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October 11

Elton John

If I'm gonna start listening to his music as whole, which album do I start with, and how do I work my way through out the others? He has so many, I don't even know where to begin... I am uncertain if this question is appropriate for the Ref Desk or not, so if you remove it on those grounds, I will understand. 24.189.87.160 (talk) 00:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

In my library, this would be considered Reader's Advisory, which is a duty of the reference staff, so I'll give it a crack. The answer is, it depends on your current musical tastes. Mr. John has a wide variety, from pretty basic piano pop to pretty cheesy adult pop. If you like it a little rock-like, go for Madman Across the Water, but if you prefer country-style, listen to Tumbleweed Connection. His first hit album Elton John (album) is more in the singer songwriter tradition, and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is eclectic, a bit like his version of the White album by the Beatles in its range of styles. 70.79.246.134 (talk) 01:06, 11 October 2010 (UTC) (forget to log in:) Aaronite (talk) 01:08, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Mr John? Sir Elton, surely. -- 202.142.129.66 (talk) 01:15, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

OK, thanks... guess I'll kick things off with Madman Across The Water (I'm a Queen and ELO fan in case anyone has more suggestions). 24.189.87.160 (talk) 03:23, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

I highly recommend Goodbye Yellow Brick Road as a must own. It is undoubtedly his best album, there's really not a dud on it, quite amazing for a double album. I'd rank it up there with London Calling and The White Album as the best double albums ever made. Other albums, besides the ones mentioned above, would be Caribou, which contains the rolicking "The Bitch is Back" and one of his best ballads, "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me". A rather underrated album was Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, which was a big seller, but tends to get forgotten due to its lack of hit singles, though the one song you'd recognize on it "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", is good. The album is probably the most autobiographical of all of his work with Bernie Taupin, and it shows on most of the songs. It was also the last album with his original band (Davey Johnstone, Nigel Olsson, Dee Murray), in my opinion every album after that is sub-par because of this. The music on his later 70's/early 80's albums (IMHO) becomes rather uninteresting and bland, that kinda 80's light disco/soft rock, you won't find anything recognizable on most of them. Consider that his next really good album was Too Low for Zero, which was when he got the original band back together. Seriously, just look for albums with his core personel. If it doesn't have Davey Johnstone on it prominently, don't buy it. --Jayron32 03:37, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Whoa, this reads like a professional review on a music blog. Thanks for the tips (although I'm not surprised that his post 70s material would suck, since a lot of artists who made their best music in that era sucked in the decade(s) that followed). 24.189.87.160 (talk) 04:02, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Wild and Woolly (1917)

Wild and Woolly is a 1917 silent movie with Douglas Fairbanks. Because it's pre-1928, it's out of copyright. I was hoping to find someplace I could download a copy. Any ideas? 70.112.128.105 (talk) 00:26, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Normally my go-to place for viewing public domain films would be the Internet Archive, but even searching there doesn't return any results for the film you're looking for. I tried YouTube as well, but nothing still. Even a google search for wild and woolly douglas fairbanks download turns up nothing, so it looks like your best bet for watching it is to either order it on DVD (it's available on Netflix, btw) or wait for it to be aired on Silent Sundays on TCM, for which you can check your local schedule. 24.189.87.160 (talk) 03:57, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Also available on the DVD The Actors: Rare Films of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Vol. 3. Pepso2 (talk) 14:12, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Music sample

Hi, I'm trying to figure out the sample used in the song 'Therapy' by Heltah Skeltah [1]. The part I'm interested in is the refrain, where someone sings 'I need a doctor to give me some therapy, I need a doctor to check my.. my brain' (the first refrain begins at 1:37). Is that part sampled from another song or an original component of this song? If it's sampled, who sings it and what song is it from? According to [2], the sample used is 'Enchanted Lady' by Milt Jackson, but it doesn't sound anything like the song. Please help. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Craftye (talk • contribs) 01:35, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

I was unable to determine if that chorus is a sample or not... apparently the female singer's name is Vinia Mojica. You may some luck if you can find a hard copy of the album, cassette or compact disc. Many times, but certainly not always, the sampling credits are given track by track. 10draftsdeep (talk) 15:45, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

character voice on wordgirl

There is a police officer that keeps on showing up on wordgirl starting in 'Wham Up!', and he appears again in 'Granny and Clyde'. Who voices him? 204.112.104.172 (talk) I know the voice actor questions are annoying, but just bare with me. thanks. --Anon00:31, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Once again, please help me crack an XBox360 Family Settings pass code.

There were still no responses now when I checked, so here it is again.

There are 10 possible codes in each of the 4 code slots: X, Y, LB, RB, LT, RT, Up, Down, Left, Right. At our campus ministry dorm, I can't play Halo: Reach unless I know the code, and I'd rather not wait until I find the game's owner (who happens to be asleep now). One of the other residents said that he had to get the game's owner to hook him up through the code before he could start playing, but I'd rather find a way to bypass that need. So does anyone have a tactic on how to crack the code and gain access? A math formula, etc.? Thanks in advance. --70.179.178.5 (talk) 21:38, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

As it says at the top of this page - you have to be patient, an answer might take days to show up. In any case, asking someone to tell you how to do something you clearly shouldn't be doing is a bit much! But no matter what, there are 10,000 possible codes and there is no way to know which one they entered. Anyway, your friend has (evidently) been asleep for 6.5 hours now - you don't have much longer to wait to ask. 216.136.51.242 (talk) 14:24, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

It's not the game's owner you need, but the console's owner. (Or whoever it is who set up the console's Family Settings password.) Brute force attack is the "math formula" you seek, but it would be easier to ask the console's owner. Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:51, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

My friend says that those math codes never work. He has tried to get into an XBox family code without knowing it, he tried those, and he failed epicly. --Annonimus00:34, 12 October 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Annonimus User (talk)

Martin Scorsese cameo questions

Does Martin Scorsese make a cameo in Casino as a money counter, or in Shutter Island as an inmate in the garden? In both cases, I thought I saw someone who looked like him, but I couldn't find any attestation on the Internet. --140.232.178.118 (talk) 05:05, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

This and this (at the bottom) list his cameos in his own films; neither mentions Casino or Shutter Island. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:50, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Old Lady who gained fame in 1960s as a very bad singer

I'm trying to recall the name of the American late middle-aged/elderly woman who gained fame of sorts in the 1960s for her poor singing. She was famous enough to be referenced by various writers as one of the defining bad moments of the 1960s. Does this ring a bell for anyone? --Roisterer (talk) 13:15, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Mrs. Elva Miller. --Viennese Waltz 13:39, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

A latter-day Florence Foster Jenkins in the "so appallingly bad, she's actually entertaining ... in small doses" stakes. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 19:09, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes! thank you very much. I've been wanting to inflict her on someone for a while now. --Roisterer (talk) 04:35, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Mrs. Miller was no worse than the time I saw Ethel Merman on TV trying to sing "Gentle on My Mind". The difference, though, is that at one time Ethel actually could sing. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:27, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

seleb's worst fear

I'm trying to proove to a friend that i can find justin beiber's worst fear to scare him, Someone says that he is scared of these:www.youtube.com/watch#!v=EiO0GsJ1N2E&feature=related Is this for real, or is my friend just trying to mess around? I also hear that he is scared of the character Ms. Question on wordgirl, and ghosts. Is this true? s204.112.104.172 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:11, 11 October 2010 (UTC).

Please note that i am just wondering, curiosity --Annonimus01:15, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

are you sure it's christian schaal?

Victoria best on wordgirl doesn't sound like Christian Schaal. Are you sure that's her? 204.112.104.172 (talk) 20:27, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

The actor's name is Kristen Schaal and there's a link in that article regarding her voicing the Wordgirl character - here. --LarryMac | Talk 21:05, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, sorry about the misspelling, my friend red it to me as "Christian" 204.112.104.172 (talk) 21:31, 11 October 2010 (UTC)