon and Discogs say it appeared as a single in 2000 and "Hide U" also says so. Does it mean "Catch" first came out as a single and then was included on the album or is there a factual error somewhere? Thanks. 212.180.235.46 (talk) 16:36, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It used to be common for singles being released prior to the release of an album. In theory, folks would be more inclined to buy an album if there was a song on it that they've already heard. (I personally own several albums with only one or two good songs on it). 2606:A000:1126:28D:B10C:26A0:A0FF:5576 (talk) 17:10, 26 January 2020 (UTC) . . . Also, people wouldn't buy a single if they already have the album.^[1][reply]

See lead single for more detail. --Khajidha (talk) 20:18, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

At an even earlier point, albums were an afterthought. The primary form of release for songs was the single, with albums being put together later from multiple successful singles. As for not people buying the single if they already have the album, this could be countered by giving later singles non-album tracks as their B-sides. But the original poster is probably too young to understand what "B-sides" were..... God, I feel old.--Khajidha (talk) 13:09, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

January 27

Barbie princess pauper

redundant question. Already asked at WP:RDM. --Jayron 32 13:21, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_as_the_Princess_and_the_Pauper I know that classic is opinionated and a word that's chucked around a lot and I used to ask a lot of questions about it on here however I've given that up. One day I was on here looking at barbie film and it turns out its classic. It's a word that is arguable on whether its a classic or not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:7427:6B00:2D82:A885:55F2:C5D2 (talk) 12:13, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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What is the musical instrument on "Eye of the Tiger"?

I would have said a bass guitar, but there is also a bass guitar with low notes less frequently than what I would call the lead instrument, which has very frequent very short notes.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:40, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

All I hear is bass, electric guitar, drums, and piano. And judging by the instruments shown at about the 1:25 mark, I think I'm right. †dismas†|^(talk) 22:56, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking the very fast guitar is not the one played more slowly later.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 23:01, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK, the opening "chugga chugga" is an electric guitar played with palm muting. There's the big "zhooooop" that comes in at about 8-9 seconds that's a backwards piano chord. And then there's the "DUN...DUN DUN DUN" big part that comes in after that, which is the other electric guitar, piano, bass, and drums all playing together. Then the drum goes to the straight rock groove, and the lead guitar takes the main riff, while the bass goes to quarter notes on the root of the chord. The lead guitar drops out for a measure, and then there's an eighth note pickup where the piano plays that one chord before the vocals come in with the "Rising up". The bass and drums keep the same groove throughout, bass playing quarter notes and drums playing the simple "kick-snare-kick-snare" pattern. The bass does play a little lick at the end of some measures for some flavor, and the drums play occasional fills after every verse section. That's about it. Other than the backwards piano chord bit, there's nothing too complex or weird. Just a straight 4/4 rock groove with the bass playing quarter notes, the "chugga-chugga" rhythm guitar playing palm muted chords, the piano adding some accents, and the lead guitar playing the main riffs and solos. Not sure which instrument you were looking for, but that's all of them. --Jayron 32 12:18, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

With that analysis did you notice the bad cut that left an extra note in the intro? It isn't an obvious cut in mp3 format, but in vinyl, the splice is more noticeable. I've always assumed the editor miscounted and cut one note too late. 135.84.167.41 (talk) 13:37, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I had not noticed that, perhaps I will give it a listen and see if I can find it. --Jayron 32 14:28, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is the very beginning. It goes (if you are counting beats): 1 . 3&4 1&2 3&4... 1 . 3&4 1&2 x 3&4... The 'x' is where there is an extra beat. However, when I taught high school back in the 80s and our marching band played the song, they didn't include the 5-beat measure. They played it as a standard 4-beat measure, omitting the extra beat. 135.84.167.41 (talk) 15:12, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I just listened to it, and I only heard the "DUN DUN DUN" chords delayed at that point x, not where you'd expect them, but not breaking the 4/4 beat. The intro stays within the 4/4 beat without breaking it. There's no 5/4 and no extra beat. ---Sluzzelin talk 15:31, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is after the dun-dun-dun part. It is not the bass. It is the guitar intro. To my untrained ear, it sounds like the chords A AGA AGA AEF A AGA AGA x AEF. The x is an extra beat, and I'm not certain it is a whole beat. In Audacity, I can measure the gap between the first AGA to AEF and the gap between the second AGA to AEF. The second one is almost twice as long as the first one. However, it is very possible that there is more than one release of the song. I heard it on the radio when it came out and immediately noticed the gap. Then, on the record, I heard it. I have no knowledge of hearing it on a re-release or anything like that. Of course, this entire subtopic is drifting very far away from the question. 135.84.167.41 (talk) 16:56, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

drifting off some more This SongFacts quote by Jim Peterik is interesting: "I started doing that now-famous dead string guitar riff and started slashing those chords to the punches we saw on the screen, and the whole song took shape in the next three days" [2] ---Sluzzelin talk 21:09, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jayron32, thanks, it is the "chugga chugga" I was asking about, I believe. Since that is the sound that is so distinctive in this song, I thought it would be obvious what I was asking about. And in the first few seconds of the linked video, it's the only thing I can hear.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:10, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect. That's an electric guitar playing power chords with a lot of palm muting and a clean tone (no distortion). --Jayron 32 18:16, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Since all I hear is one note played very fast, I don't understand how that is a chord. But "dead string guitar riff" sounds like that must be it.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:03, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Looked into it myself. I had thought it was a C5 chord, but checking several online tabs, there seems to be agreement it's just a palm-muted C note. Good ear. --Jayron 32 13:05, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

January 29

Boudica's Boys

In Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, the British 3rd Battalion is known as "Boudica's Boys". The game is generally historically accurate (not exclusively, however). Was there such a group? Was 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment known as Boudica's Boys? Was/is there other (non-parachute) 3rd Battalion regiments? My searching only finds references to the game. 107.15.157.44 (talk) 17:44, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I can find zero references to the phrase that are not about the specific video game in question. It appears to be unique to that game. --Jayron 32 17:53, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Me neither, nor is Boudica mentioned in our list of nicknames of British Army regiments, though there are nine examples of other regiments nicknamed "______ Boys" there. ---Sluzzelin talk 18:17, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that list. "Bodica's Boys" exclusion from the list pretty much answers the question (assuming the accuracy of Wikipedia, which one is advised not to do). 107.15.157.44 (talk) 18:26, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Our article on 3 Para which you linked above lists their nicknames as "Three Pongo" and "Gungy Third". Note that Boudica would have most likely been taught in school as "Boadicea" in those days and still was in the 1960s when I was a lad.

To answer the last part of your question, since the Napoleonic Wars, almost every British infantry regiment has had two battalions, one of which was on active service while the other was at home training up new recruits. By the end of the 19th century, there was usually a third battalion too, rotating between the home depot and service around the empire. Often a fourth battalion would be formed by part-time Territorial Army soldiers. In the First World War, the need for numerous other battalions quickly arose; the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) for example, had 42 battalions by 1918. In the post-war era, old regiments have often been amalgamated into larger "family" regiments, with individual battalions retaining their traditions of their parent unit; for instance, the Black Watch is now the 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland. Alansplodge (talk) 14:57, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the interesting background info. 107.15.157.44 (talk) 15:48, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

January 30

Grammys

How does voting work at the Grammys? Who votes and how many of them are there? What is the system for compiling the votes? 68.129.97.180 (talk) 18:14, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See here for the answers to your questions. --Jayron 32 18:46, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's at least easier to answer than "Why are we here?" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:03, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The best source IMO comes straight from the Recording Academy itself. From what I also gather on the FAQ, basically any member of the Recording Academy who is in good standing, and has creative or technical credits on at least twelve commercially released tracks, is eligible to vote on the final ballots. A voting member may only vote in up to 15 categories related to their genre field of expertise, but everyone may vote in the four general categories of Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist. Voting is apparently now done online through the academy's membership site, and apparently uses first-past-the-post voting (a voter selects their preferred choice for each category, and the one who receives the most votes wins). This source dated Aug 2019 says that 12,000 of the Academy's total 21,000 members are eligible to vote.

Nominations are a different story. The first step is an entry submission, where any good standing academy member or recording company can submit names of who they think should be nominated. Entries are then screened by screening committees to double check if they are eligible to be nominated and if they were placed in the appropriate category. Then depending on the award category, either the full voting membership casts ballots to determine its nominees (e.g. the top five or whatever vote-getters are the nominees), a specialized panel decides its nominees, or a combination of both. Zzyzx11 (talk) 21:47, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

February 1

ST: Enterprise

They're showing Shockwave (Star Trek: Enterprise) and I begin to think this show is just insufferable. Do they use time travel to fix all their problems everywhere in the whole series? Someone else here watches it so I see it sort of automatically, but maybe I'll start going out of my way to avoid it. I've only seen a few episodes and it has some likeable elements but the whole Time Cop thing is bad juju for any sf story. Babylon 5 barely got away with it but ST seems nowhere near competent enough to even try. Thanks. 2601:648:8202:96B0:0:0:0:E118 (talk) 08:42, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Time travel to solve problems has been used quite often in the history of the series. TOS - Tomorrow Is Yesterday, Assignment: Earth among others. The film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Rather than type the rest just see Category:Star Trek time travel episodes. It should be noted that it is a long time trope in SciFi in general. MarnetteD|Talk 22:26, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

But, to answer the specific question: No, "time travel to fix all their problems" is not what the show is about. Most of the time it's either willingness to negotiate with aliens, or technical ingenuity. On the other hand, there are quite a few time-travel episodes over the run of the series, including some that resolve major ongoing plot elements. --142.112.159.101 (talk) 05:41, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks both of you. Time travel in SF can work ok as a one-shot device, but ENT is an arc series, and imho it becomes a hopeless mess if there are characters travelling back and forth multiple times destroying causality in the story. The blue jumpsuits also make the crew members look like janitors. Oh well. 2601:648:8202:96B0:0:0:0:E118 (talk) 19:13, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Translation to Krakowiaczek

Does anyone have a translation to Krakowiaczek ?

Krakowiaczek jeden
mial koników siedem.
Pojechal na wojnę,
Zostal mu się jeden.

Krakowianka jedna
miala chlopca z drewna
i dziewczynke z wosku,
wszystko po krakowsku.

Krakowiaczek jeden
Miał koników siedem
Pojechał na wojnę
Został mu się jeden

Siedem lat wojował
Szabli nie wyjmował
Szabla zardzewiała
Wojny nie widziała

Krakowianka jedna
Miała chłopca z drewna
A buciki z wosku
Wszystko po krakowsku

Krakowiaczek ci ja
Krakowskiej natury
Kto mi wejdzie w drogę
Ja na niego z góry

Krakowiaczek ci ja
Któż nie przyzna tego
Siedemdziesiąt kółek
U pasika mego

Krakowiaczek ci ja
Z czerwona czapeczką
Szyta kierezyja
Bucik z podkóweczką

Gra mi wciąż muzyka
A kółka trzepocą
Jak małe księżyce
W blasku się migocą

Krakowiaczek jeden
Miał koników siedem
Pojechał na wojnę
Został mu się jeden

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.127.102.118 (talk) 09:14, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You want Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language. This is the entertainment desk, which is mostly about movies and TV shows in English. translate.google.com gives some intelligible output though. I added <poem> tags to put line breaks in the right places for you. 2601:648:8202:96B0:0:0:0:E118 (talk) 09:42, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mama Lisa has one (not sure if all the verses you posted are there, but there are quite a few): Krakowiaczek jeden. ---Sluzzelin talk 14:21, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

February 2

Which board game is this?

I played this board game at the Tapiola library in Espoo, Finland but I forgot its name. Can anyone identify it? JIP | Talk 14:23, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Taluva --Viennese Waltz 14:39, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Naming Piper Tune

Does someone know the name of the tune by 00:42 to 00:49 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amNF_F6oeRU the Dueling Pipers? Thank you 2003:F5:6F06:9B00:808A:6327:4B4:53F7 (talk) 15:17, 2 February 2020 (UTC) MPB[reply]

What's the median field position of the start of an NFL drive?

Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:18, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Places to start your search. MarnetteD|Talk 18:32, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 ::But, to answer the specific question: No, "time travel to fix all their problems" is not what the show is about.  Most of the time it's either willingness to negotiate with aliens, or technical ingenuity. On the other hand, there are quite a few time-travel episodes over the run of the series, including some that resolve major ongoing plot elements.  --[[Special:Contributions/142.112.159.101|142.112.159.101]] ([[User talk:142.112.159.101|talk]]) 05:41, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
+::Thanks both of you.  Time travel in SF can work ok as a one-shot device, but ENT is an arc series, and imho it becomes a hopeless mess if there are characters travelling back and forth multiple times destroying causality in the story.  The blue jumpsuits also make the crew members look like janitors.  Oh well.  [[Special:Contributions/2601:648:8202:96B0:0:0:0:E118|2601:648:8202:96B0:0:0:0:E118]] ([[User talk:2601:648:8202:96B0:0:0:0:E118|talk]]) 19:13, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 == Translation to Krakowiaczek  ==