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Re: Music Question
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Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:40:34 GMT
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Hey Hendo!
Actually, I have this problem all the freaking time. I hear a fragement of
something and I have to find it.
Try typing the lyrics into a search engine, like Google. Use quote marks at
the beginning and end to make it search for that exact phrasing. Often, if
there's something particular about a line, use that one. The more generic
the lyric, the more hits you're going to get. (I don't know if this is what
you've already done).
If you heard it on the radio, try going to the station's website. Sometimes
they have a place you can ask a question, or tell you what's been playing
the last few hours or so.
If it's a commerical, there's a website that I have bookmarked at home that
lists music found in commericals. That's how I found Telepopmusik from that
Mitsubishi commercial. I'll post the site later if I remember.
You could post the lyrics here and see if anyone recognizes them. (I'm
curious now).
And that was completely helpless, wasn't it? Dang.
-Evil Wayne
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John P. Henderson writes:
> I know this is completely off-topic for Lugnet, but then again, I am posting
> it in an off-topic group, so I'm hoping it's okay. I am posting here,
> because you are a community I trust, and because I am not so great at
> searching the internet as some of you, so I thought maybe I could get an
> answer here.
>
> I have this habit of buying music on CD. I know this seems old fashioned to
> some of you who might do the MP3-off-the-internet thing. But I like having
> liner notes about the artists, and heck I even have all my old cassettes and
> CDs from before there really was an internet, so I'm not about to abandon
> them now. Not to mention I have a slow connection and an aging computer.
>
> Typically, I will hear a new song on the radio or maybe at a club, and then
> if I like it enough, I will look into buying the CD. However, lately, I
> have been finding that more and more often, the DJs do not announce the
> artist or song titles. So I have a list of songs in my head, or more
> accurately a random mix of odd lyrics, that when I hear them I go, "Oooh,
> Oooh, this is that song I like, what is it?" and whoever is near me doesn't
> know.
>
> So my question is this: Does anyone know of any source on the internet
> where I might learn the title and artist of a song if all I have are a
> couple of brief and possibly inaccurate lyrics to search for?
>
> I have tried Amazon, CDNow, and the popular search engines, but they just
> turn up a million possibilities that are usually in the wrong genre.
>
> Any thoughts to help an old man out?
>
> -Hendo
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