Un(der)recognized all time classics

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

2 hours ago, T&C said:

Dr. Demento! I used to listen to it back in WNY on Saturday afternoons, wish I could remember what station. Heard "Call Any Vegetable" for the first time thanks to the good doctor.

Apparently Weird Al has given Dr. Demento (Barry Hansen) a few background roles in his videos.  Dr. Demento is credited with giving Weird Al national exposure.

[Bill from NYC]

I could have picked "Sitting in the Park" or "I Do Love You" but instead I picked this classic from a great singer with an original style. Billy Stewart died WAY too young.  

 

 

[Just Jack]

14 hours ago, T&C said:

Dr. Demento! I used to listen to it back in WNY on Saturday afternoons, wish I could remember what station. Heard "Call Any Vegetable" for the first time thanks to the good doctor.

 

In Syracuse it was Sunday nights, I think after 11pm.  Dr. Ruth was on a competing station at the same time.  

[ExiledInIllinois]

10 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

In Syracuse it was Sunday nights, I think after 11pm.  Dr. Ruth was on a competing station at the same time.  

I think it was Sunday night too in BFLo.  Wasn't Dr.Demento and the "King Biscuit Flower Hour?" Don't know why that's sticking in my memory...

[Just Jack]

Just now, ExiledInIllinois said:

I think it was Sunday night too in BFLo.  Wasn't Dr.Demento and the "King Biscuit Flower Hour?" Don't know why that's sticking in my memory...

 

Yes, I think KBFH was first, then DD.  

[Ralonzo]

17 hours ago, T&C said:

Dr. Demento! I used to listen to it back in WNY on Saturday afternoons, wish I could remember what station. Heard "Call Any Vegetable" for the first time thanks to the good doctor.

 

Grew up on it. This thread is giving me the Existential Blues.

 

That said, there's a few tracks that I understood were going to be just too obscure to be as awesome as I knew they were. Even in some cases when the bands caught on. And so they were, and I thought they shouldn't be. I'm gonna thing of 100 things after I submit this post but let's do the Ralonzo thing and throw crap against the wall and see what sticks (reserving the right to add on). If there's something obscure with a riff that needs to live on, I'm posting it here. This is the ***** I turn to 11 when it comes over my speakers, knowing that nobody else knows what it is. Just tracks that I thought were so much better than ever got credit for.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 8, 2021 by Ralonzo

[ThurmanThomasEnglishMuffin]

On 7/26/2021 at 2:38 PM, Gugny said:

Over the many years of listening to this song, I find myself feeling more and more that is, indeed, an all-time great tune.

 

 

 

My favorite Pearl Jam tune. Great pick

[Another Fan]

Contrary to the other thread here this is a song I think that still holds up very well despite the 80s/new age sound to it.  It was written about politicians but it’s meaning imo can be ambiguous 

 

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

On 8/7/2021 at 11:43 PM, Just Jack said:

 

Yes, I think KBFH was first, then DD.  

I think at some point it was on WYSL FM which also had the call letters WPHD.  103.3.  At some point, I think they also carried the National Lampoon Radio Hour. (1973-74)

[Mark Vader]

The Moody Blues have their share of hits.

 

This particular song I think is just hypnotic, and since it is a part of Days of Future Passed, it is probably not as well known.

 

 

[I'm Spartacus]

"Indian Summer" by Joe Walsh always brings a tear to my eye!

[SydneyBillsFan]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gsHYSs_qgmU

 

A song probably ahead of its time, the 1970's classic from the New Zealand pop group Mi-Sex:

 

 

Edited August 18, 2021 by SydneyBillsFan