Illumination Night / Light the Lanterns (Remastered) - Unknown Song, Artist | Help To Identify
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Remaster of the self proclaimed "third most mysterious song on the internet", 'Illumination Night' (aka 'Light the Lanterns' or 'Legacy'), an unknown folk country song from the 80's that tells the story of the Grand Illumination at Martha's Vineyard.
Was believed to be "Legacy" by the folk duo group Hazlewood but was confirmed to not be this track.
Earliest public upload (OG audio reupload): • The Third Most Mysteri...
OG upload deleted
Deleted Simon Hill remaster: • Video
Ziro/Q upload: • Unidentified Song ("Li...
Lyrics:
She was born on a magic island,
There's a certain mythology
I was already on the outside,
I wanted to be what I wanted to be
She took me to Illumination Night
To pass on the legacy
Crazy ladies in gingerbread houses,
Light the lanterns for the shipwrecked sailors
Celebrate the homecoming,
Celebrate the moment when
The will to live collides with love
Lights the lanterns, everyone,
And pray that the rain won't come
She left me with grace the next year
She went away, I don't know where
Grace got drunk in a Chinese restaurant
So all I saw were the lights extinguishing
I'm going back on Illumination Night
To see if I can light the lights
Crazy ladies in gingerbread houses,
Light the lanterns for the shipwrecked sailors
Celebrate the homecoming,
Celebrate the moment when
The will to live collides with love
Lights the lanterns, everyone,
And pray that the rain won't come
Crazy ladies in gingerbread houses,
Light the lanterns for the shipwrecked sailors
Celebrate the homecoming,
Celebrate the moment when
The will to live collides with love
Lights the lanterns, everyone,
And pray that the rain won't come
![The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet [Remastered 2021]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vgp7JdmHibA/mqdefault.jpg)
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This is why we need a universal or world music library.
It’s a tragedy to not remember the past, it’s like missing a part of you that you can’t even describe.
We already kind of do with the Internet Archive or IMA. But I agree even that is still not enough.
Sound so REM-eqsue. Even the singer comes across like Stipe’s female twin. I like it.
I'm late to the party but discovered this song recently and just got into the Lostwave world. I really like the song and hope the artist gets her flowers sooner than later. To me it's about a woman who has a mother figure or mentor ("she took me to Illumination Night to pass on the legacy") and she realizes she's (pardon my language) fucking her life up and being a disappointment ("she went away I don't know where / Grace got drunk in a Chinese restaurant / so all I saw were the lights extinguishing") and wants to better herself ("going back on Illumination Night to see if I could light the lights"). I may be wrong though!
As far as the possibilies on the singer I think the Signe Toly theory is not likely.. Anyone who has heard her on "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off" and even videos when she was older knows she has a very jazzy voice compared to the (lack of a better term) plain voice here. Someone compared the singer here to a female Michael Stipe from REM and I think that's a very accurate comment!
It's strange how even with lyrics to some songs, we still can't find them.
There are thousands, probably millions of these lost mysterious songs unfortunately. It is impossible to identify every single one of them
I wonder where all the people went
@@roomtraveller8101 Yeah, like if someone who knows the artist would let them know the song's of interest on the internet. Or someone involved with a lost song would see the song's being searched for and speak up with proof. Where is anybody?
No shit this is a demo
Something about this song is just so nice. I had found a lead a while back, but a user on a discord had contacted the woman who I thought it was, to no luck. It would be amazing if someone like Whang! or blameitonjorge covered this song, but for right now it looks like we’re on our own. For now though, do we know if anyone has contacted Windows to Sky about more info on this song? They are the ones that found the cassette. Why not ask them where they found it? When? If there was any special events going on where they found it because the cassette says “listen today” and sings about our main singer and a woman named Grace. There’s a few more things I have in mind about this song, just waiting for a good time to bring them up.
the search for this song unfortunately kinda died, windows to sky does not want anything to do with it and a lot of people gave up. I think it was a demo that was never released, by some upcoming folk group that never made it. It hurts my heart that this beautiful piece remains unidentified, it's such a great tune and I love the little story it tells.
@@lostwavefinder587 Aw man. Hopefully someone one day can find it, but for now I’ll try my best at finding any info on this at all.
It's sad Windows to Sky just gave up on it. This is by far one of my favorite mysterious songs and I would love to find the artist.
Im still trying to find this song since day 1
@@Videomaker-pz4xm
Read all *5 Parts* of my 2 years research into this song posted up this other channel >>>
ua-cam.com/video/8I6rsyIKCUI/v-deo.htmlsi=9otoBH6lmIjNTegN
But I eventually got to a dead end, as described in my Part 5 because I am not in West Coast USA (around SF) which is where the answer lies ... in the memories of players from 1965-1975. If you seriously want to solve this mystery, by all means carry on from where I left off. But you'll have to do on the ground work, not just superficial internet searches. The writer, singer, players of this song must be in their 70s or 80s now or else dead. This song was way before the internet, so don't be surprised why google turns up nothing relevant beyond what I've already figured out from the lyrics.
Now it became "The second most mysterious song of the internet"
I hope one day it can be solves
The second before was fond My mind?
@@UglirusDeidad Yes
It's gonna become the 1st most mysterious one in no time
interpretation and lyrics i guess:
int: part of me feels like this song could be about the singer reminiscing about her girlfriend/wife, who is living in another country. unable to travel to each other’s countries due to war or sickness. only to reunite and get married at last
lyr:
[verse 1]
she was born on a magic island, there’s/bears a certain mythology.
i was already on the outside. i wanted to be what i wanted to be!
she took me to an illumination night, to pass on the legacyyy!
[prechorus]
ancient/crazy ladies in gingerbread houses.
light the lanterns for the shipwrecked sailors!
celebrate them for coming!
celebrate the moment then..
[chorus]
my will to live!
lights of love!
light the lanterns! every one!
and pray.. the rain won’t come..
[verse 2]
she left me with grace, the next year.
she went away, i don’t know where!
dazed and drunk at a chinese restaurant.
so all i saw were the lights extinguishing!
going back on illumination night…
i see her by the lifeless lights.
[prechorus]
ancient/crazy ladies in gingerbread houses.
light the lanterns for the shipwrecked sailors!
celebrate the homecoming!
celebrate the moment then..
[chorus]
my will to live!
lights of love!
light the lanterns! every one!
and pray.. the rain won’t come..
[final prechorus]
ancient/crazy ladies in gingerbread houses.
light the lanterns for the shipwrecked sailors!
celebrate me for coming!
celebrate the moment when..
[final chorus]
my will to live!
collides with love!
light the lanterns! every one!
and pray.. our reign won’t go!!
Почему-то песня навивает далекие и приятные воспоминания из детства. Вероятно даже ложные наверное
Желаю всем счастья, мира, добра и любви. Надеюсь, эту душевную и добрую песенку найдут к концу года
Привет из Ростова-на-Дону
Берегите свет фонариков в своих сердцах
This song makes me feel peace
This song makes me Incredibly nostalgic for something ive never experienced. thats the best way i can describe it,
This sounds so much like Beth Nielsen Chapman. She sang All I Have and Say Goodnight, Not Goodbye in the 90s.
I can't tell if it's '70s or '90s. It sounds more '70s to me, but at times, I can't tell.
It is apparently from 1985-89
I believe it was found in 85, so its probably from the 70s or early 80s.@@lostwavefinder587
With like five lostwave songs being found this month, it’s renewed a little bit of hope for me
This one will be very tricky. It is most definitely a demo and thus isn't online archived at all. The only hope is for someone who knew/worked with the artist, maybe on this song, to hear it and recognize it.
@@lostwavefinder587 wish some big name UA-camrs would talk about it!!
This song gives me an 1998 vibe to it
It's from the 80's
It sounds like late 60s and early 70s psychedelic rock music before the disco era came in
@@lostwavefinder587 It's a 1988 demo of called "Illumination Night" by Hazlewood
@@Thunderlion-yd4nv its not Hazlewood, confirmed by one of the band members.
@Coogan Who would post such a thing, then??
The perfect Christmas song
I have a theory that this song was made in the 60's as a book project by a bunch of high school students that were in a band. It might never have been officially released and the tape this song was found on is probably the only copy.
If thats true than it guts me, knowing that the band that produced a song this good never took off
I love this song 😍😍😍 this search needs to be revived people, it's 2021 and everyone has the Internet at their fingertips. Someone must know in the world ✊👊
I'm very sad that the search is mostly dead
Sounds like Juice Newton or something that you hear while driving at the countryside of GTA San Andreas
I remember that I had already resolved this, I went back to listen to the original song, but I see that it disappeared, a channel that I no longer remember uploaded the entire album and this song, the channel was a music group
Windows to Sky? They were the account that originally uploaded it and the person who found the tape back in 1989
Are you referring to Hazelwood? It's not them.
@@davidarkham8716 yeaaah! Ohh how bad
Dude i loved it! Could you give a link to download this remaster?
I just stumbled upon this lovely song but what’s the backstory on how it was found and what’s been figured out so far? :0
it was found on a cassette tape labeled 'Demo - Listen Today!' in an office building in LA in ~1985, by user 'Windows To Sky'. Other than that we have no information at all. No one from Martha's Vineyard knows it.
Patti Smith perhaps? Listen to her song "Because The Night" to get an idea of what her voice sounds like.
@Coogan At least I had a suggestion. I don't see you putting forth anyone. And I know Patti Smith is probably incorrect, but she kinda sounds like the singer.
@Coogan Honestly, I agree that it's not Patti. I apologize for my previous comment as I realize that I was more disrespectful than I should have been.
I don’t know the song good enough to recognize the lyrics, and while I don’t think it’s this, the vocal melody reminded me immediately of ‘After the Gold Rush’ by Neil Young
It obviously isn't them but the singer of this song sounds a LOT like the singer of 10,000 Maniacs IMHO. (Although it isn't because 10,000 Maniacs are way to popular)
Im 90% sure this song is lost. I just spent like a hour searching. I found videos with 0 views and found nothing. Im gonna do a giant search soon.
I'm pretty sure this will be the hardest lostwave to find. It's literally a demo and this cassette is probably the only copy that exists
The woman sounds a little like Joni Mitchell
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@Yakko_101 the one that got taken down was the 2nd earliest (but had been up since the OG upload still was), the earliest public upload is still available and is linked in the description
It is a demo song either made by a band called listen today, or maybe an album called it. IDK. Probably even the song title.
Something strange just happened since they deleted the original video of Light the Lanterns due to copyright, what does this mean?
It was from a hacked channel. Also it wasn't the original upload, it was a remaster of the OG upload which got deleted.
How did the search for this song start?
UA-cam user WindowsToSky apparently found a cassette tape in some office building in LA that was labeled 'DEMO - LISTEN TODAY' with this song on it. no other info was given
@@lostwavefinder587 Plot twist: the artist and the song are actually called "demo - listen today"
@@elesobrad1926 could you imagine
This kinda reminds me of the band "Ephemera" but it's probably not them.
I imagine if some day a famous band like 4 Non Blondes made a cover of this song, giving the credit it deserves and hopefully making someone recognize it.
I'm currently working on an HQ recreation of this song as we speak! Stay tuned!
@@ethanfishell1930 Where is it
Have a question. The OP, Windows To Sky, are they the same Windows To Sky as the musician here on UA-cam, or a different account that got terminated/deleted?
They are the same
@@lostwavefinder587 thanks.
I hear "Pray that the rainbow comes" instead
that's a new one. I can hear it though
It makes more sense when they say pray that the rain won't come because rain stops lanterns from glowing and you can't see rainbows at night which is Illumination Night
When it says, "crazy ladies in gingerbread houses." It might possibly be referencing the story "Hansel and gretel".
the houses on the Oak Bluffs at Martha's Vineyard are called the 'Gingerbread Houses', so I'm certain that's what they are referring to. The song is about Martha's Vineyard and the Grand Illumination.
Is there an origin to this? Was it fished out of a studio dumpster?
@LowQualityCheese it was apparently found in a filing cabinet in some office building in LA. The OP deleted the video that told the origin story due to being harassed by trolls
@@lostwavefinder587 An office building? That leads to more questions. Too bad we don't know who left it there, when or if they knew the singer.
@@LowQualityCheeseI thought it was like a thrift store but I could be wrong
reminds me of Dolores O'Riordan - Ordinary Day.
Dolores has a distinct accent but the tone sounds similar to her
this sounds like it belongs on emily bindiger's debut album . though if this song really was made in the 1980s i dont think it would line up.....! bindiger's releases in the 80s strayed away from the folky style
I love this song so much it’s my favorite lostwave song, I really want it to be found 🥹🥹 I wish I could help in some way to find it
Do you think the name is not part of the lyrics?
Possibly. It could be called "Song of the Vineyard' or something like that
@@lostwavefinder587 i believe that actually the name is part of the lyrics, because seems like the song is super obscure and isn't in youtube and most of these songs have a name that is part of the lyrics
I think that it's dumb that they didn't write the name of their band and name of the song on the tape because I would've done that if I made a demo of my song
The name Light the Lanterns was coined for it by the first internet sleuths who looked into its provenance. Quite often the name for a song is a repeat "hook" line found within the chorus, something you go away singing and remembering. So Light the Lanterns is a good title, as would be Pray That the Rain Don't Come.
That could very well point to it being the full theme song to some ultra obscure failed cartoon pilot from sometime around 1987/1988.
My mom and I both think this sounds like something done by Carly Simon.
Pra mim parece alguma música dos primórdios da banda Supertramp, quem concorda?
Supertramp doesn't have a female vocalist and is far too popular
@@BAFVintage é uma mulher? desculpa.
Sounds like Alt-Rock
I think I have the answer:
This is an unmastered demo by Hazlewood (yes, you got the group right) called "Illumination Night" (1988):
ua-cam.com/video/C_AoRbar33k/v-deo.html
That is a false claim, it was 100% confirmed by Susan Graham White of Hazlewood that this is not their song.
@@lostwavefinder587 Wait--The channel said "Hazlewood Legacy - Topic"...
...Maybe the artist's name is Hazlewood *Legacy*
In addition, "Grace" in "Grace got drunk in a Chinese restaurant" might be Grace Griffith
@Thunderlion1986 the group's name is Hazlewood. Legacy was the name of their 2nd album and the name of the titular track on such album. Light the Lanters was confirmed by Susan Graham White herself to not be by Hazlewood, so I don't know what other proof to give to tell you this is a false claim.
@@lostwavefinder587 Who would post that, then?
@Thunderlion1986 unfortunately this community is filled with disgruntled people making hoaxes like this trying to get any form of publicity. Makes everything 10000x harder to verify
Maybe Im the only one, but I would prefer this song to stay a secret. Finding the creator always kind of destroys the mystery.
Yes but then we can give the proper credit to the creators of these pieces
No I want to see the possible cartoon pilot that this might've been for dang it!
The lyrics about some magic island, lighting the lanterns for some shipwrecked sailors, gingerbread houses filled with a bunch of girls & some possibility of magic make me think that this might be the theme song to some failed 80s/90s cartoon pilot from some obscure studio. Like I can picture this being for a show about some witches on some island that have to protect some river around a place where a Chinese restaurant is at(might be in the US with the stereotypical font) from evil forces.
Its definately talking about Martha's Vineyard on the annual Illumination night.
@@ethanfishell1930 Now I have to wonder how an animated series inspired by Martha's Vineyard would be like. This is seemingly the closest we could possibly get out of it.
So you're telling me that the full light the lanterns song was on UA-cam the entire time by lost wave UA-camr you can't make this stuff up
what?
what is bro talking about
r/HadAstroke
I thought it was just a snippet I didn't think the full song was out for a year
I think the only thing we could do guys is not find the names of these artist less songs, but find more of them.
At least salvage the music and sounds of the past that were hidden in the dark.
Not gonna lie, with AI taking jobs, I don’t feel this is something it can do, because in its database the info for this stuff isn’t there.
And with humanity reaching loneliness and societal changes, the farther we get, the more we lose.
So in the future the Past Keeper or Past Bookeeing will def be a voluntary position in society
/ Valid Job