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by **Retro_NRG** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:16 am

The U2 EP 'Wide Awake In America' has some real unsung / unplayed gems on it namely: 'The Three Sunrises', plus a fabulous live rendition of 'A Sort Of Homecoming' that blows away the studio version.

Eurythmics - 'Grown Up Girls' (another B-side)

INXS - 'I'm Over You' (B-Side to 'This Time')

Joe Jackson - 'Right and Wrong'

Los Lobos - 'Will The Wolf Survive?'

Lou Reed - 'Dirty Boulevard'

Pet Shop Boys - 'One More Chance' (Bobby O. Ver.)

Peter Gabriel - 'Kiss Of Life'

Soft Cell - 'Say Hello Wave Goodbye'

The Alan Parsons Project - 'Standing On Higher Ground'

The Police - 'Deathwish'

And here's a real unsung / unplayed oldie that I discovered and came to love after hearing it in a (not too) recent HP ad campaign: <a href="http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=11de2d0821a583699d30c7df8d921691" target="blank">The Kinks - Picture Book</a> (A tune that still sounds fresh after 38 years!)[8D]

Moving @The Speed of Life

by **i_like_lectric_motors** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:23 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by georgie rockwood[/i]
<br>wats wrong.....i like lectric motors......you dont like my list....lol
remember music is opinion & tastes,what you like i may not like & vice versa and maybe somebody else dosent like yours either....lol
music is supposed to make you feel great!!!!!

percussionlover
[/quote]

Whether or not I like your list is irrelevant. The point I'm trying to make is that the title of the thread is "Best Overlooked Songs From Legendary Bands" and not "Songs You Like By Obscure Teen Idols and Other Also-Rans".

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by **Frank_Chickens** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:19 am

The Men (Human League) - I Don't Depend On You/Cruel
New Musik - Chik Music
The Jam - Shopping

"Say Hello Wave Goodbye", "Torch" and "Domino Dancing" were big hits here.

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"As chairman of the Cradle of Filth fanclub I'm the most insensitive man in Britain, but even I can see there's tension there"

by **tileboy** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:20 am

Cheap Trick- Mandocello
Echo- Over the wall
Sparks-Hasta Manana Monsieur
REM- finest worksong
The Rumour-Emotional traffic

by **ben_at_work** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:58 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by georgie rockwood[/i]
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jesus are you there? "the babys"
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Good call! That was always one of my favorites and never got any airplay at all. Thats one group I wish I could have seen in concert.

by **NuWaveRx** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:33 am

Seeing that the definition of "legendary" is fairly loose.....[;)]

Here are some of the top of my head...

ABC--The Power of Persuasion (hell, the whole Beauty Stab LP for that matter)
The Fixx--Changing
The Cure--Untitled
Dave Edmunds--Information
Love and Rockets--Dog End of A Day Gone By
Men Without Hats-All in the Name of Angels (again, the whole Pop Goes the World LP)
Big Country--Wonderland
Alarm--Walk Forever By My Side
The Cars--Shut Me In
The Motels--Forever Mine
Dead Milkmen-Stuart
They Might be Giants--Triangle Man
Pseudo Echo--Walkaway
Heaven 17-Crushed by the Wheels of Industry

But of course, we can't overlook the most overlooked song:
Shawn Cassidy's cover of "Da Do Ron Ron"
Truly the pinnicle of 20th century music..[:o)][;)]

by **DougMash** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:20 am

Some I thought would have been great U.S. mainstream singles...

SQUEEZE - Love Circles / Electric Trains
XTC - Dear Madame Barnum / The Loving
JOHN WESLEY HARDING - The Devil In Me
TOO MUCH JOY - Half Life
CONNELLS - Over There
KATE BUSH - Rubberband Girl
SUBURBS - Love is the Law
STYLE COUNCIL - You're the Best Thing
FIGURES ON A BEACH - No Stars
SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS - I Wanna Be a Flintstone
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - Birdhouse in Your Soul
PLIMSOULS - A Million Miles Away

Alas, they weren't.

by **Frau_Blucher** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:51 am

[quote]Originally posted by djcraig
[br]Pretty Baby- Blondie
[/quote]
OH GODDAMN! I've been listening to this track over and over again ever since this thread. I used to love hearing this on the radio...yes, the freaking radio! Now it's completely forgotten despite appearing on one of THE monumnetal new wave albums. This is exactly why I love some of these list threads. Not every asinine numbnutted one mind you, like your favorite songs from bands with dicks only 2 inches long...but this one's great!

by **coop41** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:43 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
<br>[quote]Originally posted by djcraig
[br]Pretty Baby- Blondie
[/quote]
...like your favorite songs from bands with dicks only 2 inches long...but this one's great!
[/quote]

Did I miss a thread??

by **plagiarism** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:17 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by coop41[/i]
Did I miss a thread??
[/quote]

It quickly degenerated into a pissing contest.

by **coop41** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:21 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by plagiarism[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by coop41[/i]
Did I miss a thread??
[/quote]

It quickly degenerated into a pissing contest.
[/quote]

LOL

by **zill** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:22 pm

Wait for the Blackout - The Damned
Melody Lee - The Damned
Hey Citizen - ABC
One in Ten Words - The Spoons (Can Con!)
Secret Oktober - Duran Duran
When It All Comes Down - Icicle Works
Soldier - Payolas (More Can Con!)
Alices House - Psychedelic Furs
Unsatisfaction - Men Without Hats (Oops, even more Can Con!)
Light in the Tunnel - Red Rider (WTF with all the Can Con!)
Sold Out - The Saints
Earn Enough For Us - XTC

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