Good songs

seanwilliam4

Anyone know any really good songs that they'd like to share. I need new songs!! Softer kind of Sufjan Stevens David Gray Damien Rice Duke Special Ryan Adams Simon and Garfunkel cellos pianos bla bla bla with hooks and really good well written songsthat aren't so well known and out there or famous. or even if you know any really well written brilliant songs that don't fit this category.

Not too fussy but hate songs that are just not good for example Bright Eyes are great band but for example Four Winds they wrote is a badly written crap song. Random example but nieh.Go on ye must no some.

Help would be great. Haven't heard a good song in a while

ps Brett Drennen Ain't No Reason is a really well written good song I think.

Miguel_Sanchez

Jape - To The Sea

Smog - River Guard

Punchbowl

Second 'to the sea' by Jape

CliffHuxtabel

Anything by The Blue Nile.....like 'Tinseltown in the Rain'

bryan79

Try Josh Rouse's album Subtitulo. First tune, Quiet Town, is a fave of mine.

red_ice

Antony and the Johnsons - My Lady Story

His voice is really.. different and it takes some getting used to, but when you do... Man, what a great band. A very sad story..

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Antony And The Johnsons - Fistful Of Love
This is a better song, lyrics are quality.. if they are what i think they are about
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Nothingcompares

almost anything by low
great expectations by elbow
Declan O'Rourke – Sarah (Last Night In A Dream)
Dirty three - cinder
for a start

cautioner

You must check out "Your Ex-Lover is Dead" by Stars. Sounds right up your alley.

Gross Halfwit

Specific ...

Smog - Dress Sexy At My Funeral
Smog - Rock Bottom Riser
Justin Currie - No Surrender
Modest Mouse - Polar Opposites
The Gutter Twins - All Misery Flowers
Camphor - Shattered
The Breeders - Do You Love Me Now?
Steve Duffy - Doctor Please
Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not A Movie
Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap
Belle & Sebastian - If She Wants Me.

Not too specific ...

Elliott Smith - Anything really ... thats me saying anything really, it's not the name of a song ... but try From A Basement On a Hill or Roman Candle.

Nick Cave - Anything really ... thats me saying anything really, it's not the name of a song ... but try The Best Of or No More Shall We Part.

I take it you have listened to Jeff Buckley? If not then, Do!

I know there's more but I'm in work now & MP3 Playerless & I have a terrible memory!

Hope it helped a little ...

gollem_1975

I don't know if the following constitute not well known or famous but in terms of artists rather than songs perhaps you could check out stuff by

Nick Drake

Stephen Merritt : Magnetic Fields or the 6ths ( lo-fi indie pop )

belle and sebastien are worth a listen - I recommend tigermilk as their best album

Midlake have some good songs - roscoe , head home ( excellent harmonies and quirky lyrics )

Wilco . check out the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot or Ghost is Born albums

yevveh

If you like Sufjan you'll probably love Grizzly Bear..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ltvjOj9m-c

And you'll probably like Efterklang too..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuYAOGS_55g

Gross Halfwit, Okkervil River are pretty cool, listened to that album for the first time the other day.

sink

Got given an album by Bon Iver a few day's ago and I have to say it's excellent. It's definitely one that will grow over the next while.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Emma%2C_Forever_Ago

http://www.myspace.com/boniver

Kid V

sink wrote: »

Got given an album by Bon Iver a few day's ago and I have to say it's excellent. It's definitely one that will grow over the next while.

Ye For Emma, Forever Ago is a brilliant album and i agree with you completely. It gets better with every listen.

I'd like to recommend:

The World At Large - Modest Mouse
Fireworks - Animal Collective
Shady Lane - Pavement
Polyethylene (Parts 1&2) - Radiohead
Unfinished Business - White Lies
He War - Cat Power
23 - Blonde Redhead

queenbea

Mark Lanegan - I'll take care of you
PJ Harvey - The Piano
The Twilight Singers - Live With Me
The Black Keys - So She Won't Break
Plants And Animals - Bye Bye Bye

That's my tuppence worth

loyatemu

blur - "good song"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM92IwpzzJw

fitz0

Try anything from the Shins or try Wanderlust by Flogging Molly

Gunner5

Try the decemberists

mada999

loyatemu wrote: »

blur - "good song"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM92IwpzzJw

+1000 what a great tune!!!

seanwilliam4

This has been brilliant seriously good ye got it to a tee people thanks. Hope this helps other people who feel the same music. Sorry for delay haven't got to get on in a whle but will get around to listening to them all soon love the Justin Currie song and the Sufjan References Grizly Bear etc

Keep adding if you feel you know some greats

Placid_Casual

Gunner5 wrote: »

Try the decemberists

+1 for The Decemberists - anything from The Crane Wife, Colin Meloy is an incredible songwriter

May I also recommend
Some early REM stuff e.g. Perfect Circle, So. Central Rain
Fionn Regan - anything from the End of History (The Underwood Typewriter is my personal favourite)
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
LCD Soundsystem - New York, I love you but your bringing me down (quite different to their other stuff)
The Guillemots - Made up Lovesong No. 43
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner

Zaph

Tanya Donnelly, particularly the Whiskey Tango Ghosts album

Ekels

I agree definitely with Our Life Is Not a Movie by Okkervil River, as well as 23 by Blonde Redhead.
Invalid Litter Dept. by At The Drive-In
Alone Again Or by Love
More or less everything by Elliott Smith (LA, Somebody That I Used to Know, Independence Day, Bled White..) and the Cure are a great source for pop tunes.

zorkmundsson

Modern Girl- Sleater Kinney

Busby Berkeley Dreams- Magnetic Fields

Pighead

If you're a fan of Joy Division rip off tunes then you could do worse than to listen to this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Dse93xn_I

If you really really like Joy Division and hate all the bastard incarnations then it's probably best you don't click the link. (Hi Dudess)

JaneyMc

I really like She Wants Revenge, picked up thier album after I hear their song with Timbaland, which is great. The lead dude has a very sexy voice. The only problem is a lot of thier songs sound the same.

seanwilliam4

Thanks a lot. I have listened to most of them now. There are some I have loved and others I didn't

1.Jape Second to the sea - Couldn't find anywhere but sounds like it might be good

2. The Blue Nile - also couldn't get

3. Josh Rouse - I had known this and great song it is. Well done!

4. Anthony and the Johnstons: thought I wouldn't like them. I did. Good music but they are weird!! Dead boy song?

5. Declan O Rourke Sarah : knew this love it ta

6. Your ex Lover Is dead....Class love the cellos and harmonies

7. Dress sexy at my funeral - very good
Riser song - Good but not as good as Funeral song
Justin Currie - No Surrender best song I've heard on this some song thanks couldn't find it anywhere but youtube
All Misery Flowers I liked this
Our love is not a movie really like this maybe not what I was looking for of just nice melodies with piano cello soft etc but still class
The boy with the Arab Strap - Thought was boringish
If she wants me : this wasn't bad but not the best I've ever heard

I love Elliot Smith but Roman Candle I think is a poor song He has some spine chilling brilliant songs and some mediocre songs. Some greats are say yes Miss Misery Tomorrow Twilight Independence day. Some bads are Needle in the hay poor song doesn't sound good Roman Candle alameda also

I didn't take to Nick Cave. Thanks though a lot of those were good

I REALLY liked Midlake



The World At Large - Modest Mouse good
Fireworks - Animal Collective ok
Shady Lane - Pavement ok
Polyethylene (Parts 1&2) - Radiohead very good
Unfinished Business - White Lies didnt hear
He War - Cat Power ok
23 - Blonde Redhead good to very good


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26-06-2008, 14:11 #14 queenbea
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Mark Lanegan - I'll take care of you - no
PJ Harvey - The Piano - too dark 4 me
The Twilight Singers - Live With Me I liked this
The Black Keys - So She Won't Break no
Plants And Animals - Bye Bye Bye good but not really what i was looking for

Flogging Molly song wasn't really what I was looking for

Decemberists didnt get round to yet

Grizzly bear good but weird

Underwood Typewriter - I knew great song

New York I love you.......very very good

Coles Corner : very different to my description I think but thanks though

Haven't got around to the rest yet but seriously all of you thanks a million. They've been good