Great Songs (underrated and long-forgotten category)

Great call on "Roberta," tony. Super song.

 

I do remember you mentioning that. Thanks for the reminder. The fiancee gave me a free itunes download and now I know what I'm getting.

 

"Everybody" John Prine
"Diamonds in the Rough" John Prine
"Mogen David" Gatlin Bros.

 

Tennessee Plates -- John Hiatt
Feels Like Rain -- John Hiatt
Love Hurts -- Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris
Dry Lightning -- Bruce Springsteen
Slipping Away -- Rolling Stones
Welfare Music -- Bottlerockets
Southern Accents/Rebels -- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (live)
Bring It On Home To Me -- Sam Cooke
These Arms of Mine -- Otis Redding
Love Rescue Me -- U2
Brahma Fear -- Jimmy Buffett
Manana -- Jimmy Buffett
Elvis Presley Blues -- Gillian Welch
That'll Be The Day -- Buddy Fucking Holly, bitches!
Political World -- Bob Dylan
The Other Woman -- Ray Parker Jr.
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark -- Robert Cray
Why Me -- Kris Kristofferson
Let My Love Open the Door -- Pete Townshend
Garden Party -- Rick Nelson
Burning Love -- Elvis Presley
Only The Lonely -- Roy Orbison
She's a Mystery To Me -- Roy Orbison
Goodnight Saigon -- Billy Joel (live from Russia)
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry -- Hank Williams
Just about anything by Run DMC
National Anthem from the NBA All-Star Game -- Marvin Gaye

 

Just listened to that the other day. GREAT song.

 

"Straight to Hell" by The Clash.

Great song about AmerAsian children who were products of the Vietnam War.

 

Gram Parsons entries -- "Hickory Wind," "You Don't Miss Your Water," "Miller's Cave," "In My Hour of Darkness."

 

Because I have been on a George Harrison binge during the last few weeks -- ever since Ms. Bobcat's father gave me his copy of "The Best of GH" ...

"Dark Horse"
"What Is Life"

And, because pallister mentioned Uncle Tupelo's version a few pages back ...

"Moonshiner," Bob Dylan

 

Some tunes I heard or thought of during many hours in the car the last few days:

"Come As You Are," Peter Wolf
"Lights Out," Peter Wolf (reminded of this song when I heard "Come As You Are")
"Look What The Cat Dragged In," Poison (SHADDUP!!!)
"Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through," Meat Loaf
"Mama Said Knock You Out," LL Cool J (the MTV Unplugged version of this was one of the best single live clips I've ever seen)
"Good Times," INXS w/Jimmy Barnes
anything off the "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" soundtrack
anything off the "Streets of Fire" soundtrack
"The Fire Inside," Bob Seger

 

Those Peter Wolf songs are great. Haven't heard them in ages. "99 Worlds" is a pretty cool one from those days by him too.

 

If we're going to mention the Hollies, their best is "Look Through Any Window," or "Carrie Ann."

Rodney Crowell, "Til I gain control again."

Early CSN- "The Lee Shore."

The Band: "This Wheel's On Fire," and "Lookout, Cleveland."

Molly and the Heymakers: "Jimmy McCarthy's Truck."

Marty Stuart: "High on a Mountain."

Pure Prairie league, "I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle."

Gordon Lightfoot, "Endless Wire," maybe is final big song.

and Bonnie Raitt: "Your Sweet and Shiny Eyes."

If there was a recording on Raitt and John Prine doing "Angel from Montgomery" as a duet I'd buy it in a heartbeat. They closed a concert with that in the early 1990s and it was outstanding.

 

Have to chime in with "Jawbone" and their rendition of "Long Black Veil."

That is some good music.