Underrated Songs by your Favorite Bands

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

ITT: Post (in your opinion) the most underrated songs by your favorite bands and musicians. :) Don't just post, discuss!

Mine: Led Zeppelin's "Down by the Seaside." It's such a chill and happy song. I love Page's work on this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zho0rS6m7o

[Teh_Jakester]

"Sappy" by Nirvana
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5BE1KRj5iiM
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[afterstasis]

i agree 100% with "sappy". it's been one of my favorites ever since i first heard it (around 1993 or '94).
when my best friend called me on the phone and played it nearly flawlessly on his new guitar i was jealous beyond words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSLDkIJnNF8
mountain goats - old college try

[franticfish]

Naked Eye - The Who
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AIU-EHSnCc

Speed King - Deep Purple
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0rAP87B7UA

Led Zeppelin - Out On The Tiles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Rmmg3hCH0

[WhiffleBallTony]

"Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword" - Earth
"Octavarium" - Dream Theater
"The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue" - Electric Wizard
"Sonic Titan" - Sleep
"My Wall" - Sunn O)))
"Absolutego" - BORIS
"To Tame a Land" - Iron Maiden

There's a start.

[HammerOfTheGods]

Travelin' Riverside Blues - Led Zeppelin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxuFc-QnfK4

[FourstringOrion]

No Leaf Clover - Metallica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyX7yBc8BkY



This song is one of my favorite Met songs. I wish they would have recorded a studio version.

[CMPunkAaron]

Big Balls - AC/DC

Hahaha.

[JukeBoxHero]

To start out, Cinderella Man by Rush have always been one of their stronger songs. Incredibly memorable and has some of the best lyrics that Geddy did for Rush.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diUNDsP3Hns

[thedoorsdk]

Nice pick with Down By the Seaside. I've always loved that song, one of the strongest on PG in my opinion.
I'd say anything post-Signals by Rush is terribly overlooked.
One album I've just now been able to appreciate after a few years of being a huge Rush fan is Hold Your Fire. "Prime Mover" is one of my favorites from that record:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1BJITyRQ8s

[a21schizoidman]

Take A Pebble - ELP

[vandalizemenow00]

As a fanboy of Modest Mouse take the following statement as severly slanted: Modest Mouses entire catalouge is underrated except for a few exceptions. Float On, Dashboard and Little Motel are all appreciated in the mainstream about as much as they should be and Ocean Breathes Salty and Dance Hall are overrated.

MMMP

[Rockbandfan23467]

Is Hey, Hey What Can I Do Underrated?

It sure is by Zeppelin, it was the B-side to Immigrint Song and could only be found there for 20 years! I love it though!

[Xaris3514]

Does the entirety of Dream Theater's Systematic Chaos count? If not, then just "The Ministry of Lost Souls."

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

Is Hey, Hey What Can I Do Underrated?

It sure is by Zeppelin, it was the B-side to Immigrint Song and could only be found there for 20 years! I love it though!

Well, kind of. Up to the mid-nineties it was a rare B-side, but when Zep released the remastered box set (along with Traveling Riverside Blues) it became a classic rock radio staple.

[Rockbandfan23467]

I wouldn't say it's a radio staple (like just about all of the album commonly refered to as Led Zeppel;in Four) because it gets less play than others.

But then again, I never hear Iron Maiden on the radio and A21 hears them all the time, go figure.

[Xaris3514]

But then again, I never hear Iron Maiden on the radio and A21 hears them all the time, go figure.

Seconded, hell, I rarely hear Sabbath, Dio and Ozzy on the radio.

[a21schizoidman]

Seconded, hell, I rarely hear Sabbath, Dio and Ozzy on the radio.

really? i used to hear Crazy Train about 5 times a day on 97.9 FM in Chicago, and all the radio stations here play Sabbath and Dio as well

[Rockbandfan23467]

I hear plenty of Ozzy here. Flying High Again, No More Tears, Mama I'm Coming Home, Mr. Crowly, Suicide Solution, and more!

[MdrnDayWarrior]

As a fanboy of Modest Mouse take the following statement as severly slanted: Modest Mouses entire catalouge is underrated except for a few exceptions. Float On, Dashboard and Little Motel are all appreciated in the mainstream about as much as they should be and Ocean Breathes Salty and Dance Hall are overrated.

MMMP
The whole Moon & Antarctica album is pretty underrated.

[afterstasis]

The whole Moon & Antarctica album is pretty underrated.

definitely.

their previous albums are hit and miss for me, but moon & antarctica is basically the reason i consider myself a modest mouse fan.

everything afterwards ranges from okay to terrible for me.

[spongemonkey95]

Agreed on Out On The Tiles

It's Late - Queen

Liar - Queen

***** - The Rolling Stones

All Down The Line - The Rolling Stones

Evil Woman - Black Sabbath

Sanctuary - Iron Maiden

Bloodstone - Judas Priest

Chase the Ace - AC/DC

Evil Walks - AC/DC

The Real Me - The Who

[a21schizoidman]

how about any Three Dog Night song outside of One and Joy to the World?

[Djanco]

"Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword" - Earth
"Octavarium" - Dream Theater
"The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue" - Electric Wizard
"Sonic Titan" - Sleep
"My Wall" - Sunn O)))
"Absolutego" - BORIS
"To Tame a Land" - Iron Maiden

There's a start.

Okay, NOTHING by Sunn O))) needs to be on any list, except for music that sounds like broken refrigerators.

[a7xforlife]

Whispers in The Dark- Skillet
I Won't See You Tonight- Avenged Sevenfold
When Two Become One- Atreyu
Eye Of The Storm- Bullet For My Valentine
Call of Ktulu- Metallica
Follow The Wolves- Demon Hunter
The Root Of All Evil- Dream Theater
Burnt Ice- Megadeth
MF of the year- Motley Crue

just to name a few

[afterstasis]

Okay, NOTHING by Sunn O))) needs to be on any list, except for music that sounds like broken refrigerators.

though i value the function my fridge is currently serving, i'd consider making a trade for one that blared sunn 0))) on command, particularly if it focused on "black one" and "domkirke".

[Gargoyle2500]

I'm going to say most of The Presidents of the United States of America's work. Outside of their first album nobody seems to know they exist and as a big fan it gets old hearing people only referring to Lump, Peaches, Kitty, Dune Buggy and Feather Pluckin' when I mention The Presidents. They have five studio albums, people. Pay them respect and listen outside of their first album, You'll be glad you did. The name of this song is Some Postman. Turn your volume up and enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5LBZIai2O0&feature=channel_page

[Runesmith]

The B-52s - Devil In My Car
Prince - Everything that isn't When Doves Cry or Purple Rain.
The Smiths - Ask
Morrissey - I Don't Mind
The Cure - Lullaby
A Flock Of Seagulls - Everything that isn't I Ran.
R.E.M. - Finest Worksong
INXS - Don't Change
Depeche Mode - See You
Daft Punk - Digital Love
Men At Work - Overkill
Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home

[a21schizoidman]

Prince - Everything that isn't When Doves Cry or Purple Rain.

or little red corvette or when u were mine



A Flock Of Seagulls - Everything that isn't I Ran.


or space age love song

[Gargoyle2500]

Runesmith, Now we're talking! Devil In My Car by The B-52's? I would have mentioned some B's tracks but I didn't want to mention more than one band at the time! And you said A Flock of Seagulls? YES! you have no idea how annoying it can be when I mention any band I like and people start singing one of their best known tracks, It gets old! Ha! May I please add you to my friends list on here?

[a21schizoidman]

When I Was Young - The Animals
Who D' King - Cheap Trick
Jet - Wings
Shell Shock - Heart
Girlfriend Is Better, Heaven - Talking Heads
Tears In My Eyes, Seven Stars, Pilgrim, Circus - Uriah Heep
Cat Food, Easy Money - King Crimson
Ice, Freefall - Camel
Girl With No Eyes - It's A Beautiful Day
The Sheriff, The Barbarian, The Great Gates of Kiev, *****es Crystal - ELP
What's Next to the Moon, Gone Shootin', Ride On - AC/DC
You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned, Damned If I Do, Hyper-Gamma-Spaces, Breakdown, Old and Wise, Cask of Amontillado - Alan Parsons Project
Silver Blue & Gold, Simple Man, Movin' On, Clearwater Highway, Judas My Brother, Company of Strangers, Seagull - Bad Company
Ashtonpark - James Gang
Gator Country, Fall of the Peacemakers - Molly Hatchet
Sheep, Bike, Interstellar Overdrive, Lucifer Sam, See Emily Play, Arnold Layne, Jugband Blues, High Hopes, Another Brick In the Wall Parts I & III - Pink Floyd
Samba Pa Ti, Mother's Daughter, Open Invitation, Put Your Lights On - Santana
the album Kiss My Axe - Al Di Meola
World Turning, Albatross, Second Hand News - Fleetwood Mac
Teacher, My God, Witch's Promise, Pibroch (Cap In Hand), A Passion Play, Dharma For One, Velvet Green, Sweet Dream, With You There To Help Me - Jethro Tull
Bastille Day - Rush

[countryfan1123]

Poison Whiskey - Lynyrd Skynyrd- always been my favorite Skynyrd song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGWlIHR_FN4
Waitin' for the bus/Jesus just left Chicago - ZZ Top. My favorite Top song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxSudLSZVAk
Remedy - Black Crowes. Don't know if it would be considered underrated, but I never hear it on radio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qD72NCJSkk

[Runesmith]

Runesmith, Now we're talking! Devil In My Car by The B-52's? I would have mentioned some B's tracks but I didn't want to mention more than one band at the time! And you said A Flock of Seagulls? YES! you have no idea how annoying it can be when I mention any band I like and people start singing one of their best known tracks, It gets old! Ha! May I please add you to my friends list on here?

It would be an honor to get added to a fellow B-52s and AFOS fan's friend list. There's a distinct lack of appreciation for classic New Wave in these parts.


or little red corvette or when u were mine


or space age love song

I've never heard When You Were Mine mentioned by anyone outside Prince's fanbase, but I definately agree with the other two.

[Schmeal]

Alice In Chains - Hate to Feel
Carcass - the whole "Swansong" album
Dead Kennedys - Well Paid Scientist
Deep Purple - Pictures of Home, Maybe I'm a Leo
Faith No More - the whole "King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime" album
Guns N' Roses - Bad Obsession, Double Talkin' Jive, Locomotive, Estranged
Nirvana - Been a Son
Queens of the Stone Age - the whole self titled album
Soundgarden - Never Named
System of a Down - Highway Song
Tool - Eulogy
Weezer - Across the Sea

[WhiffleBallTony]

Sanctuary - Iron Maiden

This one confuses me. "Sanctuary" has always been a live staple for Maiden.

[MronoC]

"22 Acacia Avenue" by Iron Maiden, people typically forget about it when talking about the Number of the Beast album, but, for me, it's up there with "Run to the Hills" and "Hallowed be thy Name". Then I'd say "Sweet Lady" by Queen, even when I hear Queen fans (the one's that love Great King Rat and Ogre Battle) talking about their more hard rock songs, I don't hear this one brought up much. Also, the entirety of Judas Priest's "Sad Wings of Destiny" album seems pretty under appreciated.

[a21schizoidman]

"22 Acacia Avenue" by Iron Maiden, people typically forget about it when talking about the Number of the Beast album, but, for me, it's up there with "Run to the Hills" and "Hallowed be thy Name". Then I'd say "Sweet Lady" by Queen, even when I hear Queen fans (the one's that love Great King Rat and Ogre Battle) talking about their more hard rock songs, I don't hear this one brought up much. Also, the entirety of Judas Priest's "Sad Wings of Destiny" album seems pretty under appreciated.

22 Acacia Ave. is my fav. Maiden song and I'm not even a huge Maiden fan at all

[Highlandlassie1]

Soul Stripper-AC/DC-This song is so different than most AC/DC, it is complex and just fantastic.

The Seventh Seal-Van Halen, this just plain rocks, and is on the most underrated VH album, Balance

Achilles Last Stand-Led Zeppelin-Considered by Jimmy Page to be thier best song of all time.

Fall of the Peacemakers-Molly Hatchet-One of the best southern rock songs in history, but very overlooked.

[JMcQ77]

Anything off the album Something About Airplanes - Death Cab for Cutie

Southbound Again - Dire Straits (one of Knopfler's coolest riffs)

Crazy Mary - Pearl Jam

Better Living Through Chemistry - Queens of the Stone Age

7 Chinese Bros. - R.E.M.

All Mixed Up - The Cars

Charolotte Sometimes - The Cure

Running to Stand Still - U2

Searching With My Good Eye Closed - Soundgarden

[schmeankman]

CSN - "Got it Made"


I like the piano version with Stills better than the American Dream version, but it's stills an awesome song.

[sg327]

It doesn't rate up there with some of their other work, but I've always liked Darkstar...

CSN&Y:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSNBGEW9HQ

[GNRrockslife]

Iron Maiden - Moonchild, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, Afraid To Shoot Strangers, The Legacy
Black Sabbath - Computer God, Voodoo, Falling Off The Edge Of The World, anything else with Dio
Alice Cooper - Halo Of Flies, Long Way To Go, Generation Landslide
Guns N' Roses - Coma, 14 Years
Rush - Natural Science
Queen - '39

[Quinarvy]

Guns N' Roses - Coma
Rush - Nobody's Hero

[BAMF18]

Any song on Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik album.

Yeah Under the Bridge and Give it Away are great, but I'd rather listen to Breaking the Girl or Sir Psycho Sexy, and All of the B-sides from the album are radio worthy in my opinion.

[GwannaSauna]

Nirvana:
Sliver
Aneurysm


AC/DC:
Any song from the Bon Scott era


Anything by KISS


Metallica:
Whiskey in the Jar


Well, I'd say they're more unknown than underrated

[Gowienczyk]

Any song on Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik album.

Yeah Under the Bridge and Give it Away are great, but I'd rather listen to Breaking the Girl or Sir Psycho Sexy, and All of the B-sides from the album are radio worthy in my opinion.

Everything they did BEFORE that album was their best material, imho.