I would also be curious to hear how you eventually found it again!
One to start: Conquest for paradise by vangelis. Just randomly woke up one morning with the song plus title in my head
For anyone in this position, don’t forget !tipofmytongue@lemmy.world - maybe someone can help identify what you’re after.
On the Other place, one of my favourite time killers was to go through the various subs devoted to identifying music/movies/books/etc based on small clips, screenshots or even just descriptions.
Don’t think there are equivalents on Lemmy, but TipOfMyTongue can kind of serve that purpose :-)
Years ago, I downloaded a relaxed-tempo, acoustic version of “Everlong” by the Foo Fighters, that was fantastic. I lost it when my stupid, proprietary NAS decided to re-initialize both RAID disks. I’ve searched repeatedly, but all that ever comes up is Dave Grohl’s solo performance on The Howard Stern Show.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlong
Although the song is normally performed with electric guitars, vocalist/guitarist Dave Grohl’s solo acoustic variation gained popularity after an impromptu rendition on Howard Stern’s radio show in 1998.[19] The band has performed it acoustically since then and an acoustic performance concludes their 2006 live CD and DVD Skin and Bones. Additionally, an acoustic version was released on Foo Fighters’ 2009 Greatest Hits album.
The very first hit I get on YouTube is for the Greatest Hits version. Is that it?
Thanks, no, that’s not quite it. I remember that it was slightly swing-y, with a bit of a Postmodern Jukebox feel. I’m pretty sure it was the Foo Fighters, but it occurs to me that maybe it was a cover by another group, but I’d have no idea who.
Skin and Bones
This is the Skin and Bones one, but that’s live, and I assume that you’d have probably remembered if it were live.
EDIT: Oh, I see what you mean. There are about a million acoustic covers of Everlong on YouTube done by other people.
Well, got-damn! You have inspired me to continue looking again, and here it is: Foo Fighters - Everlong (Live on 2 Meter Sessions, 1999)
Rest of the 2 Meter sessions are also worth a listen!