Hi Pandora ...I think it was episode 3 ...but I've managed to find the answer now ...it was Mott the Hoople , doling a version of You Really got Me ...many thanks for your offer of help .
Apologies for the delay in responding to recent replies, but I was banned for making a satirical comment in objection to the inexcusably sad, pathetic and insulting 'Best Boobs on TV' thread, which seems to exist solely for the gratification of immature 1970s throwbacks.
After hours of painful research into Celine, Mariah and Whitney, etc, the closest I've come to finding that song is Unbreak My Heart by Toni Braxton. It isn't the song I've been looking for, but has a similar feel, to the extent that the notes of the chorus could almost be the one I'm looking for played in reverse order. I really don't know where to look now; it received quite a lot of radio play at the time (almost certainly in 1998), yet I can't find it from any chart listings.
Sorry. I'd try to help, but the link doesn't work for me. It's very annoying when you just can't remember a song that's stuck in your head. I did that with a Clubland song a while ago. The beat was in my head, but I didn't know the lyrics. I never found out what song it was.
Just to be sure, it isn't Come What May from Moulin Rouge is it? It was the first thing that came to mind when I played those notes on my guitar. Not that it fits many of your feelings about it.
I feel as though I can vaguely visualise the kind of song you mean, but I can't bring it to mind..
I'm guessing that from 98 as your link doesn't seem to work for me for some reason.
I'm afraid that could hardly be further away from it (excluding death metal, etc). Remember that is sung in almost a free-form fashion, with no fixed rhythm at all.
I can't think why the link doesn't work for you, unless it's possibly because you are using a Mac. I've no idea if it works on a phone as I never use my phone for web browsing. http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/
I think I've established that I must have heard it on the factory radio in 1998 and as I heard it a few times, I think it's fair to assume it was a current release at that time.
I think you can safely dismiss any singer who has anything like a country & western 'twang' to their voice. I can imagine how Whitney Huston could have sung it, but I can't find anything of hers to match. If you can tap your fingers to it, it isn't the song.
I've played the melody and have tried to rack my brain for songs with those exact notes but can't think of anything - even though the notes, in that order, do sound a little familiar.
I've played the melody and have tried to rack my brain for songs with those exact notes but can't think of anything - even though the notes, in that order, do sound a little familiar.
The problem is that although I sequenced the notes, I wasn't able to show the speed they are sung at, along with any slide or wobble. I don't have a microphone and probably couldn't hum it in tune anyway, but I might try to play the notes as they are sung and record it off my sound card as an mp3 file. Perhaps then I can find some way of playing it into one of those song finder websites.
After many botched attempts, I have now hammered it out using my mouse, in what is a vague approximation of what I imagine the song to be (note how I'm leaving plenty of room for error with that statement).
It's very difficult to do on that virtual keyboard with my mouse, as it kept triggering off unwanted double notes. It's not exactly perfect, but I think it would have taken me all night to achieve anything better than that.
After many botched attempts, I have now hammered it out using my mouse, in what is a vague approximation of what I imagine the song to be (note how I'm leaving plenty of room for error with that statement).
It's very difficult to do on that virtual keyboard with my mouse, as it kept triggering off unwanted double notes. It's not exactly perfect, but I think it would have taken me all night to achieve anything better than that.
Kate Winslet - What if
Martine mcutcheon - perfect moment
Mariah Carey My All
Sorry you're sample didn't sound familiar to me so stabs in the dark there
Shops where I am play some power ballads I've never heard any where else - one is about a secret lover and another is a break up song containing lyrics "it could be so easy" it's not anything like them is it?
It couldn't possibly be Alanis Morissette or Kate Winslet and The Cranberries would be a dead giveaway. Perhaps somebody on WatZat Song will come up with a suggestion, although most of the people on there are posting electro tracks. I'm glad I didn't go down the humming route after hearing some of the attempts on there.
It couldn't possibly be Alanis Morissette or Kate Winslet and The Cranberries would be a dead giveaway. Perhaps somebody on WatZat Song will come up with a suggestion, although most of the people on there are posting electro tracks. I'm glad I didn't go down the humming route after hearing some of the attempts on there.
I was thinking an acoustic version. I think I'm more involved in this than you are!
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Hi Pandora ...I think it was episode 3 ...but I've managed to find the answer now ...it was Mott the Hoople , doling a version of You Really got Me ...many thanks for your offer of help .
After hours of painful research into Celine, Mariah and Whitney, etc, the closest I've come to finding that song is Unbreak My Heart by Toni Braxton. It isn't the song I've been looking for, but has a similar feel, to the extent that the notes of the chorus could almost be the one I'm looking for played in reverse order. I really don't know where to look now; it received quite a lot of radio play at the time (almost certainly in 1998), yet I can't find it from any chart listings.
I feel as though I can vaguely visualise the kind of song you mean, but I can't bring it to mind..
Looking for Love, Karen Ramirez?
I'm guessing that from 98 as your link doesn't seem to work for me for some reason.
I can't think why the link doesn't work for you, unless it's possibly because you are using a Mac. I've no idea if it works on a phone as I never use my phone for web browsing.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/
Britney Spears Sometimes
Rhianna Unfaithful
Sorry, just read you said definitely 1998
Please be right!
I think you can safely dismiss any singer who has anything like a country & western 'twang' to their voice. I can imagine how Whitney Huston could have sung it, but I can't find anything of hers to match. If you can tap your fingers to it, it isn't the song.
Other suggestions from that era that Youtube throws up: Natalie Imbruglia, Texas, Sixpence None The Richer.
Thoughts that come to my mind at the time are Des'ree or Lutricia McNeil.
Just some other suggestions;
Dina Carroll - Don't Be A Stranger
Wendy Moten - Come in Out of the Rain
Anita Baker - Sweet Love
Lisa Stansfield?
Alanis Morissette?
The Cranberries?
Think you hit the jackpot with Lutricia McNeal.
Some more, probably wide of the mark but at least we can eliminate them:
Billie Myers - Kiss The Rain
Katrina & The Waves - Love Shine A Light
Tina Arena - Chains, Sorrento Moon or Heaven Help My Heart
Tina Arena also did a cover of Show Me Heaven by Maria McKee.
Madonna - Frozen or The Power of Goodbye
East 17 + Gabrielle - If You Ever
Eternal - Don't You Love Me or Angel of Mine
Honeyz - Finally Found
Dina Carrol - Escaping
I've played the melody and have tried to rack my brain for songs with those exact notes but can't think of anything - even though the notes, in that order, do sound a little familiar.
The problem is that although I sequenced the notes, I wasn't able to show the speed they are sung at, along with any slide or wobble. I don't have a microphone and probably couldn't hum it in tune anyway, but I might try to play the notes as they are sung and record it off my sound card as an mp3 file. Perhaps then I can find some way of playing it into one of those song finder websites.
It's very difficult to do on that virtual keyboard with my mouse, as it kept triggering off unwanted double notes. It's not exactly perfect, but I think it would have taken me all night to achieve anything better than that.
Here it is: http://www.watzatsong.com/en I titled it Mystery Song.
I'm now scared to death that when the song is eventually revealed, all my previous hints will be proved to be totally misleading.
Still sound familiar. Can't name it though, sorry. By the way, the title didn't show up, but your username did.
Martine mcutcheon - perfect moment
Mariah Carey My All
Sorry you're sample didn't sound familiar to me so stabs in the dark there
Shops where I am play some power ballads I've never heard any where else - one is about a secret lover and another is a break up song containing lyrics "it could be so easy" it's not anything like them is it?