[thatguyoverthere]

It seems most of the stuff people mention here is all pretty well known. I've only seen a handful of bands mentioned here that I didn't immediately recognize. I was just wondering what songs you guys have heard that very few people have heard but still kick ass. I know, personally, I love the song Crown of Scars by Blyss (Lifehouse before their debut album), but good luck finding anyone who's heard that.

 

[chef8489]

I really like when Amy Lee sang with Big Dismal. The song is called missing you. I also enjoy the summit worship album where she sang backup on 2 songs. guess it was back in 2000.

 

[roebeet]

I always enjoy a song with a great hook. The one that you might hear on the radio / Interwebs and it grabs your attention, immediately. Here's quick sampling of mine, over the years. I don't know how well known there are (I guess it depends on your tastes):

Scanners - "Low Life" (Pop Rock)
Vega4 - "Traffic Jam" (Pop Rock)
Skin Games - "Your Luck's Changed" (Pop Rock)
Barleycorn - "A Song For Ireland" or "Cavan Girl" (Irish folk)
Mary Black - "Mo Ghile Mear" (Irish folk)
Dead Can Dance - "Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book" (Dream pop)
Fairport Convention - "Matty Groves" (Folk rock)
Sebadoh - "Weird" or "Rebound" (Lo-fi)
The Consumers - "Concerned Citizen" (Punk)
Neko Case - "Star Witness" (Alt. Country)
The Bottle Rockets - "Radar Gun" or "Waitin' on a Train" (Alt. Country)
Sara Groves - "Fly" (Christian Contemporary)
Shankar Mahadevan - "Breathless" (Indian Pop)
Straightener - "Killer Tune" (J-Rock)
Translator - "Un-Alone" (New Wave)
Voivod - "Astronomy Domine" (Progressive metal)
Amanda Marshall - "Let it Rain" (Pop Rock / R&B)

 

[yashicaman]

"Journey of the Sorcerer" by The Eagles from the album, One of These Nights. This was used as the theme song for the BBC series, Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy. Terrific song.

 

[Dr Evil Dan]

Machine Gun by Baby Fox
Becky by Be Your Own Pet
Rebel Yell by Billy Idol
Who was in my room last Night by Butthole Surfers
Think of England by IAMX
Spooky by Imogen Heap
Big Calm by Morcheeba
Woman lose Weight also by Morcheeba
Dissolved Girl by Massive Attack
Where The wild roses grow by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Sorcerer of Isis by Power of Zeus
M'Aidez by Sneaker Pimps
Do it again by Steely Dan
Teenage Kicks by The Undertones
In a Broken Dream by Python Lee Jackson (feat. Rod Stewart)

 

[JohnFerrier]

Hooloomooloo and Bählamms Fest, by Olga Neuwirth

 

[tru blu]

"Make A Plan To Love Me" - Bright Eyes

 

[milkweg]

All About Narcissus - 4th Sign of the Apocalypse

(the latter is the bands name)

 

[Tridacnid]

Nutshell- Alice in Chains
Pictures of Matchstick Men- Camper Van Beethoven. Covers the original by Status Quo
Money for Nothing- Dire Straits
Lament for a Minstrel- Falconer
Low Tide- ISIS and Aereogramme
Grinning Mouths- ISIS
Mother Goose- Jethro Tull
Ghost Love Score- Nightwish
Shadow of the Season- Screaming Trees
Spoonman- Soundgarden
Wicked Garden- Stone Temple Pilots
Aoede- Theatre of Tragedy
Wicked Soldier- Tonic

I'm going off the assumption that we're talking obscure for most people, not most Head-fi'ers.

 

[mark_h]

Transparent Radiation - Spacemen 3

 

[Happy Camper]

"Steppes" by Steve Hackett

"Ocean Cloud" by Marillion

"That Was Yesterday" by Winona Judd

"Lady D'arbanville" by Cat Stevens

"Christmas Eve" by TSO

 

[Detritusdave]

Machinefabriek - Fabriek Bakker Fabriek

MACHINEFABRIEK & ANNE BAKKER & LEO FABRIEK, Fabriek Bakker Fabriek - Boomkat

 

[AmanGeorge]

"Up in Our Bedroom After the War" by Stars

 

[Zarathustra19]

Iron and Wine - "Sodom South Georgia"

 

[Geoff Rymer]

I was listening to James Carr last night. Many amazing tracks but his rendition of Pouring Water on A Drowning Man is quite something.