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The Sanskrit text Rig Veda often dated 1500 BCE [note 1] has the earliest mention of seven continents in the Earth, the text claims that the Earth has seven continents and Lord Vishnu Measured the entire universe from his first foot from the land of Earth which has 7 continents.
The song "Hopscotch" is apparently inspired by Julio Cortázar's novel Hopscotch and includes lyrics written in Gliglish, the constructed language La Maga teaches Horacio. [ 1 ] "Hopscotch, pt. 2" references both Lewis Carroll 's Jabberwocky and the Grimm Brothers ' White and Black Bride
"The Continental" is a dance to a song written by Con Conrad with lyrics by Herb Magidson, [1] and was introduced by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in the 1934 film The Gay Divorcee. "The Continental" was the first song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In the film it was sung by Ginger Rogers, Erik Rhodes and Lillian Miles. [1] [2]
"Spoonman" was performed in drop D tuning.The main riff was written in septuple meter, in 7 4 time. [7] [8] [9] The chorus is 44 and part of the spoon solo is in 3 4.The guitarist, Kim Thayil, has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song until after the band had written it and said that the use of odd meters was "a total accident".
Se7en (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack accompanying the 1995 film Seven (stylized as Se7en).It features songs from Marvin Gaye, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, The Statler Brothers and two instrumental cues from Howard Shore's score. [1]
The title is a mockery of American children's game Chutes and Ladders (also known in the United Kingdom as Snakes and Ladders), with the song's lyrics mostly consisting of nursery rhymes. It is the first Korn song to feature bagpipes. [8] The song uses the following nursery rhymes in its lyrics: [9] "Ring a Ring o' Roses" "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe"
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature is a popular science book written by the McGill University neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin, and first published by Dutton Penguin in the U.S. and Canada in 2008, and updated and released in paperback by Plume in 2009, and translated into six languages.
This is a list of songs from Sesame Street. It includes the songs are written for used on the TV series. The songs have a variety of styles, including R&B, opera, show tunes, folk, and world music. [1] Especially in the earlier decades, parodies and spoofs of popular songs were common, although that has reduced in more recent years. [1]