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Help! I can't remember this song!

B.J.

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Okay, for the last couple of days I've had the intro (at least I think it's the intro) of a ska or ska-like song stuck in my head. Unfortunately, I can't remember the rest of it, or even who performed it or the name of the song. I think I remember it from the early 1990s from when I was in college.

I've written down what I remember, and it was only horns (trombone & trumpet, maybe sax), with the drums playing along. I'm not sure if I got the drum part right (surprising since I *play* drums!), but it should be close. The horn part is only relative in pitch, and it could be a bit off since they're playing chords, but this is what I hear in my head. If there were any guitars playing, I don't remember it, but they could be playing an offbeat note.
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As you can see, it's repeated twice, and then you go into the rest of the song, but I'm getting stuck there. My Google-fu and YouTube-fu have failed me. (Did come across many cool ska songs, though!) Can anyone help me identify this?!?? :brickwall:
 
I've got nothin', but these might help jog your memory:

Songtapper identifies songs (sometimes) by tapping them out with your spacebar.

List of ska bands. Check the Third Wave groups down at the bottom (late-80s and 90s) and maybe something will remind you.

A video showing horn segments of 10 ska songs:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUg5zUk-NIE[/yt]

Hope that helps. :)
 
Thanks for trying, guys. I came across that video myself, Locutus, but unfortunately none of those songs are the one I'm thinking of. As for the list of bands, I had no idea there were so many, but I really can't narrow it down any.

Songtapper was.... interesting. It suggested, among other things, Pachelbel's Canon and Body Movin by the Beastie Boys. :wtf: Since I don't have the melody, I'm not sure it could help.
 
Songtapper was.... interesting. It suggested, among other things, Pachelbel's Canon and Body Movin by the Beastie Boys. :wtf: Since I don't have the melody, I'm not sure it could help.
That would make an interesting mash-up. :D
 
^ Heh.

I've listened to (and played) a bit of ska in my time, but I can't make that horn rhythm sound like anything I know.
 
Well, considering this is the only part of the song I really remember, I could be wrong about it being ska. Could be punk, rock, blues, or just about anything. But what I'm hearing in my head certainly sounds more ska than anything.
 
Geez l am not a musical talent in this area if you were able to put the lyrics on voice recording and put it here maybe there might be a chance some one might know it.

If you knew of a member who knew musical notes like we see on the top of the thread they might know abit of this

Good luck with finding this one out.
 
Nope, no lyrics unfortunately. If I knew any of those, I could at least search on that.
 
I typed that lot into my sequencer if it helps at all.

I'm afraid I couldn't make out the notes from your diagram, so I guessed them.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WrbZ4vfVo8[/yt]
 
:lol: Love the picture! Not bad, sounds a bit flat, and except for the first tied notes, the rest are staccato. Tempo's dead on. Thanks for doing that, maybe it will give others a bit better idea of what I'm thinking of.
 
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