Well, it finally happened. Six years after I first heard this song, I've managed to track it down. The song I'm talking about is called Jabberwocky and is a trance song. The song holds a special place in my heart, partially because I reserve a spot there for really good epic trance songs, but mostly because this is a song from a mix of a friend's that I listened to a lot when Graham, Trueman, and I were all living together, playing Magic, and partying a lot. The song, in a way, represents a point in my life that was relatively carefree (though that was shortlived) and hedonistic (though I'd never have used that word to describe it back then).
The song is simple, and follows a basic trance pattern.. Start out slow, speed up, breakdown after an epic buildup, and then follow a similar melody as it winds through to the end. About two thirds of the way through the song, the melody breaks off, and female vocals take over, describing a quest that a young warrior must embark on, or something retarded like that - noone really cares.
In any case, the song conjures up images of some of the great fantasy fiction books I've read, games of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying far into the realm of sleep deprivation and epic Magic games I've played after a night of drinking with close friends. We all have songs and smells that immediately bring foreward fond memories of our youth, and I guess this is just one of mine. Maybe it'll do the same thing for you.
Now that I have the track, it's absolutely inevitable that I will overplay it until it's my least favorite track. In any case, I know that at least Graham will want a cut of this song, and if anyone else does, send me an MSN/ICQ message and I'll provide a link - I don't like putting mp3s up for download, but I haven't been able to find this track online for purchase or download, so maybe that helps justify it (unlikely).
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
He chortled in his joy.
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
yeah! i love that track. i used to spin it all ze time .. awesome, the ambient mix is something else too. it was done by solar stone.
For me, the song from childhood that I couldn't remember for the longest time but suddenly remembered in adulthood is Tears For Fears' "Everybody Wants To Rule The World". It was part of this movie I was watching on TV as a child - a movie that I never got to finish. Someday I will identify that movie and finally finish it!
Maybe http://www.imdb.com can help you out? I'm not sure if you can search through soundtracks or not..