Your favorite obscure song


What song in your music inventory do you consider a barely known hidden gem? Like a well kept secret know only to a few that you can listen to over and again.

For me it's 'Roads to Moscow' from Al Stewart's 'Past Present and Future' album.

The music, the lyrics, the story it tells is- to be just slightly hyperbolic- brilliant.

Check it out, especially if your a WW2 history buff.

Thank you for your attention on this matter.😁

thecarpathian

"Till Tomorrow" by Yello

"Call My Name" by Morgan James 

"Love Is Blindness" by Cassandra Wilson

"Nessun Dorma" by Andrea Bocelli 

"Mandragora" by Andreas Vollenweider

 

I inherited this album from my friend when he passed away:

https://www.amazon.com/Jump-Water/dp/B000PI4FE4

Good luck finding this streaming anywhere. I’d never heard of Steve Moos or the band Jump in the Water. I like all the songs on this album, and the first one Illusions of Love is a good one. Can’t find it on Youtube but here’s a poorly recorded live version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EImhRCIHpxM&list=RDEImhRCIHpxM&start_radio=1

This is why I like getting ahold of CD collections. There’s music out there that’s hard to find.

Other examples include Marco Benevento Live at Tonic  & Yellowjackets Lifecycle, with Mike Stern. As far as I can tell, to hear the full album in these cases and others you still have to buy the CDs or find a tape or LP.

Sorry my entry isn't from the '60s or '70s, but...

"100% White Girl" by VKTMS.  Awesome raw punk rock that got no airplay because of the censors.  

drown, by john easdale, the principal of the semisuccessful dramarama. Gorgeous song, with a fantastic guitar outro. Less than 1000 listens on spotify, while Kanye west has 50 billion. Which, as much as  anything, explains why we've failed as a society.