Great Songs You May Have Forgotten

[metirish]

Driving the other day this song came and , and honestly I knew it instantly, but had forgotten it

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel , definitely a Beatles vibe , great tune though

[Frayed Knot]

Only vaguely familiar, but I wouldn't have been able to name title, who, or the year (even which decade for that matter) it was from.
Nor could I imagine what type of radio station would be playing that song these days.
Do you suppose he still has that coat?

[metirish]

Steve Harley died St Patrick's Day last year , I usually am listening to Underground Garage , they play a wide range , great station ,song came out in 75 , according to Wikipedia this song is one of the most played songs in British broadcasting history, also from Wikipedia

In addition to this, it was the band's only Billboard entry in the US, reaching number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976.[30]

[Frayed Knot]

So Wikipedia doesn't mention what became of the coat?
That's it, I'm canceling my subscription!!


And, yeah, Underground Garage makes a lot more sense than the thought of some random tight-playlist radio station suddenly dusting that one off.

[metirish]

https://www.steveharley.com/latest-news ... nhams.html

Looks like it was auctioned off

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I was listening to a great song that probably was forgotten this morning but I will let Steve Harley have his day.

Sounds like Jim Carroll went to school on Steve's his singing style, which is a just little wild.

[Edgy MD]

How about that acoustic guitar solo by zip-up-cardigan guy?

[metirish]

How about that acoustic guitar solo by zip-up-cardigan guy?

Apparently Harley didn't believe in having an actual lead guitar player , and resented comparisons to Marc Bolan and David Bowie , by all accounts he had an outsized view of himself

“I feel like God’s touched me and said ‘here’s a mission and someone’s gotta do it’.”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/ ... as-his-ego


Looking forward to Buckets song

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

On Spotify, once an album or playlist plays through, it follows with other songs in that genre it assumes the listener will enjoy.

"Kyrie" from Mr. Mister popped out the other day, which I have not listened to in a long, long time. What a great, uplifting song. And it was a day when I needed a boost.



Kyrie eleison means "Lord have mercy" and was part of our liturgy each week.

Kyrie eleison down the road that I must travel
Kyrie eleison through the darkness of the night
Kyrie eleison where I'm going, will you follow?
Kyrie eleison on a highway in the night

The band's only other hit was "Broken Wings," so they had a short-lived run. But good stuff.

"Kyrie" has been running through my head on repeat since I heard it again. That's been nice, since it's been a tough week.

[kcmets]

I heard this on the radio the other day. I've always like it. This
is a pretty good jam by some aging rockers ten years ago...

[metirish]

On Spotify, once an album or playlist plays through, it follows with other songs in that genre it assumes the listener will enjoy.

"Kyrie" from Mr. Mister popped out the other day, which I have not listened to in a long, long time. What a great, uplifting song. And it was a day when I needed a boost.



Kyrie eleison means "Lord have mercy" and was part of our liturgy each week.

Kyrie eleison down the road that I must travel
Kyrie eleison through the darkness of the night
Kyrie eleison where I'm going, will you follow?
Kyrie eleison on a highway in the night

The band's only other hit was "Broken Wings," so they had a short-lived run. But good stuff.

"Kyrie" has been running through my head on repeat since I heard it again. That's been nice, since it's been a tough week.

1986 ,wow , I can hear his voice

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

nice big chorus, but big artificial 80s sound. Never got the name. There was already Duran Duran and Talk Talk

[batmagadanleadoff]

Can't wait for the Switchfoot cover. Two songs in and this thread already jumped the shark.

[metirish]

nice big chorus, but big artificial 80s sound. Never got the name. There was already Duran Duran and Talk Talk

What was your song?

[MFS62]

What songs?
I've forgotten them already.
Later

[whippoorwill]

We sing the Kyrie each Sunday but it’s nowhere near this inspiring

[Frayed Knot]

Not a forgotten song per se, but I heard E.C.'s 'Watching the Detectives' the other day for the first time in eons.
AND it was via regular terrestrial radio, a fact which blew me away at least as much as his little fingers did.





What a kick this song was and what a weird little angry dude he was (or chose to project) when he first hit the scene.
I saw him in a 3,000-ish seat place just a few months after 'My Aim is True' came out. It was good though short (45 minutes?), first because he probably didn't have a ton of material at that point but also because his manager got into a backstage fight which one of the guys putting on the show. We're talking a full-on physical fight here, one which I didn't see but saw the aftermath of (bruises, torn shirts, etc.)

[Edgy MD]

I play that song along with "Walkin' on the Moon" and "Fools in Love" in a medley of nu-wave era white British reggae classix.

Woody Allen always seemed to hate rock 'n' roll but I think if he had heard that song, he would've found a kindred spirit in Elvis, a fellow plastic-bespectacled, awkward dreamer, making masturbation jokes and obsessed with Bogart.

And then, in this alternative history, things might not have gone so horribly, horribly wrong for Woody.

[Frayed Knot]

I play that song along with "Walkin' on the Moon" and "Fools in Love" in a medley of nu-wave era white British reggae classix. ... and when you want to overdose on heavy bass guitar.]

Costello has said that he immersed himself in the Clash's debut album and its reggae influenced sound, and that 'Detectives' was a direct result of that.
Prior to the Clash, Elvis said, reggae was party music. But the Clash showed how it could be fused with anger and politics.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Ministry was an edgy synth band before they turned into an even edgier industrial metal band. I don't remember how I discovered this, but "Revenge" was a fave when I was a senior in high school and dipping into the synth pop waters. It was a little different than the Human League, Flock of Seagulls, Soft Cell, Naked Eyes stuff I was checking out. That keyboard intro is fantastic! I never got into their industrial metal stuff. Depeche Mode seemed to head that way, too, but came back.