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devamon: Jan 13, 2006

funkybottoms posted:

"What I Wanna Be" by Nas?

Similar in concept to that first verse, but the song I'm thinking of is not nearly so hopeful as this one seems to be. It is mostly focused on how the present is bad rather than how the future could be better. Good song though.

Edit: Didn't realize I was the start of a new page, going to repost my original message:

devamon posted:

okay, couple of terribly vague ones that I hope somebody might be able to help with. I'm pretty sure both of these are from 2008, and if memory serves, they are both rap songs or in the hip-hop genre.

The first one had some lyrics that had to do with tornados or twisters...it was a repeating theme in the song.

The second one was about growing up living a hard life, and contained some lyrics about girls having to act older than they were, not being allowed to have a childhood and such.

If anybody can offer any help at all, that would be simply amazing.

devamon fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Mar 7, 2011

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Erebus: Jul 13, 2001; Okay... Keep your head, Steve boy...

John Q Russia posted:

Ok, I can swear there's a Fiery Furnaces song that I love but I can't find it in iTunes. I don't remember how the whole song goes but at one point the guy says "two, three four!" and it plays this really melted trombone(?) while he speaks gibberish. It might not actually be gibberish but in my mind it's just backwards talking and the like, with a lot of "mushy" sounds like Portuguese being spoken.

Cousin Chris. It's on EP.

# ? Mar 6, 2011 22:25

Greyscale Skies: Nov 23, 2010

Al-Saqr posted:

There's this song I've been dying to hear again for a while, i cant remember the lyrics but I can remember the following:

- It begins with a soft acoustic guitar music, and there's some dude singing softly, about halfway into the song, a mind blowingly incredible crescendo occurs, with a mix of a single synthesizer sound and backup strings.

- The music video for it is a CGI animation of a boy walking and exploring, underneath him is a big purple turnip, when the crescendo comes, the turnip pops out of the ground carrying the boy with him and the turnip has a mouth singing the lyrics while walking with it's long leaf legs.

it's a recent song that cant have been older than 3 years, any help would be awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTysF1E4Ft0

I Lived on the Moon, by Kwoon?

# ? Mar 6, 2011 23:19

SpiritualDeath: Jul 2, 2009; shaping your brain like pottery

Yond Cassius posted:

Hi all,

I heard this one on the radio just before getting sent overseas for work, so little tiny pieces of it are stuck in my head, I can't figure it out, and I can't even sit around listening to the radio in hopes that the DJ will announce it for me.

It's a current song, getting radio play in at least the past month. It feels very electronic, very processed, enough that it's hard to tell what the (female) singer is saying. I hear something that sounds like "falling through you" in what has to be the chorus.

It's very light, has a kind of echo-y feel to it, but it's surprisingly fast-paced.

Any guesses?

You might be talking about this song, although why you would want to recall it, I have no clue.

# ? Mar 6, 2011 23:21

LoadedDice34: Jun 14, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4fQKx5bw_4

People who know electro-house: Anyone know what the song at 4:49 in this video is?

# ? Mar 7, 2011 00:40

Cassius Belli: May 22, 2010; horny is prohibited

machchunk posted:

You might be talking about this song, although why you would want to recall it, I have no clue.

Oh dear God, no, no, that's not it, though I think somehow I have gotten those lyrics conflated with the song I'm thinking about.

. . .

I'm just going to edit the lyrics out of my post and come back if I can pick up a clearer piece of the earworm.
Sorry!

# ? Mar 7, 2011 05:34

Rubies: Dec 30, 2005; Live Forever
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Erebus posted:

Cousin Chris. It's on EP.

Thank you! I don't know how I missed it.

# ? Mar 7, 2011 06:31

a pwn cocktail: May 12, 2008

HJB posted:

R�yksopp - Happy Up Here

w00t, thanks

And another!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjClUET-7r0&feature=related Starts 9:05
Sure I've heard it elsehwere. Any ideas?

# ? Mar 8, 2011 14:58

Cassius Belli: May 22, 2010; horny is prohibited

machchunk posted:

You might be talking about this song, although why you would want to recall it, I have no clue.

I went through the website playlists for the three radio stations that it might have been and found it!
It's "Stereo Love" by Edward Maya, featuring Vika Jigulina, and it goes "running to you". I don't hate it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy2nBvtkgyE

# ? Mar 8, 2011 20:37

therizinosaurus: Aug 22, 2010; by Ozma

Ok, I need some help with a Led Zeppelin song. I can remember the riff but I can't find it anywhere in my itunes. the riff kind of sounds like the very opening guitar of celebration day. I half expect celebration day to turn into the song i'm looking for.

is that enough to go off of?

here's a riff diagram in case it helps

de ne ne ne ne dir dir de ne some guitar noodling

therizinosaurus fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Mar 9, 2011

# ? Mar 9, 2011 03:37

toolin: Feb 22, 2004

someone's gotta be able to help me with this...

First became aware of the song via a youtube video posted on FYAD....old, shirtless, very fit guy dancing/posing in his lovely apartment to the song...kinda a dancy/alternative piece.

Someone's gotta remember the video...

# ? Mar 9, 2011 05:00

laughterhouse five: Feb 17, 2011; by elpintogrande

devamon posted:

The first one had some lyrics that had to do with tornados or twisters...it was a repeating theme in the song.

Are you sure you aren't thinking about something by Twista, the rapper?

# ? Mar 9, 2011 05:24

Tricerapowerbottom: Jun 16, 2008; WILL MY PONY RECOGNIZE MY VOICE IN HELL

toolin posted:

someone's gotta be able to help me with this...

First became aware of the song via a youtube video posted on FYAD....old, shirtless, very fit guy dancing/posing in his lovely apartment to the song...kinda a dancy/alternative piece.

Someone's gotta remember the video...

Was it Tonetta?

Help me remember a late 90s song w/ a chorus that went "Alcohol, oh alcohol"

# ? Mar 9, 2011 06:25

toolin: Feb 22, 2004

moss piglet posted:

Was it Tonetta?

Help me remember a late 90s song w/ a chorus that went "Alcohol, oh alcohol"

No, just saw Tonetta. Frightening.

# ? Mar 9, 2011 06:31

Erebus: Jul 13, 2001; Okay... Keep your head, Steve boy...

moss piglet posted:

Help me remember a late 90s song w/ a chorus that went "Alcohol, oh alcohol"

Could be GBH - Alcohol or Gogol Bordello - Alcohol, though I don't think either are from the late '90s.

# ? Mar 9, 2011 11:04

Tingles: Jul 26, 2006

therizinosaurus posted:

Ok, I need some help with a Led Zeppelin song. I can remember the riff but I can't find it anywhere in my itunes. the riff kind of sounds like the very opening guitar of celebration day. I half expect celebration day to turn into the song i'm looking for.

is that enough to go off of?

here's a riff diagram in case it helps

de ne ne ne ne dir dir de ne some guitar noodling

Maybe White Summer- Black Mountain Side? At 1:37 it sounds kinda like what your riff diagram describes, although nothing like Celebration Day.

# ? Mar 9, 2011 13:17

SebAndSeb: Apr 23, 2007; hello

therizinosaurus posted:

Ok, I need some help with a Led Zeppelin song. I can remember the riff but I can't find it anywhere in my itunes. the riff kind of sounds like the very opening guitar of celebration day. I half expect celebration day to turn into the song i'm looking for.

is that enough to go off of?

here's a riff diagram in case it helps

de ne ne ne ne dir dir de ne some guitar noodling

Is the riff you remember at the start of the song as well? Nothing I can think of really reminds me of Celebration Day.

Bit of a shot in the dark but Rock and Roll seems to fit your riff description the best to me \/ :shobon:

# ? Mar 9, 2011 15:02

abelwingnut: Dec 23, 2002

Anyone recognize the arpeggiated glissando sample in this?

http://hypem.com/!/item/dw3k/A+Trak+-+Call+That+Girl+Margherita

abelwingnut fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Mar 9, 2011

# ? Mar 9, 2011 16:45

therizinosaurus: Aug 22, 2010; by Ozma

Tingles posted:

Maybe White Summer- Black Mountain Side? At 1:37 it sounds kinda like what your riff diagram describes, although nothing like Celebration Day.

SebAndSeb posted:

Is the riff you remember at the start of the song as well? Nothing I can think of really reminds me of Celebration Day.

Bit of a shot in the dark but Rock and Roll seems to fit your riff description the best to me \/\/

Neither of these I'm afraid.

I'm not sure if the riff was at the start of the song or not, I just happened to flick on the radio in the middle of the song.

The riff wasn't necessarily the one from Celebration Day, but when I hear the very start of Celebration Day I expect it to launch into the riff I heard.

The riff I'm playing in my head disintegrates when I play Nobody's Fault But Mine. It's almost like a "glassier" version of that riff.

I have every studio album and I haven't found the song. Thanks for the help though. I knew then and there I should have written down some lyrics to it. Looks like a lot of FM radio in the future.

# ? Mar 10, 2011 06:34

Bolkovr: Apr 20, 2002; A chump and a hoagie going buck wild

therizinosaurus posted:

The riff wasn't necessarily the one from Celebration Day, but when I hear the very start of Celebration Day I expect it to launch into the riff I heard.

Zeppelin's cover of "Travelling Riverside Blues?

# ? Mar 11, 2011 03:07

therizinosaurus: Aug 22, 2010; by Ozma

Bolkovr posted:

Zeppelin's cover of "Travelling Riverside Blues?

Oh man this is it. Thank you so very much. Thank you so so so much.

# ? Mar 11, 2011 04:18

Onion Vanguard: Jun 11, 2010; Breathe in. Breathe out.

This has been bugging me for so long. I am looking for a slow reggae song, its fairly recent. The music video consists of a couple of black girls dancing etc and a woman on a motorbike. That's all I can really remember of it.

# ? Mar 12, 2011 05:17

Dans Macabre: Apr 24, 2004

I don't need help identifying a song, but I need help finding one. I'm looking for either a CD or digital download of any compilation of Tin Pan Alley songs that includes Charles K. Harris's version of "After The Ball". I've found a few Tin Pan Alley comps on amazon but they're all out of stock or do not have that song. I don't have an iTunes account. Any help would be appreciated!!

# ? Mar 13, 2011 14:56

Arturo Ui: Apr 14, 2005; Forums Bosch Expert

moss piglet posted:

Was it Tonetta?

Help me remember a late 90s song w/ a chorus that went "Alcohol, oh alcohol"

Barenaked Ladies - Alcohol?

# ? Mar 14, 2011 12:11

Craptacular!: Jul 9, 2001; Fuck the DH

Can't believe I'm here but...

I'm remembering a song that starts off with an accoustic guitar and a soft spoken female voice. It sounds all soft and caring, but then the song turns into a breakup song and the voice gets harsher. By the time male voices join in, it turns into a "gently caress you, how could you" kind of song

I remember a lyric about an old chair, but that's it.

# ? Mar 14, 2011 17:54

Medical Sword: May 23, 2005; Goghing, Goghing, gone

I'm pretty sure this is a well known 80s(?) song, I heard it on the radio in my haircut place yesterday. The chorus goes something like "tell me that you want me, tell me that you need me"... or maybe it's "...that you love me." The music is sort of funky, new wave-ish, synthpop sounding. The verses I think start with the guy singing "I am...the [dun-DUN-DUN-dun-DUN]/got me [dun-DUN-DUN-dun-DUN]"

# ? Mar 14, 2011 18:31

Bolkovr: Apr 20, 2002; A chump and a hoagie going buck wild

A drat FOG posted:

I'm pretty sure this is a well known 80s(?) song, I heard it on the radio in my haircut place yesterday. The chorus goes something like "tell me that you want me, tell me that you need me"... or maybe it's "...that you love me." The music is sort of funky, new wave-ish, synthpop sounding. The verses I think start with the guy singing "I am...the [dun-DUN-DUN-dun-DUN]/got me [dun-DUN-DUN-dun-DUN]"

The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep matches the chorus.

# ? Mar 14, 2011 18:43

Beep Street: Aug 22, 2006; Chemotherapy and marijuana go together like apple pie and Chevrolet.

This is so vague but it has been haunting me so I will give it a try. Possibly a Talking Heads or Talk Talk song. I can't exactly remember the lyrics to the chorus something like "yes I love you" "and I love you" or "I'm in love with you". I was very drunk when I heard it hence the terrible description.

# ? Mar 14, 2011 20:06

Sweetwater Kill: Jun 7, 2006; La vierge Marie vous regarde.

Craptacular! posted:

Can't believe I'm here but...

I'm remembering a song that starts off with an accoustic guitar and a soft spoken female voice. It sounds all soft and caring, but then the song turns into a breakup song and the voice gets harsher. By the time male voices join in, it turns into a "gently caress you, how could you" kind of song

I remember a lyric about an old chair, but that's it.

gently caress. I feel like I should know what this is, but the only things I can think of are Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood, Smile by Lily Allen and You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette, but I know none of those are right. Is the idea of the song similar to this?

Comedy options: gently caress You by Cee-Lo or Somebody Kill Me Please from The Wedding Singer.

Goddammit.

# ? Mar 15, 2011 00:21

Ivan Drago: Jan 17, 2003

Yond Cassius posted:

Hi all,

I heard this one on the radio just before getting sent overseas for work, so little tiny pieces of it are stuck in my head, I can't figure it out, and I can't even sit around listening to the radio in hopes that the DJ will announce it for me.

It's a current song, getting radio play in at least the past month. It feels very electronic, very processed, enough that it's hard to tell what the (female) singer is saying. I hear something that sounds like ~~"falling through you"~~ in what has to be the chorus.

It's very light, has a kind of echo-y feel to it, but it's surprisingly fast-paced.

Any guesses?

edit: crap I am mix-and-matching earworms now get this thing out of my head. . .

Here's a random guess that you can use to discern some differences: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUsbpmQ9-mc

# ? Mar 15, 2011 17:12

Bolkovr: Apr 20, 2002; A chump and a hoagie going buck wild

I heard a version of "Summertime" (the Gershwin song, not the Will Smith song) in a restaraunt today. It was jazz, and sounded fairly recent, with a male singer. Musically it had a guitar playing a sort of walking bass part, with a snare played with brushes. After the verses the male singer would sing/moan "ohhh ohhh ohhh" slowly and in the background an ethereal woman was singing kind of a wail.

"Summertime" must be the most covered song after "Yesterday" and looking thru Youtube reveals only about 9 zillion jazz covers of it. But if anyone has any ideas, I'd love to find the song.

# ? Mar 15, 2011 21:00

funkybottoms: Oct 28, 2010; Funky Bottoms is a land man

Bolkovr posted:

I heard a version of "Summertime" (the Gershwin song, not the Will Smith song) in a restaraunt today. It was jazz, and sounded fairly recent, with a male singer. Musically it had a guitar playing a sort of walking bass part, with a snare played with brushes. After the verses the male singer would sing/moan "ohhh ohhh ohhh" slowly and in the background an ethereal woman was singing kind of a wail.

"Summertime" must be the most covered song after "Yesterday" and looking thru Youtube reveals only about 9 zillion jazz covers of it. But if anyone has any ideas, I'd love to find the song.

Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross?

# ? Mar 16, 2011 03:37

Busy Bee: Jul 13, 2004

I just heard this song on my local rap station and the only part I remember is the chorus where she sings "I feel amazing". It sounds to me like Black Eyed Peas but I'm not positive. I checked online for the last ten songs played on the radio station and they haven't updated it.

# ? Mar 16, 2011 20:22

Bolkovr: Apr 20, 2002; A chump and a hoagie going buck wild

funkybottoms posted:

Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross?

Thanks but no, it was waaaay more minimal than that - just vox, guitar and snare. Very haunting and ethereal.

# ? Mar 16, 2011 21:07

Robin Sparkles: Apr 23, 2009

Busy Bee posted:

I just heard this song on my local rap station and the only part I remember is the chorus where she sings "I feel amazing". It sounds to me like Black Eyed Peas but I'm not positive. I checked online for the last ten songs played on the radio station and they haven't updated it.

"It's so amazing" were probably the lyrics you heard.

Will.I.Am - Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqky5B179nM

# ? Mar 17, 2011 01:36

digadigadoo: Apr 1, 2007

Hi. I don't know the lyrics but I have an audio sample.

What is this song? I'll be forever grateful.

# ? Mar 18, 2011 12:33

Ivan Drago: Jan 17, 2003

That's some sort of remix of Frankie Valli's "Beggin" as seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN3kC_4xURA

# ? Mar 18, 2011 18:15

darsh5000: Dec 10, 2005; #2Terms2Chainz

I'm looking for a remix of "Kids" by MGMT I heard earlier today. The main riff is the same, but the chord progression is different. If you've heard it you'll know what I mean.

# ? Mar 18, 2011 20:34

Knives and Hot Dust: Feb 21, 2010; metal gear??!?

Kids after school dance remix possibly?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMtZ49OD618

# ? Mar 18, 2011 21:24

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# ? May 28, 2024 08:13

digadigadoo: Apr 1, 2007

Ivan Drago posted:

That's some sort of remix of Frankie Valli's "Beggin" as seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN3kC_4xURA

Thanks man.

# ? Mar 18, 2011 22:35

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