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August 1

Lebanese "revolution song"

I used to work with a Lebanese guy who constantly listened to Lebanese music and one song that played I really liked, but I don't know the person who sang it or the title. He did tell me a bit about it, though. First of all it was a woman singing, he said it was made in/around 1982 and was the "revolution song" and has lyrics like "We/I don't want to die", but it's in Arabic -- I don't speak Arabic so I can't even begin to search for something like that, but I'm interested in finding out who it was. Any help is greatly appreciated. --Anthonysenn (talk) 01:09, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Possibly "Ghabet Shams el Hak" ("The Sun of Truth Has Disappeared") performed by Julia Boutros, but I don't know (or understand) the lyrics and it looks like she first performed it around 1985. ---Sluzzelin talk 01:39, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Perfect, that is the exact song, thank you very much! --Anthonysenn (talk) 02:36, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Novelty song mentioning Keith Ricards (Stones guitarist)

Can anyone help me with the title of a song I've only heard once. Country-style, the singer bemoans encroaching old-age despite a good clean life, observing that, despite his "excessive" life-style, Keith Richards isn't dead yet!

I'm fairly certain the title includes KR by name and is something along the lines of Why isn't Keith Richards dead? or How Come Keith Richards is still alive?

Thanks in advance for any help

WPWikurious (talk) 08:13, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Trying to remember the name of rockband

Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the band or any of their albums or songs.

They were a rock group (about 4 of them), in the 90's (i think), the lead singer was a woman, genre was rock/(metal) - the female vocals were borderline goth (not grunge), the rest of the band did not have a 'goth' style.

They had some commercial success and as I remember probably had a big label backing them..

The only other thing I can remember is a music video which had a woman(or was it a man) crawlin up the outside of buildings to get to there loved ones - the video was set at night in a city.87.102.86.73 (talk) 12:03, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

it's ok I finally found it after much crawling: Evanescence87.102.86.73 (talk) 12:07, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Just as a follow up, Evanescence were big in 2003-2004. 81.19.60.197 (talk) 12:52, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Resolved

Rock music question

What genre(s) do band Evanescence fit into - is gothic rock a genre? goth-metal-lite? 87.102.86.73 (talk) 12:09, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

"Genre" is such a loosely defined term that it's pretty much useless. If you owned a record shop, you could create a "Gothic rock" section and call it a genre. There isn't anyone who could stop you. Some would argue that the grunge bands of the nineties had a "Seattle" genre. Did the grunge bands that came out of Seattle have that different of a sound that they need their own genre? That's up to the listener. Dismas|^(talk) 13:32, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

(after ec)I don't have a ref but they're usually described as Gothic rock which is usually described as a sub-genre of Alternative metal. But these things usually have no meaning. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 13:37, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

They're listed in List_of_gothic_metal_bands as well.87.102.86.73 (talk) 13:41, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

That doesn't make much sense but the editors of that article went out and found six refs to support them. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 13:53, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal

When did the cheerleading scandal first break out in McKinney, Texas? Ericthebrainiac (talk) 16:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

The reason that I'm questioning this movie is because I didn't see that there was a cheerleading scandal any where in the article about McKinney, Texas. Ericthebrainiac (talk) 16:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

It's mentioned in McKinney North High School as December 2006. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 16:15, 1 August 2008 (UTC)