Underappreciated songs from well-known groups [Archive]

Kodos

03-30-2011, 08:49 PM

This is the thread for lesser-known gems by groups with other well-known hits. A while back, I started digging into some older groups hoping to find new (to me) music to enjoy, since I'm not terribly interested in music coming out these days. One of the groups I started with was Queen. Here are a couple of songs that I found that I really like.

"It's Late" from News Of The World:

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"Long Away" from A Day At The Races:

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Anyhow, these songs are a bit off the beaten path as far as Queen goes. Hopefully others will post less well-known favorites too.

rowech

03-30-2011, 09:01 PM

One song comes right to mind for me...

La Villa Strangiato -- Rush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbSWzK4nKQA

Kodos

03-30-2011, 09:20 PM

One song comes right to mind for me...

La Villa Strangiato -- Rush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbSWzK4nKQA

:thumbsup:

CrimsonFox

03-30-2011, 09:25 PM

I really don't think that is underappreciated at all, rowech :) All Rush fans worship that song. :)

CrimsonFox

03-30-2011, 09:27 PM

CrimsonFox

03-30-2011, 09:31 PM

Here's my Rush contribution:

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cartman

03-30-2011, 09:32 PM

Mr. Soul - Neil Young/Buffalo Springfield

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Groundhog

03-30-2011, 09:46 PM

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This was the first Yes song to blow my mind. The guitar solo at the end is one of my faves.

Groundhog

03-30-2011, 09:50 PM

Not sure what it is, but I've always liked this Radiohead B-side.

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CrimsonFox

03-30-2011, 10:13 PM

For me with South SIde, it's all about Wakeman's piano solo in the middle and Bruford's jazz drums. :)

So many Genesis songs to name...I'll go with this one from their second album and a 19 year old Peter Gabriel.

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lighthousekeeper

03-30-2011, 10:14 PM

CrimsonFox

03-30-2011, 10:28 PM

MikeVic

03-30-2011, 10:35 PM

Lathum

03-30-2011, 10:37 PM

Every song on Bat Out Of Hell that isn't Paradise By The Dashboard Light.

cartman

03-30-2011, 10:46 PM

Duran Duran's cover of Lou Reed's 'Perfect Day'

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lighthousekeeper

03-30-2011, 11:17 PM

WTF! THis is AWESOME! What's Keith Richards doing there?!? :)

Not to mention Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchel.

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thesloppy

03-30-2011, 11:45 PM

NorvTurnerOverdrive

03-30-2011, 11:46 PM

Here are a couple of songs that I found that I really like.
that's good shit.

radiohead's prog stuff gives me a chubby. still don't know why they left this off amnesiac.
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cuervo72

03-30-2011, 11:57 PM

Mr. Soul - Neil Young/Buffalo Springfield

And covered (much) later by Rush.

I've always liked Zeppelin's Trampled Under Foot. Probably my favorite LZ song. Made perfect sense to me after reading this. :)

Much rehearsal went into perfecting the relentless semi-funk riff that dominates this song.[2] John Paul Jones has credited Stevie Wonder with the inspiration for the beat ("Superstition", 1973), which he played on a clavinet.

Suicane75

03-31-2011, 12:01 AM

I loved the B-Side of Bryan Adams' Summer Of 69 45.

Groundhog

03-31-2011, 12:10 AM

And covered (much) later by Rush.

I've always liked Zeppelin's Trampled Under Foot. Probably my favorite LZ song. Made perfect sense to me after reading this. :)

To me it sounds far more like Led Zep were listening to Long Train Runnin' by the Doobie Brothers when they penned Trampled Under Foot than they were Stevie Wonder...

BYU 14

03-31-2011, 12:26 AM

Probably my favorite Journey song, that gets lost in some of their later stuff

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ISiddiqui

03-31-2011, 12:36 AM

Perhaps my favorite White Stripes song, "The Air Near My Fingers"

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PadresFan104

03-31-2011, 01:29 AM

Two great songs from my favorite album of all time...

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JAG

03-31-2011, 08:25 AM

cuervo72

03-31-2011, 09:50 AM

To me it sounds far more like Led Zep were listening to Long Train Runnin' by the Doobie Brothers when they penned Trampled Under Foot than they were Stevie Wonder...

Hmm, I suppose there are some similarities there too.

Warhammer

03-31-2011, 01:57 PM

Probably my favorite Journey song, that gets lost in some of their later stuff

I love this song, especially when Perry jumps in. I've got their Time boxed set, and the highlight of the first disk is right there. Their music takes a completely different path after that.

CrimsonFox

03-31-2011, 02:05 PM

Probably my favorite Journey song, that gets lost in some of their later stuff

GREAT pick BYU. Really any Journey with Greg Rollie is awesome Journey. After Greg Rollie not so much. :)

I love how that song blends into the next one "Anytime". Their harmony is awesome. Great stuff from Rollie and Vallory

GrantDawg

03-31-2011, 02:13 PM

Duran Duran's cover of Lou Reed's 'Perfect Day'
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You win the thread for posting anything by Duran Duran.

sabotai

03-31-2011, 02:43 PM

The Killers - Believe Me Natalie

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Deftones - Lifter

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System of a Down - Needles

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britrock88

03-31-2011, 02:44 PM

To keep us 40+ years in the past...

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I could stay in the "B" section of my library for weeks... Beach Boys, Beatles, Billy Joel, and of course all the lesser-remembered groups that don't qualify for this thread...

Maple Leafs

03-31-2011, 03:21 PM

I know that the "Use Your Illusion" era Guns & Roses isn't for everyone, but I've always liked "Breakdown". It's practically the only song from those albums that didn't wind up as a single or concert staple, but I think it's a good, bluesy rock song that aims high but avoids going as over-the-top as some of their other stuff.

Not really radio-friendly and it has no discernible structure, but then that's not a bad thing.

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johnnyshaka

03-31-2011, 03:47 PM

Led Zep's Bron-y-aur Stomp:

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cuervo72

03-31-2011, 03:56 PM

Led Zep's Bron-y-aur Stomp:

I've always liked that one too.

PackerFanatic

03-31-2011, 05:13 PM

One song comes right to mind for me...

La Villa Strangiato -- Rush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbSWzK4nKQA

+1

CrimsonFox

03-31-2011, 05:13 PM

Elton John - Grey Seal

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Draft Dodger

03-31-2011, 05:35 PM

Van Halen - DOA

Kodos

03-31-2011, 08:15 PM

I really don't think that is underappreciated at all, rowech :) All Rush fans worship that song. :)

I disagree. As a guy who has just 5 Rush songs in his collection, I'd never heard of it. So it definitely fits the theme I was going for - songs that a casual fan may not know, but that they should.

Groundhog

03-31-2011, 08:29 PM

JAG

03-31-2011, 09:53 PM

Elton John - Grey Seal

Good choice, I was actually going to suggest an Elton John song from Tumbleweed Connection.

Warhammer

03-31-2011, 11:13 PM

Going a slightly different tack on this.

John Williams is widely recognized as one of the great composers of the late 20th Century. His themes for Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Jaws are considered some of the greatest movie themes of all time.

A theme that often gets left out of the discussion is the Main Theme to Superman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mba8oZnI00

johnnyshaka

03-31-2011, 11:33 PM

I'm pretty lenient when it comes to singers (if they can stay on key), and I'll readily admit that some of my favourite vocalists have voices that many people would think are awful (ie. Robert Wyatt), but man, Geddy Lee. I've tried to get into Rush and I think parts of Moving Pictures are pretty damn special, but I just can not get past that voice of his...

AMEN!!

Fingernails on a chalkboard is a good analogy for how I feel when I hear Rush on the radio and then I can't hit any button fast enough to make it stop!

Scarecrow

04-01-2011, 12:13 AM

Not to mention Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchel.

The Dirty Mac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dirty_Mac)

After looking at this wiki, I noticed that The Jeff Healey Band also covered this song (and if I want to hear a white guy sing the blues, I'm listening to Jeff Healey).

I won't embed their youtube version on here (because it would be off topic), but here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENnPivbWY-I

cartman

04-01-2011, 12:42 AM

Grateful Dead - Me and my Uncle

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CrimsonFox

04-01-2011, 03:40 AM

I disagree. As a guy who has just 5 Rush songs in his collection, I'd never heard of it. So it definitely fits the theme I was going for - songs that a casual fan may not know, but that they should.

Fair enough. Was just kidding anyway. Actually this is really hard to figure out for groups that I'm a rabid megafan of (like Rush). I love everything by thiem so I've forgotten what the casual listener might have heard.

CrimsonFox

04-01-2011, 03:42 AM

I'm pretty lenient when it comes to singers (if they can stay on key), and I'll readily admit that some of my favourite vocalists have voices that many people would think are awful (ie. Robert Wyatt), but man, Geddy Lee. I've tried to get into Rush and I think parts of Moving Pictures are pretty damn special, but I just can not get past that voice of his...

He toned down the screech in the 90s. I don't think he could do it anymore anyway. I am convinced he has been taking singing lessons as his recent tours, he has sounded better than he ever has.

CrimsonFox

04-01-2011, 04:00 AM

And this is why the Who rocks...

Amazing Journey/Sparks from "Tommy"

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frnk55

04-01-2011, 06:38 AM

Grateful Dead - Me and my Uncle

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:)
Any tune by the Dead!!!!!!

fantom1979

04-01-2011, 08:20 AM

Men at Work -- Be Good Johnny

I thought it was well known, but none of my friends seem to know it (and they are fans of Down Under).

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Pumpy Tudors

04-01-2011, 02:52 PM

If your answer is neither "Honesty" by Sevendust nor "Hardware Store" by Weird Al, your answer is wrong and you suck at life. Congratulations.

Maple Leafs

04-01-2011, 02:59 PM

I'm pretty lenient when it comes to singers (if they can stay on key), and I'll readily admit that some of my favourite vocalists have voices that many people would think are awful (ie. Robert Wyatt), but man, Geddy Lee. I've tried to get into Rush and I think parts of Moving Pictures are pretty damn special, but I just can not get past that voice of his...

Mount Rushmore of great singers with terrible singing voices: Geddy Lee, Billy Corgan, Neil Young and Axl Rose?

BYU 14

04-01-2011, 03:29 PM

Hair bands don't get credit for good songs in general (mostly deserved) but I think this is a very good song by Cinderella.

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BYU 14

04-01-2011, 03:31 PM

Great tune from Skynyrd that is overshadowed by Freebird, Sweet home and others.

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cartman

04-01-2011, 04:50 PM

Pearl Jam - Last Kiss

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JonInMiddleGA

04-01-2011, 05:05 PM

Okay, I think I get what this thread is looking for.

Eight of Night Ranger's first nine singles at least cracked the Top 20 on the rock charts. The one that didn't is, IMO, their best song & not by a narrow margin either.
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As luck would have it, a Journey song was also one of the first I thought of for this thread. Although it's from the Cain era rather than the Rollie era, I always thought my favorite song on the Frontiers album was overlooked with all the success of Faithfully and Separate Ways

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frnk55

04-01-2011, 05:52 PM

sterlingice

04-01-2011, 09:04 PM

I've always been partial to "My Wave" from Soundgarden

SI

CrimsonFox

04-01-2011, 10:41 PM

Probably my favorite thread ever, Kodos.

From Crosby, Stills Nash, & Young.

Neil YOung's Country Girl

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And because it's the coolest song title ever (and great bluesy tune) Crosby's "Almost Cut by Hair"

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britrock88

04-01-2011, 10:54 PM

Good thinking with CSN(Y), but "Country Girl" has to be my least favorite song of theirs (though I dig "Almost Cut My Hair"). It just seems like an encapsulation of every way in which Neil Young brought down the personality that CSN had created.

Sooo, to look back to CSN's album Crosby, Stills & Nash, how about "You Don't Have to Cry"?

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Or, if that's too obscure, "Wooden Ships"...

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CrimsonFox

04-01-2011, 10:56 PM

Well WOoden Ships is one of their best known songs though and on every Greatest HIts album they have. I love your other selection :)

thesloppy

04-02-2011, 12:14 AM

Say, can I have some of your purple berries?

britrock88

04-02-2011, 12:19 AM

Well WOoden Ships is one of their best known songs though and on every Greatest HIts album they have. I love your other selection :)

Heh, I think I've listened to them enough at this point that I don't even remember which songs were the big hits that drew me to them in the first place... beyond Suite Judy Blue Eyes, of course.

Swap in Helplessly Hoping and I'm still satisfied.

CrimsonFox

04-02-2011, 12:21 AM

Heh, I think I've listened to them enough at this point that I don't even remember which songs were the big hits that drew me to them in the first place... beyond Suite Judy Blue Eyes, of course.

Swap in Helplessly Hoping and I'm still satisfied.

I have THE SAME problem with some groups! :) I'm basically going with songs that I never hear on classic rock stations and that never have appeared on the particular groups Greatest hits collections as "underappreciated", but others may have a different definition.

Oh yeah...dododododo DO do dodododo dododododo DO do dodo

thesloppy

04-02-2011, 12:22 AM

The Byrds - Hickory Wind

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CrimsonFox

04-02-2011, 12:23 AM

Say, can I have some of your purple berries?

Yes, I've been eating them...six...seven...weeks now. Haven't got...sick once.
They'll prob'ly keep us both alive.

thesloppy

04-02-2011, 12:28 AM

The Bee Gees - I Can't See Nobody

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JAG

04-02-2011, 04:10 AM

Chicago Transit Authority (aka Chicago before they were sued by the CTA) ~ South California Purples

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sterlingice

04-02-2011, 08:44 AM

Chicago was CTA and then the city threatened to sue? Didn't know that little trivia tidbit. Learn something new every day:

Chicago (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%28band%29#Beginnings)

SI

CrimsonFox

04-02-2011, 12:08 PM

Green Day - Chump

Best opening line of a song:
I don't know you but I think I hate you

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Izulde

04-02-2011, 12:44 PM

Boyz II Men's cover of "Yesterday"

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After Michael left they did an acapella video, but the group got quite a bit weaker with the loss of his bass.

Landshark44

04-02-2011, 08:32 PM

No vocals in "La Villa Strangiato".....Damn, I forgot how good that was..

Perfect for the anti Geddy Lee people....

but I much prefer the later version...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjglB04TOno

How about "In a Simple Rhyme" by Van Halen off of "Women and Children First".....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2euKIcljqMk

Crank it up....

CrimsonFox

04-03-2011, 03:36 AM

From the B-52's, wedged in between the uber popular Love Shack, Roam, and Channel Z was the song I think was the best: "Bushfire"

Wade 4:45 into the following.

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CrimsonFox

04-03-2011, 04:04 AM

Cream:
B-side of Sunshine of Your Love was my favorite:

called SWLABR (which stands for "She walks like a bearded rainbow")

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RainMaker

04-03-2011, 04:23 AM

SteveMax58

04-03-2011, 07:23 AM

Since I know the Beatles so well, and was not alive during their era, its sometimes hard for me to identify the most popular from the songs that I like the most but here are a couple that I dont typically see on Greatest Hits type compilations and most people I know (that like them, but dont know ALL their music) dont tend to know.

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CrimsonFox

04-04-2011, 07:44 AM

Excellent Beatles picks. I've always been partial to Harrison myself:

I Me Mine (from Let It Be)
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Representing his Indian influence: The Inner Light (B-side to "Lady Madonna" on Past Masters)
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Old Brown Shoe (B-side to Ballad of JOhn and Yoko)
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And going way back to the first album, "Don't Bother Me"
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Sgran

04-04-2011, 12:10 PM

I've always been partial to "My Wave" from Soundgarden

SI

One of the greatest albums ever, and all the mediocre songs became hits (spoonman? seriously?). Limo Wreck, The Day I Tried to Live, Fresh Tendrils and Like Suicide would be the best song on many albums by other artists. And from Badmotorfinger you can add Mind Riot.

Edit to add: 4th of July and Superunknown (just my favorite song on the album). But the truth is I don't even have a feeling for what the casual fan knows off of superunknown. I'm assuming Black Hole Sun and Spoonman.

cuervo72

04-04-2011, 01:19 PM

I don't listen to alternative stations anymore, so maybe this gets more play now that I'm aware of. I always thought it was underappreciated though.

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cartman

04-04-2011, 01:46 PM

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

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Landshark44

04-04-2011, 01:50 PM

One of the greatest albums ever, and all the mediocre songs became hits (spoonman? seriously?). Limo Wreck, The Day I Tried to Live, Fresh Tendrils and Like Suicide would be the best song on many albums by other artists. And from Badmotorfinger you can add Mind Riot.

Edit to add: 4th of July and Superunknown (just my favorite song on the album). But the truth is I don't even have a feeling for what the casual fan knows off of superunknown. I'm assuming Black Hole Sun and Spoonman.

One of my favorite albums ever.....I love all those songs...including spoonman...

johnnyshaka

04-04-2011, 01:59 PM

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

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My favorite Dire Straits tune.

johnnyshaka

04-04-2011, 02:06 PM

The Doors - Peace Frog

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johnnyshaka

04-04-2011, 02:18 PM

One of the greatest albums ever, and all the mediocre songs became hits (spoonman? seriously?). Limo Wreck, The Day I Tried to Live, Fresh Tendrils and Like Suicide would be the best song on many albums by other artists. And from Badmotorfinger you can add Mind Riot.

Edit to add: 4th of July and Superunknown (just my favorite song on the album). But the truth is I don't even have a feeling for what the casual fan knows off of superunknown. I'm assuming Black Hole Sun and Spoonman.

Chris Cornell is coming to town to do an acoustic only set and I can't make it to the show...I AM SO PISSED!!!!

McLovin

04-04-2011, 04:48 PM

Everything on the 3rd album and Presence is underappreciated

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sterlingice

04-04-2011, 06:59 PM

One of the greatest albums ever, and all the mediocre songs became hits (spoonman? seriously?). Limo Wreck, The Day I Tried to Live, Fresh Tendrils and Like Suicide would be the best song on many albums by other artists. And from Badmotorfinger you can add Mind Riot.

Edit to add: 4th of July and Superunknown (just my favorite song on the album). But the truth is I don't even have a feeling for what the casual fan knows off of superunknown. I'm assuming Black Hole Sun and Spoonman.

I thought My Wave was the 5th of 5 singles released off of there (Spoonman, Black Hole Sun, The Day I Tried to Live, and Fell on Black Days). I actually like Spoonman quite a bit and thought Black Hole Sun was the really overrated song of the singles.

SI

cartman

04-04-2011, 09:47 PM

Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones

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Fonzie

04-05-2011, 10:10 PM

I'm gonna throw out some Journey love as well, with two songs from the Escape album. Both got a teeny bit of airplay back in the day, but I'd wager that most casual listeners/non-fans won't remember them. First, the album's title song:

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Also from that album is one of my all-time favorites, Still They Ride.

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Fonzie

04-05-2011, 10:12 PM

Now for Rush: the last two songs from Moving Pictures are freaking awesome:

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Fonzie

04-05-2011, 10:17 PM

Last one, I promise.

Two favorites from Yes, one from the "old days" and one from their 80's reincarnation. The latter, "Cinema", is instrumental.

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Groundhog

04-05-2011, 11:02 PM

Siberian Khatru is one of my fave Yes tunes. Love the guitar.

larrymcg421

04-05-2011, 11:30 PM

CrimsonFox

04-06-2011, 12:16 AM

Siberian Khatru is one of my fave Yes tunes. Love the guitar.

It was Bill Bruford's favorite too. :)

My favorites are YOurs is No Disgrace and Starship Trooper (not to be confused with large bugs eating soldiers)

CrimsonFox

04-06-2011, 12:18 AM

Now for Rush: the last two songs from Moving Pictures are freaking awesome:

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I'm with ya, dude. Vital Signs is AWESOME! I think my favorite underrated rush song was the one right before these two: :)

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Kodos

04-07-2011, 09:20 PM

Here is a little-known song from Jon Bon Jovi's best solo album, Destination Anywhere. It was basically the soundtrack to a terrible movie he made, but the album was probably his best work post-Keep The Faith. The album is a big departure from his stuff with the band. Not arena rock.

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Kodos

04-07-2011, 09:25 PM

Breaking out the Warrant, baby! Stronger Now is one of their best songs (faint praise, I know), but it was off a later album, Ultraphobic, that nobody ever heard.

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Kodos

04-07-2011, 09:31 PM

Def Leppard and the Hothouse Flowers got together to do an acoustic cover of You Can't Always Get What You Want. It was a b-side for one of the singles of off Adrenalize. I'm sure some (maybe most) will think it's crap, but it's a personal favorite of mine.

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Matthean

04-08-2011, 08:05 AM

Drummer edition

Temple of the Dog: Your Savior, underrated only due to the fact it wasn't a radio hit, but the groove and end is top notch stuff.

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Living Color: Broken Hearts, the groove overall and then then break at the end right around 4:30 in the video.

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Sting: Seven Days, more for the performance overall and certainly on the CD as a whole. The hits are straightforward, but the rest of it has odd time signatures all over the place. The drumming is fairly minimal as a whole, but Vinnie is busy on this track. It also has just a nice touch of jazz to it.

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John Mellencamp: Justice and Independence, Kenny sounds like he's shooting a shot gun versus playing drums. That break just makes you want to tap along to it.

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sterlingice

04-11-2011, 08:46 PM

I can't really compete with the guys taking out classics but I can keep talking a little early 90s music

Smashing Pumpkins' Pisces Iscariot seems to have been kindof forgotten but I liked some of the harder edge stuff on there, in particular Hello Kitty Cat and Frail and Bedazzled, a pair released as singles that I don't think have been on the radio since about a year after that album was released.

Alice In Chains has a ton of hits but if you listen to one of their greatest hits albums, there is a pretty distinct sound: everything is in a minor key and if you aren't careful, the songs can start to blend together- they are unique and distinct songs, many of them hits, but the underlying sound is very similar. But there's always one spot that snaps me out of it if I'm listening and that's No Excuses. It's still in the same minor key but it's an upbeat rhythm in minor key that sounds unique against everything else they made.

Sure, Throwing Copper was Live's biggest album and there were two huge songs off of it: I Alone and Lightning Crashes. However, I'd argue there's a really nice run on the CD of tracks 2-7 or 2-8 (depends on how you feel about 8) and I'd take pretty much any of the other tracks in that run over Lightning Crashes. The song never really hit it off with me and I think quite a few of the other songs there are pretty strong.

SI

cartman

04-20-2011, 10:21 PM

One of the rare times a live version blows away a studio version of a song.

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CrimsonFox

05-12-2011, 06:41 PM

Genesis - The Musical Box

Love this live version from belgian TV.

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and the accompanying story from the album's liner notes about this song's background:

While Henry Hamilton-Smythe minor (8) was playing croquet with Cynthia Jane De Blaise-William (9), sweet-smiling Cynthia raised her croquet mallet high and gracefully removed Henry's head. Two weeks later, in Henry's nursery, she discovered his treasured musical box. Eagerly she opened it and as "Old King Cole" began to play a small spirit- figure appeared. Henry returned-But not for long, for as he stood in the room his body began ageing rapidly, leaving child's mind inside. A lifetime's desires surged through him. Unfortunately the attempt to persuade Cynthia Jane to fulfil his romantic desire led his nurse to the nursery to investigate the noise. Instinctively Nanny hurled the musical box at the bearded child, destroying both.

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Had to share this live version too as Gabriel looks particularly freaky in it :)

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Radii

05-12-2011, 06:59 PM

Sure, Throwing Copper was Live's biggest album and there were two huge songs off of it: I Alone and Lightning Crashes. However, I'd argue there's a really nice run on the CD of tracks 2-7 or 2-8 (depends on how you feel about 8) and I'd take pretty much any of the other tracks in that run over Lightning Crashes. The song never really hit it off with me and I think quite a few of the other songs there are pretty strong.

I'd throw track 1 in there as well and go 1-8. Their first album has long been a favorite of mine as well, Mental Jewelry.

Kodos

05-12-2011, 07:18 PM