Heh, I know that as a cover done by the Toadies. I remember them introducing it variously as a Pylon cover and as “this is a cover originally by a totally non-famous band” I’d never heard the original.
and since the Toadies almost count as obscure, here’s one of my favorites of theirs that never made it to the radio:
I think “Possum Kingdom” is the only Toadie’s song I’ve heard before.
Here’s REM’s cover of “Crazy” by Pylon.
Jim Carroll Band: People Who Died
Seatrain – 13 Questions
Python Lee Jackson – In a Broken Dream (with guest vocalist Rod Stewart).
McDonald and Giles – Suite in C
The Flying Lizards – Money
Rhinoceros – Apricot Brandy
I would like to add Rush’s Double Agent.
Sanford and Townsend-- Squire James. The one redeeming cut on an album otherwise full of catchy but forgettable 70s pop.
Is that the one where he’s beating (“drumming”) on the steering wheel at the same time? One of my favorite Clarence moments.
Very obscure, but it did get occasional airplay (in San Diego at least) in the early 70’s.
Group: Touch
Album: Touch
Song: Alesha and Others/Seventy-Five
I still listen to this, quite often.
I can never get this song out of my head for very long. Computer speakers don’t do it justice, and you probably want to be following along with the lyrics.
“Thrash Unreal” by Against Me!
“City Bound (E Train)” by Novo Combo
“This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide” by The Kings
“Can-Utility And The Coastliners” by Genesis
(Not really rock. but when else would I get to post this?) “Far From The Beaten Paths” by Jean-Luc Ponty
In the early 90’s my friends and I discovered a laser-tag place and we spent way too much money there. One of their gracious offerings was that they’d either play their music on over the speakers in the battle rooms or let you bring in a mix of your own (pre-screened to make sure the lyrics wouldn’t offend passers-by). My friend and I started creating 10-minute mix tapes for our sessions and the management asked us for copies (compensated in time for us and our friends to play). I wanted to create a strange theme for a session, but for some reason couldn’t find the singles to mix:
The flip-side of the tape (to cover the second-half of our 20-minute session) would have been more common pieces
Sorry…no U-tube links.
–G!
…We’re gonna
Syncopate
Your mother
In a cardboard box
–YOU BETTER RUN!
…–Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
…You Better Run
…The Wall
Ian Moore – Muddy Jesus
Touch, you say, here are a few more:
Don’t You Know What Love is/Call Me When the Spirit Moves You
Black Star
Different group. “My” TOUCH was ten years before, late 60’s, one of the earliest (and best) progressive rock bands.
Alesha and Others: *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--nPMR7yyy4
*Seventy-Five: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duDur1fFv24
The Refreshments - Mekong
Cracker’s cover of Ike Reilly Assasination’s Duty Free
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers - Americano
Here are three (well, the first two for sure, the third maybe not so much):
Great thread, I haven’t thought about some of these albums in years.
From the same album: It’s Hard to be a Saint in the City
Also from 10 Mistakes: Superman
Tune borrowedd from Zappa’s Take Your Clothes Off when you Dance.
From the same album: Song of Job
Also from Dead Letter Office: Ages Of You
and
“Girl of my Dreams”, Bram Tchaikovsky. I actually heard this a couple years ago while walking at the mall. It’s probably the only song ever to make the American Top 40 that’s about an inflatable sex doll.
It was a minor hit in the summer of 1979.
p.s. That Golden Earring song is actually called “Twilight Zone”.
Ok, just one more. I love this one so much, I’m going to learn to play it tonight.
Doo Rag - Trudge
“Don’t Look At My Girl Like That”, Duke Robillard