Great Songs (underrated and long-forgotten category)

"Fish Heads" - Barnes & Barnes

 

"King Tut" - Steve Martin

 

"Leland Mississippi Blues" -- Johnny Winter

 

Now that I'm home from work with iTunes access

"L.A. Song" - Beth Hart
"Space Age Love Song" - Flock of Seagulls
"Hurricane" - Bob Dylan
"Stone Cold" - The Deuce Project
"King of the Hill" - Roger McGuinn
"S.O.S." - Abba (Go ahead and laugh)
"California Stars" - Billy Bragg and Wilco
"Fire Lake" - Bob Seger
"Fade Into You" - Mazzy Star
"Tapioca Tundra" - The Monkees (my favorite of their Nesmith country-rock tinged post pop)
"Oephila" - Natalie Merchant
"South Central Rain" - REM
"Real, Real Gone" - Van Morrison
"San Tropez" - Pink Floyd

Back to the Billy jack
"Everybody Loves You Now"
"Leningrad"
"And So It Goes"
"Laura"
"Vienna"

 

"Fade Into You" is stellar.

 

--Baby Come Back, Bonnie Raitt.
--Baby Come Back, Player.
--Indian Lake, Cowsills.
--How Do You Do, Mouth and McNeil.
--President Am I, Slow Children.

 

I was interested in seeing Sam's choices...

Genesis...Cul-de-sac
Roger Waters...5:01 a.m.
Steve Hackett...Spectral Mornings
Genesis...Spot the Pigeon
Roxy Music...In Every Dream Home a Heartache
Steve Earle...Nothing but a Child
Peter Gabriel...Family Snapshot
Genesis...Guide Vocal
Ian Gillan...If You Believe Me
King Crimson...Epitaph
Queen...Prophet's Song

 

Wow, I had never seen the video for "The Bitterest Pill". That's one of the brilliant late-era Jam songs, right up there with "Absolute Beginners".

Good to see a shout out for Split Enz (saw them open for Tom Petty once, interesting double bill). "I Got You" is one of the perfect pop songs of the 80s. Some other great ones: "Message To My Girl" (gorgeous song), "Hard Act To Follow", "I See Red" (with one of the great cheesy organ solos ever), "Shark Attack" and "What's The Matter With You?".

 

Playing off some previous mentions in the thread:

"Slut", Todd Rundgren. With the immortal (immoral?) line: S L U T, she might be a slut, but she looks good to me.
"Low Budget", Kinks
"Detox Mansion", Zevon. Ought to be a board fave with the lyric: I've been rakin' leaves with Liza, Me and Liz clean up the yard
"Deliver Me", Tom Petty
"Hammer to Fall", Queen. The twin brother to Huggy's "Put Out the Fire"
"Sip the Wine", Rick Danko
"The Wait", the Pretenders. My vote for the most underrated, underplayed rock classic of all time.

 

Bad Company does have a lot of solid stuff. I agree with you on 10 from 6. Leaves out a lot of great stuff. One song that is on the 10 from 6 but just has the killer bass is "Live for the Music." Love it.

 

--Temporary Beauty, Graham Parker.
--I Could Be Good to You, 707.
--La Do Da, Journey.
--Death on Two Legs, Queen.
--Holiday, Nazareth.

 

If we're talking Bad Company, you gotta throw in "Silver, Blue and Gold".