16 yrs song stuck in my head. Finally found it

camari · March 6th, 2008, 01:53 PM

For the last 16 yrs I have had a song stuck in my head and it really bugged me. I really liked this song my roommate had on a tape. I could only remember two lines, "Put the mind on idle" and eventually remembered "Wind him up". I searched the net using "Put the mind on idle" and asked around to no avail. It has been a while, so I searched Google recently must have tried " Wind him up" and bingo!!!! I found the song. I know I search that term before, but guess Google has gotten better.

"Wind him up" by Saga. The irony is , now I can put my mind on idle.

morroben · March 6th, 2008, 01:59 PM

Reminds me of this...

claudel · March 6th, 2008, 02:38 PM

Ya beat me to it.

There just aren't any great shows like "Married with Children" on the toob anymore

camari · March 6th, 2008, 02:42 PM

Go ahead, laugh. Wait til you get a song stuck in your head and it takes years to find it.

MWC video is right on the money as far as frustration level.

brownshoe · March 6th, 2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by camari

Go ahead, laugh. Wait til you get a song stuck in your head and it takes years to find it.

MWC video is right on the money as far as frustration level.

Actually, their song "On The Loose" caused me to do a fanatical search for it on the net a few years ago, so I know where your coming from...

strummin67 · March 6th, 2008, 03:50 PM

I remember watching them on MTV. Are they still around?

davidge1 · March 6th, 2008, 04:00 PM

Finding useless information youve always wondered about is one of the best things about the internet. When I was about 11 years old (early 70s), a friend of mine had a K-Tel hits compilation album on tape. There were several songs on that album that Ive never heard before or since...in spite of the fact that they were supposed to be hits... and I never knew the name of the artists. Through the years Ive asked many people about these songs (just for the sake of nostalgia), but no one had ever heard of them.

Of course, I found them on the internet...AND the K-Tel album they were on!

What's funny is that I found a site where a guy was saying he performed one of these songs with his band, and that everyone always thinks he wrote it...he also had never met anyone who'd ever heard the song before.

hekawi · March 6th, 2008, 04:07 PM

here's the original video from 1981...cool song:

Poppatwang · March 6th, 2008, 04:16 PM

Similar "Eureka" moment when I heard a long sought song played on a break tape.
It was "Double Barrel" by Dave & Ansel Collins. An instrumental with some
unintelligible (to midwestern ears) shout outs. So no lyrics to Google.

strummin67 · March 6th, 2008, 04:42 PM

Yeah. I remember that one too. I heard it years ago on a local college station known for playing unusual stuff.

Cheesehead · March 6th, 2008, 06:11 PM

Took me forever to ID the song, Lullaby by Shawn Mullins. Thought of the lyric, "like Nashville with a tan."

Anyone know the song that has the lyric, "You get me high, Sherry..."? I've had that song in my head since college...

Fendrcaster · March 6th, 2008, 06:48 PM

My epiphany came about twenty years ago. I remembered that Bill Cosby had done a song with the line "same huh" in it back in the late '60's. For the life of me, I couldn't remember what the song was. Then, one night while watching "The Cosby Show", Bill had Stevie Wonder on. Stevie played a song and sampled in it was the line "Little old man". Eureka, I'd finally found my song!

RiverDog · March 6th, 2008, 06:55 PM

I had the same problem but for about 20 years. There was a song I loved when I was about 14 and a few years ago it popped into my head but only the music, I couldn't remember any of the lyrics or even what they sounded like. I kept wracking my brain and finally figured it out with the help of Google. It was New Girl Now by Honeymoon Suite which came out in 1984.

Still a great song!

Just-Jim · March 6th, 2008, 07:37 PM

In the early 80's a cheezy pop rock band was on American bandstand. I tuned in when they played their second song which I guess was the flipside of their single or something. Anyway, that song never took off. The song went through my head driving me crazy. Low and behold VH1 was doing one of their shows on one hit wonders or something and boom there it was. I am embarrassed to say I think the song was called "gone for so long" by Chilliwack. The song just had one of those hooks at the beginning that would not leave. I never heard it on the radio because it was the other song they performed first on bandstand that took off, and I don't even reacall what it was. Talk about being torchered for nearly half my life. The sad part is over 20 years later when I finally heard it again, I thought to myself, this is what I have been wasting all this time trying to figure out.

camari · March 6th, 2008, 07:55 PM

Jim, I sure am glad I still like the "Wind him up". After 16 yrs of hunting, it was worth it for me. In finding the song I hunted, I found a few other songs by Saga I absolutely enjoy too.

gtech · March 6th, 2008, 08:37 PM

Yeah, I know the feeling...

I had a song in my head for over 59 years,until I found it on the net. I was 4-5 years old when I listened to that song that my father had on a 78 vinyl. All I remembered was "Hey la-bas, hey la-bas toé... comment ca va?"... The rest of the song was in english (or in creole???), which I wasn't understanding back then...

casterway · March 6th, 2008, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Just-Jim

In the early 80's a cheezy pop rock band was on American bandstand. I tuned in when they played their second song which I guess was the flipside of their single or something. Anyway, that song never took off. The song went through my head driving me crazy. Low and behold VH1 was doing one of their shows on one hit wonders or something and boom there it was. I am embarrassed to say I think the song was called "gone for so long" by Chilliwack. The song just had one of those hooks at the beginning that would not leave. I never heard it on the radio because it was the other song they performed first on bandstand that took off, and I don't even reacall what it was. Talk about being torchered for nearly half my life. The sad part is over 20 years later when I finally heard it again, I thought to myself, this is what I have been wasting all this time trying to figure out.

"cheezy pop rock band" Now...them's fightin' words! Chilliwack was a really big band here, and before that they were a really big band called The Collectors.

'My Girl' ( #6 position)

'Whatcha gonna do?' (#10 position)

They released 14 albums, and had 7 top 40 hits. Guitarist Brian 'too loud' McLeod left this band to form The Headpins. Chilliwack vocalist Bill Henderson still performs and draws crowds today.

They even got covered on SCTV!!

Fendrcaster · March 6th, 2008, 09:46 PM

I bought an album by the Collectors, a Canadian group, in the late '60's. It was one of the darkest psychedelic albums I ever heard. Same group?

olewichita · March 6th, 2008, 09:48 PM

al bundy: go with him anna by arthur alexander... tj

axsys · March 6th, 2008, 09:59 PM

Thanks Casterway! Cool video with a rather cool solo. imho, a lot of "cheezy" 80's bands are cooler than memory serves. My regular jam band recently played around with Hungry Like the Wolf, which caused me to revisit Duran Duran's catalog. Andy Taylor is a tasteful guitarist!

casterway · March 6th, 2008, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Fendrcaster

I bought an album by the Collectors, a Canadian group, in the late '60's. It was one of the darkest psychedelic albums I ever heard. Same group?

You got it, Pontiac. The collectors were around from '66 to '70, before they became Chilliwack. I live 20 miles west of the city of Chilliwack, from which they took their name. They released 2 albums "The collectors" and "Grass and wild strawberries". They were one of the original Canadian psychedelic bands. Part of the tools used to hype them here in the 60's were giant billboards that just said "The collectors are coming" Ominous.

Chilliwacks music is as important to people growing up here in Western Canada as, I would guess the Steve Miller Band was at the same time down south. It was difficult to go through someones record collection in the 70's without finding at least one Chilliwack album, the same as you guys would have found with something like 'Book of Dreams'.

casterway · March 6th, 2008, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by camari

Jim, I sure am glad I still like the "Wind him up". After 16 yrs of hunting, it was worth it for me. In finding the song I hunted, I found a few other songs by Saga I absolutely enjoy too.

SAGA was a great group! I guess they were the Canadian 'The Fixx'.

Here's their other big hits

The Flyer

On the loose
Oh how this rocked my world in Grade 8!!

casterway · March 6th, 2008, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by axsys

Thanks Casterway! Cool video with a rather cool solo. imho, a lot of "cheezy" 80's bands are cooler than memory serves. My regular jam band recently played around with Hungry Like the Wolf, which caused me to revisit Duran Duran's catalog. Andy Taylor is a tasteful guitarist!

He's just amazing with 'The Power Station'

Waahh!!! I want the 80's back!!

argent · March 6th, 2008, 10:17 PM

I had "Disconnected" by Face to Face stuck in my head and nameless for about seven years. It really is an irritating feeling to be able to sing/hum a song but not know who or what the name is.

casterway · March 6th, 2008, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by argent

I had "Disconnected" by Face to Face stuck in my head and nameless for about seven years. It really is an irritating feeling to be able to sing/hum a song but not know who or what the name is.

I guess my 'nameless' song would have been "Green eyed lady' by Sugarloaf. Took me a few years to put a name to that one.

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camari Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Florida Age: 50 Posts: 102	16 yrs song stuck in my head. Finally found it For the last 16 yrs I have had a song stuck in my head and it really bugged me. I really liked this song my roommate had on a tape. I could only remember two lines, "Put the mind on idle" and eventually remembered "Wind him up". I searched the net using "Put the mind on idle" and asked around to no avail. It has been a while, so I searched Google recently must have tried " Wind him up" and bingo!!!! I found the song. I know I search that term before, but guess Google has gotten better. "Wind him up" by Saga. The irony is , now I can put my mind on idle. __________________ Remember to listen.

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camari Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Florida Age: 50 Posts: 102	Go ahead, laugh. Wait til you get a song stuck in your head and it takes years to find it. MWC video is right on the money as far as frustration level. __________________ Remember to listen.

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Poppatwang Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 1,892 13 Photos	Similar "Eureka" moment when I heard a long sought song played on a break tape. It was "Double Barrel" by Dave & Ansel Collins. An instrumental with some unintelligible (to midwestern ears) shout outs. So no lyrics to Google. __________________ The Dieselfitters http://www.dieselfitters.com Roy Hubbs http://www.royhubbs.com

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claudel Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Just Outside Area 51 Posts: 636 31 Photos	Ya beat me to it. There just aren't any great shows like "Married with Children" on the toob anymore

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davidge1 Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Posts: 980	Finding useless information youve always wondered about is one of the best things about the internet. When I was about 11 years old (early 70s), a friend of mine had a K-Tel hits compilation album on tape. There were several songs on that album that Ive never heard before or since...in spite of the fact that they were supposed to be hits... and I never knew the name of the artists. Through the years Ive asked many people about these songs (just for the sake of nostalgia), but no one had ever heard of them. Of course, I found them on the internet...AND the K-Tel album they were on! What's funny is that I found a site where a guy was saying he performed one of these songs with his band, and that everyone always thinks he wrote it...he also had never met anyone who'd ever heard the song before.

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strummin67 Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Age: 41 Posts: 231	Yeah. I remember that one too. I heard it years ago on a local college station known for playing unusual stuff. __________________ Strummin My Guitars

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Cheesehead Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Age: 44 Posts: 1,109 6 Photos	Took me forever to ID the song, Lullaby by Shawn Mullins. Thought of the lyric, "like Nashville with a tan." Anyone know the song that has the lyric, "You get me high, Sherry..."? I've had that song in my head since college... __________________ "This is blues power!" Albert King

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Fendrcaster Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Frederick, Maryland Age: 58 Posts: 464	My epiphany came about twenty years ago. I remembered that Bill Cosby had done a song with the line "same huh" in it back in the late '60's. For the life of me, I couldn't remember what the song was. Then, one night while watching "The Cosby Show", Bill had Stevie Wonder on. Stevie played a song and sampled in it was the line "Little old man". Eureka, I'd finally found my song!

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RiverDog Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: St. Augustine, FL Age: 39 Posts: 356	I had the same problem but for about 20 years. There was a song I loved when I was about 14 and a few years ago it popped into my head but only the music, I couldn't remember any of the lyrics or even what they sounded like. I kept wracking my brain and finally figured it out with the help of Google. It was New Girl Now by Honeymoon Suite which came out in 1984. Still a great song! __________________ Aaron "Rain is God's way of washing off hippies." - Demetri Martin

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Just-Jim Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 355	In the early 80's a cheezy pop rock band was on American bandstand. I tuned in when they played their second song which I guess was the flipside of their single or something. Anyway, that song never took off. The song went through my head driving me crazy. Low and behold VH1 was doing one of their shows on one hit wonders or something and boom there it was. I am embarrassed to say I think the song was called "gone for so long" by Chilliwack. The song just had one of those hooks at the beginning that would not leave. I never heard it on the radio because it was the other song they performed first on bandstand that took off, and I don't even reacall what it was. Talk about being torchered for nearly half my life. The sad part is over 20 years later when I finally heard it again, I thought to myself, this is what I have been wasting all this time trying to figure out.

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camari Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Florida Age: 50 Posts: 102	Jim, I sure am glad I still like the "Wind him up". After 16 yrs of hunting, it was worth it for me. In finding the song I hunted, I found a few other songs by Saga I absolutely enjoy too. __________________ Remember to listen.

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gtech Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Quebec, Canada Age: 59 Posts: 1,999 173 Photos	Yeah, I know the feeling... I had a song in my head for over 59 years,until I found it on the net. I was 4-5 years old when I listened to that song that my father had on a 78 vinyl. All I remembered was "Hey la-bas, hey la-bas toé... comment ca va?"... The rest of the song was in english (or in creole???), which I wasn't understanding back then... __________________ Back to practice now...to make my Teles sound good. Last edited by gtech; March 6th, 2008 at 09:10 PM.

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Fendrcaster Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Frederick, Maryland Age: 58 Posts: 464	I bought an album by the Collectors, a Canadian group, in the late '60's. It was one of the darkest psychedelic albums I ever heard. Same group?

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olewichita Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: austin, tx Posts: 1,261	al bundy: go with him anna by arthur alexander... tj

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axsys TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Louisville Posts: 16	Thanks Casterway! Cool video with a rather cool solo. imho, a lot of "cheezy" 80's bands are cooler than memory serves. My regular jam band recently played around with Hungry Like the Wolf, which caused me to revisit Duran Duran's catalog. Andy Taylor is a tasteful guitarist!

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argent TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: IL Posts: 86	I had "Disconnected" by Face to Face stuck in my head and nameless for about seven years. It really is an irritating feeling to be able to sing/hum a song but not know who or what the name is.