Help me identify this unnamed song

May 30, 2009 11:18 PM

Help me identify the artist & title of this song.

Several months ago I was looking at morecowbell.dj and I came across this song http://www.morecowbell.dj/listen?id=qdgBI. Whoever posted the song failed to include the artist & song title. I'm fairly certain it's Damon Albarn from Blur but I've been unable to nail down anything specific. I've attempted to google the lyrics and even used Shazam on my iPhone to assist identifying the track but I believe the addition of the cowbell has sullied the track.

posted by drid9ghots to media & arts (8 comments total)

It sounds like the good, the bad and the queen?
posted by furious at 7:04 AM on May 31

I'm 99% certain this isn't Damon Albarn, but that's all I can say about this song. It's hard to say but the singer kinda sounds Scandinavian.
posted by Kattullus at 7:52 AM on May 31

I thought it sounded like Hot Chip, and not very Damon Albarn-ey.
posted by ashaw at 7:54 AM on May 31

I can't understand a single thing he's saying. Can anyone give me a few words from the lyrics?
posted by iconomy at 8:20 AM on May 31

I've tried googling for lyrics, but it hasn't gotten me anywhere. Here are bits and pieces I've made out:

"somewhere far back there"
"until you go"
"until you break"

Also, I suspect that this is the final song on an album because it has a long period of silence at the end before a bit of music starts up again.
posted by Kattullus at 8:38 AM on May 31

I can probably be of limited assistance...

I can tell you that Shazam didn't know what the original file was. There were no tags or useful filename on the original upload other than that the MP3 encoder: "Made With Sonic Foundry ACID 4" (a music production program.) And since the file was uploaded at a non-44Khz sample rate around September 2008, the sound you hear overlaid under the cowbells is actually double speed from the original, which is what is giving him that Damon Albarn style. (This was a bug we fixed only recently I think.) The original is much slower and does sound handmade.
posted by brianwhitman at 9:38 AM on May 31 [1 favorite]

I also tried googling the lyrics this morning (rather obsessively, in fact) and had no luck. And I have an iphone app called Midomi (or something similar) that identifies music and it couldn't find anything.

Also, I'll third the 'not Damon Albarn' comment...

In line with brianwhitman's suggestion, is it possible that this is an unreleased song that someone's recorded themselves?

Best of luck, I know how irritating these sorts of mysteries are!
posted by badmoonrising at 9:56 AM on May 31

sax heaven - the italian connection
posted by razzamatazm at 5:36 PM on May 31