a shot in the dark

[ceagle]

Okay...

I had my hopes up. A really nice music store executive online said she would listen to some snippets of songs, the names and artists of which I've never been able to find... DJs never answer inquiries, because they are inundated and swamped all the time already I'll bet..
Alas, despite her kindness and nice offer, she could not recognize any of them :/

So I figure, why not.. I've got the music clips uploaded now.. maybe some of you out there might?

Back when I was dating a person who was going to University of Hawaii, she would listen to the radio while doing her homework, and if she heard something nice, she would timeshift a snippet of it for me, and if I liked it too, I would go buy it.. if I could figure out what it was.
I've bought dozens of songs I love, but I could never locate these. They are all from the mid 1990s to early 2000s. Have a listen if you like, and thanks in advance if ya can help. Either way, I hope they will spark some enjoyment and inquisitiveness in you too :}

Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Clip 5 Clip 6 Clip 7


Good Lux ^v^

Comments

[xianjaguar.livejournal.com]

I randomly picked Clip 5, and googled lyrics "we're not just going through the motion" and came up with a Jennifer Warner song that was the same. I then googled the same phrase with "original" in it, and found the Original Artist:

http://www.buy.com/prod/when-the-feeling-comes-around/q/loc/18250/206172950.html

So I supposed you could google the lyrics, and find out who did what?
Or I can do the rest...I have pretty good google fu skills. ;D

EDIT: Whoo boy, I was just LUCKY to have picked track 5 to google first. The rest aren't coming up for me. Hmmm.

[xianjaguar.livejournal.com]

Here's a pretty cool resource for you:

http://www.huapala.org/

An archive of lyrics to Hawaiian songs. You could browse through it, I guess, see if anything rings a bell? It's huge, and has all sorts of songs from Hawaii, both traditional and modern.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful!!
Just to have ONE down is a huge advance toward the finish line.. thankyou!! *feathery hugs*

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

oooo ... maybe it can work for some other ones that are non-hawaiian... thanx!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

by the way, for successfully locating dat (if you like the song) I will be glad ta buy it for ya, if ya want ^v^ .

[expandranon.livejournal.com]

I wish I could help, but I don't even recognize the artists for any of these.

[timali.livejournal.com]

Sorry I can't recognise any of these, but...

...I just wanted to say you've got a really cool userpic! It's that white duck from uhmmm that cartoon what-is-it-called I don't know :o I have no idea what the cartoon or the character is called in English, but I used to love the series so much as kid :D

[aldi.livejournal.com]

It's Martin, the fat goose from Nils Holgersson. Martin was his name in the French TV cartoon version, but I'm not sure if it was also his name in the original book, which I have read over 20 years ago!

[aldi.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I draw a blank on all of these. i hope you find them eventually. *hugz*

[aldi.livejournal.com]

[taffypinkdino.livejournal.com]

Have you tried asking Drakeduck? He is like the mothership of random musical knowledge.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

No worries.. they are pretty obscure, ballooneybird, and I've been looking on and off for yeeeeeeeeers....

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

hehe! Glad ya like it!
Yep, I don' use it too much a-cuz it's one of the icons I use to demonstrate the not-as-happy-stuff.. and this pose seemed pretty well perfect... I hope Roofus located the right character for ya!... It's been so long since I uploaded it, I kin hardly remember... *beak blush*

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

hyahahahah!! That's a hoot! (or a HONK!) ... Thanks, mr roo!! :D

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Thank ya bud.... *hug.*
Been looking for a long LONG time and xianjaguar helped me find one already, so feeling REALLY good raht now! ^V^
I hope everyone reading is enjoying the snips and intrigue tho!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Sorta lookin' forward to him weighin' in on this'n, yup! RL fun is a first priority though... :D I hope things are-a hoppin' and-a jumpin' out your way!

Goss notes?

[sennard.livejournal.com]

Another one for you:

Clip 3 - Fiji "Why You"
http://www.anysonglyrics.com/lyrics/f/fiji/whyyou.htm

miss ya, spotty buddy!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

oooo!! You dun it!! That's one of 'em too!! *flaps and jumps up into the sky to do figure-eights, for several minutes, swooping past ya over n over to fluff your floppy ears!*

*hug*

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

That's definitely the song (http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/fiji-why-you-by-fiji/6451559/), just a different version.. hehe.... not bad! ;}

Re: *hug*

[sennard.livejournal.com]

Maybe I am tone deaf? :OP

Here is what I've got out of them for lyrics:

Snip 1:
"Great 'Mah-na-low-ah'
I leave my lonesome world
that grows congested with time
I think I'll step up to your mountain top and stop awhile
to look down on the weather
(woah)

Yes I'll be
('Mah-na-low-ah')
I really can't say how far to go
(way up high ahh-ooo)
I'm walking on clouds and seem to float
('Mah-na-low-ah')
I follow the sun to find my way
(way up high ahh-ooo)
Oh you can have a time of day
I've found..."

Snip 2: "The woo-woo song"
"...and all I want's the simple things in life
just you and me happily
makes me feel all right
you know I love
you you know I neeeed you
and you'll always be
a part of me, can't you see-e-e.."

Snip 4:
"...again,
country fire burning so bright
I wonder if my country woman
is lonely tonight?"

Snip 6:
"...time we could share
it's the end of the road
for me and you
so take a bow.
I'll remember you
till the end of my life.

(till the end of my life x3)"

Snip 7: (static!)
I'll be back judge?
and live with their jokes
the day (something) is fine
(mmm...yeah)

*feathery tail wags!!*

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

oooo!... I dig your transcriptions, puppy pal!... And the one of #7 is a hoot!! *leans fluffily on to your shoulder and guffaws widja!* ^V^

Here's a comparative recaps for ya, since you went to all this trouble.. (and I rilly appreciate the interest!) .. *le cheeeeerp...*.....

1. Yaw... I think you got that one pretty-much verbatim... My guess is that it's called "Mauna Loa"

2. Right on the money also... :> From phrasing earlier in the song, I think it might be called "Oooh, Please Me" ... but then again, sometimes songs have titles that don't appear anywhere in the song, like "Rainy Day Women #12 and #35" ... :D

3. Just recapping that one for reference:
When you would take my heart and drop it on the ground
Why You... (Why you wanna break my heart)
Why You... (You had me from the start)
Why You wanna break my heart and leave me on my own..?

The Fiji version is nice!... They say it's called "Why You" .. I still like this female vocal soft version too, so I'll keep hunting for that as well... EDIT: FOUND IT!!! *wags* It's by "Na Waiho'olu'u O Ke Anuenue" ... :D

4. You translated that one right-on also... (you are knot tome deef!)
I think it may be called "Country Fire" or "My Country Fire"

5. As noted in comments, xianjaguar helped me nab that one (wheeee!) ... Oddly enough, I haven't found where I can listen to, and if I like it, buy the Jennifer Warnes version.. it seems to be an import record, so I might take a chance on it eventually..

6. hehe! This is one of those guilty pleasure songs, where the lyrics are sorta nutty, but the vocal display and music and everything are so infectious I just can't help but be enchanted by it ^V^
The only translation difference is I think she says is "for me and you to say goodbye... but you might also be right! it does sound kinda muted there, now that I hear with your take on it... :}

7. *waggle*
With this one, the music exec I was talking about earlier seems to think she knows what it is, either "Bottles and Cans" or "The Makawao Dump", but she seems to be pretty certain it's by Jon Osorio and Randy Borden, ...just that it never was yet released on CD.. and she says it's still only on vinyl, and of course discontinued, and over 20 years old.

and hehe!.. yout transcription cracked me up! *hug* ^V^
I think it goes like this, but yer right.. I can hardly understand nearly half of the song too!...
Humpty-back jugs,
I never said jugs,
Today the Makawao Dump is fine

It's a sweet little song about a guy who is kinda like a Salvation Army attendant, sitting on the corner and collecting peoples' discards for the Makawao Dump and Recycling Center. Kind of an unexpected tale, ..but cute arrangement huh? :}

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Thanks Again for being sucha help, to you pup.. and all of the commenters! ^V^ This is really making my week! :D

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

I'll have a go and see if I can locate any :) Was the radio station a popular one at the time or gospel or anything like that?

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

allo... ^v^

It can still be found at http://www.hawaiian105.com though I don't know if the format has changed much or not... :9