Most overlooked song in pop history

I still love you - Bee Gees
bodyguard - bee gees

Goodnight Saigon by Billy Joel.

stonemuse said:

Three by the Pogues - Pair of Brown Eye, Sally Maclannane, and Summer in Siam

Listen - Christy Moore

Fortress Europe - Asian Dub Foundation

Sally Cinnamon and I am the Resurrection - Stone Roses

Primus inter pares on an album full of amazing songs.

Movie Star - Harpo

Chippycafc said:

Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree.

Moonlight feels right by starbuck.

I literally despise that song.
Thank heavens I’m off to rehearsal and will therefore have any song from Chicago as an ear worm for the rest of the day & not this hideous pathetic piece of shit song.

Plaistow Patricia * Ian  Drury and the Blockheads

Saturn 5 - Inspiral Carpets 

KBslittlesis said:

AddicksAddict said:

The song Ms AA recorded with The Glitter Band.  For some reason which she can't remember, they didn't use Gary for the vocals and decided on a female vocalist.  Ms AA was working with Mike Stock at the time and got the job.

She'd say the song is rightfully overlooked.

My English teacher at school was married to Mike Stock.
It was right at the height of SAW & she used to come into lessons looking decidedly worse for wear after some of their parties 🤣🤣

I'll ask Ms AA what she remembers of Bobbie Stock.

JiMMy 85 said:

Gribbo said:

The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen

Great shout. I didn't know that was their song - I only know the Pavement version which I love. 

There you go, case in point.

When it first came out it made it to number 9 in the charts. Its widely recognised as the bands best song and has even been called the greatest song ever - although that was by the bloke that wrote it ! It's also been used in various film soundtracks over the years.

I mean, it's a great song and I really like it, but "overlooked"???

The Future’s so Bright, I gotta wear shades - TimBuk 3

Blinded by the Sun - The Seahorses

Maid in Heaven by Be Bop Deluxe, 2 minutes 26 seconds of perfectly crafted pop song.

OK, it got to No. 36 (which I suppose in 1976 reflected a decent number of records sold) but should have got a lot higher. 

Bilko said:

Bournemouth Addick said:

https://youtu.be/fjV_8dOiEU0

This one. Not sure it's pure pop tbh but it was quite a departure for Slade, didn't make the top 10 at the time and is now quite rarely played on the radio. Except for Ken Bruce who shares a love for it with me. 

What a great track.

One of my personal fav's for sure. 

In choosing it I applied my own criteria - ignoring obscure album tracks, that never had a single release, name a Slade song that, if you asked 100 people, only a few or none at all would chose.

Someone should work that idea up into a TV quiz format...

Off_it said:

JiMMy 85 said:

Gribbo said:

The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen

Great shout. I didn't know that was their song - I only know the Pavement version which I love. 

There you go, case in point.

When it first came out it made it to number 9 in the charts. Its widely recognised as the bands best song and has even been called the greatest song ever - although that was by the bloke that wrote it ! It's also been used in various film soundtracks over the years.

I mean, it's a great song and I really like it, but "overlooked"???

Your case in point doesn't make much sense to me. I just said I had never heard of the original which hardly implies I'm voting for ubiquitous song. Perhaps the parameters for the discussion ought to be set - maybe it's relevant that the song was a hit at the time but today perhaps wouldn't be expected to appear on many lists, thus making it underrated now, as opposed to when it came out? Even if we were to accept that a song briefly hitting the top ten makes it highly rated - I suspect we could name plenty of songs that reached the top 10 at some point that many of us have never heard of. I also looked it up on Wikipedia and it's appeared in three independent movies and a rom-com flop so I can't help but feel you're case in point isn't the best example.