OT: The Old, the Obscure, and the Forgotten

[nwhoopfan]

This EP is fairly recent; I wonder if it's gotten them more exposure. I really like them, too.

I think it just took them a long time to build some momentum. Until Eternity exploded at some point. I kept being stunned at how few views it had every time I watched it, but that's not the case now. Not sure exactly when that one caught on. It was posted about 3 1/2 years ago.

 

[JordyG]

I know this song as a Brooks & Dunn hit. The original sounds great. The remake barely bothered to change anything from this version.

Stevenson also wrote this song, another big hit. I prefer his original as well.

 

[JordyG]

Joan Baez "STEWBALL" -

 

[JordyG]

Joan Baez "STEWBALL" -

She did a nice version of this, but this one always stuck with me.

 

[tomcat]

I thought this might be an interesting angle to take music wise. I'm sure you have a favorite song(s) that just might fit into these categories. I'll kick it off with a beautiful acoustic tune from the mid 70's by a really obscure artist by the name of Brian Friel:

Don't know if anyone has an interest in Brian Joseph Friel (as opposed to Brian Friel, whp was a famous Irish playwright) but he put out an album last year and this was on it. Also pretty good music.
20 Minutes, by Brian Joseph Friel
Further research turned up the fact that he recently had a stroke, and any revenue from his music goes to his care.

 

[JordyG]

I think it just took them a long time to build some momentum. Until Eternity exploded at some point. I kept being stunned at how few views it had every time I watched it, but that's not the case now. Not sure exactly when that one caught on. It was posted about 3 1/2 years ago.

Ronnie Dunn resisted doing this song for quite awhile because he said he didn't want to "Sound like a girl". Go figure.

 

[tomcat]

Old, obscure, forgotten? That's my bio in a nutshell.


Let's go back to Britain, around 1989. Layyydeez anna gennulmin,
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band...

I actually think I heard this one.
Once. Thankfully, only once. There's a reason it and the band are obscure.

 

[tomcat]

This song dates back to the 12th century or so, the first known text was in Latin:

I actually had this album and really like the band. Had forgotten all about this song.

 

[JordyG]

Another one that remains one of my favorites. Roooooooooooooooooooooooooollllll another one.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Some cute kids doing kind of a retro surf rock thing I think.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Ronnie Dunn resisted doing this song for quite awhile because he said he didn't want to "Sound like a girl". Go figure.

Quoted the wrong post I think.

 

[JordyG]

This guy was headed for the Mount Rushmore of horn players until his untimely death at 27. This one is classic.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Another along the same lines as Aquadolls.

 

[tomcat]

Hokay, mon, one more then I’ll shut up for awhile. This is a symphonic metal band from Bosnia. The vocalist is spectacular.

I sorta like it. Symnphonic heavy metal, Why not?

 

[tomcat]

My favorite song from a guy who wrote a bunch of touching songs before his death also at 39.

I like this song, but it was hardly obscure. It got a ton a play in New England back in the day.

 

[tomcat]

Genya Ravan and Ten Wheel Drive.

Back in the time when Blood, Sweat and Tears was new and jazz rock was a thing, there was Genya Ravan, who (if you look it up) had quite a history as a pathfinder in women's rock and roll. Anyway, they were on tour and played my college ballroom back in 1970 and I was blown away by them. Probably the first concert where I really connected to the music.
They cut a couple of albums but never got anywhere.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[nwhoopfan]

I sorta like it. Symnphonic heavy metal, Why not?

That's quite a wormhole to go down. There are a bunch of bands in this genre. Within Temptation is one of my favorites, a good place to start.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Discovered this band too late. It was originally twin sisters and a guy. One of the sisters left, then the guy died way too young from cancer. The remaining member put out one final album after the guy died, they had a bunch of material that was almost ready that she finished up. The record I think was a love letter and goodbye to her musical soul mate.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[Kaizen]

Most people do not know Samantha Sang.
"Emotion" is a song written by Barry and Robin Gibb. It was first recorded by Australian singer Samantha Sang, whose version reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. The Bee Gees recorded their own version of the song in 1994 as part of an album called Love Songs which was never released but it was eventually included on their 2001 collection titled Their Greatest Hits: The Record .

 

[nwhoopfan]

Bjork has to be the most well known Icelandic musician. I'm not sure if there is a second most well known Icelandic musician, but I like this singer.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[Sifaka]

Perhaps not too well known on this side of the puddle, these crazies had much success for many decades in the U.K.

Half my household hails from Willy Shakespear territory, and we both get a good larf from this-

 

[Kaizen]