Greatest 'B' Side (Nominations)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

So, we're talking about songs that don't get the respect they deserve because they were tucked away on an EP or on the flip side. I guarantee that I am the Walrus and Rain by The Beatles will be nominated within fifteen posts, they're fab, but do try and be a little more adventurous. Provide samples if you can.

I'll start with Mersey Paradise by The Stone Roses.

Yeah, that's right, Koolzip, The Stone Roses. Got a problem with that? Huh? Huh?

Sorry. Where was I?

http://entertainment.msn.com/album/Default.aspx?album=126473

It's track 12.

[Dookus]

1. Beyond the Sea

Flip side to Bobby Darrin's Mack the Knife.

[NightTrain]

19. Sorry to disappoint you...

...but you're thinking of the "oldies" reissue 45.

"Beyond The Sea" was originally an A-side that was released months after "Mack The Knife" and became a top ten hit in its own right.

[Whitacre D_WI]

2. "Dancing the Manta Ray" by the Pixies.

Also "Manta Ray," "In Heaven," "Weird at My School," "Bailey's Walk," "Evil Hearted You," and "Into the White."

[Screaming Lord Byron]

3. If covers count, then Winterlong, from the Dig for Fire EP.

Into the White is rockin'.

[LuLu550]

4. I'm waiting for some young whippersnapper to say

"What is side B?"

[a_random_joel]

6. What is Side B?

Happy now?

[LuLu550]

7. I'm not sure...

are you a "young whipper snapper" or just a smart ass?

[a_random_joel]

8. Use your imagination.

I am whatever you want me to be.

:silly:

[LuLu550]

9. I'm guessing you are a smartass ...

you put down a Beatles record, so you can't be a whippersnapper.
I was trying to think of the B side of a really old Beatle record I have "My Bonnie" Beatles with Tony Sheridan ... but I can't remember what it is...brain is shot!

[a_random_joel]

5. The Beatles

You Know My Name (Look Up the Number).

Many of the Cure B-Sides are quite tasty as well.

[Gman]

10. Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out

Rolling Stones side B.

[NightTrain]

11. Here are mine:

A-sides are in parentheses:

AROUND AND AROUND - Chuck Berry (Johnny B. Goode)
BABY, BABY, BABY - Aretha Franklin (A Natural Woman)
BARK, BATTLE & BALL - Platters (Only You)
BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY - Elvis Presley (That's All Right)
BORN TO LOSE - Ray Charles (I Can't Stop Loving You)
COMMOTION - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Green River)
FUN - Sly & The Family Stone (Hot Fun in the Summertime)
HARLEM - Bill Withers (Ain't No Sunshine)
HE'S A REBEL - Debby Boone (You Light Up My Life)
HE'S MISSTRA KNOW-IT-ALL - Stevie Wonder (Sir Duke)
HEY-HEY-HEY-HEY - Little Richard (Good Golly, Miss Molly)
HUNG ON YOU - Righteous Brothers (Unchained Melody)
I GOT A FEELING - Four Tops (Bernadette)
I GOT A FEELING - Ricky Nelson (Lonesome Town)
I HAD IT MADE - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly, Miss Molly)
I KEEP COMING BACK - Tyrone Davis (Turn Back the Hands of Time)
I TRULY, TRULY BELIEVE - Temptations (I Could Never Love Another After Loving You)
I WANNA BE YOUR MAN - Rolling Stones (Not Fade Away)
I WONDER IF I CARE AS MUCH - Everly Brothers (Bye Bye Love)
I'D RATHER GO BLIND - Etta James (Tell Mama)
THE JONES GIRL - Five Satins (In the Still of the Night)
JUST LIKE TOM THUMB'S BLUES (LIVE) - Bob Dylan (I Want You)
LOVE COMES IN ALL COLORS - Staple Singers (If You're Ready, Come Go With Me)
LOVE HURTS - Roy Orbison (Running Scared)
MUSTANG SALLY - Young Rascals (Good Lovin')
REMOVE THIS DOUBT - Supremes (You Keep Me Hangin' On)
SHOOT YOUR SHOT - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars (I'm A Road Runner)
SOMETIMES (WHEN I'M ALL ALONE) - Danny & The Juniors (At The Hop)
SOON (I'LL BE HOME AGAIN) - Four Seasons (Ain't That A Shame)
SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY - Drifters (I Count The Tears)
SUMMERTIME - Sam Cooke (You Send Me)
SWEET LORENE - Otis Redding (Dock of the Bay)
THAT IS ROCK 'N' ROLL - Coasters (Along Came Jones)
THIS TIME BABY - O'Jays (Use Ta Be My Girl)
TOMORROW'S DREAM - Al Green (Let's Stay Together)
WHAT'S THE REASON I'M NOT PLEASING YOU? - Fats Domino (Blue Monday)
WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT - Marvin Gaye (Too Busy Thinkin' About My Baby)
WHY AM I SO SHY? - Chiffons (One Fine Day)
A WOMAN, A LOVER, A FRIEND - Jackie Wilson (You Were Made For All My Love)
YES IT IS - Beatles (Ticket To Ride)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

12. He's Misstra Know It All gets my vote, NT.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

22. Man I forgot I'd Rather Go Blind was a B side..I have that 45 in my stax!

[RandomKoolzip]

13. "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White", Minor Threat....

B-side of "Salad Days." If you are the first-ever hardcore band, there is No better way to close out your career that with a Standells cover.

Other nominations:

"(I'll name you) The Flame That Cries" Guided by Voices B-side of "I Am A Tree" single, 1997. (jeez, didn't know THAT one was coming, didja?)

"Mary-Anne With The Shaky Hands" The Who. B-side of "I Can See for Miles," 1967

"My Precious World," Desmond Dekker. B-side of "The Israelites," 1969

"Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath," Anthrax. B-side of "I'm the Man" single ('you know that fuckin' thing - whoops."), 1988

"I'm Not Like Everybody Else," The Kinks. B-side of "Sunny Afternoon," 1966

"Child of the Moon," The Rolling Stone Roses, whoops, I Mean the Rolling Guns and Stones, whoops I mean, the Rolling Stone Guns and Roses. B-side of "Jumpin' Jack Flash," 1968.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

15. Child of the Moon is fabulous.

[RandomKoolzip]

16. I like it better than the A-side, although it seemed

to telegraph Oasis's entire career in three minutes somehow. Oh well, I guess the Velvets aren't to blame for Yo La Tengo either........

[Screaming Lord Byron]

17. The Lantern is a pretty cool Stones B-side too.

I actually like their ham-fisted strikes at cod-psychedelia. But, then, I could listen to Nicky Hopkins keyboards all night.

[Heyo]

14. Metallica

"Breadfan"

B side to "Eye of the Beholder"

Heyo

[RandomKoolzip]

18. Wow!

Great choice. I loved how Metallica always chose some obscure Budgie or Diamond Head cover for their B-sides, thus enabling young sprigs like me to discover the songwriting talents of Burke Shelley and others of the early-seventies metal pigpile or the NWOBHM sea-sweep.

Great tune.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

20. Wasn't "Isn't It a Pity?" the B side to "My Sweet Lord." ?

I think that would qualify

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

21. And Silver Springs was a Fleetwood Mac B side originally as well

[Screaming Lord Byron]

23. Fair enough.

[NewHampster]

24. Fever by the McCoys - Flip side of Hang on Sloopy

cool research site too http://www.musicstack.com/

[NightTrain]

26. Err.... That was on the reissue "oldies" 45.

I just pulled out my original 45 on "Hang On Sloopy" on the Bang label. The B-side is called "I Can't Explain It."

"Fever" was actually the McCoys' follow-up to "Hang On Sloopy."

[NewHampster]

28. Hmmm I was trusting a friggin website

http://www.musicstack.com/item.cgi?item=8721630&find=hang+on+sloopy

[NightTrain]

32. Never a good idea--unless it's my website, of course!

;)

[NewHampster]

29. my 45s all melted in my car

they were up under the rear window during a move.

wish I had them but of course I never listen to the couple hundred albums I have.

Wonder if Blodwyn Pig is worth anything. :-)

[Zorro]

25. Daytripper

B side to "We Can Work It Out." Yeah baby, Beatles.

I just warp propelled myself back to Christmas 1965. What a time that was.

[NewHampster]

27. She Loves You by The Beatles

Yes, It was the Flipside for I'll Get You

[mac56]

33. errr..but

"She Loves You" was the A-side.

It's my favorite song of all time, so I know this to be true.

[NewHampster]

35. NO NO

I'll Get You 1963. Before we heard of the beatles and She Loves You was on the B side... i think

but thats my second errr so I'm gonna sit back and watch.

[mac56]

36. No, please trust me on this.

Parlophone single R 5055. "She Loves You" was the A, "I'll Get You" the B.

Released as Swan Records 4152 in the US with the same configuration. Also on Capitol Canada.

[NashVegas]

30. "Hot Sand" - Shocking Blue

Flipside of "Venus"

Runner up - "Dear God" flip side of "Grass" - XTC.

[NewHampster]

31. Whipping Post

I'm pretty sure it was introduced on the B side of "The Allman Brothers". Front side had Statesboro Blues ....

[mac56]

34. "Janey Don't You Lose Heart" by Bruce Springsteen

B-side to "I'm Going Down".

[jpgray]

37. Oh boy. Lots of these

Beach Boys:

'Wouldn't It Be Nice?' (originally backed 'God Only Knows')
'Don't Worry Baby'
'Kiss Me Baby'
'Let Him Run Wild'
''Til I Die'

The Fall:

'Petty (Thief) Lout'
'I'm into CB'
'L.A.'
'Dead Beat Descendant'

Pink Floyd:

'Candy and a Currant Bun' (I like it, anyway. :))

Robert Wyatt:

'Strange Fruit' (plus the A-side cover of Chic's 'At Last I Am Free' is just awesome)

I'll come back if I think of some more.

[Norbert]

38. A few here

Candy Man, Roy Orbison A side-Crying
No Milk Today, Hermins Hermits A Side-There's a Kind of Hush
Mr. Soul, Buffalo Springfield A Side-Bluebird
Wasn't Born to Follow, The Byrds A Side-Ballad of the Easy Rider
Unhappy Girl, The Doors A side-People are Strange
Whiskey Man, The Who A Side-Happy Jack
Open My Eyes, Nazz A Side-Hello It's Me
There's a Place, The Beatles A Side-Twist and Shout
How Much More, The Go Gos A Side-We Got the Beat (on Stiff Records)
The Warmth of the Sun, The Beach Boys A Side-Dance Dance Dance
SWLABR, Cream A Side, Sunskine of Your Love

[Screaming Lord Byron]

39. Wasn't born to follow - If that was really a 'b' side, that is shocking.