Post your musical questions here

[LynneSin]

Example:

In Plush by Stone Temple Pilots - Why did the dogs begin to smell her?

:shrug:

[madinmaryland]

1. How can there be a stairway to heaven, if there is no heaven?

:shrug:

So says my dog!

[Dr. Strange]

2. In "Purple Hays"...

who is "this guy" that Jimi wants to kiss?

[quip]

8. It's "Purple Haze" Further, the proper lyric is

"I gotta kid disguise"

[Dr. Strange]

35. Well, now you're just being silly.

I gotta kid disguise? That makes no sense.

:eyes:

[Guava Jelly]

3. What was the frequency Kenneth?

:shrug:

[KG]

9. does Kenneth even know the frequency?

:shrug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

33. Story behind the song:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What's_the_Frequency,_Kenneth%3F#Story

[Parche]

4. Is Hannah Montana Better Then Led Zepellin?

:shrug: :hi:

[OmahaBlueDog]

27. My 10 YO says "Yes"

I, OTOH, know better

[Jimbo S]

5. ELO: "Don't Bring Me Down"

What's that noise/sound effect at the end? A pencil falling off the table?

Who better to ask than LynneSin?

[LynneSin]

14. It's the stick of the drums being dropped on the snare

:D

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. In what key is the Prelude to Tristan und Isolde?

[DarkTirade]

38. Damn it, I've played that one I should remember it...

Ah well. It was a long time ago. Late 90s. :P

[ironflange]

44. a minor

its in a minor
though wagner approaches it in a rather obtuse fashion

[Rabrrrrrr]

50. A great many people would disagree with you that it is in a minor.

A few would agree.

[ironflange]

56. the prelude is so chromatic that its actually hard to tell

but a minor is where it finally settles down

[Westegg]

7. Whatever happend to Rosie and the Originals?

[abq e streeter]

17. Rosie is alive and well and living in New Mexico ( in case you actually were wondering)

[Westegg]

21. Thanks! I 've been wondering for 30 years!

[abq e streeter]

23. I'd heard she was living in Albuquerque, but found a site

saying its Los Lunas, about 20 miles south of here. A local radio legend named Bobby Box ( of Big Oldies 98.5) keeps in touch with her ( or vice versa) I think. Her own site doesn't mention anything about where she is now... I know there's actually an Angel Baby Lane in Albuquerque's South Valley ( or maybe it WAS Los Lunas... or was that just another of those damn hallucinations). I sort of assumed she lived there, at least at one time, but not really sure. The site where I confirmed that she was still here can be googled at: fantastic oldies game reply # 966.

[Westegg]

24. Yours is all good news...

...and I once again contemplate how much time and effort I would have had to put in, before the internet, to discover the information you've just given me. Weeks or months, no doubt.

[deucemagnet]

10. Who let the dogs out?

:hide:

[MAGICBULLET]

11. what was up

with Michael Bolton and Kenny G ??

[TZ]

12. What makes it rain purple

for Prince?:shrug:

[Magrittes Pipe]

13. Why does Robert Plant suck monkey ass?

[Westegg]

16. Becuz it's sweeeeeeter than honey, kid! Don't doubt it....

...Actually, Bobby turned me on to this practice on the '75 Zeppelin tour. Frankly, it was a lot more respectable than what Page was doing in those days(heh-heh-heh!). Hell, the simian-handlers at the NYC zoos all want to ban me, but I have a life-time pass thanks to my strenuous donations. Anyway, like I always say: the monkeys sure don't mind!

[MrCoffee]

15. What magazine was Darling Nikki reading in the hotel lobby?

[DarkTirade]

39. Who cares what magazine it was?

I mean, do you know what she was DOING with it? :P

[meegbear]

18. Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced?

I have.

[abq e streeter]

19. Who put the bomp ? And who wrote the book of love?

[KG]

29. You Did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPDJHeX9tfs

[MrCoffee]

59. holy crap, you brought the Chuck Prophet

you are the awesome.

[gbate]

20. My son actually asked me that question once while listening to Plush.

[Rambis]

22. What day did the Lord create Spinal Tap...,

and couldn't he have rested on that day too?

[MotorCityMan]

25. I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want to know

First, what the hell does "ziga-zig-aah" mean?

Second, how did the Spice Girls manage to become so big?

[MAGICBULLET]

26. can anyone teach me how

to do the "Funky Four Corners" ?

or the "Boogaloo"?

[OmahaBlueDog]

28. Would somebody please tell Lou Gramm what love is?

...and if you're leaving, would someone please, please, please take Phil Collins home?

[GOPisEvil]

30. My musical question is: Why aren't you at South by Southwest?

I thought you were coming this year. :P

[LynneSin]

55. I bought a house and became very broke

:cry:

I'm going to try again next year - my friend had another friend who bought my badge

[GOPisEvil]

58. I didn't go again this year.

I might form a company and get platinum badges next year for giggles. :D

[x-g.o.p.er]

31. What are the hills alive with?

[x-g.o.p.er]

32. Who...or what...is Sussudio, and what word should she just say?

[UndertheOcean]

34. Is it possible to get perfect pitch through practice ?

[Chiyo-chichi]

36. They Might Be Giants then and now:

Then:
Who was at the DuPont Pavillion? Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there?

Now:
Is it us or is this messed up?

[MrCoffee]

60. It was Ana

The singer never met Ana...that's why they never walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence

[Forkboy]

37. Just how much is a "whole lot of Rosie"?

And does she like being the rock n roll scale of women everywhere?

[Ahpook]

40. The strange (but with a ton of expression) note

in this tune? I just hit a harmonic, but it never sounds quite right.

You asked:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-swlx9z2O0

[opiate69]

46. Is it in the pre-chorus?

in the "No one knows" and "Where our secrets go" lines? If so, it's feedback.

[Ahpook]

57. :) Yeah i looked around a bit.

Apparently he used some crappy guitar that would feedback like mad. That was in the studio of course:)

I have seen them do it live and i think they use harmonics to do it on stage. I can't seem to get a good feedback that quickly so i just hit a harmonic as well with a bit of trem:)

[DarkTirade]

41. Tell me why you cried

and why you lied to me.

[Unsane]

42. Who Are You

Who, who..who who

[abq e streeter]

43. and once you figure that out, then who's next?

[MilesColtrane]

45. What is the "Pompatus of Love"?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

47. What does Stevie Wonder?

[MilesColtrane]

48. What's Helen Reddy for?

Was James Brown?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. Was Dinah Shore?

[Rabrrrrrr]

51. Is it true that Tracy Chapman?

[Perry Logan]

52. "Has the world gone mad, or is it me?"

A very reasonable question from "Master of the Universe, by Hawkwind.

[last_texas_dem]

53. I believe "Plush" was about the police finding the body

of a woman who had been murdered. I read an interview with some members of STP in which this was discussed, but I don't have a link to it off-hand. However, I believe it was written from a member reading an article in the newspaper about a murder, which explains the lyrics like "when the dogs begin to smell her" and "where you goin' with the mask I found."

Here is a link that talks about it a little (and also gives a bunch of people's different interpretations!):

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3422

[nutsnberries]

54. what is the color when black is burned?

gray? white?

:shrug:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

61. Is there nothin' I can take, Doctor, to relieve this bellyache?

The late great Harry Nilsson.
"Lime in the Coconut"