Most underated song

gmisk · 20-09-2019 9:15pm

Some or my favourites
Eddie money - take me home tonight
The outfield - your love
Tegan and Sara - the con
The Aces - stuck

Outkast_IRE · 20-09-2019 9:21pm

For me gotta say this lifts me everytime i hear it , nothing beats a brass band on top form.

Look them up on spotify for best sound quality - There is no perfect youtube video.

CalamariFritti · 20-09-2019 9:27pm

Not sure its truly underrated but it never gets a mention when Prince comes up. But what a track it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7vRSu_wsNc

CalamariFritti · 20-09-2019 9:31pm

Ironman76 wrote: »

Talk Talk - Life’s What You Make It

One of the best songs ever

Has the 'hit problem' though, heard it too often. Living In Another World would be another underrated song favourite.

Talk Talk are one of the most underrated bands I think. Especially from Colour of Spring (absolute masterpiece) onwards. Sadly Mark Hollis passed away earlier this year.

The Rape of Lucretia · 20-09-2019 10:20pm

The sadly neglected Tanz Bambolina. A true miracle and pinnacle of Euro pop. It really encapsulates all that the European project is about, neatly wrapped up in a masterclass in 80s pop music, ticking all the boxes, synthetic, 'space' sound, handheld keyboard, robotic dance (well, from the man who gave us Rock and Roll Robot), language switching, a smattering of krautrock, but tempered by the genuinely neat melodic phrase starting with 'amami, baciami, etc'. It has it all. Yet rather than a world recognised classic of the genre, it rests, underrated. For the gap between merit, and rating, it surely claims the prize here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vNPHxpfDJw

NewbridgeIR · 21-09-2019 10:23am

Think of 1995 Britpop singles and Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Cast, Supergrass all spring to mind.

But this was best of all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j42HZoBVJ1s

BDI · 21-09-2019 10:32am

neirbloom wrote: »

Love this one from the captain.

Still gets plenty of play in my kitchen. I’d say one of the top songs of all time.

Morgans · 21-09-2019 12:02pm

The two most popular Squeeze songs were picked earlier. Both brilliant. But in terms of a pure pop song, their best and therefore underrated is this one. Could happily listen on repeat for hours.

https://youtu.be/cp9n3mhobPw

NewbridgeIR · 21-09-2019 12:11pm

Morgans wrote: »

The two most popular Squeeze songs were picked earlier. Both brilliant. But in terms of a pure pop song, their best and therefore underrated is this one. Could happily listen on repeat for hours.

https://youtu.be/cp9n3mhobPw

Brilliant.

This compilation belongs in every collection.

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Morgans · 21-09-2019 12:23pm

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Brilliant.

This compilation belongs in every collection.

Love mcalmont and butler and I don't know if this should be considered a britpop song - from that era and members of the band connected with the las and ocean colour scene but this is such a good song, different style admittedly. Another one that has never got old despite constant playing.

https://youtu.be/PUzxds_XqQM

LoughNeagh2017 · 21-09-2019 12:24pm

Maybe something like "Leave out all the rest" by Linkin Park, there are many songs that are better than "In the end", this is why you can't trust music charts, the demo of In the End was actually better than the original.

loyatemu · 25-09-2019 12:12pm

Tears for Fears - you hear Shout, Everybody wants to rule the world and Mad World all the time, but this one (which was also a big hit at the time) has been largely forgotten:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVa-3xmwTRA

NuttyMcNutty · 25-09-2019 12:14pm

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbWJO8RMg1A

One the greatest artists of all time yet so many of his songs so many don't know!

Not his song though, Prince also done a cover of this. He's good though.

NuttyMcNutty · 25-09-2019 12:16pm

Yeah, for me her best song.

NuttyMcNutty · 25-09-2019 12:22pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Class

How Soon Is Now · 25-09-2019 9:01pm

NuttyMcNutty wrote: »

Not his song though, Prince also done a cover of this. He's good though.

Ya until someone mentioned it earlier in the thread i never knew it wasnt his!

Never heard any of the other versions either but i remember since i first heard me da playing this when i was a kid that always liked how it sounded obviously more as got older.

As i mentioned in the original post a lot of songs he has released are obviously well known but he has a few that are not played as much which should be!

NuttyMcNutty · 26-09-2019 3:11pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Ya until someone mentioned it earlier in the thread i never knew it wasnt his!

Never heard any of the other versions either but i remember since i first heard me da playing this when i was a kid that always liked how it sounded obviously more as got older.

As i mentioned in the original post a lot of songs he has released are obviously well known but he has a few that are not played as much which should be!

Here's Prince version :cool:

Declan A Walsh · 26-09-2019 5:50pm

loyatemu wrote: »

Tears for Fears - you hear Shout, Everybody wants to rule the world and Mad World all the time, but this one (which was also a big hit at the time) has been largely forgotten:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVa-3xmwTRA

I think their three most underrated songs are The Working Hour, Advice for the Young at Heart and The Hurting. I could not say which is most underrated.

NewbridgeIR · 26-09-2019 6:16pm

Hoping for a 30th anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of The Seeds Of Love in line with the previous two albums. Released on 25 September 1989, same day I started in Waterford RTC. Came home with the LP in a KG Discs bag.

Sonny678 · 26-09-2019 6:52pm

Any song by the go betweens. The greatest band of the 80s bar none. REM and the Smiths were great but the go betweens were a different level. Great sound and brillant lyrics. Australia's greatest musical act. Always felt if they were from london or Manchester they would have got more acclaim. Anything outside Britian or USA does seem to be seen as little bit less cool from music press intelligensia.

Actually two more Australian artists also are underated.
Nick Cave is one of best songwriters of last 20 years yet he is underated while someone like Paul Weller ( who was a great songwriter in 80s eg The Jam and Style Council ) who hasnt written anything since mid 90s is heralded by British music press, while Cave is ignored.

Inxs , not a great band by any means. But they had some cracking singles.

Anywhere here is some great songs underated from Downunder

1 The Go Betweens Streets of your Town
2 The Go Betweens Cattle and Cane
3 The Go Betweens Bachelor kisses
4 The Go Betweens Spring Rain
5 Nick Cave Into my Arms
6 Nick Cave Mercy Seat
7 Nick Cave The Ship Song
8 Nick Cave The one I have been waiting for
9 Inxs Never tear us Apart
10 Inxs Mystify

From Irish point of view probaly the most underated Irish songwriter is Rory Gallagher. People say he was great guitarist which he was but people rarely say he was a great songwriter which he was. Here are some of his great underated songs

1 Rory Gallagher Philby
2 Rory Gallagher A Million Miles Away
3 Rory Gallagher I Fall Apart
4 Rory Gallagher Crest of a Wave
5 Rory Gallagher Daughter of the Everglades

Declan A Walsh · 26-09-2019 10:03pm

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

LadyW · 27-09-2019 11:10am

ALL Love and Money songs are underrated. They are a very underrated band in my opinion.

BOSTIK · 27-09-2019 3:00pm

3 from the 80s.

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

OMD

China Crisis

Depeche Mode

How Soon Is Now · 27-09-2019 3:52pm

NuttyMcNutty wrote: »

Here's Prince version :cool:

Have to say i much rather the George Micheal version!

Declan A Walsh · 27-09-2019 8:15pm

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)

NewbridgeIR · 27-09-2019 9:37pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

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)

For me
OMD: Never Turn Away (sombre fourth single from Junk Culture)
China Crisis: Arizona Sky (Single Version)
Depeche Mode: But Not Tonight

IAMAMORON · 27-09-2019 10:30pm

retalivity · 27-09-2019 10:40pm

One of the best pop songs of the last 5 years

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

cml387 · 27-09-2019 10:52pm

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pivL4QdtiuM

NIMAN · 29-09-2019 8:15am

Slightly biased as a fellow mucker, but this just oozes class from Bronagh

The high horse brigade · 29-09-2019 8:19am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4QbJRAWvRU

NIMAN · 29-09-2019 8:36am

Listening to the OMD links, brings back some great memories of my teenage years, but there new song is a future classic, blending a new and fresh song with a feeling of the 1980s. Well done Andy!

anewme · 29-09-2019 11:29am

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)

BOSTIK · 30-09-2019 10:03am

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

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)

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

For me
OMD: Never Turn Away (sombre fourth single from Junk Culture)
China Crisis: Arizona Sky (Single Version)
Depeche Mode: But Not Tonight

Halo is an absolute beast of a song, a huge favourite among DM fans. Had it been released as a single it'd still be heard on the airwaves.

Arizona Sky is a good call, I've the 7" at home somewhere.

Electricity is not bad at all.

BOSTIK · 01-10-2019 12:23pm

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:

loyatemu · 01-10-2019 4:01pm

Great Stones song from one of their more underrated albums:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dLa2l1tyx0

Declan A Walsh · 01-10-2019 5:38pm

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

IAMAMORON · 02-10-2019 11:07am

IAMAMORON · 02-10-2019 11:07am

Sonny678 · 02-10-2019 3:30pm

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.

Sonny678 · 02-10-2019 3:52pm

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

Sonny678 · 02-10-2019 4:01pm

And U2 have some great underated b sides that are underated

U2 luminous Times
U2 Holy Joe
U2 Spanish Eyes
U2 Hallelujah Here she comes
U2 Salome
U2 11 O Clock tick tock
U2 Party Girl
U2 North and South of the River
U2 Sunmer Rain
U2 The Ground Beneath her Feet

U2 3 best b sides 3 of their best tunes
U2 Original version of The Sweetest thing
U2 The Lady with Spinning Head
And the excellent U2 Love comes Tumbling Down

Underated Songs on U2 albums
U2 Out of Control
U2 Drowning Man
U2 Wire
U2 Trip through your Wires
U2 God Part 2
U2 So Cruel
U2 Lemon
U2 Zooropa
U2 The Wanderer.
U2 Your Blue Room
U2 Coming Down
U2 Mofo
U2 Do you feel Loved
U2 Wolves
U2 Kite

0gac3yjefb5sv7 · 02-10-2019 4:02pm

Black and Yellow by Wiz Khalifa

Sonny678 · 02-10-2019 4:17pm

Springsteen has some great underated Songs

Bruce Springsteen Cindy
other underated Springsteen songs below
Something in the Night
New York City Serenade
Growing up
Racing in the Streets
Tougher then the Rest
If I Should Fall Behind
Independence Day
Leap of Faith
Wreck on the Highway
Girls in their Summer Clothes
Nebraska
Blinded by the Light
Im on Fire
Highway Patrol Man
Sandy
Reason to Believe
Lost in the Flood
Atlantic City
Spirit in the City
Prove it all Night
Backstreets

Sonny678 · 02-10-2019 4:30pm

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

NewbridgeIR · 02-10-2019 5:12pm

Sonny678 wrote: »

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

The Smiths had a couple of substandard tracks. Golden Lights, Death At One’s Elbow. But otherwise an extremely high standard. Brilliant live; serious presence. Frustratingly they have a small enough back catalogue but three tracks are still unavailable on CD.
Their 1995 Singles compilation is a disgrace with album versions galore.

The Clash’s most underrated work is the entire Give ‘Em Enough Rope album - you didn’t include anything from it in your list.

Declan A Walsh · 02-10-2019 5:59pm

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 · 03-10-2019 2:25pm

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:

Tears for Fears from the early 90s, great track

NewbridgeIR · 03-10-2019 7:49pm

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.

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

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.

Morgans · 03-10-2019 7:57pm

These aren't neccessarily my favorite songs but compared to their more popular hits, I'm surprised that the world didnt point me in their direction earlier. (Im going with that as my standard for underrated. With that in mind. Dexys best tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mYxZUJt4xc

Most underated song

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