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Kenka · 01:13 PM

Internet makes things easier nowadays and music I've listened to as a kid is now hidden in some corner of Youtube/Dailymotion and so on.

I've recently found that fantastic song from Ofra Haza I used to listen to when I started having interest in girls. It never left my head for some reason and I was so glad when I got to find it yesterday purely by chance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRnzTTYk7_Q

And you GAF, have you also found gems of your childhood in the meanders of internet ?

cajunator · (08-06-2012, 01:11 PM)

I don't get this feeling much anymore since the advent of Shazam app.

Avixph · (08-06-2012, 01:11 PM)

I know that feeling.

Scullibundo · (08-06-2012, 01:13 PM)

Ofra Haza went too young. :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mybSCz_wPn8

Man Puncher · 01:18 PM

I know what you mean. I hadn't heard this song for ages until recently;

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

Gustav · (08-06-2012, 01:15 PM)

Originally Posted by Kenka:

Internet makes things easier nowadays and music I've listened to as a kid is now hidden in some corner of Youtube/Dailymotion and so on.

I've recently found that fantastic song from Ofra Haza I used to listen to when I started having interest in girls. It never left my head for some reason and I was so glad when I got to find it yesterday purely by chance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRnzTTYk7_Q

And you GAF, have you also found gems of your childhood in the meanders of internet ?

Happened to me a couple months ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtp-_HGLmS8

Scullibundo · (08-06-2012, 01:17 PM)

Originally Posted by Man Puncher:

I know what you mean. I hadn't heard this song for ages until recently;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

I like the cut of your jib. You remind me of a younger me.

Kenka · (08-06-2012, 01:20 PM)

Originally Posted by Gustav:

Happened to me a couple months ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtp-_HGLmS8

Oh shit, I wanted to find that song too ! More please.

Aguirre · (08-06-2012, 01:20 PM)

took me aaages to find this

i was listening to a documentary on bbc radio 4 about Aboriginals who rap, and how it affects the youth - this was a big hit by a group of aboriginal kids:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQgIk...ure=plpp_video

incidentally, i think m.i.a remixed it.

Kentpaul · (08-06-2012, 01:20 PM)

theres a rap song i heard years ago, has like a little girl at the start saying shes better than the rapper and the rapper is like IM a motherfucking rockstar..

Sorry for the lack of details but does anyone have any idea what its called.

cajunator · (08-06-2012, 01:23 PM)

Originally Posted by Gustav:

Happened to me a couple months ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtp-_HGLmS8

Yeah took me a long time to find this again as well.
All I remembered was the do do do do dodododo do do do do dodododo.

randomrosso · (08-06-2012, 01:24 PM)

I know that feel. It's wonderful.

I'm currently looking for a song that I used to hear all the time as a child... The thing is I can't remember any of it from the top of my head, but I'd know if I heard it. Very annoying...

Dommo · (08-06-2012, 01:24 PM)

Yeah, back in the day, after hearing a song on the radio that you wanted to find, it was such a hard slog. I remember hearing a good song, and quickly scrounging for pen and paper and trying to jot down as many of the lyrics as I could remember to find for the future. Even then it was always hard to find, especially before the Internet was so dominant.

Nowadays it's as easy as Shazam/Soundhound, find the song, then Youtube it. It's almost too easy. It's nowhere near as satisfying when you find the song.

needlejuice · (08-06-2012, 01:24 PM)

This thread has arrived at the perfect time!

I'm hoping someone will be able to id a song I've been trying to find for ages!

Cast your mind back to when MTV2 was good, and bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam etc were on constant rotation...

They used to play a track with a female vocalist (I think they are a foreign band). The video was shot in a scrap yard, and there was a shirtless bassist I think with a shaved head.

If anyone can help id this track that would be great!

Topher · 01:30 PM

I definitely understand. One of the few memories I have of my aunt (who has passed since) is sitting in a restaurant with with her and my father back in the mid 90s. I can just vaguely recall the song playing in the background. Nothing about the song was extraordinary or anything, but its just one of those memories that stick with you. It was too long ago for me to remember the lyrics or anything in great detail but it drove me crazy until I recently heard it on a podcast. I searched for the lyrics and finally discovered what it was.

The Faceless Master · (08-06-2012, 01:28 PM)

still looking for "Torn Apart" by Death On Two Wheels and this one Merciless song i heard once on the radio and managed to tape a bit of like 18 years ago.

i remember i spent over a year looking for an uncut version of "Long Story" by Wayne Marshall and was relieved as fuck when i finally got it.

jl4855 · (08-06-2012, 01:28 PM)

yes, and it's spectacular.

Razek · (08-06-2012, 01:29 PM)

There was always this song that played during Gran Turismo 3 Aspec. For some reason whenever I think of driving it's the first song that comes to my mind. Of course, because of this I became fond of it but since I lost the game years ago I could never figure out what it was. I liked it so much I learned how to play it from old degraded memories on guitar.

Just for the sake of this thread I finally decided to google the soundtrack and check each one individually on youtube.

It ended up being The Cult's She Sells Sanctuary.

Funny, because the moment I saw it on the list I realized that was it.

So how does it feel? It's exactly how I remember it. The vocals kind of ruin it though.

Kenka · (08-06-2012, 01:38 PM)

Well, let's use this opportunity.

I remember having watched a video clip of a band (The Cure ?) in which the band members are stuck in a cupboard and this cupbaord rolls down a hill or something. Couldn't find it anymore even after extensive search on Youtube.

8bit · (08-06-2012, 01:40 PM)

Originally Posted by Kenka:

Well, let's use this opportunity.

I remember having watched a video clip of a band (The Cure ?) in which the band members are stuck in a cupboard and this cupbaord rolls down a hill or something. Couldn't find it anymore even after extensive search on Youtube.

The Cure - Close To You / Close To You (Paul Oakenfold remix) (2 different videos)

neorej · (08-06-2012, 01:42 PM)

I've had this happen to me once. Found a song I was crazy about in my childhood, felt immediate excitement and 12 seconds in I was wondering why I liked it so much, song fucking sucks.

Kenka · (08-06-2012, 01:42 PM)

Originally Posted by 8bit:

The Cure - Close To You / Close To You (Paul Oakenfold remix) (2 different videos)

Damn, that's the one ! Such a cute song. Correction though: the name of the song is "Close to Me" :-)

8bit · (08-06-2012, 01:44 PM)

Originally Posted by Kenka:

Damn, that's the one ! Such a cute song. Correction though: the name of the song is "Close to Me" :-)

Ah, sorry, mixing it up with the Carpenters track.

shagg_187 · (08-06-2012, 01:47 PM)

Originally Posted by cajunator:

I don't get this feeling much anymore since the advent of Shazam app.

Shazam can hack into your mind and find a song you heard a decade ago?

Guzim · (08-06-2012, 01:51 PM)

Hmm hmm him

PepsimanVsJoe · 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by needlejuice:

They used to play a track with a female vocalist (I think they are a foreign band). The video was shot in a scrap yard, and there was a shirtless bassist I think with a shaved head.

If anyone can help id this track that would be great!

I was going to guess Republica but they're a few years after Nirvana and I don't even see a Bassist, shirtless or otherwise.

Also I've been trying to find this song for years and I have nothing to go on. It was a hit in the 80s but nobody plays it on the radio anymore.
At first I thought Billy Ocean sang it, or the one guy from the Doobie Brothers, but I still can't come up with anything(going by the sound of his voice).

I don't even know any of the words. Just a few bits of the chorus with words that sound like "light" or "love" and "shine". There's a bit of that, a few notes from a sax (I think) then a few more words.
It's killing me.

Kenka · (08-06-2012, 02:18 PM)

Originally Posted by PepsimanVsJoe:

I was going to guess Republica but they're a few years after Nirvana and I don't even see a Bassist, shirtless or otherwise.

Guys, how do you find those, seriously ? Great find !

EVOL 100% · (08-06-2012, 02:20 PM)

I remember finding Nine Inch Nails' Closer completely on accident, after watching the mv 12 years ago.

Shit was still nearly as creepy as I found it that long ago. The song was a lot better than I remembered it though so it's all good.

Cipherr · (08-06-2012, 02:21 PM)

Yeah the mobile apps like shazam and the internet/youtube in general has given me this experience alot. Pretty awesome.

needlejuice · (08-06-2012, 02:27 PM)

OMFG I've fucking found it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait for this one alternative GAF, it's a blast!

Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe - Whale

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

Timedog · (08-06-2012, 02:30 PM)

Originally Posted by PepsimanVsJoe:

I was going to guess Republica but they're a few years after Nirvana and I don't even see a Bassist, shirtless or otherwise.

It's refreshing to see a 90's urban goth look before the Matrix ruined the party.

PepsimanVsJoe · (08-06-2012, 02:33 PM)

Originally Posted by needlejuice:

OMFG I've fucking found it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait for this one alternative GAF, it's a blast!

Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe - Whale

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

I watched this and knew it looked familiar:

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

needlejuice · (08-06-2012, 02:36 PM)

Originally Posted by PepsimanVsJoe:

I watched this and knew it looked familiar:

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

Nostalgia overload right now!

OnkelC · (08-06-2012, 02:43 PM)

Jonathan Richman - Egyptian Reggae
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK4T9BrQobY
plagued me since I was a teenager. heard it once, never forgot it, took me about 18 years (thank you, internet and a german movie using it in the soundtrack) to finally identify it.
Felt great, but listened it only a couple of times since. Just wanted to know the title.

pauljeremiah · (08-06-2012, 02:46 PM)

A song I've always been looking to find a MP3 of is the theme song from a old TV Show called "Madison" the song is called "Feels like Heaven" but I have no idea who sings it and I have never found a video of the opening of the TV show either.

Keru_Shiri · (08-06-2012, 02:50 PM)

There's quite a bit of Arabic music I'm looking for, but I have no idea who the artist is, and I'm not nearly proficient enough in the language to properly look. :(

Rhomega Beta · (08-06-2012, 02:50 PM)

I have a lot of trouble understanding lyrics, so it took me a long time to find these nostalgic songs:

Billy Joel-I Go To Extremes
Journey-Open Arms

Wilsongt · (08-06-2012, 02:56 PM)

Over in gaming when someone was bitching about Dragon Quest II. Someone posted a song, and part of it was stuck in my head for YEARS and I didn't know what it was from.

Kave_Man · (08-06-2012, 02:59 PM)

Went years hearing this at the end of a drunken night at a bar and couldn't remember which song this was. I then tried to hum it to a friend and they picked it up:

Piano Man

I blame me being hammered off my ass most nights to not realize it was Piano Man the whole time.

Metrotab · (08-06-2012, 03:06 PM)

There are tons of songs I remember from when I was young where the only thing I got is the music video.

2 in particular stand out and I've never found them again: one video had these computer graphics where a triangle-plane raced around tracks, the other starred a bunch of table tennis players with an awkward looking guy wiping the floor with the other 4 competitors (including a hispanic dude with an afro and a guy in a suit with a scandinavian sounding name on his namecard). Both songs were some form of electronic dance, I believe.

One day I'll find them.

bjork · (08-06-2012, 03:07 PM)

I've been wanting to hear the opening theme song to the 1987 Jimmie Walker sitcom "Bustin' Loose", but it apparently isn't online anywhere. There are links to an earlier show of the same name, but that's not what I want. I can hear the song in my head, but hearing it in my actual ears would be like [insert something good and pleasant]

Sn4ke_911 · (08-06-2012, 03:32 PM)

Veigar - Revelations

Neuromancer · (08-06-2012, 06:33 PM)

NSFW!!! Rudy - The Underpants Song

Heard this song on a road trip down south in the wee hours of the morning back in 1999. My friend and I couldn't believe our ears, it was so absurd. We remembered just enough to sing a couple of the lyrics to each other, and then last year I found it again.

Sample lyrics

Quote:

What're You Gonna Do With All The Love
you're Hiding In Your Underpants?
maybe We Can Take 'em Off And Do A Little Naked Dance
and Touch Me On My Taint
you Know You Ain't The Only One To See My Wicked Weenie
wavin' Wild In The Wind

Bay Maximus · (08-06-2012, 06:35 PM)

Originally Posted by shagg_187:

Shazam can hack into your mind and find a song you heard a decade ago?

It's in the new update. Has a few bugs though.

Luap · (08-06-2012, 06:37 PM)

It is a truly magical feeling. It's happened to me many times, but I remember Ghost Love Score being one of the most satisfying. That one took me ages to find.

MattKeil · (08-06-2012, 06:39 PM)

Found this one a couple years ago after not thinking about for probably two decades and then suddenly getting the bassline stuck in my head one night.

Alibis - Sergio Mendes

spindashing · (08-06-2012, 06:40 PM)

Originally Posted by Man Puncher:

I know what you mean. I hadn't heard this song for ages until recently;

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

Someone got banned for a Rick Roll.

In 2012?! Come on, bro...

But, yes. I do know the feeling after finally hearing Cruel Summer by Bananarama.

I would always hear snippets of it as a kid and loved the tune but I never knew the title until only a few years ago.

Gabroni · (08-06-2012, 06:41 PM)

Remembered "Tumbling Down" (from End of Eva)--first thing I listen to everyday

Sadsic · (08-06-2012, 06:44 PM)

This song i remember being the most captivating thing ever and then lost made me go out and watch The Dark Crystal just because it was in the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8eWPVoFcQo

i lost the link and forgot the name of it for like 6 months then found it again

akira28 · (08-06-2012, 06:47 PM)

Originally Posted by needlejuice:

This thread has arrived at the perfect time!

I'm hoping someone will be able to id a song I've been trying to find for ages!

Cast your mind back to when MTV2 was good, and bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam etc were on constant rotation...

They used to play a track with a female vocalist (I think they are a foreign band). The video was shot in a scrap yard, and there was a shirtless bassist I think with a shaved head.

If anyone can help id this track that would be great!

Whale - Hobo humping slobo babe.

holy shit, this was it? I only said it as a goof.