Man On A Hill
ⓘ This lostwave is classified as solved. | |
Man On A Hill | |
Artist(s) | The Defended |
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Genre | Indie Rock |
Year | 2008 |
Status | Solved; Full version available |
Original poster | Arthur Bogushev |
Search duration | 2017 - 2024 |
File:ManOnAHill.mp3 |
Man On A Hill (formerly known as "There's A Man") is a solved lostwave by Scottish garage-rock band The Defended, originating from a 2017 recording by Soundcloud user Arthur Bogushev.
Background[edit | edit source]
On April 5th, 2017, a Soundcloud user named Arthur Bogushev originally uploaded the song under the title "1", sourced from a recording from an unknown Ukrainian radio station that he had stored on an old MP3 player.[1] He also posted the song on the music identification forum musicbanter.com, claiming that it was recorded between 2012 and 2013, but it received no attention.[2]
The search gained popularity in the lostwave community after it was reuploaded to YouTube by user Lost Music: Cold Case on December 20th, 2022,[3] and then posted to r/lostwave by user bigjimothy18 on February 22nd, 2023.[4]
Discovery[edit | edit source]
On February 19th, 2024, Reddit user TrippyDrew identified the song as "Man On A Hill" by The Defended after searching YouTube for "The man on the hill before:2013" and discovering a live performance of the song by the band at Box Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland.[5][6]
The full version of the song was posted in the thread by user NoButterscotch3385,[7] after Discord user lexal8054 found it on indiemusicpeople.com.[8]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Official Lyrics |
(Intro)
One, two, three, four (Verse 1) There's a man who stands upon a hill Looking down to the people he has killed And he done them one by one There's a man, who stands above a grave Looking down to a woman he couldn't save And his life's been put on hold (Chorus) And he will make or break your day Turn round and look the other way You gotta listen to what he says And he will send you up or down Don't matter if your break your neck or drown You gotta listen to what he says (Verse 2) There's a man who lost what he once loved Lookin sad cause he knows the time has come To take his pain away He writes a note and he makes his way upstairs It won't be long til' he don't have to care Til' he meets our man on a hill (Chorus) And he will make or break your day Turn round and look the other way You gotta listen to what he says And he will send you up or down Don't matter if your break your neck or drown You gotta listen to what he says (Verse 2) There's a man who lost what he once loved Lookin sad cause he knows the time has come To take his pain away He writes a note and he makes his way upstairs It won't be long til' he don't have to care Til' he meets our man on a hill (Chorus) And he will make or break your day Turn round and look the other way You gotta listen to what he says And he will send you up or down Don't matter if your break your neck or drown You gotta listen to what he says [Guitar Solo] (Chorus) And he will make or break your day Turn round and look the other way You gotta listen to what he says And he will send you up or down Don't matter if your break your neck or drown You gotta listen to what he says |
Personnel[edit | edit source]
Dave McCallum – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Scott Chalmers – lead guitar, backing vocals
Fraser Breingan – bass
Louis Pietranik – drums
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://soundcloud.com/arthur-bogushev-223246332/1a-1
- ↑ https://www.musicbanter.com/name-tune/88897-looking-pop-rock-song-have-1-5-min-sample.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JccbI-hy-fM
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/119jzhs/unknown_rock_song_clip_theres_a_man/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1aunxb3/theres_a_man_potentially_solved_by_myself/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC65ke-aWV8
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1aunxb3/comment/kr52v25/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240425073551/https://indiemusicpeople.com/songs.aspx?SongID=60156&ArtistID=105162