r/tipofmytongue Jun 21 '19

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r/tipofmytongue 5h ago

Solved [TOMT] [SONG] [early 2000s] Indie song that has been driving me to distraction for ~17 years

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In the late aughts, I lived with a young woman who was very involved in the local Twin Cities, MN punk scene. She exclusively dated musicians and while she was extremely chaotic and toxic, she had phenomenal taste in music. I heard this song a couple of times in this woman’s car and from her room in our place. I asked her about it several times but she was incredibly weird about people “stealing” her taste in music and would refuse to tell me.

There is no way this song came out after 2009, I first heard it in the late summer/early autumn of that year. Given how on top of indie music she was, I’d guess this came out sometime after 2003.

The song featured a feminine vocalist with a strong, clear voice. The main instruments were piano and drums. The vibes were very Dresden Dolls but more upbeat. Matt & Kim but extremely lo-fi. If this makes sense, the piano was more heavy on the percussion than the melodic.

The only lyrics I can recall are from the chorus, which I have googled a million-billion times over the years. They go something like:

> Oh pretty baby
> You shoulda loved me when you had me
> You shoulda loved me when you
> Had the chance, had the chance

Vocaroo link (don’t be a jerk, I’m not a singer and this will be flat/off-key): https://voca.ro/1i2tUrKk0640

I suspect this song may be too local or indie to be found but wanted to give this a final shot before giving up. Thank you for any help!

Editing to add/emphasize:

• I cannot stress how absolutely lo-fi this song was, which is part of why I think it may be too local to Minnesota or too Indie to be tracked down. I said this in another comment, but the production value was that of a high school punk band playing in a garage.

• The vibe of the song is not sad, not even angry, more like “sucks you want me back, you should have appreciated what you had because I’ve moved on.” Mood: Cheeky / amused / sarcastic.

• What I liked about this song was how percussive it is. Piano is both melodic and percussive but in this song, it was basically an extra drum. The melody of the song is carried by the vocals. If there are instruments aside from piano, drums, and vocals to this song it’d be something like a bass guitar. Nothing synthy.

• The closest in terms in the vocalist’s range is Kori Gardner of Mates of State. I don’t think it’s them, though!

• While I only really remember the lyrics of the chorus, there was little poetry to it. It was very matter of fact.


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Solved [TOMT] [Cassette Tapes] [1990s] 4 cassette Sci-Fi Short Story Collection

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When I was a kid in the 90s, I was a huge fan of science fiction and Isaac Asimov in particular. Somewhere between 1995-1999 (if I had to put a loose timeframe on it) for my birthday I got a set of four cassette tapes that had a series of short sci-fi stories on it. It definitely featured Asimov, but I remember distinctly that the last short story on one of the tapes was a story by Philip K. Dick who I hadn't known before that, and I remember that story being interesting but I can't put my finger on what the story was about.

I'd love to find the collection but after much Googling for cassette short story sci-fi collections I've not found anything. It might have been selected/produced by Asimov, though I'm not 100% sure on that. I remember the tapes themselves were transparent plastic with the story names printed in white. I'm struggling to remember what the outer case looked like, but I'm pretty sure it was that slightly flexible plastic that the cassette would sort of "pop" into and out of.

I would be more than happy to provide any more info if you have questions but I think that's all I can scrape from my distant memory now.


r/tipofmytongue 1h ago

Solved [TOMT]Punk Song that is mid 2010’s?

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It’s a punk song by a male artist, I originally thought it was in too deep by sum 41 but its not, the song start off like Ba da dum dum dum, Ba da dum dum dum, ba da dum dum dum, da ba dumm
(guitar riff) and fast paced

“Can we forget about the….”

Then it goes something like

“please tell me whyyyyy, its written on your forehead, but you didn’t have to move on”


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Pending [TOMT][WEB SERIES][2010s] Horror web series about a girl living with a plant-like creature

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It was a super low-budget web series that initially started out as vlogs of this girl showing off her plants, before eventually revealing that one of her plants is a living creature (though it's quite obviously a papier-mâché puppet).

Over the course of the series, the creature continues growing and eventually learns to speak, and it's revealed that the girl never leaves the house, and that the creature was created by her late dad. Eventually, the creature gets so large that it's played by someone in a costume, and she ultimately escapes the house.


r/tipofmytongue 4h ago

Open [TOMT] Emo-sounding song with specific lyrics I heard at work

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Hey all! So I heard this song play on the radio at work, and sadly the song wrapped up when I went to Shazam it. Searching online hasn't been any luck, so I wanted to see if there were any leads here.

The song had an emo/pop-punk sound, reminded me of something by Starset.

The lyrics I remember most is the line at the end of the chorus, "I can do whatever it takes when I'm (unintelligible, sounds like either 'hungry' or 'angry'). This line is repeated a few times during the breakdown.

The only other lyric I remember was in the middle of the chorus/bridge, it went something like "drown in me and I'll drown in you", or something related to two people drowning in each other.

Let me know if you can find any songs that match. Thanks!


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Open [TOMT][TV SHOW] Sociopath/psychopath male gets kidnapped in a car and plays along for a while

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Hey y'all, if anyone knows what I'm talking about please let me know!

It's a procedural detective show. I remember that a huge chunk of the episode happens in a car, where there are at least three people - the kidnapper, a kidnapped girl, and the kidnapped sociopath/psychopath (Ksp). Ksp plays a long for a while, pretending to be scared or being neutral, but at some point he reveals his true nature and makes fun of the kidnapper. Ksp might have been a serial killer or a murderer, I'm not sure.

I thought it was an episode of Criminal Minds but apparently not. I also thought that Jason Dohring was the actor playing Ksp but I looked through his filmography and it doesn't appear to be him (maybe it's because he played a sociopath in Lie To Me).

Rings any bell? Thank you!


r/tipofmytongue 8m ago

Open [TOMT] [TV Commercial] [early 2000’s] Looking for a specific early 2000’s US beer commercial.

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Hi! My friend and I have been searching for a specific beer commercial for 20 years. The research points to it being a Miller Lite (or maybe MGD, High Life, etc) commercial. I’d say 75% certainty it’s a Miller product. Likely timeframe is 2001-2004, maybe 2005.

The things I can recall with absolute certainty:

The college-aged guy in the commercial draws a map to a party on his hand and then makes photocopies of his hand to give out directions.

The guy says "it's a party science" and also mispronounces phenomenon and then corrects himself like, "phenonemon… menon".

Help pls!


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Open [TOMT][SHOW][2000s] Diabetic Teens News/Talk Show from early 2000s.

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EDIT: At least partially solved. Thanks for the help, I'll search more for the specific dteens part I remember, but I think it was part of dLife.

EDIT again: Sorry, I'm a Reddit newb, not sure how to mark posted as Solved.

I've trying to find the name/confirm the existence of a news/talk show from the early 2000s (between 2000-2010). It was for diabetic teens and they would do interviews, talk news, etc. I believe it was on some cable news channel. I *think* it was called something like DTeens. I've searched for a week with no results.


r/tipofmytongue 1h ago

Open [TOMT] [Song] [Artist] I distinctly remember a song called something like "John" or "Jon" that I've listened to on Spotify (I no longer have Spotify so I cant check), by a lo-fi electronica artist using a Speak and Spell type voice.

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Kinda nerdy guy who had a Youtube channel whos name also may have been John or Jon, with less than a million views I think. This song in particular used a kind of speak and spell sort of voice for some of it, and a lot of his songs sound like they use sort of commercial electronics or kids toys for the sounds.

I remember looking him up on Youtube and a lot of his videos were sort of live stream style with him making songs from a locked off camera perspective.


r/tipofmytongue 16h ago

Open [TOMT] Website that shows you random, obscure images across the internet

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I used to know about a website that did this but I have since forgotten it. I am wondering if there are any better ways to find these types of images other than simply Google searching “IMG_xxxx”. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I need these “found” photos for a school project.


r/tipofmytongue 1h ago

Open [TOMT] old gun safety commercial (I think??)

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I don’t exactly know the year, I remember seeing it once or twice when I was little. Maybe 3~5? (So about 2010~2012).

Basically it started all bright and Sunny, the dad was by his closet and his son (younger kid, max 7yo) walked up to him. They did the whole “Hey dad” and “Yeah buddy?” And then the kid asked where his dad’s gun was (or asked if it was in his closet I don’t really remember) and it immediately started to turn a bit gray. The dad asked why and the kid said something along the lines of “So I can protect Mom/Mommy from you” and the dad asked “Why would you need to protect mom from me” something along those lines. I believe they said something else I don’t remember and then it turned to a blank screen with text on it? (Possibly talking about gun safety?).

I know it’s dark but I tend to hyper fixate and I’ve asked everyone I know and they don’t seem to know what I’m talking about. I’ll be okay even if someone just remembers it playing but doesn’t remember all of it/what it was?


r/tipofmytongue 1h ago

Open [TOMT] [Movie] [Late 60s - Early 80s] Fish Tank Full of Prop Fish

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I am trying to find a movie made somewhere between the 60s-80s. It was shot with what appeared to be a lower fidelity technicolor camera with highly stylized saturation. The story had to do with scientists performing research in a sci fi lab working with fish and maybe even octopi/squids? I remember a scene with a fish tank full of experimentally mutated fish that were all props. They were pretty low quality I think.

I know it’s vague but thanks to anyone who can figure this out


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Open [TOMT] [1980-2000] [TV] Difficult, one vague scene from and old show, no context, it's been stuck in my head for at least 20yrs

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Hello all, I'm looking for a TV show anywhere from the 1980s to the 2000s, but I only have one vague scene in my memory. The show has similar camera quality and direction as shows like 7th Heaven or Boy Meets World. The one scene I remember is two guys, I remember them being relatively attractive at the time, in a bed together, probably queen sized, and shirtless underneath the covers. I don't remember why they were like this, what they were talking about, or what they were actually doing, I have a vague memory of them possibly smoking something, but I can't say for certain. It has been stuck in my head for many years, can anyone help me find this show so I can finally figure out what the heck was happening in this show?


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Solved [TOMT] [SCENE] man shouting ‘leave both of us the hell alone’

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sorry this is such a vague description but it’s a scene from something—i’m 90% sure it’s a movie or a video game, but it could be a tv show—where a man shouts ‘leave us alone! leave both of us the hell alone!’ he has an american accent (i think) and sounds distressed/upset, like he’s been crying. for some reason in my head he sounds like jesse from breaking bad but i don’t think it is jesse from breaking bad, or aaron paul in anything else for that matter.

im pretty sure it’s something in the horror/thriller genre since that’s mostly what i watch or play. i believe the ‘both of us’ he’s referring to might be a wife or girlfriend…? i don’t know. it’s just bugging me and i’d really like to figure out what scene i’m thinking of, so thank you!


r/tipofmytongue 4h ago

Solved [TOMT] [Video] Parody of Crispy Critters commercial, where voice actor says "Indubitably" repeatedly in a deep voice

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There have been a number of "indubitably" TOTM post but none of them are what I'm after - there was an old YouTube video which was this cereal commercial, but it started with the close-up of a guy in a recording booth saying "Indubitably" repeatedly, like he was saying it wrong, but each time in a deep voice. Then it cuts to a kid with spiky hair eating cereal in an over-exaggerated way. I'm not US-based so I didn't realise this was (probably) a parody of the old Crispy Critters commercials, but it's not their actual commercial as far as I'm aware. Help me out! I say indubitably all the time because of this old video!


r/tipofmytongue 2h ago

Open [TOMT][VIDEO][2000s/early 2010s] Old YouTube video of cats encountering a taxidermied jungle cat, dubbed by British guys

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I'm trying to find an old YouTube video that I watched years ago.

I believe the video was made sometime in the 2000s or early 2010s (definitely over 10 years ago). The video showed several domestic cats encountering/interacting with a taxidermied cat (I remember it looking like a jungle cat / leopard / similar cat). It may possibly have been a statue rather than taxidermy, but I'm fairly sure it was a stuffed/taxidermied animal.

The original footage was dubbed over by a few British guys with funny/strong accents, giving the cats human dialogue.

I remember the video being called "Bunch of Pussies" in the intro.

Some of the dialogue I remember (possibly not 100% word-for-word):

"Alright then... What the fuck is this? Who the fuck put that in he—"

"I dunno! I dunno!"

"Is someone gonna tell me— Jas, mate!"

"Wot mate?"

"Come 'ere then, there's a fucking jungle McSpace alien."

At one point one of the cats gets particularly frightened and the voice says something like:

"ARGH— fuckin' 'ell, mate!"

and:

"You scared the liiiiiife outta me..."

The "jungle McSpace alien" line is particularly distinctive, so if anyone recognizes it, I'd be eternally grateful!

The video ends with one of the cats approaching the statue, getting startled and all the other cats fleeing as well.

I've searched YouTube/Google for "Bunch of Pussies", the quotes, etc., but haven't been able to find the original video. I'm wondering if it was deleted and perhaps reuploaded somewhere under a different title.

Does anyone remember this video or know where I can find it?

Any leads, even if you're not 100% sure, would be hugely appreciated!


r/tipofmytongue 6h ago

Open [TOMT] [Rap Song] Rap song with vocal stim stuck in my head, played on radio, vocaroo

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Pretty popular, played on 107.9 Cleveland rap radio. Male voice doing the vocaroo part. Hopefully should be easy. Stuck in my head and driving me insane haha

https://voca.ro/1kRtvz8qyLkx


r/tipofmytongue 12h ago

Open [TOMT] guy menacingly snapping his fingers while walking

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i remember a clip of this skinny guy (it could have been a group of people but i remember it as one guy) humming a jazz song while walking up to someone menacingly and snapping his fingers in a rythmic way lol (he was kinda of swinging as he was walking too). we couldnt remember wether it was from a movie/tv show, cartoon, youtuber, ect. please let me know if you guys know what im talking about!! (i should also probs mention that it is not west side story!)

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I think it was done in a comedic way? I might be remembering that wrong though

EDIT: omg I'm so sorry!! I fell asleep for a little to long lol thank you everybody for all your answers!! We still haven't found to the right one yet but hopefully I can remember!!


r/tipofmytongue 3h ago

Open [TOMT] hi i'm trying to find a meme in tumblr with Aoba Seragaki from DRAMAtical murder saying the f slur from this year (i guess)

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i really think the post is NOT THAT OLD, but maybe from 2025-26, and i saw in tumblr, but all i remember is the meme being drawed by the op and the background being in yellow and some person (the style of this person is REALLY simple, kinda in the way the la creatura is draw but not exactly this, but is just a little guy if you get me) is kinda sad and asking for help ? idk and the plotline of the meme, the blue guy from dramatical murder is approching the person like god and person say "AOBA SERAGAKI?! IS THAT YOU?" something like that, and the guy replay "don't worry my child, you can (f slur)out" literally like fujoshing out but, with the f slur, someone can find this meme? please...


r/tipofmytongue 16h ago

Solved [TOMT][Movie][90s] back in early 2000s i caught a glimpse of movie on tv that traumatised me. And now i'm trying to watch the whole thing

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The scene was a girl talking with the BBEG, he touched her face gently and suddenly her cgi heart (shaped like a cartoon heart) got bigger and exploded. I got hella scared and went away. Its been years but that scene still haunts me and want to watch the whole thing to get it out my system.


r/tipofmytongue 11m ago

Open [TOMT][FILM] Obscure 90s film — guy beaten up in alley finds a mask in a bin, becomes an armoured suit

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Watched this as a kid in the UK, mid-to-late 90s (would've been 11 or younger - it may have aired on a Sky channel; also could've been Channel 4/5). Only caught the very start before being sent to bed, so never found out the title or anything else about it.

What I remember:

Western/English-language, not dubbed foreign.

A guy gets beaten up by a group of thugs or bullies (just street thugs, no monsters/creatures) in an alley, in the rain.

Afterwards he's rummaging through a bin for some reason/trash can and finds a mask.

He puts it on and it wraps over his whole head/body like a second skin — similar mechanic to The Mask (1994) in that it's an instant full-body transformation — but the material was dark, leather/metallic, not cartoonish. ( he does try to pull it off initially)

Ended up in a full black/dark, tight bodysuit — not rigid armour plates, more like a skin-tight suit.

On the face there was a single object, possibly a visor — I keep picturing it as a circular red light, but I'm not certain about the "red" or "circular" part, just that it was one distinct object on the face like a visor/lens.

No weapon came with the suit as far as I remember.

No idea what happened after that, since I was sent to bed.

Already ruled out: The Mask (1994), Spawn (1997), The Crow, Mortal Kombat, Black Mask (1996), The Guyver (1991 film), M.A.N.T.I.S., Black Scorpion (1995), Exo-Man (1977), Star Kid (1997).

Any ideas appreciated — even a vague "sounds like X" would help!


r/tipofmytongue 29m ago

Open. [TOMT] [SONG] [around 2000s] Eurohouse 60s spy themed girlgroup flower power music video

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I'm going insane, after hearing Groovejet by Spiller and Sophie Ellis Bextor after many years, a box in my head opened with the category of a very specific vibe of soft pophouse that somehow feels like from a spy comedy movie.

Like in the title, I remember music video with flowers as transition effects - a throwback to the 60s London aesthetic.

I'm pretty sure it was from around 2005, but it could have been from 1990s as well, because europop had a few waves like that


r/tipofmytongue 6h ago

Solved [TOMT] Old Youtube background song

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I sounded out the melody, but I haven't been able to find out what it's called. I know I found it at some point before, but now I've lost it again

https://soundcloud.com/lykeemusic/unknown-name/s-B7I574CosjA?si=2b1b109ce10b40e5a9b1d8195f8bf124