Popular band ... obscure song

Junkie --

Did you set out on a quest to have the worst musical taste possible, or did it evolve naturally?

And I ask as a closet REO fan.

 

Missed that apparently.

 

"Roll With The Changes" is the best REO song.

 

We want information. Information. INFORMATION. . . .

Who are you?

The new number two.

Who is number one?

You are number six.

I am not a number . . .I am a FREE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

 

Wasn't sure I had anything to add to this, but one does occur to me:

R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend

First song they ever released with published lyrics.
I read recently that Stipe said he was consciously trying to write a Leonard Cohen song.

 

A little defensive, are we, Junk?

Is commercial popularity your main reason for liking these bands?

 

ZZ Top: "Francine", "Thunderbird", "Dust My Broom"

 

Great pull, my commie pinko friend. To add:

Metallica -- Whiplash; Trapped Under Ice; Damage, Inc.; Of Wolf & Man; The Ecstacy of Gold & The Call of Ktulu from S & M; The Thing That Should Not Be & Fuel from S & M; Bleeding Me from S & M

Motorhead -- Overkill and the cover of Whiplash

Godsmack -- Immune; Stress; Sick of Life, Bad Magick; Changes; Releasing the Demons; I Am

Nirvana -- Breed

 

Motorhead does one of the all-time great covers of "Louie Louie"

 

The Who -- Another Tricky Day

 

The crazy PJ diehards started a campaign to get the band to play Breath in concert, since they almost never did.

Eddie and the boys walked out on stage for an encore at MSG one night only to be greeted by a few thousand placards that read, "Breath". Eddie mumbled something but they didn't play it.

Next night, same thing, only this time, Eddie says, "Alright, fuckers..." And then they played it. there are pictures floating around the internets somewheres...

 

"Pure and Easy" is a great Who call. I'd add "Sunrise" from Sell Out, "In A Hand Or Face" from By Numbers, and the Underture from Tommy. I love that riff, even at the end of "Rael."