# Song ID - lots of sunth, chorus repeats "media heads"?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 10, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-lots-of-sunth-chorus-repeats-media-heads/692795 "2014-07-10T21:17:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-lots-of-sunth-chorus-repeats-media-heads/692795/1 "2014-07-10T21:17:49Z")

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Heard this song a few days ago on the local “'80s hits” station. 75% of what they play is 1977-1989 U.S. Hot 100 Singles (mostly Top 40) … the other 25% is stuff that might’ve charted on other Billboard charts aside from the Hot 100, or songs that might’ve charted in the U.K. but not in the U.S.

Anyway. I couldn’t catch a lot of lyrics to the song, but I could hear repeated words that sounded like “_media heads … media heads …_”. That basically seems to be the song’s chorus – and those words seemed to be the only lyrics over the second half of the song, repeated over and over. Sound-wise, it could just as easily been “_medium beds_” or some other soundalike phrase.

The song’s music is synth-based, but not ethereal Tangerine Dream type synths. Really punchy, peppy synth work.

Anyone got a idea. Thanks in advance for any help in uncovering this one.

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**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-lots-of-sunth-chorus-repeats-media-heads/692795/2 "2014-07-10T23:46:51Z")

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Dirty Laundry by Don Henley?

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**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-lots-of-sunth-chorus-repeats-media-heads/692795/3 "2014-07-11T00:49:46Z")

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“Radio Head” by Talking Heads?

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSjYDJtX_-E)

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-lots-of-sunth-chorus-repeats-media-heads/692795/4 "2014-07-11T15:54:26Z")

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“Dirty Laundry” I know well … it’s not that one.

“Radio Head” is in the ballpark, but I don’t think that’s it, either. There’s another version of that song that was performed in the movie _True Stories_ by a singer named Tito Larriva. Checking that out now.

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-lots-of-sunth-chorus-repeats-media-heads/692795/5 "2018-07-11T21:45:54Z")

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Heh … looking over my own old threads for kicks, and here’s one that was never answered. But I found out later that the song was [“Media Man” by Flash and the Pan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_GqLMrwT-M).