I am looking for examples of songs that bridge genres, or help transition from one type of music to another, in the context of a fifteen-song jukebox set. Examples inside.
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posted by stellaluna
on Jun 13, 2013 -
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What is this music? It was a piece by a woman composer; I think she had won some sort of important contemporary classical music award or was otherwise highly acclaimed, but the piece had a very postmodern/rockish sensibility. The beginning is a repetitive, kind of Olympo-fascist horn line and I think it resolves into something messier partway through the song. It's very catchy despite being kind of cacophonous. There was a music video for it that somehow involved, I think, horses or pegasi, an MS Paint aesthetic, and things with bright red eyes.
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posted by threeants
on May 27, 2013 -
9 answers
Snog's
"The Human Germ" has been sampled in another song that I know is in my library. Unfortunately, I can't figure out which one it is, and it's killing me. I believe a Morcheeba song might sample "The Human Germ," but, again, I've not been able to narrow down
which song it is, if any. Please. Help.
posted by iamfantastikate
on May 24, 2013 -
5 answers
I’m looking for songs that contain the word “darling.” The word doesn’t have to be included in the title. Bonus points if “darling” is part of the chorus. Thanks!
posted by turniphead
on May 4, 2013 -
87 answers
Looking for motivational songs that lyrically acknowledge tedium or lack of willingness to get something done while telling you to suck it up, in the vein of
(previously on MeFi) "Do It Anyway" by Ben Folds Five.
Need to be able to chant the refrain while, e.g., getting out of bed early to go work out. Has to have a driving beat, of course.
posted by psoas
on Apr 26, 2013 -
22 answers
Please explain, in simple terms, the
Diva Plavalaguna song, from the film The Fifth Element to me. I'd like to know more about the technical aspects of the song. I'm looking for the terms I'd need to plug into Google to find more music of the same style. I'm specifically talking about the first part of the song where the singer is singing in Italian, not the electronica-y second part. Also, I'm looking for recommendations for other similar music.
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posted by Solomon
on Apr 16, 2013 -
17 answers
I won an award. They're going to play a song in the background while I walk up on stage and receive the award at a formal reception/event (with families, executives and other industry reps present).
30-45 seconds of the song will actually play and I can queue it up to the right spot if I don't want to play it from the beginning.
My initial thoughts were to use a TV theme song since they're fun and catchy but all the ones I came up with were a little campy. Now I'm considering more classic songs - something everyone will recognize - but am freaking out.
Help.
posted by shew
on Apr 10, 2013 -
26 answers
What I remember is that it was a 2- or 3- or 4-man Japanese music group whose name started with a "K". One of the members plays a shakuhachi, another is a pianist, and I
think some of their music falls under the ambient/electronic genre.
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posted by glassrose
on Apr 10, 2013 -
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I'm looking for the correct musical/technical term (if such a thing exists) for that last part of a live song, where the band lingers on the last note(s) before ending it. We're all familiar with it: bass and guitar shredding, cymbals swelling, culminating in that final, sweet, satisfying crash. I'm asking because my band never seems to get it right.
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posted by monospace
on Mar 28, 2013 -
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SongFilter: I heard a song recently that went through a series of colors in the verses and ended with a chorus that included the color red and the phrase "ready for love". Google is failing me...please help me identify it!
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posted by kro
on Mar 27, 2013 -
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I've heard a song on the radio a couple times in the past few weeks, and I've been completely unable to identify it. I've tried google, radio station playlists, humming it into midomi, but no dice. Here's what I can tell you:
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posted by ORthey
on Mar 27, 2013 -
14 answers
There's a song that comes on at my work, and for the life of me I can't figure out what it's called.
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posted by brittanyq
on Mar 25, 2013 -
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I'm getting married in May. We want to play "Amazing Grace" during the ceremony. I'm hoping to find an interesting, unique, and overall awesome version to play. The funkier, the better, but traditional and beautiful versions are welcome as well. Basically, if you have a favorite performance, by a particular person or group, I'd like to know about it.
posted by JPowers
on Mar 23, 2013 -
18 answers
Salt n' Pepa's Push It always does it for me, but it's getting old. What song gets your blood pumping every time?
posted by cherrybounce
on Mar 16, 2013 -
60 answers
No worries, no spoilers follow.
In last night's The Walking Dead (Season 3, Episode 12) there was a song playing just prior to the credits and I badly want the name of it (and the artist of course). The whole song was accompanied by an acoustic guitar and was in a blues style. Lyrics follow:
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posted by pyrex
on Mar 4, 2013 -
6 answers
I'm trying to find the name of a dinosaur record that I listened to endlessly as a kid in 1980 or so. It was a 2-record set, I recall the covers (or the records?) being one red and one green. Songs and maybe some narrated info on various dinosaurs. I'm nearly certain it wasn't
The Dinosaur Record.
Anyone here happen to remember it? And if not, anyone with a tip on a shop that specializes in long-ago children's music that might be able to help me identify it?
posted by genug
on Feb 7, 2013 -
5 answers
I think it's a recent song - The chorus has has a woman singing in a simple voice. She sounds young and has a neutral accent - the non-chorus parts of the song I think is a reggae hip hop deal, but not sure.
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posted by spacediver
on Jan 13, 2013 -
5 answers
I'm trying to find
this song. It is from 3'30" until 4'05". I can't make out the lyrics very well. Maybe 'Turn it up' or 'Turn me on'. I recognise it and it's driving me around the bend. Anyone?
Thanks
posted by ClanvidHorse
on Jan 7, 2013 -
4 answers
Name that song: I have a very vague memory of an "indie" song I heard last year but can't recall the name or artist or tune. The lyrics may have had something to do with turning into a wolf or running with a wolf, or something...
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posted by dahliachewswell
on Dec 24, 2012 -
14 answers
Musicfilter//: I love the following 2 songs:
Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (Beastie Boys featuring Santigold) and
1977 by Ana Tijoux. What else should I listen to?
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posted by Quizicalcoatl
on Dec 15, 2012 -
9 answers
Please help me remember/locate this David Gray song... at least I think it's a David Gray song.
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posted by koucha
on Nov 27, 2012 -
4 answers
Fire related song from the late 80s - help me find this lost music video. Song may be awful, but I've been trying to remember/find this for years.
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posted by routergirl
on Nov 14, 2012 -
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Could someone please identify these two lieder? I think they are German art songs. I can't even make out any phrase to use as a search term (so if you can, that would be great):
one;
two. Thanks in advance.
posted by amtho
on Nov 9, 2012 -
11 answers
Help me find this song! My wife and I have been trying to find a song we keep hearing in commercials and in Football stadiums, but can't figure out what it is. The main part of the song is a chorus singing "Whoa oh, whoa oh ohhh oh, woah oh ohhh oh, woah oh".
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posted by SeeTheTurtle
on Oct 30, 2012 -
13 answers
Can anyone recommend songs similar to (and possibly less "mainstreamy"* than) Eurythmics' Julia?
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posted by univac
on Oct 30, 2012 -
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Name this song: female singer, sounds kinda new, on an indie radio station. Lyrics say something about "the worst" or "what's worse?" and "people say I'm _____ because I have no plans to settle down."
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posted by shortyJBot
on Oct 19, 2012 -
4 answers
I'm looking for examples of remixes that are better than the original songs from which they are remixed.
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posted by MuffinMan
on Oct 8, 2012 -
52 answers
Downtempo/Trip Hop/Chillout song stuck in my head in a huge way. It's something I've heard dozens of times before but now, of course, I can't identify it. It's got a male vocalist, possibly British-sounding. The song is somewhat popular - it may be on a bunch of compilations and chillout/downtempo internet radio stations.
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posted by neilkod
on Oct 2, 2012 -
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Need help identifying a classical song I hum to myself,possibly a piano piece, but can't remember what the name of it is or who made it. Link: http://youtu.be/PjnX9HgWueE
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posted by LittleNami
on Sep 30, 2012 -
4 answers
Can anybody identify
this Chinese language song? At least, we think it's Chinese. A friend of mine found it somewhere totally devoid of context, and now we're wondering what it is and where it's from. Any help you can give us would be just fine.
posted by KChasm
on Sep 19, 2012 -
6 answers
What are some songs or clips from songs that slowly build up by adding instruments one at a time and/or by featuring one instrument at a time?
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posted by ch3cooh
on Sep 15, 2012 -
27 answers
Identify-that-song-filter: What is the current top-40's rap song with sample of high-pictched male(?) indian singing looping repeatedly in the beat?
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posted by wrok
on Aug 26, 2012 -
7 answers
Song ID help: spacey, dreampop, female vocalist(s), with the refrain 'memories of Atlantic blue.'
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posted by googly
on Aug 20, 2012 -
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I'm looking for help with a very vague song identification for a song I heard in the early 2000s on FUSE/Much Music USA. Barring that, I'm looking for recommendations of websites that help identify songs.
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posted by capricorn
on Jul 31, 2012 -
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Turns out I really like to exercise to cheerleader/chanting/marching type pop songs. Can anyone recommend songs with that same kind of chorus/chanting and beat that isn't actually marching band music? Examples inside.
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posted by The Whelk
on Jul 23, 2012 -
60 answers
What vocalists sound like Fiona Apple? I'm trying to ID a song I heard recently in an Anthropologie store, and I don't have much to go on besides the voice.
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posted by xo
on Jul 16, 2012 -
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I heard an alternate version of Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up" on the radio that had a full band playing it with him or it was a remix, but I can't find it anywhere. My googlefu is failing me. Anyone know of a way to get a copy of that version (legally)?
posted by dyno04
on Jul 5, 2012 -
6 answers
My grandfather is 91 and we're helping him plan his funeral. At it, he wants Hawaiian music played. Apparently it's the music he used to hear at dances (in New Zealand) when he met my grandmother in the late 30s/early 1940s. According to the BBC, there was a fad for Hawaiian music in wartime Britain, especially a band called Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders, but I can't find much by them. Any ideas? I guess it would be a slow dance kind of song.
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posted by curious zoe
on Jun 6, 2012 -
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I've had the chorus of this song semi-stuck in my head for years and when I finally thought to Google it yesterday, I came up with nothing. Well, almost nothing. So I'm counting on somebody here to finally help me identify the mysterious "ooh girl, lost in time" song.
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posted by prize bull octorok
on Apr 25, 2012 -
2 answers
What are some hip hop songs/albums/artists that use the sped-up RPM voices (like the Chimpmunk's sound) and/or horn samples well in their songs?
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posted by shortyJBot
on Apr 20, 2012 -
26 answers
