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mats84
Best of the B's
July 22, 2007 08:04PM
The two songs with the most plays on my Ipod in recent weeks are "Mersey Paradise" by the Stone Roses and "Needle Hits E" by Sugar. Both B sides. (The Sugar song however is the all time number 1 smash in the cool universe of my imagination).

Figuring I may as well add in some more stuff. I mean there's obvious "best b-side ever" tunes like "Acquiesce" by Oasis but I'm sure there's a bunch I would never think of unless they're mentioned to me, so ...........what are some of the best B's?

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satchmykels
Re: Best of the B's
July 23, 2007 12:15AM
new christs - "no next time"
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erikalbany
Re: Best of the B's
July 23, 2007 12:21AM
The Beatles' "Revolution"
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ira
Re: Best of the B's
July 23, 2007 12:37AM
The Who: The Ox
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entropy
Re: Best of the B's
July 23, 2007 01:34AM
Bob resurrected Needle Hits E and plays it live these days. Choice.
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rebelwithoutaclue
Re: Best of the B's
July 23, 2007 01:10AM
far away eyes-stones- miss you a side
janie dont you lose heart-springsteen
graham parker- i want you back live- jackson 5 song
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Justj0hn
Re: Best of the B's
July 23, 2007 04:30AM
On The Wheel[Curve]
Drop Dead/Celebration[Siouxsie And the Banshees]
Salamandrina[Einsturzende Neubauten]
The Girl At The Bottom Of My Glass[Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds]
She[We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It]
White Wood[Lush]
Cottonmouth[Throwing Muses]
Time Baby II[Medicine]
Yes Sir(I Can Boogie)[Goldfrapp]
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Aitch
Re: Best of the B's
July 23, 2007 08:35AM
Lime Spiders - Beyond The Fringe
Comsat Angels - Sleep No More
The Beat - Tears of a Clown
Trilobites - Amphetamine Dream
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breno
Re: Best of the B's
July 23, 2007 10:58AM
Every single by the Buzzcocks could have been a double-a side. The b-sides were usually as good as the a was.

Adam and the Ants had a tendency for the b-side to actually be better than the a-side, at least in the case of "Christian D'Or" (b-side to the dreadful "Prince Charming") and "Beat My Guest" (b-side to the dopey but kind of fun "Stand and Deliver.")
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diskojoe
Re: Best of the B's
July 23, 2007 02:59PM
"I'm Not Like Everybody Else" & "She's Got Everything"-The Kinks
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jothoma
Re: Best of the B's
July 23, 2007 06:03PM
"Ultra-Suede" by Matthew Sweet is a really catchy B-side with some great fret-work by Richard Lloyd. Very T-Rex'y
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jothoma
Re: Best of the B's
July 24, 2007 04:44PM
New Order has other goodies too:

"Lonesome Tonight"
"1963'

I have always been partial to The Cure's "Man inside my mouth"
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nosepail
Re: Best of the B's
July 24, 2007 06:07PM
My favorite post-1990 B side:

Dambuilders: candyguts (flipside of Shrine)
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Jermoe
Re: Best of the B's
July 23, 2007 11:44PM
Another Sugar B-side that's pretty great:

"Armenia City in the Sky" (Who cover, with David Barbe on vox)

Nine Inch Nails, "Get Down, Make Love" (Queen cover)

George Harrison, "Isn't It a Pity"

REM, "Walter's Theme"

Squeeze, "Squabs on the Forty Fab"

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, "Absolutely Alf Garnett"

The Beat, "Stand Down, Margaret"

Crowded House, "Recurring Dream"

Beastie Boys, "Dis Yourself in '89 (Just Do It)"
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diskojoe
Re: Best of the B's
July 24, 2007 01:24PM
"My City Was Gone"-The Pretenders

"Damned on 45"-Captain Sensible (I believe it was the B-Side to a 12' version of "Wot" which found the good Captain swearing his head out in the fadeout)
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Heff
Re: Best of the B's
July 24, 2007 03:30PM
Blotto - "The B Side" --- "You're probably not even listening to this now"
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Delvin
Re: Best of the B's
July 24, 2007 03:36PM
Joy Division - "Novelty" and "These Days"
New Order - "In a Lonely Place"
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