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Phlegmish posted:A lot of hits were covers, especially in the sixties through eighties. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is a cover, and the original is a bitchin' power pop tune. Same with Hanging On The Telephone. Ghostbusters was a cover  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA
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Jerry Cotton posted:Ghostbusters was a cover Contrafacta (songs which just swap in new lyrics over an already existing tune) are old as balls, there's examples going back centuries. The Star Spangled Banner is an obvious example, ripping off the tune from a song about an ancient Greek poet who is best known for his erotic poetry and his drinking songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydAIdVKv84g The traditional Japanese song Hotaru no Hikari ("Glow of a firefly") which has been around since 1881 is another one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtmCOASGUGs "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is completely ripped off from a piece Mendelssohn wrote to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Gutenberg printing press: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfKAdJ7o0hw Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 14:30 on Dec 28, 2019 |
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Queen Combat posted:Who? This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV1XWJN3nJo The original is, apparently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWCOb0wxYCE And, to my mind, it's better in nearly ever way. I've always really liked that little guitar bit after the line "So I guess the fortune teller's right" in the cover. Other than that, the original rules. Apparently.
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Ah yes, the song I only knew as a kid as The Lying Naked On The Floor Song.
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londonarbuckle posted:Ah yes, the song I only knew as a kid as The Lying Naked On The Floor Song. ... Yup, that's the one.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Contrafacta (songs which just swap in new lyrics over an already existing tune) are old as balls, there's examples going back centuries. Thank you! I've been wracking my brain for a while trying to figure out the actual term for that. Glad I started following this thread.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Contrafacta (songs which just swap in new lyrics over an already existing tune) are old as balls, there's examples going back centuries. The Star Spangled Banner is an obvious example, ripping off the tune from a song about an ancient Greek poet who is best known for his erotic poetry and his drinking songs: Finnish and Estonian national anthems are also the same song with different lyrics, both based on creative translations of the same poem which was originally written in Swedish and composed into a song by a German conductor.
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It's a really common thing with Australian sports team anthems. Find a public-domain song with a catchy tune and put your own lyrics to it. List of Australian Football League team songs 
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Memento posted:It's a really common thing with Australian sports team anthems. Find a public-domain song with a catchy tune and put your own lyrics to it. St Kilda Saints couldn't even be bothered writing new lyrics, they just partly changed one line
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It's a danish tradition to do these for special occasions, in fact they're called lejlighedssange (occasion-songs). Usually for major birthdays and such. Take a song everyone knows (often a children's song or traditional is used), and write humorous lyrics about the person in question, major events in their life, personality traits, etc. Bonus points for being a little raunchy and/or including embarrassing anecdotes about the victim. The writer brings copies of the lyrics and passes them around to the guests, none of whom have seen them, so everyone will be surprised & fun is had by all! There used to be creative song-hiders as well (table decorations wherein the lyrics are hidden) but I haven't seen one in a while.
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Another famous example: the German national anthem is just the Austrian imperial anthem (by Haydn) with different lyrics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LNYMKgC7AE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p39ulIfnzc
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The "Asian riff," used in a lot of media to signify "This place is in China." Is just the opening notes to Arkansas Traveler all Asianed up. Asian Riff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzKIMdV7r2w Arkansas Traveler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOlVN8VKsAY
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AKA Pseudonym posted:The "Asian riff," used in a lot of media to signify "This place is in China." Is just the opening notes to Arkansas Traveler all Asianed up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_riff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arkansas_Traveler_(song) Bonus: They use/used that riff in Japan the same way we do/did here.
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If you play only the black keys on a piano it sounds like an "asian riff" or whatever.
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Ferrule posted:If you play only the black keys on a piano it sounds like an "asian riff" or whatever. pentatonic scale
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I just realised what the practical point of footless tights is - you can wear them with a skirt and boot/shoes without getting that horrible pain in your toes that walking a long way in normal tights usually causes. I like wearing skirts; I like going for long walks, even when it is cold and I need to wear something on my legs - this is a truly wonderful discovery for me 
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I only just found out this distinctive guitar riff is from a Van Halen song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-IUB62zDlA And I always thought it sounded cool even though I'm not a hair metal fan at all
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the apollo 440 version is so much better
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Krankenstyle posted:the apollo 440 version is so much better Agreed. That was my first exposure to the riff.
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Oh poo poo, that must be where I actually know it from as well. I don't know if I'd call it better, but the Apollo 440 version isn't too bad. I normally hate the repetitiveness of 90's techno, but the combination of the riff, drum and bass beat, dub bassline, and even some random horns, yeah, I can dig it.
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Had a friend over that mispronounced Cuisinart as “cuisine art” and my brain shut down for a couple of seconds (food) processing this
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fullroundaction posted:Had a friend over that mispronounced Cuisinart as “cuisine art” and my brain shut down for a couple of seconds (food) processing this Wait how is it pronounced?
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Kwizinart. His friend was probably pronouncing it so it actually sounds French (something like ‘cooi-seen-ar’).
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Organza Quiz posted:Wait how is it pronounced? kweez-in-art They pronounce it that way in their advertisements: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPj4fPlLLhABe54lb8PsZOw
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Weembles posted:kweez-in-art So... like cuisine art.
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kweez nuts
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Organza Quiz posted:Wait how is it pronounced? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8-eiBqri0U
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Jerry Cotton posted:So... like cuisine art. kweez-in versus kweez-een But really purple death ray posted:kweez nuts
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/kɥi.zin aʁ/
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Weembles posted:kweez-in versus kweez-een So like emphasis on the Kweez rather than the een like normal? That's the only way I can hear a difference.
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Organza Quiz posted:So like emphasis on the Kweez rather than the een like normal? That's the only way I can hear a difference. https://youtu.be/ztCrH4ZwySc
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Emphasis on the Kweez was my nickname in college.
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Kweezin' the juice!
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There's a Simpsons episode where the kids visit a haunted house called The Screamatorium. This is a pun on "crematorium." I Can't Believe I Just Figured This Stuff Out.
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Cuisine is pronounced "Quiz een" Cuisinart is pronounced "Quee zin art" Hope this helps.
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Phlegmish posted:A lot of hits were covers, especially in the sixties through eighties. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is a cover, and the original is a bitchin' power pop tune. Same with Hanging On The Telephone. Back in college (circa 2003) my trivia team lost a pub trivia night because one of the middle-round questions was, "Who originally wrote and sang 'I Will Always Love You'" and no one believed me that it was Dolly Parton, and they all thought it was a trick question so they put "Whitney Houston" and we lost those points, and the final round was a Final Jeopardy style "bet your points thing" and we got it right, but without those extra middle-round points we only got third instead of first and I'm still bitter to this day.
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"Esper" (someone with psychic/paranormal abilities) is a play on ESP. I'll be in the shame cave.
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Inzombiac posted:"Esper" (someone with psychic/paranormal abilities) is a play on ESP. It actually comes from Final Fantasy 6, in which the usage was derived from Esperanto
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fullroundaction posted:Had a friend over that mispronounced Cuisinart as “cuisine art” and my brain shut down for a couple of seconds (food) processing this Haha holy poo poo. Chalk me up as another "how else are you supposed to pronounce it?". I don't think we get them out here, so I've only ever seen it written, online.
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The only reason I now how to pronounce it is because of Spaceballs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAWL8ejf2nM
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