Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2011 March 9

= March 9 =

lil jon put yo hood up shooting scene
Where did they shoot the video of music video? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.17.213 (talk) 02:26, 9 March 2011 (UTC)


 * The song is called 'Put Yo Hood Up'. In Crunk language that means 'Represent where you grew up, where you live', kind of like Grandmas say 'Home Is Where The Heart Is'.  Lil Jon is also wearing Team ATLANTA Football & Baseball Jersey.  Being that he's from Atlanta, this video most likely is filmed in Atlanta.  I did Satellite imagery on maps.google of GRANTS PARK, Atlanta, Georgia.  The North end of park has a Baseball Diamond and Basketball court near the Rec Center, looks much like your video.--i am the kwisatz haderach (talk) 15:19, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Instrument in Soul Bossa Nova
At the very beginning of Soul Bossa Nova, some kind of instrument is used to produce an odd sound. The only way I can think of to describe it is as kind of a semi-melodic "gasping". What the heck instrument is that? Dgcopter (talk) 17:08, 9 March 2011 (UTC)


 * From the personnel listing in the Big Band Bossa Nova album article, It's most likely a Flugelhorn being played by Clark Terry. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.201.110.135 (talk) 17:24, 9 March 2011 (UTC)


 * From my personal listening, it's a cuica (played by one of the three percussionists listed in 90.201's link). ---Sluzzelin talk  18:11, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Evidently we interpreted differently which 'semi-melodic "gasping"' Dgcopter meant, Sluzzelin. You may well be right :-) .{The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.201.110.135 (talk) 19:16, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's gotta be the cuica. Holy cow, would've never found that in a million years.  Thanks to both of you for the help! Dgcopter (talk) 19:39, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Guitar solo
I don't know too much about playing instruments, and am curious about the guitar solo in Rod Stewart's 19070s version of I Don't Want to Talk About It.

It sounds interesting and odd to me. Is it two guitars playing simultaneously, two track recordings overlaid or one guitar with a funny effect? Or something else? --Dweller (talk) 22:08, 9 March 2011 (UTC)


 * This may be totally useless and I don't have any sound on this computer so I can't tell you, but a Google search threw up this Youtube video which claims to offer a tutorial on how to play the guitar part.. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:02, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The Rod Stewart track, from Atlantic Crossing, was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, and the guitarists credited on the album are Pete Carr, Steve Cropper, and Jesse Ed Davis. Don't know who played on that track, sorry.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:21, 10 March 2011 (UTC)


 * It sounds double-tracked to me. It's a beautiful song and beautifully rendered by Rod and his band, thanks for getting me to listen to it again. DuncanHill (talk) 14:18, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I wonder if you're talking about the guitar solo or the acoustic guitar picking throughout the song. The electric guitar solo (about 3 minutes in) is not double tracked. It's a single guitar, perhaps thickened a bit of delay as guitar solos often are, and using a lot of double stops, that is, moments when two notes are played on two strings. The double stop is a staple of slow, bluesy rock guitar solos, though you don't hear it as much anymore, since the average guitar player on rock radio today doesn't have the chops that the previous generation did. If you're talking about the acoustic guitar, it's two guitars panned far to the right and left, and using a capo to give it a high, thin sound. The two guitars and the capo give it a distinctive "chimey" sound. It may even be one acoustic guitar panned to one side, and a chorus effect panned to the other, as is sometimes done. And then there's a sax solo near the end, but I'm sure you're not talking about that! —Kevin Myers 21:50, 10 March 2011 (UTC)