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Name that song.

Nonce — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:01:40 -0800

There is a song I've heard on Pandora that is clever and funny and about cybersex. One attribute I recall is that the singer (male) rhymes something with the lyrics, "semicolon parenthesis." What's the title of the song, and who sings it?

Name that tune (for the umpteenth time, kthx)

Joey Bagels — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:02:00 -0800

Please help identify this song: ethereal, moody music; female vocals, either multiple voices or a single voice multitracked; about 15 minutes in length. Snatches of lyrics include "... to the land of Oz ...", "... scraping tin cups ...", "... opening our sense to embrace the breath of ...", "... drink to your insane ..." something something something. On Sunday night, Jersey City was in a blackout, which meant that beloved radio station WFMU was off the air. Well, not entirely off the air. 'FMU has a back-up playlist that they can switch on at the transmitter when the radio station proper can't transmit. Around 8 p.m. on Sunday night, this was played as one of those back-up songs. It is not archived or playlisted at the main WFMU web site. Does anybody have an idea what and/or who this could be?

Song about doing what to the Dallas Cowboys?

ephemerista — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:22:04 -0800

(song id filter) As I was driving to work last week, I heard a song on our local college indie station about the Dallas Cowboys... The guy was singing about rebuilding the Dallas Cowboys as robots so they could have a good team again. He definitely mentioned Troy Aikman and Deion Sanders. Normally I would just call the station and ask them what the song was, but I was driving and didn't feel comfortable dialing a number at that particular moment. By the time I got to work and had time to call they had switched DJs and I felt too stupid to ask the next one. I have no such qualms with you all apparently.

I've tried googling, but I cannot remember any exact lyrics. Just that it was definitely robots, Dallas Cowboys, Deion Sanders and Troy Aikman.

WHAT IS THIS RAPSONG SONG?

defmute — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:23:12 -0800

What is this song? I found a song on an old harddrive and I really like it! I don't know who the artist is, however, though. I tried looking up the lyrics online but nothing came of it. Any thoughts (p.s. the song is called "Thoughts" punpunpunpunpunpun)?

"Thoughts"

I might pay 9.99 to know this song

mrhaydel — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:36:45 -0800

Can anyone name the song that is used in the 9.99 trailer? NameThatSongFilter: The trailer for 9.99 contains a song that starts right at about 58 seconds in, with the lyrics starting at around 1:10.

I've linked directly to that part of the trailer, FWIW.

My Googlefu has failed me, and any other means of trying to find out have escaped me. Help! Please.

Name that song: "I gave you extra cheddar"

battlebison — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:25:58 -0800

Song identification filter: Presumably popular song: "I gave you extra chedda" in an R&B/rap song? I was listening to the radio yesterday, something I don't do often, and this terrible R&B/rap song came on. The rapping was so bad it was laughable and now I need to find it. The song was a "why did our relationship go bad?" type of song with a moderately slow beat, one line in particular that I remember went something like "I thought I treated you right / I gave you extra cheddar" and the song alternated between a not-so-bad R&B singer for the chorus and some awful monotone rapping. Both vocalists involved were guys; I think I remember the artist's name being a full name with a few syllables to it (Jesse McCartney), presumably the singer and the rapper was credited as a featured performer maybe?
Thanks in advance for any googling you do! I've tried and to no avail. It's not anything by 50 Cent or Chamillionaire in case you try similar searches to mine.

I just wanna know, where did this song go?

Metroid Baby — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:46:57 -0800

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… I heard this song once or twice in the 90s (possibly as late as 2000), and I think it was in a mall. It's the kind of song you'd hear in a mall in the 90s. Every now and then it gets in my head, and I try to figure out what song it is and who sings it, but I never ever find it.

The above line is the only one I remember, and I might have it wrong. The way I remember it, it was repeated a few times; the "I just wanna know" part was kind of faster and rhythmic and may have been all one note, and "go" was more drawn out, like "go-ohh-ohhhhhh." I am pretty sure it was sung by a woman – I recall sort of a bright, girly voice.

I've googled every possible variation of the words that I can think of, to no avail. Friends I've asked don't seem to recognize it.

It could be an unlistenably bad song for all I know, or part of a commercial jingle or something. But I really, really want to know what song this is. Any ideas?

The orchestral piece right after Obama's speech, what was it?

Brian Puccio — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:22:13 -0800

The orchestral piece right after Obama's acceptance speech while he was still on stage waving to the crowd, what was it? If it helps, I was watching CNN in case it was music they were playing and wasn't actually being played in the park.

Name-that-song Filter

phunniemee — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:42:10 -0800

What is this song? Every time I've ever heard it I've been all, "gah! what's that song!?" It only just today occurred to me to ask.

(hulu clip, I think they're still US only.)

Looking for a song that is probably not about beef trucks.

Metroid Baby — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:39:34 -0800

I’m looking for a song I heard a few years ago. It was some kind of techno song, and I remember a spoken line that sounded awfully like "My name is Benny the killer fuck beef truck." I have a feeling those aren’t the actual lyrics. I heard the song a few years ago, hanging out at my friends' house. From what I remember, it was a pretty standard techno-sounding song, with a male voice speaking the misheard line in question. I also heard, at some point, "My name is Moody the electro beef truck." This cracked me up and I remember spending a lot of time giggling about the beef trucks. (We were fairly stoned at the time.) These may have been the only two lines in the song. They were fairly rhythmic lines and didn't sound like they’d been sampled from an old movie or anything.

We can't figure out what song it was. A few days later, my friends looked through all of the techno mixes on their computer and couldn't find it, and haven't been able to find it since. ("Seriously, it's long gone," they swear.) I've Googled anything that might be reasonably close to the real lyrics (funk? beat? track? ...meat truck?) with no success. The real words might be nothing like what I misheard. Maybe we just hallucinated the whole thing.

I know that's not much information to go on, and it's probably a long shot, but I've been wondering about the true identity of this song for years. Hopefully someone recognizes it. Thanks in advance!

Help Identifying Melody Prior to Tolling of Bells?

WCityMike — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:24:49 -0800

In many places throughout the country, you often hear a eight-note melody played prior to church bells tolling the hour. Can you help me identify it? I used this online keyboard to try to suss out what the notes were, and they appear to be:

high C, G sharp, B flat, F, then a pause, then F, B flat, high C, G sharp

Or, it may be:

G, D sharp, F, low C/C sharp, pause, low C/C sharp, F, G, D sharp

I seem to remember somewhere in the back of my mind that it's a portion of a hymn. Does anyone know what the origin of this short melody is?

Also, any place where I can find sound files (of any sort, WAV, MIDI, etc.) -- preferably clean ones without tons of background noise? I have a Mac preference pane which will play a sound file on the quarter-hour, half-hour, hour, etc., and I'd like to use this ...

Nothing is real... Make a wish...

amyms — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:09:50 -0800

Name That Song: A friend of mine first heard this song 31 years ago when he was in Goa, India, but he says that his location isn't siginificant to the question because he's sure it's an American or British pop song. The only lyrics he remembers are as follows: walking along the beach...at low tide
found a bottle floating, a message stuck inside
open the bottle, the message read like this
nothing is real...make a wish...

All of my Googling of the various phrases has failed to find anything that fits. Does anybody recognize this song?

"I see it as a tribute to Christo, the artist..."

dogsbody — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:33:21 -0800

Soundtrackfilter: Similar to a previous question but a different track. Can anyone name this piece of music from the Channel 4 series, Spaced? It appears at 1:04 of this extract on Youtube during the montage of Daisy's bacofoil extravaganza. I tried the Spaced Out site, but it doesn't seem to be listed. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Given a poorly described music video, identify a song.

leapfrog — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:23:32 -0800

Late 90's Alt-Rock Video Identification: Name that Band and Song from Vaguely Remembered Clues. Hint: the guitarist has connected the strap to his guitar with a lot of duct tape. Asking for a friend:
There was a song, from sometime in the late 1990s. The genre was alt-rock, and they didn't bounce around like FallOutBoy and they didn't front the early 90s grungy stoner look. There are three strings that come to mind about it:
1) The guitarist played a black Stratocaster, and the guy used a lot of duct tape to keep the strap connected to the upper bout.
2) The video featured a creepy guy dragging what seemed to be a body wrapped in a big canvas bag through a swamp. At the end, he drags the bag into a cave, and inside the cave, you find it's a mannequin.
3) It has an odd meter, which is something like 8/8 on measure, then 9/8 the next. So it has a "Bah" one measure, then "Bah-bah-bah" the next. Or something.

O great and powerful hive mind, I beseech you, answer.

MusicVideo/Music Question

DudeAsInCool — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:21:20 -0800

Can you name the mellow song and the band for a music video which featured a girl with dark hair slowly walking down the street in the early morning carrying a pair of shoes from the mid-90s? A member of our music forum has been posting all over the web for this, but hasn't had much luck, so I thought I'd bring the challenge here. He doesn't remember any lyrics, but provides these clues:

1) It was a fairly mellow song
2) Probably concerning the breaking up or a one night stand.
3) It was song by a male singer, (Grant Lee Buffalo springs to mind, or at least someone with a similar style. The only other memory I have is that the girl had dark hair,walking slowly down the street in the early morning.

What is this instrumental music?

night kitchen — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:08:36 -0800

Can you help me identify the artist and name of this instrumental music [1 minute excerpt, 374k mp3]? (I really thought it was Penguin Cafe Orchestra but couldn't find it in their discography.)

Song from Liars episode of This American Life?

0xFCAF — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:14:42 -0800

Can you identify this song used in This American Life? Starts at 19:18 and continues for the entire segment. It's mostly piano with what sounds like a string section backing it up. From episode #18, "Liars". Previously here, but their website seems to have been revamped. To make it more difficult (or easy?), the episode was made in 1996, which rules out all of the listed soundtracks and bands. It's not from the "I, Swinger" album, either.

Help Me Write My Cheese!

scaryblackdeath — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:55:32 -0800

I need a song about saying goodbye, about never seeing someone again. Preferrably something rockin'. For the love of god, nothing emo. I'm writing one of those silly fiction pieces where you intersperse lyrics with the prose. It has kind of a "going down swinging" mood to it. It's not a break-up piece, though a break-up song may apply if it's vague enough and not about kicking someone to the curb.

I have tried googling for the sort of phrasing I'm looking for, but all I get is Teenage Fanclub. I know the sort of mood/theme I want is out there.

Help me, Metafilter! You're my only hope!

Mystery song from rum ad

bob sarabia — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:54:32 -0800

Anyone know what the song at the start of this Captain Morgan commercial is? I tried googling the lyrics but couldn't come up with anything. Sounds like "And the fight is on for the (unintelligible) As he sets his sights (on unintelligible)". I've tried different variations but still come up empty handed. Although it's very possible I'm missing something obvious.

Swallow this!

killjoy — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:08:52 -0800

MusicFilter: I'm trying to find an old hardcore techno song that used a sample of the old woman in Evil Dead screaming "I'll swallow your sooooooul!!" I heard it around '99 or '00. Nothing else remarkable about it, really. Just your normal sinister, four-to-the-floor terrorcore song. Any ideas?

Name that song again

Kwantsar — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:22:15 -0800

Yet another name-that-song. The beat and guitar sound like the Theme from COPS mixed with Ace of Base's All That She Wants, with a saxophone on top. The song had that and-and-and thing going on the off-beats. It's very slightly smooth-jazzish, but it didn't suck at all. In fact, it was quite hip and tasteful. The sax player wails at times. I heard it at a national retailer, probably on cable/satellite radio.

"Been climbing trees / I skinned my knee".

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:34:10 -0800

Name that song: "Been climbing trees / I skinned my knee". Downbeat meandering ballad with, warm, lamenting male vocals, possibly English-accented, brushed drums, piano, possibly acoustic guitar. A very short clip is used in a currently running Dutch TV ad, and googling the lyrics produced nothing useful. Lyrics are approximate, as precise as I could make them out.

I almost paid to see another movie at Landmark just to hear this again

grrarrgh00 — Wed, 31 May 2006 07:57:23 -0800

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. I can barely describe the song, except to say it's got swirling string instruments, a man's voice, singing pretty high. Sounds sort of like a cross between Radiohead and Rufus Wainwright. Maybe. I can't think of any of the lyrics.

The commercial itself shows snippets of documentaries sort of projected onto squares that fade in and out, with words like "real" and "inspiring" popping up randomly on the screen. Cheesy as it sounds, the effect is actually nice. But really it's just because the song is very pretty.

I am trying to find the artist and title for a song that was featured on the Channel 4 series Spaced.

synecdoche — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:53:40 -0800

SpacedFilter? I am trying to find the artist and title for a song that was featured on the Channel 4 series Spaced. I haven't had any luck asking on various boards, whether they are specifically for the show or for music on tv queries. Anyway, the song is in episode 12 (season 2), and plays at the start of the episode, and then again during the "gunfight."

Looking for a Rap Song Title

rorycberger — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 16:00:04 -0800

What'sThatSongFilter: Looking for a rap song that has a booming bass track, and the chorus has a sample of Eazy-E saying something along the lines of "Old nigga, he's still rollin."