Comments on: I'm trying to identify a song....

Question: I'm trying to identify a song....

crunchland — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:32:35 -0800

I'm trying to identify a song, and the person or persons who produced it. Its chorus is "Have you forgotten (oh, oh, oh) where you've come from? (oh, oh, oh)." Ever heard of it? . . . more . . .

So I've got the song on one of my servers. It's a 3mb mp3 file, and you can give it a listen, though I don't know the copyright status of the clip. (I plan on deleting the file once someone can name it, or in a day or two, to avoid perpetual server bang.

Here it is. (3mb, mp3)

By: pomegranate

pomegranate — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:21:16 -0800

I thought it was something, and then I thought it was something else, and then I listened and now I just want to know what it is. Never heard it, but I love it.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:39:34 -0800

It sure sounds like Geggy Tah or Jamaroquai (sp).

I'm a lot of help, no?

By: iconomy

iconomy — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:56:37 -0800

I've googled other parts of the lyrics (like "crazy cast of characters")...nothing. This is a very catchy song.

By: codger

codger — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:43:08 -0800

Well, a quick scan of musicbrainz.com for songs entitled "Forgotten" turned nothing up with a runtime of 3:14. Did you guess the title or is that the one it came with?

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:55:09 -0800

well the beat is funky drummer, so the song might be somewhere in this list...

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:56:43 -0800

it's definitely not jamiroquai, btw

By: crunchland

crunchland — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:34:13 -0800

no. the forgotten.mp3 is apparently a guess.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:40:54 -0800

and yeah, I've used every ounce of my google-fu, and come up empty, and I'm usually pretty good about coming up with the answers.

By: quibx

quibx — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:11:14 -0800

It sounds homemade to me. Very common drum loops, kinda poorly mixed vocals... I'd guess its "some guy" in his home studio, or a rough demo / unreleased track...

Good luck

By: iconomy

iconomy — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:28:03 -0800

Could you have d/led it from Metafilter Music?

By: crunchland

crunchland — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:03:46 -0800

no. It's a track that a friend of mine, almost definitely completely unrelated to metafilter, is trying to identify. I'm just the messenger.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Sat, 02 Oct 2004 21:02:51 -0800

for what its worth, the file has been deleted. thanks to all who tried.