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	ⓘ This lostwave is classified as solved.
	Just Passin' By
	; A frame of the former 3 second clip, showing Asif Illyas with a guitar.
Alternative name(s)	The World Was So Easy
Artist(s)	Big Picture
Genre	Pop Rock, Folk Rock
Length	4:40
Year	1994
Status	Solved
Original poster	e-robotic
Search duration	2021 - 2024
	File:Justpassinby.mp3

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Revision as of 17:00, 7 August 2024

Just Passin' By (formerly known as "The World Was So Easy"), is a solved lostwave by Canadian pop-rock band Big Picture that was accidentally recorded over a Reddit user's baby video.

Background

On February 12th, 2021, Reddit user e-robotic posted the song to r/tipofmytongue, explaining that he was looking for a 3-second snippet of a music video that had been accidentally recorded over a video of him as a baby. He revealed that he was Canadian, born in 1993, and the only lyrics they recognized were "The world was so easy".^[1]^[2]

On the same day, Reddit user DO_FLETCHING identified the watermark seen in the snippet as coming from a TV channel called NCN (New Country Network), which existed from January 1st, 1995 to September 14th, 1996 before having its name changed to CMT.^[3]^[4] Additionally, Reddit user KIevenisms204 identified the guitar used in the video as a Parker Fly, which were first manufactured in 1993.^[5]^[6]

On March 18th, 2021, e-robotic discovered an extended version of the snippet on another recording of the same tape and posted it to r/tipofmytongue.^[7]^[8]

The search remained dormant until December 4th, 2023, when the OP uploaded the entire unedited footage of his tape recording, revealing that it also included footage of the 1996 Scott Tournament of Hearts, a women's curling championship broadcast on February 20th, 1996.^[9]

Discovery

On February 20th, 2024, Reddit user JadeLily_Starchild identified the song as belonging to the band Big Picture after contacting the bass player of the Canadian alternative rock band Sloan.^[10] On the same day, Reddit user leerosevere identified the song as "Just Passin' By" by Big Picture after discovering the complete album featuring the song in his record collection.^[11]

On February 21st, 2024, the full music video in low quality was uploaded by the band's guitarist, Asif Illyas,^[12] who has since uploaded an acoustic cover,^[13] behind the scenes footage of the music video filming and the song's recording session,^[14]^[15] as well as a video discussing the song's inspiration and composition.^[16]

Lyrics

Official Lyrics

(Verse 1)Just the other day, I was passin' you by

Thinkin' of the things that I knew were true

Just the other day was a time in my life

When I thought the song that I sang was new

And I thought, "I won't be lonely anymore!"

But oh no!

(Verse 2)

Just the other day, I was passin' you by

Looking for a change in this part of my life

I never thought the world was so easily won

Just by realizing that you've got someone

To say, "You won't be lonely anymore!"

But oh no!

(Chorus)

'Cause it would be so hard to be feeling so good

When I know that seeing you means waiting, waiting...

Waiting so long, so long

So long, so long

(Verse 3)

Just the other day, I was passin' you by

Thinkin' that the path I took was right

Always on the road that nobody'd taken

No one ever said it led back to me

But you said, "You won't be lonely anymore!"

But oh no!

(Chorus)

'Cause it would be so hard to be feeling so good

When I know that seeing you means waiting, waiting...

Waiting so long, so long

So long, so long

(Bridge)

I'd tell myself that I was wrong when I was right

I found it hard to convince myself

So I'm wondering why

I'm wondering why

I was just passin' by?

(Violin Solo)

(Chorus)

Waiting, waiting so long, so long

So long, so long

(Outro)

'Cause I was just passin' by

I was just passin' by

Personnel

Benjamin Fong – lead vocals

Asif Illyas – guitars, backing vocals

Christopher Church – violin

Shehab Illyas – fretless bass

Joel Allen – drums

References

Old Leads Document

[1] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/lib857/tomt_music_video_early90s_a_couple_seconds_of_a/?rdt=55236

[2] ttps://streamable.com/hphhrv

[3] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/lib857/comment/gn46n7h/

[4] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMT_(Canadian_TV_channel)#Launch_and_dispute

[5] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Fly

[6] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/lib857/comment/gn2o1pg/

[7] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/m86r0q/tomtmusic_video199596a_couple_seconds_of_a_music/

[8] ttps://streamable.com/thnvk4

[9] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl3Kuu0Z2gQ

[10] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/o5mlyn/comment/krdtt59/

[11] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2plwSRC9EsI

[12] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOE7tOdeYYw

[13] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng_3dTZxKNE

[14] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA2DhyjSSdQ

[15] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TSDlBeYvds

[16] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-eWhclh3FA

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 |Caption = A frame of the former 3 second clip, showing Asif Illyas with a guitar.
 |Alt_name = The World Was So Easy
-|Genre = Folk Rock, Progressive Rock
+|Genre = Pop Rock, Folk Rock
 |Year = 1994
 |Status = Solved
-|Length =
+|Length =4:40
 |OP = e-robotic
 |Search_started = 2021
 |Search_ended = 2024
 |Media = Justpassinby.mp3
-}}
+|Artist=Big Picture}}
-'''Just Passin' By''', previously known as '''The World Was So Easy''', is a solved lostwave of the band Big Picture. It was originally discovered because a three-second snippet of was accidentally recorded over a recording of someone as a baby.
+'''Just Passin' By''' (formerly known as '''"The World Was So Easy"'''), is a solved lostwave by Canadian pop-rock band Big Picture that was accidentally recorded over a Reddit user's baby video.
 == Background ==
-On February 12th 2021, Reddit user u/e-robotic posted the clip on the r/tipofmytongue subreddit asking if anybody knew what song it was. The 3 second clip showed an unknown man playing a guitar while someone sings something along the lines of "I never thought the world was so easily....". The clip then shortly cuts off.
+On February 12th, 2021, Reddit user e-robotic posted the song to r/tipofmytongue, explaining that he was looking for a 3-second snippet of a music video that had been accidentally recorded over a video of him as a baby. He revealed that he was Canadian, born in 1993, and the only lyrics they recognized were "The world was so easy".<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/lib857/tomt_music_video_early90s_a_couple_seconds_of_a/?rdt=55236</ref><ref>https://streamable.com/hphhrv</ref>
-On April 5th, 2021 u/e-robotic uploaded the clip onto their YouTube channel with new details. It was revealed that the unknown man used a Parker Fly guitar in the video, and the logo in the bottom right corner was revealed to be the New Country Network (NCN), a country music channel based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which ran from 1/1/95 to 10/31/1996.
+On the same day, Reddit user DO_FLETCHING identified the watermark seen in the snippet as coming from a TV channel called NCN (New Country Network), which existed from January 1st, 1995 to September 14th, 1996 before having its name changed to CMT.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/lib857/comment/gn46n7h/</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMT_(Canadian_TV_channel)?useskin=vector#Launch_and_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMT_(Canadian_TV_channel)#Launch_and_dispute]</ref> Additionally, Reddit user KIevenisms204 identified the guitar used in the video as a Parker Fly, which were first manufactured in 1993.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Fly</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/lib857/comment/gn2o1pg/</ref>
+On March 18th, 2021, e-robotic discovered an extended version of the snippet on another recording of the same tape and posted it to r/tipofmytongue.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/m86r0q/tomtmusic_video199596a_couple_seconds_of_a_music/</ref><ref>https://streamable.com/thnvk4</ref>
+The search remained dormant until December 4th, 2023, when the OP uploaded the entire unedited footage of his tape recording, revealing that it also included footage of the 1996 Scott Tournament of Hearts, a women's curling championship broadcast on February 20th, 1996.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl3Kuu0Z2gQ</ref>
 == Discovery ==
-On February 20th 2024, after 3 years of searching, the song was identified by u/leerosleeve, u/JadeLily_Starchild, and Chris Murphy, under the name of "Just Passin' By" by Big Picture. A day later, on February 21st, the full music video was uploaded to YouTube by Asif Illyas, the guitarist of Big Picture.
+On February 20th, 2024, Reddit user JadeLily_Starchild identified the song as belonging to the band Big Picture after contacting the bass player of the Canadian alternative rock band Sloan.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/o5mlyn/comment/krdtt59/</ref> On the same day, Reddit user leerosevere identified the song as "Just Passin' By" by Big Picture after discovering the complete album featuring the song in his record collection.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2plwSRC9EsI</ref>
+On February 21st, 2024, the full music video in low quality was uploaded by the band's guitarist, Asif Illyas,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOE7tOdeYYw</ref> who has since uploaded an acoustic cover,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng_3dTZxKNE</ref> behind the scenes footage of the music video filming and the song's recording session,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA2DhyjSSdQ</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TSDlBeYvds</ref> as well as a video discussing the song's inspiration and composition.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-eWhclh3FA</ref>
+== Lyrics ==
+{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" role="presentation"
+|'''Official Lyrics'''
+|-
+|'''(Verse 1)'''Just the other day, I was passin' you by
+Thinkin' of the things that I knew were true
+Just the other day was a time in my life
+When I thought the song that I sang was new
+And I thought, "I won't be lonely anymore!"
+But oh no!
+'''(Verse 2)'''
+Just the other day, I was passin' you by
+Looking for a change in this part of my life
+I never thought the world was so easily won
+Just by realizing that you've got someone
+To say, "You won't be lonely anymore!"
+But oh no!
+'''(Chorus)'''
+'Cause it would be so hard to be feeling so good
+When I know that seeing you means waiting, waiting...
+Waiting so long, so long
+So long, so long
+So long, so long
+So long, so long
+'''(Verse 3)'''
+Just the other day, I was passin' you by
+Thinkin' that the path I took was right
+Always on the road that nobody'd taken
+No one ever said it led back to me
+But you said, "You won't be lonely anymore!"
+But oh no!
+'''(Chorus)'''
+'Cause it would be so hard to be feeling so good
+When I know that seeing you means waiting, waiting...
+Waiting so long, so long
+So long, so long
+So long, so long
+So long, so long
+'''(Bridge)'''
+I'd tell myself that I was wrong when I was right
+I found it hard to convince myself
+So I'm wondering why
+I'm wondering why
+I was just passin' by?
+'''''(Violin Solo)'''''
+'''(Chorus)'''
+Waiting, waiting so long, so long
+So long, so long
+So long, so long
+So long, so long
+'''(Outro)'''
+'Cause I was just passin' by
+I was just passin' by
+I was just passin' by
+|}
+== Personnel ==
+[https://www.discogs.com/artist/5539988-Benjamin-Fong Benjamin Fong] – lead vocals
+[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1774898-Asif-Illyas Asif Illyas] – guitars, backing vocals
+[https://www.discogs.com/artist/953133-Chris-Church Christopher Church] – violin
+[https://www.discogs.com/artist/4108191-Shehab-Illyas Shehab Illyas] – fretless bass
+[https://www.discogs.com/artist/14237896-Joel-Allen-2 Joel Allen] – drums
 ==References==
-*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj0ysSOJ7ys Original snippet]
-*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOE7tOdeYYw The music video]
-*[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KXdPIAZAcu4 Full album]
+* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j0ZWK83plDkQJ84gG-PrRjiu2Cq2uBfcSMQqQ7ihRR8/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Old Leads Document]
+<references />
 [[Category:Identified]]
 [[Category:Music video]]
+[[Category:Pop rock]]
 [[Category:The Golden Age Of Lostwave]]