That thing you could’ve sworn you existed, remembered existed and how it has now turned into a great wonder of a chase to acquire again after so long. What is that thing for you?

Mine is discovering what music was played during an old internet radio show I still listen to was. The episodes I’m listening to are 21 years old now and for years I wondered what specific tracks were played on that show that I so want copies of. In one of the episodes, the host mentions that the backing music is from Digitally Imported now known as DI.FM.

However, that doesn’t do me any good since newer music is played now on that platform and with no hint or source telling me what tracks were played on that show in show notes or even word of mouth, I’ve no hope in tracking them down. So for so long, I’ve had to listen to this show’s episodes almost religiously, just because of the music that was played.

And my only hope now is tinkering with audio tools so I can figure a way to rip out the parts where the hosts are talking so it is just the music, then go around online asking people who’re more expert on the genre than I am to tell me, then find them and download them.

OQ and OC text by @Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org

  • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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    Anyone watched Dark, the Netflix Germany TV show? I swear the last scene had Lorde’s song as the background. But the last time I rewatched it, the song wasn’t there.

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      That actually happens kinda frequently with some TV shows. For instance, The House MD theme song is famously Teardrop by Massive Attack, but some streaming platforms didn’t get the rights to that song, and they replace it with a very similar song. I was watching House with a friend a while back, on Netflix I believe, and remember thinking “Wait a sec, this isn’t Teardrop”, and sure enough the credits listed a completely different song for the opening.

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        Except that it’s usually documented. I’ve looked all over the internet and I could not find a single trace, I’m starting to doubt my sanity.

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        Honestly, I’m not sure what you’re trying to tell me, as I already know all that. I have seen it to the end after all.

        Anywho, the last time I’ve (re)watched it, it has What A Wonderful World by Soap & Skin, but what I remembered is that it had Perfect Places by Lorde.

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          I assumed that if you could check it, it’d either have the song or not.

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        Nope. In place of What A Wonderful World by Soap & Skin, there was Perfect Places by Lorde, at least in my memory.