Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:07 pm
Let's get back to some fun and informative stuff.
I was listening to my (yes) IPOD on shuffle, and realized I've filled it with lots of deep cuts instead of "hits".
Here's what 3 played in a row:
1. "Rennaisance Fair" The Byrds
2. "Speicial Care" The Buffalo Springfield
3. "Seeing" Moby Grape
(Yes I do have current music also, these just came up randomly)
So, what are some of your favorite deep album cuts?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:16 pm
Light my Fire - Doors
I notice that on KOOL, they not only play the short version but they shortened it some more with basically zero of the instrumental part.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:25 pm
"The Bomber" James Gang from James Gang Rides Again
"Then Came The Last Days Of May" Blue Öyster Cult from Blue Öyster Cult
"Hey Bulldog" The Beatles from Yellow Submarine
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:32 pm
"Two Hangmen" Mason Proffit
"Lake Shore Drive" Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjNSmAl7hF0)
"Shanty" Jonathan Edwards
"Panama Red" New Riders of the Purple Sage
So many great tunes....So little time!!!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:41 pm
These came up the other day on my Zune:
Whiter Shade of Pale - HSAS
Take Me Away - Blue Oyster Cult
Top of the World - Van Halen
Castle Walls - Styx
Corporate America - Boston
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:59 pm
uhm one of the deep cuts I know of and loathe is for Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" I also like the long version of Metallica's "One."
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 1:28 pm
"The Bomber", I love that one.
And look at Bill, pulling out the Mason Profit! Nice.
Keep going folks.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 1:47 pm
"The Grove Of Englantine" Styx from The Serpent Is Rising
"Conquistador" Procul Harum from Procul Harum
"(April)Spring, Summer and Wednesdays" Status Quo from Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon
"Forty Thousand Headmen" Traffic from Traffic
"Rock and Roll" The Velvet Underground from Loaded
"Gypsy" Uriah Heep from Very 'eavy ... Very 'umble (UK) Uriah Heep (US)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 1:55 pm
Wow ...
"Natural Science", Rush, from Permanent Waves
"Spellbound", AC/DC, from For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
"Love At First Sight", Styx from Edge Of The Century
"Take Me Back", Van Halen from Balance. (One of the most underrated albums I can think of, BTW. Tremendous work.)
"Best I Can", Queensryche from Empire. (It isn't a deep cut as it led off that album, but it got no radio play.)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 2:02 pm
And look at Bill, pulling out the Mason Profit! Nice.
It's one of my top 20 all time favorite tunes!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 2:13 pm
"Memory Pain" Johnny Winter from Second Winter
"Time Was" Wishbone Ash from Argus
"Over Under Sideways Down" The Yardbirds from Over Under Sideways Down aka Roger The Engineer
"I Can See For Miles" The Who from The Who Sell Out
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" Vanilla Fudge (single) this is a cover (first I've mentioned) of a Holland/Dozier/Holland song originally released by Diana Ross (I think).
"Animal Zoo" Spirit from Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 2:18 pm
Here's a few more.
"Ashes are Burning" by Renaissance
http://www.last.fm/music/Renaissance/_/Ashes+Are+Burning
"Gypsy Queen part I & II" (actually the whole album side is great) by Gypsy
"The Song of Crazyhorse" and
"The Ultimate Prophecy" by J. D. Blackfoot
"Somebody Loan Me A Dime" by Boz Scaggs and Duane Allman
"The City" by The Mark-Almond Band
More to come!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 2:48 pm
Spirit is a great one for these.
"Dark Eyed Woman" from "Clear" is one of my favs.
Others:
"Spare Chaynge" Jefferson Airplane; wonderful simple jam.
"Cavalry" Quicksilver Messenger Service
"Baby You're A Rich Man" The Beatles. It's difficult to call any Beatles a "deep cut", but there's a few out there.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 3:04 pm
Turn Up the Music - Sammy Hagar - Musical Chairs
Rock is in My Blood - Sammy Hagar - VOA
Sorrow - Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Terminal Frost - Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
High Hopes - Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
18 and Life - Skid Row - Skid Row
Message of Love - Journey - Trial By Fire
Eyes of a Woman - Journey - Trial By Fire
The Twilight Zone - Rush - 2112
Man in the Wilderness - Styx - The Grand Illusion
Cool the Engines - Boston - Third Stage
Find Another Fool - Quarterflash - Quarterflash (formerly known as Beggar's Banquet & Seafood Mama)
Test for Echo - Rush - Test for Echo
Ghost Rider - Rush - Vapor Trails
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 4:12 pm
18 and Life got quite a bit of airplay ... one of my favorite hair metal albums though, that one.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 4:16 pm
Darktemper- That's what I love about you. You are an unabashed "Classic Rock" lover. You must have KGON on all day!
Good lists folks. I'm expecting Littlesongs and Chickenjuggler to weigh in here later on.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 4:56 pm
Queen- "Stone cold Crazy" & "Tie your mother down"
Guns n roses- "Locamotive" "Breakdown" "estranged"
Quiet Riot-" mama we're all crazy now"
Van Halen- "Don't tell me what love can do" ( I agree with Brian, "Balance" By Van Halen was by far the best Van hagar album!!
Def Leppard- "Gods of war" & "Rocket"
White Lion-"radar love" & "lady of the valley"
Warrant- "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 4:57 pm
"October 26" The Pretty Things from Parachute
"Brush With The Blues" Jeff Beck from Who Else!
"Whispering Pines" The Band from The Band
"Races Are Run" Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks from Buckingham Nicks
"Seventh Son" The Climax Blues Band from A Lot Of Bottle
"Long As I Can See The Light" Creedence Clearwater Revival from Cosmo's Factory
"Mr Radio" Electric LIght Orchestra from No Answer
"Easy Evil" John Kay from My Sportin' LIfe
"Box Of Rain" Grateful Dead from American Beauty
"Blue Telescope" John Hiatt from Perfectly Good Guitar
"Paint Box" Pink Floyd (single)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 4:58 pm
"Eyes of a Child" by The Moody Blues (actually, I've never heard a Moodies song I didn't like!"
"Foriegner Suite" and "Mona Bone Jakon" by Cat Stevens
"Taxi" and "Sequel" by Harry Chapin (these two songs should always be played back to back!)
"Papa's Will" by Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Eric Burden and the Animals (The version off the Sun Secrets album is 1000 times better than the version that gets the air play)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 5:02 pm
Robben Ford has a great version of Don't Let Me Be Understood, and it's also easier to play his arrangement.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 5:07 pm
Ok One more Queen song that SHOULD be getting a LOT more air play "I want it all"
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 5:31 pm
"Ear In The Snow" Atomic Rooster from Nice and Greasy
"Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes" Kevin Ayers from Whatevershebringswesing
"Pet Sounds" The Beach Boys from Pet Sounds
"Bottom Of Your Soul" Clear Blue Sky from Destiny
"Electricity" Capt. Beefheart & His Magic Band from Safe As Milk
"Shoe Shine Boy" Hookfoot from Headlines
"Cosmic Wheels" Donovan from Cosmic Wheels
"Season Of The Witch" Al Kooper and Stephen Stills from Super Session
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 6:48 pm
Andy, we are kindered musical souls. I love that Super Session album. Some great "wah wah" guitar by Stills.
"Street Kids" Elton John from Rock of The Westies.
"Farmer's Daughter" Fleetwood Mac Live
"Ramble Tamble" Creedence Clearwater from Cosmos Factory (one of the great lost albums)
"Lover Please" Billy Swan
"Say You Don't Mind" Colin Blunstone (it was a single, but nobody heard it).
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 7:37 pm
U2 - God Pt. II - From Rattle and Hum. Probably my favorite U2 song.
Cheap Trick - Just Got Back and Way Of The World
The Cult - Medicine Train
Queen - Now I'm Here ( The live version off of Live Killers ) and Dragon Attack from The Game
A Perfect Circle's cover of Fiddle and the Drum
The Police ( quite a few ) - But O My God and Miss Gradenko I love.
Elton John - Texan Love Song
Guns and Roses - Coma
INXS - Johnson's Aeroplane
Live - Iris
Prince - Computer Blue
REM - Let Me In
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Squeeze - Walk Away
Van Halen - The Full Bug
White Stripes - Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine
XTC - Your Dictionary
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 7:45 pm
"Say You Don't Mind" Colin Blunstone (it was a single, but nobody heard it).
Were you at the Zombies show at the Wonder Ballroom last July?
Colin, Rod Argent, the drummer from the Kinks and Keith Airey on guitar (his big bro Don Airey replaced Jon Lord on keys in Deep Purple years ago).
Is this another show we both were at and didn't know it?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 7:47 pm
Stevie Wonder "Living For the City."
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 8:00 pm
"Hello In There" John Prine from John Prine
"Eight Miles High" The Golden Earring
"Girl On LSD" Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (b side)
"Forty Mile Town" Eric Johnson from Ah! Via Musicom
"A New Day Yesterday" Jethro Tull from Stand Up
"Elephant Talk" King Crimson from Discipline
"Can't Stop Running" Todd Rundgren from Nearly Human
"Going To The Country" Steve Miller Band from Number 5
"Willin' " Little Feat from Little Feat
"Ramble On" LZII
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 9:20 pm
Thanks Warner and yes it is on KGON all day, well maybe not some mornings when I turn off Mark and Brian and put on the Zune and play some deep cuts like:
Starrider - Foreigner - Foreigner
Heavy Metal (Takin a Ride) - Don Felder
Anybody Listening - Queensryche - Empire
Another Rainy Night (Without You) - Queensryche - Empire
Queen Bee - Grand Funk Railroad - Heavy Metal Soundtrack
Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Öyster Cult - Heavy Metal Soundtrack
Rooms on Fire - Stevie Nicks
Fall of the Peacemakers - Molly Hatchet - No Guts...No Glory
Can't Let You Go - Rainbow - Bent Out of Shape
Die Hard the Hunter - Def Leppard - Pyromania
Rock Brigade - Def Leppard - On Through the Night
Close My Eyes Forever - Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne
So You Ran - Orion the Hunter
Wherever I May Roam - Metallica
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 12:21 am
"Black Cloud" Trapeze from Medusa
"Fire And Glass" Stray from Houdini
"About to Begin" Robin Trower from Bridge of Sighs
"Black Queen" Stephen Stills from Stephen Stills
"Chain Lightning" Steely Dan from Katy Lied
"Lady Fuscia" The Strawbs from Bursting at the Seams
"She's Got A Ring in His Nose And A Ring On Her Hand" Savoy Brown from Blue Matter
"Your Own Sweet Way" The Notting Hillbillies from Missing ... Presumed To Be Having A Good Time
"Ready For Love/After Lights" Mott The Hoople from All The Young Dudes
"Make It Last" Montrose from Montrose
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 12:41 am
"Carla" Elton John
"Live Forever" Moby
"Airportman" REM
All are instrumentals, all are perfect for KINK's "Lights Out". The ones by Elton John and Moby will blow you away if you haven't heard them before. You'll have a new appreciation for their talents.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 7:45 am
Brianl, I know I sound like a parrot of those who have previously said it but, "You are absolutely right." Balance was an incredible album. My oldest brother is a Van Halen purist, no DLR then it's not Van Halen. I, however, remember the very first video I ever saw on MTV was "Jump" since then the band holds a certain spot in my heart. So, I consider Balance to be the best of the band period. DLR, Van Haggar, DLR, that weird album where they had the lead singer from Xtreme came in, the Michael Anthonyless incarnation of the current band.
Balance has great chords. Provocative lyrics that criticize militant orthodoxy. Some of Alex's best drum work of his career (imo). Just a wonderful album.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 7:49 am
Dark - ANYTHING from Empire. GREAT piece of work!
Here's more ...
"Something For Nothing", Rush - 2112
"Leave That Thing Alone", Rush - Counterparts (my favorite all-instrumental Rush song, after YYZ of course)
"Tornado Of Souls", Megadeth - Rust In Peace
"Heaven Can Wait", Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
"Nothing Ever Goes As Planned" - Styx, Paradise Theatre
We could go on forever here!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 8:33 am
Best of Barry Manilow-
"Weekend in Beaumont Texas"
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 8:48 am
This is a killer thread!
I've a couple of odd ones I've got in rotation at the moment:
SAGA "Behavior" - "Goodbye / Once Upon A time"
SAGA "Worlds Apart" - "No Stranger" & "Conversations"
Toad the Wet Sprocket "FEAR" - "Butterflies" (Man, I love that album too much.)
The Dream Academy - "The Power To Believe"
Genesis = "GENESIS" - "Home by the Sea / Second Home By the Sea"
A-HA "???" - "Out of Blue Comes Green" (Bizzare, but beautiful)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:17 am
Icehouse - Icehouse
Walls - Icehouse
Electric Blue - Icehouse - Man of Colours
Face the Music - RTZ
This is My Life - RTZ
When the Doves Cry - Prince - Purple Rain
Purple Rain - Prince - Purple Rain
Magic Power - Triumph - Allied Forces
A World of Fantasy - Triumph - Never Surrender
No Rest for the Wicked - Helix - No Rest for the Wicked
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:32 am
Biomusicology - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Tyranny of the Distance
Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
Man Made Lake - Calexico - Carried to Dust
La Costa Brava - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living with the Living
Tightly - Neko Case - Blacklisted
The Chamber - Last Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement
Red Hill Mining Town - U2 - Joshua Tree
Flamingos (for Colbert) - The Walkmen - You & Me
Bitches Brew - Inspiral Carpets - Greatest Hits
Blue Rondo A La Turk - Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Casino Queen - Wilco - A.M.
High Ball Me Baby - Moose - High Ball
The Valley - Los Lobos - The Town and the City
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:32 am
Cover of The Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
Sam Stone - John Prine
Nostradamus - Al Stewart
St. Louis Browns - Skip Battin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-M2NFYlGws
Can I call You Cab - Mama's Pride
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
http://www.ironbutterfly.com/
And of course THE defining deep cut: Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:48 am
Holy Diver - Dio - Holy Diver
Rainbow in the Dark - Dio - Holy diver
The Last in Line - Dio - The Last in line
Dream Evil - Dio - Dream Evil
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 9:55 am
Be careful now, we are leaking into cuts that were semi-hits or even hits:
"Purple Rain", "Cover of the Rolling Stone" as examples.
PS: I think "Hello In There" is one of the greatest songs ever written.
PSS: I was not at the Zombies show unfortunately.
More, Americana version:
"Passenger Side" Wilco on "A.M."
"Drown" Son Volt on "Trace"
"Screen Door" Uncle Tupelo on "No Depression"
"Settled Down Like Rain" Jayhawks on "Hollywood Town Hall".
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 10:00 am
PS: I think "Hello In There" is one of the greatest songs ever written.
I have to agree!
But then again, John Prine is one of only a few artists that I can honestly say; "I've never heard a song of his I didn't like". Others would include CCR, Harry Chapin and Cat Stevens.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 11:09 am
"Man of Colours" --> That's probably my favorite Icehouse tune! Good call DT!
And Triumph! Man, I'm gonna go have to snag some of their stuff. Been off my radar for a long time. David Emmit? Can just sing a complex melody, wander around, minor, major, key change, then just flat out nail it high, firm, on note, solid! Love that guy! Amazing athlete.
(maybe a great vocalists thread someday)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 11:38 am
Hey Warner, yah, it was a hit in it's day however today they are pretty much deep cuts for certain stations that aired them continuosly back in their prime.
Doug, I listed Electric Blue off of that album but Man of Colours was great as well.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 11:39 am
"Illegal Smile" John Prine from John Prine
"I Know What I LIke (In Your Wardrobe) Genesis (Peter Gabriel years)
"Jerusalem" Emerson, Lake & Palmer from Brain Salad Surgery
"Bring It On Back" Sky from Sailor's Delight
"Whipping Post/Mountain Jam" The Allman Brothers Band from Live At The Fillmore East/Eat A Peach (one song, 57 minutes, 3 sides of vinyl)
"Introduction" Chicago from Chicago Transit Authority
"Sea Of Joy" Blind Faith from Blind Faith
"The Very Thing That Makes You Rich" Ry Cooder from Bob Till You Drop
"Almost Cut My Hair" Crosby, Stills and Nash from Deja Vu
"Celluloid Heroes" The Kinks from Everybody's In Show Biz
"Bron-Yr-Aur" LZ from Physical Graffitti (instrumental)
"Little Martha" Duane Allman/Dickey Betts from Eat A Peach (instrumental)
"Wonderland" Nils Lofgren from Wonderland originally, best version on Acoustic: LIve
"World Of Pain" Cream from Disraeli Gears
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 11:56 am
Close To The Edge - Yes (The whole album as it kinds of tracks together)
Snow Blind Friend - Steppenwolf (My favorite Steppenwolf tune!)
How Blue Can You Get? - B.B. King
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know - Blood, Sweat & Tears
Still Got The Blues - Gary Moore
The House Is Rockin' - Stevie Ray Vaughn (One of the best guitar players that has ever lived!! (IMHO, of course))
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 11:58 am
Andy, that's TWO John Prine tunes you've posted!
You must be a big fan of his too!!!
I'm waiting for him to come back to Portland!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 12:04 pm
I'm trying to keep the repeats to a minimum ... it's not easy.
Snowblind Friend ... great tune ... written by Hoyt Axton
I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know ... one of Al Kooper's greatest songs. Al says it has become his biggest moneymaker after Paul and Letterman's band played it every Friday for close to 2 years with guest vocalists.
"An American Tune" by Paul Simon
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 12:34 pm
Chumbawumba - "Drip, Drip, Drip!"
(as they come up I'm listening for deep cut type tunes)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 12:35 pm
""I Know What I LIke (In Your Wardrobe) Genesis (Peter Gabriel years)"
Crap, you got there first. It was on "Selling England By The Pound"
More:
"How Does It Feel To Be Back" Hall & Oates on Voices.
"Cortez The Killer by Neil Young on "Zuma"
"Can't Hardly Wait" by The Replacements on "Pleased To Meet Me"
"Can't Get There From Here by REM on "Fables of the Reconstruction"
"Cabinessence" by The Beach Boys on "20/20"
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 12:43 pm
Rejoice - U2 - October
No Dancing - Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Now and Then - Shoes - Present Tense
Last Light - Matt Pond pa
You Make me Brave - Billy Bragg - Mr. Love and Justice
~ - Andrew Bird - Weather Systems
Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde - Classic Masters
Heaven - Psychedelic Furs
Seconds - U2 - War
Myself to Myself - Romeo Void - Instincts
Just a Shadow - Big Country - Steeltown
Sodom, South Georgia - Iron & Wine
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 3:09 pm
A New England -- Kirsty MacColl
Kath -- The Bluebells
Strength of Strings -- Gene Clark
I Will Dare -- The Replacements
Sail Away Home -- John Denver
Looking In -- Dave Clark Five
Sun Of A Gun -- The Vaselines
Keep Searchin' (Follow the Sun) -- Del Shannon
Don't Pass Me By -- The Beatles
Shangri-La -- The Kinks
Amplifier -- The dB's
Whiter Shade Of Pale -- The Box Tops
What She Thinks About -- John Sebastian
Summer Side of Life -- Gordon Lightfoot
Donovan's Colors -- Van Dyke Parks
Expecting To Fly -- Buffalo Springfield
Elizabeth Dreams -- Status Quo
Summer '68 -- Pink Floyd
Fall On Me -- R.E.M.
Forever -- The Beach Boys
Era Un Anno Fa -- Le Orme
Paris 1919 -- John Cale
Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? -- Bruce Springsteen
Goin' Down To Liverpool -- The Bangles
Don't Blame It On Your Wife -- Appletree Theatre
Get To You -- The Byrds
I Should Be Going Home -- Boyce & Hart
Please Read Me -- The Bee Gees
Randy Scouse Git -- The Monkees
Psyche Rock -- Pierre Henry
Harriet Brown -- Opal
London Social Degree -- Dana Gillespie
Jigsaw Puzzle -- The Rolling Stones
In The Sky -- Francoise Hardy
Girls In Love -- Gary Lewis
You Can't Do That -- Harry Nilsson
My World Fell Down -- Sagittarius
Live -- The Merry-Go-Round
The Only Living Boy In New York -- Simon & Garfunkel
Odyssey -- The Smoke
Earth Anthem -- The Turtles
For The Love Of A Soldier -- Susan Christie
Firebird -- White Noise
Funky Little Song -- Bruce Haack & Esther Nelson
Egyptian Gardens -- Kaleidoscope
Defecting Grey -- The Pretty Things
Care of Cell 44 -- The Zombies
The Daily Planet -- Love
Sunrise -- The Who
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 3:41 pm
Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
One Tin Soldier - Coven
And a real deep one:
Rejoice in the Sun - Joan Baez - Silent Running Soundtrack
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 3:57 pm
I am loving this thread! You guys found such a diverse and fathoms deep roster of tunes that it was a challenge to find something truly obscure.
So, I had to dig really really far down into the stacks of wax to find this one for you all.
All the way from the barren wastes of Utah...
it's the one and only...
the legendary...
critically acclaimed...
world renowned...
Merkin!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 6:23 pm
Remember, I didn't say "obscure", I said deep album cuts. Stuff that didn't get played.
But that one takes the prize for most obscure!
Nice find.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 6:38 pm
NICE!!
Hey Warner, something has been bugging me, you said I was:
quote:an unabashed "Classic Rock" lover
I think that Classic Rock is really just a format to play 30 year old top-40 hits on. Now if you were to say I was a Classic AOR Fan that would be more fitting. I do enjoy the hits that are played but after hearing them on-air for 30 years my taste at this stage in life is to dig for the forgotten gold that was top-40 material but never made it due to lack of airplay. I am really liking the newer material that many arena rock artists have put out in the last ten years and am greatly dissappointed that it gets "0" airpaly. I sumbit that top-40 from three decades back would not make it today simply due to the fact that the groove on the record has worn through. If you were to take many of the tunes mentioned herein and put them up against the top-40 of the day I think you would ge a majority vote for the less played but still awesome tunes. Don't get me wrong, KGON is still tops in my book, especially "Connect the Classics" were you can request stuff like this and actually hear some of it played.
My teen years were during the Prime Time Arena Rock era and AOR radio. Maybe there needs to be an AOR Station which plays great music from the classic artists and not limit itself to music from the charts and especially not ignore current material from those same artists.
Example:
Check out this song and video from BOC and tell me why it does not get airplay:
Take Me Away
Or this one from Rainbow:
Can't Let You Go
Wow: I did not know the following:
Ex-Rainbow Members Unite With Son Of Ritchie Blackmore To Form Over the Rainbow
Former RAINBOW musicians Joe Lynn Turner , Tony Carey , Bobby Rondinelli and Greg Smith have united with a second-generation Blackmore to form OVER THE RAINBOW.
Now, here is a good example of new material from my favorite artist, Sammy Hagar, that should catch some air:
LOUD!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 8:57 pm
I strongly second that. Such a format could easily cover different genres.
First one to do it in a given market gets the cookie!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 11:06 pm
White Bird by It's A Beautiful Day
You're Breakin' My Heart by Harry Nilsson (This one was probably NEVER played on the radio!!!)
Lyrics: http://www.lyricstime.com/harry-nilsson-you-re-breakin-my-heart-lyrics.html
Tree Top Flyer - Stephen Stills (This one has been getting a little air play on Sirius CH-16 lately) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUmIO_MG5IU&feature=related
Helplessly Hoping - Stephen Stills http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFxSLzYFmU4&feature=related
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 11:15 pm
The Last Illusion by J.F. Murphy and Salt
Cajun Moon by J. J. Cale (Another of the few that I like everything from)
Lather by Jefferson Airplane
Someday Soon by Judy Collins
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
Stranger In A Strange Land by Leon Russell
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 11:18 pm
Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain (The live version from the album Twin Peaks. It's a double album, it takes up 2 of the 4 sides!!)
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 7:24 am
Peter Murphy - "Strange Kind of Love"
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 7:36 am
Tree Top Flyer?!
*pokes Mrs. M in the ribs*
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 8:07 am
Heckfires -- you are right Warner. Not all my picks qualify as deep album cuts. Doh!
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 8:21 am
Darktemper- You are right on with your description. Even I would tune into a station like that. I just get really tired of the same old tunes that generally get played by those artists. So yeah, my description "Classic Rock" may have been off a bit.
I can't believe "Tree Top Flyer" has made it into yet another thread here. What at great song!
(stepping back now to avoid the Merkin bomb).
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 1:46 pm
I'll get back to y'all after I finish addressing the box of vomit, bile and Kitty-Roca® to Skybill. I'm sending it parcel Post so it'll be nice and ripe when it gets there.
"White Bird" was (is?) on KINK as much as TTF.
Yuck. Squared.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 6:21 pm
Show Me the Way - Styx - Edge of the Century
You Need Love - Styx - StyxII (wooden Nickel Label)
Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City - Whitesnake - Snakebite
When the Children Cry - White Lion - Pride
Headed For A Heartbreak - Winger
House of Broken Love - Great White - Twice Shy
Limbo - Rush - Test For Echo
The Way the Wind Blows - Rush - Snakes & Arrows
Love Will Keep Us Alive - Scorpions - Humanity Hour I
Who Wants To Live Forever - Queen - A Kind of Magic
Maid in Heaven - Queen - Made in Heaven
Heaven for Everyone - Queen - Made In Heaven
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 8:45 pm
OK, sorry Mrs. M!
That one is more mainstream than the others I posted, but I like it just the same!
I only hear it about once a month or so.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 9:42 pm
DT - I thought your typo was kinda funny given Freddie Mercury's lifestyle. Maid In Heaven.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 10:12 pm
Oooooops.
Ya, that was indeed a typo and no disrespect meant, Freddie was truly a great singer no matter what his personal preferences were.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 10:30 pm
Did I just Hear "treetop Flyer" being brought up on this board??
Who's got "Treetop Flyer" in their ipod?? Merkin?? Time to confess!
This video is dedicated to Dennis Constantine and the Crew at Kink.
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o40_MzuKIGA
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 11:35 pm
I'd rather be RickRolled.
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 7:23 am
Click below for a great spoof on Treetop Flyer:
Treetop Flyer Spoof
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 8:40 am
Show Me The Way got some play ... incredible song, and one of my favorite Styx albums.
I've been listening to some old school stuff in my collection, and I've dug up more ...
"Lakeside Park" - Rush, Carress of Steel
"Riff Raff" - AC/DC, Powerage (my favorite Bon Scott album)
"Ride On" - AC/DC, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
"Stagefright" - Def Leppard, Pyromania
"Mission" - Rush, Hold Your Fire
"Song For America", Kansas, Greatest Hits
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 8:58 am
"Mission" should have been played a LOT more.
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 9:01 am
I agree Missing. Top five favorite Rush song, and that says a LOT about it coming from me.
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 9:03 am
Yeah it does. That one is on my regular play list too. My favorite version happens to be off the "Show of Hands" live production. "Time Stands Still", with Aimee Mann chiming in, "Manhattan Project" (Those two are on my top list), "Big Money", and "Closer to the Heart" from that live collection are what I listen to most.
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 10:21 am
You guys are so funny, you always manage to turn our music threads into RUSH appreciation threads!
Tell me this thread got you all pulling "wax from back of the stacks!" I love it!
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 11:02 am
For sure.
Well, I would turn it into a SAGA one, or perhaps the FIXX, but I think I'm the odd man out!
RUSH is common ground!
I've been chipping away at acquiring some of these. Absolutely great tunes on this thread.
The problem for me is I love lots of music. It's a tempoary experience though. Once in a while, something absolutely resonates, then it gets on the "to be played always" list. Those are very few and far between.
Actually, Toad The Wet Sprocket -- "FEAR" is now on that list. Just can't let that one go.
So there is mood music, and a diverse collection is great for expressing that. Then there is music that speaks to the core of who I am.
Two different things, and I suspect the reason for the convergence on RUSH!!
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 1:12 pm
Some of the Rush songs listed are not "deep cuts' since they've were beat to death by classic rock format stations.
You want deep cuts from Rush? I'll give you a few deep cuts:
Working Man
Finding My Way
2112 Overture/Temples of Syrinx
When prog AOR died, so did these songs. Too long for classic rock.
or something more recent like
The Main Monkey Business You won't hear them play that on the radio, not because of length but because it's an instrumental.
I can appreciate Darktemper's love of classic rock, but as it has been said it's just another form of Top40 hits.
from The Entertainer - Billy Joel
I am the entertainer,
I come to do my show.
You've heard my latest record,
It's been on the radio.
Ah, it took me years to write it,
They were the best years of my life.
It was a beautiful song.
But it ran too long.
If you're gonna have a hit,
You gotta make it fit--
So they cut it down to 3:05.
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 1:51 pm
The Entertainer - Billy Joel
A song that doesn't get enough airplay!!!
Heard this one on Sirius 16 a little bit ago. Don't really like it too much, but obscure just the same;
White Punks On Dope - The Tubes
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 2:32 pm
I've heard Working Man quite a bit on KGON over the years, and I hear it all the time on the Rock Show channel on Muzak that I have at my restaurant.
Rush is so defined by Neil, the lyrics and his craft with percussion, but Working Man is all Alex. I never realized how f'n good Alex is until I saw them live ... Dark and I, what ten rows back right in front of Alex two years ago at the Gorge, I stood there in a puddle of my own drool.
And yes, any Classic Rock thread will turn into a Rush circle-jerk for me because, as far as I am concerned, it's God's music.
I'll shut up now.
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 2:35 pm
" White Punks On Dope - The Tubes "
OOOH! Good one. Mondo Bondage too.
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 2:48 pm
White Punks was actually a hit, but not in the U.S. top 100. It reached 28th in the U.K.
Motley Crue even covered the song, a fact on wikipedia that I didn't know, not being a big M.C. fan.
Other deep cuts for The Tubes might be Proud to be an American, or "Smoke (La Vie en Fumér)"
They were great in concert when they started out.
Prairie Prince still can be found bangin on the drum all day in Todd Rundgren's touring band.
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"Dancing Madly Backwards (On a Sea of Air)" Captain Beyond from Captain Beyond
"Vulcan Worlds" Return To Forever from Where Have I Known You Before
"Race With Devil on Spanish Highway" Al DiMeola from Elegant Gypsy
"Virginia Plain" Roxy Music from Roxy Music
"Golden Country" REO Speedwagon from REO/TWO
"Release" Pearl Jam from Ten
"The Watcher" Hawkwind from Doremi Fasol Latido
"Last Train To San Antone" Peter Green from Whatcha Gonna Do
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 3:10 pm
Oooh, thanks for the Peter Green reference. That reminds me of these favorites:
"Seven Stars" Peter Green from "In The Skies"
which takes me to
"Walk A Thin Line" Mick Fleetwood from "The Visitor"
which takes me to
"Don't Look Down" Lindsey Buckingham from "Out of The Cradle"
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 3:34 pm
Another good one by Captain Beyond is "Sufficiently Breathless"
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 3:59 pm
Heartbeat - Riggs
True Companion - Donald Fagen
Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment) - Nazareth
Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
All of You - Don Felder
Prefabricated - Trust
Blue Lamp - Stevie Nicks
United - Judas Priest
On An Island - David Gilmour
Send Me An Angel - Neal Schon
Bandalero - Neal Schon
Star Spangled Banner (Live) - Neal Schon
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 5:49 pm
Pocahontas - Neil Young (the version on "Unplugged" is the best!)
Chicken Train and Spaceship Orion - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Tempted - Squeeze (I know this one got some air play back when, but I haven't heard it recently. And Squeeze was never a "mainstream" band. Although I think I heard it in a commercial on TV recently)
Vegetable Song - Steve Goodman (He died WAY too young)
Rubber Biscuit - The Blues Brothers
Albert Flasher - The Guess Who
Some of Shelly's Blues - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - The Small Faces
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 5:57 pm
DT, nice version of the Star Spangled Banner!
Here is another great version;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLKKGHrGMxQ
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 7:54 pm
Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment) - Nazareth
[holds up fingers in theatre rock gesture, bangs head, and says HELL YES!] -->nice pick DT.
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 10:45 pm
My iPod is filled with TONS of off the wall tracks, including:
Tapioca Tundra - Monkees
Sweet Young Thing - Monkees
Hello Mary Lou - CCR
It Came Out Of The Sky - CCR
I'm Crying - Paul Revere & The Raiders
Holiday Road - Lindsay Buckingham
Naturally - Huey Lewis & The News
Wonderin' - Neil Young
Teenage Failure - Chad & Jeremy
You Got The Love - Professor Morrison's Loilipop
Wait For Summer - Jack Wild
Round, Round - Jonathan King
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 1:05 am
Hello Mary Lou - CCR
It Came Out Of The Sky - CCR
CCR. Quite possibly the most perfect band of all time.
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 12:34 pm
"The Forgotten (Part 2)" Joe Satriani from Flying In A Blue Dream
"No Regrets" Tom Rush from The Circle Game
"Jigsaw Puzzle" The Rolling Stones from Beggars Banquet
"Telegraph Road" Dire Straits from Love Over Gold
"Groovin' Is Easy" The Electric Flag from A Long Time Comin'
"Albatross" Fleetwood Mac from Pious Bird Of Good Omen
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 1:27 pm
"Linear High" -- Rick Bain
Just came up! Almost forgot about this one. Is it deep? I've never heard it on air.
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 10:06 pm
"Just Got Back From Baby's" ZZ Top from 1st Album
No, really, that's what the album is called
"Stink Foot" by Frank Zappa from Apostrophe
"Ambulance Blues" Neil Young from On The Beach
"Dreams" Joe Walsh from The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
"Voodoo Chile(Slight Return) Stevie Ray Vaughan from Couldn't Stand The Weather
"Cotton Growing Man" Spooky Tooth from You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw
"If 6 Was 9" Jimmy Hendrix from Axis: Bold As Love
Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 12:35 pm
Most excellent tune list!!!!
Can you imagine what a radio station would sound like if we all got together a the music programmers?
All the other stations in Portland might as well just shut their transmitters off if we did!!!
Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 2:34 pm
...and the morning show! Good god! Pack us into the room, supply coffee, open the mics and let it rip!
I personally think we would be great in small doses. Let the music smooth it over just enough to make up for the edgy mornings!
KPDX [insert punchy slogan here]
Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 2:36 pm
"Nightengale's Song" -- Toad the wet sprocket.
Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 3:13 pm
"Code of Silence" - Billy Joel / Cindy Lauper. Didn't know I had that one! Liked it.
"Foreign Affair" - Manhattan Transfer (Yes Warner, from the Vinyl. The only way to listen to great vocals, IMHO.)
"I can see it in your eyes" - Men At Work
"Be Good Johnny" - Men At Work
"Ghostdancing" - Simple Minds (Hell yes, I'm gonna spin that a few more times"
"Bullets in the Brains of the Atheists" - Roland Orzabal (It's a good song, though it does piss me off --good tunes are good tunes period) -->This guy is the lead for "Tears for Fears".
"My Clone Sleeps Alone" - Pat Benatar
"Everywhere I go" - Cure or Cult, can't remember which. (It doesn't have an ID3 --I snagged it from my early KNRK archives)
"All my Frustrations" - James (also from that same archive --I dumped a few weeks of NRK to DVD a while back. Fun to pick through.
Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 5:16 pm
Missing, are you kidding?
"Linear High" -- Rick Bain
As in Rick Bain & The Genius Position?
as in "So Good" on "Crooked Autumn Sun"?
Cool!
Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 5:40 pm
Hell no I'm not kidding!! Tons of good tunes there. Music for the soul. And on par with RUSH.
(ducks tomato highly likely coming from Brianl!!)
And "The Genius Position" has got to be one of the sweetest band names ever. What happens with this is I go on a binge when it comes up, then I forget for a long while. It's a nice treat each time that way.
I've been authoring new course content all week. that's best done to a wide set of music. Most of the mentions I have just came up on the shuffle play.
I hit repeat for that one
The Modest Mouse is somewhere around here too.
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 2:06 pm
I love that album. I don't think Rick Bain has anything out currently. I know he did another one called "Virtual Heavy Pet", and befoe that recorded his solo version of the entire "Pet Sounds" album.
Pretty amazing!
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 2:08 pm
Just wanted to say a couple of things;
1. Thanks for all the great contributions, this has been a fun one!
and
2. Scroll down the list of names that have contributed to this.
Isn't is great how music can bring folks who may otherwise disagree together?
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 3:37 pm
Ghost Riders in the Sky - The outlaws
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 3:58 pm
^ Excellent tune. Never tire of hearing it!
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 4:37 pm
Dinah Flo - Boz Scaggs
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 7:46 pm
Lady Fantasy Encounter - Camel
Power Failure - Procol Harum
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 8:26 pm
"Beautiful" - P.M. Dawn.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 7:57 am
Heart Turns To Stone - Foreigner - Inside Information
Born For Adventure - Styx - Equinox
Father O.S.A - Styx - Styx II
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 8:42 am
Missing, you're safe sir. We all have our own tastes, and even though I might not agree, it's what WE like.
Kudos for dragging out the old Men At Work. My favorite 80s band ... God that's bringing back old memories, of me wearing out cassette tapes in my Walkman on long road trips.
This is a fantastic thread!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 12:39 pm
Rocket Queen- Guns n roses(Best song on Appetite For Destruction and it was a very minor hit)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 8:22 pm
"Girl On LSD" Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (b side)
"The Width Of A Circle" David Bowie from The Man Who Sold The World
"Freddie The Freeloader" Miles Davis from Kind Of Blue
"Who Scared You" The Doors b-side
"The Sheriff" Emerson, Lake & Palmer
"5 Minutes To Spare" The Hellecasters from The Return Of The Hellecasters (their first album)
Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 12:15 am
WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT
Warning: Some of these are explicit and some may find them offensive ... some of the youtube videos are original versions, some are later live versions by the original artist.
Re: incomplete url's I exceeded number of allowable links in a post, so some of the links are not clickable.
"Lucky Number" Lena Lovitch from Stateless youtube.com/watch?v=1nu2QX3GU-U
"Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" Ian Dury & The Blockheads single http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq4NZEtNTAo
"Hot To Trot" Wild Cherry single
"Down At The Doctors" by Dr Feelgood from Private Practice youtube.com/watch?v=dhg8CJLDlpg
"Radio Sweetheart" Elvis Costello b-side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ8-Y1GASjU
"Marijuana Hell" Dingoes from Live At The Station
Whiskey & Wine (not sure of accurate title or group ... researching)
"Be Stiff" Devo from the EP Be Stiff
"Teenage Depression" Eddie & The Hotrods (single, also from Teenage Depression album) youtube.com/watch?v=MrtwmyVMfOM
"I Fought The Law" Clash (UK single) originally recorded by Sonny Curtis and The Crickets (post Buddy Holly) in 1959. youtube.com/watch?v=FKIzjF25sP8
Livin' For My Vices (not sure of accurate title or group ... researching)
"Styrofoam" The Tyla Gang single
6 Feet In A Hole (not sure of accurate title or group ... researching)
"Gilligans Stairway" Little Roger & The Goosebumps single http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTCYLbFxTpI
"Who Put The Bump In Rock & Roll" Ducks Deluxe (song title unsure)
"Doin' Everything A workin' man can do" (song title unsure) Mallard
"Mercury Poisoning" Graham Parker & The Rumour b-side http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=ws_DmRZXWBw
(this is about the label, not the element)
"Slow Death" Flamin' Groovies from Slow Death youtube.com/watch?v=zwGfeBlGVsI
"Fuck Off" (If you don't want to fuck me, than fuck off) by The Electric Chairs (Wayne County) single http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/waynecountydiscography.htm
"Sit On My Face, Stevie Nicks" The Rotters (single) http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=vKtASyCinfc
"Yukon Pete" by John (Dr. Dirty) Valby from The Dirt Poems http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x40t2z_john-valby-aka-dr-dirty-yukon-pete_fun The original has music but it's clearly NSAP. This is particularly rude so don't go there if you are in the least bit offended by vulgar poetry.
"Let's Eat" Nick Lowe' from Last Chicken In The Shop
"Food" The Takeaways (Nick Lowe) single from compilation
"Dirty Pictures" The Radio Stars single also featured on the Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold (Chiswick Chartbusters Volume One) sampler album (1977: Chiswick Records)
"Roll Over Beethoven" Rolling Stones from Cops and Robbers EP http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=nOPCjhIRSvU
"Smile" Eric Clapton from Timepieces Vol. II - 'Live' In The Seventies http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=6PFlmLkXi-I
Re: (not sure of accurate title or group ... researching) I have these on tape and all are 70's or early 80's ... recent covers of some of them and/or newer songs with the same name are not the same as these original gems of punk, rarities, and not suitable for airplay songs.
Monday, March 30, 2009 - 10:27 am
70's/80's punk, new wave, pub-rock, etc.! What a great time in music that was!
Monday, March 30, 2009 - 10:55 am
"Well Well Well" -- The Woodentops
"You Make Me Feel" -- same
Excellent post Andy! Your post made me remember the Woodentops. I've the singles collection on vinyl.
Monday, March 30, 2009 - 11:13 am
Michael Bolton- "Time, Love, and Tenderness"
Hey Trix, this one is for you!
Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 10:38 am
Watched an old 1971 video of Procol Harum last night. Great stuff, including Power Failure, noted earlier in the thread by Skybill. But I haven't mentioned them, yet, in this thread so here are some great ones:
Conquistador (with Robin Trower)
A Salty Dog
Grand Hotel
Simple Sister (I WILL learn that guitar intro)
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 11:38 am
Saw Procol Harum once, at the old Paramount. What great musicians!
I cannot ever resist singing along when "A Whiter Shade of Pale" comes on. One of the great rock vocals. How can you resist lyrics like this?:
"We tripped the light fandango, turned cartwheels 'cross the floor."
Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 11:53 am
Yeah, I ike Procol Harum a lot too.
Conquistador brings back a lot of memories!
I remember driving around in a sky blue 1972 Toyota Carina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Carina) with my buddies in 10th grade!
Good times were had by all!
Monday, April 06, 2009 - 1:36 am
Midas Man by Renaissance
Monday, April 06, 2009 - 2:57 pm
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
Monday, April 06, 2009 - 3:03 pm
"Really Wanted You" Emmitt Rhodes on "Mirror".
Monday, April 06, 2009 - 3:26 pm
70's/80's Power Pop category:
“Trying To Find My Baby” Dwight Twilley Band from "Twilley Don’t Mind"
“Remember The Lightning” 20/20 from Look Out!
“I Don’t Remember Your Name” The Records from “Crashes”.
“Strange Man, Changed Man” Bram Tchaikovsky from album of the same name.
“Someone Else’s Bell” by Squeeze on "East Side Story". (plus many, many other great Squeeze tunes)
Monday, April 06, 2009 - 4:51 pm
I would add "The Man's Too Strong" to DT's pick.
