Interested to get some suggestions of great B-sides, or tracks on double-As that didn't get the rotation that the other track did.
Oasis obviously had some stunners (only up until Some Might say, though, IMHO), and the Restless Natives soundtrack is peerless, but what else should I look out?
And, do bands release singles anymore, or is it just tracks to download (and do they even have the equivalent of b-sides?)?
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08-01-2017 04:23 PM #1
Brilliant B-Sides/ Overlooked Double-As
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08-01-2017 04:46 PM #2
Hey Hey What Can I Do by Led Zeppelin and Carry Me Home by ACDC spring to mind.
Less well known B sides I'd throw in are Fog by Radiohead, Get Your Hands Out of My Grave by The Cribs and Despair in the Departure Lounge by the Arctic Monkeys.
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08-01-2017 05:51 PM #3
"You're So Good To Me"/"Sloop John B" (ironically) - Beach Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBWH10U178kLast edited by snooky; 08-01-2017 at 11:52 PM.
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08-01-2017 06:01 PM #4
Oasis did indeed have some belting bsides. I'd say they continued past some might say though. Stay Young (bside of D'Yer Know What I Mean) and The Fever & Going Nowhere (bsides to Stand By Me) are amongst their best and would have improved the disappointing third album had they been included on it imo.
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08-01-2017 07:36 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Arctic Monkeys b-sides are brilliant if you like the band, right up to AM. Stop the World I Wanna Get Off and 2013 really great. In earlier album cycles they had guest vocalists (Miles Kane, Richard Hawley) sing with the band under the name the Death Ramps. Also did a good cover of Red Right Hand, as played on Peaky Blinders.
I'm a big fan of Blossoms. Prior to their debut album coming out they released 3 EPs with some brilliant b-sides.
Think it is a bit of a dying art but depends what type of music you're into. Oasis are the undeniable kings of the b-side and we could devote another entire thread to how different their legacy might be if they'd used the songs differently- the Masterplan as a b-side FFS! Personally I wouldn't have it any other way
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08-01-2017 07:57 PM #6
The Jam had a few cracking b sides which weren't on albums I seem to recall. It's a while ago now though
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08-01-2017 08:00 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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The Beatles Revolution and Bowie's Suffragette City are 2 of the best, off the top of my head.
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08-01-2017 09:09 PM #9
Wings 'C Moon'I much prefer the other side. Maybe because the BBC banned it.
There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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08-01-2017 10:35 PM #10
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The list goes on.
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08-01-2017 11:21 PM #11
T Rex Jeepster
B side Life's A Gas one of the best I can remember
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjiNROf_U4Y
Or B side of Bowies John I'm only Dancing which was Hang on to Yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZi1zMgGGGk
Bowie would have been 70 yesterday, still sadly missed.
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09-01-2017 11:42 AM #12
I've had a good bit of stick over the years for liking these guys but no longer do I give a flying one...
Anyway, amongst many of their lesser known tracks, I always enjoy hearing this one. I think it is the B-Side to Call Me (1985)
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09-01-2017 12:03 PM #13
The Stone Roses had a few belters, none better than this imo (B-side on She Bangs the Drums).
I'm pretty sure Mersey Paradise was on the CD single as well.
Bands really did used to give away a lot of superb music as b-sides.Last edited by Smartie; 09-01-2017 at 12:05 PM.
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09-01-2017 02:11 PM #14
'Acquiesce' is Oasis' best song IMO, and that was a B side on 'Some Might Say' I think?
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09-01-2017 09:07 PM #15
My Favourite is "There ain't half been some clever B*st@rds" the b side of Ian Dury's "Hit me with you rhythm stick". Favourite b side story was Brown girl in the ring which was and still is the B side to River of Babylon. People who had bought the first then bought the second without realising they'd bought the same disc twice....
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09-01-2017 11:20 PM #17
New York City Cops by The Strokes on the Hard To Explain single. Got banned/recalled after 9/11, I still have the single somewhere.
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Love Smither-Jones, the B-side was better than the version that made it on to Setting Sons IMO.
They also had a some excellent The Who Covers as B-sides, So Sad About Us, Disguises.
There's a b-side and rarities album, "Extras", as well as a 5 cd "Direction Reaction Creation" which has loads of covers, rare songs and reworked versions of songs. Both well worth a purchase.
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13-01-2017 12:44 PM #20
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Fade away
I will believe
Let's all make believe
Thank you for the good times
Stay young
Acquiesce
Half the world away
Rockin chair
It's good to be free
Cum on feel the noize (slade cover)
Do yer wanna be a spaceman
Off the top of my head.. that would make a pretty good album even if I say so myself
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13-01-2017 02:05 PM #21
some more to add to the list of excellent b sides
Queen 'We will Rock You' started out life as the b side to We are the Champions in 1977
the Clash 'Pressure Drop' b side to English civil war
Jesus and Mary Chain 'Kill Surf City' b side to April Sky very upbeat from the East Kilbride gloomsters
The Exploited 'Hitlers in the Charts again' b side to Dead Cities, way better tune from Wattie and co
David Bowie ' The man who sold the world' b side to Space Oddity
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13-01-2017 02:31 PM #22
Best Clash B side for me is The Prisoner, B side of the great (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais.
TV Stars by the Skids is always good for a laugh.
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13-01-2017 03:01 PM #23
Gordon Smart has a show on Radio X now, and I saw on Facebook the other day that someone on his show had told him that his name sounds like it should be a Blur b-side.
Which made me chuckle.
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Thought with your avatar you'd have mentioned the magnificent singles by Stiff Little Fingers
Suspect Device B Side Wasted Life !
Nobody's Hero and Tin Soldiers which I remember being a double A Side and rightly so
Just Fade Away has Go For It and Doesn't Make It Alright on the B Side (competition closed that wins !!)
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Very hard to see past Oasis though, they had b-sides better than some bands could ever hope to have as an a-side.Follow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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18-01-2017 08:01 PM #26
There'll be users in their teens/twenties reading this and thinking WTF is a B side?
*sadly I don't fall into either category
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20-01-2017 12:03 PM #27
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Quality album nonetheless!
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