# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/61 "2007-01-09T02:10:20Z")
On “Permanent Vacation,” Aerosmith has a song called “St. John” that crams more monster hooks into 4 minutes than lots of artists write in a whole career. When I first heard it, I was blown away, and had to listen to it repeatedly! I gotta tell ya, not much music blows me away anymore, but this one’s a kller. In fact, I’m gonna play it now! ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/62 "2007-01-09T02:23:34Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] In fact, I’m gonna play it now! [/QUOTE] Good idea. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![firsttimelongtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@firsttimelongtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firsttimelongtime)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/63 "2007-01-09T02:43:59Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] Spread Your Wings? [/QUOTE] Er… actually I meant “Long Away” from “A Day at the Races” by Queen. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/64 "2007-01-09T03:17:11Z")
Although they didn’t write it, I really enjoy the Stones doing “Fortune Teller”. The only version I’ve heard is "live’’ and the girls in the crowd scream throughout the entire song, but for some reason the screaming is not that annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/65 "2007-01-09T03:22:36Z")
311’s entire _Transistor_ album is highly underrated, and many of Sublime’s best songs are on the oft-overlooked _Robbin’ the Hood_. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/66 "2007-01-09T04:33:28Z")
a) Pink Floyd: Summer '68 from _Atom Heart Mother_ b) Yes, The South Side of the Sky, from _Fragile_ c) Queen, The Prophet’s Song, from _A Night at the Opera_, vastly eclipsing that stupid Bohemian Rhapsody that appears on the same side of the album. d) Tori Amos, Yes Anastasia from _Under the Pink_. e) Alan Parsons Project, Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether from _Tales of Mystery & Imagination_ ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/67 "2007-01-09T04:38:44Z")
And I see **5 Time Champ** (or was it **Five Time Champ**??) beat me to the accolades for The Prophets’ Song. I got first dibs on PF’s Summer '68 though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/68 "2007-01-09T04:45:25Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] e) Alan Parsons Project, Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether from _Tales of Mystery & Imagination_ [/QUOTE] This was the song that made me go out and buy the album! (and the regular CD, and the $60 gold remastered CD. The lack of surface noise and clicks during “Dream Within A Dream / The Raven” is also worth the price of admission.) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/69 "2007-01-09T04:52:40Z")
The Who–“Song is Over” The Beatles–“Rain” Elton John–“Ticking” The Eagles–“The Last Resort” ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/70 "2007-01-09T09:27:35Z")
“Ticking!” :smack: Who knew that a piano could sing? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/71 "2007-01-09T13:14:49Z")
Another early Beatle’s tune “Anna.” Even the Beatle’s covers of other people’s songs were really good. Kristopherson’s “Jodie and the Kid.” Actually, The Silver Tongued Devil and I is a silver tongued masterpiece. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/72 "2007-01-09T13:18:09Z")
Nearly all the songs on the second side of AHM are underrated (except APB,) and I agree with the other posters who have fondness for the minor psychedelic songs on Floyd’s other albums. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/73 "2007-01-09T13:18:40Z")
Kinky Friiedman’s “Ride 'Em Jewboy.” A guy know best for his biting social commentary music wrote a definitive song about the Holocaust. ---
**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 9, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/74 "2007-01-09T15:53:13Z")
Talking Heads - “Listening Wind” Please don’t report me to the FBI for posting this. ---
**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 12, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/75 "2007-01-12T17:00:49Z")
John Lennon: Musically: “Meat City” _Just gotta give me some rock n roll_ - that says it all. He makes the guitar sound dirty. Like he’s playing a guitar with actual dried mud crusted on it. Lyrically: “Woman Is the Nigger of the World” Lennon was a male feminist who really meant it. I respect him for saying this so plainly and openly. _Woman is the nigger of the world Yes she is, think about it Woman is the slave to the slaves If you don’t believe me, take a look at the one you’re with_ That took balls. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/76 "2007-01-15T06:52:42Z")
Rush – “Territories.” (a whole wide world/an endless universe/yet we keep looking through the eyeglass in reverse) Aerosmith-- “Hangman Jury” from the album “Permanent Vacation.” I also believe that “What it Takes” (from “Pump”) is their best ballad by far, and though it gets some radio play, it’s not nearly as popular as some of their other ballads. Madonna–“In This Life”, a freaking gorgeous song about losing her friends to AIDS and struggling to find the meaning at a time when the entire world was apathetic to one of the worst epidemics in history. I also vote for “Sanctuary” for its haunting vocals and lyrics. The Beatles-- “Yes It Is” off their first anthology. It might be a cover, I don’t know. In my opinion anything the Beatles touch turns to gold, but I ALWAYS drop everything I’m doing when it gets to this track. Queen-- “The Prophet’s Song.” What an amazing freaking song. Seriously. Weezer-- “Butterfly”, the last track off Pinkerton. The song makes me feel like I’m slowly vanishing. It’s honest and beautiful and sad. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/77 "2007-01-15T07:08:44Z")
I never understood why Zeppelin’s “Travellin’ Riverside Blues” was never released originally except as a B-side… Joe ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/78 "2007-01-15T07:30:20Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Kristopherson’s “Jodie and the Kid.” Actually, The Silver Tongued Devil and I is a silver tongued masterpiece. [/QUOTE] Definitely two of Kris Kristofferson’s best, although I lean toward “The Pilgrim” (and I think I’m forgetting part of that title). And I’ll second Skynyrd’s “The Ballad of Curtis Lowe.” ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/79 "2007-01-15T11:47:16Z")
Van Morrison - “Satisifed” off _Common One_ - James Brown and William Blake and Van singing like he’s gargling honey. Bob Dylan - “Trying to Get to Heaven” off _Time out of Mind_ An all-time classic song with one of his best vocals, ties with “_Just Like Tom Thumb Blues_”, all tucked away there on the back of _Highway 61 Revisited_ Neil Young - “On the Way Home”, which he wrote and was recorded pretty much against his will by Buffalo Springfield - a wonderful song or “Drive Back” from “_Zuma_” which is terrifying. Miles Davis - “Black Satin” from “_On The Corner_” Most critics sort of disown OTC, but Black Satin, buried away in the middle of it, is a masterpiece Lynyrd Skynyrd - Does anyone else think “I Know A Little” off “_Street Survivors_” rocks like a motherjumper? Sort of a little un-Skynyrd-ish, jazzier, more swinging with grrrreat drumming. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977/80 "2007-01-15T11:51:54Z")
Oh and for the Beatles, “Here Comes The Sun”. How anyone thinks “Something” is better than HCTS I’ll never know. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/their-most-underrated-song/386977.md?page=5)