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I find stories about lost media intriguing and I am happy that this one got resolved. There is an online subcommunity both on YouTube and Reddit trying to disc

I find stories about lost media intriguing and I am happy that this one got resolved. There is an online subcommunity both on YouTube and Reddit trying to discover a lost song based on a 17 second audio clip found online a couple of years ago. So far, no luck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyone_Knows_That_(Ulterior_Motives) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyone_Knows_That_(Ulterior_... Honorable mention to The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Mysterious_Song_on_the_Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Mysterious_Song_on_th...

the-rc 3y ago
If anyone is into musical mysteries, there's a bunch of Zappa fragments that might be quotes from his or others' works, something that he did all the time: https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/mystery.html https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/mystery.html Every time I hear #4, I think a bit of La donna è mobile, ...
- tomcam 3y ago
  Definitely not. I’ve sung La donna è mobile a zillion times. Also, damn, was his guitar going out of tune or what? Maybe he’s playing one of those 1970s Stratocasters that just wouldn’t behave.
TillE 3y ago
That does sound a lot like Darren Hayes, as Wikipedia suggests. Specifically the lower-pitched singing of "you've got"; it sounds exactly like a signature Savage Garden thing. Every artist has demo tapes with songs they've written but never published, and a lot of obscure stuff got leaked in the heyday of filesharing.
twic 3y ago
More generally, these are instances of Lostwave: https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/
fudged71 3y ago
Is there a subreddit for lost media? Internet Archive reached out to me (personally?) because there was an audio file from the original Minecraft - the sound of a cow. I had made a comment about the sound on Reddit many years ago, so they reached out asking if I still have it on a hard drive somewhere
- crtasm 3y ago
  yes, r/lostmedia

the-rc 3y ago

If anyone is into musical mysteries, there's a bunch of Zappa fragments that might be quotes from his or others' works, something that he did all the time: https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/mystery.html https://www.zappateers.com/fzshows/mystery.html Every time I hear #4, I think a bit of La donna è mobile, ...

tomcam 3y ago
Definitely not. I’ve sung La donna è mobile a zillion times. Also, damn, was his guitar going out of tune or what? Maybe he’s playing one of those 1970s Stratocasters that just wouldn’t behave.

TillE 3y ago

That does sound a lot like Darren Hayes, as Wikipedia suggests. Specifically the lower-pitched singing of "you've got"; it sounds exactly like a signature Savage Garden thing. Every artist has demo tapes with songs they've written but never published, and a lot of obscure stuff got leaked in the heyday of filesharing.

twic 3y ago

More generally, these are instances of Lostwave: https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/

fudged71 3y ago

Is there a subreddit for lost media? Internet Archive reached out to me (personally?) because there was an audio file from the original Minecraft - the sound of a cow. I had made a comment about the sound on Reddit many years ago, so they reached out asking if I still have it on a hard drive somewhere

crtasm 3y ago
yes, r/lostmedia