Underrated songs by overexposed artists

[TheMonk]

Big artists tend to be known by their big hits, but they often have a cracker that fell down the back of the couch. Great songs that no one seems to mention.
A few that spring to mind :
Phil Collins- I'm Not Moving
Elton John- Harmony
The Beatles- For No One
Rod Stewart- In A Broken Dream
Peter Gabriel- No Way Out

Others?

[jobotic]

Have mentioned it before but a few months back I heard Spirits (Having Flown) by the Bee Gees. Not being a fan and only knowing the hits that are still played years after they were hits, i'd never heard of this. I can still do without the singing but musically it's glorious.

[famethrowa]

If we're talking Bee Gees, then I'm going for Kilburn Towers from the Mk1 days. A sweet acoustic strummer that could work in any decade.

https://youtu.be/yGdyVqcC6wg

[poodlefaker]

Yeah, 60s-era 'Gees was a revelation for me having known only their 70s stuff. Similarly Pink Floyd.

[Dusty Substance]

Rubberneckin' by Elvis.

[wosl]

^^ Speaking of Pink Floyd: the jaunty acoustic foot-tapper Crumbling Land.  For the most part they hymn the transporting qualities of sky and flight and water, playing these off against materialism/industrialisation, in the fairly standard early Floydian way, but it features an especially sweet intertwine of Dave and Rick's vocals, and the playing is light and spirited - the bass is so spry you doubt that Waters can be responsible for it.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Rubberneckin' by Elvis.

There are so many by Elvis, you could easily compile a great playlist of relative obscurities. Here's another funky one from that same era, Stranger in My Own Home Town.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0x-ZCLGHnM

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Sitting in My Hotel by The Kinks is one of their most beautiful songs, but because it appeared on one of the '70s albums that nobody apart from dedicated followers of fashion fans ever listen to, it continues to languish in obscurity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joz7WkjhfMQ

It's also, as far as I'm aware, the only bearable 'lonely life of a rock star' song ever written.

[holyzombiejesus]

Bob Dylan's "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" was pretty obscure to me but I guess others may be familiar with it. It's great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=3EF1mDgfKKM

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

Bob Dylan's "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" was pretty obscure to me but I guess others may be familiar with it. It's great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=3EF1mDgfKKM

That version is better than the one he eventually released as a single.

[Famous Mortimer]

I liked "Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues" by Dylan.

Does "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" by the Beatles count in this category? I bloody love it, either way.

[Attila]

Sitting in My Hotel by The Kinks is one of their most beautiful songs, but because it appeared on one of the '70s albums that nobody apart from dedicated followers of fashion fans ever listen to, it continues to languish in obscurity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joz7WkjhfMQ

It's also, as far as I'm aware, the only bearable 'lonely life of a rock star' song ever written.

It gained a whole new audience as it was a featured song in the Sunny Afternoon musical. I used it as a case study on the effects of fame in my book, too :) It's a good'un.

[Satchmo Distel]

'Til I Die - Beach Boys

[Famous Mortimer]

It's also, as far as I'm aware, the only bearable 'lonely life of a rock star' song ever written.

Because it's in heavy rotation on my local classic rock station, I've got a substantial soft spot for "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh.

[phantom_power]

Does All the Way From Memphis from Mott the Hoople count? They aren't overexposed as artists but only one song of theirs is ever played on the radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubBpu3MHmtM

For the Kinks I would have to add Shangri-La, a fucking monster of a song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt0IXkIVvo4

[SpiderChrist]

Because it's in heavy rotation on my local classic rock station, I've got a substantial soft spot for "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh.

The whole album's fucking great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYuFFJ5Ness&list=PL8a8cutYP7frk7SYM8kkxDf0uN_H__9es

[Better Midlands]

Have mentioned it before but a few months back I heard Spirits (Having Flown) by the Bee Gees. Not being a fan and only knowing the hits that are still played years after they were hits, i'd never heard of this. I can still do without the singing but musically it's glorious.

From the same LP, my favourite Bee Gees track - Love You Inside Out. Gorgeous funky down tempo disco with a luxurious production

https://youtu.be/SouY1MKclZ4