What song is this reminding me of?
April 12, 2022 12:32 PM   Subscribe

Wild Nothing - To Know You, starting at 5:22, there is “panting” that I could swear I’ve hear in another song from years ago, and I can’t place it. Help!

For some idea of age, I’m pretty sure the song I am not remembering was on either a mix tape or mix CD a friend gave me. Which would place it in the timeframe I listened somewhere in 1994-2012 ish? The song, of course, could have been older.
posted by [insert clever name here] to Media & Arts (11 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Depeche Mode, "Personal Jesus"? Link is to the timestamp with the breath sounds.
posted by erst at 12:37 PM on April 12, 2022


Response by poster: I don’t believe so, the song I’m thinking of has if not identical, then near identical breathing. To the point I thought it could actually be a sample.
posted by [insert clever name here] at 12:41 PM on April 12, 2022


I right away thought of Push It, check at the 1:58 mark, although I don't think it is straight out 'panting'.
posted by BozoBurgerBonanza at 12:54 PM on April 12, 2022 [1 favorite]


It has roughly the same rhythm as this "panting" bit from Tame by the Pixies.
posted by justkevin at 2:53 PM on April 12, 2022 [3 favorites]


In Enigma's Sadness, Part 1 at about the 3:00 mark, there is some sort of heavy breathing/panting.
posted by xedrik at 4:22 PM on April 12, 2022


Well, if you're the sort of person who likes Wild Nothing, you might've been the sort of person who liked Jason Falkner. And while it's more of a "tsh" sound, this jumped immediately to mind [0:16].
posted by mykescipark at 4:38 PM on April 12, 2022


Not quite the same rhythm but Spoon's Stay Don't Go
posted by thivaia at 5:06 PM on April 12, 2022


Rilo Kiley—Portions for Foxes? The part with the panting is at about 3:07.
posted by music for skeletons at 5:35 PM on April 12, 2022


It isn't panting, but it reminds me of "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" - right at the beginning of the track.
posted by BekahVee at 6:40 PM on April 12, 2022


The panting in "Personal Jesus" is reminiscent of Kate Bush's The Dreaming, could this be it?
posted by fiercecupcake at 9:14 AM on April 13, 2022


It reminds me a little of this panting at the beginning of "World Party" by the Waterboys
posted by perhapses at 6:42 PM on April 13, 2022


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