Tracking down a song...

You ever hear a song over and over, constantly have that thought “hey, that’s a good song,” but never act on it? Walking into a store with it playing in the background. Sitting in a coffee shop, listening to it behind conversation. Seeing it on several commercials without consciously connecting it in your mind.

I try to follow through on most of these things. It drives me insane otherwise. But there was a song that I have been crossing paths with for the last year, and I finally tracked it down today.

It started in a Dangerdoom song. It was used as a sample for the song “Old School.” I always thought it was a great loop, but never looked it up. Then it showed up again while watching Kill Bill, as the intro music. More recently, I remember hearing it as someone’s ringtone. Those are just the moments I can pin down. It’s come up many other times. I finally decided I had to pin it down when watching Death Proof a few days ago. Again, Tarantino used it as intro music for the film.

So I started looking it up. Googling “sample song old school dangerdoom” didn’t come up with much though. I tried different variations, and again, nothing. I finally did come up with it though, after searching for “kill bill intro music” and ending up on a youtube video.
I made my way through a comment thread, and found a link to Funky Fanfare by Keith Mansfield

I love moments like this. It’s like the first time you come across the amen break. Very satisfying.