Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 August 10

= August 10 =

Title/Artist Finder Application
Does anyone know of an application (preferably free!) that can be used to determine the name and artist of a song when a portion of the song is played into a microphone? Thanks. --Think Fast (talk) 03:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Please tell me there is. It will make answering questions at this ref desk MUCH easier... -- Jayron  32  05:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * There is an application called TrackID that is pre-installed on some Sony Ericsson mobile phones. If you hear a song being played, you can simply record it and the TrackID application will recover the song/artist from Gracenote's database using an advanced search algorithm. This works quite well, even if there is a considerable level of ambient noise. I am sure similar free solutions exist. Regards, decltype (talk) 06:16, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * There is this. Caveat downloador: I haven't tried this. Fribbler (talk) 12:18, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Shazam (service). Dismas |(talk) 12:33, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Is there a way to automate this? I have a bunch of unlabeled song files that I would like to id. WhiteDragon (talk) 16:45, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Depending on your phone you can get Shazam as a stand alone application... If you have the iphone for example, it's available as a free download, however my prev phone (a Samsung but i cant remember while model) charged me a nominal amount for the application after an initial free period...  That will do unlimited goes for as many songs as you need... Mobiles aside though I don't know of anything else sorry...  Gazhiley (talk) 12:55, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I may have been unclear. This is not on a phone.  I have a bunch of audio files on my *computer* that I would like to tag.  MusicBrainz or some of the programs that use it seems like the best choice so far... WhiteDragon (talk) 19:46, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

"the birds" by hitchcock.
I believe another film paid homage to a scene in 'the birds' or vice versa but I cant remember what it is. does anyone know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.202.43.53 (talk) 07:11, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * There are many. High Anxiety springs to mind. Try trawling through the links to our article.--Shantavira|feed me 07:45, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * See also the relevant "movie connections" page at IMDb. —Tamfang (talk) 06:37, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Song Tite
Do you know the title of a 80's song sung by a woman with long dark curly hair? It's "slow rock" and the lyrics (chorus) includes smth like blackbird or black thunder (I didn't understand it clearly). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atacamadesert12 (talk • contribs) 07:42, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Perhaps "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles? Alexius  Horatius  07:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, that's it! :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atacamadesert12 (talk • contribs) 10:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Cash in the Celebrity Attic
I am watching this show and Jonty Hearden appears to be taller than Geoff Capes, yet, Wikipedia gives Hearnden's height as 6ft 1ins and Capes' height as 6ft 5.5ins. Can anybody explain this?

Joe Campion Joe campion (talk) 16:56, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm unfamiliar with both actors, but I would believe your eyes rather than the Wikipedia article, particularly because all actors lie about their height in their press materials. They all also wear risers in their shoes, though, which complicates the reliability of your visual observation.  Tempshill (talk) 17:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia doesn't appear to give Jonty Hearnden's height at all though say's ~6'3" being a antiques dealer he's probably at home in a pair of cuban heels
 * Geoff Capes may not be standing as tall as he used to, plus strong me often 'curl up' a big - a sort of semi crouch (some sort of permanent ab-crunch)- plus I'd imagine gym shoes - maybe that explains it??83.100.250.79 (talk) 18:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Help me identify this comedy film
I'm trying to identify this film. I've tried various IMDB keywords, but to no avail. It's a real cheesy comedy, American, I'm guessing from the eighties or early nineties. The plot concerns a girl who I believe is the daughter of some high society people, and two guys competing both over her and some school/university political position. I think it's university but I can't be sure. One of the guys is obnoxious and also the son of high society people, and the other is (probably) poor, slightly geeky but with a heart of gold. And possibly has black curly hair. I think he rides a bicycle.

At one point in the movie the two guys have to give speeches, or have a debate, or something of the kind. The rich guy cheats somehow: I believe he passes off lines from some old presidential speech as his own. From a not-too-recent president. The audience doesn't realize anything, but the other guy, our protagonist, does.

Near the end there is some kind of fancy event. Maybe a banquet, maybe a party to celebrate the girl's engagement to the rich guy. They may or may not already be involved, I don't remember. At the event, an obnoxious rich lady (who is probably the girl's mother) sits across the table from some (French?) guy. As I recall he was balding and wore glasses. The woman thinks the guy is trying to hit on her, and so when he drops a roll and crawls under the table, and she begins to feel someone, agem, performing cunnilingus on her, she exclaims something to the effect of "Good French screw!"

It could have been 'good French f*ck', 'great French screw' or any other variation on these, none of which yields any relevant Google hits. She is quick to correct this to "Good French roll!" But soon she discovers that the guy has resurfaced and that she's being licked under the table by a dog. This same dog at one point during this event also pees in the champagne fountain. The whole thing ends, I believe, with a bunch of people shooting guacamole at everyone out of fire hoses.

This is not Foolin' Around with Gary Busey. I've seen this myself on cable in Israel circa 1997, which I doubt helps anyone, but I thought I'd mention it. 217.132.36.84 (talk) 21:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The film description is familiar, but I can't recall the name. :( Gwinva (talk) 22:40, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

From your description, you should be pleased to have forgotten it... Juliankaufman (talk) 20:25, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Tom Mix at Wyatt Earp's funeral
I was reading Wyatt Earp's profile that said that he died on Jan. 13,1929. It also read that Tom Mix was at his funeral. But Tom Mix profile read that he died 1n 1940. I also remember the movie Tomstone, at the end they said that Tom Mix cried at Earp's funeral. Did I missed read something somewhere in these profiles. My name is Steve Driver and if you have time, I can be reached at [e-mail deleted for OP's protection] Thank you for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sedriver (talk • contribs) 23:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Your question is unclear. Tom Mix (allegedly) attended Wyatt Earp's funeral in 1929; around eleven years later Tom Mix died. Where is the problem?
 * [By the way, if you post your e-mail publicly you may be flooded with spam, so I have deleted it, as per Site policy. Any replies will be made here, never to your e-mail, but you have to ask a clear question first.] 87.81.230.195 (talk) 23:12, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * There have not been any edits concerning Wyatt Earp's funeral int he Tom Mix article lately. I tried to think outside the box and figure that the "he" that died in 1940 in Mix's article was Earp. But, that doesn't seem to have been the case, unless OP was reading a Mix article from somewhere else. (Or, if Tombstone said it was 1940 that Earp died.) Which is possible.Somebody or his brother (talk) 23:28, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * FWIW, the Earp Funeral section of the Tom Mix article called for a citation, so I added one a minute ago. The quote (in the Tom Mix talk page if anyone cares to see it) says he was "only 49 years old" at the time.  That would make the funeral 1929, if he (Mix) was born in 1880. Some jerk on the Internet (talk) 14:15, 11 August 2009 (UTC)