Looking for a song ... FOUND IT :) Thanks guys.

[J Miller]

For several decades I've listened for specific song. On the very rare occasion the radio stations played it they never mentioned the title or the artist that I heard.
All I know is that was out in the late 60s or 70s on the rock then the oldies rock stations.
The beginning of the song is vocal about the same length as a normal song, then a gap, then an instrumental part. The gap between the two parts is so pronounced it sounds like two different songs, but it's not.

Since getting on high speed internet I've been burning up You-Tube trying to find this song. So far, no luck.

Does anyone have any ideas what the title of this piece could be?

Please help before I go deef listening to music videos ....

Joe

[Blaine]

That's quite a poser. If you can remember a line or two, and Google it, you might get some results.

[jnyork]

Can you maybe whistle a little bit of it for us?

[jeepnik]

Darn, I know the song. It's right there but I can't seem to grab it. Time for a goggle search.

[Rusty]

Stairway to Heaven maybe ??

[Dan 444]

MacArthur Park?

Dan

[J Miller]

I've heard it so few times I can't remember any of it. Last time I heard it was back in 01 or 02.

Dan,
Not MacArthur Park. The one I'm trying to find has no vocals past the half way point.

Rusty,
That's not it either. No instrumental at the end.

Joe

[Richardx]

Can't you hear me knocking by the Rolling Stones?

[Blaine]

"Song Without Words" ?

[J Miller]

Can't you hear me knocking by the Rolling Stones?

Not by the Stones, them I'm pretty familiar with.

Joe

[J Miller]

"Song Without Words" ?

Nope, that's way higher brow than the radio stations play. Whooo Hooo !!!


Joe

Oh, just to be honest I am listening to all the suggestions you guys are giving me. Some good stuff.

[Griff]

Pink Floyd's "Darkside of the Moon"? Or something by the Moody Blues?

[wecsoger]

(sigh)

Too limited info, you have to be more forthcoming. I could probably sit here and name a couple...

vocalist, male/female? Tempo? Style, rock/pop/soft/? Instruments used? Length?

Surely must recall some lyrics? (and yes, I'm calling you Shirley)(grin)

I've played a metric tonne of records on the radio since the early '70's so I've probably come across it. (of course, some of those days are a little fuzzy!)

Throw us a bone here. I'm sure I can nail it, but need more info.

[Griff]

Male or female vocalist? In English?

[jeepnik]

Pink Floyd's "Darkside of the Moon"? Or something by the Moody Blues?

I was also thinking Moody Blues. At first I thought Nights in White Satin but I drug out the CD and that isn't it.

Long version of Nights in White Satin?

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/posti ... 1&p=757123

[J Miller]

I don't know the artist wheather male or female or both. I haven't heard the song since '01 or '02.

Toss you a bone, if I knew the info I'd spill it, I just remember the two part song and really nothing else.

The radio stations rarely played anything over 3.5 minutes and this was at least twice that long.

That's really all I can remember.

As you guys have been naming songs I've played them, so far no go.

joe

Pink Floyd's "Darkside of the Moon"? Or something by the Moody Blues?

I was also thinking Moody Blues. At first I thought Nights in White Satin but I drug out the CD and that isn't it.

Darkside of the Moon, boy that's a different piece of music. Never head it before. Not the one I'm thinking of.

OK, here's something that just came to me. The vocals towards the half way point are more spoken than sung. At least I think so.

Joe

[J Miller]

Male or female vocalist? In English?

Can't remember male or female or both, but yes it was in English.

Joe

[Griff]

"In a Gadda da Vida" by Iron Butterfly? Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"?

[Old No7]

Gee Joe...

Taking a shot from WAY out in left field on this one.........................

If it went from vocals -- to instrumentals -- was longer than 3.5 minutes, and if it also included some "gibberish" and "whistleing" in it -- then how about:

"HOCUS POCUS" BY FOCUS?!?!?!

The song name is never sung in that one, so that could be another sort of clue too...........

Well, is it????????????????????

Old No7

[Ray]

Deleted.

[AJMD429]

Knights in White Satin....?

[Rusty]

House of the Rising Sun ?

[Sixgun]

"I Dream Of Being White" by Sasquatch. (Michele Obama)

Come on Joe...that was good!------6

[flatnose]

Beauty Qeen. Roxy Music 1973. 4.40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAOFDI83OwE
Even if its not the one you are thinking of, give it a try. I like it.

[flatnose]

ZZ TOP La Grange.

[gamekeeper]

Could it be by "System of a Down" some of their songs are described as half vocal half instrumental ???

[1894]

The band Kansas had a lot of instrumental stuff . Maybe " Cheyenne Anthem " ?

[milton]

How's about MacArthur Park - Richard Harris ?

[J Miller]

"In a Gadda da Vida" by Iron Butterfly? Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"?

Nope, am familiar with those two.

HOCUS POCUS" BY FOCUS

WHOOOO! I haven't heard that in like for ever. I remember the giberish bit. But not the one I'm trying to find.

Whipping Post?.......Free Bird?.....Layla?.......Highway Song?.......Green Grass and High Tides Forever?.....GOD Gave Rock and Roll To You?......Stairway To Heaven?.....Comfortably Numb?,,,,,,Baba O'Reilly?.......Light My Fire?........

Whipping Post = No
Free Bird = No
Layla = YES YES YES YES Eric Clapton's version!
{ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WUdlaLWSVM }
Highway Song =
Green Grass and High Tides Forever =
GOD Gave Rock and Roll to You =
Stairway to Heaven = No
Comfortably Numb =
Baba O'Reilly =
Light My Fire = No

Knights in White Satin....?

Nope, quite familiar with that one.

House of the Rising Sun ?

Nope, used to listen to that one a lot.

"I Dream Of Being White" by Sasquatch. (Michele Obama)

Come on Joe...that was good!------6

Oh that's funny, it really is.
Ah fudge, You-Tube shows no results for that one

Thanks guys for all the song suggestions. I've got a lot to listen to now. I'll be perusing the songs you mentioned for days. Been looking for this song for a long time. I appreciate the help.
Now ... I'm gonna crank up the volume till the speakers float and wake up my wife.

Joe

[Terry Murbach]

LIGHT MY FIRE...The Doors..

[mikld]

The one I remember with "two speeds" is Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"...

[pshort]

Howdy,
How about "Roll Over Beethoven" by the ELO..?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgcKhqlFz4Q

[J Miller]

We found it, look four posts up. Layla by Eric Clapton.

Joe

[BAGTIC]

When I have difficulty remembering a song the first place I look is Leo's Lyrics.

http://www.leoslyrics.com/

[plowboy 45]

Well
This was interesting
My wife and I play the guessing game with oldies on xm, I generally win because of listening so much while truckin along

[J Miller]

This song bugged me for quite some time. But I couldn't remember any of the lyrics. Only that the instrumental was not the same as the vocal part. Now that I have it I feel really relieved. Don't know why, but hunting for this song was really getting to me.

Joe

[Rimfire McNutjob]

I always liked the story behind that song ... kind of odd, but perhaps normal in the music world of that time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-J1c9q ... tml5=False