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What is the name of this old cartoon?

A kid gets kidnapped froma rich family as a baby and then persues his life trying to find them again. He spends some time with a "circus" man who has a monkey and two (?) dogs. The cartoon may or may not have been originally in english. Thanks!!

WikiMasterChef (talk) 22:13, 15 February 2012 (UTC) 03:33, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Come Together

Who sung a version of "Come Together" in this commercial? It is something like African-American style though. JSH-alive ^{talk • cont • mail} 08:39, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't recognize the singer. It may be a band/singer hired specifically for the commercial, and not anyone overly "famous". --Jayron32 13:57, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Could it be Joe Cocker? --NorwegianBlue ^talk 16:13, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

To me, it sounds like the main part of the commercial is John Lennon's solo version of Come Together slowed down a bit, giving it a bluesy feel. The very end is clearly the Beatles version. Because slowing a song down can change how it sounds a lot, it is possible that it is all the Beatles version until the very end when they play it at normal speed. -- kainaw™ 17:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

That is definitely not the original version, slowed down or otherwise. Slowing a song down does not change the singer's accent or intonation; that is clearly not John Lennon singing. The end segment is not the Beatles' version, either. Listen: [1] Malcolm XIV (talk) 19:02, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Definitely not Lennon. As the wikipedia article indicates, there are countless covers of this song. Joe Cocker is a good guess. But there's always the chance it was recorded specifically for these ads, by some unknown studio group. I'm not finding anything useful in Google so far. Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 09:19, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

If it's slowed down, why does the voice sound (to me) higher than Lennon's? —Tamfang (talk) 06:40, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Discussion will continue on Talk:Come Together#Nortel. Do not add any thing here. -- JSH-alive ^{talk • cont • mail} 12:48, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Help finding the name of a song about roadies

Hello once again wikipedia, I need help finding the name of a song... I dont have much about it (no artist..song name..or lyrics..) except that its about the roadies of a band and how they pack up and how the crowd wants them to play on.. Any help would be appreciated Cheers 124.180.244.92 (talk) 09:09, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Jackson Browne's The Load-Out/Stay perhaps? Mitch Ames (talk) 13:35, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

I would second that. The OP's description matches exactly. The Load Out/Stay is a medley which appears as the last two tracks on Jackson Browne's landmark live-concept album Running on Empty (album). Its a cool album because every song is about life on the road as a touring band, and every track was recorded on the road. Most tracks were recorded on stage live, but some were recorded in hotel rooms, and one was even recorded on a bus traveling between gigs. Definately one of my top-ten all-time albums. --Jayron32 13:55, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Motorhead we are the road crew —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.172.58.82 (talk) 09:17, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Galaxia The Stories Of Illusion

can anybody take the time and tell me what you think about it ? http://sites.google.com/site/megacivilisation/Home and here's my Knol http://knol.google.com/k/stanisaw-giers/galaxia-the-stories-of-illusion/eh4i89ehy5v5/1#

just what you think of it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.205.25.63 (talk) 21:19, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

I think something's wrong with the formatting on the knol site - it indents, then outdents - is it supposed to do this?83.100.250.79 (talk) 21:35, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Im a newbiee at this ill need to work on it later thnx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.205.25.63 (talk) 19:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)