In about a week I'll be moving with some friends across multiple state lines, and it's the first big move any of us have ever made. Suffice it to say we're all a little nervous, so I'd like to commemorate the occasion with a special mix tape. Specifically, I'm looking for any songs about the pain and struggle of moving to and/or living in a new place. [more inside]
posted on Aug 21, 2008 - 47 answers
What are some simple music, art and other activities I can do with a group of Spanish speaking kids with ages ranging from 5 to 10. [more inside]
posted on Aug 11, 2008 - 4 answers
I am looking for songs that describe a mappable journey (ideally together with the map). For example here is a map of the destinations mentioned in "Route 66" and here is the wild journey described at the end of Tom Waits' "Don't Go into that Barn!".
posted on Aug 8, 2008 - 20 answers
How did songs come to be called 'numbers'?
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posted on Aug 5, 2008 - 13 answers 
Where the streets have no name. A horse with no name. What I really want to say, I can't define. What other songs try to evoke the wordless and undefinable?
posted on Jul 17, 2008 - 25 answers
I'm looking for unabashedly happy, feel good music. Do you have any favorites to recommend? [more inside]
posted on Jul 16, 2008 - 123 answers
Please help me find recordings of early anarchist songs in English or Yiddish! [more inside]
posted on Jul 14, 2008 - 7 answers
How do I remove or retract songs by my band that were uploaded years ago and are now for sale from multiple outlets on the internet? We sound different now, for one, but more to the point, we're not seeing any revenue from this, but someone must be. [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - 6 answers
I'm looking for a recording of good traditional (American) children's songs. [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2008 - 20 answers
Trying to put together a playlist of anti-American songs, or songs about leaving America. For instance, Green Day's "American Idiot" qualifies. This is for a going-away party, and very much tongue-in-cheek. Songs that hate on specific regions (particularly New York, New Jersey, DC and LA) are also good. Thank you!
posted on Jun 27, 2008 - 78 answers
Great '90s grunge songs EXCLUDING Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, STP, and early Radiohead? [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2008 - 90 answers
Can you help me set the writing soundtrack to my novels? [more inside]
posted on Jun 26, 2008 - 23 answers
I like singers with strange voices. I don't like novelty songs (e.g. Betty Boop) and I don't like "songs" that are so avant-garde that they're basically noise (e.g. someone screaming into a microphone). So I'm not looking for strange music. I'm looking for traditional (melodic) music sung by singers with non-traditional singing voices. Examples of what I like: Joanna Newsom, Leon Redbone, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Elaine Stritch. [more inside]
posted on Jun 22, 2008 - 104 answers
What song would you use for a running commercial? [more inside]
posted on Jun 17, 2008 - 35 answers
Can I learn to create melodies? [more inside]
posted on Jun 15, 2008 - 37 answers
I need "It could've been good if you only..." songs, in the vein of New Slang by The Shins. Does anyone know any good ones? [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2008 - 7 answers
My little brother just graduated from school in Indiana and is moving to Kansas City. (the Kansas side) He'll be driving there from the eastern side of Missouri and I want to make him a mix for the road but I'm coming up short on songs! [more inside]
posted on May 29, 2008 - 12 answers
Does anyone know of any happy, zippy, upbeat rap that I can run to? My last question about music made me realize there is a lot of stuff out there I've never heard.
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posted on May 22, 2008 - 43 answers
I'm driving cross country and am looking to make a mix CD for the road using songs about America. Ask Metafilter has previously tackled similar questions dealing with songs about Los Angeles, California, New York, New Jersey and even Europe, but what are some of the best songs about America?
posted on May 15, 2008 - 41 answers
I want to start a night where a variety of local musicians cover the music of one musician with a large repetoire, or cover songs from one particular period/style of music. I'm looking for a good name for the (hopefully monthly) event and feedback on my ideas and "rules". [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2008 - 16 answers
There used to be a list on Wikipedia comprised of songs that reference themselves (e.g. Bowie's "Five Years": I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour, drinking milk shakes cold and long; Smiling and waving and looking so fine, dont think you knew you were in this song)
The Wikipedian's seemed to have cracked down on lists like this.
Anyone know where can I find a copy of it?
posted on May 10, 2008 - 12 answers
Looking for song I heard...."Sanchez", "Gun"...Can anyone help? [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2008 - 2 answers
Where can I find something like Mefi Music, but more... critical? [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2008 - 5 answers
Help me find music about music! What are some songs about music, it's culture, etc.? Songs like The VU's Rock & Roll, Joni Mitchell's Woodstock, Billy Joel's It's Still Rock and Roll to Me, etc...
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 71 answers
I'm trying to put together a list of the happiest sounding songs with the saddest lyrics... can you help? [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2008 - 106 answers
Why do I love to run to this song and what are other songs will duplicate whatever it is this song does to make my runs better? [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 15 answers
"Your mother is a whore" mixtape suggestions? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 33 answers
What are some pop songs that are bookended by identical or near-identical passages whose musical content isn't repeated anywhere else in the song? [more inside]
posted on Mar 31, 2008 - 23 answers
Song Similar To Denez Prigent's "Gortoz a Ran"? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - 2 answers
What's the best song Tarantino hasn't used yet? [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 51 answers
Songs about change? [more inside]
posted on Mar 9, 2008 - 36 answers
What songs can an acoustic guitar playing non-singer sing? [more inside]
posted on Mar 6, 2008 - 19 answers
I'm looking for some songs to play on my guitar... [more inside]
posted on Mar 3, 2008 - 23 answers
What is the musical term for songs that feature overlapping or simultaneous verses? The only two examples that I can think of to illustrate what I'm talking about are "All for the Best" from Godspell and Irving Berlin's "You're in Love." Anyone ever come across a list of songs of this type, specifically songs from the world of musical theater?
posted on Feb 28, 2008 - 39 answers
Music Filter: Can you recommend some contemporary Russian music? [more inside]
posted on Feb 16, 2008 - 12 answers
I'd like to find some examples of bands rerecording their own songs with foreign language versions of the lyrics, please. [more inside]
posted on Feb 15, 2008 - 72 answers
Some years ago, there was a resource available at the counter at record stores that enabled one to determine all the albums or collections that a particular song appeared on... [more inside]
posted on Feb 6, 2008 - 9 answers
What are some songs about flying, preferably in a plane of some kind? My friend is a pilot and I want to make a mixtape for him with some songs about flying. So far, all I've come up with is the following:
AF607105 - Charlotte Gainsbourg (even if it does involve a crash, it's lovely)
Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd
Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra
Anyone have any ideas? Thank you in advance!
posted on Feb 2, 2008 - 71 answers
I'm looking for clean, upbeat songs that are NOT about love. I just need one business-appropriate one to edit a "Candids" video of business people at a sales meeting to. The client is super picky and wants pop music with exactly the right lyrics and a "high-energy" tempo. They liked the lyrics to "Oh Yeah" by Macy Gray but didn't think it was upbeat enough. Any ideas?
posted on Jan 16, 2008 - 30 answers
help-my-dad-figure-out-the-song-filter: The song is about a breakup by an African-American singer, which seems to be a couple of years old. The music video is about the breakup with 2 kids in it, left by the husband. The tune is somewhat fast and rhythmic.
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - 3 answers
Where can I find covers of popular songs done in the style of c64/amiga/mod/xm etc? [more inside]
posted on Jan 5, 2008 - 9 answers
I'm looking for an irish/punk-sounding song that often gets played on TV during sporting events. It was played multiple times during the Patriots-Giants game (usually right before commercial breaks) the other day, and I just heard it during the Winter Classic Hockey game too. Best-guess description of how it goes after the jump. [more inside]
posted on Jan 1, 2008 - 8 answers
My sister is having a rough month. She's toughing it out through a Jerry Springer-scale divorce drama while dealing with potentially serious medical problems. She's asked me to find songs for a compilation about difficult Decembers to help her get through. [more inside]
posted on Dec 25, 2007 - 28 answers
"Emotionally ambivalent" Christmas Songs? [more inside]
posted on Dec 15, 2007 - 40 answers
In primary school (In the UK) we used to sing a song about Hannibal The Cannibal, King of the Cannibal Land - But I can't find any record of such a song any more. [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2007 - 3 answers
Help me compile the ultimate stoner playlist. [more inside]
posted on Nov 25, 2007 - 71 answers
I need to broaden my horizons regarding the music I listen to. My last music purchase was years ago. Please suggest something new (or at least - new to me). I have no taste whatsoever. [more inside]
posted on Nov 18, 2007 - 35 answers
Song goes something like "babbbyyy letsss groooveee" [more inside]
posted on Nov 18, 2007 - 12 answers
Anyone know any music that sounds like this? [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 11 answers
My cousin, a 30-something mother of two, is having surgery in four weeks to remove a brain tumor. Prognosis, unknown. The only thing she has asked for is some music appropriate for pre-surgery, post-surgery and/or physical therapy. Most of my ideas are pretty morbid. Suggestions? Any genre will do ...
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 25 answers
Covers of Beatles songs with Japanese Instruments, mostly koto and shakuhachi. [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2007 - 2 answers
What are some good LONG songs? [more inside]
posted on Oct 17, 2007 - 129 answers
For the next few months I'll be projecting a series of films by and about Mormons. I'm looking for appropriate pre-show music. [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2007 - 14 answers
Help me identify a couple of unidentified mp3s! [more inside]
posted on Sep 26, 2007 - 5 answers
Help me find more music like Flight of the Conchords and Tenacious D. [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2007 - 33 answers
Looking for songs about photography [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2007 - 53 answers
Help me find more songs featuring a xylophone. [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2007 - 49 answers
I'm looking for a song from any musical that starts off with two people arguing. Not a specific song, but any song like that. [more inside]
posted on Aug 16, 2007 - 27 answers
What are some songs that universally produce emotional reactions? Joy, sadness, or whatever? [more inside]
posted on Aug 8, 2007 - 63 answers
What are your favorite rock/folk/alternative piano ballads? [more inside]
posted on Aug 8, 2007 - 28 answers
Indie songs about New York? [more inside]
posted on Aug 6, 2007 - 51 answers
Musicfilter: I was listening to Indie 103.1 (a Los Angeles radio station) and a song came on where it seemed that half of it was a strange narration of a Martian invasion. If any of you know what I'm talking about, I'd be grateful. The narrating was in a serious, NPR kind of voice... if that helps.
posted on Aug 2, 2007 - 13 answers
What are some good children's books that have been put to song? [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2007 - 16 answers
Help me decide what song(s) to play at a friend's wedding? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2007 - 29 answers
Sound (or video with sound) clip of the "Happy Birthday" song ... sung in German? [more inside]
posted on Jun 28, 2007 - 3 answers
Veggie Tales has a Silly Song with Larry called Pizza Angel that sounds familiar, but I can't quite place it. The closest song I've found is Last Kiss, originally written by Wayne Cochran and later sung by Pearl Jam, but they aren't all that close. Some of the comments on the YouTube video suggested it was a parody of Johnny Angel or Teen Angel, but neither of the versions I found sounded like the origin of Pizza Angel. It’s quite possible this is an original composition, but it sounds so familiar.
Does anyone know of a song that could have been the inspiration for Pizza Angel?
posted on Jun 21, 2007 - 4 answers
Please recommend some upbeat songs about cleaning, housekeeping, etc. [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2007 - 40 answers
Help me find a techno song called "Around the World" which until now I had been convinced was by Daft Punk! [more inside]
posted on May 29, 2007 - 6 answers
GreatSongsfilter; I would like to learn a few great songs on the guitar, and need suggestions from the great people here.
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posted on May 24, 2007 - 25 answers
Hitchhiking songs? [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2007 - 26 answers
What are some songs about countries or cities in Europe?
posted on Apr 8, 2007 - 46 answers
I was recently introduced to two songs featuring the harpsichord, and I really liked them a lot. And it got me thinking: is there a lot of this kind of music out there? They're not classical (I think), but they're definitely enjoyable. [more inside]
posted on Mar 6, 2007 - 22 answers
I HATE CUPID FILTER: Having an ANTI-Valentine's Day Party...need some assistance please. [more inside]
posted on Feb 13, 2007 - 42 answers
SongFilter: Suggest some songs in the vein of Fleetwood Mac's Landslide and Tracy Chapman's Fast Car. [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2007 - 28 answers
I have too many junk songs as a part of a compilation or a soundtrack or an album with a couple of good songs. On one hand I dont wanna break up the album, on the other, I don't want to waste space. What should I do? What do you do?
posted on Jan 17, 2007 - 18 answers
MotivationFilter, MusicFilter: What particular songs motivate you? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2007 - 34 answers
How can I stop getting sick of new songs quickly? [more inside]
posted on Dec 9, 2006 - 13 answers
A few years back I found an MP3 for a song called "I am a Liverpudlian" by a band from New Zealand or Australia. Then I lost it. What was the band's name? [more inside]
posted on Nov 20, 2006 - 4 answers
Seeking creepy kids' camp songs for Halloween bonfire. [more inside]
posted on Oct 25, 2006 - 16 answers
Help me finish a just started Indie Rock Tragedy playlist. I currently have "The Commander Thinks Aloud - The Long Winters" and "The President is Dead - Okkervil Radio". I am looking for consistency in theme and sound/genre.
posted on Oct 3, 2006 - 14 answers
Help me create a playlist contemporary songs that mention / are about plants or animals (and aren't too sappy). [more inside]
posted on Oct 1, 2006 - 53 answers
Do you know the name of this song and the artist? It's a female singer. The only way that I can think of to describe the style is French or Brazilian jazz. The only lyrics that I remember are "and the duck goes quack quack" and also something about a goose going "honk" and "summer." (MI) [more inside]
posted on Sep 30, 2006 - 17 answers
NotReallyPlaylistFilter: Help me find songs for "Zombie: the Musical". [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2006 - 42 answers
I am looking for music or songs associated with tea/ tea ceremonies in various cultures, specifically India, Japan, China, North Africa, the UK & Ireland, but can certainly include any other tea cultures. Anyone know of any informative links or books?
posted on Sep 6, 2006 - 9 answers
Are there any popular songs in which three people sing in typical "duet" fashion? [more inside]
posted on Sep 5, 2006 - 32 answers
What songs use the "song on the radio within the song" effect? [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2006 - 80 answers
What are some good duets? [more inside]
posted on Aug 18, 2006 - 43 answers
Shhh! A mixcd about silence... [more inside]
posted on Aug 16, 2006 - 62 answers
ObscureMusicFilter: Arabic speakers, please hope me! Trying to identify an Iraqi singer. There's [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2006 - 8 answers
I'm writing a puzzle for an online game, and trying to think of songs in which the lyrics include words being spelled out... [more inside]
posted on Aug 7, 2006 - 83 answers
Are there any well-known songs that were (or might have been) recorded while the artist was stoned/wasted/tripping/etc? Not counting concert performances, unless the song charted. [more inside]
posted on Jun 26, 2006 - 47 answers
Name that tune: It serves as the soundtrack to the HBO Documentary Films commercial that currently plays before movies at Landmark Theaters. It's beautiful. [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2006 - 7 answers
Hi! I'm looking to compile a list of travel-oriented songs in any genre, specifically ones that hit on the independent, vagabonding, adventure, exploration style of traveling. Let's hear your suggestion!
posted on May 18, 2006 - 56 answers
Songs about coding/programming? [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2006 - 22 answers
I'm looking for songs that sparkle! (or that shine, or twinkle, or make you think bright and happy thoughts.) [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2006 - 52 answers
Are there any other covers of the song Bizarre Love Triangle (by New Order) other than the ones by Frente and Stabbing Westward? [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2006 - 15 answers
What are some good movies with musical numbers sung by the actors? [more inside]
posted on Mar 30, 2006 - 53 answers
Does anyone know the URL of a site where you entered a band you like and it showed connections to other bands based on a recommendation system? The whole thing was done in flash and looked very cool.
posted on Jan 12, 2006 - 20 answers
Hope me identify a cover of a Cold Play song. [IdentiSongFilter] [more inside]
posted on Jan 2, 2006 - 15 answers
What songs are about shame?
posted on Dec 6, 2005 - 48 answers
Songs about motherhood? [more inside]
posted on Dec 3, 2005 - 36 answers
Some guy once impressed me by humming the theme from "The Munsters" and joining it seamlessly with "If I Were a Rich Man" from "Fiddler on the Roof." In idle moments, I try to repeat this amazing feat, but I can't figure out how the songs fit together. [more inside]
posted on Nov 23, 2005 - 37 answers
Who sang "I want to be on your teevee so that you will notice me./You don't notice nothing else except that box that's on your shelf."?
posted on Oct 7, 2005 - 5 answers
What are some songs that remind us to be thankful for our good fortune? Just the fact that you are sitting at a computer reading this probably puts you in the top 10% of wealthy people in the world.
I'd like to make a CD of songs that have a positive message about appreciating and being thankful for what we've got.
I remember singing as a child:
"Be thankful for the good things that you've got.
The good things that you've got are for many just a dream,
So be thankful for the good things that we've got."
That's the jist I'm going for, but not children's songs.
posted on Sep 30, 2005 - 43 answers
What modern songs sound like they could have been done by The Beatles?
posted on Sep 29, 2005 - 66 answers
What are the saddest songs you can think of? [more inside]
posted on Sep 21, 2005 - 155 answers
MusicFilter: I am looking for songs of any genre that use food as a metaphor for sex. The two songs that I could come up with are Mississippi John Hurt's Candyman and Van Halen's Ice Cream Man. Thanks so much.
posted on Aug 22, 2005 - 59 answers
I need karaoke song suggestions suitable for my voice. My range is somewhere between Bass and Baritone. I can go higher, but it's difficult for me to keep in the right octave, and I almost always end up dropping songs made for Tenors down an octave or two. Examples: Blink 182 songs, Inside Out, even Creed songs I tend to lower without realizing it. [more inside]
posted on Aug 9, 2005 - 16 answers
The recent release of two albums with songs about UFO sightings inspires me to ask for recommendations of other UFO songs. [more inside]
posted on Jul 25, 2005 - 51 answers
I would like help with the identify of a song I heard on NPR a few years ago.
It was something of a "metasong" with lyrics stating the part of the song currently being sung. Such as "this is the bridge" and "Here comes the chorus".
I would like to hear this song again.
posted on Jun 27, 2005 - 22 answers
What songs/bands from the current decade will be played on classic hits radio stations in twenty years? [more inside]
posted on Jun 14, 2005 - 31 answers
I'm looking for songs about gratitude/giving thanks. [more inside]
posted on May 18, 2005 - 32 answers
What (preferably good) songs shift back and forth between fast and slow? I'm trying to put together an iPod playlist for a workout that goes back and forth between slow, steady jogging and spurts of sprinting. (Yeah, I know--I could just alternate slow songs and fast songs--but then the tempo would only shift every 3 minutes or so.) All genres are welcome, although I have a slight bias towards either jazz/swing or indie rock for this particular mix.
posted on Apr 27, 2005 - 49 answers
When I was a kid, I remember hearing on the news about a study that had determined that there were a few specific life-cycles for the way a hypothetical person's might react to any new pop-song. One type of song would get more popular the more times it had been heard and then would plummet in popularity when a person had heard it around fifteen times. Others took longer to get popular but would stay at the top longer. These studies were used to help radio networks determine what to play - how to make songs into hits and how often to play them once they had become hits. Does anyone know anything about these studies and where I might be able to find them?
posted on Apr 4, 2005 - 3 answers
I'm compiling a list of misunderstood song lyrics as a gift for a friend who has an obsession with, well, misunderstood song lyrics. [...]
posted on Jan 28, 2005 - 64 answers
A while ago I watched Real Women Have Curves and heard a beautiful song during the scene part way through the movie when she and the preppy kid are first getting together. Went something like, "nina hermosa, nina something, nina something." Sorry I can't be more specific. Anyway, I bought the soundtrack to get the song and sadly it was not on the soundtrack. Any idea what that song is?
posted on Jan 22, 2005 - 7 answers
We've just had an extensive discussion of good cover songs, so it's time to ask the opposite question: what covers should be avoided at all costs? [+]
posted on Jan 18, 2005 - 81 answers
Who was the artist covering Ain't Misbehavin' on NPR today? Heard around 4 pm eastern on WAMU. Female. Mena something?
posted on Jan 11, 2005 - 7 answers
Musicfilter: does anyone know the name of the new Ying Yang Twins song where the guy is whispering? It's sort of the exception that proves the rule, if you know what I mean.
posted on Dec 24, 2004 - 3 answers
I'm looking 2-3 Lou Rawls songs. One is a cover of Girl from Impanema, the others are songs from Garfield's Halloween . [more inside]
posted on Dec 24, 2004 - 3 answers
Can anyone identify a Christmas song (with real limited information)? [MI]
posted on Dec 23, 2004 - 7 answers
Any ideas for songs to put on the quintessential Music to Fuck To Mix?
(John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Barry White need not apply.)
posted on Dec 9, 2004 - 44 answers
I'm looking for a song. Not a specific one, but that fits the following: Something a bit retro 70s/80s, but not dated; energetic, with lots of life, and a little rock-starish. Along the lines of Electric Light Orchestra's "Do Ya".
Any suggestions from music buffs? My personal collection doesn't match this style, so I don't even know where to begin.
posted on Nov 28, 2004 - 17 answers
What are you favorite Christmas Songs? [MI]
posted on Nov 20, 2004 - 32 answers
Does anyone know of a website that lists songs and the tracks they stole samples from? My googlefu has failed me.
posted on Nov 19, 2004 - 4 answers
Six Feet Under's third-season episode "The Trap." What is the song Nate's singing out the car window along with the car radio as he and William Aaron Jaffe blast down the road? Ralph Covert and the Bad Examples' "Not Dead Yet"?
If not, does anyone know what it is?
posted on Nov 15, 2004 - 2 answers
Best breakup music? Not to get over it and cheer one up, but to wallow in the misery and pain of loss. After all, there are only a few times in ones life when those love songs really hit home, so why not get something out of it.
posted on Nov 8, 2004 - 132 answers
In episode 3 of Lost (which, by the way, rocks my cock) there's a nice, kinda mellow song that plays at the end of the episode. Does anybody know who it was? My Googling has brought me nowhere.
posted on Oct 21, 2004 - 14 answers
I'm making a music playlist, the theme of which is music piracy. What songs would you recommend for it? Things like Bow Wow Wow "C30, C60, C90, Go" or I guess anything with words like "free" or "copy" in the title...
posted on Sep 10, 2004 - 22 answers
Among musicians making more than a few bucks from patriotic songs (like Toby Keith and the current lineup of Lynyrd Skynyrd), who are actually veterans of the US military?
posted on Aug 11, 2004 - 12 answers
I'm making a cd of awful "romantic" songs. Please suggest titles in the vein of Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey" and Patrick Swayze's "She's Like The Wind."
posted on Aug 11, 2004 - 72 answers
I'm listening to some Public Enemy MP3s and it has ocurred to me that I don't know, nor have I ever known, what "cold lampin'" means or refers to. Anyone?
posted on Jul 15, 2004 - 12 answers
Can you name these tunes?
1. This one sounds like movie music, but I haven't been able to track it down.
2. I think this is the bonus track on Spell's "Mississippi" album. Can anyone verify?
3. This was recorded off a college radio station in Lowell MA in the early 90s. It's a mix of a song, and a woman speaking about pleasuring herself (the "I am satisfied" parts..... Can anyone find the source of either?
4. And another one from the same mix tape...
posted on Jul 15, 2004 - 12 answers
Every year I run a caravan from Los Angeles to Las Vegas for the annual Defcon hacker convention. We net about 50 cars and run a micropower radio station out of the pace car to keep them all up to date. Since listening to traffic updates for three hours isn't very compelling we liven up the mix by throwing down a mix of road trip friendly music spooled off a laptop in the off times.
Basically, I've played DJ [spinning everything from techno to punk to country] for the past five years and I'm starting to run out of fresh ideas. I thought I'd ask the collective at Ask.MeFi what they like to listen to when they take a road trip. Genre isn't an issue, as long as it has a driving beat I'd be likely to use it. Thanks!
posted on Jul 11, 2004 - 34 answers
music type/genre question - the background track on this page from this site is wonderful stuff from a fellow named louis sclavis - while i like his stuff, i'm more interested in finding out what the specific style of the song used for the background track is? and if readers have any suggestions for more artists doing stuff in this style?
posted on May 13, 2004 - 9 answers
I'm making a "Piano Rock" mix. What songs should I include? [current list inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2004 - 72 answers
What song is this? I was walking behind two teenage African-American girls one day and overheard them singing a song. I didn't catch all of the words but it contained parts that went something like "Ladies in the front, let me [see/hear] you [blank]" Ladies in the middle let me [hear/see] you [blank]" Ladies in the back ... etc."
It sounded like one of those songs that get everyone involved on the dance floor complete with shouting back responses etc.
What is the name of the song and who sings it? It's driving me crazy!!
posted on Apr 15, 2004 - 4 answers
Songs about the Assassination of JFK
How can I find out who might be interested in a particular collection of 45 rpm records? They are mostly folk songs and all of them are songs written about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
posted on Mar 15, 2004 - 8 answers
What are some good songs that are on bad albums? I am using iTunes to buy songs from albums not worth buying. Any suggestions?
posted on Jan 19, 2004 - 30 answers
I'm working on a Valentine's Day mix CD for that special someone, and was hoping some of you MeFites might have some suggestions. [More Inside]
posted on Jan 19, 2004 - 82 answers
