Underplayed Classics

[rodshaw]

“They’ll never play this on the radio”, he says near the end, and you can see his point.

[Moo]

Now, for a more feel-good song (about nuclear war).

I Melt with You by Modern English
(I don’t fancy her, but this song makes me think of Greta Thunberg)

[Moo]

Rider in the Rain – Randy Newman

[Moo]

Don’t Lose my Number – Phil Collins

The music video is almost never shown on TV, which is strange because it’s one of the best.

[Lizzie45]

Not an underplayed classic as such but one of the best TV ads of all time IMHO – plus a great riff from Stiltskin.

[Moo]

This is for you, Lizzie. Austria’s 2023 Eurovision entry.

Who the Hell is Edgar? – Teya & Salena

[Moo]

Put a Little Love in your Heart – Al Green & Annie Lennox

From the film, ‘Scrooged’

[Moo]

Love me for a Reason – Johnny Bristol

Sooooooo romantic

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[Moo]

Brown-Eyed Handsome Man – Buddy Holly (originally by Chuck Berry)

Best lyric: Marlo Venus was a beautiful lass, she had the world in the palm of her hand. She lost both her arms in a wrestling match to meet a brown-eyed handsome man. She went and won herself a brown-eyed handsome man.

[rodshaw]

“Marlo Venus”? I have always understood this to be “Milo Venus”, as in the Venus de Milo, who does indeed have no arms.

[Moo]

– Rod Shaw

You’re right. It was the lyric website that got it wrong. I should have noticed it was “Milo Venus”, because of the gummy Venus de Milo from the Simpsons’ episode: “Homer Badman”. Isn’t it pronounced: Meelo?

It’s good to know other people are listening to these songs, and I’m not just posting them for myself.

[Moo]

Buddy Holly by Weezer

This has a superb music video, to boot.

[ALB]

Most people pronounce Milo as my-low rather than meelo, I think.

[rodshaw]

Another Weezer track. They’re a great band. In this one, I like the way you’re never quite sure where the first beat in the bar is.

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[Moo]

Thanks for posting that other Weezer song, Rod. I only knew their song ‘Buddy Holly’, but will definitely check them out, after listening to ‘Island in the Sun’.

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