An obscure song i like is Library Takeout by MicrOpaqu3.
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I’m slowly going through the comments and enjoying a variety of good and interesting music!
Little Scandinavian band called Kashmir, mommy in love, daddy in space
Native Howl - Thunderhead https://youtu.be/CvBiXBSEGDY?si=qBzVCUfOj1l9BEf6
No Life King - Black Pyramid is under 40k views so probably that.
My first thought was Cryptkey - Windhand, or some Electric Wizard, but they are definitely more popular in general.
This is hilarious, i love it. My favorite Jonathan Coulton song is Sticking It to Myself.
That one is great!
I keep mis-remembering one line as “I’m not unreasonable, I mean at some point you’re gonna hafta die”
Whatcha Doin to Me by The Reds
https://youtu.be/EqG_PN6Gt3E?si=bfgDl1RkCRnID4ov
I’ve been listening to it for over 40 years and it still fucking rocks.
I dunno if it would be classed as obscure any more seen as it now has over 2m plays, but when I first heard it 4 years ago it was for sure obscure.
I also remember when it was obscure but i keep seeing it pop up as a meme of absurdity, which it is, of course. I think most people don’t realize the level of virtuosity on display.
A song about the infamous East of Adelaide area of London, Ontario which is notoriously run-down compared to the rest of the city. A lot of the things mentioned in the song will sound very familiar to others who have lived in similar trashy neighbourhoods. The song became popular enough in London that one of London’s former mayors, Joe Fantana, played the song with the band on the drums.
Showbread - Mouth Like a Magazine
https://youtu.be/RPviF7Wp_bw?si=pv5vnQFFPNRMoD1o
The band dropped off the map years ago. I barely understand the words, and that’s when I read the lyrics. But from the chorus, I gather that the song is about hypocrisy, and that scratches an itch of yelling at people for being hypocritical
Yine, by Kurban (Turkish band) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=edxm5-boYGA&pp=ygULeWluZSBrdXJiYW4%3D
Hell yeah, can’t go wrong with hard rock.
I have a number of songs on my playlists in different languages that i dont unserstand and it’s interesting how it shifts the focus away from lyrics and toward the interaction between the vocals and the instruments. The voice is another instrument, after all.
My favourite “obscure” artist right now is a Vancouver band called Slightest Clue. Post/Punk alternative group.
This is good, big fan. I like the changes in intensity throughout the song.
They have two EPs right now and I’m quite a fan of both. If you liked that one, definitely check out the rest of their discography
Yes, of course! Half of the music i listen to is instrumental.
That was a good song. It gives me vibes of melancholy and longing.
A great one for your Halloween playlists is “The Crazy” by The Children MacNuggits.
But if you want even more obscure, a college friend of mine started a homebrew record label and got every band on campus to submit their best track for a compilation… and then he did it five more times
Twenty years later, I still listen to some of these songs daily, but especially: (warning, these are download links, not streaming)
Cold Heaven - “Eurydice”
The Heavy Pets - “(A Dragon’s Just) A Dinosaur in Drag”
Zinc Finger and the Major Groove - “Too Much of a Girl”
The Passerines - “Young”
Memo From Turner from the soundtrack of the movie Performance.
It sounds like The Rolling Stones but it’s only Mick, plus Ry Cooder on slide guitar.
I like the mix of speaking voice and singing here. Also the pitch “issues” of both the slide and Jagger add to the song—almost microtonal vibes.
Agreed. I love the drums too, really loose vibe to them.
Idk how obscure it is but FIGURE IN THE BACKGROUND by Snake Pool
This is a fun one. The driving beat from the drums and the bouncing bass make me smile and it’s impossible not to tilt my head back and forth to the beat.
https://open.spotify.com/track/7uhfJ11SoxlwREvTV80QA5? Lucy(Hurt People Hurt People) by Olivver the Kid
I like how simple this song is musically while converting multiple things behind the lyrics.