Posted April 04, 2018
A while ago I found myself thinking about an old song, wondering what its title was, and how I could find it out... then it dawned on me that GOG forum could be the right place to ask, granted that I could somehow offer at least a glimpse of it for listening. I decided to use a free notation software and try to come up with something at least vaguely resembling that song; other songs followed. So, here are my poor recreations of a few songs of old, whose titles I don't remember or have never known in the first place, along with extra bits of information that could be useful to identify them, or so I hope at least. Of course, the sounds are nowhere near the original ones and many details are certainly sketchy or just plain wrong, since I had to work from memory and through the limitations of the software and of my own musical ability. Take them for what they are.
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQoDitGKX8
This sounds like a piece of 80's synth pop. A sax solo floating above some kind of electronic accompaniment.
(EDIT-- found: "The Gold Bug" by The Alan Parsons Project)
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNBwrc8sf8w
I remember this song airing on music television in the early 90's. A dreamy guitar line in a relaxed, hazy atmosphere (lots of reverb, all quiet and slow, almost no tempo). Sadly, I don't remember much about the videoclip: a male singer with long hair (now that's helpful!), maybe – maybe – images of a beach and the sea, boys and girls... but maybe I say this only because it was in rotation during summer (please note: it's not Pearl Jam's “Oceans”. It's not “Wicked Game” either: there's something I definitely remember from that video...)
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TcSp8BqW_E
This won't be easy. I remember listening to this song years ago in a bookshop (at some point in time between 2004 and 2011, its opening and closing years) and being immediately impressed (alas, I had no recourse to Shazam or similar apps back then...). It definitely smacked of 70's American hard rock, to my ears at least, but I couldn't tell if it was a genuinely old song or a modern band striving for a vintage sound. A driving, powerful song with heavy guitars and pounding percussion, but alas, the only thing I remember is a series of undulating power chords that showed up here and there during the song. Not much, I know.
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWcAIJinGWE
This song was used as the theme for “Indies”, a program about alternative rock running on the Italian TV channel “Videomusic” during the early 90's. This could be enough for an Italian GOGer that's old and knowledgeable enough, but could give a clue to everybody. A surreal, laid back piece, mid-tempo, with an exotic, Eastern flavour to it and a hint of psychedelia. The percussion part is entirely my own, I just wanted to convey the idea of an active percussive background, which I seem to recall.
(EDIT-- found: "Straight to Hell" by The Clash)
5) I don't remember much about the music - it was an electro-pop heavy on synths and effects, but without a memorable "hook". The video was in CGI and featured, I seem to recall, a race among starships driven by black pilots with big "afro" hairdos, dressed in garish suits of different colours, with star-shaped decorations, big strange sunglasses etc. Lots of fluo tones and neon lighting. I know it sounds weird... this was in the early 2000s I think .
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQoDitGKX8
This sounds like a piece of 80's synth pop. A sax solo floating above some kind of electronic accompaniment.
(EDIT-- found: "The Gold Bug" by The Alan Parsons Project)
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNBwrc8sf8w
I remember this song airing on music television in the early 90's. A dreamy guitar line in a relaxed, hazy atmosphere (lots of reverb, all quiet and slow, almost no tempo). Sadly, I don't remember much about the videoclip: a male singer with long hair (now that's helpful!), maybe – maybe – images of a beach and the sea, boys and girls... but maybe I say this only because it was in rotation during summer (please note: it's not Pearl Jam's “Oceans”. It's not “Wicked Game” either: there's something I definitely remember from that video...)
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TcSp8BqW_E
This won't be easy. I remember listening to this song years ago in a bookshop (at some point in time between 2004 and 2011, its opening and closing years) and being immediately impressed (alas, I had no recourse to Shazam or similar apps back then...). It definitely smacked of 70's American hard rock, to my ears at least, but I couldn't tell if it was a genuinely old song or a modern band striving for a vintage sound. A driving, powerful song with heavy guitars and pounding percussion, but alas, the only thing I remember is a series of undulating power chords that showed up here and there during the song. Not much, I know.
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWcAIJinGWE
This song was used as the theme for “Indies”, a program about alternative rock running on the Italian TV channel “Videomusic” during the early 90's. This could be enough for an Italian GOGer that's old and knowledgeable enough, but could give a clue to everybody. A surreal, laid back piece, mid-tempo, with an exotic, Eastern flavour to it and a hint of psychedelia. The percussion part is entirely my own, I just wanted to convey the idea of an active percussive background, which I seem to recall.
(EDIT-- found: "Straight to Hell" by The Clash)
5) I don't remember much about the music - it was an electro-pop heavy on synths and effects, but without a memorable "hook". The video was in CGI and featured, I seem to recall, a race among starships driven by black pilots with big "afro" hairdos, dressed in garish suits of different colours, with star-shaped decorations, big strange sunglasses etc. Lots of fluo tones and neon lighting. I know it sounds weird... this was in the early 2000s I think .
Post edited June 30, 2020 by cose_vecchie
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