# favorite B-sides **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577 "2003-02-17T04:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/21 "2003-02-18T04:52:41Z")
**Nick Cave** has had a number of cool b-sides. A couple of notable ones are: _Willow Garden_ (from the _Where The Wild Roses Grow_ single) _The Train Song_ (flip to _The Ship Song_) I’m also a sucker for the eighties era **Iron Maiden** b-sides, particularly _Total Eclipse_, which from memory was meant to be on the _Number of the Beast_ album, but was left off for some reason - it’s been put on the latest CD version, though. I’ll second or third _Wash_ from **Pearl Jam’s** _Alive_ single, as well as _Footsteps_ from _Jeremy_. **Nirvana’s** _Even In His Youth_ isn’t too shabby either (from both the _Hormoaning_ EP and _Smells Like Teen Spirit_ single). ---
**Author:** ![Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@Bedrosian\_Bixby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bedrosian_Bixby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/22 "2003-02-18T06:58:29Z")
If I recall correctly “Get Down Make Love” by **Nine Inch Nails** is the B-side to “Head Like a Hole”. It was definately a B-side, just not positive of which single. Anyway, I love that version of the song,(anyone remember if that was a remake , I seem to recall hearing that it was) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/23 "2003-02-18T13:42:18Z")
Yeah, “Get Down Make Love” is a cover of a Queen song and was the b-side to “Sin”. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/24 "2003-02-18T13:57:24Z")
So far, lots of good stuff mentioned. There is one great b-sider that hasn’t been mentioned yet: **Prince**. Some of his best songs have been b-sides. **God** , **Erotic City** , **Pop Life** - all amazing. But two of is all time best, and two of the best pop songs, IMHO, period are: **She’s Always in My Hair** and **How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore** If you haven’t heard his original version of How Come (as opposed to the version Alicia Keys did on her CD), you haven’t experienced an amazing artist doing an amazing song. For the most part, it is just Prince by himself playing piano - there are little effects or backing voices here and there, but it is “unplugged” for the most part. And it just gets you right…there. I bought his 3 CD set The Hits and the B-Sides just for that song. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/25 "2003-02-18T14:18:08Z")
My memory may be fuzzy, but I believe Queen released We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/26 "2003-02-18T15:04:49Z")
**U2’s** version of Patty Smith’s _Dancing Barefoot_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/27 "2003-02-18T15:45:14Z")
Some B-sides were sequels to the A-sides. \*\* The Eagles \*\* \* Desperato \* and the \*\* Animals \*\* \* Sky Pilot \* come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/28 "2003-02-18T18:57:13Z")
Pearl Jam’s “I got id” Bjork’s “Play Dead” was a longtime B-side that was a little gem. Tori Amos has had lots of B-sides that, at times, have been superior to her A sides. Take to the Sky, Upside Down, Flying Ducthman, Sweet Dreams, Mary, Black Swan, Merman, Sugar, Purple People, and a host of great covers (prior to her entire cover album, which wasn’t anywhere near as good a choice of songs) ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/29 "2003-02-18T19:08:44Z")
U2 had some great B-sides on the \*_Rattle and Hum_ album - their covers of _Unchained Melody_ and _Everlasting Love_ come immediately to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/30 "2003-02-18T19:14:16Z")
From that other thread… One of my favorite B-Sides of all time is also one of my favorite Peter Gabriel songs. As a B-Side on the CD-single for “Digging on the Dirt,” he made a softer version of the song “Steam.” The B-Side version is called “Quiet Steam,” and as a great improvement over a song that’s already pretty good. I love that one. Tori Amos also used to do some great B-Sides, including a lot of covers. Her versions of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Led Zeppelin’s “Thank You,” and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” all started out as B-Sides, as I recall. They’re all classic in my book. I agree with **Apos** that her cover album “Strange Little Girls” was a disappointment after some of these great songs. And adding these… Opus III’s _a capella_ version of “It’s a Fine Day” on the CD single for that song is pretty cool. U2’s “The Lady With the Spinning Head”, a B-side for their CD single of “One,” is a great song. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/31 "2003-02-19T03:56:23Z")
**Ben Folds** : “The Secret Life of Morgan Davis”, “One Down”, and “Hiro’s Song” (actually I think that one was jsut a Japan-only bonus track. How these songs didn’t make the “Rockin’ The Suburbs” album is beyond me, especially with all the orchestration in TSLOMD. ---
**Author:** ![Jberto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jberto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jberto)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/32 "2003-02-22T05:49:31Z")
I always had a soft spot for U2’s “Hallelujah Here She Comes,” which was actually on a 12-inch from one of _The Joshua Tree_ singles. ---
**Author:** ![djxiii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@djxiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djxiii)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577/33 "2003-02-22T07:07:38Z")
any b-side by \*The Catherine Wheel \* but my two faves are: **Mouthful of Air** b-side for Show Me Mary. \*\*Harder than I am \*\* unreleased until it was included on the b-side compilation ‘Like Cats and Dogs’ You could pick up anything by CW and you’d discover it was brilliant a-side OR b-side. hey TridCloudwalker… are you on Texture? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-b-sides/155577.md?page=1)