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Your favourite obscure songs other people have never heard of!

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sometimesmovingforwards · 21/01/2025 22:06

I love Frazey Ford but nobody at home in the UK has ever heard of her!

So feel free to share your obscure songs other people have never heard of!!

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HorrorFan81 · 22/01/2025 00:58

melandlover · 21/01/2025 23:17

"Lili" by AaRon from a French film

Bic Runga' songs like "when I see you smile" , "listening to the weather"

"let you down" by the Arrogants

I saw Bic Runga live in Edinburgh about 20 year ago. So good

HorrorFan81 · 22/01/2025 01:00

Wish We Never Met by Kathleen Wilhoite

HorrorFan81 · 22/01/2025 01:02

TheTecknician · 21/01/2025 22:45

Hope, Faith and You by White Buffalo. I'm listening to it right now. It's a gorgeous ballad.

Love Come Join the Murder by The White Buffalo

Thebusinesswilljuststealyoursoul · 22/01/2025 01:14

Honey be good- The Bible

ICompletelyKnowAboutGuineaPigs7 · 22/01/2025 01:16

Bumble Bee- abba
Five O Clock World- The Vogues
She's Leaving Home - Harry Nilsson version.
Stop and You'll Become Aware- Helen Shapiro.
Silent Night/6 O Clock News- Simon and Garfunkel.

wholettheturnipsburn · 22/01/2025 01:35

Loving most of these. (Although a bit 😧 at Flock of Seagulls and They Might be Giants considered obscure)

Mine is Plain Sailing Weather by Frank Turner. I truly struggle with the fact he's not bigger than he is

DearestItIsSnowing · 22/01/2025 01:46

@ICompletelyKnowAboutGuineaPigs7 wrote
Silent Night/6 O Clock News- Simon and Garfunkel.

I bought the “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme” album with my pocket money when I was at school. I had few records and didn’t need to hear that news over and over again, a waste of a good track.

How about “Flowers never bend with the Rainfall” or “Cloudy” from the same LP?

Maxorias · 22/01/2025 01:48

I like Viktor Tsoi but he's sadly and undeservedly almost unknown in the west.
Way of life by stick figure
The ride of el cid by ken theriot
Zrzuty by lao che

I could make a much longer list tbh.

Anxiouswaffle · 22/01/2025 01:52

Family Cat (can't even get on spotify)

Judy Garland by Frog

Carinattheliqorstore1 · 22/01/2025 04:48

Bawl - mistake

mollymillymummy · 22/01/2025 06:55

Ladies, I give you 'There's a Dogshit in my garden' by Shu-bi-dua. Always has me in stitches. You're welcome!

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Examconfusion · 22/01/2025 06:57

melandlover · 21/01/2025 23:17

"Lili" by AaRon from a French film

Bic Runga' songs like "when I see you smile" , "listening to the weather"

"let you down" by the Arrogants

I love Sway by Bic Runga from the American Pie soundtrack

Heavingonajetplane · 22/01/2025 07:04

SoapySponge · 21/01/2025 22:36

Pub With No Beer.

Which version?

InJadeHedgehog · 22/01/2025 07:05

Raindropskeepfallinonmyhead · 21/01/2025 23:04

Birdhouse in your soul by They Might Be Giants

Everyone knows this song surely?

devildeepbluesea · 22/01/2025 07:10

Somethings Turnin Over by Low

SoScarletItWas · 22/01/2025 07:13

CharlotteCChapel · 21/01/2025 23:00

Liquid lunch by Caro Emerald and Sportscar bt Judy Tzuke

Edited

Bloody love Caro Emerald! I will contribute The Other Woman to this thread.

Did you know she works under a new name now? She’s ‘retired’ Caro Emerald and now performs as The Jordan.

NooNakedJacuzziness · 22/01/2025 07:21

@Heavingonajetplane - wow that's unlocked a memory I didn't know I had! Juuuuuulie

ICanTuckMyBoobsInMyPockets · 22/01/2025 07:24

I can't make me, by Butterfly Boucher.
I swear this was huge when it came out but no-one has ever heard of it!

PracticalTarot · 22/01/2025 07:37

@AGodinRuins if you like The lone bellow and that kind of Americana with harmonies - try the Civil Ward, or Joy Williams' solo work.

TheTecknician · 22/01/2025 07:57

Also like Talk To Me by Claude Pelouse.

MrsSethGecko · 22/01/2025 08:00

Fantasy Island, Tight Fit. Had it on LP as a child.

AGodinRuins · 22/01/2025 08:06

PracticalTarot · 22/01/2025 07:37

@AGodinRuins if you like The lone bellow and that kind of Americana with harmonies - try the Civil Ward, or Joy Williams' solo work.

Ooh, didn't know about her solo work. Do like Civil Wars, thanks!