The vaguest "what is this song" thread ever...
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The vaguest "what is this song" thread ever...
I've almost started then deleted this thread several times, but it's driving me crazy, and I give up. Here's a desperate Hail Mary.
I was in the gym the other day, and over the gym's radio station, I heard a song I really like. The only way I can describe it was that it was "Peter Gabriel-esque", but it was NOT Peter Gabriel.
What I know:
1. It sounds musically like a Peter Gabriel song.
2. It's fairly recent, not from the 90's or 80's. I'd guess it's from within the last 3 years.
3. This gym's radio only plays songs that were singles or popular to some extent, so it had to have decent radio time at some point.
4. The vocals were male.
Help me, Obi Wan. You're my only hope.
I was in the gym the other day, and over the gym's radio station, I heard a song I really like. The only way I can describe it was that it was "Peter Gabriel-esque", but it was NOT Peter Gabriel.
What I know:
1. It sounds musically like a Peter Gabriel song.
2. It's fairly recent, not from the 90's or 80's. I'd guess it's from within the last 3 years.
3. This gym's radio only plays songs that were singles or popular to some extent, so it had to have decent radio time at some point.
4. The vocals were male.
Help me, Obi Wan. You're my only hope.
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Re: The vaguest "what is this song" thread ever...
Was it intense? I'm pretty sure this is it:
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Wow, good luck with this one!
Do you not even remember any lyrics from the song? If not, do you have the notes in your head or something? I'd advise you uploading an MP3 of yourself singing the "duh duh duhhhhhs", so we can all have a good laugh.
Do you not even remember any lyrics from the song? If not, do you have the notes in your head or something? I'd advise you uploading an MP3 of yourself singing the "duh duh duhhhhhs", so we can all have a good laugh.
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Re: The vaguest "what is this song" thread ever...
at Ky-Fi.
Nope, that's all I've got. Hey, I know it's a long shot. I actually broke my toe later in the workout, or I'd be back up there trying to hear it again.
Nope, that's all I've got. Hey, I know it's a long shot. I actually broke my toe later in the workout, or I'd be back up there trying to hear it again.
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Could it be a Vampire Weekend song?
They kind of dabble in the same pseudo afro pop that Gabriel once experimented with. Not sure their singer sounds like him though.
They kind of dabble in the same pseudo afro pop that Gabriel once experimented with. Not sure their singer sounds like him though.
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Re: The vaguest "what is this song" thread ever...
Yeah. Possibly this one?
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It even mentions Peter Gabriel in the lyrics.
Or else, Peter Gabriel released a cover album this year, could it be him doing someone else's song?
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It even mentions Peter Gabriel in the lyrics.
Or else, Peter Gabriel released a cover album this year, could it be him doing someone else's song?
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Hmm, nope, that's definitely not it. That Vampire Weekend is a little more Paul Simon-esque than what I think of as Peter Gabriel. I'm thinking of Solsbury Hill-style Peter Gabriel.
Ah well, guys. Thanks anyway. I figured it was a long shot. If I could remember the lyrics or the melody, this would be infinitely easier.
Ah well, guys. Thanks anyway. I figured it was a long shot. If I could remember the lyrics or the melody, this would be infinitely easier.
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Re: The vaguest "what is this song" thread ever...
Hmm, nope, that's definitely not it. That Vampire Weekend is a little more Paul Simon-esque than what I think of as Peter Gabriel. I'm thinking of Solsbury Hill-style Peter Gabriel.
Ah well, guys. Thanks anyway. I figured it was a long shot. If I could remember the lyrics or the melody, this would be infinitely easier.
Ah well, guys. Thanks anyway. I figured it was a long shot. If I could remember the lyrics or the melody, this would be infinitely easier.
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I always thought it had a Peter Gabriel-esque sound to it, and it's something from the last few years that was a hit and would still be getting radio play.
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Re: The vaguest "what is this song" thread ever...
Was it someone else covering a Peter Gabriel song?
I'll Scratch Yours is a concept album developed by Peter Gabriel, giving artists whom he covered on his 2010 album Scratch My Back a medium to release covers of Gabriel's songs, which was part of the original intent of the Scratch My Back idea.
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"I'll Scratch Yours" never materialized
Artists refuse to scratch Peter Gabriel's back
Peter Gabriel's 'song swap' project, Scratch My Back ... I'll Scratch Yours, has not materialised as planned, with artists either missing deadlines or refusing to participate
Artists refuse to scratch Peter Gabriel's back
Peter Gabriel's 'song swap' project, Scratch My Back ... I'll Scratch Yours, has not materialised as planned, with artists either missing deadlines or refusing to participate
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Re: The vaguest "what is this song" thread ever...
'Lisztomania' by Phoenix?
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Re: The vaguest "what is this song" thread ever...
I've almost started then deleted this thread several times, but it's driving me crazy, and I give up. Here's a desperate Hail Mary.
I was in the gym the other day, and over the gym's radio station, I heard a song I really like. The only way I can describe it was that it was "Peter Gabriel-esque", but it was NOT Peter Gabriel.
<snip>
Help me, Obi Wan. You're my only hope.
I was in the gym the other day, and over the gym's radio station, I heard a song I really like. The only way I can describe it was that it was "Peter Gabriel-esque", but it was NOT Peter Gabriel.
<snip>
Help me, Obi Wan. You're my only hope.