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Cool Songs That Weren't Hits

I had to Shazam this song at Starbucks because I never heard it. I love it.

"Happy Hour" by Weezer

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by Anonymousreply 96March 20, 2021 9:26 PM

Red Tide

Foxboro Hot Tubs

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by Anonymousreply 1May 13, 2019 4:32 AM

Nemesis by Shriekback

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by Anonymousreply 2May 13, 2019 4:43 AM

OP -- I don't listen much to pop and rock music. I have certainly heard of Weezer, but don't think I had ever heard them. I listened the song you posted, though, and it's brilliant! I ended up downloading the album that it is from. The funny thing is, it is a fairly recent song -- 2017 -- and they have been around for a long time, and one almost expects newer songs from heritage bands as being lame. Thanks for posting.

by Anonymousreply 3May 13, 2019 4:50 AM

"Dirty water" by the Foo Fighters.

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by Anonymousreply 4May 13, 2019 5:28 AM

I love the horns on this track

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by Anonymousreply 5May 13, 2019 6:24 AM

Most everything by Talk Talk.

by Anonymousreply 6May 13, 2019 6:31 AM

The Fixx - Driven Out

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by Anonymousreply 7May 13, 2019 6:32 AM

Headphones by the Mounties

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by Anonymousreply 8May 13, 2019 6:44 AM

Nearly everything Linda Ronstadt ever recorded, starting with the Don't Cry Now album.

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by Anonymousreply 9May 13, 2019 6:50 AM

I like the OP song, too, but the SQ is awful.

by Anonymousreply 10May 13, 2019 6:53 AM

I heard Arthur Russell for the first time in a restaurant last week, and thought he was wonderful. This song turns out to have been recorded between 1973 and 1992, when Arthur died. It's so good. Please listen.

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by Anonymousreply 11May 13, 2019 6:59 AM

This song was on constant replay in my office. It took me a while to figure out what it was.

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by Anonymousreply 12May 13, 2019 7:02 AM

If It Wasn't For The Nights - ABBA

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by Anonymousreply 13May 13, 2019 7:08 AM

Get Around to It - Arthur Russell

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by Anonymousreply 14May 13, 2019 7:17 AM

Nothin' in This World - the Kinks

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by Anonymousreply 15May 13, 2019 7:21 AM

Where Does This Door Go - Mayer Hawthorne

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by Anonymousreply 16May 13, 2019 7:26 AM

Hmmm...my iTunes has not shuffled its way to Meyer Hawthorne in a long time. Thanks, r16.

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by Anonymousreply 17May 13, 2019 7:31 AM

Skies the Limit by Fleetwood Mac

Copper Line by James Taylor

No Myth by Michael Penn

Frankie's First Affair by Sade

by Anonymousreply 18May 13, 2019 7:39 AM

Moonlight And Muzak - M, the follow up to Pop Muzik.

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by Anonymousreply 19May 13, 2019 7:52 AM

I love Wasted Tears by Haley Reinhart

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by Anonymousreply 20May 16, 2019 2:58 AM

Young The Giant sang "My Body" on a Grammy's as a new artist and they didn't get attention, but I really like this song. Wait for the chorus.

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by Anonymousreply 21May 16, 2019 3:02 AM

OMG, this song was popular in Europe in summer 2010 when I was there, but no one in America knows it.

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by Anonymousreply 22May 16, 2019 3:09 AM

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" was a country song by Hank Williams and LeAnn sang it at an award show when she was 14 looking 28.

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by Anonymousreply 23May 16, 2019 3:12 AM

Late 90s Blondie - "Maria"

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by Anonymousreply 24May 16, 2019 3:14 AM

Go-Go's "Apology" - great lyrics, harmonies, etc.

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by Anonymousreply 25May 16, 2019 3:16 AM

R24. I fucking love Maria. Never got the play her other hits did. But it was the best.

by Anonymousreply 26May 16, 2019 3:17 AM

Thank you R11. Arthur Russell was a genius. He was a sweet, but tortured soul.

by Anonymousreply 27May 16, 2019 3:19 AM

Oh and R24. That video was filmed in the old offices of Spy magazine on Union Square. Debbie was friends w Graydon Carter and he let her use their offices at night.

by Anonymousreply 28May 16, 2019 3:20 AM

Generationals - Tell Me Now

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by Anonymousreply 29May 16, 2019 3:21 AM

Grace - Unlimited Capacity for Love

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by Anonymousreply 30May 16, 2019 3:22 AM

Fleetwood Mac - Everybody Finds Out

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by Anonymousreply 31May 16, 2019 3:24 AM

Divinyls - "Elsie"

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by Anonymousreply 32May 16, 2019 3:25 AM

Lydia Lunch - "What is it"

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by Anonymousreply 33May 16, 2019 3:29 AM

Feathers - "Land of the Innocent"

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by Anonymousreply 34May 16, 2019 3:33 AM

Does anyone know if Sharivari by A Number of Names was a hit or not?. I like it.

by Anonymousreply 35May 16, 2019 3:43 AM

I love everything Traveling Wilburys related but the Wilbury Twist never got all the love it deserved.

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by Anonymousreply 36May 16, 2019 3:45 AM

I believe the Wilburys backed up Robin Zander on this standout track from his 1993 solo album.

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by Anonymousreply 37May 16, 2019 4:26 AM

Mombasa--Robert Manos

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by Anonymousreply 38May 16, 2019 5:05 AM

Tell us more, r27. I never heard of Arthur Russell before last week.

by Anonymousreply 39May 16, 2019 5:37 AM

r39 not the above poster, but here's his Wiki. He looks a bit like Patrick Swayze in that pic.

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by Anonymousreply 40May 16, 2019 6:27 AM

Thank you, r40.

by Anonymousreply 41May 16, 2019 6:39 AM

OP..poor, right?

by Anonymousreply 42May 16, 2019 6:48 AM

R42,,lame, right?

by Anonymousreply 43May 16, 2019 7:42 AM

Moderately big in Europe. These German sisters make waterboarding sexy!

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by Anonymousreply 44May 16, 2019 7:50 AM

From 1990.

Jude Cole's "This Time It's Us"...

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by Anonymousreply 45May 16, 2019 12:38 PM

Heartbeat by Enrique Iglesias and Nicole Scherzinger should have been a hit.

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by Anonymousreply 46May 17, 2019 1:41 AM

OP -- Thanks again for posting Happy Hour. I freaking love that song, and have listened to the album it's from every day. I had not heard Weezer before, so I'm happy for the new discovery.

by Anonymousreply 47May 23, 2019 3:35 PM

You should be familiar with this song if you ever watched Looney Tunes.

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by Anonymousreply 48May 24, 2019 4:11 PM

"Julie Christie," Lorraine Bowen

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by Anonymousreply 49May 24, 2019 4:14 PM

Ten Year Town by struggling Nashville girl

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by Anonymousreply 50June 21, 2019 5:29 AM

Love these đź’•

by Anonymousreply 51June 21, 2019 4:02 PM

Some Canadian band

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by Anonymousreply 52October 17, 2019 3:23 AM

bumpity do dah

by Anonymousreply 53January 5, 2020 3:40 AM

Love this song and her voice.

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by Anonymousreply 54April 23, 2020 7:31 PM

Who Gets Your Love - Dusty Springfield.

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by Anonymousreply 55April 23, 2020 7:40 PM

The Shins Fall of 82. It's about his big sister getting him through a rough time when he was a kid.

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by Anonymousreply 56April 23, 2020 7:40 PM

One Strike - All Saints.

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by Anonymousreply 57April 23, 2020 7:49 PM

This song got caught in the anti Disco storm in 1979

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by Anonymousreply 58April 23, 2020 7:58 PM

!917 Emmylou Harris and more Linda Ronstadt

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by Anonymousreply 59April 23, 2020 8:07 PM

Pretty much anything by the divine XTC (ok, they had a few minor hits, but please...)

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by Anonymousreply 60April 23, 2020 8:36 PM

World Without You - Belinda Carlisle

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by Anonymousreply 61April 23, 2020 9:01 PM

Dare to Fall in Love - Brent Bourgeois

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by Anonymousreply 62April 23, 2020 11:10 PM

Dizz Knee Land——Dada

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by Anonymousreply 63April 24, 2020 1:52 AM

Heartbeat by Enrique Iglesias and Nicole Scherzinger is great.

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by Anonymousreply 64April 24, 2020 7:13 PM

Kelly Rowland - Work

So good.

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by Anonymousreply 65April 24, 2020 7:13 PM

The Dave Aude remix of Single Ladies is great.

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by Anonymousreply 66April 24, 2020 7:14 PM

Fun pop song

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by Anonymousreply 67March 3, 2021 11:59 PM

Blondie - Love At The Pier (1977)

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by Anonymousreply 68March 4, 2021 12:09 AM

Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign (1991)

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by Anonymousreply 69March 4, 2021 1:58 AM

Too Late for Lovers by Gin Wigmore

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by Anonymousreply 70March 4, 2021 2:04 AM

Mariah's Rarities CD has song good songs that didn't make albums. This one starts slow but then totally changes and is really cool and fun.

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by Anonymousreply 71March 11, 2021 6:51 PM

This one is from 93 and she sounds like she had a cold while recording this demo, but it's cool.

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by Anonymousreply 72March 11, 2021 6:52 PM

R26 Blondie is a group and the album that song came from, No Exit, is one of their best.

Maria was written by keyboard player Jimmy Destri, who wrote Atomic and 11:59, among others.

What makes Blondie great, aside from the coolest singer and Clem Burke’s drumming is that they had three excellent songwriters, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Jimmy Destri.

by Anonymousreply 73March 11, 2021 7:56 PM

Never released as a single but my favorite No Exit track and one of my favorites my Destri.

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by Anonymousreply 74March 11, 2021 7:57 PM

This should have been a hit. From The Hunter and my other favorite Destri song.

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by Anonymousreply 75March 11, 2021 7:58 PM

Oingo Boingo's "We Close Our Eyes"

As I recall it got some traction a few years later after a Susanna Hoff's cover version of it was used in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer film.

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by Anonymousreply 76March 15, 2021 7:33 AM

R22-the lead singer has an uncanny resemblance to Julie Andrews!

by Anonymousreply 77March 15, 2021 8:02 AM

Blondie - Maria

Since the old link doesn't work.

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by Anonymousreply 78March 15, 2021 8:05 AM

At this rate I definitely need a DL recs folder on my ipod.

by Anonymousreply 79March 15, 2021 9:07 AM

Maria was a hit over here - it was Number 1 in the UK.

by Anonymousreply 80March 15, 2021 9:14 AM

You Know by SuperJupiter

Also a brilliant video - watch until the end!

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by Anonymousreply 81March 15, 2021 9:17 AM

R32-Mein Gott!

by Anonymousreply 82March 15, 2021 9:19 AM

Midnight Sun by Kate Boy (2015)

NOT the type of group to have a "Hit song" but it has been on a constant loop in my head. The ENITRE album SLAPS.

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by Anonymousreply 83March 15, 2021 10:02 AM

Before DataLounge, I used to spend most of my free time in the Weezer forums (1999-2002). I was obsessed with them and owned all their albums until Maladroit was released...then they started sucking.

I initially scrolled past this thread, but doubled-back out of a sense of loyalty. The song isn't bad at all...still it's not as good as their earlier work.

by Anonymousreply 84March 15, 2021 10:33 AM

Great thread! I especially enjoyed Oingo Boingo clip - I went to see them at The Ritz here in NYC in the 80s & Danny Elfman is an amazing composer & singer. I discovered the Diane Warren - Belinda song "World without You" just last year having never bought the album it was on, I did buy Belinda's first solo lp, however. And I had the cassette single of the Brent Bourgeois song- was he a part of Bourgeois Tagg? Thanks to all posters!

by Anonymousreply 85March 15, 2021 4:51 PM

Kim Petras - Heart to Break.

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by Anonymousreply 86March 15, 2021 5:42 PM

"Ghosts" by Ladytron ... really cool song, especially for night-driving.

I hear it gets most recognized from being used the Little Big Planet video game.

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by Anonymousreply 87March 15, 2021 8:17 PM

Air, "La Femme d'Argent

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by Anonymousreply 88March 15, 2021 9:45 PM

Explorers Club - Do You Love Me

I discovered this song as the closing theme of the TV show Bored to Death.

Explorers Club was a really good band that never caught on.

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by Anonymousreply 89March 18, 2021 6:44 AM

R89 I hate that brushed forward hair style on men. Why do they do it? Ed Sheerhan is the worst offender.

by Anonymousreply 90March 18, 2021 10:45 AM

"Nothing Has Been Proved" by Dusty Springfield and the Pet Shop Boys - played endlessly on the radio in London in 1989, don't know if it was ever a hit in the US. It always takes me right back to those days in that amazing city.

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by Anonymousreply 91March 18, 2021 7:48 PM

Pendulous Skin by Mastodon. Way different from the rest of their work, love the guitar on this.

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by Anonymousreply 92March 18, 2021 8:32 PM

Modern Lovers...love this song

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by Anonymousreply 93March 18, 2021 9:42 PM

I think R.E.M's "Crush with Eyeliner" was really cool. While released as a single, it pretty much stalled on the charts. The only place it was really a hit was in Iceland. In any event, the video with the Japanese tweens taking the place as the band is fun.

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by Anonymousreply 94March 20, 2021 1:14 AM

r18 No Myth by Michael Penn got tons of airplay on radio, MTV and VH1. No idea why it never made the billboard top 10 but it did make it to #13....Again the video was played constantly and spent months on the music video countdown charts.

He's Sean Penn's bro.

by Anonymousreply 95March 20, 2021 1:59 AM

"Los Angeles" by Sugarcult was released as single, yet didn't chart.

Some talented youtuber has used it as the background music for a night landing flying into LAX.

Cool song, cool video.

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by Anonymousreply 96March 20, 2021 9:26 PM
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