Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 February 22

= February 22 =

A song called Rush
All i know is the song is really techno sounding and it has the word rush in the song itself. I don't know the title, nor do i know the artist. Can anyone help? Buffered Input Output 01:05, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Is the vocalist male or female? Being techno, does it sound "90s"?  For some reason, I had Crush by Jennifer Paige come to mind – but I don't think that's what you're after :) Cycle~ (talk) 03:37, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * "As the rush comes" by Motorcycle? "Take Control" by BKS?  152.16.59.190 (talk) 10:41, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Rush by Big Audio Dynamite, the post-Clash Mick Jones vehicle??. Our article notes that there was a New York House remix of the song, so it may very well be that one.  --Jayron32. talk . contribs  14:24, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * There's also Rush by Kleshay, which is sort of house/R&B sounding (in my opinion) with the hook "I get a rush". And Loni Clark's Rushing: the main lyrics are variations on "I won't slow down / I can't slow down", but it does go "rush and rush and rush and rush..."

Need the lyrics to Julius & Cissy Wechter's song 'Moon Child'.
In 1964 the Ventures released a beautiful song called 'Moon Child', written by Julius & Cissy Wechter. It's on their '(The) Ventures In Space' album. The song is an instrumental (of course) but as you listen to it you feel that it must originally have had lyrics written for it. The song is virtually unknown so there's no use searching the various online lyrics databases for it. Can anyone here dig up the lyrics for this song (or at least show me where I can find them)? --Moodie-1 (talk) 02:16, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Have a googlepeek through here. I can't find any mention of lyrics, that however doesn't mean there aren't any, but they are mostly referenced as an instrumental group.  Lanfear's Bane |  t  12:52, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

I can assure you there are lyrics. The credit for the tune is "Julius and Cissy Wechter". Cissy was (is) a marvelous lyricist, but not a musician. If one of her husband's compositions carries her name too, it did have lyrics. Good luck in your search - I, a lifelong Ventures fan, would love to see they lyrics, too!

Melos Antropon (talk) 03:29, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I think the song is also called ”December's Child”. You can find it on YouTube with Baja Marimba Band, a band led by Julius Wechter.

Composer Richard Rodger's 1939 Ballet "Ghost Town"
I have a recording of the above and would like Wikipedia to please give out detailed information on the plot and characters. And I very much like Wikipedia. You are an excellent source of information.

Thank You! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.98.172.231 (talk • contribs) 02:36, Feb 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * You can find the names of the characters and a summary of the plot here. Deor (talk) 13:57, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

reference to "Groundhog Day"
A few weeks ago, I was watching an episode of ER. In that particular episode, Neela Rasgotra has these three dream sequences. They start out the same, but end differently. (Elizabeth Corday appears in one of the sequences.) By any chance, was that particular episode inspired by Groundhog Day (film)?72.229.135.200 (talk) 08:36, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I'd guess that showing different possibly outcomes for each day is a much older concept than Groundhog Day, although that movie might have been the direct inspiration for the ER episode. StuRat (talk) 12:55, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * More likely, the movie Clue (film) was an inspiration, as it also featured multiple endings. Or perhaps the Who shot J.R.? sequence from Dallas, which also featured a dream sequence which changed the plot of the show.  Or the final episode of Newhart, where it turns out the entire TV series was a dream of the main character from the earlier Bob Newhart Show. Or Wayne's World (film).  See also List of fiction with multiple endings and Dream sequence.  --Jayron32. talk . contribs  14:18, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * There's also The Butterfly Effect, where, similar to Groundhog Day, different actions cause different possible results (most of them bad). StuRat (talk) 16:27, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Or Run, Lola, Run. But if the dream involved having a different ending depending on what Neela did, then I would say Groundhog Day definitely wasn't and inspiration, as the whole point there was that whatever action Bill Murray took things ended up the same. DJ Clayworth (talk) 18:14, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

movie
which movie industry is the biggest in the world213.55.75.109 (talk) 10:20, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * In terms of money spent, it would have to be Hollywood. Bollywood and others might possibly produce more movies, seen by more people, and/or employ more, though. StuRat (talk) 12:52, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It's a toss up and it really depends on your criteria. Do you want to consider cost, income, audiences, physical size? I think that surprisingly Bollywood beats Hollywood in a lot of cases - Mgm|(talk) 13:53, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

"into the valley" by the skids
The intro to "into the valley" by the Skids is really familiar to me, but from a different song, and it's been bugging me. 14 seconds in the guitar is definitely from somewhere else, whether before or after I don't know. Where do I recognise it from? Thanks 86.8.176.85 (talk) 18:29, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The song Into the Valley was written by the Skids some 30 years ago. It is more likely you have heard a cover or another song that took a sample from it (eg. the band Street Dogs covered the song only last year).  Astronaut (talk) 07:21, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

The Oscars
If I am not able to watch the Oscars on TV tonight ... and I am also not able to record the show (by DVD, DVR, VHS, etc.) ... is there anywhere on the Internet that I can actually watch the telecast at some later time? Does anyone know of any web sites that will have the telecast posted and available for viewing? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:44, 22 February 2009 (UTC))
 * Check hulu.com tomorrow. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 21:24, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Or maybe abc.go.com. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 21:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I actually found most of the clips I wanted to see on You Tube. Thanks for those web sites ... I had never heard of them. Thank you. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:59, 2 March 2009 (UTC))