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Title: 225
Post by: dilla on January 28, 2013, 09:04:13 PM

Anyone any idea where name of this song comes from?Just noticed on beginning of wonderful way to go video(about one minute in)the roulette ball stops on 22 and the next number is 5.Spooky

Title: Re: 225
Post by: Danny on January 29, 2013, 03:20:37 PM

It USED to be the number of times this question has been asked on this board, but I think we're way over that now  ;D (see also my answer on this topic: http://board.newmodelarmy.org/index.php?topic=7271.0)

a popular answer has always been the number of BPMs (beats per minute), in other words the tempo of the song - which is in effect 225

Title: Re: 225
Post by: Willard on January 29, 2013, 04:58:24 PM

I couldn't begin to guess.  But, I can tell you it's my favorite rock song of all time.  And I think the line "we never asked for any of this" sums up the NMA ethos, in as much as one exists, about as well as it can be. I still get shivers when I hear the opening guitar.

Title: Re: 225
Post by: Jibberish on January 29, 2013, 05:03:50 PM

Because 125 was taken?

Title: Re: 225
Post by: Pazza on January 29, 2013, 10:05:28 PM

time to fetch yer coat jibberish, not that you'll be needing it for those gigz in May!  ; ~ D

Title: Re: 225
Post by: peternotbaldyet on January 30, 2013, 11:44:06 AM

Myvtheory: Right at the end of the song, at the fade out, a sampled voice comes on and speaks of the universal declaration of human rights. If you look at paragraph 225 of the declaration「 it is about the rights of a people to self determination. I think Justin could well have named the song after that.

Title: Re: 225
Post by: c on January 30, 2013, 12:38:00 PM

it's clearly because Justin is a secret railway fan and this song was named after the  Intercity 225  ;)

Title: Re: 225
Post by: Pim on January 30, 2013, 03:49:01 PM

He tried 224 different names for the song and didn't like em

Title: Re: 225
Post by: Jibberish on January 30, 2013, 04:12:08 PM

It's actually 225 in base 6, which is 89 in decimal and '89 is the year it was released. Obvious when you think about it.  ;)

Title: Re: 225
Post by: Barty on February 02, 2013, 09:12:43 AM

Yeah, I was just gonna say that... ;) ;)

Title: Re: 225
Post by: Wessexy Witch on February 03, 2013, 03:43:54 PM

Quote from: Barty on February 02, 2013, 09:12:43 AM

Yeah, I was just gonna say that... ;) ;)

 ;D