Do you have a favorite song- one that only you know and you think everyone should hear?  Maybe a little known hit or a b-side, or just a tune by an obscure band that deserves recognition?

List it here, but also try to add a link so we can check out your recommendation.



Today I recommend "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" by Roy Ayers.  I'ts the best for springtime, and when I play it for other people, they can't believe that it was never a big hit.

http://www.broadcastyoutube.com/watch?v=b1GU3rFHGNk&feature=related

^ I've heard of Roy Ayers before, but never that song.  It was really good :)



I recommend the 1971 song 'Carry Me' by The Stampeders.  It was their first hit of the 70s and went all the way to #2 in Canada.  It's a beautiful story song :)

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

Here's a happy tune, by a really cool band.


Accidently Kelly Street
~Frente!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEIGA-eYCs0


AND..

Labour Of Love
~Frente!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFvWOyFNNXI&feature=related

Deborah Gibson songs after "Electric Youth". She's more than an '80's pop princess and give her music a chance!

Songs I reccomend:

"One Hand, One Heart", beautiful ballad that should've been a hit in 1990/1991. Since Paula Abdul, Taylor Dayne, and even Bryan Adams had hit ballads...why not Deb?

"This So Called Miracle" (see above)

"Losin' Myself", her most sensual song

"For Better Or Worse"

"Didn't  Have The Heart"

"What You Want", uptempo pop song that would've been a hit of radio have given her music a chance


"Famous", basically about the sorry state of young Hollywood

Labour Of Love
~Frente!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFvWOyFNNXI&feature=related



love that one; i sing it at my brunch gig!  so much fun. of course you have that. 

I have enjoyed all the contributions so far!

North Sea Oil & Old Ghost.....Jethro Tull

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KjvNY2zzEC8



Powderfinger....Neil Young

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pxSJAbeXEek&feature=related

I have 2 more.

The Deadly Dream Of Freedom....Triumvirat

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W98bcPgTNR8



Spartacus....Triumvirat

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hZqFr0RfFa4&feature=related

I love this song;
it's "What Is This" by Sergio Mendes.  not your typical Mendes stuff.  a real beat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK_K6HfkQPI

love that one; i sing it at my brunch gig!  so much fun. of course you have that. 

I have enjoyed all the contributions so far!



aww..I would love to hear you sing that sometime!! :)

BAP - Kristallnaach

BAP are a German rock band, and this was their one international hit. Yes, it's in German (or better: Kölsch, the local accent of Cologne), so it's gonna be somewhat hard to understand - but I think you get the "feel" of the song.

   Peter Murphy ~ Indigo Eyes...

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ruLXrccMzI (Audio Only)

   Bye-bye New Wave :\'( Long live bittersweet songs..!

Seattle- Public Image, Ltd.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NweRE8aeFKQ

   Peter Murphy ~ Indigo Eyes...

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ruLXrccMzI (Audio Only)

   Bye-bye New Wave :\'( Long live bittersweet songs..!


I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!

Drunk...Kevin Coyne
Ghosts upon the road..Eric Andersen
Rock and Roll Song....Valdy
Stranger in Blue Suede Shows...Kevin Ayers
Are you drinking with me jesus...Mojo Nixon and Jello Biafra
Good Noise...John Gorka
Sinnerman...Nina Simone
Road to Cairo...David Ackles

I could go on but you get the idea!

I wish I could find a link to the tune, but I can't.

A regional hit from San Jose, California from the mid-90s was called "She" by the band Squeeze the Dog.

I got their demo because I used to chat with the drummer of the band and he sent me the demo that I still play today.  Love that song.

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!


    :)

Drunk...Kevin Coyne
Ghosts upon the road..Eric Andersen
Rock and Roll Song....Valdy
Stranger in Blue Suede Shows...Kevin Ayers
Are you drinking with me jesus...Mojo Nixon and Jello Biafra
Good Noise...John Gorka
Sinnerman...Nina Simone
Road to Cairo...David Ackles

I could go on but you get the idea!


First of all: welcome to the boards! :)

Second: of the songs you mentioned, I only know "Sinnerman", because that one was recently remixed by Felix Da Housecat.

great suggestions everyone. 


Rock and Roll Song....Valdy


I definately know this one.  Fantastic tune! 8)

For the Jazz lovers:

Medieval Overture....Return To Forver

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XCg_EGPb1QA&feature=related

Ok...we have this local band called, Derek White and the Monophobics. They are beyond awesome! Here's their myspace...give them a listen, add them....ya, you get the drift. :D

http://www.myspace.com/derekwhiteandthemonophobics

Anyone else like their disco really Funky?  If so, check out

Keeep Your Body Workin' - Kleeer (1979)

Got some nice club play back in the day...    8)

Just about anything by Telex.  (If you can listen to only one track, check out their remix of the Sister Sledge classic Dance To The Music)

And just about everything by MC 900 Foot Jesus.

The classic Hawaiian Pups song Baby Judy, in which the dog Spot is called upon to "Run Run, Run, to India!"

And a triple-shot of Italo techno-disco-hardfloor-wackiness 20 years before "hardfloor" was invented:

We open up with Down, Down Romeo, by Meccano
The thoroughly goofy Sexy Bon, by Finzy Kontini
We close with Big Tits, by Sex Shop Boys

Finally, if you're after something more current, you're gonna wanna check out anything/everything that synthpop/electroclash artist Liz Enthusiasm has done with Freezepop.  There's nothing quite like spending the afternoon listening to presentations by top-rang game designers, astronauts and private-enterprise rocketry principals, and following it up by spending the night rocking out to electroclash until 2:00 in the morning, at what can only be described as a 12-hour rave (!) hosted by NASA (!!), in an aircraft hangar on a U.S. federal facility (!!1!) in celebration of Russian (!1!!eleventy!) astronaut Yuri Gagarin being the first man in space.

Obscure?  Baby, I am obscure.  I make obscure work.

There's a group called Mucky Pup, that did the song "U Make Me Sick (But I Luv U)".
This song was re-done by Mucky Pup, for the famed record done by 'Billy & the Boingers', as featured in the cartoon strip "Outland".

Anyone else like their disco really Funky?  If so, check out

Keeep Your Body Workin' - Kleeer (1979)

Got some nice club play back in the day...     8)



It seems that this thread is for people to share songs that are not known by alot of people.

I have heard of Kleeer, but did not know this song.  I just checked it out on youtube.  It is extremely funky and I dig it.  This song has it all - a sexy female singer, a string section, a funky bass solo in the middle, deep-voiced background singers, and a falsetto chant at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oou4953HLzk

And yes, I love my disco dirty and funky baby!!!!!!

How 'bout Leon Heywood's "I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You"?

i'm going to make a speciatl Itunes playlist for all these....when i find them all.

Beach party Vietnam....The Dead Milkman

You Make ME Sick (But I Luv U)- Mucky Pup

Not sure if "no one else" knows this song... but I didn't know it until about two days ago. It has swiftly become one of my favorites...

Zucchero - Baila Morena


Note: This is the Spanish version, but there's also an Italian version available on YouTube.

Not sure if "no one else" knows this song... but I didn't know it until about two days ago. It has swiftly become one of my favorites...

Zucchero - Baila Morena

Note: This is the Spanish version, but there's also an Italian version available on YouTube.


Not bad. I like it!  Here are a few that I love and people should know.  They are classics though many people in North America dont know them.

David Sylvian - Orpheus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2dgMNm64Mg

Mariza - Há uma música do povo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdHbQBvgyQ0
Alain Delon & Dalida - Paroles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avUC5gMDTKQ
Daniela Romo - De mi enamorate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_o4oT3p6k

Laban - Love In Siberia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgO5Pn-TDMU   (CRANK IT UP!!!!!!!)
CC Catch - Cause You Are Young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4itQnWdCIxQ
Desireless - Voyage Voyage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PDmZnG8KsM

Not bad. I like it!  Here are a few that I love and people should know.  They are classics though many people in North America dont know them.

David Sylvian - Orpheus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2dgMNm64Mg

Mariza - Há uma música do povo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdHbQBvgyQ0
Alain Delon & Dalida - Paroles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avUC5gMDTKQ
Daniela Romo - De mi enamorate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_o4oT3p6k

Laban - Love In Siberia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgO5Pn-TDMU   (CRANK IT UP!!!!!!!)
CC Catch - Cause You Are Young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4itQnWdCIxQ
Desireless - Voyage Voyage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PDmZnG8KsM



Excellent stuff you got there... :)

I already knew "Voyage Voyage" (that's a classic IMHO) and "Paroles...Paroles".  There's something sad about the latter...It's one of only four songs that were made so-called "Alarmschijf" * over here, and yet didn't make Top 40.

CC Catch never "caught on" in The Netherlands. Odd, 'cause she's better looking than Modern Talking...


* People "in the know" select one song a week that becomes "Alarmschijf" (literally: Alarm Disk). Those songs are believed to have bigger chances of becoming a hit than other songs. The "Alarmschijf" gets extra airplay. The "Alarmschijf" was established November 1, 1969 and like I said, it has happened only 4 times that the selected song never made Top 40...

Listening to David Sylvian made me think of this song...

Ten Sharp - When The Snow Falls

and that made me think of these:

The Nits - Nescio (really weird video... :-\\)

The Nits - In The Dutch Mountains

The Nits - Sketches of Spain

Listening to David Sylvian made me think of this song...

Ten Sharp - When The Snow Falls

and that made me think of these:

The Nits - Nescio (really weird video... :-\\)

The Nits - In The Dutch Mountains

The Nits - Sketches of Spain


Good adult contemporary songs. I was not familiar with the Nits or Ten Sharp.  I really like the Nits song "Nescio"?  I kinda like the 80s-style video too.

I already knew "Voyage Voyage" (that's a classic IMHO) and "Paroles...Paroles".  There's something sad about the latter...It's one of only four songs that were made so-called "Alarmschijf" * over here, and yet didn't make Top 40.

* People "in the know" select one song a week that becomes "Alarmschijf" (literally: Alarm Disk). Those songs are believed to have bigger chances of becoming a hit than other songs. The "Alarmschijf" gets extra airplay. The "Alarmschijf" was established November 1, 1969 and like I said, it has happened only 4 times that the selected song never made Top 40...



Very interesting.  Paroles is such a great song. I can't believe it never made it into the top 40 (in the Netherlands?).  Alarmschijf - very interesting.  Are the other 3 Alarmschijf songs that did not crack the Top 40 any good?

Good adult contemporary songs. I was not familiar with the Nits or Ten Sharp.  I really like the Nits song "Nescio"?  I kinda like the 80s-style video too.


Ten Sharp had one international hit that I know of. Their song "You" hit #10 in UK Top 40. I have no information on other international chart successes for either band.

"Nescio" (which means "I don't know") is a song inspired by the books of Dutch author Nescio (real name: J.H.F. Grönloh, 1882 - 1961). It was actually the band's biggest hit over here.


Very interesting.  Paroles is such a great song. I can't believe it never made it into the top 40 (in the Netherlands?).   Alarmschijf - very interesting.  Are the other 3 Alarmschijf songs that did not crack the Top 40 any good?


Yes, I did mean The Netherlands.

As for the other three songs... I don't know. I'll see if I can find them, to give them a listen.
They were "No Time" by The Guess Who, "Les Beaux Jours" by Rika Zarai, and "You're Not The Only Girl" by Jigsaw. (Yes, that's the same band that did "Sky High")

The very sexy Barry Adamson with...Jazz Devil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07gs84EBgxA

Barry Adamson is a pimp!


Henk,  so Jigsaw (lol) had a song comparable to other Alamschijf songs.  That is funny.  I like Sky High but it is so over-the-top and campy.


T.M. Revolution - Heart Of Sword    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fJ3AYDwAiU
Maaya Sakamoto - Gravity  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-C9gjmhtxw

Henk,  so Jigsaw (lol) had a song comparable to other Alamschijf songs.  That is funny.  I like Sky High but it is so over-the-top and campy.


...and it's so obscure that I can't even find it on LimeWire. :-\\

Same goes for the Rika Zarai song (no real surprise), but I did find "No Time" by The Guess Who. I can't imagine that song making a dent in charts anywhere (except maybe Canada)...

Modified to add:
Woops... Just checked and found out that it hit #5 in US. :o That really surprises me.

"You're Not The Only Girl" by Jigsaw. (Yes, that's the same band that did "Sky High")


being a fan, i'm going to try and find that tune by Jigsaw...it's GOTTA be out there somewhere

Beach party Vietnam....The Dead Milkman
ha! i googled this because i'm into everything "beach party" at the moment and there's all sorts of tribute bands doing it. but you got me, i know the dead milkmen (very vaguely, i was metal more than punk back in those days) but i'd never heard of this song.

Brothers - DAF
Forever Running - B Movie
Cry Cry Cry - Two Minds Crack
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Specimen
Razor Garden - Hanover Fist

And anything by Guadalcanal Diary

Those are all 80's. Sorry I don't have any links and I will try to think of more recent ones too. I was a DJ for most of the 90's and am sure I can think of a bunch of unknown dance stuff.

ha! i googled this because i'm into everything "beach party" at the moment and there's all sorts of tribute bands doing it. but you got me, i know the dead milkmen (very vaguely, i was metal more than punk back in those days) but i'd never heard of this song.



You can find it on limewire. A version of the song is on "Eat your Paisly" Album. :-*

Just stumbled across this oldie but goodie in my collection:

Complices - Es Por Ti

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ8UfhFcE-s

The Flobots - Handlebars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afX6VYn48KE

The Nits - Nescio (really weird video... :-\\)



Never heard of this band/song until now and just checked them out.  Nice.  I really like it.  On my favorites list now.  Thanks.  :)

The Flobots - Handlebars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afX6VYn48KE




I have this, this is a hit on modern rock radio in the US right now. It's pretty good.

The Howling....Within Temptation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIKfc4UYfXE

The original "Daydream Believer" by John Stewart on his Lonesome Picker album.  The whole album is great, but I never cared for Daydream Believer by the Monkees, then I heard it by the guy who wrote it and now I can't get enough of it.

KELLY ROWLANDS latest single 'Daylight' samples a lovely melodic background of music from a song by BOBBY WOMACK, does anyone recognise it?? It's driving me nuts trying to recall which BW record its from   :D :D

Some of these are fairly known but I post them because I don't think they're talked about enough.

Recommendations:

R&B:

Rain - SWV
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hY7UG3BFilA

Say Yes - Floetry
http://youtube.com/watch?v=B-zhPINcPpM

I Changed My Mind - Keyshia Cole
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jQznkkIkk-U

If I Have My Way - Chrisette Michelle
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q48bYTywPq4

G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. - Changing Faces
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FoBlRYl4vpQ

Dance:

Cry For You - September
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pxu6iQ28arw

Oh La La - Goldfrapp
http://youtube.com/watch?v=A3Z-TWCIbxI

Rapture - iiO
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WbaWdyDipcw

Electronica:

Machine Gun - Portishead
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BKm-OkHj-VM

Paper Planes - MIA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g

Tribulations - LCD Soundsystem
http://youtube.com/watch?v=58YvRWmz7-o

Alternative/Indie:

Discipline - Nine Inch Nails
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I1ZMKfFHU3U

Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SYJjHCZN46U

The Widow - The Mars Volta
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mIwTxkTEUqY

3s & 7s - Queens of the Stone Age
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VqUiPtG_Rdw

Pop:

Underappreciated - Christina Aguilera
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R1-4G8hCpro

Madly - Tristan Pettyman
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QQE24WFdVXc

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EkHTsc9PU2A

Hip-Hop:

Daydreamin - Lupe Fiasco
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MQYcoPfE7Xk

Testify - Common
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6cVru53MjC8

Rising Down - The Roots
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EYuZxoUQphQ

Into You - Fabolous feat. Tamia
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sGimb_mspbY

Cry For You - September
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pxu6iQ28arw


I crank that song in my car on a regular basis 8)

I crank that song in my car on a regular basis 8)


I cannot stop listening to it!  ;D

"Check Your Coat" by ONeal McKnight (I love the BTTF themed music video too lol), it sounds like '80s influenced dance music with a hip hop beat. I can't believe it's not more popular.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgeENIPtZc

House Fire by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wh6NBUK5IY

"Check Your Coat" by ONeal McKnight (I love the BTTF themed music video too lol), it sounds like '80s influenced dance music with a hip hop beat. I can't believe it's not more popular.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgeENIPtZc


Wow! Is that Nice N Smooth resurrected?

September's Cry For You is good for the obvious Bronski Beat sample.


Here a few 80s goodies:

PHD - I Won't Let You Down (Great Video)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5prT2qiiWY

They Eat Their Own - Like A Drug    http://youtube.com/watch?v=eJc7F3vhx4U

Charlie - Spacer Woman  http://youtube.com/watch?v=LWHE2RmeNTQ

Kano - I Need Love  http://youtube.com/watch?v=y-vQ8egpIjY

The Bee Gees prior to their disco disaster. From the late 60's to mid 70's the Bee Gees put
out some pretty descent music. This is one of my favorites: I won't list any more than this one but
if you go to the link you can play a few other pre disco Bee Gees tunes.

Every Christian Lionhearted Man Will Show You......The Bee Gees

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

8)   The Mafia Stole my Guitar....The Sensational Alex Harvey Band           :\'(  sorry i dont have a link to give ya.

The Bee Gees prior to their disco disaster. From the late 60's to mid 70's the Bee Gees put
out some pretty descent music. This is one of my favorites: I wont list any more than this one but
if you go to the link you can play a few other pre disco Bee Gees tunes.

Every Christian Lionhearted Man Will Show You......The Bee Gees

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


I happen to agree with them having a disco disaster....I heard a pre-disco song of theirs and you would not believe it was by the same group.

Here is one tune...1941 Mining Disaster

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AN7nfxx1ulw

I happen to agree with them having a disco disaster....I heard a pre-disco song of theirs and you would not believe it was by the same group.

Here is one tune...1941 Mining Disaster

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AN7nfxx1ulw


I went to listen to this one and wound up listening to quite of few other Bee Gees songs. It's been
a long time since I heard the likes of...Massachusetts, I've Got A Message, I Started A Joke, Words
and To Love Somebody. The Bee Gees were a very underrated talent.

Joe STrummer- Johnny Appleseed....so much fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pYwPc6UNmo

A few people know about The Divys.  They're featured on Renegade Retro's partner station, City Of Glass Radio.  I did some raw remixes of their tracks "Disco Life" and "A doG Named goD" a few years back.

Here is their video for "Freddie, Are You Single?" (Club Mix).  :)

Melissa Dori Dye - also found on City Of Glass Radio.  I really like "I Am The Voice".  YouTube has a vid for "When You Say You're Sorry".

I also dig V.A.S.T. (Visual Audio Sensory Theater) - here's "Pretty When You Cry" (Explicit Lyrics).

Writin the pages  The Good Rats

Writin the pages   The Good Rats

Tasty :)

Tasty :)


But impossible to find ahh some for some  Rat city in blue