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The song is known for its distinct time signatures and corresponding lyrical patterns. The time signatures of the chorus of the song change from 9/8 to 8/8 to 7/8; as drummer Danny Carey says, "It was originally titled 9-8-7. For the time signatures. Then it turned out that 987 was the 16th number of the Fibonacci sequence. So that was cool." [2]
"Truth to Power" was written and produced by lead singer Ryan Tedder and T Bone Burnett. The lyrics are written from the perspective of Mother Nature speaking to her inhabitants as a call to action against climate change. [3] Gore described the song as capturing Mahatma Gandhi's satyagraha. [3]
Music and Math by Thomas E. Fiore; Twelve-Tone Musical Scale. Sonantometry or music as math discipline. Music: A Mathematical Offering by Dave Benson. Nicolaus Mercator use of Ratio Theory in Music at Convergence; The Glass Bead Game Hermann Hesse gave music and mathematics a crucial role in the development of his Glass Bead Game. Harmony and ...
"The W.A.N.D." was initially released on online stores such as the iTunes Music Store on January 10, 2006.. On 7 March that year, a CD single for the track was released in the United States, featuring two unreleased B-sides: a new studio version of "You Got to Hold On" (which would later appear in an online advertisement for Coca-Cola [1]) and "Time Travel...
The song is written in the key of C minor and is set in the time signature of common time (although the verses follow a 10-beat pattern of 4/4 – 2/4 – 4/4) with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. [13] Roger Hodgson's vocal range spans two octaves, from G 3 to E♭ 5. [13] The song makes use of keyboards, castanets, and an instrumental section ...
The song was one of the first to use a synthesizer (the Yamaha GX-1) to sound like a full string section. [2] Built initially from synth tracks rather than from a drummer setting the basic rhythm, the song is augmented with rhythm performances from Wonder, Ray Maldonado, and Bobbye Hall , and a persistent "chinging" bell pattern by Hare Krishna ...
The song's oblique lyrics are suggestive of religious and end time themes, with references to prayer, meaningful birthmarks and signs in the sky. Writing for The Guardian in 2015, Ben Hewitt drew attention to the lyrics' apocalyptic nature, imagining Cohen "greedily eyeing world domination like a Bond villain ". [ 1 ]
"Black" is a song by American rock band Pearl Jam. The song is the fifth track on their 1991 debut album, Ten, and features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard. After Ten experienced major success in 1992, Pearl Jam's record label Epic Records urged the group to release the song as a single. The ...