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 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
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, 2009


reminds me of the intro to where it's at by Beck.
posted by gursky at 5:28 PM on October 29, 2009


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, 2009


Maybe Medeski Martin and Wood?
posted by Red Loop at 5:32 PM on October 29, 2009


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, 2009


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, 2009


Sorry. Full version of "In the Ghetto".
posted by rongorongo at 5:51 PM on October 29, 2009


Have you tried messaging the person who posted the video?
posted by rhizome at 6:59 PM on October 29, 2009


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, 2009


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, 2009


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