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Need help finding song, but barely know the lyrics.

Gnome-InterruptusGnome-Interruptus Registered User regular
edited July 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
So yeah, I have this one refrain from a song stuck in my head, but I dont know the song name, or the artist, and I'm starting to doubt if I even know the correct lyrics.

This exact same thing happened with me regarding "Down" by 311, and it took me a year to catch it on the radio again.

Anyways, the song itself seems reminiscent of Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkle.. but much darker.

And the refrain thats stuck in my head has the lyrics about dark spots / black spots / black holes on the sun....

Hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about and I'm not just imagining songs.

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  • W2W2 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiSkyEyBczU

    Is obviously the first thing that came to mind based on your description.

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  • Gnome-InterruptusGnome-Interruptus Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yeah, that I would have recognized immediately.. the one I'm thinking of has a stronger guitar overlay, and is accoustic.

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
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  • Gnome-InterruptusGnome-Interruptus Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Trust me, its not Black Hole Sun.

    The main refrain is close, talking about black something ON the sun.

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  • rfaliasrfalias Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    So wait, could it be Black Hole Sun from soundgarden?!?!?!

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
    What about a cover of Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden?

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  • Gnome-InterruptusGnome-Interruptus Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yep, just double checked both the Dave Copland and Incubus covers of the Black Hole Sun song, and its definately not them. Even checked Paul Anka and Peter Frampton... de nada.

    Every single cover keeps the same rythm pattern and the lyrics are identical or close to, and the one I'm thinking of is very different.

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  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
    Could it be either Under a Billion Suns or Blindspots both by Mudhoney?

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
    There's some band called Dead Can Dance with a song called Black Sun on Youtube. I wouldn't say their original version sounds much like Simon & Garfunkle, but there is an acoustic cover by some Swedish dude or something that sounds somewhat similar. But his vocals are terrible and the original is like death techno or something. It's all pretty horrible and I hope it's not the answer.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Usually what I do is perform a search in google:

    Simply put ("enter the lyrics here" lyrics) without the brackets for your search criteria.

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  • EskimoDaveEskimoDave Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    black hole by aqualung?

    edit - oh. King of Pain by The Police?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhLvkH4RQeI

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  • TheGreat2ndTheGreat2nd Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Maybe you could hum what you remember into a mic? Could maybe trigger some memories.

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  • SkittlebrauSkittlebrau Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    EskimoDave wrote: »
    black hole by aqualung?

    edit - oh. King of Pain by The Police?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhLvkH4RQeI

    I was thinking King of Pain, as well.

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  • Gnome-InterruptusGnome-Interruptus Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I think I remember where I heard it, its the song at the end of an episode of Season 2 The Unit, where Mac and Crystal (Summer Glau) sleep together.

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  • Gnome-InterruptusGnome-Interruptus Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Shit, sorry guys, looks like it was "Black Holes in the SAND" by Gravenhurst

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWhQKAbzVuc

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