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October 22

Movie Name

I am looking for the name of a movie that sounds something like "The Grease". There is a dance scene somewhere in it. 203.188.92.70 (talk) 10:11, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Grease has dancing. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 10:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

No, it's doesn't look like it, and I do remember the word "The" in the title. It's jive dancing, if that helps. 203.188.92.70 (talk) 11:45, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Jive dancing still makes it sound like Grease to me. --bodnotbod (talk) 18:22, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Shag: The Movie? Exxolon (talk) 20:11, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Acoustic guitar with no sound hole

Why do some acoustic guitars such as this one come without a sound hole? As the latter article states, the purpose of the sound hole is to help the guitar project its sound more efficiently. Without one, wouldn't it sound all wrong? --Richardrj ^{talk email} 14:02, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

It is a semi-acoustic, this means that while it is plugged in like an electric it will amplify the acoustic sound. therefore it does not need sound hole. It can still be played without being amplified. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.115.175.247 (talk) 16:24, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I would hate to spoil all your fun, but I played one of those, and it does indeed have sound holes. 5 of them to the top and bottom of the equalizer. Without a sound hole, i.e. if you blocked them, then the top face does not have as much to contribute to the sound, and cannot feedback as much. Some musicians actually cover the sound hole or mute it. Go find one and play it. It is a really good guitar. The Purpose of the sound hole is that air pressure from from the vibration of the face can come out, albet out of phase with the face. ( i.e. the string vibrates, it translates into vibrating the bridge, which vibrates the face, so when the face goes out, the air pressure on the face increases, and on the back of the face it decreases. How these two diffrent sound waves interact determines the charastic quality of the sound. If you plug the sound hole, or dont have one made on the guitar, then the back of the face, out of phase sound waves dont come out, and because the pressure inside the guitar remains constant, it mutes the sound, and causes less feedback. ). --99.185.0.29 (talk) 12:16, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Soundtrack of Spooks S7 trailer?

Does anyone know the name of the song of the new trailer for Spooks, season 7? Link: [1]

SF007 (talk) 14:04, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Lyrics interpretation of Linkin Park song

In Linkin Park's song "Hands Held High": Can someone tell me what does this particular verse mean?

"Ten years old it's something to see/ Another kid my age drugged under a jeep/ Taken and bound and found later under a tree/ I wonder if he had thought the next one could be me"

and this:

"Words on loose leaf sheet complete coming/ I jump in my mind and summon the rhyme, I'm dumping"

I'm not a native English speaker so I really had a hard time understanding what they were trying to say. There was some vaguely speculated explanations that the first verse is about how a ten-year-old saw an abduction happened on another kid, but it lacks its context. Also I don't really understand how can you be "drugged under a jeep". I appreciate it if someone can figure it out.

Mm.3nn (talk) 14:50, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Interpreting the the lyrics of songs is equally as frustrating for native speakers. The lyricist may be recalling a true event that actually happened to them, may be recounting a story that was true, but happened to someone else, or, as is often the case, is just making stuff up. The first lyric you quote sounds like a Lynching of some sort; without more background that the best I can come up with. The second lyric is basically rhyming gibberish. Its basicly says "I am writing this song right now. Hey, look, I can make this rhyme too!" Its not more deep than that. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 16:40, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and the word "drugged" is being used in this case as the past tense of the word "to drag" which means to be pulled along the ground. He's basically describing someone being tied to a truck and pulled along the ground... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 16:41, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, it makes more sense to me now. There is only one thing i still wasn't really convinced: If you look at wiktionary, "drugged" is the past tense of "drug" and "dragged" is the right one. --Mm.3nn (talk) 21:44, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

drug is sometimes used as past of drag, by analogy with such forms as hang:hung. —Tamfang (talk) 04:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Films with extra scenes after the end credits

Can anyone give me a list of films that feature extra scenes after the end credits, and can tell me what happens in these extra scenes? David Pro (talk) 22:21, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Post-credits scene lists only a few, but has an external link to a site that might be what you're looking for. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:32, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Easiest way to do this is to go to IMDB. Look for any moive you know has some odd credits (many do, but try Ferris Bueller's Day Off if you really don't know any) then click on "crazy credits". The movie you have chosen may not have extra scenes, but from there you can browse all the crazy credits until you find some that have extra scenes. DJ Clayworth (talk) 21:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)