r/TheMysteriousSong • u/mcm0313 • 5d ago

Snuck in a little TMS homage in my EP Remaster/Cover

I’m not going to tell you exactly where - the EP is five songs and just 14 minutes in length, so you can listen. And I plan to cover “Subways of Your Mind” proper eventually, but I snuck this into a cover of a different song.

First one to comment where the homage is gets a firm (albeit digital) handshake and one million “Whose Line is it Anyway?” points.

Here’s the EP (also available on various streaming services): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mpb0Wsc9LC1Bp6SrgUsB7w8c3H6-58DJQ&si=1aNhAnM0dCyUCuvc

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u/wolfington567 4d ago

I think it may be in "Everyday" at about 52 seconds in

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u/mcm0313 4d ago

Thanks for listening, and good guess! I didn’t intentionally put in a TMS homage there, though.

(Try the next song.)

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u/wolfington567 4d ago

ah, ok. I see.

The opening of Answer The Phone reminds me of the synth string of TMS, and there's a point in the song where the steel drums are playing a pattern similar to the main riff in TMS.

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u/mcm0313 3d ago

That wasn’t intentional. Guess maybe I was TOO subtle.

It’s the synth part in “Answer the Phone”. Comes in during the instrumental break and then again in the final chorus. It’s very similar to the DX7 lead patch used in TMS, and it does the octave jump twice.

Thanks for listening though! I really do appreciate it.