Most underated song

Here are some more underated songs:
Streets of your Town - The Go Betweens
Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
Mary of the Fourth Form - The Boomtown Rats
Strange Kind of Love - Love and Money
Jocelyn Square - Love and Money
Too Good to be True - The Tom Robinson Band
Spanish Eyes - U2
Time Passages - Al Stewart
Small Blue Thing - Suzanne Vega
Everything's Gone Green - New Order
The Perfect Kiss - New Order
Being Bored - The Pet Shop Boys
Disenchanted Angry Young Men - The Communards
Love and Money - The Bronski Beat

3 from the 80s.

Each band has more well known and recognizable songs, but these are little gems.

OMD



China Crisis



Depeche Mode

BOSTIK wrote: »

3 from the 80s.

Each band has more well known and recognizable songs, but these are little gems.

OMD

China Crisis

Depeche Mode

Underrated songs by these artistes, I would go for the following:
OMD: Electricity.
China Crisis: You Did Cut Me
Depeche Mode: Halo and Waiting For The Night (both from Violator)

Major respect to those who mentioned Squeeze, could also mention "Pulling Mussels from A Shell", one of their most literate (and rudest) songs.

As a most underrated artist I'd have to say Kirsty McColl. Ironically some of her biggest hits were covers (A New England,Days) but she was a superb songwriter who could link a supremely catchy tune with a great lyric.

I could mention "Caroline" but here is her video for "Terry" with Ade Edmondson as the wimp.

On the topic of misheard lyrics, I always thought Pulling mussels from the shell was Pulling Muscles for Michelle (as in a guy posing to impress Michelke)

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

For me

Depeche Mode: But Not Tonight

Since we're on the topic of amazing DM b-sides which might not be very well known and thus underrated:

Their very first back in 1981, this is the fantastic Ice Machine, b-side to the inferior Dreaming of Me:



and from 2009, Oh Well (Black Light Odyssey Remix), on the Wrong single:

There are so many underrated songs by Depeche Mode. Here are some more: Behind The Wheel, Shake the Disease and Precious.

And what about two of the last truly great British bands The Smiths and the Clash some underated songs there.

Please please please let me get what I want The Smiths
Hand in Glove The Smiths
Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths
That Joke aint Funny anymore The Smiths
Panic The Smiths
William That Joke aint Funny anymore The Smiths
What difference does it make The Smiths
The Queen is Dead The Smiths
Cemetery Gates The Smiths
Heaven Knows Im Miserable The Smiths
This Charming Man The Smiths
Ask The Smiths
Big mouth Strikes Again The Smiths
The Boy with the Thorn in his Side The Smiths
Shoplifters of the World Unite The Smiths

and the majestic
How Soon is Now The Smiths
Did the Smiths write one bad song, I dont think so. Best British band of last 35 years bar none. Actually I should best Irish Manchester band. What was the qoute , The Smiths were more Irish then U2 , 8 of the Smiths parents came from Ireland, only 4 of U2. And Morrisey is Robbie keanes cousin. The other quote was, Oasis are the best band to come out of Ireland since the Smiths

The best British band of last 45 years is The Clash again had some great underated songs

Magnificent Seven The Clash
Complete Control The Clash
White Man in Hammersmith Palais The Clash
Straight to Hell The Clash
Rudie cant Fail The Clash
Guns of Brixton The Clash
Rock the Casbah The Clash
Death or Glory The Clash
Train in Vain The Clash
Bankrobber The Clash
Spanish Bombs The Clash
Im so bored with the USA The Clash
Charlie Dont Surf The Clash
Lost in the Supermarkets The Clash

Underated Beatles Songs

1 Hey Bulldog
2 Two of Us
3 Sun king
4 No Reply
5 Im so Tired
6 For no One
7 Rain
8 Mother Natures Son
9 Im a Loser
10 The Word
11 And your bird can Sing
12 Girl
13 Baby your a Rich Man
14 I got a Feeling
15 Your going to lose that Girl

Sonny678 wrote: »

REM have some great tunes underated, they went on run of albums in late 80s to early 90s that was unreal.
Driver 8 REM
So Central Rain REM
Drive REM
Perfect Circles REM
Gardening at Night REM
Finest Worksong REM
World leader Pretend REM
Pretty Persuasion REM
Dont go back to Rock ville REM
Half a World Away REM
Near Wild Heaven REM
E Bow the letter REM
Find the River REM
Night swimming REM
What's the Frequency Kenneth REM
Orange Crush REM
Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
and the magnificent
Fall on Me REM
and the brillant
Country Feedback REM
A truly great band along with Nirvana and Public Enemy REM are the last truly great American band up there with the The Beach Boys , The Byrds , The Doors.

I am a fan of a lot of stuff that REM do, but, for me, their most underrated song is: Radio Free Europe.

Sonny678 wrote: »

And what about two of the last truly great British bands The Smiths and the Clash some underated songs there.

Please please please let me get what I want The Smiths
Hand in Glove The Smiths
Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths
That Joke aint Funny anymore The Smiths
Panic The Smiths
William That Joke aint Funny anymore The Smiths
What difference does it make The Smiths
The Queen is Dead The Smiths
Cemetery Gates The Smiths
Heaven Knows Im Miserable The Smiths
This Charming Man The Smiths
Ask The Smiths
Big mouth Strikes Again The Smiths
The Boy with the Thorn in his Side The Smiths
Shoplifters of the World Unite The Smiths
and the majestic
How Soon is Now The Smiths
Did the Smiths write one bad song, I dont think so. Best British band of last 35 years bar none. Actually I should best Irish Manchester band. What was the qoute , The Smiths were more Irish then U2 , 8 of the Smiths parents came from Ireland, only 4 of U2. And Morrisey is Robbie keanes cousin. The other quote was, Oasis are the best band to come out of Ireland since the Smiths
The best British band of last 45 years is The Clash again had some great underated songs
Magnificent Seven The Clash
Complete Control The Clash
White Man in Hammersmith Palais The Clash
Straight to Hell The Clash
Rudie cant Fail The Clash
Guns of Brixton The Clash
Rock the Casbah The Clash
Death or Glory The Clash
Train in Vain The Clash
Bankrobber The Clash
Spanish Bombs The Clash
Im so bored with the USA The Clash
Charlie Dont Surf The Clash
Lost in the Supermarkets The Clash

The thing about The Smiths is that I like a lot of their stuff, but I'm not sure about underrated - maybe the song The Queen is Dead. I like some Clash stuff, but, again, I can't think of underrated songs by them.

Sonny678 wrote: »

Underated Beatles Songs
1 Hey Bulldog
2 Two of Us
3 Sun king
4 No Reply
5 Im so Tired
6 For no One
7 Rain
8 Mother Natures Son
9 Im a Loser
10 The Word
11 And your bird can Sing
12 Girl
13 Baby your a Rich Man
14 I got a Feeling
15 Your going to lose that Girl

I would be partial to some Beatles, especially their later stuff. They were a class act, but, again, I'm not sure if any of their songs were underrated: maybe Goodnight from The White Album. Ringo gives an unexpectedly striking vocal performance.

BOSTIK wrote: »

2 more from some 80s legends:

Duran Duran, this 1989 single doesn't appear on any of their compilations and never get airplay but it's excellent:

Great choice. I love the Big Thing album; the other two singles get more attention but ...Shame is great. The song used to promote Decade - Burning The Ground - is even more obscure.

BOSTIK wrote: »

Tears for Fears from the early 90s, great track

I remember that was the "new song" on the 1992 Greatest Hits. Although a version of it appeared on the Sowings The Seeds Of Love B-Side and was also added to the Japanese CD of the album. Nice tune too.