Help me identify these ..unique.. songs I heard on the radio.
April 7, 2014 11:10 AM   Subscribe

I'm looking for two songs I heard on the radio but, mostly due to current [read: popular] songs that share the same keywords, my google-fu is failing me. Help me find them based upon the partially remembered lyrics and topics covered. This ain't yo' grandma's google request...

Ok, bear with me because these songs/lyrics are a bit on the eccentric side but I'd love to find them to share with friends because the awesome is strong with them. I think they were played by the local college station, so that's why I'm pretty sure they're more eccentric than your average radio play.

Song 1: It was a song about, as far as the wife and I could tell, a man propositioning another man at a bar or club. The overtones are such that the singer is either interested in the attractive man across the room or, perhaps, just singing a song that was written for a woman to sing about said attractive man across the room.

Remembered words, in order of decreasing confidence, include: Hennessy, back
Chorus was heavily dependent on the phrase "What yo' name is?"

This is not the song. Hence my troubles. It was of a much more refined, older era feel. Not modern rap-ish at all.

Song 2: A song about a man named "Cat Daddy". Featuring various lines referencing a favorite stripper I think.

Remembered words / phrases, not exact: "I like blues, she likes rap. We [come to a?] compromise when she sits on my lap." "They call me the Cat Daddy."

It is not this song or this song (or at least the versions I heard). It was also more refined and Soul-ish. But this didn't sound like it either. Or at least it wasn't the same version/rendition that I'm searching for.

Thanks for the help.
posted by RolandOfEld to Media & Arts (7 answers total) 6 users marked this as a favorite
 
Is the second one Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract"?
posted by hanov3r at 12:16 PM on April 7, 2014


Response by poster: No.
posted by RolandOfEld at 12:27 PM on April 7, 2014


Many college stations keep a running list of songs they've recently played - or the top songs played any given week - on their websites. Have you poked around there?
posted by Joey Michaels at 12:47 PM on April 7, 2014


Response by poster: Yea, I tried that but the website didn't have that feature, nor have I ever really had luck with such a thing in the past, even on NPR stations trying to find this, that, or the other that I heard while traveling cross country or something. That would be really helpful, alas, no luck.
posted by RolandOfEld at 12:50 PM on April 7, 2014


Best answer: Ooh, is the first one this?

If it's a college station and this was recent (like, in the past few days), it's conceivable that you could have some luck by just calling them, asking for help, and singing the song into the phone. Leave an email and see if they can get the DJ whose show it was to email you back. This seems like the kind of request that college radio people would be eager to help out with.
posted by ostro at 1:05 PM on April 7, 2014 [3 favorites]


Response by poster: Winner. I'm not to the point of calling the station yet, but if it comes to that I might....

The hivemind is working pretty well so far.

Thanks!
posted by RolandOfEld at 1:06 PM on April 7, 2014


Response by poster: ... and it's actually a female singer. I don't know if that makes me an asshole, progressive, or just dumb. Oh well. It at least it clarifies things a bit.
posted by RolandOfEld at 1:08 PM on April 7, 2014


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