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josh

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Name That Tune...
« on: March 11, 2011, 03:58:59 AM »

This has been bugging me for years, literally!

A long time ago, when I was young and easily influenced, and every day seemed like a magical adventure into life, I briefly got quite into a band that ended up being the soundtrack for a brief but intoxicating period of my life.

Sadly I now have no idea who they were and wondered if I could call upon the collective awesomeness here to try and jog my memory?

All I can remember now is the tune of one of their songs which I obviously can't recreate in text, and a snippett of the lyrics:

She screams out loud but she's never heard
Blends with the crowd

I'm hoping somebody will recognise them and reacquaint me with the band...pretty sure they were from Blighty.

I loved them and that period of my life...

No idea if they were actually any good or not but it didn't matter at the time!
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Re: Name That Tune...
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2011, 04:50:13 PM »

Might help to add the time period you're referring to...
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Re: Name That Tune...
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2011, 11:14:39 PM »

I tried a lyrics search and got this:

50 Cent - Get Out The Club
Dead Milkmen - Anonymous #4 - After Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes
Allman Brothers Band - Can't Get Over You
Allman Brothers Band, The - Can't Get Over You
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Jack Rowland
Little Brother - After The Party
Cohen Leonard - Anthem
Spice Girls - Never Give Up On The Good Times
Aesop Rock - Hold the Cup
Bryan Ferry - Wildcat Days
Godhead - Rotten
Chris Thile - On Ice
Garth Brooks - More Than A Memory
The Dresden Dolls - Dear Jenny
Forever The Sickest Kids - Hip Hop Chick
Deep Purple - Before Time Began
Bleu Edmondson - Last Last Time
Bowling for Soup - Thespian
Reba McEntire - Roses


We're going to need more info in order to narrow it down.

HTH

Cheers,
Tim
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Re: Name That Tune...
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2011, 08:50:04 AM »

Sorry, got distracted!  ;)

Would have been late 80s I guess - English band I think, sort of souly pop, I think they were black if that helps...vaguely similar vocal style to the Goss brothers of Bros fame but a bit more funky and rocky musically.

Does that help?  :-\
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Re: Name That Tune... SUCCESS!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2011, 09:23:55 AM »

Re-reading this prompted me to have another go at trawling the web for info and wouldn't you know it, I only blummin' found them!

They were: "And Why Not?"

And the song was called "Restless Days".

The album I had was "Move Your Skin".

I liked it.

A lot.
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Re: Name That Tune... SUCCESS!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2011, 03:54:34 AM »


They were: "And Why Not?"


Blimey. Inspiration from Barry Norman, perhaps?  ;D

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Re: Name That Tune... SUCCESS!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2011, 09:14:53 AM »

...wouldn't you know it, I only blummin' found them!

Well done.

BTW, for future puzzles of this kind I find the SoundHound application on iOS devices (iPhone etc) is a very effective tool for locating obscure tracts of music. You hum a few lines, and it sound matches the pitch sequence to a vast database of songs - often returning a correct match (against all odds, it seems). I don't use it very often, but whenever I do it's a great time and brainstrain saver.

Of course, you do have to be able to hum more-or-less in tune.  ;)
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Re: Name That Tune... SUCCESS!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2011, 02:25:24 AM »


You hum a few lines, and it sound matches the pitch sequence to a vast database of songs - often returning a correct match (against all odds, it seems).



Wait - you hum a few lines and it tells you the name of a Phil Collins track?!

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Re: Name That Tune... SUCCESS!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2011, 04:34:39 AM »


Wait - you hum a few lines and it tells you the name of a Phil Collins track?!

Ha!  Yes - unless you're humming against the wind, in which case it tells you the name of a Bob Seger track.   ::)
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