Great Unknown Music
 

Sorry but I have a relatively new iPod and so I'm interested in music right now. Name a song (and the band/artist that performs it) that is not widely known but is really good.

Again, I'll start.

Tremolo, Evil Twin.

Don't pay the Ferry Man by Chris DeBerg

also gotta add....

Run Runaway by Slade

"Jockey full of Bourbon" & "Tango 'til They're Sore" by Tom Waits
Also there's quite a few songs off his album "Real Gone" that I enjoyed.

--Aric

Homocide - 999 (might be too punk for you)
Nazi Punks Fuck off - Dead Kennedys
Every time I eat Vegetables, it makes me think of you - Ramones
The KKK took my Baby Away - Ramones
21 Guitar Salute - Dropkick Murphys
anything you can find by Asleep at the Wheel (yes, I'm following punk with country) best album IMHO, Collision Course.

That's enough oddity for this morning:munchin

song
 

"We're Leaving" - Devotchka

I don't know what you consider "unknown."

Eels - Mr. E's Beautiful Blues

Don't know about how unknown they are, but here's a few I get stuck in my head:

If you're in an aggressive type mood (and don't mind "Cookie Monster" vocals):
"Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste" - Norma Jean
"Through Struggle" - As I Lay Dying
"Walk" - Pantera (known, but a classic)
"Burn" - Throwdown
"Pillars of Eternity" - Down


If you're in a more mellow mood:
"Wiser Time" - The Black Crowes
"Change" - Blind Melon
"Echoes" - Pink Floyd (16 minutes and 30 seconds of sit back and relax)
"Say Goodbye" - Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds

If you're in a spiritual mood:
"King of Glory" - Third Day
"Jesus" - Rich Mullins
"Mothership" - Glisten

How's that for "one end of the spectrum to the other"?

Bandy

What! No big band sounds??????

Jim

Jim-
Just because I can.....

Best of Ellington - all vocals by Rosemary Clooney - any tune on it
Anything by Nina Simone
Coltraine ('nuff said)
Parker
Muddy Waters (blues, but killer)
Robert Johnson
Les Paul
Willie Nelson's jazz
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys (yup, big band swing and country in one place)
Count Basie

I hope this is a 40 Gb iPod - you're gonna need it RL
[OPSEC, dude, OPSEC!!!]

Warrior's Code, Dropkick Murphy's
Shipping Up to Boston, Dropkick Murphy's
The Foggy Dew, The Chieftans and Sinead O'Connor


Big Band

Anything Glenn Miller

Anything by Government Mule

+1
Warren Haynes is outstanding.

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick and Aqualung (whole album) - one song off Aqualung would have to be Hymn 43 or Locomotive Breath

Epic - Faith No More

Juan Trip- Dirty Party
Ray LaMontagne - Barfly
Richard Buckner-Ariel Ramirez
zz Top- Mescalero
Bellrays- Change The World
The Black Keys- Thick Freakness
Constantines- Lizavetta
Dengue Fever - Sui Bong
Hem- We'll Meet Along the Way
Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos- Aurora en Pekin
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Get Ready For Love
Brad Mehldau- Exit Music For a Film