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| Name = Goliath |
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| Artist = [[The Mars Volta]] |
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| Released = April 7, 2008 |
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| Format = [[Universal Serial Bus|USB]] [[Single (music)|single]] |
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| Recorded = 2007 |
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| Genre = [[Progressive rock]] |
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| Length = 7:15 |
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| Label = [[Universal Records]] |
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| Producer = [[Omar Rodriguez-Lopez]] |
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| Last single = "[[Wax Simulacra]]"<br />([[2007]]) |
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| This single = "'''Goliath'''"<br />([[2008]]) |
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| Next single = "[[Cotopaxi (song)|Cotopaxi]]" <br />([[2009]]) |
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The song "'''Goliath'''" is from [[The Mars Volta]]'s fourth studio album ''[[The Bedlam in Goliath]]''. It was originally released as "''Rapid Fire Tollbooth''" on guitarist [[Omar Rodriguez-Lopez]]'s 2007 solo album ''[[Se Dice Bisonte, No Bùfalo]]'', but was incorporated into the Mars Volta's live set while touring in support of their album ''[[Amputechture]]''. It was then rewritten and rerecorded for [[The Bedlam in Goliath]]. "Goliath" contains a segment that originally appeared as an improvised jam during performances of "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)." |
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The "Never heard a man speak like this man before" refrain is taken from a [[Peoples Temple]] hymn. The group is best known for the events of November 18, 1978 in [[Guyana]], in which 918 people died at the [[Peoples Temple Agricultural Project]] (informally, and now commonly, called "[[Jonestown]]"), a nearby airstrip at [[Port Kaituma]], and [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]]. |
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It was to be the first single of the album but the band decided against it and used [[Wax Simulacra]] instead. It was released as the second single exclusively on [[USB]]. |
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The song features a 17/4 time signature during the verse. This is a reference to the Book of Samuel which first speaks of Goliath at chapter 17 verse 4 (written as 17:4)<ref>http://www.allaboutgod.com/truth-topics/goliath.htm Goliath</ref>. |
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==Track listing== |
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# Goliath - 7:15 |
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# Goliath (El-P Remix) – 3:57 |
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# Tourniquet Man (Wes The Mes Remix) - 6:37 |
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# Back Up Against The Wall – 1:34 |
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# Wax Simulacra (Video)(downloadable links only accessible via USB) |
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# Goliath (Video)(downloadable links only accessible via USB) |
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# Ilyena (Video)(downloadable links only accessible via USB) |
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# Aberinkula (Video)(downloadable links only accessible via USB) |
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# Askepios (Video)(downloadable links only accessible via USB) |
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# Picture gallery |
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# Screensaver |
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==References== |
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{{reflist|2}} |
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[[Category:2008 singles]] |
[[Category:2008 singles]] |
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[[Category:Universal Music Group singles]] |
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[[Category:2008 songs]] |
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[[pl:Goliath]] |
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[[sv:Goliath (sång)]] |
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