Sketchy song ID: early '90's alt rock
August 9, 2015 8:38 AM Subscribe
Probably early nineties. I recall it sounding like a hybrid of Belly and Green Apple Quick Step.
I feel like this song was on the radio in Boston all the time, but I have not heard it since. It stoked me so hard when I was 10 or 12 years old, I am prepared to be disappointed! It's been nagging me, Who is this band?? I remember one melodic line (the "chorus"), but don't know the words at all. So, I will shamelessly make it up.
2 singers (maybe. Maybe one), 1st sings: "Come oooover meeeee" 2nd: "In the way that I speak"
Ha! Could be any combination of words around those vowel sounds. "Too faaaarrr to seeee" "Come gohhhh with meeee" --- "In a way that I see" "If I wake in a dream"
Lines 1 and 2 get repeated, the repeat of line 1 has a slight pitch shift, higher, in the third syllable. The feel was sort of grunge or poppy peri-grunge/college rock.
I feel like this song was on the radio in Boston all the time, but I have not heard it since. It stoked me so hard when I was 10 or 12 years old, I am prepared to be disappointed! It's been nagging me, Who is this band?? I remember one melodic line (the "chorus"), but don't know the words at all. So, I will shamelessly make it up.
2 singers (maybe. Maybe one), 1st sings: "Come oooover meeeee" 2nd: "In the way that I speak"
Ha! Could be any combination of words around those vowel sounds. "Too faaaarrr to seeee" "Come gohhhh with meeee" --- "In a way that I see" "If I wake in a dream"
Lines 1 and 2 get repeated, the repeat of line 1 has a slight pitch shift, higher, in the third syllable. The feel was sort of grunge or poppy peri-grunge/college rock.
Long shot: shakespeare's sister, stay with me? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF3-mHk5jJE
posted by holyrood at 10:38 AM on August 9, 2015
posted by holyrood at 10:38 AM on August 9, 2015
That sort of sounds like it might be Bettie Serveert's Tomboy.
posted by WesterbergHigh at 10:38 AM on August 9, 2015
posted by WesterbergHigh at 10:38 AM on August 9, 2015
Response by poster: No to all the above (except I might work out a recording of me humming it). Less electronic than Curve, but that's about the right sound. I don't know if the vocals were male or female, or alternate (guy sings lines 1 and 3, woman: 2 & 4... or not). More uptempo than INXS, but still kind of tortured, and lesser known band as well.
posted by little_dog_laughing at 11:57 AM on August 9, 2015
posted by little_dog_laughing at 11:57 AM on August 9, 2015
Now I really need to watch this thread b/c I have googled every permutation on the lyrics and NOTHING--and it's totally stuck in my head! I remember the chorus sort of reminded me of part of the Fuel song "Shimmer", the part that's like "too faaarrrr awaaaay for to hold"--but w/ a female vocalist. And a completely different song. Pretty sure it was an "alterna" one-hit wonder kind of thing. Also, I think it is late 90s/early 2000s, not early 90s, and I am 90% sure we are thinking of the same song!
posted by bookworm4125 at 12:39 PM on August 9, 2015
posted by bookworm4125 at 12:39 PM on August 9, 2015
bookworm4125's comments make me think of Mighty KC by For Squirrels.
posted by jabes at 12:56 PM on August 9, 2015
posted by jabes at 12:56 PM on August 9, 2015
@jabes, it's definitely not that. It's not really similar to the Fuel song at all except for that one particular part.
posted by bookworm4125 at 1:10 PM on August 9, 2015
posted by bookworm4125 at 1:10 PM on August 9, 2015
Response by poster: Yeah, bookworm4125, good comparison with the chorus of "Shimmer." We probably are in sync! Still thinking it was early nineties, though, who knows.
posted by little_dog_laughing at 1:16 PM on August 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by little_dog_laughing at 1:16 PM on August 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Maybe something by Sugar, Bob Mould's band?
posted by persona au gratin at 4:53 AM on August 10, 2015
posted by persona au gratin at 4:53 AM on August 10, 2015
Would it have been on FNX?
It's definitely tickling something in my memory.
posted by Constant Reader at 12:23 PM on August 10, 2015
It's definitely tickling something in my memory.
posted by Constant Reader at 12:23 PM on August 10, 2015
Best answer: Could it be Auscultate by Salt? The chorus starts about a minute in.
posted by wheek wheek wheek at 3:07 PM on August 10, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by wheek wheek wheek at 3:07 PM on August 10, 2015 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: wheek wheek wheek got it. Thank you! Thanks for all the answers.
posted by little_dog_laughing at 5:31 PM on August 10, 2015
posted by little_dog_laughing at 5:31 PM on August 10, 2015
YES! I kept checking back hoping someone would find it, as it's been in my head since I read the question! And I kept thinking "Veruca Salt" but I knew that was totally wrong..now I know why I thought that. Phew!
posted by bookworm4125 at 5:37 PM on August 10, 2015
posted by bookworm4125 at 5:37 PM on August 10, 2015
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posted by unknowncommand at 8:55 AM on August 9, 2015