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Whyte Byrd · 02-27-2009, 10:43 AM

Did I mention, this is one of the greatest threads I've seen here--a lot of stuff to look up.

joey2000 · 02-27-2009, 04:09 PM

lol thx - I have found many of my fav songs by groups are ones that aren't hits and it's kinda fun to think of sometimes esp when you try to discuss w/someone and they go "???"

DontH8Me · 03-05-2009, 03:28 PM

YouTube - The Clash - Guns Of Brixton Video

majoun · 03-13-2009, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by wilvan

This is a rare song by The Cascades:

YouTube - The Cascades - First Love Never Dies

That has to be one of the worst cover versions of a great song I've heard. Instead of the big Spector-like production and the amazingly great vocals of the Walker Brothers' original, that version sounds like Frankie Avalon on Valium...

thriftylefty · 03-13-2009, 07:37 AM

the instrumental version of Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix. Its about 30 seconds long and it is on a release called Loose Ends. (might be an import ,theres more than one )

bs13690 · 03-13-2009, 01:12 PM

I would bet the average person or even someone who calls themselves a Beatles "fan" knows this one.

YouTube - The Beatles - Piggies. But it has always been one of my favorites.

YouTube - pink floyd astronomy domine is one of the best Pink Floyd songs ever and is also relatively unknown. All most people know is stuff from the Post Barrett days.

CharlottePirateFan · 03-13-2009, 02:19 PM

Some of my favorites that are less popular than their other songs: (that I think are better than their most popular songs)

Pearl Jam:
All Those Yesterdays
Corduroy
Oceans
Immortality
No Way

Nirvana: You Know You're Right

Johnny Cash: Cocaine Blues

Neil Young: Down By The River

Rolling Stones: Monkey Man

Led Zeppelin:
In My Time of Dying
Traveling Riverside Blues
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Lemon Song

Hendrix:
Night Bird Flying
Country Blues
Long Hot Summer Night

Cake: Guitar Man

CCR:
Long as I can See the Light
I Put a Spell On You

OAR: Destination

Guns N Roses: Nightrain

Offspring: The Kids Arent Alright

Joe Walsh - In the City

Lynyrd Skynyrd:
Swamp Music
The Ballad of Curtis Loew

Silverchair: Anna's Song

311: My Stoney Baby

Rage Against the Machine: How I Could Just Kill a Man

James Brown: Make It Funky

ZZ Top: Cheap Sunglasses

Soundgarden: The Day I Tried To Live

Audioslave: Doesnt Remind Me

joey2000 · 03-13-2009, 02:28 PM

For Pink Floyd I'd nominate "Dogs" (known by PF fans but not generally)

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Originally Posted by CharlottePirateFan

Joe Walsh - In the City

Not to nit-pick but that was The Eagles and was I believe at least a modest hit..

CharlottePirateFan · 03-13-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by joey2000

For Pink Floyd I'd nominate "Dogs" (known by PF fans but not generally)

Not to nit-pick but that was The Eagles and was I believe at least a modest hit..

Yeah...most of those are at least a little noticeable but didnt get as much playtime as some of their other songs, but should have IMO.

What about bands that arent really popular?
Old Crow Medicine Show (look up Wagon Wheel...the girls usually love it)

majoun · 03-14-2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by joey2000

For Pink Floyd I'd nominate "Dogs" (known by PF fans but not generally)

Not to nit-pick but that was The Eagles and was I believe at least a modest hit..

I used to have the 45. It was by Joe Walsh, although the Eagles played on it.

If everything the Eagles played on is an Eagles record, then would Rick Nelson's early '70s material like "Garden Party" also be considered to be by the Eagles?