[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by KimW

And of course this one, which if memory serves me, is connected to a pretty famous movie.

YouTube - Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' (1969)

Yeah, it was from Midnight Cowboy. Even though it didn't even make the
Billboard top 100, it did get a fair amount of airplay probably because of
the movie itself.

[KimW]

Yeah, I knew the movie, just seeing if anyone else did..lol
BUt this did bring me sad news...I don't know how I missed his death.......
So many influences are dead and gone now.

[LynnM]

This probably isn't obscure to the UK warriors posting here...Little Does She Know by the Kursaal Flyers. Big orchestration and lyrics that include the line "Her escape was so urgent, she forgot her detergent, and dropped all her clean underwear". Fabulously ott.

YouTube - Little Does She Know audio KURSAAL...

[LynnM]

Always loved this version of the well-known song:

YouTube - Lene Lovich - I Think We're Alone Now

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by LynnM

This probably isn't obscure to the UK warriors posting here...Little Does She Know by the Kursaal Flyers. Big orchestration and lyrics that include the line "Her escape was so urgent, she forgot her detergent, and dropped all her clean underwear". Fabulously ott.

YouTube - Little Does She Know audio KURSAAL FLYERS

Thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU so much for posting this.
There is not a lot out there that I haven't heard, especially from the 70s,
but if they never made it to the states from England, that explains it.

Man, you guys get all the really cool stuff.

Thank you again.

[LynnM]

Glad you liked it!


Lynn

[LynnM]

Another 70s classic, well-known in the UK but not sure if it made it over the water:

YouTube - John Miles - Music

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by LynnM

Another 70s classic, well-known in the UK but not sure if it made it over the water: YouTube - John Miles - Music

Yes, it did make it here. Wasn't a big hit but I loved this song.

[KimW]

I have to agree with Steven, cool song.
May be just me, but it makes me thing of The Tubes, Don't Touch Me There.

[KimW]

Heres an obscure group

YouTube - Every Mother's Son - Come On Down To My...

[MissTerraK]

Originally Posted by KimW

I have the album this song is on.
Another good song from the same album,
Puny
Under
Nourished
Kid
YouTube - NEW ENGLAND - P.U.N.K.

Wow Whee Kim. I never would have put you and this song together and quite frankly, I don't know whether to be be shocked or impressed!!
MissTerraK

[MissTerraK]

Originally Posted by madison_avenue

Great guitar playing on this.

Lynyrd Skynyrd. Freebird:

YouTube - Lynyrd Skynyrd-Free Bird-BBC 1975

Not obscure with me at all, I have this tune on my I-pod as well as their other songs, Sweet Home Alabama, and Give Me Three Steps
MissTerraK

[MissTerraK]

Originally Posted by Kurt

Not really obscure, but probably been a long time since you've heard it:
YouTube - Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-A-Boom

OMGosh Kurt! I must have been about 9 yrs old when this tune came on and would sing it at the top of my lungs from the back seat of the car!

And just as cool as the song was the beginning "CKLW" is the only am radio station my parents over had on, the bad thing about it was whenever we went under a vidock, the signal was lost and I was singing all alone.

I sounded better witht the music LOL! Thanks for the warm fuzzy memories as both my parents have passed!
Miss TerraK

[KimW]

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Wow Whee Kim. I never would have put you and this song together and quite frankly, I don't know whether to be be shocked or impressed!!
MissTerraK

I'm not following you, but the answer to your pondering is easy, you should always be impressed!

[MissTerraK]

Originally Posted by KimW

I'm not following you, but the answer to your pondering is easy, you should always be impressed!

LOL! I like your way of thinking! I just didn't put "cranky" and that song together is all! And kind sir, your wish is my command! I shall always be impressed with you (except when you said you pitied me), and I have forgiven you for that, by the way!
MissTerraK

[Steven Wagenheim]

The year was 1970. The movie was Kelly's Heroes.

This song wasn't a big hit (just made the top 40) but it was a great song and
a perfect fit for the film itself.

The group - The Mike Curb Congregation (who sang backup on Sammy
Davis' "Candy Man")

The song - "Burning Bridges"

YouTube - Burning Bridges - By The Mike Curb...

[Steven Wagenheim]

I love the way Music Mike talks about these old tunes.

This one is from 1972. I heard this one on American Bandstand. It did make
it into the top 40 and got a little airplay, but not much. Today, it's long
lost and forgotten.

The group - Bullet

The song - "White Lies Blue Eyes"

YouTube - Bullet - White Lies, Blue Eyes -...

[KimW]

Here's some more White Lies.

This guy was always the bridesmaid, never the bride it seems.

YouTube - Grin - White Lies

[Steven Wagenheim]

This is a group that I'm starting to think saw the writing on the wall and
that's why they made and released one of the most nauseating adult
contemporary, easy listening singles in existence. As time would go on,
that song would be one of the few songs that would get terminal airplay
but this group. Sadly, they had many great songs...most of which get
very little airplay anymore. Oh yeah, there are a few...the "hits" but for
the most part, this group died with the other "art rock" wonders of the era.

The nauseating song I'm talking about, one played at justt about any
wedding you go to for anybody over 40, is "Babe" If I never hear it again, it
won't be too soon.

But this song...the B side of that nauseating single, is one of their best and
never played anymore.

From "Pieces Of Eight"

Styx and "I'm Okay"

YouTube - Styx - I'm OK

[LynnM]

Never sure if some of these songs are obscure or not...as a side note, this is who did the theme tune for Father Ted:

YouTube - The Divine Comedy - Generation Sex

[Frank Donovan]

This band stormed into the charts in 1972 with this song, then..disappeared.

Maybe it was a dream. :confused:

YouTube - Blackfoot Sue - Standing in the road...

Frank

[LynnM]

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

This band stormed into the charts in 1972 with this song, then..disappeared.

Maybe it was a dream. :confused:


YouTube - Blackfoot Sue - Standing in the road 1972




Frank

Close your eyes and it could almost be Slade....

[Frank Donovan]

Originally Posted by LynnM

Close your eyes and it could almost be Slade....

You're right! One of the guitarists even looks like Slade's drummer.



Frank

[Steven Wagenheim]

In 1972 a group burst onto the music scene like a cannon ball with an
amazing power pop tune that went all the way up to number 5 on the
Billboard charts.

What most people don't know is that earlier that year, this group actually
released their first single. And they had to be wondering what they had to
do to have a hit record. The song only made it up to 86 and got very little
airplay.

The group was The Raspberries and their big hit was "Go All The Way"

But this song, IMO their best ever, never made more than a whimper and
most people didn't even hear it until it was part of their greatest hits album.

One of the most underrated songs by a most underrated group.

"Don't Want To Say Goodbye"

YouTube - The Raspberries - Don't Want To Say...

[KimW]

Originally Posted by LynnM

Close your eyes and it could almost be Slade....

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

You're right! One of the guitarists even looks like Slade's drummer.



Frank

But nothing like the orginal Slade!

YouTube - Slade- Cum On Feel The Noize

YouTube - Slade - Mama weer all crazee now

course, this always left me tingly, Slade doing John Sebastion!

YouTube - Slade - Darlin Be Home Soon

[Steven Wagenheim]

It was the very end of 1977. This artist had just come off a smash number
1 hit the year before, but this followup didn't do as well, only hitting as high
as 25 on the Billboard charts.

The artist - Meco
The song - Theme From Close Encounters

YouTube - Meco - Close Encounters Of The Third...

[Steven Wagenheim]

An issue in 1985 and a reissue in 1990 couldn't get this song to break the
US charts.

The Group - The Waterboys
The Song - "The Whole Of The Moon"

Somebody said I sound like Mike Scott. Yeah, I wish.

YouTube - The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon...

[Bjarne Eldhuset]

A great song from a norwegian beat band that were popular in Norway and parts of Scandinavia during the sixties.

YouTube - the pussycats - just a little teardrop

[Bjarne Eldhuset]

This is a clip from a 1967 movie called "It's a Bikini World". The film features bands like The Animals, The Toys, The Gentrys and The Castaways, all playing themselves in the movie.

Here are the Minnesota-based Castaways with their song "Liar, Liar", which reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965:

YouTube - The Castaways - HD STEREO - Liar Liar

Some of you may recognize this song from the films Good Morning Vietnam and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Great tune!

[Steven Wagenheim]

Bjarne, speaking of liars, this is probably the greatest Beatles imitation in the
history of rock and roll.

The year was 1965 and this song made it up to # 20. It's not played much
anymore, but the resemblance to John Lennon singing lead is beyond
uncanny.

The Group - The Knickerbockers
The Song - Lies

YouTube - Lies - The Knickerbockers

[phil.wheatley]

Ok, lets get some poodle perm in here. This guy (John Sykes) replaced Gary Moore in Thin Lizzy, then joined Whitesnake (played on "here I go again, is this love etc) - then formed a band called Blue Murder. You'll have to excuse the poodle perms, and the 'ripping the shirt in the rain cliche' is priceless, but that aside, a real foot tapper (and cheesy fun). For the drummers out there, you got Carmine Apice on drums, check that tash! Blue Oyster Club would welcome that for sure!

YouTube - Blue Murder - Jelly Roll

[Steven Wagenheim]

There are just no words for this piece of obscurity.

Phil Collins in his first band...Flaming Youth. A 180 from Genesis.

From 1970...From Now On

YouTube - FLAMING YOUTH - FROM NOW ON

[phil.wheatley]

Hi Steven

That last video (flaming youth) will give me nightmares tonight!

So, to return the favour, this video below will give you nightmares for the rest of your life!! ;-)

YouTube - William Shatner-Rocketman

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by phil.wheatley

Hi Steven

That last video (flaming youth) will give me nightmares tonight!

So, to return the favour, this video below will give you nightmares for the rest of your life!! ;-)

YouTube - William Shatner-Rocketman

Oh please, I've already heard Shatner do the theme from Star Trek.

Nothing new here.

[phil.wheatley]

Haha, well, as you full well know, he released an entire album like this, where he murdered songs like "luck in the sky with diamonds" and "Mr Tamborine man". I saw a funny review of his album once, and the headline of the review said "Shatner is a tool" ha ha.

..and did you know he was 3rd choice for the Star Trek series??? Of course, Lenord Nimroy also released some 'music'.

By the way, I have been listeningto some of your own music, some of it is pretty good, and reminds me of some of the early Alice Cooper. Songs like "18", "Hello Horrah", "Is it my body" etc

YouTube - Alice Cooper Eighteen Nov. 13, 1971

Phil

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by phil.wheatley

Haha, well, as you full well know, he released an entire album like this, where he murdered songs like "luck in the sky with diamonds" and "Mr Tamborine man". I saw a funny review of his album once, and the headline of the review said "Shatner is a tool" ha ha.

..and did you know he was 3rd choice for the Star Trek series??? Of course, Lenord Nimroy also released some 'music'.

By the way, I have been listeningto some of your own music, some of it is pretty good, and reminds me of some of the early Alice Cooper. Songs like "18", "Hello Horrah", "Is it my body" etc

YouTube - Alice Cooper Eighteen Nov. 13, 1971

Phil

Alice Cooper is one of my early faves including songs like "Hello Hurray"
"Elected" and "Only Women Bleed" among many others.

Yeah, Cooper is probably one of my many influences from the 60s and 70s.

[Kurt]

Originally Posted by phil.wheatley

Haha, well, as you full well know, he released an entire album like this, where he murdered songs like "luck in the sky with diamonds" and "Mr Tamborine man". I saw a funny review of his album once, and the headline of the review said "Shatner is a tool" ha ha.

..and did you know he was 3rd choice for the Star Trek series??? Of course, Lenord Nimroy also released some 'music'.

By the way, I have been listeningto some of your own music, some of it is pretty good, and reminds me of some of the early Alice Cooper. Songs like "18", "Hello Horrah", "Is it my body" etc

YouTube - Alice Cooper Eighteen Nov. 13, 1971

Phil

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Alice Cooper is one of my early faves including songs like "Hello Hurray"
"Elected" and "Only Women Bleed" among many others.

Yeah, Cooper is probably one of my many influences from the 60s and 70s.

My first favorite bands where Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull and Deep Purple. I like "Elected" a lot, but "Billion Dollar Babies" is my favorite Alice Cooper song to this day.

While 10 Years After isn't obscure, this song may be to some, and it's one of my faves of all time:

YouTube - I Say Yeah - Ten Years After

Also, neither Tina Turner or Whole Lot of Love are really obscure, but Tina doing Whole Lotta Love probably is:

YouTube - ? Tina Turner ? Whole Lotta Love ?...

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by Kurt

My first favorite bands where Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull and Deep Purple. I like "Elected" a lot, but "Billion Dollar Babies" is my favorite Alice Cooper song to this day.

While 10 Years After isn't obscure, this song may be to some, and it's one of my faves of all time:

YouTube - I Say Yeah - Ten Years After


Also, neither Tina Turner or Whole Lot of Love are really obscure, but Tina doing Whole Lotta Love probably is:

YouTube - ? Tina Turner ? Whole Lotta Love ? [1975] ? "Acid Queen" ?

Wow Kurt...I heard her cover Proud Mary (smash hit) but never knew
she covered this one.

That gal can sing just about anything with that voice.

[KimW]

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

Oh please, I've already heard Shatner do the theme from Star Trek.

Nothing new here.

Of course you have, I already posted both shatner and nimoy videos!
But since they are classics in their own right, always deserve another listen!

[Steven Wagenheim]

The year was 1976. This band had the most screwed up history you'd ever
want to read. If you go looking for their first and only US album (that sold
all of 20,000 copies) you won't find it under the US title. You'll find that
title under other albums the group released in Europe. In fact, this group
had 3 albums all with the same title. Talk about being confused.

This album, which I have on vinyl, cannot be found anywhere in the US, at
least not that I can tell. I better find a way to transfer my vinyl copy to
CD or I'm up the creek.

Well, today I found (much to my shock) one of the best songs from this
US album on YouTube. I don't get this excited about too many things that
I find, but this one almost had me in tears.

You folks in Europe probably don't appreciate these guys as much as I do.

Remember, they sold 20,000 copies in the US.

I have one of those copies.

They got very little airplay here (a gross understatement) and it's a
miracle I even heard them at all.

The group I'm talking about is Gasolin'

The US album, released elsewhere as What A Lemon, was simply called
Gasolin here. In fact, if you go to Amazon and look up Gasolin', you'll
only find the album of that title that was released in Europe. You won't
find What A Lemon.

The album was produced by genius producer Roy Thomas Baker who
produced all of Queen's stuff. You really can't appreciate what a great
piece of work this released was until you hear it.

One of my favorite albums from 1976, from one of the most underrated
groups of all time, Gasolin', What A Lemon or whatever you want to call it.

Here is "Sad Song Of The Bluebird"

YouTube - Gasolin' - Sad Song Of The Bluebird

[Bjarne Eldhuset]

So much music, so little time...left to do other things than listening to music

YouTube - Liquid Tension Experiment - Paradigm...

Steven, funny to hear from someone in your part of the world that have actually heard of Gasolin!

I can find their cd's for sale / on sale in every music shop where I live. Here's an example from one of the largest music shops in Norway:
http://www.platekompaniet.no/Sok.asp...archOpt=ALT#CD

If you click on "dvd" in that search result, you will see a dvd (surprise!) of a documentary about Gasolin called "Gasolin' 4-ever" or "Gasolin". It was released in 2006, and is said to be the most popular documentary movie in Denmark ever.

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by Bjarne Eldhuset

So much music, so little time...left to do other things than listening to music

YouTube - Liquid Tension Experiment - Paradigm Shift

Steven, funny to hear from someone in your part of the world that have actually heard of Gasolin!

I can find their cd's for sale / on sale in every music shop where I live. Here's an example from one of the largest music shops in Norway:
Feil med informasjonskapsler

If you click on "dvd" in that search result, you will see a dvd (surprise!) of a documentary about Gasolin called "Gasolin' 4-ever" or "Gasolin". It was released in 2006, and is said to be the most popular documentary movie in Denmark ever.

Yeah, I really loved these guys. They were truly unique. I can honestly
say that I never heard anybody like them.

Sadly, they never caught on here and the album I have is rarer than you
can even imagine.

I wonder what it will be worth someday?

[Frank Donovan]

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

The album was produced by genius producer Roy Thomas Baker who
produced all of Queen's stuff. You really can't appreciate what a great
piece of work this released was until you hear it.

Steven, if anyone needed proof of how important a talented producer can be to a record, that Gasolin' clip provided it conclusively, IMO.

After hearing that song, admittedly for the first time, I don't want to see you disparaging your own lyric-writing ability ever again.


Frank

[Steven Wagenheim]

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

Steven, if anyone needed proof of how important a talented producer can be to a record, that Gasolin' clip provided it conclusively, IMO.

After hearing that song, admittedly for the first time, I don't want to see you disparaging your own lyric-writing ability ever again.


Frank

Believe it or not, I actually find Gasolin's lyrics to be quite refreshing. They're
different and quirky.

Besides, for me the lyrics of a song have always been secondary. If I
don't like the music, doesn't matter how great the lyrics are.

[Steven Wagenheim]

Everybody remembers the smash hit "Billy Don't Be A Hero" by Bo Donaldson
& The Heywoods. Sure you do.

Well, these are the people who wrote the tune and, IMO, this version is so
much better.

From 1974...Paper Lace

YouTube - Paper Lace - Billy Don´t Be A Hero...

[Frank Donovan]

Okay. here's a song from 1970 that is not only obscure, but also seasonally apt. It's actually my fave Halloween toon

YouTube - The Rattles - The Witch (rare 1st...

Frank

[Steven Wagenheim]

The year was 1975. This group had a monster smash hit with a song
called "Magic", which was okay. But this song, IMO their best, didn't make
a dent in the US charts. It hit # 31 in the UK, which is also nothing to write
home about.

Long lost and forgotten, and just a delightful band..

Here is Pilot with "Just A Smile" the single version.

YouTube - Pilot - Just A Smile (1975)

[Ron Kerr]

While far from obscure in Australia, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs are not well known on the international stage, although Billy Thorpe moved from Australia to the USA in the 70's, recording Children of The Sun and follow-up albums.

The Aztecs were the loudest band I ever heard, surpassing Deep Purple who were supposed to make the most noise in the early 70's.

Sadly, Billy Thorpe has passed, but his enormous voice and showmanship will always be remembered by those of us who saw him. He is probably best known for this song, which was on the soft side of what he normally did:

YouTube - Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs - Most People I Know (Live)

[Steven Wagenheim]

The year was 1977. This group, who I had first heard a couple of years
prior, had a couple of decent hits. This wasn't one of their big ones.

However, you probably recognize this from a recent car commercial, I think
it is anyway.

I saw these guys live and they just blew me away.

The Group - Kansas

The Song - "Point Of Know Return"

YouTube - Point of Know Return- Kansas

[Leanne King]

I'm loving this thread all my faves Velvet Underground, Kraftwerk , ACDC, Gary Numan, Slade, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs (and even ELO)

The Sharp - Scratch My Back

Swoop - Apple Eyes

Iggy Pop Candy

The The - This Is The Day

The Beautiful South - A Little Time

Heartbreak Beat - The Psychedelic Furs