The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet : More Thoughts On "Like The Wind"
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- In this video, I have some more thoughts to share about the whole "most mysterious song on the internet" phenomenon. I had made a video about this a while ago, in which I argued that this incident is not as improbable as many people may think. In fact, even though this is an extreme case of a mystery song not being solved, I will wager that any day now another such song will show itself on the internet.
As I explain in the video, I think a lot of this has to do with the transition from one era to another. To be more specific, two very different eras: the pre-internet age and the internet age. As I mention, for those of you who were not alive during the days before the internet, it can be very hard to imagine just how different things were in those days. I remember those years very well.
I argue that in the 80s, there were many obscure songs, many "periphery" songs that were very minor hits. Stuff that only got played on the radio or on MTV a handful of times, and then were never heard of again. I would say there are hundreds of songs that fall into this category. And when you factor in local hits (stuff that was only played in a very specific area) or underground/indie stuff that may have been played a few times on campus radio, there is a real chance of songs from one era being completely unknown when they make the transition to the current era.
To be more specific, imagine taking one of these obscure songs from the 80s that was only heard by a handful of people. Now, imagine only a couple recordings of that song exist. Again, stuff played in the pre-internet days had a MUCH smaller network, and a much smaller reach. When you put such an unknown song on the internet, with a much broader reach, it is very likely that it will be a "mystery song" to thousands if not millions of people.
And as I mention in the video, consider all the millions of cassettes and reels of tape around the world, tucked away in boxes under someone's bed, in someone's attic, or in a basement. Millions of tapes with millions of songs on them. When you consider this, it is easy to see how there could be many mystery or forgotten songs ready to be rediscovered.
I also mention the fact that maybe this whole phenomenon about "Like The Wind" could possibly all be a hoax. I don't hear many people suggest that, but I do think it could be a real possibility. Think about it, with all the technology available nowadays, it would be very easy for someone to come up with an original song, and to use software or technology to "date" the song, and make it sound like something from that era. I sometimes wonder if the whole story about the boy in Germany who recorded the song off the radio one night was completely made up.
This is certainly a fascinating enigma that will probably never be solved. In a way, I hope it never is solved. I do love a good mystery! Also, I mention in the video possible reasons why no one involved with the recording of that song has ever come forward. There are a number of possible explanations. Maybe everyone involved has since passed away, or maybe they live completely off the grid, or maybe folks just want to maintain their privacy.
What do you think of all of this? Do you have any theories? Do you enjoy "Like The Wind"? Do you follow developments in this story very closely? Do you have any guesses who the artist may be?
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Please don´t be offended, but I was kinda dissapointed with this video when you suggested it could be a hoax. It is not an hoax and it has been proven for some years already that it cannot be one. Here are a list of reasons provided from an admin from r/TheMysteriousSong of why it is not hoax (Darius is the person who originally recorded the song in the 80´s and Lydia is his sister, who originally started the search of the song online):
1 - There is a 10kHz line on the song, which I highly doubt would be there if it was faked. NDR recordings tend to have this exact line.
2 - Darius wrote "One Fine Day" on the tape tracklist, not the proper name "Madam Butterfly"-- which is exactly what Stefan Kuehne, the late NDR DJ, wrote on his September 7th, 1984 playlist that listed the exact same version of Madam Butterfly that Darius had, we didn't find any other instances of this song being played on shows Darius listened to.
3 - Lydia has a recording of Peter Urban announcing a concert on a certain day with a certain song. lo and behold, the playlists back this up.
4 - Darius and Lydia have had other unidentified songs for years that all turned out to be legitimate. Old Ned by Blue In Heaven, Henry Subwaymurder by Always I aka Jim Avignon, and Belief by David Harrow are the notable ones. Belief was seen on the playlists.
5 - Henry Subwaymurder in particular was interesting because it was only solvable through asking the DJ who played it, who happened to still have it on vinyl.
(Following writing is by me)
The song has also been posted on the web since around 2006-2007. I have seen people saying the same thing about the "Everyone Knows That"/"Ulterior Motives" song before it got solved - that it was hoax - but guess what? It wasn´t. The hoax hypothesis regarding TMS need to be discarded entirely.
One important point you made is the "off the grid" comment about how millions of people don´t use the Internet, and that is a stumbling block for the search. Even in the "West" - where Germany belongs to - many older people don´t use the Internet or rarely use it, and I believe this is a motive why it is taking too much time for to solve it. For example, Johan Lindell´s "On The Roof" song took some time to be solved (around 10 years), and once it was solved, Johan said he does not use the Internet and computers (he asks help from his sons or other people in rare occasions when he has to use it) and another interesting fact is that he had abandoned music for other artistic endeavours like painting.
I do not think the song will never be solved - 2024 has been an amazing year for the Lost Wave community, and my hope is that it will also be solved until 2025 comes around. At worst, it will take us more years to wait until it is solved, and in fact, the collective search for it online has been going around for around 5 years, while the sister of the person who originally recorded has been doing it for almost 17 years. But I believe we will get there eventually.
in the early 90s, we wondered about something weird, and had to love with the fact, that we still do not know many things, and can not ask anyone, who knows.
And a lot of libraries also only used alphabetically sorted cards to find books by topic, no electronic searching in libraries.
"Blind the Wind" could be a hoax, but I have heard that there is like a pulse or something in the track that proves that it aired on the radio. And I doubt they would have had the forethought to add the pulse as how could they guess folks would go to such lengths to examine the audio.
It's not a pulse, rather notches (a narrow band of attenuated frequencies), which were part of the audio chain for NDR transmissions at the time.
@@liam3284 thanks!
You haven't done much research if you think it's a hoax
"Everyone Knows It" was just found and that was like 17 seconds of audio and for "Blind the Wind" we have the whole song, so I think "Blind the Wind" will be found too.
You are absolutely right the guys that made "Everyone Knows It" had no idea the internet was interested in a song they had sold to a adult film in the 80s. So it is very possible that whoever made "Blind the Wind" still has no idea about the search.
I was one of those in the late 70s and early 80s that recorded off the radio Regularly I know that I was one of many how did in High school I did off Local and national radio broadcasts.. I think that it was more popular to do it than what you might think and no sure I don't think that this is a hoax at all. I know that I would listen to the Show rock over London. And many like that
hi you have a very good point i have one as well
note to all out there my mates used to record all the top 40 in the uk each week BUT get this how many of my mates keep there decks running right back in the day
i had a reel to reel 4 track one you could move around with a big speaker in the front i keep it running nice the only bad side it was a 2 head deck
so i had to check tapes on a 2nd deck i keep in one place
my sister and mate lost alot of recording to heavy wear on the heads they did not know my mate j had 100's of cassettes nes they were all bad in the end
same with my gran dad he had a stereo he done the same 400 plus cassettes all bad heavy wear to a low cost heads in the deck
i am saying this if you are using cassette best to keep a eye on your decks yes the net is a big help to keep the decks running right
note one last thing if you are on the older side leave a will TO STOP ANY BODY getting a skip in
i have pick up 2 eu pallet of betacam sp gear and cassette dubbing gear i saved from a skip if you have a old gran dad that been saving up alot
of cool gear please can you lot be carefull and find it a home if you can
I might be wrong but I don't think that this Song's mystery will ever be solved but only time will tell I guess if it ever does.
If you're interested in such "lost" songs, I'd recommend you to check out the story of "Fond My Mind". (a.k.a. "Feels Like a Wish") It's also one of these songs that were randomly recorded off the radio, but was ultimately found in the end.
The topic of lost songs is such an interesting one!
I heard the song from Canada Ontario radios stations, for years.
Whenever I email them, they can't find the song I'm talking about.
You heard Like the Wind on the radio in Ontario growing up? Or are you talking about another song?
@@patrickmcneil9180 I heard the "like the wind song" as I was growing up.
I was born late 2003.
They played it less frequently around 2015 or 2016.
@@patrickmcneil9180 MooseFm 94.1 Elliot Lake, Ontario played this song a lot and it had a longer version than the tape recordings found online.
Since this Song is on The Internet maybe some kind of copyright issues are keeping The People made this from coming forward with The truth.