# Outstanding tracks you think only you are aware of. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719 "2017-01-09T14:51:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719/21 "2017-01-10T18:06:24Z")
“Nobody but me” is mighty strong. But if I had to pick my favorite (relatively) obscure song by a variety of artists (or, at least, songs I never hear on the radio and that the acts never seem to perform live), I guess I’d name: Aerosmith: Lightning Strikes Cream: Dance the Night Away Electric Light Orchestra: Summer and Lightning Kinks: Shangri-la Led Zeppelin: I’m Gonna Crawl Pink Floyd: Fearless Scorpions: I’m Going Mad Van Halen: On Fire Yes: Future Times ZZTop: I Got the Message ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719/22 "2017-01-10T19:29:35Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > “September Gurls” is pretty much the first song I think of when asked “Name examples of a perfect pop song.” Great song, great band. I’m not sure they’re quite that obscure these days, at least among music lovers, (heck, the Bangles covered “September Gurls” and the them from That 70s Show is a Cheap Trick cover of a Big Star song) but the fact they didn’t get blowup huge in their heyday is sad. I agree they’re not hugely obscure, as I took the title as a bit of hyperbole: Trying to imagine something that _only you_ have heard of, which isn’t something like someone singing in the shower or some similar very private event, is futile, and the Internet is good at proving it futile. 😉 So I pitched my post at less “back of the Goodwill shop ultra-oddities which showed up on WFMU once in 2002” and more at stuff that almost hit the mainstream but has since been mostly forgotten except among the true fans. > [@](#): > > Did you see the Big Star documentary from a few years back, “Nothing Can Hurt Me”? No, but I should. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719/23 "2017-01-10T19:44:26Z")
Ha! I’m not sharing my top secret song with the likes of you! Oh, okay, but don’t tell anyone else. Van Morrison - [All Work and No Play](https://youtu.be/C7-Mfzkc2_8) The youtube with the highest # of view for this song is ~8000, whereas “Moondance” has over 6 million. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719/24 "2017-01-11T17:10:41Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > So I pitched my post at less “back of the Goodwill shop ultra-oddities which showed up on WFMU once in 2002” and more at stuff that almost hit the mainstream but has since been mostly forgotten except among the true fans. Hey, lay off WMFU! Plus, my band’s record has been played on there around a dozen times, not just once, thankyouverymuch! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719/25 "2017-01-12T04:41:16Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Hey, lay off WMFU! Plus, my band’s record has been played on there around a dozen times, not just once, thankyouverymuch! 😃 I love WFMU! I once had a college radio show called the Stochastic Hit Parade, and I’ll forever remember how that station introduced me to streaming audio and all manner of weird and wonderful music, such as [“Zombie Jamboree” by Lord Jellicoe & His Calypso Monarchs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tzukOqoQ5Y), [“Forgive Me, John” by Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjMVY_8dv84), and [“I Wanna Be A Country Singer”, by Bill Carlisle And The Carlisles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS29_Snj7WI). ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719/26 "2017-01-12T06:44:31Z")
[Lumpy Beanpole and Dirt…bad livers…aka Danny Barnes and Mark Rubin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M8p_8lq2GQ)… ENJOY… (i shout sometimes)… again ENJOY!!! tsfr ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719/27 "2017-01-12T07:03:37Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [“I Wanna Be A Country Singer”, by Bill Carlisle And The Carlisles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS29_Snj7WI). That may be the funniest novelty record ever. and on preview: Hey! I’ve met Mark Rubin! We have mutual friends, he’s great. My favorite from the Bad Livers is [Hogs on the Highway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GRpamZVK_A) ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719/28 "2017-01-12T15:45:00Z")
Hall and Oates’ [Italian Girls](https://youtu.be/Uvg8OhfMR4A) on H20. [Turn This Thing Up](https://youtu.be/xtHN51-kvj0) from Brassy. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719/29 "2017-01-12T19:50:02Z")
Diving into the WFMU archives again reminded me of two more tracks: [Linda Laurie - “Ambrose (Part 5)”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8Z4SFc3uho): In keeping with my previous picks, this is a novelty track from 1958 which never got played much on nostalgia stations. Maybe because she did both voices, and at seventeen, no less. [Tom Waits - “What’s He Building”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAkZT_4vL_Y): There are whole genres of TV show and video game which would sacrifice interns to become half as atmospheric as this track. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719/30 "2017-01-12T20:34:22Z")
My personal faves: [GWAR - She Bop Cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGZ3FFKvdsA) [James Taylor on Howard Stern playing Woodstock Acoustic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2hL6iCSFxk) As long as we’re on an acoustic kick…[James Hetfield playing Mama Said solo Acoustic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK6ym_So8vY) Speaking of James Hetfield and playing acoustic…[Beatles In My Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umg5rgL4Lr8) and just saw this for the first time…[Metallica covering Brothers In Arms Acoustic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFP9AG0hDtE) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719/31 "2017-01-13T16:15:39Z")
Anything by Emitt Rhodes self-titled album. [With My Face on the Floor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADK3RAtveY8) [Fresh as a Daisy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFOA4URZFVQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outstanding-tracks-you-think-only-you-are-aware-of/776719.md?page=1)