Favorite Songs that most people have probably never heard of

[DaisyLynn]

LOVE that song!



I was going to ask if you were from Buffalo and then saw your location



I love that song, too!!!


My favorite song that nobody knows is P.A.S.S.I.O.N. by a band called Rythm Syndicate (yes, the misspelling is correct... that sounds weird. LOL.) It was hugely popular circa 1990 and NOBODY I know knows this song. I flippin' LOVE it and it's not available anywhere.

I remember that song! Reminds me of Beverly Hills 90210 (the original, obviously)!

 

[Duchie]

Unless you lived in Pittsburgh or the Ohio Valley in the early 80s, you probably don't know the song Ah! Leah! by Donnie Iris. Excellent power pop/New Wave song that always takes me back to my high school days when I hear it.

That was popular where I grew up in the South and I still love it.

Another one is New Orleans Ladies by Louisiana LeRoux.

 

[Scurvy]

"When You Go" and "Big Bad World One" - Jonathan Coulton
"Don't Let the Truth Get in the Way (of a Good Story)" and "Floating the Flambeau" - Gaelic Storm
"Quiddich" - Black Ship Sky

 

[njmom47]

Unless you lived in Pittsburgh or the Ohio Valley in the early 80s, you probably don't know the song Ah! Leah! by Donnie Iris. Excellent power pop/New Wave song that always takes me back to my high school days when I hear it.

Haha, I beg to differ...I actually have this song on my IPod!!

ETA: "Simple Man" and "That's Life in Hollywood" by Junkyard

 

[njmom47]

ooooo I'm going to be good at this game haha

I'll keep it mello just in the unlikely event people actually want to check them out lol


- Watching Over Me (Alive in Athens, live version) by Iced Earth ...makes me cry every time
- An American Trilogy by Manowar .....Kings of Metal take on a classic
- Fantasmic by Nightwish ...tribute to Disney animation
- Ice Queen by Within Temptation
- Delilah by Bruce Dickinson...Greatest Metal vocalist of all time covers Tom Jones for charity
- Generation Wild by Crashdiet.. LA Glam from Sweden haha
- Center of the Universe by Kamelot
- Another Angel Down by Avantasia
- Metal is Forever by Primal Fear...my namesake

Haha, you know I know some of these songs!! Especially "Watching Over Me"...it has a very personal meaning in our house.
I will add two of mine:
"Psychotic Companion" - Galactic Cowboys
"Circles" or "Shine" - Circus of Power

 

[Praying Colonel]

Haha, I beg to differ...I actually have this song on my IPod!!

Glad to hear so many people know it and like it. It didn't get very high on the top 40 charts (#29 according to this), but it's one of those songs that sticks with you if you've ever heard it.

 

[SookieStackhouse]

Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes

That is a great song, love it!

 

[Pig Pen]

Kirsty MacColl (may she RIP) - In These Shoes? Here's a rare video of her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISzoUdtMSH4

 

[rackofelk]

Everything Touches Everything - These United States

Oh Babe What Would You Say - Hurricane Smith

Road to Hell - Chris Rea

Happy When it Rains - Jesus and Mary Chain (not that uncommon, but rarely run into people who've heard it).

Angel from Montgomery - John Prine and Bonnie Rait

Wishing the Days Away - Billy Bragg

You Dirty Rat - Scruffy the Cat

I'm a Man you don't Meet Everyday and Summer in Siam and Fiesta- The Pogues (actually love almost all Pogues songs and seems like no one ever
knows them).

And then there's all the Bob Dylan songs I love (Don't Think Twice, It's Alright, Desolation Row, Tangled up in Blue, I'll Remember You, Queen Jane Aproximately...). If you like Bob Dylan, you've heard them. If not, you probably haven't.

I know there are tons more, but I'll stop now.

I love Scruffy the Cat. What's the one.. Bucknaked?

Clean Sheets by the Descendents

 

[Liberty Belle]

Kirsty MacColl (may she RIP) - In These Shoes? Here's a rare video of her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISzoUdtMSH4

Kirsty MacColl was great. Don't care much for In These Shoes, but I love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fwtFSEovro (possibly because Billy Bragg's a favorite of mine).

 

[Liberty Belle]

I love Scruffy the Cat. What's the one.. Bucknaked?

Clean Sheets by the Descendents

Oh my gosh. I've never met anyone before who liked Scruffy the Cat (well, except for those around me at their concert).

Bucknaked's fun! Also like I Do, Never Never, and Thomas Doubter

 

[SookieStackhouse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXmKz9gfPJo

Antigone Rising - Don't Look Back

 

[Mermaid02]

I like several songs by The Violent Femmes... Takes me back to college!

 

[Jestocost]

A Fine Day to Die--Bathory
Evelyn--Volbeat (with Barney from Napalm Death)
Teenage Crutch--The Shirts
Moonshield--In Flames

 

[rackofelk]

Oh my gosh. I've never met anyone before who liked Scruffy the Cat (well, except for those around me at their concert).

Bucknaked's fun! Also like I Do, Never Never, and Thomas Doubter

I was always shocked that Moons of Jupiter didn't become a better selling album. I always thought it had a sound that would cross markets, but no...

 

[metalis4ever]

Haha, you know I know some of these songs!! Especially "Watching Over Me"...it has a very personal meaning in our house.
I will add two of mine:
"Psychotic Companion" - Galactic Cowboys
"Circles" or "Shine" - Circus of Power

I LOVE "Watching Over ME", IMO one of the best written and sung songs ever...

I love Galactic Cowboys and Circle of Power, great taste

I'll add a few more...This time I'll throw out some FOLK METAL

Vodka by Korpiklaani ...Folk Metal
The Wild Rover by TYR ...Progressive / Folk Metal
Rasputin by Turisas ...Folk/Symphonic Metal
Keelhauled by Alestorm...Pirate Folk Metal
Trollhammeren by Finntroll...Humppa Folk Metal
Thousandfold by Eluveitie..Folk Metal/Melodic Death Metal

 

[dezimber]

My favorites are from SiouxValleyKidd on Youtube.
Can't Give Up- Maza-Wasicuna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zERTyHB3OpA
Delete Me Frm Your Phone [Kiss Me Through The Phone Parody]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDPaNJN-DGQ
RedSkinGal (with M.4.Z.) original version by Northern Cree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dAm5XqyO9w
RedSkinGal pt.2- Maza-Wasicuna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_737978&feature=iv&v=OBGVI5Uq5H0

 

[CarolinaBlue]

- Delilah by Bruce Dickinson...Greatest Metal vocalist of all time covers Tom Jones for charity

Love, love, love this cover! Of course, I love anything Bruce does.

Okay, here are mine:

That Girl-Iron Maiden
Juanita-The Entire Population of Hackney

 

[torinsmom]

Both these are country from back in the day. First one makes me cry every time. It has Morgan Freeman in the beginning too(love him).

Waitin' on Joe by Steve Azar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCxUUK99kUU

Second one makes me laugh..

Ol' Red by Blake Shelton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asxrMSVrJ08&ob=av3e

Sorry, but I am a country girl at heart.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes

Surfer Joe is one DH always sings--It's the flip side to Wipe Out

So Alive.....by Love and Rockets

Kirsty MacColl (may she RIP) - In These Shoes? Here's a rare video of her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISzoUdtMSH4

Love all these!!

The first to come to my mind are:

Can't Get Enough of you Baby -- Velvet Underground

If I Should Fall from Grace with God -- the Pogues