Quite often, a person's favorite song by a given artist will be one that's pretty familiar to most people — or at least, to most fans of that artist. What favorites do you have that, in your opinion, trump any better-known songs by that artist? Nosepail's "favorite song in any genre" thread made me think of this one. https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11162#msg-11162 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:22:47 -0500 Phorum 5.2.23 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11211#msg-11211 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11211#msg-11211
At one point, I thought my appreciation of The Psychedelic Furs' "Heaven" was unique. Not so much anymore.

U2's "Ultraviolet" may be my favorite tune in their catalog.

Others include:
"The Other End (of the Telescope)" - Til Tuesday/Elvis Costello
"This is What She's Like" - Dexys Midnight Runners;
"Big Brother Beat" - De La Soul feat. Mos Def;
"(I Want Your) Hands on Me" - Sinead O'Connor;
"Harvest Home" - Big Country;
"Ghetto Soundwave" - Fishbone;
"I Don't Mind if You Forget Me" - Morrissey;
and, of course, New Order's "Round & Round", the video of which freaks out viewers under 30, due to the hairstyles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kHgMvWmIs4)...]]> Jermoe Trouser Press Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:21:01 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11192#msg-11192 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11192#msg-11192
> "Walking In the Rain" was a Top 40 hit back in '64, but I think
> it only went up to #24. I also heard somewhere that it earned
> Spector his only Grammy for Best Sound Effects.


I'm sure to Phil Spector in 1964 24 on the chart was a failure but I'd take it!

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> The Sunflower/Surf's Up twofer has some of their best and worst
> songs ever. Apart from the ones mentioned ("Feel Flows" is
> Carl's masterpiece) I love Cool, Cool Water, 'Til I Die, Disney
> Girls (Bruce Johnson's best), Forever (Dennis' masterpiece)...

I agree, 'Til I Die and Disney Girls, in fact all the songs you mentioned...

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> The Ronettes have a song Walking in the Rain which I had never
> heard that could possibly be as good as Be My Baby

I know I'm old and know tons of music trivia but I don't remember the details of every chart from 1962 off the top of my head, but wasn't "Walking In the Rain" an immense hit too? I always thought of it as one. If it wasn't it should have been because it's positively cinematic (in Spector-scope!).

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Those are all really great tunes. It is hard to believe that those songs didn't become immensely popular. I guess it is for the better. I love that twofer - Even Add some Music (as cheesy as it is) is a great song. Today/ Summer Days is also an incredible twofer.]]> totaji Trouser Press Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:24:05 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11184#msg-11184 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11184#msg-11184
Tomorrow that may change...]]> DD Ramona Trouser Press Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:19:59 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11182#msg-11182 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11182#msg-11182
Then there's the '77 outsider-music classic "Love You," really more of a Brian solo lp tho credited to the Boys. Utter wonderfulness that any Daniel Johnson or Jonathan Richman fan should dig.]]> MrFab Trouser Press Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:42:25 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11181#msg-11181 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11181#msg-11181 satchmykels Trouser Press Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:14:35 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11180#msg-11180 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,11162,11180#msg-11180
> No, the Beach Boys did have a few half-decent songs after the
> 60s, among them "Free Flows" & "Long Promised Road" from Surf's
> Up (worth a second look; just cheerfully ignore "Student
> Demonstration Time"), "Marcella" from Carl & the Passions/So
> Tough, "Funky Pretty" & "Sail On Sailor" from Holland and "Good
> Timin' " from 1979.

I forgot about Sail On Sailor and Marcella! Love those songs! Gonna iPod them right now!

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Nosepail's "favorite song in any genre" thread made me think of this one.

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