I'm the first-time father of a one-year old boy. Having recently finished "The Road" and "The Prince of Frogtown" and enjoyed the movie "The Kite Runner", I'm looking for suggestions of other books (or movies or songs) that are about the relationship between fathers and sons. [more inside]
posted on Aug 4, 2008 - 30 answers

What is this song I heard in my high school French class? [more inside]
posted on Aug 4, 2008 - 3 answers

Please help me identify this bird in Washington State (nocturnal). I didn't see it, but I heard it. It was a long screech, starting at a low pitch, and ending at a high pitch. The screech lasted a full second or so. There was one right in front of my house, and another in the backyard. If it helps for region, I'm out in Snohomish where there's tons of pine trees around.
posted on Aug 1, 2008 - 7 answers

Please help me identify this pop song. It sounds Brazilian, probably from the 1960s or '70s.
posted on Aug 1, 2008 - 3 answers

Can you help me find an mp3/dvd/mp4/n-e-thing of the operatic and maybe-BBC Last Night of the Proms rendition of Stephen Foster's Camptown Races? [more inside]
posted on Jul 31, 2008 - 3 answers

Acoustic male song id question [more inside]
posted on Jul 29, 2008 - 10 answers

Asking for a friend: What song is in this video?
posted on Jul 28, 2008 - 4 answers

Help me find this indie pop duet that includes lyrics like "I'm gonna stick with you... stick like glue." [more inside]
posted on Jul 27, 2008 - 8 answers

(Song ID) - Yellow Convertible song - Can anyone tell me, or point me to the full lyrics and tablature or sheet music for the Yellow Convertible song? She drove a yellow convertible, she drove it mighty fine .... [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 3 answers

Does anyone have a good download link for the entirety of thepartyparty's tracks? I remember I used to have 8 or 9 different remixes, but the website seems to have whittled that down to only 5, and with no clean download links. I need my "Dick is a Killer"!
posted on Jul 20, 2008 - 2 answers

Do women sing about cars? [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2008 - 33 answers

Searching for a song filter: looking for a song that played on Reading Rainbow in 1988. [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - 7 answers

I heard this snippet of a song between scenes of a recent tv show. I really like the song, but I can't figure out the artist. [more inside]
posted on Jul 5, 2008 - 3 answers

Can you help me find this vaguely-described song featuring/based on a cover of Britney Spear's Toxic? [more inside]
posted on Jul 2, 2008 - 6 answers

What are some songs featuring acoustic guitars, rather than electric, that could still be considered "metal"? [more inside]
posted on Jun 24, 2008 - 20 answers

[Link is NSFW: graphic childbirth.] What is the maternity staff chanting in this video? They seem to have a few different songs, one for when the woman is pushing and another for once the baby is born. The notes for the video say that they are in "an Asian country" but I don't know what language they're speaking. [more inside]
posted on Jun 22, 2008 - 3 answers

Who is the woman sampled speaking on NWA's "Gangsta Gangsta"? She says "hopin' you sophisticated motherfuckers here what I have to say", "he'll fuck up you and yours - and anything that gets in his way", and "he'll just call you a lowlife motherfucker and talk about your funky ways." [more inside]
posted on Jun 22, 2008 - 16 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

Song I.D. filter for the song at the end credits of french film The Grocer's Son [more inside]
posted on Jun 21, 2008 - 6 answers

I really like the song "Grave's Disease" by Matt Pond PA, because it has a distinct "zhwub-zhwub" rhythm throughout. It's the sound of being inside the womb, listening to a baby's heartbeat. Are there other songs that use this type of sound? [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2008 - 10 answers

I'm trying to find a specific version of the song "P.S. I love you" and it's driving me insane..... [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2008 - 10 answers

What song is this? I only have the first line of the lyrics. "When you can't hold on and your will is mostly gone" or something like that. It's in 3/4 time, medium-slow soulful ballad, male singer...
posted on Jun 11, 2008 - 16 answers

[Song ID] - Some of the lyrics were, "At least I've got this little song to keep me company" and "Tell me that we didn't meet too late." It was a woman singing; singing of unrequited love and desire and pouring it out into her song.
posted on Jun 9, 2008 - 2 answers

What is the song used in the background of Apple's iPhone in the enterprise video? [more inside]
posted on Jun 9, 2008 - 3 answers

Canadian Indie song about Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario. References "dollar stores" and "discount whores" in Parkdale. What is the song title, who is the artist and where can I find it?
posted on May 31, 2008 - 9 answers

What song is this? Ethereal and moody vocals (not quite spy, not quite gothic, but leaning ecletic), jazz rock background, sounds a bit like early Goldfrapp, or Morphine, or maybe even Darling Violetta. (All pretty approximate.) Very rough lyrics: I call you Tracy, You get along, You lovely... sing me your song. I call you darling, I know it's strong. I bet... ...and on. Show goes on. Show goes on. I call you ... ... I call you Liza B. I wish I could see That maybe it's only my dream. It's only my dream. Show goes on. Show goes on. I miss... ...queen of bees (beasts?). That honey Suzie, bewitched by me. I think you're... what else can be? ... ... Be my promise breaker, ... delusion maker, ... I wish I could see, It's only my dream. Show goes on, The show goes on.
posted on May 28, 2008 - 16 answers

Yet another...help me find a this song after I supply you with really vague details about it question. But come on, it's fun! [more inside]
posted on May 24, 2008 - 24 answers

My parents named me after a song called "Tahiti Tiare". I've been looking for copies of this song for a while and cannot find it. Can anyone help? [more inside]
posted on May 21, 2008 - 6 answers

What folky song is about the things we used to say/do, but don't say/do anymore? [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2008 - 10 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

what is the song that sounds like the theme song from the tv show 'doug' and consists only/mostly of the word 'woah?' [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2008 - 7 answers

I heard this great soul/funk song that was slightly psychedelic on Baltimore radio the other day. All I can remember is that the song featured lyrics about coming home at 5 A.M. I must track down this jam. The DJ kept talking about the Persuasions before the song, but after listening to that band I've realized the DJ was borderline full of shit. [more inside]
posted on Apr 26, 2008 - 4 answers

What is the song that plays in Apple iDVD's "Travel" theme? (it is the same song that plays in this video of piglets.) [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 2 answers

My new iPod Touch will not sequence an album in the proper order. I cue an album, push play, and it shuffles randomly from song to song. Any ideas to get me back on track? [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2008 - 4 answers

Help me ID a modern song containing lyrics from "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" but not actually a cover of that song? [more inside]
posted on Apr 16, 2008 - 5 answers

Can someone identify a British (I assume) musical comedy bit from the 1960s or 1970s that's nothing more than a several minutes-long introduction of the members of the most bizarre band in the world? [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 5 answers

I like to know what this baseball themed song is (that link has autoplaying embedded audio, click here to download the mp3). Its most certainly a kid singing and the lyrics are "baseball is my favorite sport, I play it every day." It's possible from a kids show of some kind. Sorry I only have this short clip from a radio commercial. [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 3 answers

Is there a website that categorizes songs by mood or subject? Searching iTunes for title words and hoping the title then corresponds to the lyrics/mood doesn't always give the best results. [more inside]
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - 5 answers

What song is this screenshot of a 1970s video taken from? [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 3 answers

I need a really awesome entrance song. Something that makes the audience be like, "Aw damn, I now know that this is going to be very enjoyable, all because this song is so badass." [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 93 answers

Remembered song lyric: "No deposit, no return." What song? [more inside]
posted on Apr 1, 2008 - 16 answers

Does anyone know the name of the 2nd singer in this YouTube clip of Mongolian Urtiin Duu? [more inside]
posted on Mar 31, 2008 - 1 answers

I recently saw the "Beatles LOVE" show in Vegas and was absolutely blown away. I now have the DVDA disc but am trying to identify all the songs mashed into it by Sir George Martin. Here's a clip I am particularly interested in. [more inside]
posted on Mar 30, 2008 - 8 answers

What is the happiest and catchiest (mostly) unknown pop song you know? [more inside]
posted on Mar 27, 2008 - 115 answers

MusicFilter: In the long version of the Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" (available on the 12") there is a female voice saying something in what I believe is Japanese. Can anyone translate that for me? Thanks. [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2008 - 27 answers

Help me find this song's title, please. [more inside]
posted on Mar 16, 2008 - 24 answers

I'm trying to identify a song I heard on the radio. It might be CocoRosie or Nouvelle Vague, but I might be wrong. [more inside]
posted on Mar 15, 2008 - 4 answers

Portuguese Song translation! "Aganjú" Google translate is failing me, I suppose I could try Babelfish, but I'd much rather have a native speaker translate it, as translation (particularly with respect to music and poetry) is an art, rather than a cut-and-dried process. [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 8 answers

I would love to know what song this is. [Direct Link to 4.7 MB mp3] [Caution at work, song gets louder] [more inside]
posted on Mar 9, 2008 - 7 answers

Please help me identify this song/video from the mid-80s! [more inside]
posted on Mar 8, 2008 - 10 answers