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Max White

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You know that song?
« on: March 01, 2011, 03:39:58 pm »

Quick quiz.
One day, you find yourself humming a song.
You do not know the name of that song, or any of the lyrics, if it had any at all, but only the tune. Well, not even the full tune, what you suspect to be half the chorus.
You know for sure you heard this song before somewhere, you strongly suspect from an old tv cartoon, or maybe even a video game.
You think nothing of it and let it go, however about a week later you are still humming this same tune, and have been on and off all week.
You conclude that without finding out where this song came from, you will go insane.

What would you do?

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Re: You know that song?
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2011, 03:41:46 pm »

I would make this thread.


Actually, there is a tune that has been getting to me recently, and i have no clue what it's called. I think it has something to do with squirrels, camels, or meerkats.
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Re: You know that song?
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2011, 03:44:31 pm »

I would make this thread.
What you did, it's there, and I see it.

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Re: You know that song?
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2011, 04:43:46 pm »

Let it fade away.
Do you know the awesome feeling, when 2 years later you accidentally stumble upon it?

Just happened to me today.
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Re: You know that song?
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2011, 04:51:21 pm »

Start digging around for potential leads. Even if you don't find the actual song, it's likely you'll find something else to keep you interested and amused.
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Re: You know that song?
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2011, 11:22:34 pm »

Darn it! And here I was hoping for a business of songologists who would turn up at your house on demand, then invest large amounts of time and money into finding any specific song for you, all free of charge.

Why can't life be awesome like that...

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Re: You know that song?
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2011, 11:55:09 pm »

Hum it next to a group of people until you collectively remember the name of the song or go insane. Usually works.
Its easier if you first try to put some lyrics to the sound, then you can google the lyrics.
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« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2011, 10:31:03 am »

If you'd like to find the song, then go with the hum to a group option. If you'd like to forget the song, I recomend repeated forced humming of the Chocobo Theme.
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Re: You know that song?
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2011, 10:37:46 am »

You could try humming it into a mic and uploading it somewhere.
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Re: You know that song?
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2011, 10:46:18 am »

Think of my favourite song whenever the song pops into my head to throw it out again.
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Re: You know that song?
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2011, 01:26:42 pm »

Shazam it.
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« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2011, 08:18:19 pm »

Wasn't there some sort of tune-based audio search engine? I remember hearing some hype about it a while ago, but never got around to looking it up. Supposedly it could recognize melodies.
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Re: You know that song?
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2011, 10:34:16 pm »

Wasn't there some sort of tune-based audio search engine? I remember hearing some hype about it a while ago, but never got around to looking it up. Supposedly it could recognize melodies.
Shazam it.
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