# Music Math **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241 "2008-03-21T17:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/1 "2008-03-21T17:33:54Z")
Name the song: 1+1+1 = 3 L[sub]Take[/sub] = L[sub]Make[/sub] Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/2 "2008-03-21T17:43:12Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] Name the song: L[sub]Take[/sub] = L[sub]Make[/sub] Any others? [/QUOTE] The End by The Beatles (Abbey Road) “And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love, you make” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/3 "2008-03-21T17:53:26Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] 1+1+1 = 3 [/QUOTE] I’ll try this one too: Baby Makes Three by Hilary Scott (This Woman’s Work) “There’s a man in the kitchen Listenin’ to his baby cryin’ Soon he’ll be bitchin’ Woman I can’t take this life **'Cause it’s you and me, and me and you and me But baby makes three**” Actually, this equation sounds more like 1+1+(1-1) = 2 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/4 "2008-03-21T18:03:47Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] 1+1+1 = 3 [/QUOTE] Also the Beatles: “Come Together.” ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/5 "2008-03-21T19:51:11Z")
H = 2b^2 ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/6 "2008-03-21T20:00:56Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] 1+1+1 = 3 [/QUOTE] Could also be “Triad” by CSN? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/7 "2008-03-21T20:05:53Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Also the Beatles: “Come Together.” [/QUOTE] What I was thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/8 "2008-03-21T20:41:39Z")
**xy=?** where x=weight(T) of _NP(nw)_ and y=2000 ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/9 "2008-03-21T21:12:56Z")
(L-0) / 0\*Limit (I thought there was a way to do math symbols on this board? e.g. LATEX code) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/10 "2008-03-21T21:15:37Z")
[QUOTE=Maeglin] H = 2b^2 [/QUOTE] Hip to be square? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/11 "2008-03-21T21:28:06Z")
[QUOTE=K364] (L-0) / 0\*Limit [/QUOTE] “Love Minus Zero/No Limit,” Bob Dylan. [QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] **xy=?** where x=weight(T) of _NP(nw)_ and y=2000 [/QUOTE] “Carry That Weight” by The Beatles? ["Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight/Carry that weight a long time.] ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/12 "2008-03-21T21:29:47Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] **xy=?** where x=weight(T) of _NP(nw)_ and y=2000 [/QUOTE] xy = another day older and deeper in debt? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/13 "2008-03-21T22:02:10Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] “Love Minus Zero/No Limit,” Bob Dylan. “Carry That Weight” by The Beatles? ["Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight/Carry that weight a long time.] [/QUOTE] No. The 2000 is a critical part of the equation (though in the song, he admits he doesn’t know the answer–hence the “?”). ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/14 "2008-03-21T22:11:16Z")
“Bargain” by the Who: _And like one and one dont make two One and one make one_ In a Boolean sense this is correct. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/15 "2008-03-22T03:59:08Z")
63 - 5 = 58 or 28 - 5 = 23 or 199 - 5 = 194 ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/16 "2008-03-22T04:08:07Z")
[QUOTE=panache45] 63 - 5 = 58 or 28 - 5 = 23 or 199 - 5 = 194 [/QUOTE] Take Five? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/17 "2008-03-22T05:33:23Z")
[QUOTE=K364] Take Five? [/QUOTE] Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/18 "2008-03-22T06:20:19Z")
> **[SONG CHART](https://flickr.com/groups/songchart/pool/?rb=1)** > > pick a song, create a chart or graph that illustrated the song. Post it here! > > > > backstory: > > I posted a graph of Kelis's "MIlkshake" to livejournal one day, and through the help of ARTHOLE (on LJ) it EXPLODED into this giant meme. > I gathered... ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/19 "2008-06-10T20:00:31Z")
Bumping the thread because nobody answered my equation for this song lyric: **xy** =? where x=weight(T) of NP(nw) and y=2000 Hint: While the name of this song’s band consists entirely of letters, it can also be read as an equation whose final answer is **110**. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241/20 "2008-06-10T20:08:41Z")
8675309 J + M + B = 3 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-math/442241.md?page=2)