The internet rocks.
While driving, some people insisted on turning on the radio. Well,
okay. A song was played -- I instantly knew it. But I couldn't
remember the title. After some seconds, I realized it's not the song I
knew but only the melody. The other people couldn't help me finding
the title. I already heard that melody like 10 or 15 years ago, that's
for sure.
I hate that. I must find the name of that song.
As I came back home, I started my browser and opened the web page of
the radio station. There's a playlist listing every song with a
timestamp! Great.
Turned out that song was "Criminal" by Britney Spears. D'oh. That's
certainly not what I was looking for.
Luckily, there's an entry in the english wikipedia[1] for that song.
There's one in the german wikipedia, too, but only the english one has
a reference to Supertramp's "The Logical Song". Aha!
I searched on YouTube for that song and listened to it. No. Well, yes.
That's the melody! But I was sure I first listened to that melody in a
techno song or something like that.
Piece of cake: There's a wikipedia entry[2] for "The Logical Song",
too! At the bottom, a version by "Scooter" is mentioned -- called
"Ramp!". Visiting YouTube again. That's it. Yes, I confess, I once
listened to Scooter.
Mystery solved.
Afterwards, I told a friend of mine about all this. He's a musician.
To him, that's two different melodies. He admit's that they "may feel
similar" but it's not the same notes. That's interesting. Seems like I
perceive music in a totally different way. I, too, can hear that
there's differences in the notes but they're subtle to me. It's the
"feeling" that matters most.
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1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_(Britney_Spears_song)
2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Logical_Song
