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Subject: Easily a 1 minute question: Identify this song.
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music
Asked by: almix12-ga
List Price: $5.50
Posted: 13 Jun 2006 20:30 PDT
Expires: 13 Jul 2006 20:30 PDT
Question ID: 737969
I heard a song in 'Steamers Pub' Victoria B.C. Canada a few weeks ago
when I was playing there that I hadn't heard for a very long time and
I really liked it having remembered how good it was. I'm not sure who
it was by or what it was called but it sure was good. It was in 4/4
timing, female vocals in the main chorus part, vocals had been
filtered or some effect electronically to give it a electronic sound
to the vocals, it sounded quite spare, for a genre I would say 'trip
hop' or ambient pop. there were some drums in the background for, from
what I can remember, the whole thing.

In the main chorus, I'm almost positive the word 'sun' occurs. The
syllables go as follows 'and when the sunnnn, says to meeeee' (sun is
the only word i'm sure of but those could work) the sunnnn and meeee
meaning the notes are prolonged and change/could change during those
words. The vocalist sounds like that of the band 'portishead' or
'Morcheeba' but I'm pretty sure its not them.

I tried to record the melody of the vocals go (the part I described
above with the 'and when the sunnnn, says to meeee') and uploaded it
to internet at this link
http://members.shaw.ca/almix12/sun%20vocal%20melody.wma
Please excuse the bad keyboard and recording skills hehe.

Thats not a very accurate representation but you can probably get the
idea. the song may not be in that key (in fact probably isn't so its
probably that transposed somewhere) and does not sound as happy as
that. The vocals sounded even a bit wavy. It was quite a slow song (
well the vocals were anyway) with the drums approximately (could be
wrong on this) 75 (seventy five) beats per minute.

Im not sure of the other instruments but I'm pretty sure there were
some more... possibly synth and guitar... it happened to be a very
noisy atmosphere when I heard it but tried to pick out as much as I
could.

Many many thanks,
Alex
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Subject: Re: Easily a 1 minute question: Identify this song.
From: probonopublico-ga on 13 Jun 2006 21:33 PDT
 
Alex

The song is 'Que Sera Que Sera' and it was recorded by Doris Day.

Enjoy!
Subject: Re: Easily a 1 minute question: Identify this song.
From: jack_of_few_trades-ga on 14 Jun 2006 04:49 PDT
 
1 minute huh... took me longer to read the question than 1 minute :)
Subject: Re: Easily a 1 minute question: Identify this song.
From: ponder852-ga on 14 Jun 2006 10:48 PDT
 
Alex
Is probonopublico's answer satisfactory or should we keep looking?
"Que Sera, Sera" is Doris Day's signature tune.
The lyrics to the song are at http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1956/211956.html
Frankly I can't hear that song in your recording and the lyrics don't
match your recollection.
Subject: Re: Easily a 1 minute question: Identify this song.
From: aussietpp-ga on 16 Jun 2006 15:54 PDT
 
Ring up "Steamers Pub" and ask them what music that had playing that
night. If you describe it to someone who works there they may remember
it.
Subject: Re: Easily a 1 minute question: Identify this song.
From: almix12-ga on 16 Jun 2006 22:30 PDT
 
Hi there, unfortunately it was not the Doris Day tune, I think it was
recorded much more recently as it was more electronic sounding.
Thanks,
Alex
Subject: Re: Easily a 1 minute question: Identify this song.
From: aussietpp-ga on 17 Jun 2006 06:57 PDT
 
These are the lyrics for PJ Harvey's song: This Mess We're In.
http://www.pjharvey.net/

Can you hear them?
The helicopters?
I'm in New York
No need for words now
We sit in silence
You look me
In the eye directly
You met me
I think it's Wednesday
The evening
The mess we're in and
The city sun sets over me

Night and day
I dream of
Making-love
To you now baby
Love-making
On-screen
Impossible dream
And I have seen
The sunrise
Over the river
The freeway
Reminding
Of this mess we're in and
The city sun sets over me

What were you wanting?
I just want to say
Don't ever change now baby
And thank you
I don't think we will meet again
And you must leave now
Before the sunrise
Above skyscrapers
The sin and
This mess we're in and
The city sun sets over me

When you said it was sounded like Portishead, PJ harvey came to mind.
Just a guess. I have no idea what this song sounds like, but is has
the words "sun" and "me" at the end of each verse.
Subject: Re: Easily a 1 minute question: Identify this song.
From: almix12-ga on 18 Jun 2006 02:31 PDT
 
Thanks but that wasn't the song :(, thank's a lot for trying. That was
a male singer, this was definitely a female.
Thanks again,
Alex
Subject: Re: Easily a 1 minute question: Identify this song.
From: aussietpp-ga on 18 Jun 2006 09:59 PDT
 
Sorry, when I looked through PJ Harvey's music I assumed she did all the singing.
Subject: Re: Easily a 1 minute question: Identify this song.
From: jr8ace-ga on 19 Jun 2006 16:04 PDT
 
From the melody provided sounds as though it may be a 'trip-hop' cover
version of a velvet underground song called 'who loves the sun'.
Subject: Re: Easily a 1 minute question: Identify this song.
From: almix12-ga on 21 Jun 2006 20:52 PDT
 
Thanks for the input but I can't seem to find any covers of that song,
except one by 'Teenage Fanclub' which I doubt it is by.  Also I can't
really find the melody in that song resembling that of the one I'm
looking for, although the 'Sun' in the title sounds promising, do you
know who a cover may be by?
Any more ideas would be great!
Thanks,
Alex

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