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openMusic Video of Things in Yard Music
This was a video I saw on MTV in the middle of The '90s. I couldn't tell you anything about the song, but the video was very memorable. It was a bunch of close-up shots of things in a yard, some of them color-filtered. I'm pretty sure it never showed the band, or any humans at all. There were moving lawn ornaments, wind-up toys, and small animals. At one point it showed an extreme close-up of a blue-filtered earthworm. Really gross. Anyway, I'm curious what song this was, since the video's stuck in my mind all these years.
Edited by ScissortankopenGoth Pop Song. Music
The song is by a female artist...and it sounds like Siouxsie and the Banshees and the song has 'in the darkness, all over in all those places' or 'distant places' and sees...'in the spotlight, I see them everywhere'. It is a gothic pop song.
openSolved! song with a chorus like "step, step into the nation" Music
A long time ago I posted this https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=29154&type=ykts
but never got an answer and it eventually got locked. Anyway, in case anyone was wondering I found it out and the song is Icehouse- Cross The Border. It turns out the the lyric is actually "Points to the nation", although I think I conflated that and the title (which is also in the chorus). As for the other two details I mentioned in the thread: the album was definitely "Measure By Measure" and the song that I said mentioned the Big Bad Wolf is "Regular Boys", although the line actually says "big bad world." Also, Kudos to Nathanforester as he recently posted a query linking to a song by Icehouse. After seeing the name and listening for a few minutes it suddenly clicked.
openVaporwave remix of Tears For Fears. Music
In the How Nickelodeon Dominated Your Childhood video by Nerdstalgic there is a vaporwave/synthwave version of the Tears For Fears song Everybody Wants To Rule The World, but I cannot find it on Youtube. Who came up with this remix?
openAh ah ah song? Music
I’m not quite sure how to describe the song I’m looking for. People insert it into other works like videos where something sad or unfortunate happens and then a soft voice sort of sings “ ah ah ah” and the video goes into sort of slow motion focussing on the face of whomever the unfortunate thing happened to.
openVocaloid Song? Music
I kind of remember this one vocaloid song by Miku, i rly don't remember what the song was about but it almost sounded like an anime opening, was in either A major or F sharp minor, and the music video for it didn't feature the singer at all (it was just a generic boy and girl, plus a heavy stylized flower motive). I also remember there was a piano cover for the song that got more popular than the original.
openVampire Song About The Human Body. Music
Has anyone heard this song? It's a children's song performed by someone doing a Bela Lugosi/Count Von Count impersonation, it is about the human being specifically how blood pumps through the body and the ending has a maniacal laugh which comes after the ending lyric 'without blood we'd all die'. I remember hearing it on a compliation of children's song, specifically New Zealand ones.
openSong about engineering/creating the perfect boyfriend Music
I remember this song had a cool title but I can't remember it. It might have been pop of some variant. It had multiple vocalists of different genders, or at least 2. I can't remember the lyrics. Found it through a YT video's comment section. Gave me mad science vibes...
openWerewolf Record Music
This information is coming from my mother, who is searching for a vinyl record that she listened to and was apparently really scared by as a kid. She says that it involved at least two men arguing with each other, and one turns into a werewolf and attacks/kills the other. She says that other than that information, the only thing she can remember is being too afraid to finish the record.
Edited by SumDumNerdopenUpbeat song about being free, sounded like mild 70s rock maybe (unsolved) Music
I heard a song in a store I am not sure if I heard before or not. Sounded like probably 70ish. Male singer. Upbeat and sounded like very pop-radio of the time friendly maybe rock. I hate how I can't remember if it seemed like it had a bit of folk or island flavor or anything, and can't place what artists it reminded me most of. Lyrics were about being free, and I think about everyone being free. "Free" was the last word of the lines it was in. This feels really vague, but I hope it can be found. Thanks.
Edited by GanSaibouopenfamous music Music
does anyone know the name of this famous music piece?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4IGuOJ2ZnM&feature=youtu.be&t=182
openSong from a dream Music
There's a song I heard in a dream recently that I think might be based on a real song, as it sounds really familiar and I have had dreams where I heard real songs that just had different lyrics or something. Here it is https://vocaroo.com/9w7bNbKBila
openTrans singer does a duet with her pre-reassigmnent self (solved) Music
I never actually heard the song but I'd like to track it down - essentially I once read an interview with a musician in a music magazine that in part discussed the making of this particular song: If I remember correctly the artist was a transwoman who wrote and recorded a song before she started taking hormones, then revisited the recording after, adding her current voice and making it sound like a duet.
Edited by MikeKopenWhat's that 90s r&b song called? Music
What was that song called that was played on Friday February 21 two month ago between 12:40 and 12:55 pm during the Throwback hour at noon that features I think DJ Breeze? It was on the Charleston South Carolina radio station Z93 Jamz, which is 93.3, call letters WWWZ. It was part of a dj song mashup and it goes something like this, "I'm Bout To Find Me; Another Man." I couldn't really tell what the vocals were singing, but I do know that it was female vocals that sounded like either, Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, Angie Stone, Chante Moore, Kelly Price, Lauryn Hill, Ce Ce Peniston, Deborah Cox, or Alicia Keys. It also sounded like it came out sometime in the 1990s. If anybody has any information, please let me know, thanks.
openRock/Metal song with an Ear Worm-like melody Music
I think it was a 175+ BPM Rock 'N Roll and/or Not-So-Heavy Metal song that might've had some other stuff in it, but the thing that dug into my head enough for me to look for the song is the chorus, which went "G D C Eb D" twice, with an additonal "D C" at the end. I have no idea what the song is about, the lyrical content, all I happen to know about the song is that it has an infuriatingly catchy chorus/melody thing, it played at both Valley Fair and UW-Stout's music player(s), and that it toes the line between Rock 'N Roll and Metal.
openDisco-ish song Music
This is gonna be a hard one but: there was this local radio station that mostly played 80s and a little 70s music. I stopped listening to it once they completely changed sometime around 2015. Anyway, there was this song that was kind of disco and had both a male and female singer. I can't remember any lyrics but I do remember it had an electronic "chime" like sound that was somewhat similar to the sound that first plays at 3:39 in this song.
I think the sound played several times but not as often as in that song.
openFilm Song. Music
I'm looking for a song that played during the ending credits of a film. There's very little background music. It sounds as though someone were playing the softer keys on a piano. The only lyrics I can remember are "I will keep you safe from harm" but it might've been safe and warm. The woman who sings this song is doing so softly and the vibe is meant to be creepy. Any help is appreciated. I can't remember the name of the film.
openWhoa-oh-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh Music
A feel-good rock song with lyrics about a dream. The refrain goes "whoa-oh-oh whoa-oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh whoa-oh-oh-oh." It got a lot of airplay a couple years ago and now it's bugging me that I can't remember the title or band name.
openSpoken word in music from a song (solved) Music
I don't remember much of the actual song - it was on a mix cd I was sent in the early 2000s, it was acoustic guitar based with a woman singing, and I have an inkling it may have been early Tegan & Sara. What I do remember is a lo-fi Spoken Word in Music intro: a child (presumably the singer herself as a child) is fussing and trying to grab something (maybe even the tape recorder it's being captured on). An adult woman scolds her and says something like "good, it's recording, later on you'll get to hear what a brat you were".
Edited by MikeK

I am looking for an 1980's era pop/electronic pop song that has a similar sound to Enola Gay or Spandau Ballet songs, it has sort of a Gary Numan's 'Cars' vibe to it and the song has ‘oooh oooh you, you know I love you’ in it. To get a better idea of what I think it might sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie7ECyuosq0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw
I do remember it being electronic because of the synthesizer, and the riff...it might possibly be a Pet Shop Boys song but it sounds a bit like a David Bowie song or an Icehouse song.