MusicIDfilter: This song is driving me crazy. I must know what it is!

October 29, 2009 5:12 PM

What is the song used in this YouTube video? I know it's kind of a stretch, but I can't get it out of my head! Recommendations of similar music are good too.
posted by DolorousEdd to media & arts (10 comments total)

This instrumental album from the Beastie Boys might interest you: http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Way-Out-Beastie-Boys/dp/B000002TXM
posted by blaneyphoto at 5:24 PM on October 29 [2 favorites]

reminds me of the intro to where it's at by Beck.
posted by gursky at 5:28 PM on October 29

It reminded me of some of the music featured on the soundtrack of the movie "Get Shorty" - for example this track by Us3. John Lurie was principally responsible for this soundtrack.
posted by rongorongo at 5:28 PM on October 29

Maybe Medeski Martin and Wood?
posted by Red Loop at 5:32 PM on October 29

If you expand the Statistics & Data dropdown underneath the video it says the song is a 'jazzy intro' by DJ Logic. I can't find the exact song, but he's got quite an extensive itunes-available discography on his site as well as a decent archive of fan recordings on the internet archive.
posted by datacenter refugee at 5:38 PM on October 29 [1 favorite]

The sample did indeed seem similar to that used in "where it's at". This page about that song claims that Beck may have sampled/borrowed the keyboard riff from that off "In the Ghetto" by Donny Hathaway. Anyway - you might like to check out his music too.

Beck is possibly not the only one who has been there: DJ Logic's facebook page lists Donny Hathaway's page as one of his favourites too.
posted by rongorongo at 5:48 PM on October 29

Sorry. Full version of "In the Ghetto".
posted by rongorongo at 5:51 PM on October 29

Have you tried messaging the person who posted the video?
posted by rhizome at 6:59 PM on October 29

To me it sounds like a version of 'Spooky' ... here's the Dusty Springfield version and the original.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 6:43 AM on October 30

The Sam Yahel Organ Trio opened for Steely Dan this year and were fantastic. You might like their particular flavor of skating rink jazz.
posted by mintcake! at 7:04 AM on October 30