OK, guys, once again I'm trying to expand my musical horizon. Rules are simple: pick songs that are rarely in mainstream radio rotation and post them here. Examples are indie bands, long-forgotten one-hit wonders, college band music, etc. Now, try to keep the "I've heard of them a LONG time ago" comments to a minimum. Don't worry if you think it is not "obscure" enough. I'm sure whatever you contriubute, SOMEONE here will consider it "news" to them. My dream is to keep this thread going so that everyday when I get into work, I'd have something new to listen to. Hey There Delilah (Plain White Ts) <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0HbzRfIZ4fI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0HbzRfIZ4fI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Such Great Heights (Postal Service) If you watch any TV at all, this song will sound familiar to you (Veronica Mars, Grey's Anatomy): <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sSuySCf1uck"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sSuySCf1uck" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> OK, that song was not obsucre, but this really fun interpretation of it sure is: <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lcOumGc1zd0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lcOumGc1zd0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
I will post some of my favorites for you to expand on: Bad Brains: <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yrPQiUce7KE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yrPQiUce7KE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> DEVO - Uncontrollable Urge - live <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0BmxN3E548I"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0BmxN3E548I" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Eddie Hazel with Bernie Worrell TM Stevens "Red Hot Momma" <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ulzd0iC4pRI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ulzd0iC4pRI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Hawkwind - Silver Machine (1972) <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g3Q4m_XzjHU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g3Q4m_XzjHU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Sun Ra "Tiny Pyramids" <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GvhhMzPaRiA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GvhhMzPaRiA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
I'm 30. But don't let that limit your suggestions, though. Just tell me what YOU like and not so much what a person in his early 30s should like. Thanks in advance! Besides, I don't want to focus on me so much. (I know, hard to believe vwiggin doesn't want more attention). Thanks Mr. Meogi! "Red Hot Momma" is amazing. I'll definitely check out more stuff by that group. "Tiny Pyramids" is great too, and that video was perfect for it.
Here is a good place to start <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zvDX-K0wI9I"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zvDX-K0wI9I" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
Nice! Thank you. Shelter from the Storm and Forever Young are two of my favorite songs. But to tell you the truth my Dylan exposure is pretty limited. This rocks!
The GREAT Muddy Waters <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MQsNv7ReUk4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MQsNv7ReUk4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h5jwZm9jKV8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h5jwZm9jKV8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
One of my favorite YouTube videos... <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dBqZdLlgUjg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dBqZdLlgUjg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
The GREAT Bad News <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CMmCrg2RyzI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CMmCrg2RyzI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
Mogwai "Friend Of The Night" <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OrCouVZ0L8o"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OrCouVZ0L8o" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> HORSE the Band "A Million Exploding Suns" <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ijpBMB7euRI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ijpBMB7euRI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Starlight Mints "Inside of Me" <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vth79RJnCeU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vth79RJnCeU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
how's this: Slint - Good Morning, Captain Slowdive - Shine Sonic Youth - Shadow of a Doubt The Jesus Lizard - Seasick Low - Two Step Pavement - Shoot the Singer Girls Against Boys - In Like Flynn Stereolab - French Disko Palace - You Will Miss Me When I Burn Talk Talk - I Believe in You Wire - Too Late Yo La Tengo - From a Motel 6 Silkworm - Slave Wages Mogwai - Tracy Tortoise - TNT Unrest - Teenage Suicide Big Black - Racer X My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow Codeine - New Year's Bedhead - Life Raft Tindersticks - City Sickness
Anyone who knows about Death Cab knows Postal Service is one of the greatest albums to come out in the past 10 years.
Tapes N Tapes- "Insistor' <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N5g2eUh7TWE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N5g2eUh7TWE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Hot Chip- "Boy from School" <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MtxAou8c28k"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MtxAou8c28k" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Sound Team- "Born to Please" <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YhDf-BeLABY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YhDf-BeLABY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Jose Gonzalez- "Heartbeats" <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iB32Qu2OrnU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iB32Qu2OrnU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Royksopp- "Remind Me" <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lBvaHZIrt0o"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lBvaHZIrt0o" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Architecture in Helsinki- "Do the Whirlwind" <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MXIzyquw-kc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MXIzyquw-kc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
Definitely one of the most amusing live acts. This band uses more instruments than I could've imagined.
These aren't obscure, just not as popular: Moldy Peaches - Who's Got The Crack? <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xVgyccBOpEc"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xVgyccBOpEc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Jesus & Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IdwbEa10CF4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IdwbEa10CF4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> Nena - Nur Geträumt <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2jXj0XM1wC8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2jXj0XM1wC8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
Man...or Astroman? is definitely a great surf rock band that not many people listen to! If you're looking for something a little weird but very creative (and interested in the electric bass) listen to some Primus, which will be an acquired taste to most people. If you liked the Clash, Mick Jones had an old band called Big Audio Dynamite and now a new one called Carbon/Silicon. hm..i'll think of more later.
