Favorite underrated songs

[ultimatefan]

I often find out that some of my favorite songs by an artist - sometimes a very popular artist - are not the big hits that they´re most famous for, but often ones that didn´t even made it to the big spots of the charts. For instance, I´m a big fan of the early U2 stuff (War, The Joshua Tree), and I greatly love major hits like Pride, I still haven´t found what I´m looking for or With or Without you, but I have a special place in my heart for Night and Day, a dark and very intense song they made that never hit the top 40 and I don´t think is considered one of their "classics". While I love Coldplay hits like Clocks, The Scientist and Fix You, maybe my favorite song by them is God Put a Smile On Your Face, which is also not one of their major hits on the charts. What are some examples of songs you love that were not big hits or often mentioned among your favorite artists´best.

 

[PhotoJones]

dolly parton's song "jolene" is one the best underrated songs ever written. listen to it, and the white stripes' cover of it.

 

[ComicChick]

best thing you never had- butch walker

check it out. seriously one of my fave songs ever, and sooo underated

 

[Kritish]

Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

Metallica - Blitzkrieg

 

[Motown Marvel]

the stooges- t.v. eye

dolly parton's song "jolene" is one the best underrated songs ever written. listen to it, and the white stripes' cover of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVCq1etICQE&mode=related&search=

 

[GunBlade]

Anything by Phil Collins.

 

[The Chairman]

One Drop - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Lately - Stevie Wonder
If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley
Ten Years Gone - Led Zeppelin
I've Just Seen A Face - The Beatles
Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones
The Miracle - Queen
Too Many People - Paul McCartney & Wings
Disney Girls (1957) - The Beach Boys
Getting In Tune - The Who
Bye Bye Johnny - Chuck Berry
Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks
The Other Side - Aerosmith
The Golden Age Of Rock N' Roll - Mott The Hoople (Mott The Hoople in general are quite underrated)
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads
Handbags And Gladrags - Rod Stewart
Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan
Death Or Glory - The Clash
It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - Todd Rundgren
How Can I Refuse - Heart
Promises - Eric Clapton

 

[JStorm]

Diamonds and pearls ~Prince

 

[ultimatefan]

Anything by Phil Collins.

Phil Collins had some big hits, I don´t think you can say all his stuff is "underrated".

 

[GunBlade]

I'd say "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" because it's one of my fav songs, aside from hits like "Sussudio" or "In the Air Tonight".

 

[Malus]

"Jokerman" - Bob Dylan
This is a partially animated video from 1984. This is what I show to anyone who "can't stand his voice" or can't understand him. t:
Oh yeah, and the JOKER makes a brief appearance in one of the animated collages:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tet60lfx1yI

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

There are craploads of these

1) All Led Zeppelin besides Stairway To Heaven, Black Dog, Heartbreaker, D'Yer M'Ker, and Kashmir

2) Peek-A-Boo by Souixsie and the Banshees

3) Finish What Ya Started and Cabo Wabo by Van Halen

4) Danger Danger and She's White by Electric Six

5) Expecting by the White Stripes

6) It's Never Enough by the Cure

7) The Minstrel in the Gallery by Jethro Tull

8) Gods of Basketball by the Flys

9) TVC-15, She Shook Me Cold and 100 other songs by David Bowie

9.5) Love Is Alive by Gary Wright

10) Everybody's Going To Heaven/King Kong Reggae by Todd Rundgren

11) mOBSCENE by Marilyn Manson

12) LARGER THAN LIFE, Rocket Ride, Saint and Sinner, I Love It Loud, War Machine, Dark Light, Under The Rose, Mr. Blackwell, Is That You?, Shandi, Shock Me, Almost Human, Love 'Em Leave 'Em, Baby Driver, Sweet Pain, Rock Bottom, Parasite, Nothin' To Lose, Firehouse, Ladies In Waiting, Two-Timer, Strange Ways, Got To Choose, 100,000 Years - by KISS

13) Chariot Choogle, Buick MacKane, Laser Love, The Slider by T.Rex

14) Abacab by Genesis

15) Love Is Strong and Undercover of the Night by The Rolling Stones

16) Snowball, Girl U Want, Freedom of Choice by DEVO

17) Guinevere by Crosby, Stills and Nash

18) Downtown by Neil Young

19) Dragon Attack and Fun It by Queen

20) Devil Doll and Soul Kitchen by X

19) Burning Down One Side, In The Mood, Hip To Hoo, Kallalou Kallalou, Too Loud, Little By Little by Robert Plant

20) You Can Do It by Ice Cube

21) Dog and Butterfly by Heart

22) Let There Be Rock, Shake A Leg and What's Next To The Moon by AC/DC

23) Strange Brew and Politician by Cream

 

[gap5ewl]

nothing by Led Zeppelin is underrated it's just right.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Haha, no.

What are some examples of songs you love that were not big hits or often mentioned among your favorite artists´best.

I have never once heard "When The Levee Breaks" on the radio and it is by far their best song.
I've also never heard "Out On The Tiles", "Walter's Walk", "Custard Pie", "Sick Again" or "Candystore Rock" on the radio.

To most people who say, "Yeah, Led Zep RAWKS!", if I mention "Travelling Riverside Blues", they've never even heard of it.



This is not about bands who are underrated.
It's about songs that are underrated, or more obscure songs that are your favorites.



It's about how if you EVER mention KISS to a non Kiss Army Member, 99.9% of the time they'll respond "Hell YEAH! Rock and Roll All Night and Pawrtay evur-EE DAY!"

And that's one of their worst songs.

 

[BRUTAL]

Hung my Head - Johnny Cash

 

[The Chairman]

"Jokerman" - Bob Dylan
This is a partially animated video from 1984. This is what I show to anyone who "can't stand his voice" or can't understand him. t:
Oh yeah, and the JOKER makes a brief appearance in one of the animated collages:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tet60lfx1yI

Agreed. This is one of my favorite Dylan songs. Nice video, too.

 

[Fred_Fury]

Metallica - Of Wolf and Man

 

[Ghostvirus]

Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

Metallica - Blitzkrieg

Blitzkrieg isn't a Metallica song. They just covered it.

For me there is alot of that Metallica did. That wasn't popular just because they didn't release as a single, but I would say pretty much all Metallica.

 

[ScottyBBadd]

Define underratred.

 

[Addendum]

Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Grey

 

[Catman]

Just cause a song doesn't hit the top 40 means nothing. NWA sold their first album outside of a van because most people (including MTV) wanted nothing to do with them. And, look at the classic stuff that album had:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPb4s0-QcI

BUT OF COURSE that album nor its songs are underrated which I guess is the purpose of this thread. Well...he's an underrated song that I always liked:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsvIHtWTaXg
Dr. Dre's Been There, Done That. Alot of people hate the song cause he went soft or whatever. I think its a brilliant song nonetheless.

 

[Roughneck]

Ring of Fire - Wall of Voodoo
Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
Just Drive She Said - Wall of Voodoo
Shouldn't Have Given Him a Gun For Christmas - Wall of Voodoo

 

[Halcohol]

Eagles of Death Metal - Flames Went Higher

 

[Fried Gold]

nothing by Led Zeppelin is underrated it's just right.

Everything by Led Zeppelin is overrated.

 

[The Chairman]

Everything by Led Zeppelin is overrated.

LOL. That would be funny if it was true.