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July 30

Pretty Woman

Did sales and radio-plays of Oh, Pretty Woman change around the time of Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. from what they'd been before the parody was released? Did they grow, shrink, or stay the same? 184.57.99.184 (talk) 00:05, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You will not get a good answer for that specific question. The Orbison estate sued Sony in 1998 for withholding royalties. Part of that lawsuit included problems with getting Sony to release sales figures for Orbison's songs (including Oh, Pretty Woman) from 1992 to 1998. The lawsuit you mention took place in 1994 - in the middle of that period where Sony refused to release actual sales. My memory is that the suit was settled out of court, which means that Sony didn't have to release any sales figures. I didn't find anything to the contrary online. 209.149.113.4 (talk) 16:04, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for a song...

Hello. I am looking for a probably pretty famous and older song (maybe 70's or 80's) of which the lyrics contain phrases similar to Everybody wants this weather. Sunshine all day long. (Google was not much use to me so far.) I know, this "information" is very vague, but maybe someone yet knows what I mean. Regards--Hubon (talk) 00:28, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't suppose it's Blue Skies? Tevildo (talk) 21:53, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately that's not what I was looking for.--Hubon (talk) 23:02, 30 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

70s-80s. That makes it tough because "pop" music wasn't popular. Was it rock? Was it progressive rock? Was it glam rock? Was it disco? Was it punk? Was it California-pop rock? Was it early hard rock? Was it early metal? Was it country? Was it southern rock? You would have trouble picking a more turbulent time in popular music. It would help a great deal to have a starting point. 209.149.113.4 (talk) 12:36, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming you've completely messed up the lyrics... It appears to be a song about southern California. There are many songs that claim southern California is sunny all the time (hence the phrase: It never rains in southern California). One such example is "I Love L.A." which has the lyrics: "Everybody's very happy/'Cause the sun is shining all the time/Looks like another perfect day". 209.149.113.4 (talk) 13:41, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your efforts! I'm terribly sorry, but I really can't for sure tell which genre it actually was. In any case, I'm quite certain that it wasn't (hard) rock, but rather gently, harmonic, melodic. I just once heard it being played somewhere in the street and I tried to remember some of the lyrics... But I'm afraid we won't get any much further here. I would need to give you more information – if I just had some! What I can only repeat is that it must be a rather popular (meaning well-known) "good-mood" song that must contain verses similar to the ones mentioned.--Hubon (talk) 15:17, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

PS: It was also not I Love L.A.--Hubon (talk) 15:20, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Any of these? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 16:20, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, I'm sorry. I guess I'll just have to wait until I hear it the next time. I must have indeed mixed something up there. But never mind, folks. It was worth a try.--Hubon (talk) 22:45, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

July 31

Rachel Dawes played by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Not Katie Holmes

In the Batman film The Dark Knight, why was the character Rachel Dawes played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, rather than Katie Holmes? 81.145.108.28 (talk) 14:18, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Because Gyllenhaal was hired for the part instead. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:47, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

According to the Rachel Dawes article, Holmes "chose not to reprise the role". That's sourced to an article at slashfilm.com which says that "Holmes dropped out of the project earlier in the year", and mentions gossip that it was due to Tom Cruise's objections. Rojomoke (talk) 17:53, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

August 1

The Waltons - Robert Wightman as John-Boy/World War II survivors

1. In the 8th and 9th seasons and 1 movie sequel of The Waltons, why was John "John-Boy" Walton Jr. played by Robert Wightman, instead of Richard Thomas? 81.145.108.28 (talk) 15:06, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As mentioned here and here, Richard Thomas left to do something else. The vast majority of the time, when an actor is replaced in a film or TV series, it is because the actor didn't want to do the character anymore, and so the producers either have to "write the character out of the series" (c.f. "Chuck Cunningham" in Happy Days) or they replace the actor (as with John Boy in The Waltons, Aunt Viv in Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Darren in Bewitched, etc.) --Jayron 32 15:28, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sometimes, it wasn't that the actor didn't want to play the part anymore, they just couldn't. The first Darrin had a back injury that got worse, and the original Gladys Kravitz (also in Bewitched) died. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:59, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2. Did all of the Waltons survive the Second World War? Did they suffer any illness, wounds or injuries? 81.145.108.28 (talk) 16:22, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to know, you're quite allowed to watch any of the Waltons media set after WWII. As the later seasons cover both the War and Post-War years, you can just watch the show to find out. Also, the Wikipedia article titled The Waltons discusses many of the major character's experiences during WWII. --Jayron 32 18:25, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not answer questions from this source IP:81.145.108.28. This user has been banned multiple times for block evasion, silly questions and an obsession with rape and sexual matters. David J Johnson (talk) 22:31, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Longest soccer team goalless run

Hi all, RNK Split have just failed to score in their eleventh (11th) match in a row, 8 during the 2015/16 Prva HNL and 3 in the present edition. No other competitive matches did they play during the run. So, what are the records? 31.217.0.98 (talk) 17:08, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

According to this site, the record holder is Ergotelis FC, with 18 consecutive goalless matches. Tevildo (talk) 19:35, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Those are generic 0:3 defaults. 31.217.50.10 (talk) 11:17, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Explain, please? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:19, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A technical win, if the team forfeited the match for whatever reason, a 3-0 win is awarded to the other team. The team was presumably excluded from the league for some reason. Fgf10 (talk) 11:28, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

So it wouldn't really be a "goalless game", it would be a non-existent game - basically a placeholder. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:34, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well not really, as does actually count as a 3-0 win in the rankings for the other teams generally, I think. They get the 3 points for the win, 3 goals on their goal difference etc. The game wasn't played, but it still counts. Fgf10 (talk) 16:29, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, a standard score, like 9-0 in baseball forfeits. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:47, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Spot on, Fgf10. I imagine there could be a separate record for a season and another for a calendar year. I was expecting definite answers by now, people :) 31.217.40.132 (talk) 13:09, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The longest record I can find is Stirling Albion with eight months and 14 matches without scoring in 1980/81 - source (7th question from top). Perhaps RNK will make history. Deserter1 talk 13:54, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Get The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) over here. He's a soccer expert (or at least knows the game well) and might know where to find such info. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:32, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The question needs more definition. Football has a notoriously tricky system for comparing different international leagues. In some countries there are many layers of professional football. In some countries, even the top level is amateur. So a third-rate clogger from a leading nation's second division could go to another country's top division and be a superstar. Imagine a weak NFL team's fourth-string quarterback going to play American football in the UK - he'd be the best player by a street. Which is one reason why stats governing world-wide achievements at club level aren't really given much credence/attention. I'm not even sure they're recorded. The BBC link above from Deserter1, giving British records is a good reliable start point. Any claims made by fan sites etc to a world record should be treated as unreliable unless they give some kind of solid source. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:09, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OP here: Mr Dweller, I imagined your examples but they don't apply. There are several national divisions in soccer befitting respective skill- and infrastructure-levels of all sorts of clubs. Fifth division English team firing 11 blanks against fellow fifth division teams? That's something, trust me pal. Not to mention if it happens in a stable national A-league. So, the real question remains: which football club has gone on the most competitive matches in a row without scoring a goal? And don't play philosophical, the original question was well-versed. Splićanin (talk) 00:48, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No one gets paid here. We are not your servants. So don't lecture us on how good your question was. Also, are you actually in Croatia, or are you using a proxy server? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:19, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unlike cricket, with its well-defined systems of establishing the level of competition at sub-national level, football has no equivalence between national competitions and this is probably why no significant repository of statistics exists to answer to these kinds of questions, unlike cricket which has two grandpappies of it (Cricinfo and Cricket Archive) as well as many wannabes. And I'm very sorry if you don't like that, or find it philosophical, but it's just the way it is, some things will never change. (But don't you believe it) --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 08:46, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dweller, you'll end up in snooker and bandy for the sake of proving your point, I honestly skim-read it as soon as I saw cricket. Buggsy, born-and-bred Croat. Cheers. Splićanin (talk) 14:10, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! Ever been to a resort called Koversada? I've heard that as small as it is, the tourists still get plenty of exposure. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:16, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That's so far away in Croatian terms, never even heard of it until now. Maybe because there are roughly 4.28 million places to go swimming and enjoy the Mr Sun Sun, Mr Golden Sun in Hrvatska. Come pay a visit and I'm taking you to a good ole game of foote-ball. 31.217.92.97 (talk) 16:52, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The record for Bulgaria is held by the now-defunct club Rakovski Ruse, which, during the 1996–97 season of the Bulgarian top-level division, failed to score in 19 matches in a row and finished last in the table with 1 draw and 29 losses out of 30 matches. The article bg:ФК Раковски says that this is actually a record for any European top-level division, and while no source is cited to support that claim, Rakovski's record is, in any case, way worse than Split's current record. --Theurgist (talk) 12:31, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

At an international level San Marino went more than 20 games without scoring a goal. On 11th October 2008, they lost 1-3 at home to Slovakia in a 2010 World Cup Qualifier, and then did not score another goal until 14th August 2012, when they lost 2-3 at home to Malta. Interestingly, they also hold the record for the fastest scored goal in World Cup Qualifying history, when Davide Gualtieri put them 1-0 up, after just 8.3 seconds, in a home match against England on 10th March 1993, however, they ended up losing 1-7 Jaseywasey (talk) 20:27, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

August 2

gymnastic shoes

Back in the days of old, what types of shoes did women gymnasts wear while performing their routines?2604:2000:7113:9D00:71AF:A799:FB59:D393 (talk) 07:31, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Back in "the days of old" women didn't do gymnastics. The earliest references are from the 1920s - at which point there was not the variety of specialist footwear now available. At that time the basic shoe for most sports had a canvas upper and rubber sole, called a plimsoll/gym shoe/sneaker - the name depending on which country you were from. Wymspen (talk) 09:19, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have to jump in here. Late Victorian illustrations show women performing decidedly gymnastic-looking exercises at the German Gymnasium, London. One drawing is here - I have seen others in the same series. Of course there have always been circus performers, but these girls and young women taking quite vigorous exercise are coded as respectable. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 11:04, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If you meant "in the days of old" you are probably talking about acrobatics. You figure out what the footwear is - looks like bandages of some sort to me. 196.213.35.146 (talk) 12:49, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm referring to the 1970s and 1980s, while I was growing up. I've seen women gymnasts wear gymnastic shoes.2604:2000:7113:9D00:6C52:F307:1139:D0DA (talk) 21:45, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

When my sister was active in gymnastics in those days, she wore shoes resembling ballet slippers; also, a number of exercises were performed barefoot. See for example this picture of Olga Korbut performing on the balance beam [1] --Xuxl (talk) 07:11, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

August 3

Name that tune question

Can anyone help with this song that we can hum but can't quite place? We think it might be from a musical. I've tried a few music recognition websites without success. Anyway it goes something like this (4-4 time, D major perhaps, a bit faster than minim=120 - 8=quaver, 4=crotchet etc - the first four-bar phrase is repeated two tones higher)

d'8 e'8 d'8 c#'8 d'4 a'4 | a'4 g'4 f#'4 e'4 | d'8 e'8 d'8 c#'8 d'4 e'4 | e'4 f#'4 f#'2 | f#'8 g#'8 f#'8 e#'8 f#'4 c#4 | c#4 b'4 a#'4 g#'4 | f#'8 g#'8 f#'8 e#'8 f#'4 g#'4 | g#'4 a#'4 a#'2 ||

Thanks from a regular Wikipedia user on holiday who can't remember a password to log in on a strange computer... 91.4.116.50 (talk) 11:01, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You mean like this?

${ \key d \major d'8 e'8 d'8 cis'8 d'4 a'4 | a'4 g'4 fis'4 e'4 | d'8 e'8 d'8 cis'8 d'4 e'4 | e'4 fis'4 fis'2 | fis'8 gis'8 fis'8 eis'8 fis'4 cis''4 | cis''4 b'4 ais'4 gis'4 | fis'8 gis'8 fis'8 eis'8 fis'4 gis'4 | gis'4 ais'4 ais'2 || }$

Double sharp (talk) 14:12, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That is almost The Rhythm of Life (no dedicated article, surprisingly), from the musical Sweet Charity, except that the original is in a minor key. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 16:52, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it's the tempo and piano, but it's reminiscent of "The Lonely Man", bka "The Theme From The Incredible Hulk". It's not the same, but it evokes that for me. --Jayron 32 20:24, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Recently deceased actor

I'm trying to find the name of a recently deceased African American actor. I remember him playing a sad "gentle giant" convict role in a well known movie - of course I can't remember the title either! He was a big man, no hair, with a deep but soft voice. Afaik he passed away quite recently, definitely less than a year ago. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:06, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I believe you're referring to Michael Clarke Duncan, though he died in 2012. He was known for his role in The Green Mile. clpo13_(talk) 16:08, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, really that long ago! Where does time go, or is it just my memory... Yes it is him. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:12, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Time does slip by, doesn't it? Glad I could help. clpo13_(talk) 16:18, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it does. Slipping into the future. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:56, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

August 4

artist names

hello the wikipedia artist list given of artist has the main traditional artist name as Shri Parshuram Vishram Gangavane. the name of such artist who is from the tribal community of thakar is missing. plz add the name of Shri Parshuram Vishram Gangavane and also there website www.pingulichitrakathiart.com thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.96.86.48 (talk) 07:57, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This is the wrong place for this - you can either make the correction yourself, or go to the Talk page for the relevant article and ask there. Wymspen (talk) 14:34, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Quadrilateral Cowboy trailer music

This trailer for Quadrilateral Cowboy uses a piece of classical music that's /very/ familiar to me, but that I can't name. It's in the vicinity of Eric Satie or Ralph Vaughan Williams, but I don't think it's either. My attempts to recognise it from this video using Shazam were thwarted by the game sound effects. Can anyone help identify it? Thanks. 31.185.229.245 (talk) 08:14, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Urgh, and as soon as I posted it I remembered. It's Clair De Lune by Debussy (highlight to see). D'oh. 31.185.229.245 (talk) 08:19, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, Clair De Lune, or as Victor Borge called it, "Clear de Saloon". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:56, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tex Avery and the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Why doesn't Tex Avery have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.185.86.109 (talk) 21:52, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Jane Fonda, etc.? Because they haven't gotten around to it. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:18, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The star in question, or the person/group who wants them to have a star, has to pay $30,000 to get one. This Time article notes that Julia Roberts and Dustin Hoffman don't have stars either, because they didn't want to bother with the whole process involved. Adam Bishop (talk) 00:23, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

August 5

Football before the Olympics

Why were there two days worth of football before the opening of the Olympics this year? †Dismas†|^(talk) 01:36, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In part because there is not enough time or venues to get all of the matches played in the days between the opening and closing ceremonies. This is not a unique situation. Many of the Olympic games in the last decade or so have had events that were started before the opening ceremonies. MarnetteD|Talk 01:58, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If you read Football at the Summer Olympics you'll learn a lot about the event. If you follow links from there to individual tournaments in past Olympiads, you can confirm what MarnetteD has speculated on; at the past several Olympics, the tournaments have begun before the opening ceremonies. See 2012_Summer_Olympics#Calendar, 2008_Summer_Olympics#Calendar etc. The football tournament has traditionally started two days early. --Jayron 32 02:55, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2014 Winter Olympics#Calendar, also some events the day before the opening. And in some past years the hockey started before the opening. All to accommodate the crowded schedule. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:06, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Elite football teams always have at least three days between matches to give the players resting time. The Olympic tournament has six matches for the semifinalists and wouldn't fit after the opening unless all teams only had matches on day 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 (until knocked out). It's far better for television to spread out the matches but this requires more days (more than three matches between some matches must also be popular for the players). They probably want the opening ceremony on a Friday for viewer interest but don't want to extend the whole Olympics by a week or decreasse the number of football teams/matches. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:53, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Defining additional vocals

What defines additional vocals in music? I think it just means vocals from another vocalist(s) in addition to vocals from main vocalist. Planet Star 04:02, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

See Backing vocalist, which is a synonym. --Jayron 32 13:21, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

August 6

"A Doobie Dough" Song

Can't seem to track down the title/artist of a song that's on the radio from time to time nowadays. It's a male vocalist, kind of bluesy and slow but that keeps a steady rhythm, and the song has line, repeated several times in the song, with a very high-pitched "Oh" or "Ooh" and then a lower-pitched "a-doobie (or dobie?) dough." I checked Google and the Reference Desk archives, but I might not have the scat lyrics close enough to find it. Ha. Thanks in advance for your help! Kingsfold (Quack quack!) 02:35, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

More details would help but Ms Grace? Just My Imagination? Britmax (talk) 07:02, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, yeah. It's a new song. First heard it about a year ago. "On the radio nowadays" = currently still on the "Top 40-like" radio stations. Thanks. - Kingsfold (Quack quack!) 11:46, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Turns out it's "Budapest" by George Ezra. I misinterpreted "I'd leave it all" for "A doobie dough." Ha! Case closed. Kingsfold (Quack quack!) 16:34, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 :More details would help but [[Ms Grace]]? [[Just My Imagination]]? [[User:Britmax|Britmax]] ([[User talk:Britmax|talk]]) 07:02, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
+::Sorry, yeah.  It's a new song.  First heard it about a year ago.  "On the radio nowadays" = currently still on the "Top 40-like" radio stations.  Thanks.  - [[User:Kingsfold|<b><font color="191970">Kingsfold</font></b>]] [[User talk:Kingsfold|<font color="800000">(Quack quack!)</font>]] 11:46, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
-<p>::Sorry, yeah.  It's a new song.  First heard it about a year ago.  "On the radio nowadays" = currently still on the "Top 40-like" radio stations.  Thanks.  - [[User:Kingsfold|<b><font color="191970">Kingsfold</font></b>]] [[User talk:Kingsfold|<font color="800000">(Quack quack!)</font>]] 11:46, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
+:::Turns out it's "Budapest" by George Ezra.  I misinterpreted "I'd leave it all" for "A doobie dough."  Ha!  Case closed.  [[User:Kingsfold|<b><font color="191970">Kingsfold</font></b>]] [[User talk:Kingsfold|<font color="800000">(Quack quack!)</font>]] 16:34, 6 August 2016 (UTC)