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= February 27 =

Computer game soundtracks
Are there any examples of computer game/video game soundtracks with lyrics, as opposed to instrumental music? In particular, are there any game soundtracks with more sophisticated lyrics than just one phrase (like "Fight, win, prevail" or "I am a mechanical man") repeated over and over? 2601:646:8E01:515D:EC70:2A7E:C364:2DFA (talk) 05:41, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * This thread on Neogaf.com has several listed including Cara Mia Addio from Portal 2. Baba Yetu from Civ4 has made it into high school choir usage. Rmhermen (talk) 06:40, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The Final Fantasy series has several lyrics-heavy songs including Eyes on Me (Faye Wong song) which made it onto the Japanese top singles chart. Still Alive from Portal and Want You Gone from Portal 2 are considered important to the games' success and have been released as songs on the writer's album, independent of the game soundtrack. Rmhermen (talk) 07:14, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The theme song to Skyrim has many words but they are in the language of dragons. Rmhermen (talk) 07:39, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The inns have human singers. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:51, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * The original Homeworld uses Barber's Agnus Dei on several levels. AlexTiefling (talk) 12:05, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Bastion and Transistor both have good music with good lyrics. Singer-songwriter type songs, with great vocal performances. Both soundtracks are by Darren Korb. You can listen to both on youtube. Staecker (talk) 13:01, 27 February 2016 (UTC)


 * The Neverhood had a lot of original incidental music with "lyrics", although they were mostly unintelligible (but not always). I think the same was true of the sequel, but I never played it. -- BenRG (talk) 23:11, 27 February 2016 (UTC)


 * The Fallout series has a lot of non-original but thematically appropriate songs on the radio. If you tune your Pip-Boy's radio to the right station, they play all the time and function as background music. Saints Row IV also has on-foot radio. -- BenRG (talk) 23:23, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Grand Theft Auto has a category full of those. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:53, 28 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks! 2601:646:8E01:515D:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B (talk) 02:23, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Just found something on my own: Europa Universalis 4 features songs with lyrics, including one song I know very well! 2601:646:8E01:515D:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B (talk) 06:49, 28 February 2016 (UTC)


 * PaRappa_the_Rapper and Katamari Damacy come to mind as games with lyric-heavy soundtracks. SemanticMantis (talk) 20:29, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Do the Rock Band and Guitar Hero games count? uhhlive (talk) 15:16, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

TV show (or movie) with "Mega remote control"
Resolved I am trying to remember something from a TV show. Or it might've been a movie. It was most likely a British comedy.

Some typical laddish-guys joined all their remote-controls together (TV, video player, digi-box, etc), along their longest edges with buttons facing outwards, into a sort-of elongated octagon shape - crudely, with gaffa-tape or something. And they called it... some mad name. Like "The Megatron" or something. So, like a mega-remote-control.

Anyone remember it? 81.108.18.234 (talk) 15:06, 27 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Peep Show (TV series) Series 5 Ep 1 'Burgling'. Nanonic (talk) 15:39, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, correct, thanks very much. 81.108.18.234 (talk) 15:59, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Highest note on a piano that can be played staccato
On most pianos, the very high notes cannot be played staccato. Depending on the piano, the highest note that can be played staccato is either the E♭ on the third ledger line above the staff or the F♯ on the space above the third ledger line above the staff. Any pianos where the G on the fourth ledger line above the staff can be played staccato?? Georgia guy (talk) 17:14, 27 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Here is another way to phrase your question: "On most pianos, the highest pitch that has a damper is D#6 or F#6. Are there any pianos that have a damper on G6?" I used a search engine to search for piano highest damper and found this blog post: How Many Dampers does a Piano Have? In this post, the author describes the highest pitch that has a damper on the pianos he uses:
 * Steinway grands, M, L and B models: D#6 (67 dampers)
 * Yamaha grands the author knows of: F6 (69 dampers)
 * Essex EGP-183 and nine-foot Steinway D: G6 (71 dampers)
 * --Bavi H (talk) 18:47, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, there most certainly are such pianos, as the blog post says (I've played on one such). (Also, I think F6 is a more common endpoint than F♯6.) Double sharp (talk) 15:01, 6 March 2016 (UTC)