help with song title please

[Shaka]

I vaguely remember a song that was playing on the radio yesterday night, as I was falling asleep. The only clues I can give are:

1) the song is very bare and soft
2) there is a xylophone type instrument playing a simple melody
3) it was a familiar song, so it ought to have been popular sometime from 1960 to 2000 hehe
4) I thought it was George Micheal - Faith, but it turned out not to be

Good luck!

 

[spanky]

Good luck!

thanx, we'll need it. btw, "faith" had a xylophone in it? r u sure it is not "father figure"?

 

[Shaka]

Oh I didn't mean to imply that Faith had a xylophone in it... more like the simple melody was like the one in Faith

 

[roncarter]

kenny g's song

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: Shaka
Oh I didn't mean to imply that Faith had a xylophone in it... more like the simple melody was like the one in Faith

i c i c....

so... what exactly does a xylophone sound like?

 

[Shaka]

Haha, ok perhaps it wasn't a xylophone. It was some sort of percussion instrument which sounds like bells (for example, a xylophone). I could hum the descending melody and post it, but I'm afraid my tone deafness may hurt the search for the song title.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Shaka
Haha, ok perhaps it wasn't a xylophone. It was some sort of percussion instrument which sounds like bells (for example, a xylophone). I could hum the descending melody and post it, but I'm afraid my tone deafness may hurt the search for the song title.

Do that, because we don't have much else to go by.

 

[ohtwell]

Are there no words?


: ) Amanda

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: Shaka
I vaguely remember a song that was playing on the radio yesterday night, as I was falling asleep. The only clues I can give are:

1) the song is very bare and soft
2) there is a xylophone type instrument playing a simple melody
3) it was a familiar song, so it ought to have been popular sometime from 1960 to 2000 hehe
4) I thought it was George Micheal - Faith, but it turned out not to be

Good luck!

George Michael - Faith (Elevator Remix)

??

 

[Shaka]

Alright, I recorded a clip of me humming the only part of the song I remember, but it turned out poorly in that it could be from any of the millions of songs out there.

Sound clip

There are words to the song, but I can't remember any of the lyrics. But they are soft, similar to the melody. It was a hit sometime in the 70's, 80's or 90's... perhaps 60's but I doubt that. So it's not some obscure song by a garage band next door or something. So, I guess think about big hits? I don't know! it's driving me crazy.

Also, the song is upbeat and something which was played on FM 97.3 in the SF bay area. They mostly play today's hits, but also play a lot of 80's songs. Here is a sample of their current top 25.

Sheryl Crow
C'mon C'mon "Soak Up The Sun"

Vanessa Carlton
Be Not Nobody "A Thousand Miles"

Norah Jones
Come Away with Me "Don't Know Why"

Jack Johnson
Brushfire Fairytales "Flake"

No Doubt
Rock Steady "Hella Good"

Avril Lavigne
Let Go "Complicated"

John Mayer
Room for Squares "No Such Thing"

Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World "The Middle"

Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott
Spiderman (Soundtrack) "Hero"

India.arie
Acoustic Soul "Video"

Dave Matthews Band
Busted Stuff "Where Are You Going"

Pink
M!ssundaztood "Don't Let Me Get Me"

Dirty Vegas
Dirty Vegas "Days Go By"

John Mayer
Room for Squares "Your Body is a Wonderland"

Creed
Weathered "One Last Breath"

Alanis Morissette
Under Rug Swept "Precious Illusions"

Goo Goo Dolls
Gutterflower "Big Machine"

Puddle of Mudd
Come Clean "Blurry"

311
From Chaos "Amber"

Madonna
Music "Don't Tell Me"

The Calling
Camino Palmero "Wherever You Will Go"

Dave Matthews Band
Everyday "Everyday"

Alanis Morissette
Under Rug Swept "Hands Clean"

Five For Fighting
America Town "Superman"

Kasey Chambers
Barricades & Brickwalls

 

[ohtwell]

Does the song have any words?


: ) Amanda

 

[spanky]

hahaha... i couldn't help but laugh at the mp3

dum dum dum... dum dum dum...

hahahahahahaa

 

[Pepsi90919]

LMAO @ the mp3. i think i'm going to set that as my windows start up sound.

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
hahaha... i couldn't help but laugh at the mp3

dum dum dum... dum dum dum...

hahahahahahaa

lmfao. That was great.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Shaka]

haha, glad I could bring some sunshine into your lives... but the song... blah, i give up, i'm gonna go each lunch

 

[JetBlack69]

is it Pink Floyd's "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"?

EDIT: It might not be, but very cool MP3 "dum dum dum.......dum dum dum"

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: bmacd

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
hahaha... i couldn't help but laugh at the mp3

dum dum dum... dum dum dum...

hahahahahahaa

lmfao. That was great.

-=bmacd=-

thats hiliarous! hehe

 

[amnesiac]

Hahaha I love the mp3!
I KNOW THAT SONG... it's on the TIP OF MY BRAIN but I can't think of the name... arrrrr

*edit*
Almost positive it's an 80's song... Scanning my collection right now..

 

[Shaka]

cool maybe amnesiac can help me out.... although I won't die if I don't find out the song title, I'd like to find out what it is...

I have to burn some audio CD's to listen to on my drive back to college...

 

[yakko]

Originally posted by: Shaka
Sound clip

hahahaha

 

[spanky]

u know... after listening to that mp3 again... it kinda reminds me of music from NES games.

 

[MadRat]

I second it for the pink floyd song "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"

 

[Shaka]

Even though I was skeptical that my song is a Pink Floyd song, I nonetheless listened to your suggestion. Nope.

Although, I did remember more of the song as I was reading this thread again. I have produced a new snippet of the chorus (I think it's the chorus). Now, instead of just dum-dum-dum dum-dum-dum, I have an oscillation part before the dum-dum-dum's. The oscillating part is played by a different instrument, either a string (like violin, but probably not guitar) or woodwind (like a flute).

Soundclip2

 

[tonetgs]

lol on the recorded mp3's. seriously, though, it actually sounds like vanessa carlton's "a thousand miles". given the radio station you heard it on and the "simple oscillating melody", that would be my guess.

t

 

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: tonetgs
lol on the recorded mp3's. seriously, though, it actually sounds like vanessa carlton's "a thousand miles". given the radio station you heard it on and the "simple oscillating melody", that would be my guess.

t

i LOVE that song...especially the end where there is no music/beat....just the vocals.

-=bmacd=-