Users on Reddit Successfully Uncover Obscure '80s Synth Track Featured in Vintage X-Rated Film
Talking '80s tunes and internet sleuths, eh? Let's dive into a juicy tale from the wild web world.
Last year, a user named carl92 dropped a 17-second snippet of an '80s New Wave track on the subreddit WatZatSong in hopes of identification. The audio was filled with static and was hauntingly familiar but elusive.
Fast forward to June 2022, the subreddit r/everyoneknowthat materialized, dedicated to piecing together this musical enigma. After a marathon of detective work, the song was finally ID'd. The track was "Ulterior Motives" by Christopher Saint Booth and Phill Booth.
Here's the lowdown on the discovery, according to Reddit user One-Truth-5867:
- They stumbled upon a steamy '80s porno on YouTube, complete with a soundtrack eerily similar to the clip.
- In the video's description, they spotted the song's creators, Christopher Saint Booth and Philip Adrian Booth.3.realization-struck!-EUREKA-Those-names-sound-familiar! The duo is registered with BMI and SOCAN for "Ulterior Motives"
Of course, we're not gonna link you to the XXX flick in question - it's titled Angels of Passion and dropped in 1986. In the heat of passion, "Ulterior Motives" played in the background, just as One-Truth-5867 hypothesized.
The '80s porn scene discoveries have sparked some debate on the r/everyoneknowthat subreddit. Some think this could be an elaborate hoax, considering the snippet uploaded in 2021 just so happens to exclude the explicit parts.
On the thicker side of things, this detective work falls under the category of Lostwave - a cool name for the pursuit of losing tracks lacking obvious origins. One of the most elusive mysteries in this realm is a song titled "Everyone Knows That" or "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet." Recorded off a European radio station nearly 40 years ago, its true identity remains as elusive as Bigfoot.
So there you have it! The interwebz always has some mind-boggling secrets tucked away, and who doesn't love a good mystery? Keep on rockin' and rollin', sleuths!
- The elusive '80s New Wave track that Carl92 posted on the WatZatSong subreddit last year was identified as "Ulterior Motives" by Christopher Saint Booth and Phill Booth this June.
- The discovery was made after a user on r/everyoneknowthat spotted the song's creators, who are registered with BMI and SOCAN, in a steamy '80s porn video's description on YouTube.
- Although some attribute this discovery to a potential hoax, the detective work falls under the growing genre of Lostwave, a term for pursuing tracks with unclear origins.
- The "Everyone Knows That" or "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet" is another renowned Lostwave enigma, a track that has remained undiscovered since being recorded off a European radio station decades ago.
