So, I was thinking the other day about songs that for some reason or another never became the great hits they deserved to be.

Take "Can't you hear me knockin" for example. An absolutely fantastic rock song, and my favorite RS song, but many many people out there probably won't ever hear it.

Aonther one that comes to mind is Led Zeppelin's Since I've been lovin you.
The best blues song I know of, and the same story. People who are not fans of LZ will most likely never come over this song, unless for some reason they stumble across LZ III.

And in this day and age, fewer and fewer poeple buy whole albums, or so it seems.
Therefor my Q is, what is you favorite "Hidden gems"?
Songs that one is not likely to come across without being somewhat fans of a band?

-TomR

The Rolling Stones - I Am Waiting

I'm not sure if these count as hidden but maybe:

Serge Gainsbourg - Le rock de Nerval





Tyrannosaurus Rex (Marc Bolan) - Chariots of Silk





David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul





Syd Barrett - Love Song





Kate Bush - Jig of Life

Air & Françoise Hardy - Jeanne





The Waterboys - The Stolen Child





Jacques Dutronc - Les rois de la Réforme

Well, for the Stones I would include:

Sway
Dead Flowers
Moonlight Mile
All Down the Line
Let It Loose
Loving Cup
Torn and Frayed
Shine A Light
Winter
Hand of Fate
Fool to Cry
Memory Motel
Black Limousine
Worried About You
Heaven
No Use in Crying

The Specials: Ghost Town

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The Specials: Ghost Town

Probably a hidden gem for us in the States, but in the UK it was a #1 single for a few weeks. I was in the UK in the summer of 1981 and that song was everywhere.
Great record, great single.

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71Tele
The Specials: Ghost Town

Probably a hidden gem for us in the States, but in the UK it was a #1 single for a few weeks. I was in the UK in the summer of 1981 and that song was everywhere.
Great record, great single.

You had to seek it out in the States. 12" 3-song EP. It had "Friday Night/Saturday Morning" too. What was the third song? Can't remember...

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So, I was thinking the other day about songs that for some reason or another never became the great hits they deserved to be.

Take "Can't you hear me knockin" for example. An absolutely fantastic rock song, and my favorite RS song, but many many people out there probably won't ever hear it.

Aonther one that comes to mind is Led Zeppelin's Since I've been lovin you.
The best blues song I know of, and the same story. People who are not fans of LZ will most likely never come over this song, unless for some reason they stumble across LZ III.

And in this day and age, fewer and fewer poeple buy whole albums, or so it seems.
Therefor my Q is, what is you favorite "Hidden gems"?
Songs that one is not likely to come across without being somewhat fans of a band?

-TomR

I love Can you hear me knocking and since I've been loving you.
My favorite hidden gem is Winter from GHS, I started a thread about it.

Mick's rock, I'm roll.

Moonlight mile i remember when they played it in boston 1999 and a good chunk of the crowd seemed clueless

As a rule a good chunk of any crowd is always clueless.

I remember half the crwod did not know it - I was thrilled that they played it!

...bowie has so mant gems.... Lady Grinning Soul is one of them. so is Wild Is the Wind....

Stones most hidden gems must be for us die hard fans: Family and Memo from Turner.

I'm sure every norwegian on the board knows this one, the rest of you, may be not

Big Bang - To the mountains




Big bang

-TomR

Thanx tomremi. I love to find new musical discoveries like this. I like it, maybe it's a northern thing with this band. Not Norwegian but Finnish.

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-TomR

Kate Bush on Elvis..sheer beauty.

This album has a bit of a cult following, but perhaps your casual King Crimson/prog rock fan might miss it and/or not like it because it ain't very KC or 'eavy.

It's mostly written by the original KC member(Ian McDonald) who wrote most of the first King Crimson album.

Anyway Ian McDonald and Michael Giles recorded this album in 1970 after they left King Crimson in December 1969. I love it!









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Thanks Dali. I never heard that Swanee River song. It's great down to earth Chuck. Great production too.

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Aerosmith has an album called Gems - Chip Away the Stone that is one my favorite hidden gems. I've always wished the Stones would do something like this but with the internet they don't need to any more.

Back Street Girl
Black Limousine
Little Queenie

All Stones songs, and all gems

Paul McCartney - Back Seat of My Car

No Doubt - Sunday Morning

-TomR

Hand of Fate
Moon Is Up
Almost Hear You Sight
Out of Control
Moonlight Mile
Sleep Tonight
All the Way Down
I am Waiting
Luxury
Fast Talking, Slow Walking
Stealing My Heart

And many others



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Ismaël Lô - Dibi Dibi Rek





France Gall - Teenie Weenie Boppie

L.S.D., death and Mick Jagger. Written by Serge Gainsbourg.





The Manic Street Preachers - You Love Us

The 1991 version. Starts with a picture of Brian Jones.

The Libertines talk got me thinking of this again:

Dirty Pretty Things' Truth Begins.

The best song from their absurdly underrated second album and one of the best songs. Just wonderful.

I always considered "Can You Hear Me" more of a FM radio song, I can't see it being an AM hit. I always thought "Silver Train" should have been a decent AM hit in the 70's. I know some consider it an "All Down the Line" knock off, but it has a catchy chorus and chugs along at a nice pace. "All Down the Line" is almost too frenetic to be an AM hit.

I read others mentioning Bowie in this thread, I always thought "Stay" should have been top 40.

Blues for the ages





-TomR