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The Music

2007-04-08T20:55:11Z

BassBone: /* Notes */ Musical accuracy

As the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] approaches the [[Ionian nebula]], four people, [[Saul Tigh]], [[Samuel Anders]], [[Tory Foster]] and [[Galen Tyrol]], begin hearing fragments of strange music that only they can see and hear. The music becomes more distinct and distracting as the Fleet gets closer to the nebula.

Once the Fleet arrives at the Ionian nebula, '''the Music'''<ref>This is a Battlestar Wiki [[BW:TERM|descriptive term]].</ref> reaches a piercing shrill. The Colonials affected not only hear the music complete, but begin to add lyrics as well. As the Fleet plunges into darkness, losing electrical power for reasons unknown, the music compels the four to meet in a isolated room.

The four are able to assemble the lyric fragments with the intact music to form a strange song. Because of the mutual experience, the four believe themselves to be [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. The source or cause of the music is not known ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

At the end of the episode the song starts playing as background music for the viewers to hear. These are the complete lyrics that are sung:

:''There must be some way out of here''
:''Said the joker to the thief''
:''There's too much confusion''
:''I can't get no relief''
:''Businessmen they drink my wine''
:''Plowmen dig my earth''
:''None of them along the line''
:''Know what any of it is worth''

:''No reason to get excited''
:''The thief he kindly spoke''
:''There are many here among us''
:''Who feel that life is but a joke''
:''But you and I, we've been through that''
:''And this is not our fate''
:''So let us not talk falsely now''
:''The hour is getting late''

:''All along the watchtower''
:''All along the watchtower''

==Notes==
*The music is, indeed, a version of [[w:Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan's]] song, "[[w:All Along The Watchtower|All Along the Watchtower]]," specially arranged by series composer [[Bear McCreary]], the lyrics sung by his brother, [[Brendan McCreary]] (known professionally as [[Bt4]]).<ref name="mccreary">From Bear McCreary's [http://www.bearmccreary.com Blog], March 25, 2007.</ref>
*The song is ''not'' intended to indicate that the Colonials have picked up an Earth communication.<ref name="mccreary"/> Series executive producer [[Ron D. Moore]] considers the song to be an invention created by a Colonial citizen in a curious parallel to what had or will develop on Earth. The series creators have intentionally avoided citing whether ''Battlestar Galactica'' occurs in [[Earth#In the Re-imagined Series|the series' Earth]]'s past, present, or future.
* According to Bear McCreary, the song will be on the [[Soundtrack (Season 3)|Season 3 soundtrack]].<ref name="mccreary"/>
* Over 25 notable bands have performed cover versions of "All Along The Watchtower"; the definitive cover was performed by [[w:The Jimi Hendrix Experience|The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]. Many people are even unaware that his version was not the original.
* Bob Dylan has indicated that the events in the song's lyrics are "in a rather reverse order", beginning logically in time with the "All Along The Watchtower" verse and ending with the now-famous opening lines, "'There must be some way out of here,' said the Joker to the Thief." <ref name="dylanlyrics">http://bobdylan.com/songs/watchtower.html</ref>
* The version used in the series omits the final stanza:
*: ''All along the watchtower, princes kept the view''
*: ''While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.''
*: ''Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,''
*: ''Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl''

==References==
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==External Links==

* [http://www.reasontorock.com/tracks/watchtower.html An analysis of "All Along the Watchtower" at Reason to Rock]
* [http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=VWbyALbmqZY&offerid=78941&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253Fi%253D91218865%2526id%253D91218823%2526s%253D143441%2526partnerId%253D30 "All Along the Watchtower"], sung by [[w:Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan]], at iTunes
* [http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=VWbyALbmqZY&offerid=78941&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253Fi%253D79674825%2526id%253D79674801%2526s%253D143441%2526partnerId%253D30 "All Along the Watchtower"], sung by [[w:Jimi Hendrix|Jimi Hendrix]], at iTunes

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User:BassBone/sig

2007-03-09T19:08:09Z

BassBone: Siggie

— [[User:BassBone|BassBone]] ([[User talk:Bassbone|TALK]]|[[Special:Contributions/Bassbone|CONT]])

User talk:BassBone

2007-03-09T19:06:00Z

BassBone: /* Welcome to Battlestar Wiki! */ Forgot to sign

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--[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 22:39, 8 March 2007 (CST)
:Thanks for the welcome, Shane. :-) I am a somewhat experienced wiki-type person. I am of course new here, but I hope to make valuable contributions. — [[User:Bassbone|Bassbone]] ([[User talk:Bassbone|TALK]]|[[Special:Contributions/Bassbone|CONT]]) 22:52, 8 March 2007 (CST)
::Neet sig. ;-P [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 22:59, 8 March 2007 (CST)
:::Danke schön. — [[User:Bassbone|Bassbone]] ([[User talk:Bassbone|TALK]]|[[Special:Contributions/Bassbone|CONT]]) 23:02, 8 March 2007 (CST)
::::One thing, looks like your going to have to re do your sig. The username is case-sensitive. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 23:07, 8 March 2007 (CST)
:::::Just how ''do'' you costumize your sig, anyway? BTW, your sig expands to quite a lot of code, making it obtrusive. Maybe you should put it in [[User:BassBone/Sig]]. You can then sign with <nowiki>{{User:BassBone/Sig}}</nowiki>. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]] 09:31, 9 March 2007 (CST)
::::::He probably already does have it in a subpage but when you edit the preferences it automaticly changes it to subst so its not dynamic. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 09:42, 9 March 2007 (CST)
:::::::Where in [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]] do you put that? I couldn't find it... --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]] 09:52, 9 March 2007 (CST)
::::::::http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7584/prefssigbswikirl0.png
::::::::[[Special:Preferences|My Preferences]] > User Profile > type in whatever into ''nickname'' and tick the ''raw'' signatures box. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 10:07, 9 March 2007 (CST)
:::::::::Thanks a lot! I'd noticed the textbox, but I didn't know what it did. Misnomer of the century if you ask me. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]]) 10:36, 9 March 2007 (CST)
::::::I will put it on a subpage. Often wikis won't let you do that. I wasn't sure of the policy here.— [[User:BassBone|BassBone]] ([[User talk:Bassbone|TALK]]|[[Special:Contributions/Bassbone|CONT]]) 13:06, 9 March 2007 (CST)

User talk:BassBone

2007-03-09T19:05:30Z

BassBone: /* Welcome to Battlestar Wiki! */

User talk:BassBone

2007-03-09T05:06:41Z

BassBone: /* Welcome to Battlestar Wiki! */ Fixing sig.

User talk:BassBone

2007-03-09T05:02:28Z

BassBone: /* Welcome to Battlestar Wiki! */ Reply

User:BassBone

2007-03-09T05:00:13Z

BassBone: Hi!

I am new here. I hope to be around here a while. I contribute on the [[HRWiki:User:Bassbone|Homestar Runner Wiki]] as well as [[Wikipedia:User:BassBone|Wikipedia]].

User talk:BassBone

2007-03-09T04:52:34Z

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