Re: Favorite non-hit song

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?

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

I think I mentioned this in a previous post, but one of my favorite Kinks songs is "Hot Potatoes" from the Everybody's In Show-Biz album.

This Whole World by The Beach Boys from Sunflower. Never fails to make me SMiLE.



[buddylove.us]

"Slow Motion" and "Angels on the Balcony" by Blondie.

Dittos on "This Whole World". Another song from Sunflower I like is "All I Wanna Do"

I agree on "This Whole World" and "All I Wanna Do". Are these the only good songs that The Beach Boys released after the Sixties? (I might be too dismissive of Surfs Up....would require a re-evaluation here...)



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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.

diskojoe wrote:

> 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!



[buddylove.us]

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).

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.

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).


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.

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

totaji wrote:

> 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!).



[buddylove.us]

totaji wrote:

> 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...



[buddylove.us]

"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.

diskojoe wrote:

> "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!



[buddylove.us]

"modern love is automatic"

Today I am feeling partial towards Psychotic Pineapple's 'Headcheese'

Tomorrow that may change...

This is a good topic.

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)...