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Same Song/Band/Album

(Background: I include trivia questions on my exams, so I look for ones that aren't easy to Google.) How common is it for a song, band, and album to all have exactly the same name? I know there are many cases where a band/artist release an album with the same name. But, how often does that album contain a song with exactly the same name? My personal interest in music is dated, so I immediately think of "Bad Company" and that's it. I can't think of another example. 12.207.168.3 (talk) 13:57, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Black Sabbath/Black Sabbath (song)/Black Sabbath (album) is the only other one I can think of off the top of my head, other than the Bad Company one you know about. --Jayron32 13:59, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

This list only lists songs with the same name as the band that played them, but many (though not all) are also on albums of the same name. --Jayron32 14:04, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

While I know most of those bands, I didn't realize that they all had songs with the same name. So, it isn't very rare. I will have to limit this to a multiple choice question and purposely choose examples where the song or album has a different name. 12.207.168.3 (talk) 14:18, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

I assume you're looking for examples rather than literally a statistic on "how common" this is. One that comes to mind is Dschinghis Khan (album). ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:12, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Iron Maiden

Also Living in a Box/Living in a Box (song)/Living in a Box (album). Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 09:18, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Bo Diddley/Bo Diddley (song)/Bo Diddley (1958 album), though the album is a compilation. The song first appeared as a single. Interestingly, there is another album Bo Diddley (1962 album), which doesn't include the song. This song also has the distinction of being a band name/song name/album name which was also extensively covered by other artists. Staecker (talk) 12:26, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

For an added bonus, the song uses the Bo Diddley beat. --Jayron32 13:24, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

A close-but-no-cigar (I suppose) example is Pentangle (band)/The Pentangle (album)/"Pentangling". Deor (talk) 15:55, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Metallica, Metallica Of course! Boston, Boston - Kinks by The Kinks - The Doors by The Doors ...need more? I consider it fun to look these up for you! Equinoxepart5 (talk) 17:28, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

• Eagles - Eagles
• David Bowie - David Bowie
• Queen - Queen
• Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk
• (this one is even weirder..!) The Animals - The Animals - The Animals
• Small Faces - Small Faces

Those are Bands and Albums of the same name, but not a Song. There is no song Metallica on the Metallica album. There is no song Boston on the Boston album. There is no song The Doors on The Doors album. 12.207.168.3 (talk) 17:44, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Oh shit! I got the question wrong... I'll look. Equinoxepart5 (talk) 17:56, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Got one! Deicide by Deicide on the album: Deicide. Equinoxepart5 (talk) 18:26, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

What are they saying in "OK Pal"?

Listen to this video, to the song "OK Pal" by M83. Are they saying "Pajama, pajama, pajama", or "Together, together, together" in the background? None of the lyrics sites tell me what the riff word is. M83 fan (talk) 18:12, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

I can't view or listen to that clip, but assuming you mean what one hears at the beginning of the song and then again in the chorus (D♭ D♭ B♭ in the version I listened to), I suspect they are non-lexical vocables in music or, as The Guardian calls it in this instance, a jibber-jabber vocal refrain (and I won't attempt to transcribe it). ---Sluzzelin talk 19:06, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

'Somewhere else', I think. I haven't heard the song, but you can find the lyrics online, e.g. here [1] and here [2]. /Dangerous Dancing (talk) 13:31, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Kalpana Mohan Page

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References

Yashkkaryan you need to ask this question at the Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard MarnetteD|Talk 21:56, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

PotW

Who decides the MLB Player of the Week? Is there a selection process or a group of people who vote on it? 66.234.203.14 (talk) 21:49, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

That's a good question. The award is given directly by Major League Baseball, and is sponsored by W.B. Mason, according to this. But I can't find what actual person or persons makes the choice. Still looking. Maybe Baseball Bugs knows where to find this information? --Jayron32 12:21, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Looking some (not a lot), I couldn't find the answer, just that "MLB" awards it. They must have some little committee dedicated to this, because I doubt the Commissioner decides it unilaterally. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:04, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

My suspicion (based on how these things usually work) is that the selection devolves on to a group of sportswriters who submit their votes to the MLB office each week. But that is just a guess, really. --Jayron32 10:41, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

"Player of the Week" is a spinoff of "Player of the Month". "Warren Giles polled baseball writers and broadcasters from each Major League city then announced the winner and awarded them with an engraved desk set."[3] Dunno if it's changed much since then. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 14:28, 21 May 2019 (UTC)