Song Identification!

[Divra]

I spent some time with some norwegians this past week. They listened to a band that I thought was pretty awesome, but I didn't get the right name (or something).

They were pretty poppy - very well produced. The sound was a really interesting mix of everything - folk/reggae/dance/rock. The iphone it was playing from said the band was "hot maestro" (i thought), and the norwegians said they were swedish (they sang in english), and there were "something like 15 members in the band".

Any clues? I assumed they were popular (good, but pretty standard pop), but "hot maestro" doesn't give any google hits so I guess that name is wrong.

So close, Hoffmaestro!

[Felstaff]

A jailhouse blues/R&B song. 12-bar blues. The guy sounds a little like Screamin' Jay Hawkins without the gruffness and lip-flobbling, and the song is almost identical to Riot in Cell Block #9

Sitting in my cell looking through the bars
At all the convicts in the prison yard
It won't be long 'til me and my friend Snake
Get ready to make our prison break

Now run, run real fast.

At 12 o'clock sharp the guard comes by
That's when I let out my crazy cry
"My stomach hurts, man I'm sick"
He opens the door, "Snake, let's flip"

Now run, run real fast.

The warden told me when I first got in
"If you can be cool, daddy, we can all be friends"
But I started riots, and now I'm in flight
So without further hesitations, I will make my flight(?)

Now run, run real fast

My friend Snake says "have no fear,
"Everything's cool, 'cause the coast is clear"

Now run, run real fast

Any help?

[Microscopic cog]

Richard Berry & The Dreamers - The Big Break

Not an expert, but lucky googling results. ( "Run, run real fast" used as search term. )

[Felstaff]

Right, I don't suppose anyone here might happen to be able to identify the bit of music playing here? I had a go with Shazam, but that bore no fruit, and now the damned thing's become an earworm I'm itching to know what it is... hilariously enough, the comments are filled with people asking for identifications of music at other points in the programme, bar this one section. Thanks in advance.

"Upsetters" (Lemay/Boisson, 2003) - You can listen to Jean Christophe-Lemay's pretty-much-everything at deepsound.net. I think you'll like a lot of his stuff. It's brilliant for ambience in films. Should I ever make a fillum, he's the first guy I'd go to.

[Felstaff]

Richard Berry & The Dreamers - The Big Break

Not an expert, but lucky googling results. ( "Run, run real fast" used as search term. )

Nice. Thanks! My Google-fu was clearly not up to scratch. "run run real fast" only yields 100 pages of "The Leftovers".

Obviously, I meant doo-wop in my description. This version actually has the backing singers, which makes the rather short chorus make a lot more sense.

"Down the hole,
Through the wall,
Through the grass:
Now run, run real fast"

[Microscopic cog]

Yeah, that's why I put it in quotation marks to search for exact results, not just results containing those words, since the lyrics in The Leftovers' song are a little bit different.

Anyway, enjoy!

[Felstaff]

heh. Just looked through my web search history, and I searched for every damn line in quotation marks including "now run, run real fast" but because the first result had a bunch of lyrics I didn't know before it, I just passed right over it.

[Felstaff]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qil1J79xoeA

Woo!. (OST - "Valves" - you can download it from the album Progressive Dancefloor here. )

Sadly, you don't look as though you've been 'round lately. Still. You might stumble across the answer if you never found it?

[Sruixan]

Right, I don't suppose anyone here might happen to be able to identify the bit of music playing here? I had a go with Shazam, but that bore no fruit, and now the damned thing's become an earworm I'm itching to know what it is... hilariously enough, the comments are filled with people asking for identifications of music at other points in the programme, bar this one section. Thanks in advance.

"Upsetters" (Lemay/Boisson, 2003) - You can listen to Jean Christophe-Lemay's pretty-much-everything at deepsound.net. I think you'll like a lot of his stuff. It's brilliant for ambience in films. Should I ever make a fillum, he's the first guy I'd go to.

Aha! That's absolutely fantastic, thanks! I've been listening to some more of his stuff this morning and you're right, it is right up my street. Thanks again.

[jobriath]

Here's a tough one. I remember a snatch of vocals, and I think the lyrics were "here I am / here I am". The music was bare, and the tempo was very slow. I think I remember a synth bass drone. The female/androgenous singer was reverbed somehow, and sang in a very ornamented fashion (lots of ups and downs on a single, stretched-out word). Hypercompetent, like Bjork, or Enya, though I know it wasn't the former and can't tell with the latter.

If this isn't enough for the psychics out there I can sing what I remember and post a clip, later.

[Microscopic cog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtYh5X1cc0 is the closest I got. Daniel Amos - Doppelganger.

has the old fashioned singing, repetition, and is kind of minimal. Not really getting a bjork/enya vibe but oh well. Worth a shot.

[jobriath]

That's a good song, but not the one I'm after. Thanks for trying, though Turns out there are approx. three billion songs that contain the lyrics "here I am".

For the record, this is far less ponderous than the song I'm thinking of. Also massively more upbeat.

Edit: Attached vocal snatch. The real thing is probably higher, but still sounds like the low end of the singer's range. Pardon the format.

[Sinus23]

Here's a tough one. I remember a snatch of vocals, and I think the lyrics were "here I am / here I am". The music was bare, and the tempo was very slow. I think I remember a synth bass drone. The female/androgenous singer was reverbed somehow, and sang in a very ornamented fashion (lots of ups and downs on a single, stretched-out word). Hypercompetent, like Bjork, or Enya, though I know it wasn't the former and can't tell with the latter.

If this isn't enough for the psychics out there I can sing what I remember and post a clip, later.

Could it be "Song to the siren - This Mortal coil" ?

Sorry can´t post links yet.

[jobriath]

Could it be "Song to the siren - This Mortal coil" ?

Sorry can´t post links yet.

That's it! Thank you very much!

[Sinus23]

No problem

[Patrik3]

Wow, this looks like the best topic ever when Google doesn't give me the stuff I need...

I got one now, too! It's not really a song, but that soundbite that always plays in a movie or a funny clip where something strange has happened and the camera focuses in on the two people looking confused/surprised/etc. Sort of:

WEEEE WOOOOOO
WEEEE WOOOOOO
WEEEE WOOOOOO
WEEEE WOOOOOO

DUH DEE DUH DAH DUHHHHH

...

Is there a name for it?

[Vanguard]

Hey peeps.
I heard this song on the radio and I remember seeing it on youtube.
It's a dubstep song, and a guy (I think he had a beard but it's been a while) sings pretty normally (and wonderfully) for the first part. I think he did a music video, but I forget the contents.

I tried the radio's website but the playlist only goes back like 3 hours, and I heard it last night.

Edit: Found it, though my finger hurts from so much Youtube history scrolling.

[3fj]

Wow, this looks like the best topic ever when Google doesn't give me the stuff I need...

I got one now, too! It's not really a song, but that soundbite that always plays in a movie or a funny clip where something strange has happened and the camera focuses in on the two people looking confused/surprised/etc. Sort of:

WEEEE WOOOOOO
WEEEE WOOOOOO
WEEEE WOOOOOO
WEEEE WOOOOOO

DUH DEE DUH DAH DUHHHHH

...

Is there a name for it?

It's the opening to TV's Ironside remastered for the film. It's very literally called "Ironside".

(FYI, you missed out a DAH )

[Sam Knight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qil1J79xoeA

Woo!. (OST - "Valves" - you can download it from the album Progressive Dancefloor here. )

Sadly, you don't look as though you've been 'round lately. Still. You might stumble across the answer if you never found it?

Ah!!! Yes Shazam ended up finding it after like the 10th try! Thanks though, I'd upvote you or whatever if I could

[UniqueScreenname]

Ok, I heard a song on the radio on Thanksgiving and the only way I can describe it is that it sounds like Panic at the Disco with screaming. I can't remember anything else about it. Probably will be able to identify the artist if you start naming them. Thanks.

EDIT: I found it. Falling in Reverse - Pick Up the Phone.

[free-bee]

Here's one for ya. I was in a gas station the other day and a song was playing on their radio. The only thing from it I can remember was the bass was doing staccato most of the time. When it was done playing, they told the band name: Love and Theft. I looked on YouTube for it, but it only brought up very few different results (I was using an iPod).

[Thadlerian]

Looking for some sort of tune that's been playing a lot recently. It has the intro of Lou Reed's "Walk on the wild side", but I don't think the lyrics are included. More like it keeps building on the theme.

[jdc]

Looking for some sort of tune that be been playing a lot recently. It hath the intro of Lou Reed's "Walk on the wild side", but I don't reckon the lyrics be included. More like it keeps building on the theme.

Does this help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_on_th ... references ?

There's also some tunes inspired by WOTWS that aren't mentioned in the wiki. Like Can I kick it

[EchoRomulus]

There is this song by The Who that I liked....

But I don't remember the title or any of the lyrics.

What I DO remember is the music-video of the young who members breaking into a bank and instead of money, the vault was filled with pies. They sat there eating until the copper came.

[EvilDuckie]

There is this song by The Who that I liked....

But I don't remember the title or any of the lyrics.

What I DO remember is the music-video of the young who members breaking into a bank and instead of money, the vault was filled with pies. They sat there eating until the copper came.

It's Happy Jack

[EchoRomulus]

There is this song by The Who that I liked....

But I don't remember the title or any of the lyrics.

What I DO remember is the music-video of the young who members breaking into a bank and instead of money, the vault was filled with pies. They sat there eating until the copper came.

It's Happy Jack

Danke sehr.

[Djehutynakht]

I'm going to submit what I suspect will be a bit of a challenge.

I'm not sure how many of you know the cartoon "Ed, Edd n' Eddy"

Anyways, there's a song that plays at the end of this one cartoon. I found a link to that piece of the episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiIP4drTcKQ

(Music starts 10 seconds in)

Anyways, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what this song is. I've been looking for it in original form for a while.

[SurgicalSteel]

http://youtu.be/zDJIXRFQ2iY

I'm fairly certain I've heard that beginning part ("Rude boy, gangsta, killa ...") somewhere before, but I can't figure it out at all. Thanks.

[t1mm01994]

Back on the forums for a little bit, as I'm looking one up for a friend, but I can't seem to find it.

Year of production: 2013(I'm pretty sure, maybe 2012)
Genre: Math rock / progressive rock
Instruments: Mainly piano, some string instrument with lower noises
Album cover: Red + White, something looking like a garden
Length: 4ish minutes
Where I found it: It was linked somewhere at the bottom of a QC post, with a text along the lines of "if you are at all interested in math rock / prog rock / new indie, check this album out!"

I also know that it's on youtube, yet not in one part, and there's a review of it by some 12 year old boy, video's about 10 minutes long.

I'm not entirely sure about all these characteristics, so I listed as many of them as possible, so if something does not fit one, but fits all others, please mention <3

[free-bee]

I'm going to submit what I suspect will be a bit of a challenge.

I'm not sure how many of you know the cartoon "Ed, Edd n' Eddy"

Anyways, there's a song that plays at the end of this one cartoon. I found a link to that piece of the episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiIP4drTcKQ

(Music starts 10 seconds in)

Anyways, I was wondering if anyone could tell me what this song is. I've been looking for it in original form for a while.

Someone in the comments shouted Elton John for some reason. They never told why... Have you managed to find the ending credits? I suspect that that's the only place to get an answer if it exists.

[gordinho]

heres a hard one... i think this song was played pretty often maybe about 10 years or so ago? maybe a little more? its rap, and the only part i can remember is a part of the beat that was a series of 'clicks' that progressed downward from higher pitch to lower pitch (even tempo i think).

is that vague enough?? lol

[gordinho]

hey guys.. need help with a song. all i can remember is that this was a rap song from about 10, maybe a few more years ago. it was pretty well played on the radio /in clubs from what i can remember. the only part of the song was part of the beat - it was a series of clicks, almost like the sound you get when you click your tongue against the roof of your mouth or when you 'tsk tsk'. the clicks started high pitch and progressed downward.. i think it was even tempo..

that vague enough??

[t1mm01994]

Back on the forums for a little bit, as I'm looking one up for a friend, but I can't seem to find it.

Year of production: 2013(I'm pretty sure, maybe 2012)
Genre: Math rock / progressive rock
Instruments: Mainly piano, some string instrument with lower noises
Album cover: Red + White, something looking like a garden
Length: 4ish minutes
Where I found it: It was linked somewhere at the bottom of a QC post, with a text along the lines of "if you are at all interested in math rock / prog rock / new indie, check this album out!"

I also know that it's on youtube, yet not in one part, and there's a review of it by some 12 year old boy, video's about 10 minutes long.

I'm not entirely sure about all these characteristics, so I listed as many of them as possible, so if something does not fit one, but fits all others, please mention <3

Found it in my history, by complete accident! Scale The Summit - Atlas Novus was what I was looking for, and roughly half the characteristics turned out to be correct.

[drego642]

Okay, it's 5 a.m., I can't sleep and by now the passing curiosity of an hour ago has steadily built up to a raging frustration. I need to know what this stupid song is.

It's vague, I'm sorry, but here's what I've got:
I heard it on the radio today, on either a pop or alt-rock station (it didn't sound like something you'd hear on either, to be fair) and I'm pretty sure whichever station it was plays mostly modern songs. Plus, I've only heard it once before (I think earlier this year), so I assume it's fairly recent.
The only part I specifically remember is the chorus, and the only thing I specifically remember about the chorus was a loop of a girl singing a weird 2-bar figure (it sounded out of place, like it was sampled from a different song or something else) in 'na-na-na's or 'la-la-la's or something like that (I have the rhythm and pitch relationships stuck in my head, so if it would be of any help, I can be more specific) and those 2 bars were repeated in the background throughout the whole chorus, while the vocalist/s was/were singing. It's a shame I don't remember the actual chorus, because I remember it being really catchy...
It was a simple 4/4 song with no noticeable syncopation - from the one part I remember, at least. A good ballpark would probably be around 120 bpm, though it could well have been above or below that.

EDIT: I just remembered a singe line from the lyrics and found it.

[somehow]

It's not particularly likely that I'll know it, but I think you'll have better luck with finding someone who does if you post whatever you've got about the rhythm and pitch relationships of the "na-na-na" loop.

[drego642]

I wasn't sure exactly how I'd do that in a forum post. I probably would have tried to, but it doesn't matter anyway: I just found it.

[free-bee]

This one is a toughie, but I'll try to explain it the best I can. It's a rock song. I'm not sure if there is singing as the only part I can remember is that all instruments stop and the drums do this little line. I think it's two measures. And then the instruments pick back up. I can only remember the drum part. I remember that during this part, the drums use the ride cymbal (they only hit it eight times during one of these parts). The best I can do is try to reproduce this part in a MIDI and share it. I'll edit this post when I'm done.

This?

[diego5wh]

Hello, after some frustration in google I come here for help.
There is this song about a guy that sings how his wife (girlfriend, love interest?) is the right for him... just like thousand of other girls.
the whole song is a play on how there is really not only one person for you, but rather thousand of possible good choices for love.
I think I got the link to it first here in this forum (but can't find where).
Hope someone can help.

[somehow]

That sounds like Tim Minchin's "If I Didn't Have You".

[yanfan388]

I know somebody who wants to record this song if they can identify it. He thinks it's a 60s soul song with the spoken line "are
you hip to the grease?" it could be a man and a woman singing it.

hard one!!!!