Looking for suggestions for a radio show I’ll be doing soon. Theme is classic stuff, 1950s-1990s or thereabouts. We’ve all heard Sweet Home Alabama, Bohemian Rhapsody, Sultans of Swing, etc – give me one of those deep/unknown tracks from popular (or niche) artists you don’t hear on the radio often!

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  3. Imaginary Lover – Atlanta Rhythm Section

    Anything by Def Leppard or Journey or Foreigner (except the popular ones duh)

    Anything by Opeth

  4. Imaginary Lover – Atlanta Rhythm Section

    Anything by Def Leppard or Journey or Foreigner (except the popular ones duh)

    Anything by Opeth

  7. Bruce Cockburn – “Wonderin’ Where the Lions Are.”

    “Apsaras” by Apsaras.

    Both 1970s.

  9. Sooner or Later – Grass Roots
    A Taste of Honey -Herb Alpett and Tiajuana Brass
    Bridge Over Troubled Water- simon and Garf.
    Song for My Father – Horace Mann
    Compared to What -Les McCann
    Danny Boy – Keith Jarrett
    Live Hrows Where My Rosemary Goes – Edison Lighthouse

  11. Very well known by those in New Zealand and Australia, but Slice of Heaven by Dave Dobbyn should fit your bill nicely.

  12. Check out the 1980 compilation album “Good Morning America”, features the like of Harry Nilsson, Arlo Guthrie, The Byrds etc.

  13. Drink Before the War – Sinéad O’Connor.

    (or anything from The Lion and the Cobra really)

  16. Wait 90’s is considered classic now? xD

    Entrails Ripped From a Virgins Cunt by Cannibal corpse is 90’s as are Mutilate The Stillborn and Fermented Offal Discharge by Necrophagist.

    Ok, jokes aside I’d actually recommend:

    Bobby Fuller Four version of I Fought The Law

    The Bards Song by Blind Guardian is 90’s but has a much more old feel/vibe to it. Much more like something you’d expect to hear… well… a bard playing in an old tavern, might be a bit too old sounding for you in that regard.

    I really love The Hurricane by Bob Dylan and I dont see many people mention it when talking about him, might have to do some censoring depending on you radio station regulations though. I don’t think you’ll find a song with deeper meaning behind it in this thread (if thats what you meant by deep).

    There’s a lot of good Bruce Springsteen songs out there that get overlooked in favour of the obligatory Born To Run, Born In The Usa, The River, and Thunder Road. I’d recommend Cover Me or Glory Days.

    Sally MacLennane by the Pogues is probably the only radio friendly song by them I know of and also has some of the most delightful tin whistle I’ve ever heard in it.

  19. Every Kinda People – Robert Palmer

    Rock This Town – Stray Cats

    Heartbreaker – Pat Benatar

    Let the River Run – Carly Simon

    Maybelline – Chuck Berry

    Me 262 – Blue Oyster Cult

    Red Barchetta – Rush

    Free Your Mind – En Vogue

  21. Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes

    Queen – White Queen (As It Began)

    David Bowie – Five Years

    Iggy Pop – Nightclubbing

    Lou Reed – Lady Day

    Free – Fire And Water

    Paul McCartney – Junk

  24. So i never found this song ever again, but maybe the hivemind will…

    There was this german book series “Orkanfahrt”, about ship captains who were interviews and told their craziest story…
    In the audiobook version, there was a melancholic song at the end. Sung by a female voice singing about her waiting for her sailor coming back.

  25. [The Boo Radleys – Wake Up Boo!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXPTnPmm78)

    [Manic Street Preachers – Motorcycle Emptiness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavcjNniIvk)

    [Faith No More – Easy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPzDTfIb0DU)

    [Faith No More – Evidence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lvMNLhJrb0)

    [Booth And The Bad Angel – Dance Of The Bad Angels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZGKlKDfF9I)

    [PORNO FOR PYROS – Tahitian Moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57kHFXElTVI)

    [Therapy? – A Moment Of Clarity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dhSq9mD6TI)

    [R.E.M. – Leave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXj6_-UwkOU)

    [Red Hot Chili Peppers – My Friends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kT5w27YxyI)

  27. Rush probably has a lot of good candidates. Personally, I love Bravado from Roll the Bones.

    Also, I’m aware that we Hoosiers get an outsized amount of airplay of Mellencamp’s catalog. So while his stuff isn’t obscure to me, it would be to someone outside Indiana. And there’s a lot of good stuff from Scarecrow, Lonesome Jubilee, Big Daddy, Whenever We Wanted, Human Wheels, etc.

  31. I’d go for:

    [Tesla – Modern Day Cowboy](https://youtu.be/avAvkdYa3qM) From their 1986 album.

    Good 80’s hard rock from a band that have had a pretty good run, have written some damn good songs, but not a name you hear as often as ones like maybe Def Leppard or Aerosmith

  32. Try a superb mix of songs by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers.

    An hour+ tape of 1940s, 1950s, 1960s music mixed into a great soundtrack.

  39. Check out Big Head Todd and The Monsters. They have bunch of good stuff. John Hiatt is a fun one too.

  41. Beach Boys – Feel Flows

    My favorite song by them that not a lot of people bring up

  42. For me, many were featured in Miami Vice:

    * Russ Ballard – In The Night, Voices

    * Red Rider – Lunatic Fringe, Can’t Turn Back

    * Glenn Frey – Smuggler’s Blues

    * Red 7 – Heartbeat

    * Peter Gabriel – Biko, We Do What We’re Told

    * The Nobodys – No Guarantees

    * Godley and Creme – Cry

    * Mike + The Mechanics – Par Avion

    * Ted Nugent – Little Miss Dangerous

    * Public Image Ltd. – Order of Death

    * Yello – Desire

    * The Damned – In Dulce Decorum

    * Shriekback – Running On The Rocks

    * Terry Kath – Tell Me

    * Also many Jan Hammer and Tim Truman (S5) instrumentals (Crockett’s Theme and others)

    And outside MV:

    * Alphaville first two albums (Forever Young and Afternoons of Utopia), plus Next Generation from Universal Daddy’s 12″ LP; from the third album (The Breathtaking Blue) I only liked Romeos.

    * 80s Italo disco – Brian Ice, Fancy, Ken Laszlo, Miko Mission, Max Coveri, Mr. Zivago, My Mine

    * Beach Boys – All Summer Long (American Graffiti, baby!)

    * Brotherhood of Man – United We Stand

    * Bruce Springsteen – I’m Going Down

    * C.C. Catch (Dieter Bohlen period)

    * Del Shannon – Runaway

    * Donna Summer – Denver Dream (from 1974, before she became the Queen of Disco)

    * Gary Numan – Are Friends Electric

    * Gazebo – I Like Chopin

    * most anything by Giorgio Moroder

    * Harold Faltermeyer/Keith Forsey – Bad Guys

    * lots of Jean Michel Jarre stuff (especially the legendary Oxygene IV)

    * Jennifer Rush – Power of Love

    * Joe Cocker – You Can Leave Your Hat On

    * John Carpenter/Alan Howarth – Escape from New York theme

    * Kinks – Sunny Afternoon

    * KISS – Strutter, I Was Made for Loving You

    * Klaus Doldinger’s Das Boot soundtrack

    * Laurent Vaguener – Israël Connection

    * Methusalem – Journey Into the Unknown album

    * Nena – Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann

    * Nino de Angelo – Jenseits von Eden

    * Opus 3 – It’s a Fine Day

    * Patrick Cowley – Menergy

    * Peter Schilling – Major Tom, Noah Plan

    * Roxy Music – Love is the Drug

    * Sandra – Maria Magdalena, Little Girl, Johnny Wanna Live

    * Sandy Marton – People from Ibiza

    * Silent Circle’s first album

    * Sparks – When Do I Get To Sing My Way

    * Stray Cats – Rock This Town

    * Todd Rundgren – Can We Still Be Friends

    * Toto – I Won’t Hold You Back

    * Ute Berling – Computerspiele

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