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September 26

What's this tune/song?

Here. I created the MIDI myself from memory. I don't claim to have an ear for music, but it sounds pretty much like I'm thinking. I've heard it many a time but never caught its name. I think the original is really a synth piano from the 60s or 70s. Does anybody know the name? 75.75.42.89 (talk) 01:30, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's very familiar. Sounds like the theme tune from some movie, possibly written by Henry Mancini. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 03:14, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's a Bossa Nova song from the 60's. Fairly certain it isn't actually Mancini, although it certainly sounds like him. Isn't there a website one can plug such tunes in to get a title? μηδείς (talk) 03:44, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's not quite, but almost entirely undissimilar to the Elephant Song. μηδείς (talk) 03:54, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Found it. It is "So Nice" (Summer Samba) as covered by Astrid Gilberto. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh-5SyBn4fY. I found it at midomi http://www.midomi.com/ by singing the tune. μηδείς (talk) 04:04, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's it. Thanks. The Walter Wanderley recording was the one I was remembering. 75.75.42.89 (talk) 08:28, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Midomi was giving me the Gilberto version because my voice apparently resembles hers. μηδείς (talk) 19:10, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

oasis concett at civic theatre,newcastle,australia.what was the concert date?

Can someone pls tell me the exact date the band Oasis played at Civic Theater in Newcastle,Australia. I attended the concert & was the first night I met my partner. I cannot find it anywhere,pls help.101.119.17.219 (talk) 04:24, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If it was for the Heathen Chemistry Tour, then 15th October 2002. Nanonic (talk) 06:47, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A ghost movie

There was this movie whose name I'm forgetting. It's protagonist was a dentist who, after a near death experience, could see ghosts, who bored him excessively by asking him again and again to complete their unfinished jobs. It was a comedy. Can anyone make a guess? Thanks a lot. --Yashowardhani (talk) 13:31, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Would that be Ghost Town with Ricky Gervais? uhhlive (talk) 13:57, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! Thank you so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yashowardhani (talk • contribs) 15:41, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Playing pranks on photographers

Is there a term (established, slang, or otherwise) for the practice of suddenly making silly faces/gestures/etc. as a photographer is taking a picture? Cf this image; I was photographing a house, and the people on the porch noticed what I was doing (I wasn't paying attention and didn't notice them) and made silly faces/gestures/etc. Nyttend backup (talk) 16:04, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I grew up knowing it as "pranking" but that may just be regional to my part of the states. In this internet age the term Photobombing has come into vogue. This may be one of the funniest and well thought out examples I have seen to date. MarnetteD | Talk 16:20, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I always called it "spoiling" the picture - basically an act of contempt toward the photographer. And it's not new. There's a semi-famous team photo of the Boston ball club in the 1880s, in which Hoss Radbourn is flipping the bird at the photographer.File:Old Hoss Radbourn finger.jpg I wouldn't say so in this case, though, as they're just waving, unless I've missed some detail. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:45, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]