Your favourite obscure songs other people have never heard of!

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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!!

https://open.spotify.com/track/7etSKQjEvIelKQCUGazJDl?si=94c8b84b5d1c47ec

Twilight Cafe by Susan Fassbender - hence my username.

Letters from the sky by Civil Twilight.

JJ Cale isn't really obscure, but was more famous in his homeland America than here. If I'm stressed, by the time I've listened to Magnolia I'm so relaxed I'm falling over.

Absolutely epic song. Along with Gabriel

Never heard of Lick The Tins but I liked that.
Another defunct NI band- Watercress:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l46BnjxlS0c&pp=ygUXV2F0ZXJjcmVzcyBjYW5kbGVtYWtlciA%3D

Someone needs to create a Spotify playlist with all these recommendations. Great thread OP!

Into Giants by Patrick Watson. Not as little-listened to as some of the picks on here, but I'm posting it here as I like it so much, and I'm enjoying seeing what others have shared:

I'm adding Love Lust by King Charles (Charles Costa)

I'm on the case!! – just got a whole list extracted but I'll wait for late entries.... So far, sorry for the long post.

1. Frazey Ford (general recommendation and "September Fields")
2. Devon Sproule (general recommendation)
3. Nora Brown (general recommendation)
4. La Ritournelle - Sebastien Tellier
5. Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss
6. Star - D:Ream
7. Switch 625 - Def Leppard
8. Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty (and The Dubliners cover)
9. Hope, Faith and You - The White Buffalo
10. Love Come Join the Murder - The White Buffalo
11. Ernie The Slug - Folk On
12. Chemicals - InAir
13. Pieces - InAir
14. Liquid Lunch - Caro Emerald
15. Sportscar - Judie Tzuke
16. The Impossible Dream - Carter USM
17. Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
18. The Garden of Jane Delawney - Trees
19. Song for Old Lovers - David Essex
20. Lili - AaRon
21. When I See You Smile - Bic Runga
22. Listening to the Weather - Bic Runga
23. Let You Down - The Arrogants
24. Sway - Bic Runga
25. My Vagina is Eight Miles Wide - Storm Large
26. I Fell Apart - Drizabone
27. Start Wearing Purple - Gogol Bordello
28. Gary Ashby - Dry Cleaning
29. Goreki - Lamb
30. Gabriel - Lamb
31. Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes
32. The Curse - Josh Ritter
33. Snow is Gone - Josh Ritter
34. Queen of the Sea - Broken Family Band
35. Watch Over Us - The Lone Bellow
36. Honey I Love You - Dustbowl Revival
37. Coal Fire - Jeffrey Martin & Anna Tivel
38. Stand for Myself - Yola (entire album)
39. Wish We Never Met - Kathleen Wilhoite
40. Honey Be Good - The Bible
41. Bumble Bee - ABBA
42. Five O’Clock World - The Vogues
43. She’s Leaving Home - Harry Nilsson version
44. Stop and You’ll Become Aware - Helen Shapiro
45. Silent Night/6 O’Clock News - Simon and Garfunkel
46. Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall - Simon and Garfunkel
47. Cloudy - Simon and Garfunkel
48. Way of Life - Stick Figure
49. The Ride of El Cid - Ken Theriot
50. Zrzuty - Lao Che
51. Judy Garland - Frog
52. Who Returned - Arthur Beatrice
53. Mistake - Bawl
54. There’s a Dogshit in My Garden - Shu-bi-dua
55. Yugoslavia 1983 Eurovision Entry - Daniel
56. Boom Sha La La Lo - Hans Poulson
57. The Other Woman - Caro Emerald (as The Jordan)
58. Plain Sailing Weather - Frank Turner
59. I Can’t Make Me - Butterfly Boucher
60. Talk to Me - Claude Pelouse
61. Fantasy Island - Tight Fit
62. Right Back to It - Waxahatchee
63. Every Songbird Says - Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop
64. The Choice is Yours - Black Sheep
65. My Love is Like a Gift You Can’t Return - Man from Del Monte
66. Firebird - White Noise
67. Jamaican - Tune-Yards
68. T Pain - Pete & Bas
69. Electricity - OMD
70. Chills and Fever - Ronnie Love
71. Comin’ Home Baby - Mel Torme
72. For You - Rage Mode
73. Hildegard - Dusky
74. Ego - [Spunge]
75. If You Leave - OMD
76. Songs of Love - The Divine Comedy
77. Fairytale - Trixie’s Big Red Motorbike
78. Goth on Our Side - Half Man Half Biscuit
79. Whole World in His House - Half Man Half Biscuit
80. Mickey - Spear of Destiny
81. Martha - Tom Waits
82. Waiting Around to Die - The Be Good Tanyas
83. Anchor Me - The Mutton Birds
84. I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross
85. Can’t Help Falling in Love - Lick the Tins
86. Clap Clap Clap - Ambershades
87. Queen Jane - Kingmaker
88. Twilight Cafe - Susan Fassbender
89. Letters From the Sky - Civil Twilight
90. Magnolia - JJ Cale
91. Candlemaker - Watercress
92. Into Giants - Patrick Watson
93. Love Lust - King Charles (Charles Costa)

Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches

That boy needs therapy!

@creamsnugjumper Thank you. I feel seen

98.6 - Keith (never worked out why this song was so underrated, but Keith did seem to be a bit of a one hit wonder, as it were)

Frozen Orange Juice- Peter Sarstedt (this song makes me smile inside)

It's Nice To Be Out In The Morning- Hermans Hermits (a wonderful tribute to Manchester in the 60s)

On the subject of tributes to UK towns, try Stockport by Frankie Vaughan. Almost unbelievable.

Thank you! Will check that one out! Alice's adventures in Sunderland and Stars Fell on Stockton both by The Shadows are recommendations of mine!

I'm a bit obsessed by Dessa and I'm always amazed how low the Spotify play count is on her songs. It's too hard to pick just one though - as well as the ones below my favourites are Alibi, Dixon's Girl (versions on Castor the Twin), Dutch, Matches to Paper Dolls, I Already Like You, Talking Business...

Love a bit of Jack Savoretti, especially his older stuff. He's played a fair bit in many places, but none of my mates have a clue who he is.

😮omg yes! And her top of the pops performance was just so charming and fun!

Although really odd that the presenter called her a "librarian" just because she wore glasses!

It’s purely psychosomatic

Yes !! 🙌

You're a nut .. you're crazier than a coconut

Ha ha welcome!! I'm an AI adopter/developer so have created a list that I can then develop a Spotify upload from.

So a perfect excuse to be a geek and listen to crazy tunes.

But I'll wait for the thread to die down and post a link!

White lines and red lights by Between the Trees
Existentialism on Prom Night by Straylight Run
Vindicated by Dashboard confessional

I lived in America and these songs were pretty mainstream over there but just didn’t seem to make it over here!

Absolutely beautiful song, I've loved it for ages. Really intriguing.