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February 21

Dustin Hoffman - Comedy films

What comedy films did Dustin Hoffman star in?5.81.235.210 (talk) 18:12, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Browse through his films for more info. Check out I Heart Huckabees, for instance. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 19:53, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I paid good money and sat through that movie, waiting patiently for the laughs that never came. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:22, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If it was really billed as a "philosophical comedy", that's a sign to "run away!" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:15, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tootsie comes to mind. StuRat (talk) 20:59, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

While not a full fledged comedy Little Big Man (film) has many humorous moments. When it comes to Ishtar (film) .... welt funny can be in the eye of the beholder. MarnetteD|Talk 17:33, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"welt funny" may be a good description of Ishtar. StuRat (talk) 17:57, 22 February 2016 (UTC) [reply]

Swee'Pea?

No doubt someone will tell me this belongs on the talk page of the page in question, but I note in the Popeye article that it claims that Popeye's baby Swee'Pea is a boy. I have been under the impression that Swee'Pea was female ever since I was born and my father gave me that nickname - so I guess he was under that impression too. Can anyone give me a reference for the gender of Swee'Pea please?--TammyMoet (talk) 14:25, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Although "Swee'pea"/"Swee'Pea"/"Sweetpea"/"Sweet Pea" is a term of affection that is more commonly used toward girls and women, as in the song Sweet Pea, Popeye's Swee'pea is definitely a he boy-kid. John M Baker (talk) 20:12, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in mind that back in Popeye's day, there was nothing weird about a boy-kid wearing a frilly, silly gown. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:55, February 21, 2016 (UTC)

I can tell you from looking at baby pictures of my own relatives from a century ago, unless they're labeled you often can't tell if they're boys or girls. Though by age 4 or 5 the boys were usually wearing miniature suits, like Little Lord Fauntleroy. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:16, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Smash hit new comedy program"

How can TV stations, in good conscience, market upcoming new programs, which by definition nobody but the makers (and perhaps certain critics, and people involved in the marketing) have yet seen, as "hit" or "smash" or any other words that signify actual popularity? Something can't be a "hit" with the viewing public until they've actually seen it and made their own decision. Something can't "smash" ratings or box-office takings or whatever, until it's actually been released and the viewing public have actually seen it. No?

Or is my premise false? Are these new shows shown to selected audiences first, whence come these assessments, before being unleashed to the wider public? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:10, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There are often focus groups having a look first. But mostly, pitchmen are bullshit artists. If calling their show a smash hit make it sound watchable, and neither of those words really has a solid definition, it's fair game. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:03, February 21, 2016 (UTC)

Spiffy, no? InedibleHulk (talk) 22:07, February 21, 2016 (UTC)

But not relatively spiffy. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:16, February 21, 2016 (UTC)

And ultimately the public will decide. As Dick Clark said during the Payola hearings, "No amount of hype can turn a dud into a hit." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:10, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kanye West, do you want more examples? The Quixotic Potato (talk) 22:12, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

CM Punk! InedibleHulk (talk) 00:58, February 23, 2016 (UTC)

On that note, I just read that the worst fight ever was a ratings smasher. Figure that one out, Dick. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:51, February 23, 2016 (UTC)

Pretty much the same applies in book publishing. As an ex-bookseller, I often saw newly published books being touted as a "bestseller", even having it printed on their dust jackets weeks before their official, embargoed publication date. In fact, they'd be described as such months before publication, when the publishers' sales reps were soliciting me for orders. The fact is, anything can be made at least a temporary bestseller if the publishers spend enough on marketing and publicity. Whether the book actually merits it and becomes a long-term seller is another matter – The Far Pavilions, for example, had a huge marketing push when first published, but one doesn't hear it mentioned much today. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 185.74.232.130 (talk) 15:32, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. Aren't laws about misleading and deceptive conduct designed to prevent such fraudulent claims?

I had The Far Pavilions in my bookshelves for a couple of decades, but never read it. Every time I was looking for something new to read, I'd come upon it but think "No, not today". I eventually gave it away, as I had tired of its obsessive unreadness. I hope it was at least worth my having it for all that time; but I'll never know now. Life is full of mysteries. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:49, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Some companies have argued that they can only lie if they're trying to state a fact. If they merely use words and images together while selling their product, and some consumer mistakes those innocent combinations for claims, the consumer should have been more reasonable. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:58, February 23, 2016 (UTC)

Damn them all to hell. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 04:14, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Simple "puffery". Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:24, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Whenever I hear them say "Everyone's talking about X !" I imagine everyone saying "X sucks royally !". StuRat (talk) 04:35, 23 February 2016 (UTC) [reply]

In January 1942, Associated Music Publishers was abuzz about how "You Haunt My Heart" was already James Melton's "Hit of the Month" for the March issue of Radio and Television Mirror Magazine. He (nor Lanny Ross) hadn't even sung it yet. They called it "grooming", and this other Jack would probably call StuRat's words "risque" and "destructive". Not sure if I'd call that fizzled hit "smut", but it sure was "crap". InedibleHulk (talk) 05:21, February 23, 2016 (UTC)

Artists that stick to (pretty much) the same BPM for an entire album

Hi! I am looking for artists that stick to (pretty much) the same BPM for an entire album. For example AMIT - Never Ending. Does anyone know of any other examples? I have scanned over a terabyte of music but I was unable to find any other examples. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 21:57, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Here's one. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 11:59, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Haha. I was expecting albums with a BPM above 1, but yeah, this one counts too. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 02:41, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Was the example you gave supposed have the BPM listed? If so, I didn't see them. I don't have the numbers in front of me - and Google is proving unhelpful - but off the top of my head, I would look at The Joshua Tree by U2. In fact, IIRC, a lot of their early stuff had very similar tempos and sounds. Matt Deres (talk) 17:24, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I used some free software to calculate the BPM. The U2 album has a bit more variation. Of course AMIT - Never Ending is electronic music which makes sticking to the same BPM a lot easier. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 02:41, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I did some quick maths - 30 seconds of silence per track equates to zero BPM. I'm happy for anyone to double-check my workings. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 20:16, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Lugnuts: You are obviously not a mathematician. You need to take the total amount of time and divide it by the amount of beats. The result is insanity. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 02:41, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Someone asked a member of the very first jazz group to release a recording, theOriginal Dixieland Jazz Band, why several of their early recordings, circa 1917 were at the same tempo. He said there was a flashing light on thew all of the studio, and they were told to match their music its flashing rate with their music, since the studio had chosen it as a good dance tempo. (Naturally besides this some tunes were very fast (Tiger Rag) and others were very slow (some blues numbers). Edison (talk) 21:45, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

February 22

Rogelio de la Rosa: November 12, 1914-November 16, 1986 or November 12, 1916-November 10, 1986?

I'm aware of what his Wikipedia page says, but what are really the correct birth and death dates for Rogelio de la Rosa?

This site says he was born November 12, 1914 and died November 16, 1986: http://www.andropampanga.com/bio/rdelarosa.htm

This site says he was born November 12, 1916 and died November 10, 1986: http://senate.gov.ph/senators/former_senators/rogelio_dela_rosa.htm

Which site is correct? Ebaillargeon82 (talk) 08:45, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well let's see. The first was written by some CPA, while the second is from the Philippine Senate. Which would you trust? The latter did get his age wrong (70, rather than 69) - unless it's calculated differently there. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:33, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I did a google book search and the November 12, 1916 birth date seems to be correct. As for his date of death, an excerpt of a 1986 (the year of his death) issue of "National Midweek" (Quezon City: Lagda Publishing Incorporated) reads:

"Actor and diplomat Rogelio de la Rosa died of a heart attack November 26 at the home of his sister-in-law in Little Baguio, San Juan, Metro Manila. He had recently turned 70."

That's the first paragraph. I can't access the rest of the article. But here is where it says he died November 26: https://books.google.com/books?id=TxsTAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Rogelio+de+la+Rosa%22&dq=%22Rogelio+de+la+Rosa%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbpuC4qo3LAhVW8mMKHZKZCBUQ6AEIHTAA

So this means his birth and death dates are, respectively, November 12, 1916 and November 26, 1986 (unless someone's been keeping the truth from us). Ebaillargeon82 (talk) 07:28, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

writing in Repulsion

Near the end of Repulsion, Carol “writes” on a window: that is, she moves a stylus (or maybe it’s only her finger) in the manner of writing, but makes no mark. Someone must know what she writes, but I haven’t found the right keywords! —Tamfang (talk) 09:58, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't find an answer, either. It's possible it wasn't specified in the script, although one site said she also mouthed the words: [1].

You might wonder how it could be undefined. Well, another director of such psychological thrillers, Hitchcock, often tossed in what he called a MacGuffin, a seemingly critical object to the plot, but which was rarely if ever seen. The theory is that once you see and understand the mystery, you lose interest. For example, when the little boy in The Shining says "redrum", it's an interesting mystery, but once you figure out it's "murder" spelled backwards, it loses that mystery. On the other hand, it he had said and written something indecipherable, we might still be discussing it today. StuRat (talk) 02:05, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Like the contents of the suitcase in Pulp Fiction... (a yellow lightbulb and a battery pack) The Quixotic Potato (talk) 03:13, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The two rugby codes, and injuries to players

How do Rugby league and Rugby union compare with each other when it comes to injuries to players, both in frequency, severity, and type / nature of injury? Have any academic comparisons ever been performed on the subject? For example, does one have a significantly higher rate of concussion than the other? (I'm happy to take non-academia answers too, though obviously I would prefer sources, if possible). Eliyohub (talk) 15:19, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ObPersonal: As a schoolboy player of Union and a TV viewer of both, my impression is that League tends to have a lower level of serious injuries. I have always assumed that this was a deliberate feature of the rules (which result in no really vigorous scrumming, rucking or mauling), because League was originally more a pastime of Working-class men who could not afford to be injured and off work, whereas Union was a more upper-class pastime played by the Professions, who could. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 185.74.232.130 (talk) 15:40, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

See here. According to that article, the injury rate of Rugby League is about 40 injuries per 1000 playing hours. For Rugby Union, it is about 178 injuries per 1000 playing hours. So League is substantially safer, by a factor of greater than 4x. --Jayron 32 16:01, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Scrums in rugby union are the real deal, and when they collapse, proper back and neck injuries occur. League scrums are a handful of blokes leaning at 20 degrees to the vertical, the idea of that collapsing and causing injury is a joke. There's also no real rucking/mauling analogy in league, so its inevitable that Jayron's stats back up the fact that league is much less dangerous. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:06, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps somebody could find a niche for this information in our Comparison of rugby league and rugby union article? (I know, I should do it myself; maybe later on...) Alansplodge (talk) 16:14, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Popularity of octuple meter

How common is octuple meter?? I would guess the most common time signature for octuple meter is in fact 4/4 time if played slowly so that the quarter note can be felt as 2 beats. Any corrections to this statement?? Georgia guy (talk) 23:55, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

February 23

Is the sound of painting on TV shows copyrighted?

On all painting TV shows and documentaries is the sound of the brush putting paint on, or scrubbing against, the canvas. I've always been curious. Is this sound technically copyrighted? I ask because 1) it sounds very similar between all painting shows, and 2) it can easily be reproduced with a canvas and brush and mic — there's almost nothing "original" about this sound. (I'm actually curious about sounds that are not specifically created by a post-production sound team, that's what I'm getting at; other examples might be the sound of water boiling/steaming on cooking shows or traffic in the background on news channels, etc.) Reflectionsinglass (talk) 05:56, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We are not allowed to give legal advice (you can probably evade that restriction by rephrasing your question though). Also, the laws over here are probably different than the laws in your country, so it may be a good idea to specify a location. See also Threshold of originality. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 07:28, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If the sound effect is not recorded live or specifically created by a foley artist, then it is probably a from a stock sound effect library (which is why they often sound similar or identical). The use of these depends on the sound or the library—some may be licensed, bought or subscribed to; others may be royalty-free or public domain; and some may be shared amongst people in sound departments or the sound editing community from their own recordings. --Canley (talk) 10:17, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As a sidenote: instead of a foley artist, isn't it more logical to just put a sensitive microphone directly in the shooting scene and record all relevant sounds live? Brandmeister^talk 19:16, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Logical, maybe, effective, no. See Foley, Sound design, and watch Singin' In The Rain. Tevildo (talk) 20:09, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unless you're going for a "reality" feel, you generally want to keep recording equipment out of frame. It distracts viewers from the star of the show. If your offscreen mics are sensitive enough to hear brushing, they'll also hear flies buzzing, knuckles popping, intestines churning and lights humming. Tinkering with directionality can eliminate much of that, but you'd need to cover the canvas for the live brush sound, and that's a lot of room for something to sneak in that you'll just have to fix (or try to fix) in post anyway. Much easier to start mostly blank and add the parts you want, like painters do. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:20, February 23, 2016 (UTC)

Some considerations on that sort of jazz here. Those pages scroll a bit weird for me, so beware. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:31, February 23, 2016 (UTC)

Interesting replies, thank you. Referring to the Threshold of Originality, then, does this refer to a work as a whole, or to pieces that combine to make a whole work? Referring back to my painting TV show, and being more specific, I would think that Bob Ross hitting his brush against the easel would be an original sound—as far as I know, no other painting TV show has that sound. But the sound of a brush or palette knife mixing paint on the palette and brushing the paint onto the canvas wouldn't be original at all, since a myriad of shows have this same sound. By the way, I'm being specific with the painting shows, but my curiosity comes from paying attention to sounds across all sorts of motion picture media. Reflectionsinglass (talk) 05:44, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Questions like this are, I think, extremely context dependent: dependent on the 'owner' of the sound and dependent on what you're planning on doing. The short version of the rule is: unless you know for a fact that something has been released for use, you should always assume that every aspect of a work or recording is owned by somebody and that it is not free for you to use. Copyright law is way too complex and regionally idiosyncratic to make any other broad statement. Matt Deres (talk) 21:33, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Film ID

I've recently read about some film, possibly American, made in late 90s-early 2000s. The plot is based on a serial killer, who murders adulterous married women and inserts their wedding rings into their vaginas. Googling was unhelpful. Any ideas? Brandmeister^talk 15:13, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Brandmeister: You are describing The River Murders, from 2011. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaOeUEECQAEoTfG.png The Quixotic Potato (talk) 18:55, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Just out of interest, I Googled "movie serial killer inserts wedding ringi into vagina" and got The Quixotic Potato's movie at the top of the list. Widneymanor (talk) 20:05, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done

February 24

Wikipedia article about the effect of the 9/11 attacks on TV shows and films

I recently read a Wikipedia article about how certain TV shows and films, etc., made changes and edits as a result of the 9/11 attacks. For example, it said that the TV show Friends made a joke about a bomb in an airport; after 9/11, they edited that part out of the show before airing it. Stuff like that. Now, I can't seem to find that article. Any ideas? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:34, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of entertainment affected by the September 11 attacks. --Jayron 32 03:41, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's exactly the one. Thanks. It's odd that it did not appear in search results when I typed in the "obvious" search terms. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 06:35, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Media are often affected by dramatic news events. The movie Dr. Strangelove, filmed in 1963 and released early in 1964, cut out some bits that seemed macabre in light of the JFK assassination. In the late summer of 1966, the film Psycho was scheduled to be shown on network TV for the first time. Illinois senator Charles Percy's daughter was brutally murdered by a knife-wielding assailant, and the shock of this national story caused the network to postpone showing the film. More recently, after the attacks in Paris this past fall, several TV shows with episodes about bombings and the like, substituted other episodes, and aired the originally-scheduled episodes at later dates. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:05, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In the case of Dr. Strangelove, its release date was also postponed. You will occasionally see references to it as a 1963 movie, as it was originally intended to premiere then. --69.159.9.222 (talk) 05:52, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There were also TV shows that made use of the Islamic terrorist stereotype, such as 24. StuRat (talk) 06:30, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Earlier than that was the 1985 film Back to the Future which specifically named Libyan terrorists. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:24, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Coup had to change the cover of one of their albums, because it depicted an exploding World Trade Center. This should probably be mentioned in List of entertainment affected by the September 11 attacks, it got quite a bit of media attention. Of course Jeru the Damaja's album The Sun Rises in the East also contains a cover with an exploding WTC, but that album was released in 1994. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 09:57, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I added a note to the Talk Page on that article. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:59, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, all. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:55, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

February 25

pause in songs

why doesn't a singer sings without pause in the song? A singer lets only a music to go on and resumes singing. why is it so? Learnerktm 10:04, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A singer sometimes pauses while singing so he/she can take a breath. Not breathing while singing is not recommended because a lack of oxygen may cause dizziness, discoloration of the face and asphyxiation. Singing without breathing can be extremely dangerous when the song being sung is longer than usual, like "Hey Jude" (The Beatles), "Stairway To Heaven" (Led Zeppelin) or "Purple Rain" (Prince). — 37 ^(talk) 11:57, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also see Phrase (music) which discusses aspects of musical phrasing, which may include how a singer organizes the pauses in their singing. These sorts of things are done for a variety of artistic reasons. --Jayron 32 12:41, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bridge (music) might also be of interest. Rojomoke (talk) 14:53, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It depends entirely on the song and style, really. A cappella music is entirely singing, with occasional Beatboxing to add Percussion sounds. Mingmingla (talk) 02:43, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way to sing while inhaling? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:06, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why dont you try it BB. We'll maybe call an ambulance when you turn blue.--86.187.166.218 (talk) 03:18, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If I turn blue from inhaling, it's probably too late for an ambulance. Anyway, I was asking the OP that question, not you. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:43, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is possible to blow air from the mouth while inhaling, thus producing a continuous tone from a wind instrument. See circular breathing. But at the larynx, as at the lungs, the direction of airflow would be reversing as in normal breathing. --69.159.61.172 (talk) 07:13, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth? Could be. Harder to do with a voice than a woodwind, though. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 08:07, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Baseball Bugs: Yes; see my informative link below. You may not like Jack Black's humor but he's definitely singing in. SemanticMantis (talk) 16:31, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note that a recorded song can have all the stops for breathing edited out. And a live song with more than one singer can have each breath while the other(s) sing. In a male-female duet, for example, it would be common to have the man sing, then the woman, then both. (See Don't You Want Me for an example.)

But also note that most people like change in their songs. Just as they may change the instruments, volume, and tempo, so do they often change the voice (or lack of voice). StuRat (talk) 05:29, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How very Western this thread is. I'll point out that circular breathing in singing is common in genres such as Tuvan throat singing. --TammyMoet (talk) 11:24, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Johnny Mathis did a marvelous version of Johnny One Note in which he sings that one note for the entire song without a break. Circular breathing. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 14:59, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Here's Tenacious D illustrating the powers of inward singing [2]. "It makes non-stop rocking possible. Rock singers are only rocking you half the time. The other half they're breathing". (Warning, lots of swearing and screaming at the end) SemanticMantis (talk) 16:29, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

February 26

Traditional church music vs contemporary church music

The content and musical style of contemporary church music seems to be substantially different from traditional music. Traditional church music seems to be very opera-like with easy-to-sing tunes, and the content is about glorifying God. Contemporary church music seems to personalize God's relationship with the individual. Are there contemporary church music made in the similar style of the 19th century and earlier and is concerned about God's deeds or relations with mankind, not just the individual? 140.254.77.172 (talk) 19:26, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

John Rutter. Although he's more or less admitted that he himself is agnostic and writes church music because he likes the way it sounds, likes the work it entails and people he gets to work with and hopes people like it. Blythwood (talk) 19:51, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Arvo Pärt has also written contemporary church music in a traditional style. His inspiration comes more from Gregorian chant than opera, however. --Xuxl (talk) 11:47, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As for hymns, Sydney Carter (died 2004) David Willcocks (died 2015) and Patrick Appleford are among fairly recent writers of modern hymns in a traditional style. For contemporary choral music, see John Tavener. Alansplodge (talk) 16:57, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

February 27

Computer game soundtracks

Are there any examples of computer game/video game soundtracks with lyrics, as opposed to instrumental music? In particular, are there any game soundtracks with more sophisticated lyrics than just one phrase (like "Fight, win, prevail" or "I am a mechanical man") repeated over and over? 2601:646:8E01:515D:EC70:2A7E:C364:2DFA (talk) 05:41, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This thread on Neogaf.com has several listed including Cara Mia Addio from Portal 2. Baba Yetu from Civ4 has made it into high school choir usage. Rmhermen (talk) 06:40, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Final Fantasy series has several lyrics-heavy songs including Eyes on Me (Faye Wong song) which made it onto the Japanese top singles chart. Still Alive from Portal and Want You Gone from Portal 2 are considered important to the games' success and have been released as songs on the writer's album, independent of the game soundtrack. Rmhermen (talk) 07:14, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The theme song to Skyrim has many words but they are in the language of dragons. Rmhermen (talk) 07:39, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The original Homeworld uses Barber's Agnus Dei on several levels. AlexTiefling (talk) 12:05, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bastion and Transistor both have good music with good lyrics. Singer-songwriter type songs, with great vocal performances. Both soundtracks are by Darren Korb. You can listen to both on youtube. Staecker (talk) 13:01, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Neverhood had a lot of original incidental music with "lyrics", although they were mostly unintelligible (but not always). I think the same was true of the sequel, but I never played it. -- BenRG (talk) 23:11, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The Fallout series has a lot of non-original but thematically appropriate songs on the radio. If you tune your Pip-Boy's radio to the right station, they play all the time and function as background music. Saints Row IV also has on-foot radio. -- BenRG (talk) 23:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! 2601:646:8E01:515D:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B (talk) 02:23, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Just found something on my own: Europa Universalis 4 features songs with lyrics, including one song I know very well! 2601:646:8E01:515D:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B (talk) 06:49, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

TV show (or movie) with "Mega remote control"

Resolved

I am trying to remember something from a TV show. Or it might've been a movie. It was most likely a British comedy.

Some typical laddish-guys joined all their remote-controls together (TV, video player, digi-box, etc), along their longest edges with buttons facing outwards, into a sort-of elongated octagon shape - crudely, with gaffa-tape or something. And they called it... some mad name. Like "The Megatron" or something. So, like a mega-remote-control.

Anyone remember it? 81.108.18.234 (talk) 15:06, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Peep Show (TV series) Series 5 Ep 1 'Burgling'. Nanonic (talk) 15:39, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, correct, thanks very much. 81.108.18.234 (talk) 15:59, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Highest note on a piano that can be played staccato

On most pianos, the very high notes cannot be played staccato. Depending on the piano, the highest note that can be played staccato is either the E♭ on the third ledger line above the staff or the F♯ on the space above the third ledger line above the staff. Any pianos where the G on the fourth ledger line above the staff can be played staccato?? Georgia guy (talk) 17:14, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

American Idol stuff

I'm well-aware this season is the final season of American Idol. But I'm trying to find some merchandise related to the show. When I tried the website with the same title, I learned the domain was blank or something like that. I also tried the FOX online store. But there was none. Where else would be my best bet? Anyone know?2604:2000:7113:9D00:B81E:C008:E611:FADF (talk) 03:59, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I saw some stuff on Amazon.com and I assume there's stuff on eBay. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 04:54, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]