The Greatest Obscure songs

CaptainHilts

Looking to get a list of obscure songs that are never played on radio but should be....

Equal kudos points for relatively unkown artist (e.g "pretty good day" by Loudon Wainwright III from the album Social Studies)

or relatively unkown song by popular artists (e.g. Calico Skies by Paul McCartney from Flaming Pie)

Belle Ende

Fvck Off - by The Electric Chairs

DerekD Goldfish

Well it depedns on how you deifne obscure but here are some songs a like that rarly if ever are played on the radio
Whipping Boy-Tripped
Joy Division- No love lost
Fatima mansions- Blues for Ceauseseu
Gang of Four - Ether
UK Decay- For my country
World domination emterprises- Asbsestos lead asbestos

cilamc

Young Marble Giants "Final Day"

grumpytrousers

Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Town to Town - Microdisney

are two songs that were 'hits' and never seem to be played on t'radio...both dead good as well, btw and kinda adhere to the rules of catchiness, tuneful, lack of use of the word cnut or fcuk in the lyrics...

Doctor J

How Could I by Cynic
Heaven Or Las Vegas by The Cocteau Twins
Existence by Aghora
The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines by Joni Mitchell
Long Distance by Turin Brakes

Jim

Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane

Mr. Presentable

I bet you they don't play this song on the radio - by Monty Python

Belle Ende

"You're A Trendy Fvcking Pussy" - Anal Cvnt

DerekD Goldfish

Town to Town - Microdisney

Amazing song by a great band wasnt exactly a hit though about top 50.

magpie

"My Star Shines So Bright" by Trollo Friedegg

orangerooster

Arab Strap-Screaming in the tree's.

Just think its a brillaint piece of music.

10000maniacs

Heres my top 10 4 wot its worth

1: Cramps-Human Fly
2: Big Star- September Gurls
3: Ween- Baby Bitch
4: Dinosaur Jr-Sideways
5: Feelies- Higher Ground
6: Ramones-Oh Oh I Love Her So
7: 10000 Maniacs-Because the Night
8: Dead Kennedys-Kill the Poor
9: Replacements-White And Lazy
10: Husker Du- Obnoxious

fuse

Skip Spence - Land of the Sun

Worztron

Excellent idea for a thread and still very relevant.

I recently watched the film 'Searching for Sugar Man' about Sixto Rodriguez.

I never heard of him until I saw the movie. I love these songs in particular.

• Rodriguez - Cause
• Rodriguez - Sandrevan Lullaby – Lifestyles
• Rodriguez - Street Boy
• Rodriguez - Sugar Man

Worztron

Cocteau Twins - Rilkean Heart (1996)

Felexicon

Port of Amsterdam - David Bowie

scuba8

Roy Harper - Hallucinating Light.

Worztron

Is there a site where you can listen to random obscure music from all genres and years?

e_e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAKfy2W70Qg

blastman

Anything by the Zombies (appropriate for this thread)

Worztron

blastman wrote: »

Anything by the Zombies (appropriate for this thread)

Maybe not that obscure but I love: The Zombies - Time of the Season (1968)

I would have started a new thread with the same title but why when this one is still relevant.

groovie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-uxOT9uXA

e_e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1u8IdpEROE

bullpost

In an alternative universe this one is never off the radio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DMlxrGIi8U

mike65

Worztron wrote: »

Is there a site where you can listen to random obscure music from all genres and years?

Its called Zenith Classic Rock but the rock part is the broadest definition - the spread of music is pretty wide, check it out Zenith Classic Rock

eviltimeban

There's a whole load of "hidden treasures" out there - great songs by popular artists that are tucked away and relatively unknown.

Like:

1. The Beatles / Super Furry Animals - Free Now
2. U2 - Levitate
3. Nirvana - Oh, The Guilt
4. Pearl Jam - Down
5. Pink Floyd - Give Birth To A Smile
6. Air - Run
7. The Breeders - Doe
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Glynis
9. Blur - Mr Briggs
10. Velvet Underground - The Gift
11. Bjork - Cocoon
12. Stone Roses - Something's Burning
13. Beatles - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
14. Sigur Ros - Dauoalogn
15. Jan Hammer Group - Don't You Know
16. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 5:55 or The Songs That We Sing
17. Chicago - I'm A Man
18. Dire Straits - Lions
19. The Eagles - Witchy Woman
20. Genesis - Firth of Fifth

That's just a few I can think of. If you wanna talk about obscure bands as a whole, there's loads of those...

loyatemu

Worztron wrote: »

Is there a site where you can listen to random obscure music from all genres and years?

"Forgotify" is a Spotify app that only plays songs that have never been played on Spotify before - that's pretty obscure.

Worztron

The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider (1970)

Thundercats Ho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OytJYBfwUk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwq_sksL_6o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRrrFdKh9tQ

8mv

Babybird - King Bing

Shawn Colvin - Wicthita Skyline

Dave Alvin - Andersonville

Bright Eyes - Landlocked Blues

Rodney Crowell - I Walk The Line (Revisited)

Iris DeMent - God Walks The Dark Hills

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live acoustic version of The Maker (by Daniel Lanois)

Bruce Springsteen - My Ride's Here (from the Warren Zevon tribute album "Enjoy Every Sandwich")