# Your best MP3 find... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 9, 2000, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750 "2000-08-09T21:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/1 "2000-08-09T21:14:59Z")
While we ALL know we MP3 downloading pirates are inevitably damned to burn in Hell… I recently found some old recordings from The Nips and the 101ers. Songs that are long out of print and only available on vinyl. What rare/unusual treasures have you unearthed, MP3-wise? ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/2 "2000-08-09T21:24:25Z")
Leonard Nimoy’s “Bilbo Baggins”. “Bravest little Hobbit of them all…” ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/3 "2000-08-10T00:08:15Z")
Not very rare, but still… It took me months to finally succesfully download a copy of **Fish** ’s _A Gentlemens Excuse Me_. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/4 "2000-08-10T00:17:09Z")
Oooh, I can just see certain individuals jumping up and down turning red now… “You’ve got Your Baby Back” by \* The Mystical Knights of the Oingo Boingo \* …later shortened to OIngo Boingo, and then just Boingo. They made the song all about Patty Hearst. Damn it’s funny 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/5 "2000-08-10T00:53:59Z")
“Someone to Watch Over Me,” as performed by Sting…only released as the (sorta) “b” side on a CD single. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/6 "2000-08-10T01:01:01Z")
“Jesus Touch my Heart” by unknown child singers. Found it the first day I was on Napster, and haven’t seen it on since. Took me the better part of four months to find “It all comes down to you,” by Billie Myers, for a friend of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/7 "2000-08-10T02:07:45Z")
**Bad Boy** by the Jive Bombers. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Call_Me_Tech-Mex)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/8 "2000-08-10T02:10:53Z")
\*\*Marching to Pretoria \*The Smothers Brothers in Concert \*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Call_Me_Tech-Mex)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/9 "2000-08-10T02:17:40Z")
**Wierd Science _Oingo Boingo_** ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Call_Me_Tech-Mex)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/10 "2000-08-10T02:24:18Z")
\*\*\*\*\* Wanted : The Girl from Ipanema - who’s the original man singer? \*\*\*\*\* All I can get are the girl-singer versions (and, ugh! Sinatra). They all have the lyrics reversed, and stupid “…but she looks straight ahead not at he”, instead of “…not at me” If I knew the singer, I might be able to search that way. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/11 "2000-08-10T03:34:13Z")
Third Eye Blind, doing the theme from Scooby Doo. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/12 "2000-08-10T04:14:57Z")
> [@](#): > > The Girl from Ipanema - who’s the original man singer I beleive the song is performed by Stan Getz- but he may not have been the original artist. Hope it helps. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/13 "2000-08-10T04:35:40Z")
Fishbone & The Skatalites doing “What’s up Pussycat?” Depeche Mode, The Cure, U2 & NIN doing “Into a Darkened Room.” I can relive most of high school in one song! ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/14 "2000-08-10T05:18:48Z")
**these days are old** by spookey ruben. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/15 "2000-08-10T05:25:42Z")
“Grudge” by an amazing band called **The Argument** ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/16 "2000-08-10T17:38:38Z")
Remix of “When the World Is Running Down” by DifferentGear vs. the Police. Also, I got “I Melt With You” by Modern English free from one of those burn-your-own-CD sites. I found it through Cheap Trick’s site. It’s called [MusicMaker.com](http://MusicMaker.com). ---
**Author:** ![Outrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9d8465/32.png) [@Outrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Outrider)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/17 "2000-08-10T17:52:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\*Third Eye Blind, doing the theme from Scooby Doo. \*\* Just saw them in concert with Vertical Horizon. They didn’t do Scooby Doo, but they did do a nice cover of “I want to be sedated” or whatever it’s called. ---
**Author:** ![irish\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ac91a4/32.png) [@irish\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irish_bill)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/18 "2000-08-10T22:11:57Z")
A close tie between Buck Dharma - All Tied Up (the entire album) and Yoda and Princess Leia - Doing the nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Hunsecker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Hunsecker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunsecker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/19 "2000-08-10T22:54:38Z")
The Nails - 88 Lines about 44 Women (not super rare, I think it may be on a few compilation CDs) Pete Seeger - Little Boxes (heard this one on some documentary soundtrack, and couldn’t find it for the longest time) ---
**Author:** ![cavsct107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@cavsct107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cavsct107)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-mp3-find/28750/20 "2000-08-10T23:47:44Z")
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