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October 1

Weezer's Heart Songs

Could someone please tell me who/what the artists/songs hinted at in this are? 99.226.24.150 (talk) 00:19, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Just to get things started off, the first song mentioned is Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. The 1991 naked baby reference towards the end is talking about the Nirvana album Nevermind. AlexiusHoratius 02:06, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

The lines following the reference to "Edmund Fitzgerald" ("At the break / Of the morning / A Cat named Stevens / Found a faith / He could believe in") allude to "Morning Has Broken" and presumably to Cat Stevens's conversion to Islam. Deor (talk) 02:18, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Also in there is Quiet Riot's song Metal Health (AKA 'Bang your Head'), and the Fresh Prince/fight reference is probably to the theme song to the TV show Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which explains why the main character had to go to Bel-Air ("I got in one little fight and my mom got scared...") AlexiusHoratius 02:20, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

'ABBA, Devo, Benatar were there day John Lennon died' is a reference to the murder of John Lennon in 1980. (The bands/people mentioned were all popular at the time). AlexiusHoratius 02:33, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

"Eddie Rabbitt sang / About how much / He loved a rainy night": "I Love a Rainy Night". "Mr. Springsteen said / He had a hungry heart": "Hungry Heart". Deor (talk) 02:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

'Michael Jackson is in the mirror' is a reference to the Michael Jackson song "Man in the Mirror", 'I've gotta have faith' is a reference to the George Michael song Faith from the album of the same name. 'Never gonna give you up' is a reference to the Rick Astley song. All of these were written in the late 80's (although the Astley song is arguably more popular today). AlexiusHoratius 03:08, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

"Debbie Gibson tell me that you think we're all alone" appears to conflate Debbie Gibson with her contemporary Tiffany, who sang I Think We're Alone Now in 1987. 80.254.147.52 (talk) 11:55, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I could never have figured these out. I'm terrible with popular culture references. 99.226.24.150 (talk) 23:09, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Also, "Wish me love a wishing well" is a reference to a song by Terence Trent D'Arby entitled "Wishing Well". Cheers, 10draftsdeep (talk) 15:34, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Radio station call signs

North American call sign#K and W explains that stations west of the Mississippi River are assigned a call sign beginning with K, while those to the east are assigned a sign beginning with W. But the article doesn't explain why those two letters in particular are used. Any ideas? Many thanks, --Richardrj ^{talk email} 15:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

See Call sign#International series, particularly the last paragraph. Deor (talk) 15:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Song

Hi, which song is in VH1 (in Europe) add where are showed some animals and strange creatures (between cat and a man)? Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atacamadesert12 (talk • contribs) 19:03, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

List of U-Control Blu-Ray movies?

I just rented 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' on Blu-Ray and Universal has successfully replicated the entire HD-DVD interactive experience on Blu-Ray (video PIP commentary, scene specific video extras, branching, karaoke etc). Is there a list of movies that have U-Control or similar functionality? --70.167.58.6 (talk) 22:12, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

MLB Playoff Statistics

What percentage of teams that win game 1 of a series win the entire series? LDS, LCS and world series —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjay5 (talk • contribs) 22:26, 1 October 2008 (UTC)