Posted on 03/30/2018 12:53:21 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
I'm feeling like hearing some interesting music that I've never heard before, so I thought I'd start a thread on FReeper's favorite underrated bands. Post several good examples of their music and why you feel they're underrated. Should be fun.
George Shea, Cliff Barrow and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association - “How Great Thou Art”
Like modern doo-wop with mafia lyrics, lol. Very cool.
Great one, a definitive 90’s sound.
Sam Buterra & The Witnesses “You’re Nobody ‘Till Somebody Loves You” (vintage live recording)
Robben Ford was awesome on that Fender.
“England’s Glory.......A Striking Beauty!”
Mother’s Finest were responsible for one of the most memorable covers of Burning Love ever.
Mother’s Finest - “Burning Love”
And with all of the XTC references, I have to throw in one from their alter egos, The Dukes of Stratosphear.
Vanishing Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bbqezgfqD8
His cover has a completely different personality from the English Beat original, very good.
Kix - “Cold Blood”
Crack The Sky - “White Music”
Here's a very random selection (youtube links):
Aq Bure - Tan Aldy / Ак Буре - Тан Алды (Tatar folk metal)
Auļi - Sūda dziesma (Latvian folk music, with medieval bagpipes)
Wolfmare - Twa Corbies (A Russian band's souped-up rendition of Steeleye Span's rendition of an old English folk song)
Flickan går på golvet (Swedish, with "keyed fiddles")
Erja Lyytinen - Not a good girl (American blues, from Finland)
Moonsorrow - Raunioilla [At the Ruins] (One of the most important Finnish folk metal bands, but probably unknown to most Americans. I included this partly for the incredible photography of Scottish ruins and landscapes.)
Love Asleep At The Wheel.
Asleep At The Wheel - “Take Me Back To Tulsa”
My big thing is Polish bands, especially those that came up in the 80s, while still behind the Iron Curtain.
Republika - Biala Flaga (White Flag)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sDqEhud8c0
Kult - Hej Czy Nie Wiecie (Hey, Do You Not Know?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yia6Y_ST7IY
Lady Pank - Zamki Na Piasku (Castles in the Sand)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGZ1mdkF3Bo
Accoustic folkish country rock, nice.
Only CD that never leaves my car.
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