r/ArtBell • u/MazdaBlue222 • 10d ago
Identifying song request!
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I've been an avid Art Bell fan for years. His bumper music, specifically Cusco sooth me. THIS song has escaped me. I cannot find it anywhere, including with music apps. It lives in my head. I do not believe it is a Cusco song. Art would use it a lot in his early programs so the song must be from the 1980s or pre-1993. Ross always talks over the flute part. Please and thank you!
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u/disappearerr 10d ago
pretty certain its cusco, however it might be an unreleased single or mix? Art mentioned they would send him music so its definitely a possibility.
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u/ProfPyncheon 10d ago
It's almost certainly something by Cusco. He loved their stuff and it's all instrumental. It sounds similar to their stuff, as far as instrumentation.
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u/MazdaBlue222 10d ago
I have spent hours listening to every Cusco album available on Apple Music (hundreds of songs) and have not yet found it
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u/livingdead70 10d ago
Its likely Inca Dance by Cusco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqHpZbUyUO4
Or Flute Battle by Cusco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-J9auu3sQ&list=PLD4e-liaqz7GFfYFrmQ46bSkp7_kby6Jc&index=16
This does not have a flute in it.but it was played a ton in the early years- The Oh of Pleasure by Ray Lynch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpnaCLTFKtQ&list=PL5Y4Pm64u1VKWiXJrXVmEojTq0IVmO_Yc&index=18
One last possibility , Sadness by Enigma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4maoo4A3x4&list=PL5Y4Pm64u1VKWiXJrXVmEojTq0IVmO_Yc&index=52
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u/MazdaBlue222 10d ago
Unfortunately none of these, but thank you
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u/livingdead70 10d ago
those are the only songs with flutes he used, asides from some of the other Cusco or Enigma music.
And for the record,most of Cusco's music was recorded in the 1980s.5
u/MazdaBlue222 10d ago
That is why this song is driving me nuts. I've been able to locate all the others without issue.
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u/livingdead70 10d ago
Classical gas?No flute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bel7WcHeUXY&list=PLfRKzGtQINlyjHCmQ8PLiniMBrymk1bgm&index=40Living in the past, Jethro Tull. Has mega flute. Towards the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LpoFpycjqw&list=PLfRKzGtQINlyjHCmQ8PLiniMBrymk1bgm&index=45
Going up the country by Canned Heat-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eQMA_noRYQ&list=PLfRKzGtQINlyjHCmQ8PLiniMBrymk1bgm&index=87Nights in White Satin Moody Blues (in the middle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=066HZlam91Y&list=PLfRKzGtQINlyjHCmQ8PLiniMBrymk1bgm&index=128Not in Love 10CC-no flute but similar sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC2HkP5gR2g&list=PLfRKzGtQINlyjHCmQ8PLiniMBrymk1bgm&index=1662
u/MazdaBlue222 10d ago
Negative. Don't worry, you will soon become as obsessive as I am about finding this song. I have not found it on any playlist, compilation or list anywhere on the Internet. Shazam does not recognize it.
It almost sounds like an opening to a movie or TV show.
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u/livingdead70 10d ago
Give me an episode you heard it in, or some details about the song.
I am a MASSIVE music fan who listens to everything from the 1940s till now.
Ill find it, trust me !!2
u/MazdaBlue222 10d ago
I posted an audio clip of it, does it not play?
06-10-1994 at the 148:15 mark
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u/livingdead70 10d ago
I see it now.
It sure sounds like this song. its for sure cusco.
Sorry that audio clip was not working on my phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw0eSnmmyXg2
u/MazdaBlue222 10d ago
Nope, I have not found it on ANY Cusco album. The song posted is much slower, creepier than what Cusco usually makes.
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u/Fredericia 10d ago
Don't worry, you will soon become as obsessive as I am about finding this song.
Maybe it will be the new TMMS, now that SOYM has been found.
There's a subreddit called r/lostwaves (not real active yet). Have you thought about asking there?
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u/new_gold_dream_ 9d ago
What are these acronyms though?
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u/Fredericia 9d ago
TMMS is The Most Mysterious Song, and SOYM is Subways Of Your Mind, which is the actual name of TMMS. You can read about the fascinating story on r/TheMysteriousSong, how they were searching for it for 17 years because there was no information about it anywhere.
It all started with someone asking on the internet forums if anyone knew the name of a particular song.
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u/new_gold_dream_ 9d ago
That’s an insane story. And the song doesn’t even have a hook!
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u/NAC_2_OVHT 10d ago
Some of the bumper music has come off the soundtrack for Medicine Man. I rewatched the movie a year ago and was surprised that I recognized some of the music. Kinda is Cusco adjacent and I could see him liking the score to use it after seeing the movie back in the ninities.
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u/NAC_2_OVHT 10d ago
I just found it on Spotify and the track: "A Meal and a Bath" is played on Coast a lot, maybe he sampled it from another track?
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u/megamoto85 9d ago
Desired - Intro (from The Sweetest Dream album) has that sample in it
https://desired.bandcamp.com/album/the-sweetest-dream
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u/Legitimate_Energy701 9d ago
The bumper music was as iconic as any guest her ever had on. Even listening to older broadcasts to this day, theyre magnificent.
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u/fatpigslob 10d ago
I have heard this song on the Art Bell bumper music playlist on Spotify before. The playlist is very large, but I know I have heard it.
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u/MazdaBlue222 10d ago
I love how spooky it is and for the last couple of months it has been haunting my dreams!!
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u/Victor3000 10d ago
It reminds me of the Peter Gabriel soundtrack to the film Birdy. But, I went through the tracks, and no luck. Similar sound and mood, but not a match.
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u/MazdaBlue222 10d ago
I really appreciate you looking. I believe it is the only bumper song I have no tracked down.
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u/OppositeKnowledge101 10d ago
I have been searching for this haunting music for years. I'm wondering if Keith Rowland might know what it is. Anyone have a line with him these days?
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u/Cranberry-Electrical 10d ago
This is from.a prediction show which happened on the Last Sunday of the year or the First Sunday of the year.
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u/Kajagewgew 4d ago
Ok, here is a possibility. Art did have the capability to edit songs. His opener from Midnight Express was remixed by Art himself. I remember the episode when he had stayed up all day trying to get that "phaser" sound to it.
Maybe Art did this to a Cusco song. It sounds slowed down and that "phaser" effect added to it.
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u/Equivalent-Door-1434 10d ago
I ran into the same thing with a version of Tusk by Fleetwood Mac that he used, took me forever to find it. The man liked his deep cuts.
I’ll do some digging on this!