Contact by Daft Punk supposedly "
contains audio from the Apollo 17 mission used by courtesy of NASA and Capt. Eugene Cernan". The sample says: "Hey Bob, I'm looking at what Jack was talking about and it's definitely not a particle that's nearby. It is a bright object and it's obviously rotating because it's flashing, it's way out in the distance, certainly rotating in a very rhythmic fashion because the flashes come around almost on time. As we look back at the Earth it's up at about 11 o'clock, about maybe ten or twelve diame...Earth diameters. I don't know whether that does you any good, but there's something out there."
When I Google this I find only Daft Punk references. Is it a genuine soundbite from the Apollo 17 mission or did those wacky French robots make it up?
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94
on May 21, 2013 -
7 answers
What is the sample used in the original "99 Problems" by Ice T? I always thought it was great because I could swear it was the sound of an alien being killed in "Aliens". My friend who just listened to it, however, says "duh, it's a seagull."
Anyone?
Thanks mefiters! : )
posted by bitterkitten
on May 21, 2013 -
10 answers
I'm trying to find the original song and artist sampled in this song
CHARLI BALTIMORE FT. GHOSTFACE KILLAH - STAND UP . By that i mean the (black?) woman who says:
I want everyone to stand up and be counted tonight
Hey you, blow your whistle (whistle sound) Now clap ya hands and say yeah! (yeah)
posted by cupcake1337
on Dec 8, 2012 -
2 answers
What is the piano sample in the Jeremih/Sheek Louch track "
Party After 2". For some reason I've always thought it was a George Gershwin sample, but I can't track it down.
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posted by cloeburner
on Nov 1, 2012 -
2 answers
Does anyone know where the vocal sample from
this song comes from? The song title mentions Bing Crosby but I don't think the first speaker is Bing at all. Is it from a movie? a song? help!
posted by merocet
on Sep 21, 2012 -
5 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
Does the intro to Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks" feature any samples or heavily borrow from any other songs?
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posted by ataxia
on Feb 5, 2012 -
5 answers
Is there a proper name for errors in distance calculated by GPS logs resulting from a curving path not receiving enough samples to define it and thus being shortened?
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posted by c0nsumer
on Aug 18, 2011 -
7 answers
What is the origin of the "Give it to them" sample that was ubiquitous in early 90s techno?
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posted by yesno
on Aug 14, 2011 -
7 answers
The B(if)tek song
Machines Work has a of sample of someone saying "machines can do the work, so that people have time to think" and "to make reality of imagination". The first sample is also recut to "people can do the work, so that machines have time to think". Does anyone know the source of these samples?
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posted by russm
on Aug 2, 2011 -
6 answers
At the end of Charizma's posthumously released "Big Shots" album, there is "hidden track" of a man singing "hey guy, hey big guy, hey there big guy!" a cappella. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me anything about this lovely and strange song.
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posted by ReWayne
on Jul 4, 2011 -
1 answer
HouseMusicFilter: I'm looking for the name of a house song/sample from the early 90's in which there are no words (to my memory) and where the beat goes "BOOM BOOM beep beep beep" for pretty much the entirety of the song. If the song is in 4/4, then the "BOOMs" are on the 1 & 2 beats, and the three "beeps" are a triplet across the 3 & 4 beats.
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posted by anekona
on Jul 4, 2011 -
2 answers
What are some places that send awesome free samples or subscription goods for small amounts of money and don't spam you to death?
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posted by Addlepated
on Jun 19, 2011 -
6 answers
What is the sample used in Aphex Twin's "Windowlicker" music video at
1:02? [video nsfw]
posted by ReWayne
on Mar 23, 2011 -
3 answers
Help my father identify two songs he recorded off the radio in the late 80's / early 90's. One is bluegrass and the other is alternative rock.
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posted by wivy
on Dec 4, 2010 -
11 answers
I work in an analytical lab. We work with a lot of sample cylinders that have valves that we open and close. The valve knobs are round textured metal disc, kinda like a really thick quarter (maybe little larger).
I am looking for an power tool that would allow me to open and close these valves.
Here is a link of how the cylinder and valve looks like
Thanks
Noodles
posted by Noodles
on Jun 14, 2010 -
8 answers
I want to sample freelance life in another American city for 1-2 weeks this summer. How should I accomplish this on a student budget?
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posted by bradly
on Jun 2, 2010 -
6 answers
Need help with identifying a half-sample of some eighties female vocalist, as echoed in a BEP single.
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posted by flatluigi
on Apr 25, 2010 -
4 answers
I have an idea for a unique gift for a friend, and one of the things I need is a small device (say, pack-of-cigarettes size or smaller) that will accept and store multiple short audio samples (say, 10 seconds or less, at least six individual samples), and play a random sample at the press of a button. Does such a device exist?
posted by zainsubani
on Apr 21, 2010 -
10 answers
How to record (or possibly fake) forest ground, roots and moist dirt in an arctic climate?
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posted by gmm
on Jan 16, 2010 -
6 answers
Please provide me with an *effective*, and statistically sound, table/chart listing suggested sample size guidance for associated population size
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posted by thankyoumuchly
on Jan 14, 2010 -
11 answers
What film soundtrack (or radio show?) is being sampled in the Cabaret Voltaire song "
The Arm of the Lord"? The relevant sample starts about 40 seconds in. I'm not asking about the bit of Manson interview footage at the beginning of the track. Thanks!
posted by Lentrohamsanin
on Oct 15, 2009 -
4 answers
Help me write retro-styled video game music! I've finally found a system that works for me, but its supported music formats are OGG - which is nice, but too heavyweight for the kind of retro feel I want - and MOD/XM, which has definite potential...
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posted by wanderingmind
on Aug 17, 2009 -
6 answers
How does statistical analysis differ when analyzing the entire population rather than a sample?
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posted by jedicus
on May 22, 2009 -
9 answers
Where's this sound clip Scarface used originally from? - 'I got my double-barreled shotgun, the one I call Molly, and I crawled out of the house army style with the rifle cradled in both arms. "Alright", I said, "Just hold it right there - don't move." And I walked up on him with the shotgun. And I cocked both barrels of the shotgun on him, because I had double aughts in it.'
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posted by cashman
on Dec 12, 2008 -
2 answers
Okay, just spent a week in Avignon, and now either my memory sucks or my Googling does. Or both. Anyway, twice late at night on one of the local French TV stations (no satellite cable, so not MTV) I saw a wonderfully ridiculous music video. Now I can't find it anywhere.
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posted by Skot
on Nov 9, 2008 -
2 answers
Where is the "Why haven't you
learned anything?!" sample used in
Dead Prez - The Schools and
Digital Mystikz - Learn originally from?
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posted by moift
on Oct 16, 2008 -
4 answers
What drum machine / sample set / sequencer did the Jesus and Mary Chain use to get the distinctive drum sounds on the song "Head On" from the
Automatic album?
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posted by infinitewindow
on Oct 14, 2008 -
5 answers
can anyone tell me what song / sample justice plays at the very beginning of this clip? thanks.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=krZREGJuDlk
posted by fac21
on Jul 3, 2008 -
2 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."
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posted by redteam
on Jun 22, 2008 -
16 answers
Where can I find recordings of a voice saying "Side A" and "Side B" in Spanish, to reuse on a tape I'm making?
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posted by kowalski
on Jun 6, 2008 -
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In the Art of Noise song "Instruments of Darkness" (from the In Visible Silence CD, not the various remixes), there is a sample of a voice saying "Your agony must endure forever". This has been attributed to Neil Kinnock, a British politician. Does anyone know what that statement was in reference to and the text of the full speech or comment?
posted by Brandon Blatcher
on May 26, 2008 -
3 answers
Calling all electro fans: can anyone identify the track sampled at 1:39 in
this Justice concert clip?
posted by aqhong
on Apr 19, 2008 -
5 answers
What is the source of the "I freaked out very, very badly -- I freaked out on acid" sample used by Thrill Kill Kult and Meat Beat Manifesto?
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posted by elvissinatra
on Apr 4, 2008 -
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What was this Meat Beat Manifesto song with a long voice sample talking about prison life?
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posted by ostranenie
on Jan 9, 2008 -
5 answers
In the song "Trains on Top of the Game" (from the album One Word Extinguisher), Prefuse 73 samples about 15 seconds of jingly music that sounds like it might have originally come from an arcade or something, although it doesn't quite sound like video game music. Where is it from?
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posted by flod
on Sep 16, 2007 -
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what rapper does prefuse 73 sample in "point to b" on the album "vocal studies and uprock narratives"? thanks.
posted by ofthestrait
on Aug 20, 2007 -
5 answers
