Leave a comment if any of you are interested in me releasing the synthesizer/drum machine version of "Like The Wind" I recorded to use as backing track, I'll post it up on my 2nd channel. Comment below if you're interested. EDIT: Ok after WAYYYY too many months here it is guys, feel free to use this royalty free in your videos just drop a link in the credits: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYKAs7CSla-WpLQ.html

@dappidy3763

Жыл бұрын

yes plz

@NAETEMUSIC

Жыл бұрын

@@dappidy3763 Aight I got one affirmative yes so I'm def gonna upload tonight for sure!

@johnrunion5357

Жыл бұрын

sounds like an artist from germany called BLACK who had minor success with everything is coming up roses and it's a wonderful life.

@dappidy3763

Жыл бұрын

also TY for mentioning Kino! I grew up listening to their band + the songs were very indicative of the history back then.

@dappidy3763

Жыл бұрын

@@johnrunion5357 let's ask him then

Somewhere in Germany there are a bunch of sixty year old men with ordinary jobs having no idea that thousands of people on the Internet discuss this song they recorded in their youth. They had a name for their pop group and they named the song, but if they were to google those names they won't find our discussions. I agree that it most likely was an East German band trying to sound like a British or American pop group.

@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush

11 ай бұрын

PRETTY MUCH

@dcallaway1

11 ай бұрын

Kind of poetic if you think about it

@IsuiGtz

11 ай бұрын

Literally, exactly my thoughts.

@jensbaranek8322

11 ай бұрын

As a German I agree to this assumption. The accent sounds to me typical german, as well as the diction and the syntax. Someone tried to translate German more or less literally to English. Therefore it is possible to translate this kind of English back to German and makes sense then, but I doubt this song text makes much sense to the native english speaker. I even assume an east german band: Keep in mind, that English, the language of the class enemy, was not much taught in the former eastern block. The radio station NDR is a public radio station, and the middle 80s was a weird time with a lot of experimantal chances.

@thorstenwieszniewski6875

11 ай бұрын

Yes: Hartwig Schierbaum, Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens. But they are around 65 now.

There must be countless songs that just disappeared into history, kind of sad.

@arthurchadwell9267

Жыл бұрын

As an old actor, I can tell you that Artists create the best work they can in an effort to defy time. You put all you can into your work, hoping you will be remembered. Sculptors chisel stone, hoping it's not burned or crushed in an earthquake. Painters brush scenes of beauty, hoping it doesn't burn or rot or get left in a basement until artist and subject are forgotten. Singers and actors put all they can into a performance, only to have it vanish as soon as they finish- unless it's recorded. Even then, the recording must last and be remembered. Otherwise it vanishes, as Roy says at the climax of Blade Runner "...all those moments lost... like tears in rain..."

@bogusjuan4998

Жыл бұрын

Most all the original TV shows are gone to history due to being taped over

@DrEnzyme

Жыл бұрын

There's a really good podcast episode from "Reply All" called "The Case of the Missing Hit" that follows a similar piece of lost music. Worth a listen if you've got a spare hour.

@baldmf6940

Жыл бұрын

Yeah ugga chagga song of my ancestors was fire

@AndrewJ9673

Жыл бұрын

Almost all music before the early modern period is likely lost forever. Ancient societies definitely had music but we will never know of the songs themselves. I like to imagine Nero was banging on his fiddle when Rome burned.

Why are these unknown songs always sooo good

@cartridgetiltersofficial9311

9 ай бұрын

because they aren't main stream.

@alastairward2774

9 ай бұрын

Who wants to find out more about songs that aren't catchy?

@frozi7711

7 ай бұрын

​@@alastairward2774*raises hand* alot of non catchy songs have really cool meanings just from what I've heard and experienced

@yadusolparterre

5 ай бұрын

Because nobody looks for the bad ones. Survivor bias.

@user-du6re3rm9z

2 ай бұрын

Not the replies taking the comment literal

As a Russian born in the late 80's, and having grown up on Kino, DDT, etc. - I find your knowledge on this truly refreshing. It has the same light, yet moody style of Depeche Mode / Kino. What an unexpected treat!

@emilmarynowski9967

6 ай бұрын

Statues in motion,,Like a wind,, 1982/83

@MrAeral

3 ай бұрын

True. I'm russian too.

@TheAidanodian

2 ай бұрын

Цой жив

@ANNA_SNAP

Ай бұрын

yes i instantly thought kino, its sooo similar...

@Midnight-ACE

28 күн бұрын

Kino fan❤, respect

Its not just the most mysterious song its also the most copyright free song

@NAETEMUSIC

Жыл бұрын

True, but believe it or not the backing track that I CREATED OUT OF WHOLECLOTH on my own because the original Like the Wind clashed with my script reading, some unscrupulous $#@% tried COPYRIGHT CLAIM ME. Everything WAYYY bigger KZreadr's than me say about KZread's copyright system being messed up are right. Anyway, enjoy this version of Like The Wind I made if you so desire: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYKAs7CSla-WpLQ.html

@wheedler

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, whenever people say they don't know who owns the rights to something, I just think the easiest way is to use it and see who can prove they own it.

@MariaIsabellaZNN

Жыл бұрын

Aah thank you for making that, I like it a lot better.

@B_Skizzle

Жыл бұрын

@@wheedler That's a neat idea, but I don’t think it'd work. See, when it comes to copyright strikes, the burden of proof isn’t on the claimant. Instead of making any real effort to verify incoming claims, KZread would rather play it safe and believe them by default. That is to say, any old rando could claim the song and we'd have no way of knowing if it was legitimate. Isn’t the DMCA just _great?_

@NAETEMUSIC

Жыл бұрын

@@B_Skizzle Literally. Unless claimant (who I will anonymize for now), who claimed the song can show me, actually, the guy who Like the Wind is alive and this mystery is solved! Then I will fight for the right ownership of MY WORK (unbelievable when you think about it) I think they thought they could be crafty and claim any song with that title in as the claim came in INSTANTLY. Unlucky for them I am certified insane and will fight it to the end.

Here from a Doom custom map, of all places. I hope that we find who played this song so that they can get their rightful place in music history

@Rockastorm

Жыл бұрын

Same

@someoneunusual7186

Жыл бұрын

This song fits perfectly in there tbh, all the mystery behind the mod itself + the song is perfect

@Crinlask

Жыл бұрын

happiness must be fought for, but I want pop

@jypsyjewels2854

Жыл бұрын

same

@little_ghostie

Жыл бұрын

same

My best guess is that it was an East German band, but not a mainstream band. Perhaps it was a university band who sent a demo to a West German radio station, and the DJ liked it enough to play it on air. If this is the case, the band members would likely be around 60 years old now, and probably oblivious to the fact their song they barely remember making in the 80s is attracting attention of the internet.

Something similar happened on Reddit. A Canadian redditor was looking for the name and artist of a song they had recorded on cassette. The song was Johan Lindell's "On The Roof". The post got so popular that the artist re released the song.

@brettcooper3893

10 ай бұрын

Is that the same song James Taylor covered?

@kronos6948

10 ай бұрын

@@brettcooper3893 No, it's a totally different song. You can search KZread for Johan Lindell On the Roof and hear it's a different song.

@hellskitchen10036

8 ай бұрын

Just listen to Donovan's "Catch the Wind" if you want good music!

As a Russian I can confirm that accent sounds a bit Russian/Slavic, but nothing beyond that. Plus I'm pretty certain all the lyrics are in English, and not in Runglish or whatever. Edit: to clarify, the Slavic hint is pretty small. I'm just not that familiar with other accents. As many have pointed out in the replies, this accent is more likely German.

@-Ryan_Gasoline-

Жыл бұрын

Я тоже это слышу, это точно английский

@shaynecarter-murray3127

Жыл бұрын

Yea as someone who only knows English fluently, and has a tiny bit of German knowledge, i can understand pretty much everything that isnt mumbled. It just sounds like some garage band sent a tape in to a DJ, the DJ played it, noone really thought much about it, and it got "lost"

@elrrosengarten6717

Жыл бұрын

Я филолог, занимаюсь углублённо языком, диалектологией, и пр. Здесь точно не восточнославянский акцент, да и не южнославянский. Вообще нет ничего общего в звукоизвлечении. Да, поющий явно поёт с акцентом, но это ближе куда-то к немцам, мб голландцам. Край - чехи, поляки, но это тоже вряд ли.

@icemonkefordwick572

Жыл бұрын

I can hear English not the mix of german english and russian that he talked about

@user-vm2wi8no1s

Жыл бұрын

Yes the accent may sound a bit like Slavic, but as a Serb I can say it's definitely not Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Macedonian or Bulgarian.

I believe that we will never know who truly made this song. I think that it’s likely that everyone involved / band member either doesn’t remember or is dead unfortunately

@arthurchadwell9267

Жыл бұрын

Maybe dead. No artist forgets his work. I used to be an actor and I remember whole pages of dialog from shows I did in 1983/84. You don't forget something like that.

@_Content-Deleted_

Жыл бұрын

@@arthurchadwell9267maybe for you it’s more memorable since it’s a temporary thing

@jedihunter176

Жыл бұрын

Dead? Come on, man, it wasn't that long ago. 80's was just 20 years ago, right? Right?

@YGNX

Жыл бұрын

@@jedihunter176 >*Forty Years Ago* Ouch.

@FatherMcKenzie66

Жыл бұрын

cmon don't be so pessimistic, maybe they're just not much in the internet

I showed this song to my father who grew up in germany very close to the austrian border and he pointed out that the singer could have an austrian accent

WOW .. the song fits it’s name.. “Like The Wind” not only in it’s appearance on air, but it’s lyrics and mysterious style. I think it would’ve been a great hit if it didn’t just blow in and out, haunting the airwaves “Like The Wind”, as it’s fateful destiny.

@whoareyou4565

10 ай бұрын

These are the lyrics my friend! I thought I heard them, but wasn’t 💯, so I searched and found this lyric video…just thought you’d like to hear the words too..great song! There should be a revival to this recording..maybe a more resounding remaster?.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d2Z1sM-HfZjXoM4.html

@resqfreedom9308

7 ай бұрын

Like the wind or blind the wind!? It says both! Now a new KZread conspiracy to go down the rabbit hole with 😂😂

@sayckeone

7 ай бұрын

It's Ride the Wind.

I like how the sound of analogue media has become inherently scary, described as haunting tape hisses and crackles. I grew up with them and nothing about them sounds creepy to me at all, but analogue horror is so popular now.

@rabbitraisin

11 ай бұрын

Analogue media is beautiful. I remember the first time I heard black planet by sisters of mercy. It was like hearing something from another world. I was hooked to old 80s and analogue recordings ever since.

@leeguidry9850

11 ай бұрын

Fareal. I taped so many songs from nightly countdowns and dedication songs.... such a simple time.... I guess we always bootlegged music. Wasn’t just file sharing sites

@steverogers8163

11 ай бұрын

the "analog" sound is being equated with old now. Old things are generally scarier than new things. This isn't even a new technique either. They were using old tape to tape reel to accomplish the same thing back in the 80s. The classic bit being running the tape all the way out so you get that flap, flap, flap noise after the tape reveals some important info. Though the digital age definitely adds a new element to it. Modern music/sound is so massively over produced there are essentially no audible errors in it anymore. So when there is an erroneous noise its very noticeable.

@tlrlml

11 ай бұрын

Shhhhh! The children like their fear of things past... don't remind them people were just fine with those things at the time.

@johnnybrowning8663

11 ай бұрын

I get the same sense when I hear audio from a phonograph.

There were countless of indie bands in ex soviet block countries so there are dozens of similar songs from bands that no longer exist as people grew up, change career, moved on or just died. My pal worked in indie label /record studio in 80s/early 90s and have tons of demo cassettes from noname bands and most of them are real bangers.

@Soniabegonia77

10 ай бұрын

It almost sounds like the singer of Rammstein

@douglastriplett1083

10 ай бұрын

You should get him to post some of that!

@Jasonradiation999

10 ай бұрын

Yes that is true..... but, someone gave a enough heart to make it...... someone knows who this is!

@neothurmic3780

10 ай бұрын

I remember hearing that most punk bands in Germany broke up when the wall came down, seeing it as a sort of 'mission complete' so a lot of bands disappeared literally overnight

@milascave2

10 ай бұрын

@@neothurmic3780 Hm. I read that East German punks DID NOT see the wall coming down, and the rampant Capitalism and appropriation of the East. German territory. As Mission Accomplished. They created alternative spaces, but then rioted when those spaces were sold, and they were kicked out. However, when techno came along, a lot of East German punks switched to that.

The Austrian musician Ronnie Urini aka Ronnie Rocket claimed to have produced that song in 1983 together with Austrian singer Christian Brandl (died in 1987) and himself on the drums. Urini registered the song at AKM (the Austrian collecting society). Its doubted by some but the singer's accent has something very distinctive Austrian to me. (I'm Austrian myself.) Edit: This is another record of singer Christian Brandl with his Band Chuzpe: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKOJ2duHdbavd9o.html

@issacsantana6419

6 ай бұрын

Horrible news to see that the prime suspect singer of this legendary song died so many years ago, and here we are, without the possibility of confirmation from Christian Brandl himself.

I love that even in the age of the internet, mystery still exists. I love this story and post!

@RmationYT

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, it’s quite interesting.

"It's a tough fight, but happiness has to be fought for."

@MCXL1140

Жыл бұрын

♥️

@juniorkusma7937

Жыл бұрын

Myhouse.WAD ??

@user-kq1zh4io7o

Жыл бұрын

cringe

@MCXL1140

Жыл бұрын

@@juniorkusma7937 yes

@bananana6420

Жыл бұрын

Non cringe

The bit about tape degradation is funny because a lot of radio stations used to play their music slightly faster than the original speed of the recording, so it's quite possible that the slowed down version sounds more like what was intended.

@Jupiter-T

Жыл бұрын

What's the reason for playing it faster?

@MetalMockingjay

Жыл бұрын

@@Jupiter-T A. It makes it sound more "exciting" B. It saves time

@eadweard.

Жыл бұрын

​@@MetalMockingjay Is it desirable, on a radio show, to save time?

@MetalMockingjay

Жыл бұрын

@@eadweard. Absolutely! The quicker you go, the more ads you can play, and the more requests you can take.

@boojersey13

Жыл бұрын

I always would get extremely frustrated when I realized I was listening to a sped up station haha, I think the last one I've heard was around 5 years ago

I was stationed in West Berlin from '84 to '86 and this sounds like East German rock that they were playing in the Discotechs at that time. Boy does that bring back memories. Great time.

IIRC 99 Red Balloons almost ended up this way. A person being interviewed on the station brought in the wrong tape, but everyone kept calling the radio to replay it so it eventually took off

Omg i know that feeling… i spent 25 years trying to figure out who sung some song on the radio and turned out to be a local band

@mengmao2332

6 ай бұрын

at least you found out though!

@SnowyRains

6 ай бұрын

@@mengmao2332 true that

@AFellowCyberman

4 ай бұрын

This is so common, especially in the past it was very easy for some local band who never got popular outside of their area to have their song(s) played there a few times, and fall off the air and the only reason you might be able to find them is if someone recorded the song. There's probably countless amazing songs and bands that had the same fate.

@Euphoria965

3 ай бұрын

can you tell me the name of the song? i'm curious so i wanna listen to it. although it may not be on youtube

@SnowyRains

3 ай бұрын

@@Euphoria965 i don’t know the song in the video but the one i had always been looking for was… weddings parties anything - step in step out

Feels like something from a dream that somehow made it into reality.

@obscenity

11 ай бұрын

Its Like the Wind, by Statues In Motion.

@letitbeknown2973

11 ай бұрын

Damn that shit hit different

@SummerBreeeze

10 ай бұрын

YES!!!!

@wandahastings8470

10 ай бұрын

Whoa... tangible. Cool concept. I like it.

@nikdiklic

9 ай бұрын

@@obscenity No

There are certain songs that took me decades to track down, songs that I had a muddy pre-teen memory of. And then one day, I'd hear it in a movie, generally, and then go to the credits for more information. Just about 4 years ago, I finally got a hold of the original studio version of "Talk Hard" by Stan Ridgway. It appeared in Pump Up The Volume, and it took nearly 3 decades for me to finally obtain it.

@dancegregorydance6933

8 ай бұрын

Same thing happened to me. I remembered a classical song I heard as a child. Of course being classical it was a pain in the ass and spent most of my life not knowing what it was. I finally found it 5 years ago!

What I'm amazed at is NDR does not have records of what was played on that night. You will often find documents in these old companies and businesses related to government in the weirdest places stored LONG term.

Sweet. It’s a good song so really it’s a shame that no one claimed it.

@NAETEMUSIC

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I am kind of in shock this has been going since 2019 and still we really don't have anymore leads than we did then

@SimplyDuker

Жыл бұрын

@@NAETEMUSIC We have to make it to the big screens and see who's gonna claim it. Playing chicken with the copyright system is probably the most optimal option so far.

@DRMINT-np1bj

Жыл бұрын

Hey! At least you can Use it in any video you want and No one Will Claim your video

@NAETEMUSIC

Жыл бұрын

@@DRMINT-np1bj unfortunately my backing track which I posted on my second channel got claimed, but I am currently fighting it because uh I literally have the logic session that it was made in. Anyway enjoy if you desire: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYKAs7CSla-WpLQ.html

@DRMINT-np1bj

Жыл бұрын

@@NAETEMUSIC Damn, claimed by who?

Side note, this song being called like the wind is rather fitting we know nothing about it, it’s artist is just like the wind.

@chrlpolk

11 ай бұрын

Another side note is that bands of that era had the habit of intentionally not naming the song something obvious. Somewhere, once-musicians laments that “Breath of Angels” never gained any traction.

@stephenlangsl67

10 ай бұрын

Or it could be from an alternate 1984 and just crossed over to this timeline.

It sounds like they're saying, "I'm the wind, you can't run".

@beansontoes

3 ай бұрын

It's sounds like "like the wind, you came ru-u-nning"

I feel like the title "Like The Wind" is perfect for a song that's been long forgotten.

This song is like a liminal photo. It feels familiar and you could swear you heard it before, but something’s off about it.

@KingRandor82

Жыл бұрын

Despite taking part in the search, myself, I will tell you right now--as an aficionado of the sound of the 80s--this song honest to God sounds like everything else at the time, it came out. This could've been played overhead at Sam Goody back in the day, and no one would've been any the wiser. We notice it *now* because of the spotlight finally put on it.

@signedmixals

Жыл бұрын

It has a pretty similar chord progression and melody to Ace of Base - Beautiful Life. Which was quite a big hit in the 90s. Maybe that's why it sounds familiar to many.

@_maximus_prime_

Жыл бұрын

@@signedmixals Funnily enough I’ve actually never even heard of that song. Not to argue your point though, it might still have some merit. I just still feel a sense of familiarity to it despite never hearing Beautiful Life. It might also be connected to the amount of early 80s rock I’ve listened to on late night car drives and bonfires with friends. As much as I love them, I have to admit a lot of rock songs from 1980-1984 sound incredibly similar and so that could very well be attributed to me feeling a sense of familiarity. The guitar intro doesn’t feel too out of place on an album like “Glass Houses” by Billy Joel from 1980 for example, and the vocals are in a very early 80s style with the intonation. That’s just my take on it all though, I’m not really an authority on this kinda thing so I could definitely be wrong about it.

@_maximus_prime_

Жыл бұрын

@@KingRandor82 That is definitely true, it sounds like a lot early 80s rock songs. The guitar intro is what I think makes it feel the most familiar to me and I said before on signedmixals reply, it feels right at home on an album like “Glass Houses” by Billy Joel. If you’re familiar with the album, it especially reminds of the track Sleeping With the Television On for some reason, despite not really sounding that much like it. I guess that just goes to show how same-y early 80s music could get (I still absolutely love it though, don’t get me wrong)

@KingRandor82

Жыл бұрын

@@_maximus_prime_ it's also why I don't think the track was actually recorded in '84, though the synthesizer could've been added later. No idiot would think recording THIS was a good idea past early 1983, at the very latest

Wow this is pure hauntology. Has a source in the Balkans been considered? There is an article in the Guardian newspaper that explores that scene ‘It was ridiculous. It was amazing’: the lost pop of 80s Yugoslavia'.

@NAETEMUSIC

Жыл бұрын

Yugoslavia is somewhere I didn’t consider but is a really solid bet considering one of the other contenders people think it is is a Greek band called statues in motion

@rossmum

Жыл бұрын

There were a few Yugoslav groups playing this style of music with English lyrics in the mid/late 80s, and there is definitely a strong resemblance in sound, so it's not a bad place to look. Worth noting that even for some of the stuff recorded in Serbo-Croatian, only very poor quality recordings survive (or were even made in the first place).

@user-cs6up8eq7s

Жыл бұрын

​@@NAETEMUSIC it is not statues in motion

@user-cs6up8eq7s

Жыл бұрын

​@@NAETEMUSIC jools Holland would be a good person to run this song by all those years he worked on the tube

@tombombadil8142

Жыл бұрын

It does sound a lot like Bajaga and Instruktori... The accent does seem more south than east or west slavic (to the ears of a west slav).

Considering it was on a West German station in '84, it's very likely that the DJ slipped in a track from a LOCAL band at the time - a band who may have literally just done something for a few months and recorded a song and there's just nothing of them left anymore. This was a pretty common thing, especially in Europe in the 80's and *especially* during the whole division between East and West Germany at the time. In FACT - a lot of WEST German DJ's would receive songs recorded in secret by EAST German songwriters and bands who couldn't release their stuff in East Germany in the Soviet Bloc - and considering that East Germany would often confiscate and DESTROY those things, it could very well be something like that, which means there's just never going to be any "record" of who this was.

I’m German and I just found out it was lost media two years ago, I feel weird… I REMEMBER this song, from 2015 on a party

@cherrabenoussama3509

28 күн бұрын

Why i remember a song similiar to like the wins from new ground series or fanmade animation series on newground about robots or aliens like star wars villains ?

Dear all time travelers and dimension hoppers, please label your stuff when you leave it here, thank you.

Now that you’ve played it towards the end of your video, I’m very relieved to have it confirmed that we’re NOT talking about Patrick Swayze’s “(She’s) Like the Wind” from “Dirty Dancing.” I feel old enough as it is than to be told by the internet that “no one can figure out the source of this song!” LOL 😅

@CheriH-4321

Жыл бұрын

Or "Break Like The Wind" by Spinal Tap 😂

@Neelo5000

Жыл бұрын

Or "Ride Like The Wind" by Christopher Cross

@ocsrc

Жыл бұрын

Ride like the wind

@CitizenCardigan

Жыл бұрын

Or Part of the Wind by Phil Ochs

@Bahlzeron

Жыл бұрын

Ride the Wind - Poison

I know the feelings. In the early 00s i heard a song by some local band ive never been able to find. I was visiting Arkansas and it was kind of a post grunge Nirvana type song. Really they sounded like a band called Tripping Daisies but thats an obscure callback most people wouldn't know. The theme of the song was about being a teenaged awkward fuck up hated by your parents. The chorus was something like "Another perfect day in hell" and one of the lines in the verse went "I piss in a cup, so know one knows im awake". Its so obscure its not even on the internet lol

@stephenlangsl67

10 ай бұрын

The song is most likely from an alternate timeline like the "Everyday Chemistry" album from the Beatles from a parallel timing in which The Beatles never broke up.

@wandahastings8470

10 ай бұрын

This is so wild to think about but I love it. Fascinating

this and “everyone knows that” will always creep me out because I swear I’ve heard them before

@bearnunnemaker5453

9 ай бұрын

You think you e heard them.

@martinaavona

Ай бұрын

EKT has been found! I hope this song could be found too!

@bugsbunnypoo

Ай бұрын

@@martinaavona wait what it has?

@bugsbunnypoo

Ай бұрын

@@martinaavona OMG WAIT IT WAS FINNALYYY

@martinaavona

Ай бұрын

@@bugsbunnypoo ahahah yes it’s a porn song 😂😂😂 but it’s still so good

I love the "theory" that its from another dimension. It just seens like how that would play out.

@wetwillyis_1881

Жыл бұрын

That’s the one I’m going with, mate.

@collared

Жыл бұрын

​@@wetwillyis_1881it could very well be. god knows what the fuck cern is doing and how many times we switched dimensions. this is mostly a joke as im not into conspiracies but i would not be surprised if my joke is fr lol

@johncongos1949

Жыл бұрын

Guitar String Theory?

@wetwillyis_1881

Жыл бұрын

@@collared I know exactly where you're coming from, mate.

@TheDeepThinker-sq3iy

Жыл бұрын

@@collared You know... all of this talk about getting launched into other dimensions has always seemed kinda off... on such a scale as something like that might be, I instead propose that WHATEVER is happening with Cern... has instead been affecting our MINDS probably more than anything to do with dimension-hopping shenanigans. think about it... EVERY single case of a mandella effect... its always something so incredibly ambiguous that could easily just be attributed to some form of misremembering.. but on the grand scale of just how many people seem to have this... it just seems more probable that our own memories themselves are somehow being tampered with RATHER than the idea that we've been getting launched into other dimensions. But WHICH one of these two scenarios is more likely?

People have speculated the song is dutch, so "some amorphous language that sounds like a mix of english, german, and russian" might be the funniest description of dutch that I've ever heard lol

I also think, this is from a eastgerman band. My girlfriends grandfather was a musician back in the day and we even asked him, if he knows that band. He saidly has dementia (he's in his 80s), but he said this is from a band that stopped music sometime after that time. Sadly, he doesn't remember whats the name of the band.

A.I. art project

Even if this song is like a ghost, song really slaps Btw, imagine that after sending this song to radio station one of the band member says "Hey, did we write our band's name and title?"

You seem to have no idea how many really great bands there are out there who get together, make a demo tape, then disappear without trace each member going their separate way. This is a story that happens every day. Perhaps a member of one such band had a buddy with conncetions to this German radio station, who managed to slip this in among the approved items on the playlist in the hope their musical efforts might get a reaction from the public. It happens. Not everyone who doesn't make it deserves not to make it. Penetrating the media, especially in those days, was tough, however good you were.

@jenniferl.9947

11 ай бұрын

That was my thought exactly - this was probably someone/a garage band that was friends with the radio DJ that night.

@119Agent

11 ай бұрын

Thousands of bands get radio play and have no internet existence at all. I have tons of demo tapes from my time at a radio station of bands that got played at least once but never did anything else.

@shortymccutlery8919

11 ай бұрын

It's true, great bands form, make demos maybe even get local air play but that's as far as it goes. College radio stations in particular play lots of great obscure music.

@hepphepps8356

11 ай бұрын

Exactly this. The number of bands coming and going and in the meantime recording a few demos sounding like this was staggering in those days. It is completely generic and there’s really no mystery to it at all. I could have been in that band myself for all I remember. Well, at least if it was a few years later. Or it could even be a fake art project type thing. We had a band like that 20 years ago, making up a fake story about and made the lost music of a french- trying to be american band around 1980. We did a couple of fake reunion shows for our closest friends and it was all just some fancy arty act. It lasted like 4 months, and now 20 years later, those recordings completely believeable to me as something from 1980.

@bhangrafan4480

11 ай бұрын

@@hepphepps8356 interesting

It sounds like the start of died in your arms tonight.

Tape degradation is definitely a clue here. Tape degradation has completely ruined an entire tape of my mom’s childhood. It starts with distortion which evolves into choppy sound and then for the last 2/3 of the tape it’s extremely low pitch and equally slowed down.

"Happiness has to be fought for."

@user-RetardedMonke

3 ай бұрын

that’s why I’m here.

The song has seeped into the ears of countless strangers. One can say, it was Like The Wind.

@eadweard.

Жыл бұрын

Boo. Rubbish.

@Salithin

Жыл бұрын

Like the wind, it came running.

@larkefedifero

Жыл бұрын

Or, " *She's* Like the Wind, " if you enjoy "Dirty Dancing!" 😝

@1Nida

Жыл бұрын

Great Joke, Dad!

@Andres33AU

11 ай бұрын

In the subway of our minds? haha

500 years from now. Can you imagine the amount of amazement people will have when they listen to our music like heavy metal?

hey, just discovered your channel. Your videos are very well edited and you do a good job of covering the topic. Subbed. BTW as someone who speaks English and German and has a working knowledge of Russian, to me listening to these vocals is like listening to a familiar song with familiar words except after having a stroke. It is so weird

@NAETEMUSIC

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the sub, and glad you liked the content 🙏

Alright, I've done as much of a deep dive into this as I can currently do, and my best guess is that this is an unreleased Alphaville song from when they were still kicking off their career. For those who don't know, Alphaville was a German band that came to popularity in the early 80s with the release of Forever Young. To break down my reasoning: - This song was aired between 1982 and 1984, right around when Alphaville was becoming an official band and launching off with Forever Young (released 1984). Since the band became official in 1983, it wouldn't surprise me that they were performing prior to that year and had a few recorded tracks prior to their first album. - The lyrics are very reminiscent of Alphaville songs. In the majority of Alphaville's catalogue are references to nature (seasons, wind, etc) and that's what a lot of the lyrics in this seem to be referencing. It also tonally fits with Alphaville's 80s music, which was largely romance-themed and performed serenade-style by referring to another person throughout. - The location, as previously mentioned, makes sense. Alphaville was an 80s German pop band, so it makes perfect sense that someone in Germany would've gotten access to one of their demos and aired it. Lastly, the two points that really give me reason to believe this is Alphaville were pointed out by my boyfriend: - The voice of the singer is incredibly similar to one of the performers in Alphaville. I'm not good with names, but you can tell that the voice in this is very similar to the voice in A Victory Of Love by Alphaville. In particular, there's small details like a strange inflection on the "h" sound at 1:39 that can be heard a few times in the aforementioned Alphaville track. - Finally, the instrumentation makes sense. While there isn't an Alphaville song that uses the exact melodies heard here, there are a lot of small connections. In particular, the strong emphasis on synth and percussion can be heard in Alphaville songs like Big in Japan. Even if the instruments aren't used in exactly the same way, they still carry the same feeling behind them. While I have reason to believe that the instruments in Alphaville's 1984 album are different than the ones here, they're also seemingly better. As in, the synth in their released work seems more expensive and newer. This kind of change would make sense for a band that was doing small-scale stuff and then upgrading with the intent of releasing an album. In short, it seems reasonable to me that Alphaville had demos recorded in the early 80s before becoming an official band, and that some of these made their way into the hands of a friend or other associate who put one on the air. I have no official proof, but given all of the similarities, I have reason to believe I am at least on the right track. If you've got other ideas or connections I missed, let me know! Thank you for reading this whole thing regardless. **** This was someone elses comment but it seemed to be right. It was on another video I watched about this.

@rispatha

Жыл бұрын

You would think that if they were the ones who done this song they would have come out and said they made it and have physical proof of such a claim as in an actual studio recording that was never released or even a demo tape of them singing the song. Why would they ignore it and leave such a mystery when they could take credit for the song and make a mint on it?

@20thcenturygamer22

Жыл бұрын

​@@rispatha maybe they can't due to legal issues? The singer immediately made me think of sisters of mercy

@rispatha

Жыл бұрын

@@20thcenturygamer22 ... How would they have legal issues on a song that they recorded but never released to the public? All we can do is speculate on this and nothing more until someone steps forward and claims the song as their and has actual proof that it is. Let any potential legal issues be dealt with after that fact.

@frykitty

11 ай бұрын

@@rispatha Why would they know about it unless someone actually contacted them? Infamous here != famous in general .

@rispatha

11 ай бұрын

@@frykitty ... Why would metalica know I was playing their songs on my guitar unless someone actually contacted them?

Just think there are no more than 20 people who know the whole truth about this song

Well done video. Interesting and thought provoking.

LYRICS: Like the wind, you can't hear us, take good font to print the lyric Theres no space, theres no tomorrow, theres no sense for you to be grievin' Check it in, check it out, when the sun goes down outside Let it on, let it weigh, when the sun breaks up your pride Like the wind, no more summer, let this song be useful compelling you Theres no place, yet theres no sorrow, in my arms of restless feelin' Check it in, check it out, when the sun goes down outside Let it on, let it weigh, when the sun breaks up your pride Check it in, check it out, when sun goes down outside Let it on, let it weigh, when the sun breaks up your pride Check it in, check it out, its the sound of you Let it in, check it out, is it really? Let it in, check it out, its the sound of you Let it in, check it out, is it really? Let it in, let it out, its the sound of you Let it in, let it out, is it really? Check it in, check it out, its the sound of you Let it in, let it out, is it really? Research into the lyrics completed: 12/30/23 sins_red_like_crimson was here

A few years back my dad did a lot of research into the East German rock bands of the 70s and 80s. The whole subject really is fascinating since a lot of Western music was broadcast from Berlin to deliberately cross the iron curtain and people on the other side picked up a lot of the music and got inspired to make their own. So you can find quite a few of the old Ossierock bands that have really similar sounds to other artists of the time. The sad part is we likely will never know fully about the song depending on the band and their politics. The DDR was brutal on tracking and controlling any messaging for public groups and there were people and whole bands that just got disappeared for daring to speak out against the state at the time. If you want an example of a group that we know about cause they were popular enough to not just erase try looking up anything about "Renft".

I like the idea that we have no idea where it came from. It’s kind of just the internet’s song now.

@tlrlml

11 ай бұрын

It came from Humans, recording there voices and instruments... not very difficult to figure out!

Someone finds a tape in 1984, plays it on the radio and it's taped from the radio by someone in their home. Sometime in the future, the home tape travels back in time to 1984 to be found and played on the radio.

I can explain this... The lyrics are from an English speaking singer but, the lyrics aren't written. So the singer is doing a place holder of sorts, Singing the melody but sort of haphazardly ad libbing words. The fact that the reverb is so heavy gives it kind of a haunting air and confuses the ear a little. What most people don't understand is that for musicians the music part is easy especially in the case of this tune. The lyrics require more time, sometime the musician is unsure what they even want the song to be about. I do this all the time in the studio and even live with unfinished work or a cover song I cant remember the lyrics to. Many musicians do you just have to be quick to catch it. My guess, this song was recorded and never finished in the 80s, the band probably never had any kind of success. Someone simply found the unfinished tape and put it online.

If I have the funds, I may start buying up old German garage band’s records and possibly other tapes from the time. There is a possibility it’s sitting on some record that’s just waiting to be played

@Frankie5Angels150

11 ай бұрын

If wasting your money is really your thing, you can just give it to me and solve both of our problems.

Like the wind (unknown) lyrics are English Like the wind You came runnin Seize the consequence of livin There’s no space There’s no tomorrow There’s no sense from Univision Check it in check it out For the sun goes down outside And don’t let it rain in the subways of your mind Like the wind You’re all summer Let a smile be your companion There’s no place There’s no sorrow Hear the young and restless freedom Check it in check it out When the sun goes down outside And don’t let it rain in the subways of your mind Check it in check it out As the sun goes down outside And don’t let it rain in the subways of your mind Check it in check it out When the summer rules Let it in let it out It’s the real you Check it in check it out When the summer rules Let it in let it out It’s the real you Nb: the song seems to be about reunification/

@angelic_slayer

Жыл бұрын

From what I can infer- the recording is good quality but was done quickly - probably 8 track tape. There is only one track of Vox, no ADT ( artificial double tracking) which would of helped clean up the Ian Curtiss style vocal because they could of had a track of clean Vox mixed with the murky reverb Vox to punch out an annunciate the Vox. There was no extra track to use. He also flubbed the Vox on a couple of words and didn’t retract. It was quick.They got out of the studio quickly. It would have been mixed quickly and because they had no extra money they didn’t come back to use the 8 track master mix to overdub anything else. The tracking was done quickly because the drum track has a couple of parts where the drummer would have cleaned up the double flams and made them uniform. He changes flams. He also flubbed in the last section refrain. They would have gone again but time is money and the drum track was ok. Not a demo but not perfect.

@evilgenius97

11 ай бұрын

i hope this gets solved like the burning skier VHS from Malcolm in the Middle

@tlrlml

11 ай бұрын

@@angelic_slayer I'm going to argue that the mixing is non-existent, or done by a complete amateur. If we go with a single recording, and not over-dub or tape damage (both believable alternatives!). It sounds like someone taped the parts and slapped them one on top of the other, with the expected results. It sounds to my ear (after the experience of losing hundreds of tapes to the simple, and expected, mechanics of tape damage over time) like a tape that sat in a box in a basement/attic/under a bed for 20 years or one that had been eaten and saved. Not hearing the rest of the tape, or the reverse side, makes all the difference in understanding what is really happening here!!!

@wandahastings8470

10 ай бұрын

I'm wondering if it's a code...

This is so good. I hope more get uncovered!

You are wildly underestimating the English skills of West Germans in the 80s. And we would know about this collaboration. Like the wind you came flying in...

I don't think this is a "beyond the Iron Curtain" song. Many have concluded that a DX7 was used in this song, which was on sale starting on mid-1983. Warsaw Pact countries had very strict centrally planed economies and high trade restrictions, so I think it is unlikely a band from there would be able to have access to a DX7. Another problem is persecution and cultural restrictions: Gorbachev's reforms were gradual and applied only to the USSR. In other Warsaw Pact, those restrictions were maintained until the fall of those regimes (1989-1990). There were however exceptions, were artistic expression was much freer: Yugoslavia (not really part of the Warsaw Pact, but it was a non-aligned Cold War communist regime) and Hungary. Still, I am not sure if a band from those countries would be able to have access to a DX7. Ultimately, my belief is that the band who played this song is either German or from a Scandinavian country.

@aliveslice

Жыл бұрын

I agree the accent doesn't feel like it could be Slavic, especially at that time. There isn't much of it to speak of, but the vocals are not very clear, German is the best guess to me.

@wordupcameo5019

Жыл бұрын

As a German, especially from the East, I can assure: this is definitely NOT from East Germany. The GDR had a very organized music landscape with a very distinctive sound promoted by their main Rock Music school that anybody was promoted to attend if he wants to become a professional musician. You could deny that, and some did, like Feeling B, the band Rammsteim keyboarder Flake comes from. The DX7 wasn`t that much of an issue, if you knew the right people. Just getting anything better or different than the DX7 was a problem, though not impossible. The sound of this song is professional enough to be recognized, but unusual for GDR standards. Simply too much effects soften the sound. East German sound was more direct. Polish and Chechoslovakain sound was more weird, and Hungarian were on par with western standards, but too proud of their hungarian language. The song sounds al lot like modern St.Petersburg band "Brandenburg" - but, off course, they couldn`t exist in 1984...

@CheriH-4321

Жыл бұрын

Some music artists were given the DX7 to play and promote in mid 1982.

@elevatormaniacgames

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@CheriH-4321 Is that true? Well even if I’d doubt Yamaha would give it to this band. Probably someone big like Michael Jackson.

@CheriH-4321

Жыл бұрын

@Chippo Only a few were given and they were prototypes and, to a musician/band that was using the GS1 (older generation prototype for the DX7.)

It's good that we at least have this song. There are countless songs, movies, and books that don't exist on the internet.

@SansNeural

11 ай бұрын

One could argue that most songs don't exist at all. Yet.

@stonedauzzie420

11 ай бұрын

I've got songs on some of my cassettes that I've either never been able to find online, or that songs gets pulled from the internet existence after I put it on tape

@CatwaiiYT

10 ай бұрын

​@@stonedauzzie420share em

@stonedauzzie420

10 ай бұрын

@@CatwaiiYT I'd have to find something to digitise it somehow

I'm not having problems understanding what I've heard. He definitely says,"Like the wind. You came runnin."

Amazed you mention Kino. The voice instantly reminded me of Tsoi.

A good thing to remember too is that in those days an unknown band could get a radio DJ to play their track on air, I have done this myself in the early 90’s, somewhere someone heard it, rules were much less strict. A German friend of mine told me he heard some of our old stuff being played on an obscure German radio station as little as 15 years ago… most likely a one off song by some East Germans who may not have even had a band name, we didn’t.

@stanleyhape8427

10 ай бұрын

I dunno if you are still looking for a name but MouseRat is a good name.

It never ceases to both amaze and worry me that there are people who think that everything humans have ever done is on the Internet (and searchable on Google's platform) and that if it isn't on the Internet, it's faked. Something about humanity really depresses me. When companies can sell their services and people buy the hype. When the Internet is oversold as a repository for all humanity, instead of being seen as it is - A misappropriated knowledge sharing network. Reality doesn't happen on-line. But many are misleading themselves, addicted to the powerful, simple idea of having the world and it's history, in it's entirety, accessible to a box. I suppose the zeitgeist has evolved. Paranoia and fear seem to fill in the cracks we open up by our distrust in others and reality. Not everything is on the Internet, and something's unavailability on-line doesn't negate it's existence.

@cabnbeeschurgr6440

11 ай бұрын

I think it's mainly because the majority of record labels have put their own databases of their property on the internet. There is a lot of recorded stuff from the 20th century stored on the internet, especially past the 70s. So something that sounds like it should have been an 80s hit but is nameless and ownerless has piqued the curiosity of the 21st century audience.

@TheSilmarillian

11 ай бұрын

I hear you

@vicious6573

11 ай бұрын

I am also basically that "technology" and "social media" has done nothing but turned people ito hermits and essentially turned people into introverts who never see other or socialize face to face. That is not what the human mind is wired to exist like. It will be the downfall of all humanity.......sad.

@ObeMossop

11 ай бұрын

I get what you’re saying but even if you can’t find the actual thing you can usually find footprints/fingerprints of that thing eg people reviewing or talking about that thing. It’s getting less common to find absolutely nothing about a large situation that occurred in the real world ripple to online

@stranger7x

11 ай бұрын

Agreed. I had a song played on the local radio station about five times. They loved it, and I was humbled when they said it was “like nothing we’ve ever heard before”. I had an EP in the local record store, but no label or promotions. I just wrote a song about their radio show to get airtime and it worked. But then the radio show changed formats and DJs. I have a KZread channel, a Facebook page, and profiles on other platforms, but if somebody taped my song off the radio in 1994 and tried to figure out who it was-there’s no way anyone could trace it to me. Currently, I play in a local scene here where there’s a boatload of amazing songwriters and musicians with original material as good or better than anything I hear on the radio, but most of it will never get played on the radio or heard by the masses. If you want to find new music, instead of playing Internet radio-go to a local open mic night! And support the musicians and creators you know so they can keep making beautiful things.

Not me thinking this was somehow about "She's like the Wind"

My dad claims back in the 80s you could pay money to perform a song or play one on the radio and this was common in the 80s when people were trying to impress a girl in high school or something. My dads friend did this once in college to impress his crush and ask her out. Im just using that as an example but my dad said “I’m 70% certain this was just someone playing a song on a radio and this song was never played outside of that, this type of stuff happened quite often in the 80s and it just so happens the person just recorded one of those performances or unpopular bands being paid to be broadcasted on the radio” I think this would make a ton of sense cause if it was on youtube it would likely have been found by now, most lost songs like this and ekt as we know were on a completely different website. So this might be true for this one

Damn, we really at the point that if it isn't on the internet, it never existed 🤷🏽‍♀

@JPSimen

11 ай бұрын

Naw.... it means it never became popular. Thats what it means. It exists.

It was common practice in some radio stations (I don't know if this applies to NDR) to play some songs that were sent to them by completely random, unknown people making their own music, if the DJ found the song interesting. They have been usually played once or twice and nobody ever heard them anymore. Maybe it's one of such tracks. As many people have noticed here in the comments, NDR should have in their archives a list of songs they have played. If the exact date of the recording is known (is it?), they should be able to find what the song is. That's the first thing that comes to mind - contact NDR and ask them about it...

@TDNA

11 ай бұрын

NDR also doesnt know who made it

@ANDREI260690

11 ай бұрын

Yep, the NDR crew was contacted, and they stated they also don't know the author band

@killaken2000

11 ай бұрын

My local metal station would play unsigned bands around midnight (say 12am to 3am). They had a name for the segment but I don't remember it. My friends and I would record it and pass the cassettes around at school. "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."

@tlrlml

11 ай бұрын

Was an old practice, yes. But, generally the word 'Demo' on a list of songs from 40 years ago isn't getting you anywhere.

@arfived4

11 ай бұрын

​@@ANDREI260690 I've worked with 'legacy documentation', and would raise the following points: 1) Everyone who worked there at the time has, in all probability, either left or retired. There certainly won't be anyone who knows the song by ear from its original context. There will be no institutional knowledge, and you might as well ask a random member of the public than anyone who works there currently. 2) Any documentary proof is, in all likelihood, either on hard copy and stashed away in the deepest bowles of a storage facility, or was transferred to a medium like microfisch (or some other crude form of scanning) as soon as the technology became available to free up the storage space - it is highly unlikely that this information is available internally in a digital, searchable format. The only way to answer the question would be to send someone to trawl through endless piles of documents, looking for any obscure or unknown songs that fall within the sequence that was recorded, and then attempt to find a recording to verify if it is the right song, or not. This is something that would be incredibly time-consuming, and probably highly tedious, and given that it's just to satisfy the curiosity of some people on the internet, it's a lot more straightforward to just say you don't know, and leave it. I suspect that, if the records exist, this could be solved if they radio station were willing to let an amateur historian or archivist go through their documents.

Imagine if lost songs come from an alternate universe where they’re famous, while the popular music we listen to nowadays is still being investigated.

There's way too many "local" bands that got a song played on Radio that were never heard from again. No surprise here.

I think the internet is making this way more complex than it needs to be. There's many reasons why no one claimed this song. Maybe this was a song that wasn't meant to be released by a "group" that probably just recorded this just for fun and or experience. Maybe they feel no connection to the track and no desires to go public for personal reasons. Maybe it was all made by one person who's not even alive to claim it. Maybe they heard the broadcast and felt a sense of embarrassment because the track didn't sound as good as they thought it would be. Darius did claim he skipped over the DJ's song announcement. Sorry for the long comment. Just throwing some reasonable ideas out here.

Жыл бұрын

I don't think this may have been recorded for fun and experience especially because it ended aired on a big radio show. The fact that this song has been broadcast specifically on maybe the biggest german musical radio program should make us say that this was meant to be something for the people who recorded this. That is the point that leaves me doubtful about the fact this could have been done "just for fun".

@space_kat1

Жыл бұрын

i think this is all fake, period. the internet is filled with people with way too much time on their hands that just wanna have something to do and they found it with this song. i think its very suspicious that he skipped over the DJ's announcement of the song and he was the only one that seems to have ever heard it. a lot of things dont make sense with this story and im 100% convinced no one will ever show up cause its a completely fake thing

@theoriginalbluey

Жыл бұрын

@@space_kat1 Not possible. I know Lydia and the hours she has put into research. It's really unfair for people to say this. They said it about 'For My Murder'... and then it's discovered that it's a John Peel session track by the band 3D. Stay optimistic!

@eriknervik9003

Жыл бұрын

Well it’s not created by one person whether it’s authentic or a hoax. You have vocals, a drum and a guitar at least, and I think a bass. So that’s 4 people. Plus the synthesizer. So it’s a minimum of 5 people and that’s assuming that no one additional was involved in production. I lean towards hoax, since no one can confirm this actually played on the radio, but it was an unusually good production, this isn’t one person in their garage, it was clearly produced in studio with equipment

@theoriginalbluey

Жыл бұрын

@@eriknervik9003 I am starting to think the radio station played a white label 7" most likely, and possibly the label that was about to release it fully maybe just simply ran out of money, or went overdrawn and had to discard it. My feeling is that there are literally 1 or 2 copies out there, or were at the time. We need to find those (possibly not very internet savvy) band members!

That house. That fucking house

i bet this one is also on an adult film

This story reminds me of a Belgian pop band from the 80s called The Machines. They were on the same label as The Beatles, Parlophone, and two of their songs sound just like The Beattles. It is impossible to buy their music in America or find on streaming services. It took me many months before I could find their music for sale on the UK version of Amazon but that's the only place I can find it.

Ah, yes... the song that kickstarted my career. Good times.

@NAETEMUSIC

Жыл бұрын

Sh*t dude I'll check out your vid, I wish I had known you did a vid on this subject, as I felt like sourcing was relatively scant on this despite how epic and weird it is!

@dwightd.eisenhower2031

Жыл бұрын

@@NAETEMUSIC don’t believe him, it is a troll

@stockley_

Жыл бұрын

@@dwightd.eisenhower2031 I don't think it's a troll as much as it's him trying to make a joke and saying he's the one that made the song lol

@larkefedifero

Жыл бұрын

Soooo...you're saying that *you* and your band wrote and recorded the song, as some kind of a demo or something, just to get some initial exposure...and you were somehow able to get someone you knew to slip it into the radio line-up that night in 1984? If so, well, that's quite a claim! 🤷‍♂

@TheFlamingBridges

Жыл бұрын

You know I wrote the main hook. How do you sleep

Such an interesting but well detailed video!!

The artist that did the illustrations is incredible.

Do you know anything about the mysterious band “Sardine House” and their rumored album “Pack of Lies,” said to be a collaboration of well known musicians who never officially published the album, but recorded it in a private studio, independently pressed it and passed it to others as gifts?

Darius recorded this in 1984 and didn’t think about it for 20 years. 19 almost 20 more years later and we’re still wondering who the fuck it is

I swear it sounds like to me, like the wind - you can't run.. sounds almost creepy vocally

It is a czech band. Czech republic had a lot of popular imitations of western songs and being neighbours with Germany they had a lot of media trades including piracy, because behind the iron curtain there was no other option.

@Frankie5Angels150

11 ай бұрын

Since the song never went anywhere, might we call it a “Canceled Czech”?

@andrewbarrett1537

10 ай бұрын

Is there a website somewhere listing every known Czech band or musician? Could that help narrow down the search?

I feel like the problem with figuring out this song is that in 1984, New Wave had hit its peak and Synth pop would quickly take its place in mainstream radio music. Every pop band in the world had this kind of sound. The only way I could see this being figured out is if someone contacted a former DBR DJ and asked about the music. Edit: apparently the DJ at the time said he doesn't remember playing it and it could have been a demo, which honestly makes sense because the recording sounds very demo-like

Happiness must be fought for

I found the answer to this mystery. "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet" (also known as "Like the Wind", "Blind the Wind", "Check It In, Check It Out" or "Take It In, Take It Out") is an unidentified song recording, most likely composed in the 1980s.2 It became infamous because next to nothing is known about it, even song identifiers such as Shazam or the Genius song identifier don't recognize it. The song is sometimes called by other titles derived from its lyrics, including "Like The Wind," "Ride The Wind," "Like No End," or simply "TMS (The Mysterious Song)." The band Sacrifice released only two songs: "Like the Wind" and the even more obscure "Little Man" as B-side.0 The song was part of the Tarkovski film "Offret" original soundtrack, written by Erland Josephson (who sings it).1

@jamesiron4010

7 ай бұрын

That’s not the answer.

@gozucritic4546

7 ай бұрын

@@jamesiron4010 How do I know you're not the answer.

What if the Radio station operator just... slipped his own song onto the waves in the 80's?

@CLASSYTUXYFGA

Жыл бұрын

Yo we need to find an earlier tape of the radio to hear his voice so we know

@silencemeviolateme6076

11 ай бұрын

Seems like it might be a guy he knew or something like that.

@tlrlml

11 ай бұрын

@@CLASSYTUXYFGA That tape would not exist, unlike MP3, or even DVDs, tapes were reusable... and everyone did so until the tape got eaten! You don't seriously think that some kid from the 80s archived the original, when tapes were $2.50/half dozen..... and tapes were completely reusable...

@CLASSYTUXYFGA

11 ай бұрын

@@tlrlml srry i dont know anything about tapes

@tlrlml

11 ай бұрын

@@CLASSYTUXYFGA That much is clear.

I think an idea for this songs origin is that it may have been written by an indie band trying to get big. If someone from said possible band had a friend at the station they could have pulled some strings to get the song on the radio that night. As for why nobody would have spoken up till now, maybe all involved have passed away, not been aware of the search, or just do not care enough to give us a bone. It may be a disappointing end to the search that the answer is an unknown German indie band that will forever stay unknown but I think it is a very likely idea.

When you said singing in Russian, I thought we were going to find out Darius had picked up East German radio for that one track.

There a lot of things that concern me these days. I can safely say that I'm not the least bit concerned for any mystery surrounding this.

@milascave2

10 ай бұрын

dont: It's not important. But, mysteries intrigue people.

@shaunw796

10 ай бұрын

I was just dying to know that you aren't concerned for any mystery surrounding this. My life is now complete and I can die in peace. Thank you for that bit of tranquility.

I've seen a million videos about this song, but I watched this one for an excuse to hear the song again.

A lot of people make songs few people will ever hear. A lot of bands never go anywhere. Who made the song is a mystery. Why no one knows is not really that mysterious.

Very nice piece of historical music trivia. Very good job you did as well. I'm 60 years old now, so I will tell you what happened with DJ's and private/small music stations, especially ones in Europe back then. 1. A lot of music that became hugely popular in the 80's was once "underground" music, because it was so different. But given the rise of Goths and Punk Rockers in the 80's, the music surfaced into mainstream, as they all did. 2. DJ's and private/small music stations, especially ones in Europe, would slip in a test recording from a new "on the scene" band......usally at night, as the big bosses were in bed and asleep. If the play garnered a lot of fanfare and phone calls, then the DJ could pose it to the boss as a new popular piece to play. If it didn't get any attention, then it was what it was and never played again. DJ's would also slip in their friends bands recordings here and there. Either to see if there was a listener response to it, or just to have their friends band played on the radio. More often that not, it was just a one time thing for a friend. 3. Are the DJs from the station still alive? Is the radio station still alive? Has any hisorical research been done on their records and play lists? Has any research been done in regards to the management or staff still being alive and possible to answer questions? If not, why? It is my opinion, after hearing all you stated in your video, this was just a "one time thing" a DJ did for a friend, or played because he was in the band as well. More than likely it never garnered any fanfare, because it sounds so much like all the other music going on at that time. The DJ may have mentioned the band, and like you said, the guy recording on tape just missed it or wasn't paying full attention. If he REALLY wanted the name of the band though, he could have just called the station and asked the DJ. Seeing as he never did, he obviously didn't think anything of it, being a stand out piece of music.......just a mystery of "who done it".

@westie430

10 ай бұрын

I think this could be accurate actually.

I have a couple of mystery songs from around the same time too, heard once on the radio in 1984 or 85, recorded some of it, never heard again. Wrote to the DJ and the show's producer, and they didn't know either. When I emigrated I transferred some of those to mp3 and brought them with me on a hd. 10 years later I dropped the hard drive and it cracked... so all I have is the memories. One of those being "You were born with silver wings my boy, you got to learn, you got to learn to fly, learn to fly. Giving up on love and letting go, it's not the end of it, don't you know..?" Sounded a lot like Huey Lewis and the news - but rockier and with a edge. T'was a golden age for good music!

The playlist on the tape box insert says 4/1 on the top, probably meaning April 1st. Germans celebrate April 1st with pranks too, only instead of saying "April Fools!" they say "April April!". Probably just a coincidence, and I doubt I'm the first to notice this either.

@elishafollet5347

Жыл бұрын

Ngl this whole situation around this song turning out to be an elaborate prank by a few bored Germans would be pretty funny lol

@wheedler

Жыл бұрын

Did West Germany really love America so much that they used their dumb system for dates?

@HeadOnAStick

Жыл бұрын

@404Usernamenotfound True. I didn't think about German date format. So it probably just means tape 1 of 4. Oh well, it was a fun thought while it lasted. Thanks for setting me straight.

This song is so mysterious not even KZread’s copyright system cannot detect it as copyright

@tlrlml

11 ай бұрын

It's not under copyright... There has to be an owner of a copyright, to claim a copyright!!! FFS

I thought that this was going to be like the songs i get on my dreams. They exist nowhere, and when i wake up i can still go for an hour or two with the riff in my head until it goes away. If i was a musician, would have at least 3-4 songs that got written in another time, by someone else in another universe.

@wandahastings8470

10 ай бұрын

I've done this same thing. Perhaps we're famous in another timeline.

My favorite 80s song is 'Somebody That I Used To Know 1988' by Tronicbox. They completely replaced all the music and kept both vocals, turning it into a very pop-synth minor-key 80s rock song.

Been getting into lots of horror stuff / phenomenons, came from that “my house” doom mod video that had this song in it, this genre is legendary

@Rockastorm

Жыл бұрын

Same

@zirconalian

Жыл бұрын

"Happiness has to be fought for" hit me so fucking hard, with this song playing AHAODMWHSNRH

@RobertPayne556

Жыл бұрын

And while reading The House Of Leaves.

@larkefedifero

Жыл бұрын

​@@RobertPayne556 ​ Which ALSO has had theoretical videos here on KZread, showing how the space behind an open door on the back wall of the first floor in a house, leading back into a dark hallway, can be juxtaposed with the same space supposedly occupied by the backyard of that same house...without any type of conflict! I don't have the exact link, but it demonstrates such effect, as noted in the book, where, with the door open and dark hallway exposed, the person does a full run around the house, starting and ending in the front yard, to prove that both spaces are able to co-exist simultaneously. I think that idea is similar to the concept here, where this band could be from some kinda parallel world, having temporarily "slipped" over for a moment and then slipped back to its own reality, thus both existing and NOT existing in this world at the same time! I don't believe that, I'm just throwing out a theory of something that logically fits, potentially. 😉 Last, since I don't have many people to ask this to, was I right in thinking that the book was supposed to be read on three different levels, and that it acted as a kinda of spiral, not really ever ending, but just kinda picking up again from the start and continuing on, infinitely? That was *my* interpretation, and hopefully you can verify that on some level! The thing took me over a month to get through!! 😲

@tlrlml

11 ай бұрын

You think this horror... Only because you don't understand; Tape degradation Tape reuse Over-dubbing Etc. Spooky scary, 'Kids before could do things we no longer understand, Be Afraid, BE VERY AFRAID!' _And the Xer walks away laughing, a hideous, scary laugh..._