Singles that rocked but got away ?

[NMH]

Danse Society - Hold On (to what you got)

Wah Heat - 7 minutes To Midnight

Monochrome Set - He's Frank (slight return) ....and... The Strange Boutique .

Chameleons - In Shreds (def. not for the faint-hearted!)

The Damned - Shadow Of Love


Any more for any more?

 

[tedebear]

A little bit of northern soul Frankie's "The Night" - a favourite here!!

 

[Lush]

Wah Heat - good call although what about The Mighty Wah? And Shambeko Say Wah?

Where to start?

White Mice - The Mo-dettes
Whip It - Devo
Brand New Life - Young Marble Giants
Thank You - The Pale Fountains
Mahalia - The Bible
Ways To Be Wicked - Lone Justice
Tango In Mono - The Expressos

 

[Juan Albion]

Off the side of my head...

It's Immaterial: Ed's Funky Diner
the Yachts: Suffice to Say, Look back in love (not in anger) + more
Care: Flaming Sword
Bourgie Bourgie: Breaking Point, Careless (- edit)
The Stunning: Brewing Up a Storm
Stiff Little Fingers: Harp

And too many more to count.

 

[Wilts]

A little bit of northern soul Frankie's "The Night" - a favourite here!!

While we're on Northern Soul then...

Betty Everett - Gettin' Mighty Crowded
Rosco Robinson - That's Enough
The Charts - Desiree
Jimmy "Soul" Clark - Sweet Darling
Frank Wilson - Do I Love You
Tony Clarks - Landslide
Don Conway - Its Better to Have (and Don't Need)

All gems!

 

[Juan Albion]

Ah, and since you mentioned the Monochrome Set, how about Jacob's Ladder?

 

[tedebear]

While we're on Northern Soul then...

Frank Wilson - Do I Love You

All gems!

excellent - down right style incarnate!!

 

[Easy 10]

Is this the official thread for tracks and artists nobody has ever feckin heard of then ?

 

[Wilts]

"The In Crowd" double CD with the best of Northern Soul is permanently on my CD player. Never heard of any of these tunes beforehand, but now realised that they're superb!

Anything with a groove gets me going really...

 

[NMH]

Is this the official thread for tracks and artists nobody has ever feckin heard of then ?

The whole point is that they are not 'hits', so........ yeah !

Sort through your Marillion collection Easy !

 

[Juan Albion]

I want to thank NMH for this excellent thread. As I couldn't remember the name of the Bourgie Bourgie song, I tried to download some of theirs off Kazaa. Finally managed to download three of theirs and found the one I was really thinking of. 'Breaking Point' is just wonderful. I have it back home on vinyl but sadly have nothing to play it on. So this is great. Tah, NMH, a man of sound musical taste clearly.

"Wait until your ship comes in..." wah wah waaaaah

 

[Easy 10]

The whole point is that they are not 'hits', so........ yeah !

Sort through your Marillion collection Easy !

Sorry NMH, I am tired and emotional.
I have notoriously poor taste in music. I am an 80's junkie who gets off on New Romantic stuff, far too mainstream for the more refined tastes coming out on this thread.

 

[Lush]

Sorry NMH, I am tired and emotional.
I have notoriously poor taste in music. I am an 80's junkie who gets off on New Romantic stuff, far too mainstream for the more refined tastes coming out on this thread.

Klactoveesedstein by Blue Rondo a la Turk?

 

[albiongirl]

I obvioulsy missed out on something as I don't recognise any of these songs or artists!!

 

[tedebear]

Klactoveesedstein by Blue Rondo a la Turk?

other way round Lush if I'm thinking correctly? Blue Rondo was also done by Dave Brubeck for all you jazz fans...

or maybe somewhere in the anals of music I've missed a band named by a Dave Brubeck track... apologies if I have..

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

Chefs - 24 hours
No Entry Band - Cold and Only Lives
Johnnie Allan - Promised Land

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

other way round Lush if I'm thinking correctly? Blue Rondo was also done by Dave Brubeck for all you jazz fans...

or maybe somewhere in the anals of music I've missed a band named by a Dave Brubeck track... apologies if I have..

You did miss it, but yuo didn't miss much...

 

[Juan Albion]

Johnnie Allan - Promised Land

Freaky - I downloaded that only two weeks ago after trying to track it down for years. It is, indeed, wonderful. Best version by far IMHO.

 

[Gwylan]

Wilts, you're the man.

You missed out Let me down easy by Betty Lavette though, the all time Northen soul classic.

Don't think Johnny Allan's Promised Land is one that got away. I distinctly remember that in the charts (low down in the charts, true, but in the Top 40). Great song though.

As for great pop songs: 7 minutes to midnight is a classic.

What about Robert Palmer's Johnny and Mary? Not a big hit, despite the Renault ads.

 

[Juan Albion]

Don't think Johnny Allan's Promised Land is one that got away. I distinctly remember that in the charts (low down in the charts, true, but in the Top 40). Great song though.

As for great pop songs: 7 minutes to midnight is a classic.

What about Robert Palmer's Johnny and Mary? Not a big hit, despite the Renault ads.

Are you sure about Promised Land? I remember going to my regular record shop, which was quite good at getting things, and he had barely heard of it. He tried to get me to buy Elvis instead. But perhaps I was just ahead of my time, as usual.


Don't think Robert Palmer's Johnny and Mary is one that got away. I distinctly remember that in the charts (low down in the charts, true, but in the Top 40). Great song though.