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[[File:Again And Again.png|thumb|This is the photo mostly associated with "Again and Again"]]
{{Infobox Lostwave
Again and Again is an unsolved rock song uploaded to Youtube after being recorded off a UK radio stationin 2013.  
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|ShowBox = Yes
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|Alt_name = Again and Again, Passing Lane, Being Unique
|Genre = Garage Rock
|Status = Solved
|Year = 1987
|OP = Derek Coward
|Search_started = 2013
|Media = MotoringMadeMetaphorical.mp3
|Artist = The Locomotives
|Search_ended = 2025}}
'''Motoring Made Metaphorical''' (formerly known as '''Again and Again''') is a solved Lostwave by The Locomotives. It was first posted by Youtube user Derek Coward'''.'''


== Origin ==
==Background==
Again and Again was first posted by '''Derek Coward''' on Youtube after recording it from the radio in 2013. Sometime after, Derek set the video to private. On October 17th, it was reuploaded by '''userdeletedfromplanet''', who said '''PrudentButterscotch''' had saved an MP3 of it.
Sometime in 2013, a YouTube user named Derek Coward uploaded a mysterious song recorded from a radio in the late 80s/early 90s. Derek set the video to private sometime before September 19, 2020.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200919051038/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ODrljMLKdI&gl=US&hl=en</ref>


== Search and Leads ==
In November 2019, reddit user OrphanTwin shared the song on r/NameThatSong<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NameThatSong/comments/ds7mio/era_uknown_genre_rock_artist_uknown/</ref> and WatZatSong,<ref>https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/630741.html</ref> which helped the search gain popularity among the lostwave community. According to a post by OrphanTwin, the original OP was in touch with the original DJ of the radio station from which he recorded the song, but the DJ didn't remember the name of the track.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/eix0fu/amazing_song_but_i_cant_find_it_link/</ref>
On the 22nd of December, '''C.W. Schultz''' uploaded a short video about Again and Again where a key lead was raised: the censoring of the track. The fact that "ass" is muted instead of bleeped suggests that this song had a radio edit meaning it was attached to a label who wanted to promote it on the radio.


== Discovery ==
On September 1st, 2025, Discord user Sonolux identified the song as Motoring Made Metaphorical by The Locomotives. It is unclear how it was solved, though he most likely used the [https://github.com/Nel80s/WerZatSong WerZatSong] audio fingerprinting tool to identify it.


Several potential bands have been debunked including the group '''Presidents of the United States of America''', '''Rusty Cage''' and '''No More Talkin''''.
Derek Coward unprivated his upload soon after, stating he did not remember setting it to private, and only realized it was sometime earlier that week.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ODrljMLKdI&lc=Ugzt7ADt8uFJuvj1FHZ4AaABAg.AMY_Uv9KFE9AMYe_Mi62SU</ref>


== Former Leads ==


Potential directions for search could possibly be trying to find artists on discogs or youtube that released similar sounding songs or reaching out to small UK radio stations.  
=== Debunked ===
 
* '''C.O.M.A - Again & Again'''
* '''Reliance - Again'''
* '''Consume - Again'''
* '''Rusty Cage - Passing Lane:'''<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/rx2vpm/think_i_found_potential_leads_for_again_and_again/</ref> Not the same song.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqlF8vR0hKU</ref>
* '''Drip - Passing Lane:<ref name=":0" />''' Not the same song.<ref>https://music.apple.com/mx/album/no-more-talkin/214448357?l=en-GB</ref>
* '''Presidents of the United States of America''': Did not make the song.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1ao0dsm/i_think_the_presidents_of_the_united_states_of/</ref>


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
So, you want to star in a metaphor?
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|'''Official Lyrics'''
|-
|'''(Verse 1)'''
 
So you want to star in a metaphor?


You're the china shop bull, not the matador
You're the china shop bull, not the matador


Ridin' the curbs, trimmin'/trippin' off the ball/bong
Riding the curves, chairman of the board, no doubt


No doubt, excuse me, grumpy/grammy
Excuse me, grammy, it's a Golf Turbo Wipeout


It's a go!
Wipeout


Turbo wipeout,
'''(Chorus)'''


WIPEOUT!!!
Living life in the passé lane


Livin' life in the passing lane,
Being unique again and again and again and again


Being unique
Again and again and again and again and again


Again and again and again and again,
'''(Verse 2)'''
 
Again and again and again and again and again


You're the hunter, zebra crossing the beast
You're the hunter, zebra crossing the beast


Driving pay/paid to present/Payton Crescent, like you're out on the piste,
Driving pater's present like you're out on the piste


Shakespeare, Einstein, Aristotle may have thought at speed,
Shakespeare, Einstein, Aristotle may have thought at speed


But you can cruise faster than you can read
But you can cruise faster than you can read
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Can you read?
Can you read?


Livin' life in the passing lane,
'''(Chorus)'''


Being unique
Living life in the passé lane


Again and again and again and again
Being unique again and again and again and again


Again and again and again and again and again
Again and again and again and again and again


(Bass guitar solo)
'''''(Bass Solo)'''''


Listen to me, Biggles, you bust enough dams!
'''(Verse 3)'''
 
Listen to me, Biggles, you've bust enough dams


Now clear your cloudy mind, forget your overhead cams
Now clear your cloudy mind, forget your overhead cams
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Enough of the wordplay, I'm going to get crass
Enough of the wordplay, I'm going to get crass


You're not fit to wipe my underpass!
You're not fit to wipe my underpass


Kiss my --- (censored)
Kiss my...


Livin' life in the passing lane,
'''(Chorus)'''


Being unique
Living life in the passé lane


Again and again and again and again,
Being unique again and again and again and again


Again and again and again and again,
Again and again and again and again


Again and again and again and again,
Again and again and again and again


Again and again and again and again and again!
Again and again and again and again and again
 
|}
== External Links ==
Userdeletedfromplanet reupload:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0WHVCbDe5E
 
Remastered Version:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXRYhvGBqGA&ab_channel=Antonio%27sRemasteredWorks
==References==
<references />


[[Category:Unidentified]]
[[Category:Identified]]
[[Category:Rock]]
[[Category:Full song available]]

Latest revision as of 02:03, 5 September 2025

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as solved.

Motoring Made Metaphorical
Alternative name(s) Again and Again, Passing Lane, Being Unique
Artist(s) The Locomotives
Genre Garage Rock
Year 1987
Status Solved
Original poster Derek Coward
Search duration 2013 - 2025
File:MotoringMadeMetaphorical.mp3

Motoring Made Metaphorical (formerly known as Again and Again) is a solved Lostwave by The Locomotives. It was first posted by Youtube user Derek Coward.

Background

Sometime in 2013, a YouTube user named Derek Coward uploaded a mysterious song recorded from a radio in the late 80s/early 90s. Derek set the video to private sometime before September 19, 2020.[1]

In November 2019, reddit user OrphanTwin shared the song on r/NameThatSong[2] and WatZatSong,[3] which helped the search gain popularity among the lostwave community. According to a post by OrphanTwin, the original OP was in touch with the original DJ of the radio station from which he recorded the song, but the DJ didn't remember the name of the track.[4]

Discovery

On September 1st, 2025, Discord user Sonolux identified the song as Motoring Made Metaphorical by The Locomotives. It is unclear how it was solved, though he most likely used the WerZatSong audio fingerprinting tool to identify it.

Derek Coward unprivated his upload soon after, stating he did not remember setting it to private, and only realized it was sometime earlier that week.[5]

Former Leads

Debunked

  • C.O.M.A - Again & Again
  • Reliance - Again
  • Consume - Again
  • Rusty Cage - Passing Lane:[6] Not the same song.[7]
  • Drip - Passing Lane:[6] Not the same song.[8]
  • Presidents of the United States of America: Did not make the song.[9]

Lyrics

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200919051038/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ODrljMLKdI&gl=US&hl=en
  2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NameThatSong/comments/ds7mio/era_uknown_genre_rock_artist_uknown/
  3. ↑ https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/630741.html
  4. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/eix0fu/amazing_song_but_i_cant_find_it_link/
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ODrljMLKdI&lc=Ugzt7ADt8uFJuvj1FHZ4AaABAg.AMY_Uv9KFE9AMYe_Mi62SU
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/rx2vpm/think_i_found_potential_leads_for_again_and_again/
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqlF8vR0hKU
  8. ↑ https://music.apple.com/mx/album/no-more-talkin/214448357?l=en-GB
  9. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1ao0dsm/i_think_the_presidents_of_the_united_states_of/
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