Your favorite obscure song

"Rockin Shoes" by Swallow

"Autumn Leaves" by Eva Cassidy

"With my face on the floor" by Emitt Rhodes

 

Honey Hounds "Thousand Ships"

“I Wish I Was a Communist”-Nothingface

"Mr Big" by Free

"I Still Do" by The Cranberries

"Could I've Been So Blind" by The Black Crows

Im so glad you mentioned an Al Stewart song, and one of my favorites at that.  On a related note, my song is going to be Alan Parsons' (who produced some of Al's records) "Snake Eyes" from "The Turn of a Friendly Card" album.  Now, obviously, anything Alan produced sounds amazing, but the vibe of tracks like this tickles my fancy--i like to play it loud from my car knowing only old-timers, and people of equally good taste, recognize the track. 😉 

"Ah Leah" by Donnie Iris

Imelda May.   Jonny’s Got a Boom Boom

marchmikeman +1

My favorite song on the Touch album I recall was "Miss Teach".

 

Alesha and Others by Touch recorded in '67 at Sound City.

King Crimson Asbury Park/improv

@jsalerno277 - thanks for that; I hadn't noticed the Greatest Hits Live part! 

Obscure:  Marco Mattei Just Tired.  Bass by Tony Levin

Morning Girl, The Neon Philharmonic, Don Gant singer, Tupper Saussy conductor.

@larsman Yes, Duane Allman played guitar on the studio album (Boz Scaggs) version of Loan Me A Dime, and it’s some of his best work.  However, on the Greatest Hits Live album, Matt Bissonette played guitar.  The live album version is a more free form R&B improvisation and Matt’s playing excellent while lacking some of the intricacies and wonderful intonations of Duane’ work on the studio album.  I love both versions, and the studio version is the best from the perspective of strict composition,  but I gravitate to the free flowing emotion I feel from Boz’s vocals and from the backup band on the live version.  

@jsalerno277 - you realize that Duane Allman is playing guitar on 'Loan Me A Dime', no? 

@jpwarren58 ,

Simply used obscure for lack of a better word. I should have put 'Favorite Hidden Gem'. 

@thecarparhian

Need to define obscure. But really there is no contest.  

Back in the late 70's there was a local rock band out of Leavenworth KS called The Most Obscure. So any song by them would qualify and win. But they did write a song called The Light of Day which never made it out of their basement. So that song, which never made it past the light of day is the ultimate Most Obscure song.

@bernadie5317 ,

Good one. I don't know how that one didn't become a hit.

@murphbass ,

If you would have seen the song from @hilde45 that got censored , you'd understand why he facetiously posted 'God Bless the U.S.A.'

major mule Holley and slam Stewart in 1980 did their inimitable version of the song from "Annie" - "Tomorrow."

Fuel to Fire by Agnes Obel. 

Not making a political statement, but "God Bless the U.S.A." by Lee Greenwood went double platinum (sold over 2 million copies).  Saw him perform it at the '89 Boy Scout Jamboree.

Similarly, "Walking in Memphis" was nominated for a song of the year grammy in 1991, though it didn't win. 

I submit "Lopin' Along Thru the Cosmos' by Judee Sill. Some good picks on this list. Looking forward to checking them out.

"Sweet Young Thing" - Monkees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I2ak8fzAKk&t=2s

Guthrie Thomas - I've Got to Go

BW - Stevenson - My Maria

Steve Fromholz - Texas Trilogy

Martin Simpson - Never Any Good

Louise Taylor - Cherry Tree

Chris Smithers - Rosalie

Tim Buckley - Buzzin' Fly

Jonell Mosser - Indianola Stomp

Ashley Ray - Sweet Home Alabama

Eric Taylor - Memphis Midnight, Memphis Morning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waliking in Memphis

Marc Cohn

Come in Number 51, Your Time is Up

on soundtrack album for 1970 film Zabriski Point

by Pink Floyd

The National - Fake Empire

The Monroes….What Do All The People Know (sounds like 1980’s summers)

 

I have the original 5-song EP on vinyl…got it decades ago but was hard to find (not from high demand I’d imagine, but from low printing volume lol).  

Chris Whitley's Rocket House is an amazing album.

My choice for a (possibly) obscure cut is Wasted Union Blues by It's a Beautiful Day; its so unlike any other cut they recorded.

My usual go-to obscure cut is Quits by Danny O'Keefe.

 

Boz Scaggs Look What You’ve Done To Me and Loan Me A Dime on the album Greatest Hits Live, Grey Cat Records, streaming on Qobuz.  The first a ballad, the second a R&B masterpiece of improvisation.  On the last few bars of Look listen to the falsetto exchange and atmospheric range of Barbara Wilson and Ms. Monet … on  Loan listen to Scaggs’ R&B stylings at his best, backed up by the improvisational runs by his band.   

 

 

Dance of the Red Corpuscles

on the 1970 soundtrack album Music From The Body (film title: The Body)

by Roger Waters and Ron Geesin

I own 22 albums  of Stephan Micus 

He play all instruments in all of his albums, makes all the voices...

He composed  songs  in a language he created himself ...

This is the first song of the "garden of mirrors" : "earth"

A genius rooted in the earth in the age of uprooting  ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2zeeVbIBeE&list=RDf2zeeVbIBeE&start_radio=1

He will not be on any pop chart or any "hit parade" ...

A rare lounge act lo-fi collectible that was also recently reissued, Dream Queen by Bobby Hamilton, scroll down to the title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVuRDijTN78

Late night chill. 

Jothan Callins- private label - was an educator in Birmingham, Alabama, studied under Nathan Davis- this is a one and done, pretty rare but was recently reissued. I cannot speak to the reissue, the OG is good sounding: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iry-KVpwbyw

Halo of Flies - Killer by Alice Cooper.  The 3rd cut on the album sandwiched around 3 songs that are better known.  So many styles for one song.  

@foggyus91 - "Fear is Never Boring"

Great song!

I'm a Cincinnati guy, home to the original artists. Fortunate to see The Raisins (original, written by front man Rob Fetters), the Bears (essentially The Raisins w/Adrian Belew) and lastly Psychodots, play "Fear is Never Boring". Those were times! Great bands, all of them.

”Golden Ribbons”, Loggins & Messina
 

Great song. “What does it avail the man, to gain a fortune, but lose his soul?”

 Rainbow Girl/Elliot Lurie. 

One of my favorites is:

Fill Your Heart by Biff Rose

@rtrlover  Drivers Seat is one my favorites!

Twilight Zone by RUSH on 2112 album

The Necromancer by RUSH on Caress of Steel album

Wynona's Big Brown Beaver by Primus on Tales from the Punchbowl album

Hand of Doom by Black Sabbath on Paranoid album

 

 

@whart - agree about Patto and Ollie for sure. And indeed, one person's 'obscure' might be another person's 'very familiar with for ages'. All interesting nonetheless.

@hilde45 So bummed to have missed learning your choice. Even more so by the news that it has been censored. How is that even possible? De gustibus non est disputandum!

Anyhow, mine is "Don't Wait 'Til Tomorrow," by Robin Lane & the Chartbusters. Most quintessential rock song of all time. Makes "Urgent" sound like a waltz and "Gimme Shelter" like a ballad.

@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.

 

 

The Moon is on Ice, Yello

https://tidal.com/browse/track/64626787?u

My apologies to those of you who are contributing to this thread - my remarks were arrogant and condescending, which is normally not my style. 

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. 

Driver's Seat by Sniff 'n' the Tears.   Whole album is great!

Lera Lynn’s cover of Ring of Fire is so sexy. It just smolders. So hot. Sensual voice Great guitar tones too. Highly recommended