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Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by opello »

adastra22 wrote: post #62
HumblyTossed wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The ones where we actually did land on the moon?

Yes, the original video recording of the moon landing has been lost. It was broadcast live, but all we have is the grainy, shitty, washed out recording of the national news you see shown everywhere. The actual signal from the moon, which people at Mission Control would have seen, had a FAR better resolution and contrast. It was recorded with basically the best camera they could send, and digitized and returned to ear…

In my fever dream version of reality the success of something like "For All Mankind" would present an opportunity to fund searching for this footage.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by mrexroad »

netsharc wrote: post #89

Somewhat related, in that involves the X-Files and hidden songs, the CD of X-Files related music had a "Track 0" that can be accessed by rewinding beyond 0:00 of track 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_X:_Music_f... > Producers used the Compact Disc's pregap, so a listener would have to actually manually rewind the first track a full nine minutes to hear two additional hidden tracks, "Time Jesum Tr…

I want to believe!

Thanks for that, I wasn’t aware of this (it was my sister’s CD back in the day). Things like this are a nice reminder of when I believed in more things, when stuff was done for passion rather than profit and being a nerd meant something other than being dismissed as a techbro or whatever people say now. Ok, taking off my rose-tinted-nostalgia glasses now. Things are always fantastic and things are always broken, only depends on where (and why) you focus.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by pilsetnieks »

iambateman wrote: post #8

This makes me miss the ReplyAll podcast. They were the best at tracking down obscurities like this and telling a fun story about them.

I remember that episode! https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2h8bx

I was listening to it on a bus and screaming inside because I had that mp3 sitting in my library, obtained years and years ago through questionable means, and had listened to it quite a lot.

Even Olson - So Much Better (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qTESaoSU_8), for the record.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by pilsetnieks »

mwcremer wrote: post #71

Somewhere I saw a clip of David Duchovny revealing the never-before-heard lyrics of the X-Files theme song: The X-Files is a show With music by Mark Snow The X-Files is a show With music by Mark Snow ...

I wonder who's the author, and if they did a Rodenberry on the theme (Rodenberry, in addition to everything else, was the author of lyrics for the Star Trek theme. Despite them never being used, he made a tidy sum in royalties.)

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by asadalt »

leblancfg wrote: post #53
asadalt wrote: post #40

I once was listening to a song in a cafe in Pakistan and couldn't find it. Me and friends did: - Shazam a few times - Ask the restaurant folks if they can look at some screen to get us the name, apparently it was on a screenless mp3 player - I recorded a sample of it - I tried all fingerprinting services apart from Shazam - Posted on a few subreddits, found the base song, a daft punk song but not exact one - I looked…

Well do share! lol

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TXQ9bPD8Nyg

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by narag »

Late to the Shazam show, had not heard of it. Will it work with me playing a melody on the piano or does it need the original record?

I have this uplifting jazzy song in my head that was used for the basketball intro in Spain a very long time ago. It sounded much like a Sousa march played by an electric jazz band. Tried all kind of tricks to find it, but no luck so far.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by giantrobot »

hnthrowaway0328 wrote: post #75
adastra22 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, the original video recording of the moon landing has been lost. It was broadcast live, but all we have is the grainy, shitty, washed out recording of the national news you see shown everywhere. The actual signal from the moon, which people at Mission Control would have seen, had a FAR better resolution and contrast. It was recorded with basically the best camera they could send, and digitized and returned to ear…

How did they lose that? Sigh...

Big reel to reel data tapes didn't have the best labeling and could be stored in cans that might not match the spindle's label. I could imagine it pretty easy for a tape to be stored in a mismatched can and then get sent off to a storage area. The "right" can with the wrong spindle ends up in the archive while the "wrong" can gets sent off to a warehouse or reused or whatever. Apollo was a huge project with a lot of people. All it takes is one person too busy to notice they put a tape in the wrong can.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by Yodel0914 »

netsharc wrote: post #89

Somewhat related, in that involves the X-Files and hidden songs, the CD of X-Files related music had a "Track 0" that can be accessed by rewinding beyond 0:00 of track 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_in_the_Key_of_X:_Music_f... > Producers used the Compact Disc's pregap, so a listener would have to actually manually rewind the first track a full nine minutes to hear two additional hidden tracks, "Time Jesum Tr…

Loved that track, and the adventure of finding it.

I'm not sure how "lost" it is, but I always have trouble finding the Foo Fighters cover of Down In The Park off that album.

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by CrazyCatDog »

JamieDawsonCode wrote: post #17
cmdlineluser wrote: post #10

There seem to be a few articles about it now: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/06/x-files-son... An update from one of the songwriters: https://www.joneshouseband.com/about-2

Apparently Dan and Glenn had 4 hours to write and submit the song! Imagine throwing together a song in 4 hours and then finding out that people loved the song so much that they tracked you online 25 year later.

1) Clear your evening. 2) Do not Google, but rather jump straight to your favorite media platform, and locate a 2012 film named: “searching for sugar man.” 3) Watch alone because it’s impossible to watch without crying tears of joy

Re: A lost X-Files song

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Post by jjeaff »

jimmydddd wrote: post #82
whstl wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True. I know a couple people who work with soundtracks professionally for TV, and the crazy thing is that "writing songs fast" is a totally different skill in itself, so it's not enough to be an amazing player with decades of experience, or even an amazing songwriter, it's a different superpower that impresses other musicians too. Those super-fast soundtrack/jingle composers, session musicians and professional songwr…

I recall reading that Bernie Taupin and Elton John first met when they separately answered an ad for a company that wrote jingles and music for commercials. Apparently the two were partnered together at the company and would crank out a high volume of content every day. If true, this gives insight into their prolific output during the late sixties and early seventies.

That and the cocaine, of course.
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