underrated songs from classic bands

[chris lindberg]

29 Palms, Robert Plant

[chris lindberg]

A little known band, this is the best version of the sone IMO
Heaven "Knockin On Heaven's Door"

[chris lindberg]

Lindsey Buckingham, Trouble

[chris lindberg]

JOHN CAFFERTY + The BEAVER BROWN BAND Tender Years 1983

[chris lindberg]

Don Henley - Dirty Laundry

[OilKiller]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Styx - 'Suite Madame Blue'

Excellent choice and the first one that came to mind for me. Love that song. So underrated.

Those Shose - Eagles (The Long Run was a better album than Hotel California IMHO)

You Can't Always Get What You Want - Stones
The River - Springsteen

Temptation - The Tea Party (Too bad this band was Canadian because they never got the exposure in the U.S. that they deserved - just an incredible band - the new Doors IMHO)

Some older ones:

For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent
Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
Gloria - Them
Into The Mystic - Van Morrison
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - The Animals

And more...

Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
Ain't Even Done with the Night - John Cougar
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Sabotage - Beastie Boys

[chris lindberg]

This one never made the Greatest Hits...
Nazareth - Love Leads to Madness

[chris lindberg]

Nirvana, Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam



Where Did You Sleep Last Night



Something In The Way, Hell, the whole Unplugged Album is great!

Same holds true here, so many other awesome Nirvana songs you will never hear on the radio, Been a Son, Very Ape, Drain You, Silver, You Know You're Right, Lounge Act, Stay Away

[chris lindberg]

Originally Posted by OilKiller

Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

I like these two better myself
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence



Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes

[PsYcNeT]

I'm noticing alot of the songs on these lists are far less than underrated and get a fair bit of airplay/movie soundtrack treatments...anywho

Rag Doll - Aerosmith
Distant Early Warning - Rush
Rhyme Of The Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden
Big Dumb Rocket - Our Lady Peace
It's All In The Game - The Four Tops
Gypsy Eyes - Jimi Hendrix
The Bed's Too Big Without You - The Police
Don't Call Me N!gger, Whitey - Sly & The Family Stone
Verse Chorus Verse - Nirvana
I Can't Stop Loving You - Don Gibson
Commotion - CCR
Ghost Of Tom Joad - Rage Against The Machine
My Lovely Man - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blow Up The Outside Of The World - Soundgarden
Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson
Twilight - Elliot Smith

More to come I'm sure

[chris lindberg]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

Verse Chorus Verse - Nirvana

I've never heard this song before, Thanks a lot!

[chris lindberg]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

Distant Early Warning - Rush

Wow, I havn't heard this in years, thanks again, PsYcNeT

[chris lindberg]

Another one that never made the greatest hits album...
Nazareth - Morning Dew



The 2x5 Album was the year after the greatest hits ablum I believe, a couple great songs from that one include Preservation & Games.
The No Mean City album has good songs too like, May the Sunshine & Star.

[chris lindberg]

Don Henley - Dirty Laundry

[Bobblehead]

There are a lot of pretty big hits people seem to think are underrated?

But there is a lot of good stuff here, as well.

[chris lindberg]

Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Blue Oyster Cult

[Table 5]

The Zombies - I'll Make You Mine
Aretha Franklin - Aint No Way

[OilKiller]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

There are a lot of pretty big hits people seem to think are underrated?

I suppose that may be true for some songs listed, yes, but keep in mind that even if a song hit #1, it doesn't mean it's a big hit. It may have been there for just a single week and then died off or got replaced by something crappy beause of the times, thus "underrated" or there may be a song that we all know by name and have heard often, but when most think of a band or artist, most people never remember that particular song, thus "underrated".

I could say Van Morrison as an example and most people would say Brown Eyed Girl or Moondance. On my list, "Into the Mystic", which was on Rolling Stones top 500 songs of all time, but many people may not know. Really ticked me off when I paid about $250 for the wife and I to go see him here in Edmonton and he didn't even play it though.

Underrated is all open to interpretation I suppose.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Peace Frog - The Doors
Drawing Flies - Soundgarden

[chris lindberg]

Does anyone remember the song, "I Got Drugs In My Pocket"