Adele has a song that was never put on an album called Never Gonna Leave You that you listen to and wonder how a song that good didn’t make the cut.
Favorite/best not hugely popular song
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Fans of The Police know that some of their best work is their instrumental stuff (for which I think they won some Grammys?) The instrumental, Reggatta de Blanc off of their second album of the same name is brilliant, absolutely one of their best. The few "lyrics" are gibberish so I assume that excluded it from airplay in the late 70s / early 80s when it was released.
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Another late 80s pop song that would be considered a hit at the time...but seems forgotten in her catalog is Stevie Nick's "Rooms On Fire"...her great voice...good sound...good song:
For such an impactful band...they were relatively short-lived...they produced some of the best music ever! Too bad they didn't like each other...or maybe we (those who love the Police) benefitted from that dislike because whatever the formula was...it worked!
The Association - Requiem for the Masses.
This is a live performance from the Smothers Brothers Show.
This is a live performance from the Smothers Brothers Show.
I think the tension between Copeland and Sting, musically, is what made the band. Copeland took Sting's songs and sped them up or applied way more drums and cymbal work to them than someone else would. It was very much Copeland pulling the songs forward, forcibly pulling them out of Sting. After 40 years we see that that style has made Copeland a legend in the drumming world. Drummers across all genres count him as an influence. Also, it's easy to forget how great Summers was until you go back and listen to the records.
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I had a friend at work several years back who loved the Golden Throats albums, cover versions of songs by people who should have known better. Leonard Nimoy! Sebastian Cabot! Phyllis Diller! While William Shatner’s version of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds is rightly infamous, I think his Mr. Tambourine Man is worse (“MR. TAMBOURINE MAN!!!!” he shouts at the end, oddly foreshadowing his KHAAAAANNN!!! from Star Trek III: The Wrath Of Khan).
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I can remember in college, finding a copy of disc one of the Led Zeppelin boxed set, at a used CD store, with Hey Hey What can I do, and Travelling Riverside Blues on it, and feeling like I won the lottery, because as a poor student, I could never afford to buy the full boxed set.
Another Journey song that doesn't get its due among their great songs is "Only the Young"! Was used perfectly as the "intro" of the Vision Quest film (itself very underrated)!
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Molly's Lips by Nirvana is up there for me.
And speaking of Nirvana, I'll throw in Tearjerker by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as it's about Kurt Cobain's death. Honestly, the entire One Hot Minute album belongs on this list. It's kind of the red headed stepchild of RHCP albums, and sort of represents their low point before they released Californication, but I really, really enjoy it.
And speaking of Nirvana, I'll throw in Tearjerker by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as it's about Kurt Cobain's death. Honestly, the entire One Hot Minute album belongs on this list. It's kind of the red headed stepchild of RHCP albums, and sort of represents their low point before they released Californication, but I really, really enjoy it.
Has plenty of exposure since "Exile" tends to be top-end classic LP (for popularity/critically). But this wasn't released as single, so it would be among my top choices for Stones, in this category.
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Jailbreak was released as a single in Australia and the UK, but not initially in the US. I love the early rawness of it.
