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   =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Je=DFus?= to All   
   Re: Song I.D (bit of a long shot)   
   03 Jun 09 09:31:45   
   
   XPost: aus.hi-fi, aus.music, rec.music.collecting.vinyl   
   From: none@all.org   
      
   In article <4a092d4b$0$24363$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-   
   01.iinet.net.au>, rheilly@bigslong.com says...   
   >    
   > "Jeßus"  wrote in message    
   > news:MPG.24737e1ae5c15f3c98979d@news.x-privat.org...   
   > In article <4a01049f$0$12620$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-   
   > 01.iinet.net.au>, rheilly@bigslong.com says...   
   > >   
   > > "Jeßus"  wrote in message   
   > > news:MPG.246b9882601e1fa1989791@news.x-privat.org...   
   > > > In article , none@all.org   
   > > > says...   
   > > >> I've run out of ideas on how to identify this song, short of stumbling   
   > > >> across it on the radio (not likely to happen). I've tried that   
   > > >> 'tunetapper' site, but no luck there either.   
   > > >>   
   > > >> -It's an instrumental, containing piano and electric guitar   
   > > >>   
   > > >> - Hard to fit into a genre... the guitar work is very rock in style   
   > > >> though, could be described as containing a guitar solo (of sorts).   
   > > >>   
   > > >> -I recall hearing it a lot on the radio in the early to mid 1970s   
   > > >>   
   > > >> -I'm guessing the song dates circa 1967-1973   
   > > >>   
   > > >> -I believe this was a fairly popular track in it's day (for some    
   > > >> years),   
   > > >> may have been on the charts at one stage (I checked that but no luck).   
   > > >>   
   > > >> Not much to go on, I know... but any help appreciated.   
   > > >>   
   > > >> TIA   
   > > >>   
   > > >   
   > > > BTW - it's not Green Onions (which is older anyway).   
   > >   
   > > Hmmm, hum the first few bars !!   
   >    
   > LOL... I'll attempt *something* here.   
   >    
   > No idea how the tune actually starts, but the most prominent part (for   
   > me) is something like:   
   >    
   >    
   > dah, dah dah dah dah - dah, dah dah dah dah dah - dah dah dah dah - dah   
   > - dah dah dah dah   
   >    
   >  ding ding (pause) ding ding (slightly higher note)   
   > (pause) ding ding (again a slightly higher note) (pause) ding   
   > ding...sigh. This isnt working, LOL.   
   >    
   > Now I wish I learnt music when I was younger... :)   
   >   
   > OK, on a more practical plane :-) (actually mebbe an MP3 or WAV hummed into    
   > the ol mic??) do you associate it with something well known ?   
      
   I might just resort to doing that, cheers :)   
      
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