One of Internet Music’s Biggest Mysteries May Be Solved
The most mysterious song on the internet, which thousands of dedicated sleuths have been trying to figure out since 2007, finally has a name.
The New Wave song, which originally received radio airplay in Germany in the 1900s, is believed to be called “Subways of Your Mind” by the band FEX. Reddit user Marijn1412 made a big breakthrough this week, as one FEX member told a German paper. Tz that the band were convinced the song was theirs – and were already talking about a re-recording session.
The origin of the secret song, as Rolling Stone recorded in 2019, started with a young music lover named Darius S. from Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Like many at that time, Darius recorded the songs he liked from the radio and transferred them to a cassette. One of those tapes – “cassette 4” – mainly featured new songs from 1984 by groups like XTC and The Cure, as well as this song that he liked but didn’t know much about.
He said: “It was just one of many songs I recorded and I didn’t know him. “I believe that I did not hear the announcement. Maybe I overheard it and missed the artist’s name. All things are possible. ”
Darius’ sister, Lydia, began mixing and uploading a snippet of the song online in 2007. For the next 12 years, the song was heard around the internet but remained anonymous. In 2019, a 16-year-old student from São Paulo, Brazil, found a snippet and uploaded it to YouTube and several Reddit communities, which helped the search go viral.
Marijn1412, a user who probably chose “Pathways under your mind,” explained in their post that the mystery began to unravel after they found an old article about FEX – who hail from Kiel, Germany – while researching the teams that played in the annual event called. Hörfest. Marijn1412 reached out to one of the members and asked if he still had the old records, “and lo and behold, one of them was called ‘Subways of Your Mind.’” (Though Marijn1412 noted, the version of the song he adopted is “slightly different … from the one we know.”)
Marijn1412 continued: “After I emailed him that the song was actually a very popular ‘lost song’, he asked me not to publish it until he talk to his former band members. In the meantime, however, the song was recorded at [the German performance rights organization] GEMA and the people found out about it. But I am happy to say that the members of the band have agreed for me to talk about it publicly.”
Along with Marijn1412’s revelation, FEX’s Michael Hädrich (who played keys and guitar and sang backup vocals) spoke to a German news agency. Tz about the discovery, and gave further confirmation. He said the group’s evidence included recordings from studio sessions and rehearsals for “Subways of Your Mind”; recorded at least two sessions where the song was played; statements from the band, as well as their former representative, who were in the studio; and “the flawless voice of the singer.”
Hädrich says that after Marijn1412 contacted him, he reached out to his old colleagues, bassist Norbert Ziermann and guitarist Ture Rückwart – all of whom are still working on music. (Hädrich said, however, that they missed out on meeting FEX singer Hans Siever.) “We were all completely surprised and overwhelmed by the positive feedback and donations,” Hädrich said of the response. discovery (translated from German by Google. Translate).
Hädrich recalled the origins of “Subways of Your Mind,” saying that Rückwart came up with the basic idea before the band hammered it out in the rehearsal room. “This song was definitely the most important thing in our repertoire,” he said. The strength of the song gave us great joy to play it.”
As for what was next, Hädrich said he was traveling from Munich (where he now lives) to Kiel to meet again with Ziermann and Rückwart, and to make a plan. Hädrich said they were “happy with the idea of re-recording the second song,” and added, “I’m inviting the band to my studio in Munich, and we’re planning to produce a video for the song.” (Hädrich’s daughter also said they might organize a Reddit AMA soon.)
The revelation of “Subways of Your Mind” makes 2024 a banner year for identifying “lost” songs. Back in April, the viral “lostwave” song “Everybody Knows That” – which has been surprising listeners since the 17-second snippet was uploaded to the WatZatSong platform in 2021 – was recognized because someone is watching Eighties porn. The song was originally recorded as “Ulterior Motives” by Christopher Saint Booth and Philip Adrian Booth and appeared in the 1986 adult film. Blessed Angels.
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