[UPDATE] Statues In Motion - Like The Wind (1982/1983)
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2022
- UPDATE: Someone found a vocalist that sounds just like Alvin Dean:
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If it is found to be them, I will delete this video and make a new one.
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The Most Mysterious Song On The Internet Remastered by aufr33:
• The Most Mysterious So...
Lyrics:
Like the wind,
You came runnin',
Take the consequence of leavin'.
There's no space,
There's no tomorrow,
There's no senseful new divisions.
Check it in, Tear it out,
Or the sun will never shine.
Paranoid anyway,
In the subways of your mind.
Like the wind,
You're gonna suffer,
Let a smile be your companion.
There's no place,
And there's no sorrow,
In the young and restless dreamer.
Check it in, Check it out,
It's the summer blues,
Tear it in, Tear it out,
It's the real excuse.
- Most likely written by Eli Kane
- Most likely mainly composed by Alvin Dean
(Billy Knight originally said it was his song, but it could have just been his favorite, and Billy's was Pinky Complex.)
Alvin probably wanted the song released somehow. He most likely put it on a compilation album, as Paul Baskerville would collect and play those on NDR2. And don't give me that crap about it not being in the logs, the original tape recording has those frequencies only found on NDR2 broadcasts.
It was also most likely composed differently as many artists put different style songs in an album.
Statues In Motion and The Game both were New Wave and Synthpop (The Game was also Rock). Both included a piano song in their albums (The Game also included a instrumental piece at the end of their second album, the only song without vocals). It's possible Statues In Motion wanted to mix the album up a little more.
Note that I used evidence in my statement, not proof. Evidence is information that supports a claim, and proof is a type of evidence that outright confirms your claim.
know the difference.
(this is a statement for a particular person on reddit and discord, they are stupid to not know the difference) 
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Working on an oscilloscope of the remaster by Instrumental Channel. It was planned to be this uploaded, but Audacity decided the mp3 files weren't proper mp3 files. I tried fixing it but it didn't work. I'll try to get it up and running.
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9/11 Debunk of Pavel Hvala Part 2
Sent By Gold (yes, still working on it)
Elliott Sadler 2010 Pocono Crash Explained
Neun Tage Alt Tribute (Had the wrong information and actually needed more songs. Possibly added music videos.)
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More Podcast episodes on my end
Nor is this the confirmed band, nor from 1983 at maximum. The DX-7 didn't become available worldwide until around 1984, and even then, a band thats likely this small and unknown would either have a DX-7 later on (likely after 1985), or have something with the same preset.
Not statues in motion not even close
it's not SiM
their style is very different, plus some of the lyrics are in German.
@@GiordanDiodato And Neun Tage Alt isn't dance, yet they made 2 dance tracks.
Besides, what lyrics are in German? They're all in english.
@@user-cs6up8eq7s there may be no confirmed band. the origin could be nonexistent
We'll never know how many great songs were never recorded. never released, never heard. Glad this one got played at least once and happened to be recorded.
That’s exactly what I was left thinking when going down this rabbit hole. Ironically, this song perfectly encapsulates that melancholic and nostalgic yet hopeful sadness I feel when thinking about those songs forever lost to time.
Before the internet, bands could be working their butts off (playing live, recording demos) and not even be heard of beyond a 50 km radius. It was so different than today. Like a photograph is a snapshot in time, this artist's radio play might have been a one-off that (luckily for us) somebody recorded.
It shows how the internet is helpful. So many up and coming artists are more easily discoverable.
Believe me, talented artists still may work their butts of and not be herd of at all, only now if they are they probably won't get payed. The music industry is so f-ed up largely due to big studios.
That’s the weird thing. Although you are right, there’s somehow still modern day lostwave songs. Like for example, One Love. It’s a song that most people believe came out around 2013 if I’m correct. How a song like that can casually go missing, especially during a time where that style of music was trending, is confusing.
It’s sweet to think about this band getting together as old guys in a cabin and laughing happily at being the ones who created most mysterious song on the internet… and all making SURE it remains that way 💫
Brother the entire band is dead other than one of em.
@@jordy2x_ how do you know?
They didn't create it, idk why this guy posted this saying it is them, the lead singer himself said no, plus if you listen to S I M their style is slightly different, while S I M uses drum machines, like the wind uses real drums
I think so too, whoever made this song wants to keep it mysterious, its been 20 years and thousands of people have been contacted, there's no way someone hasn't recognized it by now
There's just only one surviving member of the band left, George Dalambiras/Alvin Dean, the lead singer, left his home and is now considered a missing person from last couple of decades with either little to no confirmation of him being dead or alive, Illias Mitsakis/Eli Kane, the songwriter died 7 years ago with his last appearance being in a video of S.I.M. performing live in March 2017, Vasillis Paleokostas/Billy Knight is the only surviving member left.
Band members from Statues in Motion confirmed this is not their song.
did they know about if one of their members tried to start a solo career and made this as a demo song to be played on the radio, because i think that's what's going on.
@@Elavator66 From what I remember all their members said the same that it wasn't theirs.
@@mikhaelistheres alvin dean who is one member of the band who one of the singers claimed its probably made by him,since alvin dean sounds insanely simular to the vocalist in like the wind
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I'm obsessed with this, it's crazy that a song can end up abandoned like this. I hope something gets confirmed sooner or later.
The vast majority of all art (music, visual, digital, etc...) gets abandoned, lost, or never published. Any long time musician usually has hundreds of songs they never seriously distributed. Most artists have easily 5-10x more lost/abandoned works than published works.
Most of these unpublished/lost works are complete finished peices.
Think of it like this: most music is unrecorded (think of every song song in a bar, living room, music lesson, or around a campfire for example). So only about 5-10% of music gets recorded. Then most of those recorded songs often wind up not being actually published, even the fully mastered and mixed ones. Rick Beato has a good video about this called "The Greatest Song That Ever Went Nowhere".
Long story short, most art is eventually lost. Most music isn't recorded. Then most recorded music isn't preserved or remembered. Significantly more music is lost than actually kept. Statistically the preserved "famous songs" are the rare ones.
@@1lovesoni True, for example Linkin Park had only just released a bunch of demo songs from 2003 that are actually amazing songs that could have been hits
the DJ said it could have been a random anonymous demo.
its been 20 years or smth wr aint never gonna ind out sadly
This song wasn’t made by SIM, the former members confirmed it. But there is speculation that one of the band members (Alvin Dean) made it after the band broke up, and some of the other former band members agree that that’s possible, as the voice does sound a lot like his. But Alvin has not been located, so that is just speculation.
well he died
It's true 99%, cause Alvin Dean left the band in 1984, song was written in 1984, synt used in song was made in 1984, so...
@@ivanm4488 Number of 80s alternative singers who sound like Alvin Dean: ALL OF THEM
This could be a demo, passed to a radio host -- who just happened to like it enough to put it on, one time. For all we know, it might be the only song the artist ever recorded. The number of artists WE hear is such a tiny fraction of the overall population of people trying to get up through the industry. Most are never heard beyond a very localized area.
For sure. Especially in the days before the internet and cheap/free computer studio software.
Make more videos with your kid lol
@@TommyRandomsyou are weird.
@@TommyRandomsweirdo
@@TommyRandomsedp445?
this sounds so high quality it honestly made me sit straight up and think if someone found the original master tapes or something
nah it's a demo
@@GiordanDiodato No shit. That's why OP said what they said. Because it doesn't sound like that demo. Don't be so dense.
@@JetpacksWasYes2 everything about your reply leads me to believe you are nothing but a low-life redditor
It sounds like an early-20s something male singing over an existing 80s song.
The guy who made this is probably an old ladd chillin in his house not knowing anything about the internet and this
The synth used in Like The Wind was 99% a Yamaha DX7, a synth released in the 1983. According to Whangs video, bilol said the song was made in 1982. It doesn't quite line up, supported by the fact that Billy's accounts are at best, somewhat unreliable. Also props to Billy for releasing his album.
BRO I WATCHED WHANG BEFORE I WATCH DIS
You also have to understand that people are being asked to remember things that happened 40+ years ago. Even if they did write and record the song, you expect them to remember every intricate detail of the recording process, and dates? The face that they said 1982 without any idea of when we approximated the song being recorded because of the Yamaha DX-7 tells me that they're not lying, and just misremembering something that happened 40 years ago.
@FlyingMonkies325 The tape is definitely real. This was verified because the songs recorded from NPR have a faint, high pitch hum at 10kHz. This was verified because there's a small portion on one song where Paul Basker spoke as the song faded out for a second, and that song included the 10 kHz hum. As did "TMMS".
One thing tho, an earlier version of the yamaha dx7 was around in 1982, pretty sure it was the demo version
Something that should be known is that Billy didn't say that he used a Yamaha DX-7, he said he used CS-15 Dual, so that could be another inconsistency, as apparently it may not be possible to produce the same sound on that, that is heard in the the DX7/the song's synth sound.
As a former discographer, this mixing result is stunning, you did a very good job! ❤️
Tell that aufr33, he did the remastering. I added the video.
@@jadonherr6469 congrats to both ✨️
@@jadonherr6469 statues in motion is not the band kid
@@jadonherr6469 yeah you can take statues in motion out of the title, it’s confirmed not the band
@@theshookiemonster he does sound like Alvin Dean, he did another project after this album, so who knows
You realise the artists know but are just enjoying watching the chaos unfold right
probably not
You realise the artist don't know that lots of people are searching for their song, right?
I believe all options are possible - including perhaps someone already came out and said that they did it - or at least know something about - they weren't listened to and gave up without trying to explain.
Maybe the artists are no longer alive , could easily happen from a song that was recorded 40 years ago .
@@Shadowman820 There's no way they're alive (or out of prison). If they were out there, they'd have come forward. Probably a nice cash reward for interviews and plenty of fame.
I lived in Minnesota in the 90s. There was a band that got a lot of airplay there, the Honeydogs. Had some great tunes and made several albums. I assumed they were pretty big everywhere. I moved away from Minnesota in 2003 and now live over a thousand miles away. A few years ago I was feeling nostalgic for those days and decided to look up the Honeydogs on the net, figured it'd be pretty easy to find them, considering I heard them at least as much on the radio back then as The Breeders, the Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, etc. I was shocked to find out that they were pretty obscure. They were a regional group, mainly known in the Twin Cities, and while in the 90s I assumed they were playing arenas and big stadiums around the country, they were playing local clubs and bar mitzvahs.
Unlike this group, you can find their music on the net. I thought back in the day (and still think) they're one of the best bands I've ever heard and should have been a beloved, famous group with legions of fans. But pretty much no one other than 40 and 50-somethings who lived in Minneapolis/St. Paul in the 90s have ever heard of them. Life is strange and sometimes grossly unfair.
Life is strange and mostly unfair but perhaps in this case you're the lucky one because if you or the band had lived anywhere else in any other time you'd never have heard one of your favorite bands.
I can't say I've heard of them, but I just listened to I Miss You, and it sounds very familiar. I know it sounds like a lot of 90s rock at the time, but perhaps it got some airplay here in Australia somehow, or it just reminds me of other songs.
The Minneapolis scene of music remains one of the most underrated ever. Was great back in the day and continues to be now.
Even in the Twin Cities area they were pretty obscure. Better known in the St Cloud area and SCSU were they were really from, but got a little play in the TC area. I spent a year at SCSU where I learned of them.
Another group for me is The Nadas out of Ames, IA. They're still together and do decent, but they never hit it big.
I, honestly, hope the artist remains mysterious, I always thought that that made this song special, and it just makes the already strange nostalgic and slightly dark vibes of this song the more interesting
Nah!
I could see why people would think this but I don't agree, a lot of people, me included would be happy to finally know or at least to know why it has been hidden
Its Vasilis Paleokostas (Billy Knight), George Dalambiras (Alvin Dean) and Ilias Mitsakis (Elli Kane) btw this was an unrealeased song that was public 4 days
@@StaxXDesign IIRC it was proven they were lying
Yeah just let an artist go uncredited cause it creates a spooky vibe. Fuck the original artist he doesn't deserve any respect!
Fuck off dude, I get what your saying but no, an artist should always be credited, I hope they get found
Let us try something: Let us all share this song and add it to playlists and try to bring it to the charts. Let´s see, if we can do this.
S. I. M didn't make the song. The song has real drums while they have fake ones, also they didn't use or even HAD that synth. Almost EVERYTHING points to them lying about making the song.
Don't be Suprise If Somebody Remixed it than added there voices It's been done Before
I wish it had been mainstream, it's an amazing piece and I grew up in the 80's (which is hands down the best era of music, with that said of course for my age range. Everyone holds their youth as the best era for music and there is not wrong or right). The piece is simply awesome, I love it!
Any piece of advice for someone in their 30s and feeling out of place in society because they still love and play video games?
@@SaintTrinasTorchme too.
But I am not planning to change for anyone . There are many people much older who enjoy video games. I think it’s just frowned upon because it’s not productive. We are so obsessed with being productive that we miss out our whole lives and destroy the planet right at it.
@@Moechtegernpilot1 I totally agree with you, but sometimes I get insecure about it all.. I know that sounds pathetic. Lol
@@SaintTrinasTorch why? It’s your life and yours alone. You cannot live for the sake of another person
It sounds like every single 80s alternative song that ever came out.
The evidence for this being SIM is a bit sketchy, whereas the evidence for it not being SIM seems pretty strong.
Because it's not SIM, Statues in motions have a waaayy different vibe to their music, It could be however maybe the same singer but a different producer? it's not too uncommon for that to be the case.
I know this isn't a SIM song, but holy shit this is such a good remaster.
If this came out 1983ish, 40 years ago, and the guys were about 24 then they'd be about 64 years old now, so theres a solid chance they're just not around anymore. I'd like to hear some covers since the song almost certainly has no copyrightability. No author from a country that doesnt really exist anymore.
Well, I feel on the verge of death now 😅😅😅
Then if the authors are still alive, it is possible that they would even not recognise the song if they could heard it...
64 is NOT the age when you die
it's on average 79, 15 YEARS after eight squared
@@私はマーリンです There isn't an age when you die. In East Germany men average 69.9 years, which is the age when about half of the population born in that time are dead. So there's a solid 40%+ chance they're dead, not like 5-10%.
Like the Wind
Like the wind
You came here running
Change the consequence of everything
There’s no space
There’s no tomorrow
There’s no sense communication
Check ir in, check it out
But the sun will never shine
Is there an ordinary way in the subways of your mind?
Like the wind
You’re going somewhere
Let a smile be your companion
There’s no place
And there’s no sorrow
Hear the young and restless’ feeling
Check it in, check it out
But the sun will never shine
Is there an ordinary way in the subways of your mind?
(Bridge)
Check it in, check it out
But the sun will never shine
Is there an ordinary way in the subways of your mind?
Check it in, check it out
It’s the summer blues
Let it in, get it out
Is it really you? (X4)
check the videos description for a big surprise
Thank you, I'm getting choked up❤
Bummed that this is probably never gonna be solved. At least we got a good song out of it though
@@Nezukos_fav No, Gaius Julius Caesar wrote the song. However, due to a conspiracy and subsequent assassination, he never had time to release it in official form.
Alvin Dean & Yannis *Lastname here* demo tape. not the full statues in motion band.
idk but this gives me summer vibes, but with a melancholy
I give up... This will be lost forever.
dont give up yet, we've found a bunch of lost songs this year, even EKT. it seems hard asf but there's always lostwave nerds who've got plenty of time to kill and a whole lot of patience to crack open this one.
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These guys are amazing. There is no way this is SIM. They do not sound like this. They do not use normal drums and their stuff sounds totally different. I like this song, I don't care for a single statues in motion song. This is not them. Maybe Alvin wrote it and sang it with a totally different band, maybe as a side project but there is just no way it's the same group.
How on earth could someone forget he sang for a recording?
Nobody has yet found Mr Alvin to my knowledge so it is the other SIM band members who claim this isn’t them and are unsure if it’s him with another band. Personally I feel that it could be a totally different (German) band whose lead singer just happens to sound similar. Or “just happens” isn’t a good way to describe it since many up and coming New Wave singers were carefully emulating some of the famous ones like Ian Curtis so it’s entirely possible both were influenced by him and never actually heard each other.
@@andrewbarrett1537And isn't S.I.M. a Greek band? The vocalist don't sound Greek to me, even people I know who lived in Germany in the 80s say that it sounds a little bit of East German accent, since there's a difference between West and East
@@palemoon7865Alvin is Greek-Austrailian
It must've been a never published demo in the world and thus creates a circles of mystery amongst the music fandom and singer-songwriter class
A time traveler dropped his tape from the year 3100
😂😂😂😂😂
It was me who dropped the tape! As a 4d spider, I can freely travel accross time!
This is a very good remastering work, but SIM is not confirmed artist for the song.
[Verse 1]
Like the wind, you came here running
Take the consequence for living
There's no space, there's no tomorrow
There's no sense for communication
[Chorus]
Check it in, check it out
Or the sun will never shine
There's a long dirty way
In the subways of your mind
[Verse 2]
Like the wind, you're going somewhere
Letters far to you for ev'rywhere [this last word got me thinking its completely different]
There's no place, and there's no sorrow
Hear the young and restless screaming
[Chorus]
Check it in, check it out
Or the sun will never shine
There's a long dirty way
In the subways of your mind
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
Check it in, check it out
Or the sun will never shine
There's a long dirty way
In the subways of your mind
[Outro]
Check it in, check it out
With the sun or moon
Tell it in, tell it out
'Cause I'm reading you
Check it in, check it out
With the sun or moon
Tell it in, tell it out
'Cause I'm reading you
Check it in, check it out
With the sun or moon
Tell it in, tell it out
'Cause I'm leaving you
Check it in, check it out
With the sun or moon
Tell it in, tell it out
'Cause I'm leaving you
Check it in, check it out [last one isn't heard]
That was the original lyric guess.
They're alone anyway?
Take the consequence of leaving
Blind the wind,
You came here running,
Take the consequence for living.
There's no space,
There's no tomorrow,
There's no sensed communication.
Check it in, check it out,
But the sun will never shine.
Paranoid, anyway,
In the subways of your mind.
Blind the wind,
You're going somewhere,
Let a smile be your companion.
There's no place,
And there's no sorrow.
In the young and restless dreamer.
Check it in, check it out,
But the sun will never shine.
Paranoid, anyway,
In the subways of your mind.
Check it in, check it out,
But the sun will never shine.
Paranoid, anyway,
In the subways of your mind.
Check it in, check it out,
It's the summer blues,
Tear it in, check it out,
It's the real excuse.
Check it in, check it out,
It's the summer blues,
Tear it in, check it out,
It's the real excuse.
That's what I hear
Pretty sure the letters one is "Let us follow you forever" and it's "there's no fate" instead of "there's no place"
plus it's "It's the summer blues" not "It's the sun and moon"
This would be great movie soundtrack!!!!
No way this is by SIM. Impossible.
This damnfool track has burned its way into my core memory.
SIM didn't use the synthesizer used in this song.
If we ever get a Breakfast club sequel or reunion movie this should be the main theme
A Sequel? The kids, now Senior Citizens, get sentenced to Community Service for raising Hell in the Old Folks Home. While doing this service, they talk about their failures and success in life since they were teens and bond over those misery and pleasures. 😁
@@N-Lee No, they're Children would be the Main focus....
Did anyone else get a copyright claim for uploading the song I did on my channel which does not make any sense because they cannot choose who owns it by definition it is public domain
I got a memory of a video of an event where the sun never Glow
Y pensar que está rola jamás estuvo en su disco, debio de estar porque es la mejor rola que tiene está banda la verdad
Jimi Hendrix- Hotel California
Скорее napalm death-синий платочек
Wendy O Williams- girls just wanna have fun
Im hearing "change the consequence forever" and "light the way"
As of March 4th 2024 there is an update saying it is statues in motion. In that he admitted that it really was a song that was left off their old album
Really? Where was this update said?
@@SometimesMusicMaybe on one of the RUclips channels, I did not save it on my playlist,...but I will try to find it and answer if I find it.
Not confirmed yet.
so since 1990's this song made by statues in motion has been a mystery for years? been a fan of statues in motion and i never knew that THEY made it. but the singer sounded familiar to the main singer from statues in motion, didn't take in consideration though.
So... all someone has to do is rerecord it, and claim copyrights and release it. If this means anything to the original artists, a lawsuit and publicity will follow and then we'll know. Like forcing their hand, if they don't want to lose all the rights and profits.
Btw I don't know if it's true but only one member of the band is left and without no communication... This song will be remembered as" the most mysterious song on the internet"
Eli Kane has passed away.
We have rumors that Alvin Dean died in prison, but also it is said he is alive and well in Australia.
Billy Knight is still active in the music front with Astrodot, and has a Facebook account. He brought back Statues In Motion for a concert in memory of Eli Kane, hoping that Alvin Dean would be there. Unfortunately he wasn't.
The more i listen to it the more i see the resemblance with the ex-yu/serbian band called bajaga i instruktori especially the check it in check it out part... But lots of bands were mentioned yet nothing came of it so idk
SIM? How can it be their song when they goofed up when asked what synth was used???
Because Billy Knight (the one who claims they made this song) is a lying clown.
Amo muito essa música e queria que esse mistério acabasse logo. Com certeza os integrantes (se estiverem vivos ainda) ou a família sabem dessa repercussão, mas querem se manter no anonimato. Talvez se desligaram da carreira artística e não querem ser lembrados.
Seria muito egoísmo da parte deles não revelarem o nome por conta disso, sabendo que existe uma multidão querendo saber a origem de um projeto que fez parte da vida deles.
Independente de sabermos um dia quem cantou, essa música é muito boa
This is not Statues In Motion - After watching Whang’s videos, it obvious that the singers don’t sound anywhere near the same. End of story.
This is not by statues in motion. Apparently somebody interviewed a band member or someone connected to this band and they said they have no idea what this song is or where it came from.
That's what Billy Knight originally said it wasn't them. But he said he thought that there were no demos lost. But people kept asking him about it to which he eventually decided to check it out. When he did, that's when he claimed it.
Camspiracy interview Billy Knight on that issue where he stated this.
@@jadonherr6469 so did they officially claim this?
@@FACEL1FT Well only one did. Eli Kane died and we don't know what happened to Alvin Dean.
@@jadonherr6469 Damn. Are the lyrics in the description the official?
@@FACEL1FT No unfortunately. I don't think Billy stated what the lyrics were yet. It's my take on what I hear from different versions of quality with the vocals. I made sure it would fit with the other versions.
We find one music and we created again this music , feel interesting
If nobody claims the original song, then can I have it?
I think so
🤣🤣🤣🤣
you cant "have" it, nobody knows who owns it but i guess you can get copyright free music
It is nothing like the style of statues in motion
And Neun Tage Alt is a darkwave band, yet they made 2* dance tracks.
*Might have been a demo of the other, but it's unknown
Nice
LYRICS: Like the wind, you can't hear us, take good font to print the lyric
Theres no space, theres no tomorrow, theres no sense for you to be grievin'
Check it in, check it out, when the sun goes down outside
Let it on, let it weigh, when the sun breaks up your pride
Like the wind, no more summer, let this song be useful compelling you
Theres no place, yet theres no sorrow,
in my arms of restless feelin'
Check it in, check it out, when the sun goes down outside
Let it on, let it weigh, when the sun breaks up your pride
Check it in, check it out, when sun goes down outside
Let it on, let it weigh, when the sun breaks up your pride
Check it in, check it out, its the sound of you
Let it in, check it out, is it really?
Let it in, check it out, its the sound of you
Let it in, check it out, is it really?
Let it in, let it out, its the sound of you
Let it in, let it out, is it really?
Check it in, check it out, its the sound of you
Let it in, let it out, is it really?
Research into the lyrics completed: 12/30/23
sins_red_like_crimson was here
Inaccurate
@@jadonherr6469 LYRIC V2 Orrr, orrr: Like the wind, you came running, take the consequence for living
There's no space (Theres no fate), theres no tomorrow, theres no sense for communication
Check it in, check it out , or the sun will never shine, a long dirty way in the subways of your mind
Like the wind, you're going somewhere, let us follow you forever
Theres no place, And there's no sorrow,
In a young and restless feeling
Check it in, check it out
Or the sun will never shine, a long dirty way, in the subways of your mind....
It seems to me that we basically have the answer to this big question, but nobody has actually gone to the trouble of getting a solid confirmation from one of the few people who can provide it.
The song has Alvin Dean on vocals. That much is obvious to me. A song recorded after Statues In Motion split. Could’ve sworn I saw something about one of the other musicians Dean worked with during that time frame making reference to a dispute with the record label he was signed to at the time, which ended with them not allowing some of his later recorded material to be officially marketed. And that this was one of those songs, and it just somehow made its way into the hands of a radio DJ one day and got played once.
Though there has been speculation that Alvin Dean may have passed away, nobody has actually found any documentation of such. If anything, there have been a few hints that he’s still alive, and likely living in Australia.
He has a unique real name. Find him. Buy the guy dinner in exchange for talking about his music career to clear everything up. It’s probably that easy.
If you can’t find him, several other musicians he recorded with during that period are out there. A similar dinner/conversation with them could lead to some sort of confirmation.
Confirmation which… we basically already got, when the last thing Billy Knight said on the subject of the song was that “Alvin made it.” That’s a pretty confident, declarative statement. Though he initially tried to say SIM recorded it as a demo, he eventually conceded that it was actually just Alvin’s project. Someone doing a real, on the record, journalistic interview with Billy may even be enough. Pissing him off on Facebook is all that anyone has really accomplished with him yet.
Alvin Dean is the answer. Someone just needs to be the hero in this story and interview him and/or his friends. Who’s gonna follow through?
The issue is that Alvin Dean sounds like 1,000 other artists who came out during that time. Which is why it's so hard to pin down. Alvin Dean isn't the only person who sings like that. Early and mid-80s alternative all sounded the same. Baritones were common.
I love the song
I thought this was a lost song. I’m so glad its not.
it is unfortunately. SIM is not the band. it has been disproven
Looks like Cutting Crew - Just died in your arms?
It wasn’t Statues in Motion though…
New wave
Alvin and 2 others made the song, it was dropped from release because there wasn't enough space on the vinyl. It wasn't even official. No name, no lyrics. But at least you know now.
Experts on vinyl say that there was enough room on it to put the song on it.
My guess is that that SIM was lied to or the original tape was even longer than what was aired on NDR.
@@jadonherr6469 Damn fr?
Alvin dean with mystery band < 1 year after SIM
Would you mind sending me separated audio stems of instruments ? If you have them till now
No lyrics, no sheet and we must give face value that it is indeed Statues in Motion...
The record of the radio must appear first to corroborate this hypothesis.
It kinda reminds me of Blue Peter a band from Canada
So they found out who song it is finally.
1 band 2 albums 2 different timelines.
This song wasn't made by this band lmao..
It states on the title that the artist is 'Statues In Motion' they probably may of been a small group thus possibly faded into obscurity through whatever means
this song gives me a kinda sad feeling that so many artists that were popular in those times just dissapeared in time, and now only one or two songs survive, but the songs are so obscure that people don't know they exist, and they are there, in the darkest corners.
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It’s not Statues in motion. They lied to the public that it was theirs and they “recorded it” in 1982 but that high pitch synth came out in 1984.
Well, there was an earlier version of the DX-7 I believe, the problem is that Billy said it was another synth which I forgot the name, and not the DX-7 which would not make sense, because the synth he cited, can't make the sounds in the song. I'm 99% sure it is a Yamaha DX-7
I can remember the song focusing on “Freedom” which is why I find it odd that the song is ironically from a German band, what if the song got swapped with a version of life where Germany won the war?
The song is not by Statues In Motion... UB
It was not Statues in Motion. There is no real evidence that proves it was made by Statues in Motion as it doesn't share any similarities to any of their other songs.
After listening to a bunch of German dark-wave/new-wave/post-punk bands, I think these are all possible candidates:
Possible Candidates (All of which are German bands):
The Merry Thoughts (1983 - 2000, wasn’t formed in 1982, but is still something to check into)
Einsturzende Neubauten (Since 1980)
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (Since 1978 - 2021)
The Twins (Since 1980)
Hubert Kah (Since 1982)
Grauzone (1979 - 1982, didn’t last until 1984, but is still something to check into)
Der Plan (Since 1979)
Edit: I also recommend looking at dark-wave/new-wave/post-punk (or whatever genre the Mysterious Song is in) song compilations on RUclips. Preferably, songs from European/German bands, which sound similar to the Mysterious Song, that formed in the early 80's or earlier.
there's no sense of new divisions
i hope this is the real band.
It was. It was a Synth pop band from greece in the 80s. I hear they were short lived
Me too
@@SonicTheHedgehogCommentaries show evidence.
I think it was probably the same vocalist but not Statues in Motion but in the end we can never know.
@@vicstoron This is the conclusion, I believe, we got from Whang's video. Too bad the lead singer didn't give a band name.
How to remaster it
This is the cleanest mix I’ve heard of this yet. But it’s not them.
Tell that to aufr33, he did the audio. I just added video.
Are we 100% sure this was made by them
States in motion has been rolled out
Like the Autobots.
Machines in disguise.
I think it's kind of funny that people are saying "This sounds just like _________" so it must be them. Have you sat down and listened to early and mid-80s alternative? There are a billion singers that sound just like the person singing this song. Also, I've heard the tune before. It sounds like someone is singing different words over an existing song. By 1992, the internet was live and people were talking on it. Song lyrics followed. Pretty much anything on a radio station would have gone into the catalog, but no one asked about this song until 2004. It could be someone's brother singing over an existing song. Maybe when AI is better at identifying tunes, people can put the instrumental up and get the real song identified. I know I've heard it before. I think it's a hoax. 1984 and 1992 are only 8 years apart. This song would have been on the internet at some point if it were real. And whoever did it would have been tripping over themselves to claim it. 20 years later though... no takers.
To the OP who compared the vocals here to singer Alexander Veljanov of Deine Lakaien this is for sure not Veljanov , this singer sounds totally different . But yes the singer of Statues in Motion sounds very close to the one in this track . Couldn't someone do some kind of voice analysis on the vocals of the mysterious song and Statues in Motion songs to confirm it is the same vocalist ?
Statues in motion did not write the mysterious song; statues in motion are electronic, not post punk..
I know too much about music
Did you even read my description?
@@jadonherr6469 sorry; my brain is too fried these days... (also my adhd ass reacts before thinking..)
@@raoshae ah. Understandable. I hate when that happens.
New order are eletronic but make some songs post-punk
Except it's not Statues in motion
Sounds similar to the music in Dr Alban's it's my life song
Do you think an East German band did this song? It would make sense.
I've heard people say that they think that maybe the band were chased by STASI. Bands who were on the eye of STASI wasn't that uncommon, lots of them were chased down, especially if the song contains some kind of critic to the government or the situation that was going on
apart from the vocal part, nothing indicates that it is theirs, very different sound and instruments
Sounds like I just died in your arms tonight by cutting crew
It's actually the same chord progression.
Happiness must be fought for... at a gas station in Doom.
That cut me off guard when I saw that
@@jadonherr6469 That entire work of MyHouse combines so many different elements in such an eerie playthrough. All using the Doom game.
I suppose introducing people to the literary work of House of Leaves is the coup de grace of it all.
The musical introductions of Like the Wind and Memory=entryrrrr//// certainly add to the mystery ambience.
A friend of mine from Germany said it sounds like an alphaville song but she can’t put her finger on what one it is- hopefully that helps?
There's another one. He sounds just like the guy in every 80s alternative band ever.
This definitely isn't Statues in Motion. The song has nothing in common with their music.
Yeah. Yet Neuntage, a darkwave synthpop band, made a dance song.
@@jadonherr6469 even tho SIM wasn't a lead but I think they gonna find the lead singer alvin dean
@@Da.Liar-Pig It also sounds like the guy from Alphaville, Joy Division's singer, and a million other bands from that time period.
Not a SIM song but a good remix
This sounds more like The Short Romans.
SCOOTER MADE THIS SONG.
literally wasn't SIM
0:31 0:35 I heard it here "es"
The lyrics are not complete... there's something missing
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Blind and then bind ..sweden..wendall