" Don't Ask Me Questions " Graham Parker
Your favorite obscure song
What song in your music inventory do you consider a barely known hidden gem? Like a well kept secret know only to a few that you can listen to over and again.
For me it's 'Roads to Moscow' from Al Stewart's 'Past Present and Future' album.
The music, the lyrics, the story it tells is- to be just slightly hyperbolic- brilliant.
Check it out, especially if your a WW2 history buff.
Thank you for your attention on this matter.😁
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Removed my favorite music post...because...it’s music? I love the way a mere mention of a song can be censored. I'm going to ask folks at Audio Circle and other forums if this happens there. Ok, well my NEW favorite song is "God Bless the U.S.A." by Lee Greenwood. Will that survive the censors? Oh sweet destiny, please accept my humble submission.
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@dweller Good call on Pretty Ballerina. Great old song. I think I was probably in 8th grade. Loved it. I can't narrow it down to one favorite but Fisher "Never Say Never" from the True North album is really good. I also like how they covered "Cats In The Cradle" on their Acoustic Cafe 2 album. I think the whole CD is good, pretty much the same for True North. Never been a big MIchael Jackson fan but his video "Man In The Mirror" is very good. Without the video, maybe not as great but a powerful video. OK, nobody asked for videos. Sorry, had to mention it. |
@hilde45 , Now it’s just getting ridiculous. The pendulum has swung way too far of center. Loved your song choice by the way... |
@thecarpathian - I hear you on Roads to Moscow; first Al Stewart I ever heard, and the voice, the lyrics, and that haunting melody - just superb. @winoguy17 - Don't Ask Me Questions is awesome; I remember when that first came out; been a GP fan for a long time and was at that live show they put out from '79 at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. |
I don’t think that “Don’t ask me questions” is obscure, given that he plays it at every show since it came out. For me, GP’s most obscure, never played, rocker is “Clear Head” off Stick To Me. Wow, that is a great one. Check it out. Early GP & Rumour angst. |
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@hilde45 I’ll second that, the version of God Bless the USA done by US Soldiers on Fox News is especially excellent, look it up on YouTube, wish I could find it in a hi-res format.. Who else is loving the constant full screen pop up ads that you have to constantly dismiss, but you can’t because it links you to Amazon over and over... Thanks greedy Audiogon guys |
The great Chris Whitley-- first released on vinyl by Classic Records, one of the few albums that Michael Hobson released as a first recording, not a reissue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y85fXmbNm7Q Go to track 8 |
Bob Dylan - "Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)" Dylan is obviously not obscure and I'm not sure that Señor qualifies either, but it's not one of Bob's better known songs. It was on "Street Legal" which is also not one of his more celebrated albums. Dylan creates a dark and foreboding atmosphere in the song that's almost downright frightening. One gets the sense that the singer is not going to like what the Señor has in store for him.
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@whart "The Man" off of Patto’s first album is a masterpiece IMHO. Oh, and I have the Vertigo Swirl version... |
@ezwind +1. Love it. Great covers by Jerry Garcia and also by Tim O’Brien |
Pet Shop Boys - Relentless. A special limited edition EP that was released with Very in 1993. The limited edition double album was released in a plastic 2-fold Lego-like CD case and featured experimental songs recorded in 1992/93--many without lyrics. They never re-released it (streaming or vinyl) until 2023 for its 30th anniversary. |
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@whart , Everyone who’s been here a while knows you’re a good egg. We've all at one time or another posted something a bit out of character for us.
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