Musical Lounge Lizards! Can ANYONE identify this song or artist?

[The Doctor.]

It's been driving me batty for years.

I first heard it on CFNY Toronto in 1991 and made a copy of it. I've never heard it since, and have no idea who wrote it. I used the lyrics I can remember to search the internets and I finally turned up a snippet of it here;

http://www.spiritofradio.ca/SongComments.asp?SongID=2009


And they don't know either!


Anyone have any clue?

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Take a look at this google link

many artists, several different songs, different lyrics.
Don't know that song you're looking for, but maybe it's here:

http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=wind+of+change+lyrics&btnG=Search

[The Doctor.]

2. Well, the problem with that is that it comes up as a title.

Believe me, I've tried everything I could think of. The only possibility of finding out is to get the attention of someone who knows something about it. My last resort is to call Dani Elwell, the host of 'Headphones Only' on CFNY from '89 - '92, and ask her.

Thanks for giving it a shot, but the lyrics are not cataloged anywhere on the web that I've seen. Otherwise the keywords "Wave station" and "truth that we cannot deny" would yield results.

So did you play the clip?

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. I asked an expert at about.com one time for some lyrics I couldn't find

May someone there could help you.

Just email this guy form the following links:

http://80music.about.com/

and if he can't help, he'll probably drect you to the expert who can :hi:

[The Doctor.]

9. Awesome!

Thanks for the leads.

[unpossibles]

3. the singer's voice sounds familiar but could not place it

Was thinking maybe Soup Dragons or Tears For Fears, but not quite right.

Best bet is to ask the radio station DJ.

[The Doctor.]

4. It just seemed to have a nice roll to it.

There's a refrain in the piece that's nifty too.

It's just been driving me crazy for about 17 years now.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

5. Kick for when I get home

Me and a fellow music sleuth are looking it up :)

[The Doctor.]

7. ....

:yourock:

(pun intended)

This has been my biggest challenge ever... well, next to a piece I heard once, can't remember the lyrics for, but listened to the litany of artists the DJ read off after the one hour block and looked for it under each and every one but never found it.

So, I decided I wanted the song more than the challenge and came here hoping a bunch of flatfoots could get a bead on it.

I got a gold star here for the first person to pull it up.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Yes. I feel ery confident in saying that, yes, someone can identify it.

[The Doctor.]

10. Kick for insomniacs looking for a project!

Yeay!

[Drunken Irishman]

11. That is weird, I did a search for "Ride this wave forever" and only this came up.

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/John-Frusciante-Biography/F27B0065CB2DCADD48256AB5002C4860

But that isn't a song.

So that means NOTHING is on the internet that points to this song.

And every other lyric I search for that you provided brings up the link in your post.

Sorry. :(

[Witchy_Dem]

12. I'm thinking an indy indy band perhaps with no label.

http://www.rocklists.com/cfny-1991.html

But I've been known to be wrong before.

[He loved Big Brother]

13. I hate to speculate but

It sounds like 311.

[ogneopasno]

15. No, it doesn't.

[He loved Big Brother]

16. It really does

But I doubt it is, if it was 1991.

[He loved Big Brother]

14. Oasis?

This is a cool song. Now I want to know too!

[NanceGreggs]

17. Just sent this clip off to a friend ...

... who has worked in the Toronto music biz for decades. CFNY was known for promoting local talent, and it's possible this was a Canadian band who didn't get much (or any) airplay in the States.

I'll let you know if/when I hear back from him.

[The Doctor.]

19. Oh you so rock!

I can't tell you how great Dani Elwell's show, "Headphones Only" was.

She'd read bits of poetry and prose her listeners would send in. Somewhere I have an entire show on tape with a piece of entrancing prose on it.

Thanks Nance!

[last_texas_dem]

18. Kick

I find this interesting, as it seems to be truly obscure.

Because of the time period and the vocals, I was thinking maybe the group Living Colour- but I'm probably completely off; and the fact that nothing came up on a google search of the lyrics makes me think it's a much less well-known artist/group.

[eyepaddle]

20. I'm of no use to you, but now I want to know as well!

It's definitely an intersting snippet.