Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2010 January 12

= January 12 =

Identify the Song
It starts at around the 8:48 mark in the following video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObNC4gttfkA&videos=zs5qwWHheIE I couldn't find any info on either the official Arsenal website or the makers of the video: PDi. Thanks in advance. Hasanclk (talk) 06:29, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It sounds like some generic off-the-shelf music produced for the video to me. --Richardrj talkemail 09:16, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Modern Warfare 2 hacking
i have pc version of Modern Warfare 2  and people are saying lots of people are "hacking"  what are they doing exactly? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.254.35 (talk) 09:45, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Our article Cheating in online games covers many of the types of cheats frequently referred to as hacking. It should be noted, however, that accusations of "hacking" are often unfounded, and could simply be a result of the accusee (is that a real word?) being more proficient than the accuser. decltype (talk) 10:49, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * "... accusee (is that a real word?) ...". Accused is the word you are looking for. Mitch Ames (talk) 11:02, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I suppose you're right, but I really liked accusee :) Your input is welcome at WP:RD/L decltype (talk) 12:02, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

that article was not helpful what cheats are done in this game. it is widely known that cheating is rampant in that game so its not 1 guys opinion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.254.35 (talk) 12:20, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I was referring to a situation where a player is accusing another specific player of hacking, without any particular evidence. This video claims to highlight some of the hacks utilized. decltype (talk) 12:28, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

the cheats in that video you have to pay $30 a month for. im pretty sure most players cant afford that. since cheating is very common in that game there must be something else they are doing that is free —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.254.35 (talk) 12:50, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

There are "public" hacks as well or people just stealing the paid hacks and redistributing them. I'm not going to link to any since I loath cheating, and searching for them yourself may get your PC infected with Keyloggers and other Malware, but sufice to say they will give similar abilities, such as being able to see through walls, automatically aim for you and similar. No hacks in modern multiplayer games would allow something like infinite health or ammo though as that is defined by the server, and hacks can only affect things that the client can modify and access. Gunrun (talk) 15:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

An interesting song
Does anyone know if the background music starting @ about 33:40 of this: http://www.archive.org/details/captain_calamity is taken from an actual piece of music, or if it was just made up for the film? Thanx, 76.117.247.55 (talk) 12:15, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Manama Song
In my favorite Muppet Show skit ever, the song Mah Nà Mah Nà was originally a sexual Swedish pop song. Are there other children song examples that had beginnings that were sexual in nature? --Reticuli88 (talk) 13:59, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The song itself is not sexual, it's just gibberish, as per the article. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:52, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The movie it originally appeared in was titled Sweden: Heaven and Hell, but it was an Italian film, about Sweden. But yes, it was rated 'X' (now NC-17) in the U.S. (see mondo film).  See the IMDb page (especially the plot summary) for more information. &mdash;Akrabbimtalk 15:01, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The movie was sexual. The song was not. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:11, 12 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Now that you guys have picked every nit out of the OP's question, do you have any answers for it? Dismas |(talk) 15:33, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The problem is that it's a false premise. "Are there other children song examples that had beginnings that were sexual in nature?" This song itself was not sexual in nature. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:36, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It still had "beginnings that were sexual in nature", due to it's original use, despite the fact that it doesn't have lyrical meaning. So the OP's question still stands. But unfortunately, no, I don't know of any other examples of this. &mdash;Akrabbimtalk 15:43, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * There might be nursery rhymes that had their origins in scurrilous activity, and are equally un-obvious from the content. For that matter, think of the genuinely scary origins of the mostly-harmless Halloween. A lot of kids' stuff started out as adult stuff. If you've ever read any of the "Grim" Brothers fairy tales in their relatively uncensored form, you know what I mean. Although that's more about scary stuff, not much overtly sexual stuff. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:55, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks everyone for the correction. But like Baseball Bugs findings, I could only find "disturbing/scary" backgrounds instead of the sexual.--Reticuli88 (talk) 17:18, 12 January 2010 (UTC)


 * The Muppets also performed In The Navy. I don't know whether that counts. DJ Clayworth (talk) 18:14, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * There's also all the kids in ballparks every day during the summer who participate in a group-sing of "YMCA". It depends on how far you want to stretch this. You could get into kids singing old rock songs with suggestive lyrics. "Rock and roll" itself is a sexual euphemism. And what about the Python film where they had a bunch of young'uns singing "Every Sperm Is Sacred"? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:40, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Some say Goosey Goosey Gander is about prostitution and Jack and Jill about pre-marital sex. In this interview, Lucie Skeaping says Lavender Blue was originally about anal sex. I was told it was about bubonic plague, but Miss Skeaping probably knows what she is talking about and I don't. --TrogWoolley (talk) 19:49, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Georgie Porgie. Woogee (talk) 23:57, 12 January 2010 (UTC)


 * A big part of the difficulty is figuring out which songs are children's songs. YMCA and In the Navy are certainly about sex (specifically, gay male sex), but are they children's songs?  Also, for older folk songs, it's often hard to discern the original meaning, and I think the claims about Goosey Goosey Gander and Jack and Jill are unsupported.  However, while Lavender Blue was probably not about anal sex, it most certainly was originally about sex, as this early broadsheet shows.  John M Baker (talk) 17:42, 13 January 2010 (UTC)


 * That version of Lavender Blue certainly looks like it's about anal sex.


 * Oft have I been Diddle diddle
 * With her i'th the dark
 * And yet I nere Diddle, diddle
 * Shot at the mark.
 * But now my Dear Diddle, diddle
 * Have at thy bumm
 * For I do swear Diddle, diddle
 * Now I am come.


 * Also, There lives a Lass Diddle, diddle/Over the Green,/She sells good Ale Diddle, diddle/Think what I mean. = "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard"? 86.178.229.168 (talk) 21:09, 14 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, any claim that Lavender Blue is about anal sex would certainly rely on that line. The song as a whole, however, just seems to be about sex, not specifically anal sex.  I'm inclined to think that the reference is more along the lines of "a great piece of ass," generally understood not to mean specifically anal sex.  John M Baker (talk) 01:02, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

chords and progression
I'm looking for charts/sheet-music or someone who can tell me the chords and progressions for several Nat Cole Trio songs that just don't seem to be available on the market: "Candy", "I Wanna Turn Out My Light", "What Can I Say, After I Say I'm Sorry". There are others if I get lucky here. No publications exist that I've found. Is there a way to get unpublished charts? I'll pay for copyrighted material.```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toocool0622 (talk • contribs) 20:32, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

A moment about a Hellsing scene...
In Hellsing OVA 6, during the illusion where Zorin was a giant, there was a scene where Seras was in a red-green place with Alucard telling her to use her "third eye". That scene got me wondering: was that red-green place an area of her mind, and why was there a heartbeat when she used it to see through Zorin's illusion? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirdrink13309622 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 12 January 2010 (UTC)