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Ramona Falls — Proof
Album: Prophet
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6.6

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Total ratings: 644









Released: 2012
Length: 3:38
Plays (last 30 days): 1
Are we friends
Are we more
There's no proof
You describe
Your exploits
I approve

(And) if I
Make a move
Diverge
Into two
Or collide
With our lips

Noon on the equator
It's noon on the equator

But instead
I withdrew
Didn't want
To lose you
But you left
Anyway
Packed your bags
Sold your place

Till now
Never knew
That you cared for
Me too
Until now
Never knew
That I hurt you

It's noon on the equator
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 bisybackson wrote:

It's noon on the equator.

Somewhere on the Equator for sure...
 gmichaelt wrote:

Informally: given that night is known to occur, and its widely-observed occurrence is not in much dispute, it can't possibly be always noon on the equator. Nor can it be noon always on the equator.

The equator is a line - imaginary - that encircles the globe. The equator is divided by the lines that demarcate the ~24 time zones (this is grosso modo, as things get higgledy-piggledy for various reasons...). "Noon", taken strictly, is a discrete time (i.e., clock time) rather than a period of time (e.g., "lunch-time"*). So "noon" occurs instantaneously, once in each time zone, successively, as the earth's rotation puts the east-west center of the lit face of the planet directly facing the center of the sun. "Noon" happens roughly 24 times each day, therefore — just in different time zones.

* If you relax the meaning of "noon" to mean something close to "lunch-time", then, yes, you can say that it's always noon somewhere on the equator.


which came first, the Sun, or humans creation of time?
rdo wrote:
I am NOT a scientist....but isn't it always noon on the equator?

Informally: given that night is known to occur, and its widely-observed occurrence is not in much dispute, it can't possibly be always noon on the equator. Nor can it be noon always on the equator.

The equator is a line - imaginary - that encircles the globe. The equator is divided by the lines that demarcate the ~24 time zones (this is grosso modo, as things get higgledy-piggledy for various reasons...). "Noon", taken strictly, is a discrete time (i.e., clock time) rather than a period of time (e.g., "lunch-time"*). So "noon" occurs instantaneously, once in each time zone, successively, as the earth's rotation puts the east-west center of the lit face of the planet directly facing the center of the sun. "Noon" happens roughly 24 times each day, therefore — just in different time zones.

* If you relax the meaning of "noon" to mean something close to "lunch-time", then, yes, you can say that it's always noon somewhere on the equator.
 Tjerome wrote:

No, that doesn't happen. Anyway, in the real world, from any point on the equator the Sun rises and sets just like anywhere else. What's unique about the equator is that the Sun will be directly overhead at noon, that's all.

 
It's always noon somewhere on the equator. Also 5 o'clock, but that's another song.
 rdo wrote:
Lol >>>>> what he said....
One thing I love about the Internet is that you can just muse and think out loud and joke around.  When you talk to your friends, do they act like everything you say is going to be graded or judged as if you were submitting a dissertation?  Of course not.   It should be the same here on a music comment board....  I dont take dissertations or even professional critcs seriuously in matters of entertainment or art...So why in the world should I expect anyone to take me seriously....just have fun here.....i love this comment board...
 
When you say "I'm not a scientist but <scientifically inaccurate statement>" you are basically prompting everyone who considers themselves a scientist to reply "well actually, <scientific reality>".

Sure it was just a joke, but it wasn't really obvious.
Lol >>>>> what he said....


One thing I love about the Internet is that you can just muse and think out loud and joke around.  When you talk to your friends, do they act like everything you say is going to be graded or judged as if you were submitting a dissertation?  Of course not.   It should be the same here on a music comment board....  I dont take dissertations or even professional critcs seriuously in matters of entertainment or art...So why in the world should I expect anyone to take me seriously....just have fun here.....i love this comment board...
 Tjerome wrote:

No, that doesn't happen. Anyway, in the real world, from any point on the equator the Sun rises and sets just like anywhere else. What's unique about the equator is that the Sun will be directly overhead at noon, that's all.

 
The Sun does indeed rise and set as seen from the equator. However, the Sun will be directly overhead on the equator at apparent solar noon on the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, but not on other days. On the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees north latitude), the Sun is directly overhead at apparent solar noon on the summer solstice; on the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees south latitude), that occurs on the winter solstice (which is actually the start of summer there, since the solstices are named after the Northern Hemisphere seasons). At points between the two tropic circles, the Sun passes overhead on two days a year, one in the spring and the other in the summer; which two particular days depends on the latitude, with both dates approaching the appropriate solstice as you approach the tropic circles. The "tropics" is the region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn - in other words, the tropics is the region where the Sun can pass straight overhead. Outside the tropics, you are either too far north or too far south for that to happen.
 rdo wrote:
{#Stop}  I am NOT a scientist....but isn't it always noon on the equator???{#Eh} {#Eek} {#Confused}

 
No, that doesn't happen. Anyway, in the real world, from any point on the equator the Sun rises and sets just like anywhere else. What's unique about the equator is that the Sun will be directly overhead at noon, that's all.
 rdo wrote:
{#Stop}  I am NOT a scientist....but isn't it always noon on the equator???{#Eh} {#Eek} {#Confused}

 
I don't believe so, or at least not within a few degrees of it.  It's currently 9:56 PM in Singapore (1°17′N 103°50′E) and 10:56 AM Macapá - Amapa, Brazil (0°2′2″N 51°3′59″W).
nice very catchy, plucky, i like it!
{#Stop}  I am NOT a scientist....but isn't it always noon on the equator???{#Eh} {#Eek} {#Confused}
 kingart wrote:
Well, that's a nice song. But hearing it more than twice would invoke my poke of the PSD. 

 
Please.  Don't invoke the poke.
love that funky ending!
 JIan wrote:
Yeah, it's 7:45 pm here.
 
..... according to the lyrics, it's noon on the equator.
{#Arrowd}  It is 11:35AM here at the time of this playing.


unclehud
(now 30 feet above the planet in King Abdullah Economic City)
Posted: Aug 30, 2013 - 09:44
 

 Shesdifferent wrote:
Thumbs up....why don't I hear this stuff during the daytime on RP?
  
Yeah, it's 7:45 pm here.
 Shesdifferent wrote:
Thumbs up....why don't I hear this stuff during the daytime on RP?
 
Yeah, it's 7:45 pm here.
{#Eek}
 Shesdifferent wrote:
Thumbs up....why don't I hear this stuff during the daytime on RP?

 
It's just gone 3pm on a lovely, showery and sunny Friday afternoon in the UK.  Don't know where you are today, but you must be visiting the wrong part of the planet.

Oh I love this band, great to hear them here.

Their video for "I Say Fever" is also amazing!


 alexxey wrote:

it's 4 PM in Romania :)

 
It's noon on the equator.
Well, that's a nice song. But hearing it more than twice would invoke my poke of the PSD. 
 Shesdifferent wrote:
Thumbs up....why don't I hear this stuff during the daytime on RP?
 
it's 4 PM in Romania :)
Thumbs up....why don't I hear this stuff during the daytime on RP?
 I will have to check them out.  I like their sound.  thanks
84MacGuy wrote:
After hearing this song the first time on RP, I bought the album (as well as the previous one) and cannot listen to them enough.  Some absolutely great cuts on both record.

Hey RP, let's add a couple more Ramona Falls songs to the playlist.  Spore and Bellyfula would be great adds. 
 


nice .. dark ... cool ... I like this .. New one for me.  gave it a 7.
 ziakut wrote:
Tell the annoying little kid to stop playing with the dials and creating all that static interference throughout the song. Stop it...stupid kid!!! The rest of the song is great.
 
I even like the static :)
Tell the annoying little kid to stop playing with the dials and creating all that static interference throughout the song. Stop it...stupid kid!!! The rest of the song is great.
..expect this one to gain traction in my brain pan eventually..7 on the first passage thru..
A new discovery for me. Wonderful.
I dig It! 
 mostling wrote:
This is one of the 3 geniuses from Menomena - a dope band in it's own right.
Check the Romona Falls videos on youtube - impressive
 
The plural of genius is Guinesses.
 84MacGuy wrote:
Always nice to see some local boys get play on RP.
 
With a name like that...I thought so!
After hearing this song the first time on RP, I bought the album (as well as the previous one) and cannot listen to them enough.  Some absolutely great cuts on both record.

Hey RP, let's add a couple more Ramona Falls songs to the playlist.  Spore and Bellyfula would be great adds. 
Like it - 8
 jpdribbler wrote:
Or rather was... but at least Brent's departure should put an end to labeling Ramona Falls a "side project." What an ugly term... 

As much as I like Intuit - their debut -, Prophet is a stunning record as well, if almost too full of ideas and sound layers at times. Fittingly enough, the artwork is anything but ordinary.

@Bill & Rebecca: Thanks for the insta-add! 

  hmm.
verry intersting... yes. that's the word i would use. intersting


 mostling wrote:
This is one of the 3 geniuses from Menomena (...)
 Or rather was... but at least Brent's departure should put an end to labeling Ramona Falls a "side project." What an ugly term... 

As much as I like Intuit - their debut -, Prophet is a stunning record as well, if almost too full of ideas and sound layers at times. Fittingly enough, the artwork is anything but ordinary.

@Bill & Rebecca: Thanks for the insta-add! 


 mostling wrote:
This is one of the 3 geniuses from Menomena - a dope band in it's own right.
Check the Romona Falls videos on youtube - impressive
 
I thought I heard that lead singer's voice before.
This is one of the 3 geniuses from Menomena - a dope band in it's own right.
Check the Romona Falls videos on youtube - impressive
Always nice to see some local boys get play on RP.
 BikeCoachDave wrote:
First!
 
But how do you like the song?
First!