Findthatsongfilter: Lyrics containing "die together"...we think! [more inside]
posted by multivalent on Dec 22, 2009 - 15 answers

Who is responsible for recording / editing those customized versions of pop radio songs that include the radio station's or city's name? [more inside]
posted by Zephyrial on Dec 21, 2009 - 3 answers

Can anyone identify this song? [more inside]
posted by marimeko on Dec 21, 2009 - 12 answers

Are there well-known classical composers who aren't trained on a particular instrument? An acquaintance is a young singer who's interested in composition (mostly for voice), but in talking to him I get the sense that he feels a little inadequate compared to his fellow students who are accomplished on at least one instrument like piano or violin. Can you give me examples of classical composers whose work is respected but who weren't primarily instrumental players? Modern or otherwise. Thanks!
posted by mediareport on Dec 14, 2009 - 14 answers

I'd love suggestions for a song about redemption that isn't Marley's "Redemption Song." [more inside]
posted by the_bone on Dec 8, 2009 - 21 answers

The song Gimme Sympathy by Metric has a line: "After all of this is gone, who'd you rather be; the Beatles or the Rolling Stones." What would you interpret that to mean? [more inside]
posted by Lorc on Dec 5, 2009 - 26 answers

This has vexed me for more than half of my life. What song is this? [more inside]
posted by Holygrail2 on Nov 28, 2009 - 20 answers

What song plays over the closing credits in the last episode of The Simpsons? [more inside]
posted by miriam on Nov 24, 2009 - 3 answers

My band does a great cover of St. James Infirmary Blues. What else should we do that's in the same vein? [more inside]
posted by Baby_Balrog on Nov 23, 2009 - 13 answers

ForgottenSongTitleAndArtistFilter: the song: bouncy and loud, sung by a solo female. The lyrics equate love with physical abuse. (Like being hit with love, or our hearts beating one another, something like that. It reminds me of the Cardigans "And then You Kissed Me.") the video: a mostly white backdrop, and said female vocalist cavorting around, dancing and shadowboxing. Possibly things are on fire? There is a bed, and pillows, and maybe even streamers. That's all I have. Please help.
posted by inging on Nov 10, 2009 - 3 answers

I'm looking for a specific song with whistling in it. I heard it in a bar so I couldn't catch the lyrics but the song had a singing chorus and then a whistling chorus that it started and ended with (I think). It had had an upbeat tempo and seemed to only consist of drums, a bass line and vocals (as well as the whistling). The singing seemed to be in a monotone style except for the singing chorus. Any ideas?
posted by crios on Nov 5, 2009 - 17 answers

[SongFilter] What the heck is this song playing on my local college radio station? [more inside]
posted by jordanlewis on Oct 7, 2009 - 8 answers

Help identify this song! [more inside]
posted by kitty teeth on Oct 6, 2009 - 8 answers

I heard a song playing on the sound system in a restaurant that I would like to track down if I can identify it. It was sung in Spanish, in a Cuban musical style (similar to the more ballad-like tracks on many of the Buena Vista Social Club artists' records). The vocalist was most likely male, singing in that kind of 1930's/40's croony sound with a high tenor with lots of vibrato, or possibly a woman with a lower voice. What was distinctive about the track is that it prominently featured a cello, which is not something I'm used to hearing in Latin music. I do not know if it was actually an old song or a modern pastiche, and I didn't get any lyrics.
posted by matildaben on Oct 5, 2009 - 8 answers

A friend and fellow music teacher taught me this song, telling me it was "in the folk tradition." But I can't find anything out about it and he can't tell me anything more. Do you recognize it? [more inside]
posted by argybarg on Oct 4, 2009 - 2 answers

Do you speak Thai? Can you translate this song into English?* This mp3 link is performed by the original artist, who remains unknown, and was infamously plundered by the Butthole Surfers in 1987 to create the track "Kuntz" on the album Locust Abortion Technician. [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Oct 3, 2009 - 6 answers

Track ID needed (late 80s/90s popular music) - Reward for the finder! [more inside]
posted by groovinkim on Sep 14, 2009 - 29 answers

Name that song filter [more inside]
posted by DieHipsterDie on Sep 13, 2009 - 3 answers

So Something by The Beatles (Harrison not Lennon/McCartney), Layla and Wonderful Tonight both by Clapton in one form or another were all written about Pattie Boyd. Are there other examples of a person being the subject of more than one song by more than one artist? [more inside]
posted by holdkris99 on Sep 11, 2009 - 38 answers

What is the best love song you've ever heard? Not sticky-sweet or sappy, but genuinely romantic. Any genre will do.
posted by jjg on Sep 10, 2009 - 190 answers

Is this a Jimi Hendrix song, and if so, which one? [more inside]
posted by XiBe on Aug 26, 2009 - 18 answers

What is the "laughter song" in this Spongebob video at 1:40 - 1:49? This is part of the original episode, not added by the YT user. I have heard this tune frequently over the past 25 years in various network programs for anything considered "funny", usually in bloopers and slapstick, and have never been able to identify it.
posted by crapmatic on Aug 6, 2009 - 2 answers

While in Paris, I stumbled upon a group playing quite an impressive strings arrangement, in a Metro station. What song is this?
posted by disillusioned on Aug 5, 2009 - 4 answers

songfilter: I heard the fragment of a song years ago and it is a long shot. Hope me! [more inside]
posted by jadepearl on Jul 17, 2009 - 7 answers

60s song filter: We are trying to find the song from the 60s (?) that is about a car/motorcycle crash. The song has singing and a narrative part if memory serves. At one point the girl screams: "Lookout! Lookout! Lookout! Lookout!"
posted by Drasher on Jul 12, 2009 - 16 answers

What is this tune? [more inside]
posted by MaudB on Jul 5, 2009 - 6 answers

Country Song-ID help: very little to go on. A friend was in a bar in Nashville last weekend, and wants to ID a song she heard (DJ, not live music). The only lyric she remembers is "stay off my hit list". Not much to go on, I know. I assume it's a recent song, but can't guarantee that. Googling hasn't helped. Thanks for any help you can give! Hmm..posting at 7:30 on July 3rd might not be the best idea. Oh well.
posted by inigo2 on Jul 3, 2009 - 2 answers

Please help me identify this song: it sounds like the Kinks, but I think it's more recent. Has something like "she asks, 'do you love me?' but she means, 'will you respect me?'" in the lyrics. [more inside]
posted by AV on Jul 1, 2009 - 4 answers

I'm trying to find a song I heard a couple of years ago on public radio. All I remember is that it was maybe folk/bluegrass, and it was a guy singing about the red-headed woman that he loved, but in the end he revealed that she was a red-head from all the blood pouring over her blond hair. [more inside]
posted by ictow on Jun 29, 2009 - 8 answers

A little something for my biggest fan... seeking ideas for classical songs that I can sing and record for my 19-month-old nephew. [more inside]
posted by notquitemaryann on Jun 26, 2009 - 16 answers

What are some good songs about baseball? [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Jun 26, 2009 - 36 answers

Looking for songs about fonts... [more inside]
posted by Katemonkey on Jun 10, 2009 - 4 answers

I am a music ignoramus. But, I know I really like a man and a woman (a guy and a girl) singing together. Call and response, harmony, part of the lyrics or not, I think it's really amazing when a masculine voice and feminine voice are working together. [more inside]
posted by zeek321 on Jun 6, 2009 - 79 answers

What's the origin/name of this soaring music piece from this breath-taking video of wingsuit base jumpers?
posted by zaebiz on Jun 3, 2009 - 4 answers

Help me identify the artist & title of this song. [more inside]
posted by drid9ghots on May 30, 2009 - 8 answers

Alright another name that song question except this isn't one from memory, I have the song. It is on a website that you have to click into. [more inside]
posted by WickedPissah on May 11, 2009 - 5 answers

Do you know which song was featured in the opening scene of Medium s05e11? [more inside]
posted by lioness on May 2, 2009 - 2 answers

Do you know of songs whose lyrics came from a speech? [more inside]
posted by Kattullus on Apr 27, 2009 - 23 answers

OldSongFilter: Help me find a song from my childhood! [more inside]
posted by Spyder's Game on Apr 23, 2009 - 9 answers

I'd like to learn some more comedy songs to sing at the piano along the lines of Hugh Laurie's Mystery. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted by chrismear on Apr 20, 2009 - 18 answers

Name-That-Tune Filter: uptempo pop/rock, female vocalist, and the hook contains the lyric "I just wanna know, where did she go?" Or something like it… [more inside]
posted by Metroid Baby on Apr 8, 2009 - 7 answers

Does anyone know of a spoken word explanation track that explains the entire mythology of the X-Files? [more inside]
posted by codybaldwin on Apr 8, 2009 - 7 answers

Name this song: Chinese (I assume) singers singing in English singing praises about the Three Gorges Dam. I heard it in an Asian restaurant about 6-8 years ago. [more inside]
posted by santogold on Apr 4, 2009 - 1 answer

Name-this-song-filter: Soft, acoustic, Augustana-esque song with vague descriptions of lyrics. [more inside]
posted by Phire on Mar 30, 2009 - 3 answers

Help me find this male/female duet that goes something like "Some day soon I'm gonna get away and you'll be sorry". [more inside]
posted by overglow on Mar 22, 2009 - 4 answers

There's a beautiful, beautiful summer pop song I heard maybe five years ago, that supposedly either won a songwriting competition or came close, and now I can't find out for the life what it was - please help. [more inside]
posted by Ash3000 on Mar 20, 2009 - 4 answers

What's this song? It was on US Top 40 radio in the late 80s. It's a mashup sorta thingie of musical styles, starting out with a big band playing "In the Mood" and moving forward through different popular music styles to the modern day. IIRC at the very end there is a brief return to a little bit of In the Mood.
posted by Lou Stuells on Mar 18, 2009 - 4 answers

This is going to be a bit of a longshot, but when I was in Japan a few months ago, I heard a cover of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" sung presumably by a Japanese female, and I've been trying to find it ever since. [more inside]
posted by wander on Mar 12, 2009 - 6 answers

What is the name of this song we used to sing in music class? [more inside]
posted by aquariangirl06 on Mar 3, 2009 - 4 answers

Name-that-song-filter: I watched a high school play yesterday where a song I've heard before was used as the main theme music. I may have heard it previously in the context of binaural beats or "mind songs" or whatnot. It's entirely instrumental, although it is probably synthesized. Drums and a xylophone are used heavily, I think. I'd use words such as jungle and trippy to describe it. Thanks very much in advance!
posted by zenja72 on Mar 1, 2009 - 8 answers