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'''&''' (pronounced "and") is a song by [[Joe Hawley]] | '''&''' (pronounced "and") is a song by [[Joe Hawley]]. It's the second track on the [[Tally Hall]] album [[Good & Evil]]. It shares the same melody as track 8: [[A Lady]] (also by Hawley), which acts as a reprise on the album. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
& was one of many songs to be tested at Union Hall in February of 2009. It would later be performed at Mr. Smalls Funhouse on the 20th of May, 2009.<ref name=&MrSmalls>DwightTheGreat. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBlELJHCUTo Tally Hall - & and Misery Fell]. Uploaded May 22nd 2009. ''YouTube''. Accessed 11th May 2024.</ref> Early performances had slightly different lyrics that would later be ironed out for the album version. | & was one of many songs to be tested at Union Hall in February of 2009. It would later be performed at Mr. Smalls Funhouse on the 20th of May, 2009.<ref name=&MrSmalls>DwightTheGreat. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBlELJHCUTo Tally Hall - & and Misery Fell]. Uploaded May 22nd 2009. ''YouTube''. Accessed 11th May 2024.</ref> Early performances had slightly different lyrics that would later be ironed out for the album version. | ||
On May 4th 2011, before the release of Good & Evil, '&' was included as an MP3 download to those who preordered the limited edition album bundle.<ref>effington. [https://www.tumblr.com/effington/5177020313/holy-crap-let-me-check-out-already-i-need-it 'HOLY CRAP LET ME CHECK OUT ALREADY I NEED IT'] 04th May 2011. ''Tumblr''. Retrieved 11th May 2024.</ref> It was quickly leaked to | On May 4th 2011, before the release of Good & Evil, '&' was included as an MP3 download to those who preordered the limited edition album bundle.<ref>effington. [https://www.tumblr.com/effington/5177020313/holy-crap-let-me-check-out-already-i-need-it 'HOLY CRAP LET ME CHECK OUT ALREADY I NEED IT'] 04th May 2011. ''Tumblr''. Retrieved 11th May 2024.</ref> It was quickly leaked to Tumblr the same day.<ref>effington. [https://www.tumblr.com/effington/5177897785/tally-hall-the-second-single-off-the 'Tally Hall | & The second single off the soon-to-be-released Good & Evil'] 04th May 2011. ''Tumblr.'' Retrieved 11th May 2024.</ref> | ||
== Music Video == | == Music Video == | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* The word &/and appears in the song 40 times. | * The word &/and appears in the song 40 times. | ||
** | ** Including all the words that contain "and" (like "dem'''and'''"), it appears in the song 44 times. | ||
** Including the title of the album, song titles, & all repeated verses not listed in the lyrics, &/and appears a total of 137 times on [[Good & Evil]] (not including words it | ** Including the title of the album, song titles, & all repeated verses not listed in the lyrics, &/and appears a total of 137 times on [[Good & Evil]] (not including words that contain it). Phew! | ||
* The Good & Evil booklet uses "&" in place of "and" for &'s lyrics, with the exception of one "and". Joe stated in 2011 that this was an accident but that he must have done it for a reason he doesn't know.<ref>adelineraines. [https://adelineraines.tumblr.com/post/9136639123/now-these-are-photos-of-me-and-the-tally-hall-boys Tumblr post about a 2011 fan meetup with Tally Hall.] ''Tumblr.''</ref> This went unchanged in the 2022 re-release by [[Needlejuice Records]]. | * The Good & Evil booklet uses "&" in place of "and" for &'s lyrics, with the exception of one "and". Joe stated in 2011 that this was an accident but that he must have done it for a reason he doesn't know.<ref>adelineraines. [https://adelineraines.tumblr.com/post/9136639123/now-these-are-photos-of-me-and-the-tally-hall-boys Tumblr post about a 2011 fan meetup with Tally Hall.] ''Tumblr.''</ref> This went unchanged in the 2022 re-release by [[Needlejuice Records]]. | ||
* During the July 30th 2023 broadcast of Tree Town Sound, Joe texted Matthew Altruda stating that the song was a response in part to Mason Proper's Lock And Key.<ref>@wHaleJoey [https://web.archive.org/web/20230730230601/https://twitter.com/wHaleJoey/status/1685787391452180480 Joe Hawley's text to Matthew Altruda.] 30th July 2023. ''[[Twitter]].'' Archived Via The Wayback Machine.</ref> | * During the July 30th 2023 broadcast of Tree Town Sound, Joe texted Matthew Altruda stating that the song was a response in part to Mason Proper's Lock And Key.<ref>@wHaleJoey [https://web.archive.org/web/20230730230601/https://twitter.com/wHaleJoey/status/1685787391452180480 Joe Hawley's text to Matthew Altruda.] 30th July 2023. ''[[Twitter]].'' Archived Via The Wayback Machine.</ref> | ||