Great Rare Songs from Amazing Bands

dazedcola · 02.25.2008, 08:18 PM

You know those songs that seem to be little hidden treasures in a band's catalog. Like they release some huge mega selling album then they release this great song on some random compilation that only the most die hard of fans will ever track down. It could be a b-side to a single or a never officially released live or home demo song.

This thread is dedicated to those little known songs from great bands.

The whole idea of this started today when I heard MBV- We Have all the time in the world (a louis armstrong cover) it's so euphoric and shows a more symphonic side.

Other great rare gems:
Nirvana- Do Re Mi
Dead Kennedys- Pull my Strings
Beatles- Rain
Pink Floyd- Candy and a Currant Bun (originally a song about syd's favorite pastime called "lets roll another one)
Replacements- Nowhere is My Home, If only you were lonely
Flaming Lips- Jets

LittlePuppetBoy · 02.25.2008, 10:09 PM

the same way of saying-Pavement
Scared Stiff-the Wipers
I've Got a Right-Meat Puppets (cover of the Stooges)
Mistake-Fela Kuti
Istrumental-Pavement
Obscured-Smashing Pumpkins

Cantankerous · 02.25.2008, 10:09 PM

oh yay candy and a currant bun
"i'm high, don't spoil my fun!"

batreleaser · 02.25.2008, 10:33 PM

black flag-southern rise
mars-the immediate stages of the erotic

thats all i feel like thinkin about for now

pbradley · 02.25.2008, 10:43 PM

a number of Radiohead songs; Meeting in the Aisle, Follow Me Around, etc.

ZEROpumpkins · 02.26.2008, 01:05 AM

Numerous Pavement songs:
Mussle Rock (Is a Horse in Transition)
Strings of Nashville
Texas Never Whispers

I could go on for days.

Death & the Maiden · 02.26.2008, 01:48 AM

There are great songs on the Velvet Underground's VU and Another View.

Cantankerous · 02.26.2008, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Death & the Maiden

There are great songs on the Velvet Underground's VU and Another View.

namely "ocean" and "foggy notion"

uhler · 02.26.2008, 02:01 AM

fix me and dehumanized by mudhoney

Danny Himself · 02.26.2008, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

Numerous Pavement songs:
Mussle Rock (Is a Horse in Transition)
Strings of Nashville
Texas Never Whispers

I could go on for days.

None hold a candle to "For Sale: The Preston School of Industry" or "Easily Fooled".

Bright Eyes have some danceable tunes in their rare catalog- "True Blue" being one of them, with it's flamboyant trumpeting. Ahh yeh. Violent Femmes have TOO MANY unreleased/rare tunes- "How Do You Say Goodbye?", "In Style", "Johnny", "Girl Trouble", the demo-only "Waiting For The Bus"...

Not forgetting that almost none of Daniel Johnston's back catalog is readily available anymore, making all that songwriting gold very rare.

Savage Clone · 02.26.2008, 10:39 AM

I posted this in the "Rare/OOP" thread, but this Velvets tune "I'm Not A Young Man Anymore" has pretty awesome riffage and for a VU live recording it sounds pretty good too.
HERE

02.26.2008, 10:45 AM

I was just gonna post that the new Velvets tune floored me, together with the quality of the sound (always painful listening when it comes to their bootlegs) and the gobsmackingly good first performance of ''Sister Ray''. Life's super great when stuff like that comes along. Thanks for posting it. And yes, that riff is totally, totally awesome.

_slavo_ · 02.26.2008, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by pbradley

a number of Radiohead songs; Meeting in the Aisle, Follow Me Around, etc.

...Maquiladora, A Reminder, Faithless the Wonder Boy, Talk Show Host, Bishop's Robes, India Rubber, Pop Is Dead, Permanent Daylight, The Trickster, Lozenge of Love, ...

lungfish · 02.26.2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Death & the Maiden

There are great songs on the Velvet Underground's VU and Another View.

i'm a sucker for two

Ferryboat Bill and Coney Island Steeplechase (bias on the latter probably, because i'm from brooklyn)
good songs.

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Originally Posted by dazedcola

Dead Kennedys- Pull my Strings

I would add "Saturday Night Holocaust" to that.
shit, more than half the songs on "Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death" qualify.

The Inner Light - Beatles
Sleepwalking - Currituck Country
The Girls are Naked - The Creation
Turtles Have Short Legs - Can
Lagoon - Devendra Banhart
How I Wrote Elastic Man - The Fall
Memento Mori 7'' - Ghosts and Vodka
Relations - Jackson C. Frank
Hidden Wheel - Rites of Spring
Memories of You - Ryan Adams

**Hard Times in New York Town- Bob Dylan
(nothing remarkable, but in my opinion one of Bob's most catchiest folk ditties.
the thought of Bob reporting/singing about his experiences in NYC in Dave Whittaker's Minnesota house -late December 1961. beautiful.)

CHOUT · 02.26.2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Death & the Maiden

There are great songs on the Velvet Underground's VU and Another View.

I immediately thought of Ferryboat Bill...I love that song!!!

SYRFox · 02.26.2008, 12:49 PM

Animal Collective - Safer

CHOUT · 02.26.2008, 12:52 PM

Lots of old unreleased Husker Du songs, many of which can be heard on my husker youtube page:
http://www.youtube.com/HUSKERchout
private hell
won't say a word
sexual economics
call on me
drug party
today's the day
won't change

Minutemen
covering Fortunate Son
Songs that were cut from the Double Nickels CD version:
Mr Robot's Holy Orders
Little Man With A Gun In His Hand (blows the Buzz or Howl Version away)

REM -
When I Was Young
Dangerous Times
Body Count

Lots of unreleased police songs from the Ghost In The Machine demos
that can be found on my police youtube page http://www.youtube.com/POLICEchout
Don't you believe me
It's Never Too Late
Don't Think We Could Ever Be Friends

That's it for now...I'll think of more.

Bollocks_to_Pop · 02.27.2008, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by CHOUT

Minutemen
covering Fortunate Son
Songs that were cut from the Double Nickels CD version:
Mr Robot's Holy Orders
Little Man With A Gun In His Hand (blows the Buzz or Howl Version away)

Is there anywhere to get these two Double Nickels songs? I've been really interested in hearing them. I love that album but only have the cd version.

ZEROpumpkins · 02.27.2008, 03:21 AM

If it's not SY, Husker Du, Minutemen or R.E.M, CHOUT doesn't want to hear it.

atsonicpark · 02.27.2008, 07:45 AM

Hot Snakes - U.S. Mint and various Ikara Colt b-sides were always really great... (especially in the case of Ikara Colt, who had enough b-sides to fill an album and many were better than the songs on the albums they released!) McLusky and Coachwhips had lots of excellent "rare" tracks too...My favorite Bad Religion song is on that "short songs for short people" thing, that 101 bands doing 30 second punk songs. They do a 36 second song and it seriously sums up every punk song ever, efortlessly.

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dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	You know those songs that seem to be little hidden treasures in a band's catalog. Like they release some huge mega selling album then they release this great song on some random compilation that only the most die hard of fans will ever track down. It could be a b-side to a single or a never officially released live or home demo song. This thread is dedicated to those little known songs from great bands. The whole idea of this started today when I heard MBV- We Have all the time in the world (a louis armstrong cover) it's so euphoric and shows a more symphonic side. Other great rare gems: Nirvana- Do Re Mi Dead Kennedys- Pull my Strings Beatles- Rain Pink Floyd- Candy and a Currant Bun (originally a song about syd's favorite pastime called "lets roll another one) Replacements- Nowhere is My Home, If only you were lonely Flaming Lips- Jets __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	a number of Radiohead songs; Meeting in the Aisle, Follow Me Around, etc.
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ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	Numerous Pavement songs: Mussle Rock (Is a Horse in Transition) Strings of Nashville Texas Never Whispers I could go on for days. __________________
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Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	There are great songs on the Velvet Underground's VU and Another View. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
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Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	I posted this in the "Rare/OOP" thread, but this Velvets tune "I'm Not A Young Man Anymore" has pretty awesome riffage and for a VU live recording it sounds pretty good too. HERE
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02.26.2008, 10:45 AM	#12
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	I was just gonna post that the new Velvets tune floored me, together with the quality of the sound (always painful listening when it comes to their bootlegs) and the gobsmackingly good first performance of ''Sister Ray''. Life's super great when stuff like that comes along. Thanks for posting it. And yes, that riff is totally, totally awesome.
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SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Animal Collective - Safer
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CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	Lots of old unreleased Husker Du songs, many of which can be heard on my husker youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/HUSKERchout private hell won't say a word sexual economics call on me drug party today's the day won't change Minutemen covering Fortunate Son Songs that were cut from the Double Nickels CD version: Mr Robot's Holy Orders Little Man With A Gun In His Hand (blows the Buzz or Howl Version away) REM - When I Was Young Dangerous Times Body Count Lots of unreleased police songs from the Ghost In The Machine demos that can be found on my police youtube page http://www.youtube.com/POLICEchout Don't you believe me It's Never Too Late Don't Think We Could Ever Be Friends That's it for now...I'll think of more. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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ZEROpumpkins invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,157	If it's not SY, Husker Du, Minutemen or R.E.M, CHOUT doesn't want to hear it. __________________
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Hot Snakes - U.S. Mint and various Ikara Colt b-sides were always really great... (especially in the case of Ikara Colt, who had enough b-sides to fill an album and many were better than the songs on the albums they released!) McLusky and Coachwhips had lots of excellent "rare" tracks too...My favorite Bad Religion song is on that "short songs for short people" thing, that 101 bands doing 30 second punk songs. They do a 36 second song and it seriously sums up every punk song ever, efortlessly. __________________
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