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My mum’s mix tape - Shazam can’t identify the bloody music … is there a way of figuring it out?

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immorethanmysize · 02/02/2025 19:07

Cleared out my mum’s house a couple of years ago as she has early onset dementia, now in a care home with very late stage dementia at 60.

Im missing her so much it hurts just now, sitting looking through some of the things I kept - including a few mix tapes from before I was born (1991) - majority is 1980s, but there’s two songs I can’t work out at all.

One is a pop song I think, with pan pipes and the lyrics sound vaguely like ‘I close myself and …’ (no idea). The tape’s a bit knackered, it’s about 37 years old. The other is an instrumental - that sounds a bit Irish or Scottish, it’s guitar and violin music. It sounds like it could be a waltz or a soundtrack to a film.

any guesses are more than welcome!!

Shazam hasn’t got it at all, sadly.

It’s helping a bit as I can hear my mum singing a bit, and it gives me an idea of what she was like before I knew her … I’ve attached photos of the playlist.

She did have a few records I remember where it was like cover versions of chart songs - hits 45 or something? I’m not sure if half of these are off that - it’s hard to tell, several were definitely covers but the sound quality’s so bad it’s hard to work out what’s a cover and what’s just a bit too high pitched!

Are there websites I’ve not tried that might work? I’d upload a recording onto here but no idea how!!!

OP posts:
immorethanmysize · 02/02/2025 19:08

Would help if I uploaded the screen shots from Spotify haha!

My mum’s mix tape - Shazam can’t identify the bloody music … is there a way of figuring it out?
My mum’s mix tape - Shazam can’t identify the bloody music … is there a way of figuring it out?
My mum’s mix tape - Shazam can’t identify the bloody music … is there a way of figuring it out?
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GlessJinn · 02/02/2025 19:11

You could record it on tiktok or youtube and post us a link?

NigelHarmansNewWife · 02/02/2025 19:14

Is the vocalist male or female?

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Hotandbothered222 · 02/02/2025 19:15

Pan pipes makes me think of Enya…

TwoeightTwoeightTwoOhhhh · 02/02/2025 19:15

Is ‘I close myself..’ I close my eyes in Madonna’s Like a prayer?

scrap that! I’ve listened to your link and it’s definitely not Madge!

witwatwoo · 02/02/2025 19:16

Enya or lindisdarne?

immorethanmysize · 02/02/2025 19:16

https://jmp.sh/s/mAM7VzMKu9nLBHwU5zCy

trying this to see if it works - I promise it’s not a weird link!!

The pan pipe song .aac

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ThreeB · 02/02/2025 19:17

I'd be checking out Clannad "closer to you" as that could fit.

immorethanmysize · 02/02/2025 19:17

witwatwoo · 02/02/2025 19:16

Enya or lindisdarne?

Enya’s a good shout actually, mum did used to blast Orinoco Flow in the 90s …!

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immorethanmysize · 02/02/2025 19:17

NigelHarmansNewWife · 02/02/2025 19:14

Is the vocalist male or female?

hard to tell, I think the tape’s that buggered it’s not obvious anymore!

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CluelessAsFuck · 02/02/2025 19:18

This might help?

forum.popjustice.com/threads/songs-with-pan-flute.13166/

BlackCatsAreBrilliant · 02/02/2025 19:20

How about a song from the Local Hero soundtrack?

The only panpipes I can think of is Cacharpaya (sp) but I think that was purely instrumental.

Wemaybebetterstrangers · 02/02/2025 19:20

The Coors? Closer

Whatisthisbs · 02/02/2025 19:20

I was thinking possibly a Proclaimers song ?Good playlist though ! Sorry to hear about your DM OP

smallchange · 02/02/2025 19:21

Can't help from the clip - it's familiar as a genre rather than a particular song to me - but "Moods" compilations were massive in the early 90s so might be worth checking out any on Spotify etc.

mirrorglitterball · 02/02/2025 19:22

I listened but don’t recognise it and can’t make out what they’re singing. So just bumping for you.

smallchange · 02/02/2025 19:22

immorethanmysize · 02/02/2025 19:17

Enya’s a good shout actually, mum did used to blast Orinoco Flow in the 90s …!

It does sound quite Enya or Clannadesque.

immorethanmysize · 02/02/2025 19:22

https://jmp.sh/s/B24eN5dmOyLAp8J4MQED That’s the second link, ignore
my breathing at the end 😅

Instrumental song .aac

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MrsSethGecko · 02/02/2025 19:23

I think it's "caress myself" rather than "close myself"

It's not Cacharpaya

ViolinsPlayGentlyOn · 02/02/2025 19:23

Oh, I recognise the panpipes song but can’t place it. I’ll keep thinking.

MelisandeLongfield · 02/02/2025 19:23

We close our eyes, by Go West?

immorethanmysize · 02/02/2025 19:24

GlessJinn · 02/02/2025 19:22

oh my God, that’s it! How did you work that out? That’s amazing haha; thank you so much!

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tpmumtobe · 02/02/2025 19:26

First one deffo sounds like Clannad. Second one I definitely recognise, think it's an oldie TV theme maybe?