Great Songs (underrated and long-forgotten category)

Girls on the Beach ---The Beach Boys


(yes, Seeds)

 

Wow...the first Robert Cray mention...I think all of his songs are underrated.

But, here's a *small* list I've compiled, based on my mp3 collection:

"Laura" Billy Joel
"Shameless" Billy Joel
"Bad Love" Eric Clapton
"Black Days" Soundgarden
"My Wave" Soundgarden
"Soul Driver" Bruce Springsteen
"Spare Parts" Bruce Springsteen
"Let it Ride" BTO
"Cinnamon Girl" Neil Young
"Respectable" Rolling Stones
"When Margaret Comes to Town" John Mellencamp
"They're So Tough" John Mellencamp
"China Girl" David Bowie
"Romeo and Juliet" Dire Straits
"Elvis is Dead" Living Colour
"Halloween Parade" Lou Reed
"Flying" The Beatles
"Pulling Mussels From a Shell" Squeeze
"Poor Tom" Led Zeppelin
"Anytime" Robert Cray
"Ill Go On" Robert Cray
"Pardon" Robert Cray
"Bad Influence" Robert Cray
"Every Picture Tells a Story" Rod Stewart
"Rubberband Man" The Spinners
"Jesus Children of America" Stevie Wonder
"The Distance" Cake
"Watching the Wheels" John Lennon
"White Rabbit" Jefferson Airplane

 

"Movin' On" by Missouri. "Dreamweaver"-style intro with a Southern rock/boogie woogie body.
http://missouriband.com/mp3.html

 

Man, you people are impressive ... 11 pages and going strong.

A few pages back, Cape Fear mentioned the Monkees' country-infused phase. My favorite of that time was "What Am I Doin' Hanging Around?"

 

"White Light/White Heat" Lou Reed.

 

Damn, there are some folks with good taste on this board. I'm impressed with the shout-outs to Living Colour, Roxy Music and "Jesus Children of America" by Stevie Wonder...

Here's a few more
"Stereotypes" Living Colour
"Same Old Scene" Roxy Music
"One of These Days" Neil Young
"For the Turnstiles" Neil Young
"Tick, Tick, Bang" Prince
"Strange Relationship" Prince
"Nothingman" Pearl Jam
"Present Tense" Pearl Jam
"He War" Cat Power
"Change the Locks" Lucinda Williams

 

Black Eyed Susan -- Cheri Knight

 

Tyler:

"Pride" and "Solace of You" are also fantastic songs from Living Colour's "Time's Up."

 

"The Jack," AC/DC
"Real Thing," Alice in Chains
"Balinese," ZZ Top
"Rock Lobster," B-52s
"Wake Up," Mad Season
"Pusherman," Curtis Mayfield
"Time to Confess," Gov't Mule
"Manuel/Danko, "Drive-By Truckers
"Daddy's Cup," Drive-By Truckes
"Soul One," Blind Melon
"Moonage Daydream," Bowie
"Time and Time Again," Counting Crows
"Edie," The Cult
"Mr. Greed," John Fogerty
"South of Cincinnati," Dwight Yoakam
"Bad Inheritance," Uncle Tupelo
"Willie the Wimp," SRV
"Emerald," Thin Lizzy
"38 Years Old," Tragically Hip
"Ballad of Curtis Lowe," Skynyrd
"Red Light," Johnny Lang
"In My Time of Dying," Zeppelin
"Down By the Seaside," Zeppelin
"Meantime," Helmet

 

Here's my list, in addition to the ones I've already mentioned.

Springsteen -- Johnny 99, Nebraska, Open All Night, Sinaloa Cowboys
Creedence -- As Long as I Can See the Light
The Gear Daddies -- Time Heals, Statue of Jesus
The Greatful Dead -- Candyman
Guns N Roses -- Mr. Brownstone
Jimmy Buffett -- Pencil Thin Mustache, He Went to Paris
Johnny Cash -- Tennesee Flat Top Box
Kris Kristofferson -- Don't Cuss the Fiddle
Live -- Beauty of Grey, Shit Towne
Meat Loaf -- Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
Mother Love Bone -- Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns
New Riders of the Purple Sage -- Glendale Train
Nirvana -- Pennyroyal Tea, Sliver
Pearl Jam -- Light Years, MFC, Porch, State of Love and Trust, Long Road, Driftin', Believe You Me, Off He Goes, Present Tense, Who You Are, Footsteps, Leatherman.
Sublime -- Badfish
Tom Petty -- You Wreck Me, Room at the Top.
Van Morrison -- Into the Mystic, Tupelo Honey
Weezer -- Hash Pipe
The White Stripes -- Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground, Ball & Biscuit.
Waylon Jennings -- Luckenbach, Texas.
Willie Nelson -- Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Dire Straits -- Brothers in Arms
Neil Finn -- Throw Your Arms Around Me

 

"Hungry Eyes," "Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink," Haggard

 

Early, early Prince ... Minneapolis days ... get a copy if you can.

"Dirty Mind".