Post a song no one has heard of that should be (or should have been) a hit

[BurtWorm]

That's Cool, by Sour Jazz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PT6MWI4oGE

(Warning: Video ends with a bit of a shock)

[taterguy]

1. Marti Jones "Follow You All Over the World" should have been a hit

I haven't checked to see if it's on YouTube. Her Unsophisticated Time album was a few years ahead of its time. (No pun intended). I still don't know exactly why she isn't famous. If someone could explain it to me I'd greatly appreciate it.

[bbernardini]

2. Oh, I have a bunch...

Unfortunately, I can't seem to do a YouTube search at the moment, as it's blocked at work, and the proxy seems to be on the fritz. Anyway:

"I Can't Get You On My Mind" - Adam Schmitt (early 90s power pop at its finest...Rundgren-esque in the sense that he played everything but the drums)

"Stephen's Exhibition" - Stuart Davis (the post-apocalyptic folk-punk monk...one of the finest singer-songwriters ever...this song wouldn't get much airplay though, as it's about a guy who has sex with his friend's wife while the friend paints it)

"If I Can't Change Your Mind" and "Believe What You're Saying" - Sugar (Bob Mould) (if there was any justice in the world, Bob Mould would be headlining stadium shows...these songs show a completely different side of Mould than what he displayed in Husker Du)

[Parche]

3. GENESIS

Artist: Genesis
Song: I'D Rather Be You
Album:
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1986. Released as B-side of single "Throwing It All Away", 1987.


Ooh yeah
You know I never wanted to be closer
And I'll still be here until it's over
No, no I never wanted to be closer
But you'll be back, I could've told you

Well I always knew
Yes I could see it coming
Your ambitious streak
You always want things beyond your reach
Well now you've got what you wanted
And you're free to be the things
You always said you'd be
You're up there looking down
Tell me what do you see - oh

Cos you know
You know I never wanted to be closer
And I'll still be here until it's over
No, no I never wanted to be closer
Yeah, but you'll be back, I could've told you

Well it seems to me
That you've got to fight for yourself
In this world we live in
It's dog-eat-dog and never give in
Why worry when you're holding the aces
Don't throw it away cos you know
I'd rather be you than me
Up there looking down
Tell me what do you see - oh

hey hey yeah

Ooh yeah
You know I never wanted to be closer (never wanted)
And I'll still be here 'til it's over
No, no I never wanted to be closer (never wanted)
Ooh but you'll be back, I could've told you

It's been a long time coming
But at last we seem to be moving on, straight ahead
We're finally getting something done
Time flies and 'fore you know it
You'll be getting closer to where
You always knew you'd be
Up there looking down
Tell me what do you see - oh

Cos you know
No, no I never wanted to be closer (never wanted)
I'll still be here until it's over
No, you know I never wanted to be closer (never wanted)
Yeah but you'll be back, I could've told you

hey hey yeah...

Lyrics > G > Genesis Lyrics > I'D Rather Be You Song Lyrics

[Frank Cannon]

4. "Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow" by the Monkees

Written by Neil Diamond. If it were recorded today by a sufficiently cool group, it would be a hit.

[taterguy]

6. I'm guessing lots of people have heard that song

In fact I'm pretty sure it's on the Monkees Greatest Hits album. But I could be wrong.

[Frank Cannon]

10. It's not on the Greatest Hits album I have

But, then, the Greatest Hits album I have is on vinyl. But it's a great song nonetheless! And no one's covered it since then, that I know.

[AllegroRondo]

13. Its on the Greatest Hits CD I have

the one they released in the late 80's with the two "new" songs.

[Frank Cannon]

28. Then I have the wrong collection!

I LOVE that song! It was one of the best things they ever did!

Do you also have "What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'Round"? That's a Mike Nesmith classic that I also don't have on my Greatest Hits LP from 1979.

[AllegroRondo]

31. Why, yes, it is on there!

the album is called "Then and Now, the best of the Monkees"
Heres the track list!

"(Theme from) The Monkees"
"Last Train to Clarksville"
"Take a Giant Step"
"(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone"
"She"
"A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You"
"I'm a Believer"
"Look Out" (Here Comes Tomorrow)"
"Sometime in the Morning"
"The Girl I Knew Somewhere"
"Randy Scouse Git"
"You Just May Be the One"
"For Pete's Sake"
"Pleasant Valley Sunday"
"What Am I Doing Hangin' Round"
"Words"
"Goin' Down"
"Daydream Believer"
"Valleri"
"D.W. Washburn"
"Porpoise Song" (theme from Head)
"Listen To The Band"
"That Was Then, This Is Now"
"Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere"
"Kicks"

(the last 3 were new ones recorded in 1986)

[taterguy]

30. Damn I love being vindicated

It wouldn't be on a greatest hits CD if it wasn't a hit

[graywarrior]

5. Early to Bed~Morphine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zw1Bli1jbc

[Left Is Write]

7. These aren't exactly unheard of, but they should have been much bigger. They should have been HUGH.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CBSpj422iU

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

Also, I couldn't find videos of them, but include "From Hell To Paradise" and "What A Crying Shame."

[graywarrior]

8. I LOVE the Mavericks!

First time I heard them was on WMNF out of Tampa. They rock so good!!!

[graywarrior]

9. I think you have to look under Raul Malo to find those.

[Left Is Write]

11. I found an acoustic of Raul singing "From Hell To Paradise"...

but I wanted to show the album versions of both of those songs.

Both From Hell To Paradise and What A Crying Shame are on Mavericks albums of the same names, and they also both appear on the Mavericks' Super Colossal Smash Hits of the 90s.

The first time I heard the Mavericks was when the CD single for "What A Crying Shame" crossed my desk at WYTE in 1993.

[graywarrior]

12. That' about the time I heard them.

Too bad more people don't know how unbelievably great they are.

[Left Is Write]

22. No kidding!

I went on a personal crusade to break them in Wisconsin radio, and I persuaded our sales director to hire them for a summer '94 festival we sponsored. What a fantastic show that was!

[graywarrior]

23. I was living in Englewood FL and heard them, maybe more like 95-early 95

[underpants]

14. "Praying Mantis" by Don Dixon

it was one of the first songs I downloaded onto my iPod

[taterguy]

16. She wanted his body so much she ate his brain

World's catchiest song about killing a lover

[underpants]

17. YES

LOVE that song

[taterguy]

18. He's playing Chapel Hill Saturday

I'll see ya there

[underpants]

19. Sorry can't make it

you know..wife& baby and my brother is in detox

the same old story.

[SKKY]

15. "Fait Accompli" by Curve

For the life of me, I will never understand how this band never "made it". They have such a tight sound. I've always equated them with a more talented, less popish version of Garbage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyERK55GlFc

[AlCzervik]

20. my favorite Spanish language song ever. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPNX9BL5v1w

[SKKY]

27. That's a good one, but I think this one is better. I love this band!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16DX6HflWmA

[AlCzervik]

29. i like, very good, thanks.

[unpossibles]

21. Friday by Joe Jackson

or several other of his songs, really. he has more than the 2 or 3 that get played.

[MAGICBULLET]

24. Survival by Annette Peacock

The 14 minute version is justice. That song is probably all of us.

[racaulk]

25. "Kiss Them For Me" by Siouxsie and the Banshees

Beautiful song, always puts me in a good mood when I hear it. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBm-m67d3Bg

[racaulk]

26. "Murder on the Dance Floor" by Sophie Ellis Bextor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Nsi05HkXw