# Their most underrated song. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977 "2007-01-06T22:11:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/21 "2007-01-07T08:00:04Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] If you’d like to expand the OP to entire double albums, the 1969 Live set is just awesomely good, and sells few copies. I bought it in the mid eighties on vinyl, and I’m sure it’s been hard to find for much of the time since. It’s rereleased as two seperate discs now for some reason. [/QUOTE] The one with the ass on the cover? It’s AMAZING - seriously SO essential that, like you, I don’t understand why it isn’t more lauded or spoken of. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/22 "2007-01-07T13:01:46Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Pink Floyd has a couple,When The Tigers Broke Free from The Wall… Not surprising really, given that it only appeared on the film and not the album. So most Pink Floyd fans didn’t get a chance to listen to it more than a couple of times unless they bought the single that it B sided or, more recently, the “Best Of” album. > [@Sgt Schwartz](#): > > Damn, I meant “Wot’s Uh Deal” fixing typos when none existed. It’s _Wot’s… uh the Deal_. From the same album, I’ve always liked _Childhood’s End_ and _Stay_. _Stay_ has a nice chorus. _The Narrow Way_ from Ummugumma is another favourite of mine, particularly parts one and three. It’s a pity their production values weren’t as high then as they became later on. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/23 "2007-01-07T14:04:47Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I’ve said this before, but I think _Hey Bulldog_ is outstanding and really underrated. [/QUOTE] Yep. And I love _Baby You’re a Rich Man_. Another one is _You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)_, at least the _Anthology_ version. I had heard about this supposedly embarrasing novelty song the Beatles did late in their career, long before I heard the song itself. It’s great! Really nice tune, and the “Hello and welcome to Slagger’s” stuff at the end cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/24 "2007-01-07T14:24:43Z")
The first Beatles song that sprang to mind was YKMN-LUTN. They really loosened themselves up for that one, huh. When I thought about it, I remembered “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” has always been one of my favorite kickass Beatles songs, but I’ve never seen anyone else who likes it. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/25 "2007-01-07T14:45:34Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] I regard a fairly hefty majority of the Pet Shop Boys’ oeuvre to be either Very Good, Excellent, or Should Be Declared The National Anthem; given that there are approximately three of their tracks that anyone on this continent has ever heard of, that should give you an idea of the extent of the choice. If I had to choose, I’d say “Miracles,” which I’m busily evangelizing to everyone. [/QUOTE] I completely agree with you on “Miracles”; that song improves my mood instantly whenever I listen to it. Two of my favorite neglected songs are “Mad About You” by Sting and “I Burn for You” by The Police. They both have a fantastic (in both senses of the word) vibe, but I think both are ill-known by fans. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/26 "2007-01-07T15:41:15Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I’ve said this before, but I think _Hey Bulldog_ is outstanding and really underrated. [/QUOTE] Good call; that probably would have been my pick. That song rocks! But it’s hidden away on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack (even though it’s not in the movie) which has very few original Beatles songs. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/27 "2007-01-07T16:03:41Z")
[QUOTE=1920s Style “Death Ray”] Not surprising really, given that it only appeared on the film and not the album. So most Pink Floyd fans didn’t get a chance to listen to it more than a couple of times unless they bought the single that it B sided or, more recently, the “Best Of” album. [/QUOTE] I could’ve swore it was on the CD, but you’re right - I checked Amazon and it’s not on the tracklisting. I know the song well though, and not from the movie or a “Best Of” - it must have been on some CD version of the Wall. Maybe the first edition of the CD? My dad would’ve bought it as soon as it was released and that’s whose Wall CD I would’ve been listening to ~15 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/28 "2007-01-07T16:23:30Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] I could’ve swore it was on the CD, but you’re right - I checked Amazon and it’s not on the tracklisting. I know the song well though, and not from the movie or a “Best Of” - it must have been on some CD version of the Wall. Maybe the first edition of the CD? My dad would’ve bought it as soon as it was released and that’s whose Wall CD I would’ve been listening to ~15 years ago. [/QUOTE] It was never part of _The Wall_ on LP or CD, but it was issued as a single. It now appears on the remastered edition of _The Final Cut_, inserted into the middle of what used to be Side One. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/29 "2007-01-07T16:27:26Z")
For covers, Tina Turner singing _The Bitch is Back_ on Two Rooms, and Nick Cave doing _Let It Be_ on I am Sam. But what was the greatest Beatles song? “There are places I remember, all my life, though some have changed. …” ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/30 "2007-01-07T16:27:37Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] It was never part of _The Wall_ on LP or CD, but it was issued as a single. It now appears on the remastered edition of _The Final Cut_, inserted into the middle of what used to be Side One. [/QUOTE] Maybe I do know it from the movie . . . Is that the one he sings from the balcony, at the beginning? ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/31 "2007-01-07T17:04:57Z")
“Summer Highland Falls” by Billy Joel comes to mind. I don’t think anything on Abbey Road is underrated; I love the album and all, but I’ve heard consistent praise for it from many sources. My favorite underrated Beatles’ song is probably “The Inner Light.” ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/32 "2007-01-07T17:17:06Z")
No, it’s split into two parts. The first plays at the very beginning of the movie while “Daddy” is getting prepared for his last day, he’s about to get killed in WWII, but he doesn’t know it yet. _It was just before dawn, One miserable morning in black '44…_ The second and third verse play as young Pink digs up his father’s uniform, some live ammunition, and the note from “kind old King George” informing his family that father was gone. There was a lot of material cut from _The Wall_ which was originally intended to be put onto a following album. _The Final Cut_ ended up being that album but _When The Tigers Broke Free_ didn’t make it to either of them. It was only on the film. It was then on the B side of a single, I’m not sure which one, and it is now on _Echoes_, the remastered _Final Cut_ and on various unofficial compilation albums. The song that the dude sings from the balcony would be _In The Flesh?_ and appears on _The Wall_ album as well as the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/33 "2007-01-07T17:18:41Z")
That was a reply to **Cisco** in case it’s not clear. 60 Seconds is a long time when you’ve nothing to do but wait. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/34 "2007-01-07T17:29:21Z")
Didja know that Alice Cooper just covered that song on the new tribute album _Butchering The Beatles_? It’s also got Steve Vai on guitar and it _kicks!_ ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/35 "2007-01-07T17:30:38Z")
Shoot! Meant to quote the posts about _“Hey Bulldog”_. Oops! ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/36 "2007-01-07T17:36:24Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I think the whole second disc of _Physical Graffiti_ is underrated. Not only “Down By the Seaside,” but “In the Light” and “Ten Years Gone” are both great songs. [/QUOTE] I was going to chime in with “In the Light” because I never hear it mentioned in LZ discussions that I’ve had (until I bring it up). “Ten Years Gone” is my favorite LZ song of them all but I have seen it come up here and there. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/37 "2007-01-08T00:35:50Z")
Good call on “Hey Bulldog”. My personal underrated Beatles favorite, though, is **Dear Prudence**. Love that song. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/38 "2007-01-08T00:39:32Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I’ve said this before, but I think _Hey Bulldog_ is outstanding and really underrated. [/QUOTE] Eh. IMHO Toad The Wet Sprocket’s cover is better. Though just as obscure. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/39 "2007-01-08T01:05:33Z")
[QUOTE=1920s Style “Death Ray”] _The Narrow Way_ from Ummugumma is another favourite of mine, particularly parts one and three. It’s a pity their production values weren’t as high then as they became later on. [/QUOTE] I like it as well: it’s probably my favorite song on that album. But i disagree on the production to an extent: true, the _first_ time the pace picks up it should be louder and clearer, but that just makes the _second_ time more powerful. It also gets my vote for “Floyd song that might sound even better if …_and you will know us by the trail of dead_ did a remake.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/40 "2007-01-08T01:19:41Z")
When people talk about the Eagles, they seldom bring up the song, “There’s a train leaves here this morning”, but its one of my Eagles favorites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977.md?page=3)