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.
Love the keyboard on that.
Best underrated band ever. A cross between the Beatles & Queen.
It’s crazy just how many influences I hear in that song.
Check out the songs Colin sang for the Alan Parson's Project....
The Eagle Will Rise Again (from Pyramid)
Old and Wise (from Eye in the Sky)
Dancing on a High Wire (from Ammonia Avenue)
But we have similar tastes.
I wore out the grooves to the first Producers’ album, I liked every song on it.
Another great song from the album.
Sensations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SxnSPzAX28
Can I say that Thomas Dolby was underrated? Yes everybody knows “She Blinded Me With Science”, but that whole “Golden Age of Wireless” album was fantastic.
Airwaves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsHW7ikAPVo
Jellyfish had just 2 studio albums and every song is a power pop masterpiece. And they were just as good live with 4 part harmony vocals and musicianship that were dead on perfect. Their live covers of Badfinger, Fleetwood Mac, Paul McCartney, Argent, Player, etc. were incredible.
The Latvian band Skyforger mostly does black metal and folk metal; but they also put out a purely acoustic album that may be of interest. Lots of instruments one doesn't hear every day.
Uriah Heep: Look at Yourself, July Morning, Easy living, and a hundred others.
Glen Miller
Stan Kenton
Tommy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
Benny Goodman
Artie Shaw
and many more
Ambrosia - “The Biggest Part Of Me” (HQ)
Sweet - “Fox On The Run” (Top Of The Pops)
Donovan - “Dignity Of Man”
How about the greatest pop love song ever? Split Enz - "Message to My Girl"
I’m trying to mess with the harmonica. There is a Brit that plays on that side of the Atlantic but doesn’t need more gigs so doesn’t come over here.
He plays a harmonica cover of a famous guitar classic. Parisienne Walkways as performed by Will Wilde. As long as we are posting outstanding music videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPPGv5hBE0Y
“..the band “War On Drugs” is definitely worthy of more attention then they have been getting.”
Hubby and I heard the lead guy from that band interviewed on NPR, he has to be one of the biggest egomaniacs on the planet.
At the end, when the interviewer said: thanks for joining us today, he said: “you’re welcome.”
Sea Train
That’s what hubby would say! He searched for years to find their album, he’d seen them decades before.
And So Far Gone... lone The Call and The Grand Experiment, too... neck, Alive Again (clocking in at 29 minutes) is a masterpiece!
But that song! (Pain.)
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