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openNo Title Music
The music video: A woman changes in a Mens room, thinking its only other occupant is blind.
That's all I can remember—not the song, lyrics, tune, or even if it was an advert for something else. But I remember there being music and her dancing to it as she changed.
It starts off with her entering a men's washroom. She notices a young black gentleman sitting at one end, but he is holding a thin white cane and wearing dark glasses—apparently, he is blind.
Thus, she strips down to her underwear, puts on her makeup, and puts on her other outfit in full "view" of this fellow. All the while his expression remains dispassionate, and he makes no reaction to what is going on in front of him.
At the end of the video, she leaves. Moments later, an older black gentleman—presumably the younger's father—feels his way out of the bathroom stall; the younger hands the older man the cane and grins broadly, revealing he's -not- blind and just got quite the show.
opentrance song Music
I remember about 10 years ago when I was looking for this song by the artist K90 I found some song from another band that was remixed by him and I really liked it. Problem is, I can't remember the band or song name other then I think the song name had the word "journey" in it.
open80s-sounding synthpop/rock song Music
I'm looking for a song that may be from the 80s or just had a retro kind of sound. I can't make out the lyrics but the chorus had a repeated phrase that sounded kind of like "hold it on the line" or "holding on tonight" or something like that (I could be way off but it definitely had five syllables). This was followed by a catchy synth line and also vocals like "oh-ohh ohh ohh". The singer was male but it was sung in a falsetto. Before anyone says it, it was definitely NOT "Hold the Line" by Toto.
openMusic from GT Countdown episode on breakthrough PC games Music
This
episode mostly uses music from discussed games as background, but some tracks seem to be from other uncredited sources. I'm most interested in the sources of music used in segments about #5 SimCity, #4 Civilization and #3 Ultima Online.
openJ-Pop Album with Retro '80s Sound and Cover Music
A flash drive died and took my music wish list with it. What was the pop metal/arena rock album I was going to get from CD Japan that had a cover right out of the '80s with the singer posing downtown in punkish clothes? This would've been released somewhere in the 2000s or 2010s, but probably around 2007.
I know, I'm taking a long shot here.
openAlmost-Eurovision singer Music
Can't remember how many contests ago or which country — there was an artist who was supposed to go to Eurovision but got replaced by the powers that be with someone more generic before the competition. I remember people sharing his music around to give him more visibility but that's it. He was a twink if that helps
resolved public domain piano song about a cat? Music
This is kind of a weird one, but I remember when I was a kid I took piano lesson's briefly. One of the songs had to do with a cat, and was kind of cute/funny, although I can't remember any actual lyrics, or I'd have looked them up.I assume it was public domain if the piano school was teaching it, but could be wrong. Also, I think it sounded kinda similar to "Lady Marmalade", as there is a scene in Beethoven (which I watched like a year before) where the babysitter sings that song, and for a while I misremembered her as singing the cat song I'm looking for instead.
Edited by BootlebatopenAnimated music video from a few years back Music
I really distinctly remember this animated music video I used to watch (on Youtube) all the time back sometime in 2013-2015 or so, it had what looked like high detailed cutout paper(?) animation of a child running from a wolf and other creatures (or maybe the same one morphing into other things), at one point getting swallowed by a whale, and at the end ending up in a blank white space. The song itself I think had a beat very similar to Rolling in the Deep by Adele, but I can't remember anything else about it.
open"Ulterior motives" song Music
There's a clip of a song floating around the Internet that goes "Everyone knows that, you've got ulterior motives" Sounds like Wham! Or Culture club. Trying to find out the singer or title,maybe release year.
Edited by s2003open[SOLVED] Cutesy French CGI music video from 2000s Music
Somewhere around 15 years ago I watched a music video on MTV (could've been a different music channel, but it was definitely on TV). The song wasn't in English, I think it might've been French? The music was very cheery and upbeat (very ear-wormy too), and the visuals were completely CGI animated. The characters weren't human-proportioned, they were more chibi-shaped, and I don't think there was any plot, they were just dancing around. The setting was outdoors, some kind of island, I think? I remember it being a total Sugar Bowl, very cutesy and pastel-colored.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Because I saw another troper asking about music videos and suddenly remembered this pastel nightmare, and now I can't get it out of my head.
Edited by Andarielopen80s/90s-ish sounding song Music
I’m not sure when it’s from, but the song sounds sort of 80s or 90s and is one of those songs that plays a fair bit at parties. It’s a male singer, and the chorus goes something like, “True love! Through the night…” Sorry this isn’t a lot of details.
resolved "Everybody do the ??? Dance" song Music
I once heard this song in a store in 2014 or 2015. It went something like "everybody do the wants it dance everybody do the wants it dance something something clap your hands everybody do the wants it dance” but because I don’t remember some of the lyrics (and I’m not sure if they really said “wants it”), I’m unable to find it, and this point, I’m convinced that I imagined it.
openindie / alternative rock band's album is shelved due to executive meddling Music
Maybe around 15 or more years ago, I remember finding a link to a music journalism article online - the article was about a rock band whose album was held up by Executive Meddling, and the inciting incident was apparently the band refusing to record a Cover Version of "All You Need Is Love" for a commercial. I mainly remember this because 1) I think this article might have actually been my first exposure to the idea that Music Is Politics, and 2) not long after I saw a Chase Bank ad that used Nada Surf's version of "All You Need Is Love", making me wonder if that was the ad in question and if Nada Surf had accepted the offer this other band refused. Consulting the other wiki re: Nada Surf's version of "All You Need Is Love", this would have been around 2006.
Edited by MikeKopenAlbum with a bonus disc that's designed for sharing with friends Music
I was browsing a record store in the mid-2000s when I saw a CD where the packaging advertised an unusual promotional tool the artist decided to use. The album had a "bonus disc" that was just the first few songs on the album again, and a sticker on the case explained that you were supposed to give away the extra disc to a friend, who would hopefully like what they heard enough that they would buy the whole album themselves. Thing is I'm 90% sure this was Begin to Hope by Regina Spektor, but I can't seem to find any evidence online about this version of the album having existed. I am at least pretty sure of the 2000s time frame, and I'm under the impression it was some indie artist's first major label release, which Begin To Hope was for Regina.
openArtist(s) that refuse to publish their lyrics? Music
I once saw an example on this site that said something along the lines of "XYZ band doesn’t allow their lyrics to be published online because they want to be mysterious." Is there anyone like that? It’s not Gorgoroth.
resolved Song with some line about how "you cry when you need to" (solved) Music
I first heard this song in 2002. I managed to find it a long ways back, but lost it again, so I'm asking here. It had a male singer, and he seemed to be singing about his girlfriend or something. One of the lines at the beginning was something about how "You cry when you need to". I'm not sure what genre it is but it was pretty soft.
Edited by BootlebatopenSong similar to Undefeated by Skillet Music
I remember a song who was similar to the beginning of Undefeated by Skillet (https://youtu.be/ZMr93ZZMFmY?t=19
), however, I can't remember its name or any of the actual lyrics. Just that it was very similar to that part.
openDance/pop/techno song from the 90's Music
Hi everybody! I'm looking for a song and all I remember are a couple of lines. Song is almost certainly from the 1990's, probably the other half, from '95 to '99. Or from first couple of years of the 2000's. Genre, I'd say it is somewhere between pop, dance and techno, but I'm not 100% on that one. The artist (it's a male voice, if I recall correctly) might be from Europe, because dance and techno were all the rage at that time. It is in English. So, all the lyrics I remember from the song go something like this: "revo revo bi*ch bi*ch, revo revo bi*ch". It might be that number of repetition of each word is 2 or 3 (2x "revo" followed by 2x "bi*ch", or 3x each word). Now, at that time, I didn't really understand nor speak English very well so I don't actually know what is the first word that is repeated. It might be "rebel", cause it makes more sense than "revo", for which I don't know the meaning. Thing is that it is pronounced rather quickly and followed with a lot of bass, so it was difficult for me to distinguish words. And the second word, well... I had a sufficient level of English to understand what was pronounced. That's all I remember for the moment.
openTriangle Song Music
So, in math class today we were talking about triangles, and our teacher mentioned that he had heard a song about triangles back when he was in school, but couldn't remember what it was. He said: 1. It was sort of like a "jingle" 2. It focused on isosceles triangles specifically.

A friend was playing this song in her car years ago, around 2008. It was a boyband and the song was about a scientist or professor in his laboratory, I think he was doing a time travel project. It was probably also a love song and there were probably some science-related puns but I don't remember entirely. It seems very likely it was an album-only song never released as a single. It may have been the Backstreet Boys because I know she was a fan of them but Google doesn't help.