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
    8·
    17 hours ago

    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.

    Edit:

    Spoiler

    It’s the scene where Jonas and Martha ceased to exist

    • Chozo@fedia.io
      18·
      2 days ago

      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.

      • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        2 days ago

        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.

      • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        1 day ago

        Theres an episode of The Office (US) thats been pruned on the UK Netflix for reasons I cant understand. When Pam has a baby, Micheal wants to hold her, and she makes him wash his hands. He dries it on his pants and she makes him wash them again. Its like a fairly pointless 10 second bit and its been cut. Like on purpose, it was there a couple of years ago.

        My memory isn’t as perfect as it was so maybe theres more but that bit sticks out to me.

      • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        I remember watching Prison Break and Teardrop hit. It’s a trope in anime that when the OP (opening theme) hits mid-episode, shit is about to get real. And Teardrop was never Prison Break’s OP, but the scene had similar energy.

        BBC cop drama Luther tried the same trick, playing Sia’s Breathe Me (what played over the epic Six Feet Under ending — widely considered the best ending of any TV show, ever) over the ending of an episode and it… kinda… fell flat. So it doesn’t always work.

        I expected Good Doctor to have a Teardrop scene. Maybe the earthquake. Maybe the scene when a certain major character left the show. Especially since it’s made by David Shore, the guy who made House MD.

        It’s funny because Massive Attack is not my kinda band at all. I have enjoyed electronic bands (Japan’s The Sixth Lie is considered one, and I love them) but generally don’t follow them. I do love some Teardrop, though. Maybe because of House MD? It’s just a cool song. Some of the electronic stuff in the Mortal Kombat (1995) soundtrack — KMFDM, and others — was cool, too.

      • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
        31·
        2 days ago

        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.

        • tal@olio.cafeEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

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

      • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 days ago

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