Name that tune!

December 19, 2005 10:52 AM

Can anyone identify this melody? (350 kB .WAV, whistled here)

In my head I can hear male vocalists and "metal lite" guitar chords. I think it may be the chorus of some popular anthem from within the past year or so. But if it isn't, I have plans for it!

posted by ZenMasterThis to media & arts (18 comments total)

Dammit, I know this melody, but it's escaping me at the moment. I think it's older than that, though - I keep getting a mental accompaniment of a techno-pop tune - something like Information Society but not quite...this is going to drive me batshit until I get it....
posted by TeamBilly at 10:57 AM on December 19, 2005

Sorry, TeamBilly. Maddening, id'nit? I'm hearing more of a Godsmack- or Creed-like (ugh) tune.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 11:03 AM on December 19, 2005

Still can't place it, but the more I think about it, the more it reminds me of a Duran Duran tune, but I can't explain why. If it turns out to be an original thought, let me know what you do with it. Because it IS a good line (especially for a chorus, I think) and love collaborating with people on music. I'm just sayin'....
posted by TeamBilly at 11:18 AM on December 19, 2005

It kind of sounds like Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi?
posted by bDiddy at 11:27 AM on December 19, 2005

TeamBilly:

Y'know, Duran Duran did have a new release in the past year or so. I wonder...

Also, I e-mailed you a link to my tunes.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 11:29 AM on December 19, 2005

To me it sounds like Careless Whisper by Wham, especially the chorus: "and I'm never gonna dance again/ guilty feet have got no rhythm/ and i'm never gonna dance again/ the way I dance with you"
posted by sarahnade at 11:29 AM on December 19, 2005

bDiddy: Close, but no cigar.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 11:30 AM on December 19, 2005

sarahnade: partial match, but not the one I'm hearing.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 11:31 AM on December 19, 2005

I immediately thought of Careless Whisper as well, but like you say, it turned out to be more of a partial match.

Can you come up with any lyrics at all? You hear male vocalists - what are they saying?
posted by daveleck at 11:36 AM on December 19, 2005

daveleck: I haven't a clue.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 11:38 AM on December 19, 2005

Is it The One Thing by INXS?
posted by jrossi4r at 11:40 AM on December 19, 2005

jrossi4r: no, it's slower and heavier than that.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 11:43 AM on December 19, 2005

Ah - I was thinking of "New Moon On Monday" (Duran Duran) which ain't it, but the second half of the line you're whistling is pretty congruent with "...and a fire dance through the night/ I've spent a cold day/with a lonely satellite..."

Come to think of it, it's slightly congruent with Bedroom Toys, too. Same band.

Maybe you really do have an original line here. I dunno.
posted by TeamBilly at 12:32 PM on December 19, 2005

Foo Fighters, maybe?
posted by ZenMasterThis at 12:35 PM on December 19, 2005

Did you try here? http://www.musipedia.org/search.0.html
not as much recent stuff, but you can whistle it and they will search based on that. (oh, and I hear mostly "Careless Whisper", too - but maybe a bit of something else, I get a slight grunge recollection - Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Pearl Jam?)
posted by rjd at 12:46 PM on December 19, 2005

It made me think of the Careless Whisper cover that Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright often do live. It's a lot like the original but with subtle changes in the melody. If you can't find a version online (it's everywhere) you can reach me at the email in my profile and I'll send you a copy, for evaluation purposes of course.
posted by cyphill at 12:55 PM on December 19, 2005

Hate to sound like a wiseass, but it might be more helpful to sing it as "dum-da-dumdum"s - the whistle (for me) throws off any hope of keeping in mind it's Creed-like. Seems to be right on the edges of my memory.
posted by Iamtherealme at 9:50 PM on December 19, 2005

Probably not it, but I'm hearing bits of "Mad World" - the version I'm thinking of is by Tears for Fears, though there was also another version that was popular not too long ago from the Donnie Darko soundtrack.
posted by Hadroed at 12:49 AM on December 20, 2005