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|Alt_name = You Get and Forget
|Alt_name = You Get and Forget
|Genre = Ska Punk/New Wave
|Genre = Ska punk, power pop
|Status = Unsolved
|Status = Unsolved
|Year = 1980
|Year = 1980
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|Media = ForgiveAndForget.mp3
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'''"Forgive And Forget"''' (also known as '''"You Get and Forget"''') is an unknown ska punk song uploaded to YouTube by user Slymukk on July 5, 2008, taken from a recording from Swedish radio on April 5th, 1980.
'''"Forgive And Forget"''' (also known as '''"You Get and Forget"''') is an unknown ska punk song uploaded to YouTube by user Slymukk on July 5th, 2008, taken from a recording from Swedish radio on April 5th, 1980.
 
== Background ==
== Background ==
On July 5th, 2008, the song was first uploaded by YouTube user Slymukk, who claims it was recorded on April 5th, 1980, most likely off the Swedish radio station P3.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbBJ03ARJhU</ref> The description also includes the tape's tracklist, which consists mostly of UK-based bands with songs from 1979-1980, but the song is still assumed to be Swedish based on the singer's accent.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ForgiveForget/comments/1dnwenl/just_some_basic_info/</ref>  
On July 5th, 2008, the song was first uploaded by YouTube user Slymukk, who claims it was recorded on April 5th, 1980, most likely off the Swedish radio station P3.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbBJ03ARJhU</ref> The description also includes the tape's tracklist, which consists mostly of UK-based bands with songs from 1979-1980, but the song is still assumed to be Swedish based on the singer's accent.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ForgiveForget/comments/1dnwenl/just_some_basic_info/</ref>
 
On August 17th, 2024, Reddit user pnwmkkkkkBRASIL discovered that a full recording of the April 5th, 1980 broadcast of P3 exists in the National Library of Sweden.<ref>https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/003111511</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1eupdv2/about_forgive_and_forget/</ref>
== Leads ==
== Leads ==
 
=== Possible ===
=== Possible ===
 
* '''Innervision - Forgive & Forget''': Obscure UK new wave band, with an unreleased demo cassette containing a song called Forgive & Forget.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cz97m6/forget_and_forgive_might_be_on_a_obscure_band/</ref>
* '''Innervision - Forgive & Forget''': Obscure UK new wave band, with an unreleased demo cassette containing a song called Forgive & Forget.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cz97m6/forget_and_forgive_might_be_on_a_obscure_band/</ref>
 
=== Debunked ===
=== Debunked ===
 
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" role="presentation"
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" role="presentation"
|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
|-
|-
|'''[Verse 1]'''??? in the city streets no more (no more)
|'''(Verse 1)'''
(Living?) in the city streets no more (no more)
After 20 years, my life is a bore (a bore)
After 20 years, my life is a bore (a bore)
 
My body's aching and I just wanna scream (I scream)
My body's aching and I just wanna scream (I scream)
 
Good life in the city is just a dream (a dream)
Good life in the city is just a dream (a dream)
'''[Chorus]'''
'''(Chorus)'''
I said, oh, woah-woah-whoa-ooh
I said, oh, woah-woah-whoa-ooh
   
   
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Ooh-whoa, whoa-oh
Ooh-whoa, whoa-oh
   
   
'''[Verse 2]'''
'''(Verse 2)'''
   
   
I used to hate you, baby, but know I know (I know)  
I used to hate you, baby, but know I know (I know)  
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And now my best friend's girl, she is a whore (a whore)  
And now my best friend's girl, she is a whore (a whore)  
   
   
The city soul is rotten to the core, yeah!  
The city's soul is rotten to the core, yeah!  
   
   
'''[Chorus]'''  
'''(Chorus)'''
   
   
I said, oh, woah-woah-whoa-ooh
I said, oh, woah-woah-whoa-ooh
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I said you give, forgive, you get, forget
I said you give, forgive, you get, forget
   
   
'''[Verse 3]'''
'''(Verse 3)'''
   
   
It's just, have a snort and forget about your life (well, I tried now kid)
It's just, have a snort and forget about your life (well, I tried now kid)
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Shining brighter, brighter than a neon light, yeah!  
Shining brighter, brighter than a neon light, yeah!  
   
   
'''[Chorus]'''  
'''(Chorus)'''
   
   
I said, oh, woah-woah-whoa-ooh
I said, oh, woah-woah-whoa-ooh
   
   
I say I'm talking 'bout you give, forgive, you get, forget  
I say I'm talking 'bout you give, forgive, you get and forget  
   
   
I said you give, forgive, you get and forget  
I said you give, forgive, you get and forget  
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I said you live, you die, what did you get?
I said you live, you die, what did you get?
|}
|}
 
==References==
==References==
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/ForgiveForget/comments/1d5nhgk/similar_artists_megathread/ Similar-Sounding Vocalists Megathread]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/ForgiveForget/comments/1d5nhgk/similar_artists_megathread/ Similar-Sounding Vocalists Megathread]
 
[[Category:Unidentified]]
[[Category:Unidentified]]
[[Category:New wave]]
[[Category:Ska punk]]

Latest revision as of 18:08, 31 October 2024

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as unsolved.

Forgive And Forget
Alternative name(s) You Get and Forget
Genre Ska punk, power pop
Year 1980
Status Unsolved
Original poster Slymukk
Search started 2008
File:ForgiveAndForget.mp3

"Forgive And Forget" (also known as "You Get and Forget") is an unknown ska punk song uploaded to YouTube by user Slymukk on July 5th, 2008, taken from a recording from Swedish radio on April 5th, 1980.

Background[edit | edit source]

On July 5th, 2008, the song was first uploaded by YouTube user Slymukk, who claims it was recorded on April 5th, 1980, most likely off the Swedish radio station P3.[1] The description also includes the tape's tracklist, which consists mostly of UK-based bands with songs from 1979-1980, but the song is still assumed to be Swedish based on the singer's accent.[2]

On August 17th, 2024, Reddit user pnwmkkkkkBRASIL discovered that a full recording of the April 5th, 1980 broadcast of P3 exists in the National Library of Sweden.[3][4]

Leads[edit | edit source]

Possible[edit | edit source]

  • Innervision - Forgive & Forget: Obscure UK new wave band, with an unreleased demo cassette containing a song called Forgive & Forget.[5]

Debunked[edit | edit source]

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]