Name the tune

December 19, 2006 12:19 AM

Name that tune. This [mp3, 100 Kb] is a shamefully crude MIDI reconstruction of part of the tune in question. I'd place it around 1975, Moog type Top 100 pop music; sounds something like Hot Butter but is not. Any ideas what it is?
posted by shannymara to media & arts (6 comments total)

Apparently this site will search based on humming. I don't know how good it is. I don't recognise your tune, I'm sorry.
posted by b33j at 12:29 AM on December 19, 2006

I tried it out on Song Tapper and found no hits that seemed to match the period you were looking for. Perhaps this combined with the humming site you can find something?
posted by barnacles at 12:50 AM on December 19, 2006

Hot Butter is called "the first electronic hit" and was 1972, so your estimate may be a little late.
posted by spock at 5:24 AM on December 19, 2006

Hearing it the first time, I instantly thought of the instrumental break form (Everyone Knows it's) Windy. The baseline, however, was more reminiscent of Kraftwerk, particularly Electric Cafe, Kometmelodie 2 (Windows Media), or Endless Europe.

A couple more possibilities that come to mind are E.V.A. by Jean-Jacques Perrey & Dana Countryman and Electric Disneyland Parade, by Wendy Carlos.
posted by Smart Dalek at 6:52 AM on December 19, 2006

the theme from the the rockford files was in the top 100 that year and I remember a keyboard/moog thing happening with that tune. But it sounds nothing like the the clip provided here.
Swing and a miss!!
posted by stavx at 8:11 AM on December 19, 2006

I'm thinking that it sounds similar to the theme-song from Pinwheel the children's show on PBS. Those first couple notes could be throwing me off though. It started in 1979. You can listen here.
posted by elkelk at 8:52 AM on December 19, 2006