Thought I would try something a little different here.

Since you can now find all of those old videos and songs because of the wild wacky web, I thought it might be cool if we shared some of those old "vintage" "strange" and "obscure" old tunes we used to listen to and like, that weren't so main stream.

Here's one I just happened to remember I really liked..

Time Zone doing World Destruction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPHDQLuZaGo&feature=related

Post some of your old flashbacks... I've got stacks of songs like this I like, and was hoping to see if we can all turn each other onto something really different..

Don't know if it has a YT clip attached, but I always loved the Iggy Pop song "Here Comes Success," off Lust for Life. I've never heard it on the radio, or anywhere else for that matter. Does that qualify as obsure? :D

one of my faves-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEnQ5njdDqQ&feature=related

the footage explains everything, regional hit gone national, summer, 1968

Wow, I actually did find some clips! One is Duran Duran covering the song. Shows great taste on their part. :thmbsp:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVNZ7r2ry48

The other is the studio version of the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CAzxoZy4wY&feature=related

Man, you can find anything on YT!

Yep.. that's obscure for sure... It's actually just called "success"

No idea who the dancing goon and his dag are, but it's the right song..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPW4Efe8d6I

I think this might fit the bill for this thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Y5LKZPwV4

I don't know, some of YOU guys might already know it, but most folks don't.

Very Cool Shrinkboy.. this is the kind of stuff I was hoping others would post..

Another great one Eddie... I think this thread will be a great way to find some of those really obscure bands and groups many of us have never heard of..

Devo.....Jocko Homo

When i was a teenager, I called the local radio station at least 10 times one night requesting they play it. Finally the DJ was so irritated by my incessant calling he broke down and played it!

Its good stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRguZr0xCOc

i've always liked the crazy 60's groove of wayne fontana and the mindbenders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c88x35Nq0Ck

Devo.....Jocko Homo

When i was a teenager, I called the local radio station at least 10 times one night requesting they play it. Finally the DJ was so irritated by my incessant calling he broke down and played it!

Its good stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRguZr0xCOc

Wow, that was great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p4nyRsHpoo

I know that song Spok. Were they the first to do it? Never heard of them other wise..

Dude.. Rick just ain't right for this thread :p:

You guys may want to consider that not everybody is on high speed, or cannot do You Tube links, therefore cannot "see what you're saying".


Carl

Devo.....Jocko Homo

When i was a teenager, I called the local radio station at least 10 times one night requesting they play it. Finally the DJ was so irritated by my incessant calling he broke down and played it!

Its good stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRguZr0xCOc

VERY COOL!

I've actually watched this video many times..

I recently bought this Picture album, with a note from General Boy basically saying do not copy and pirate our music please.. Side two has their headshots wearing nylons over their heads.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=97816&d=1215031559

Here's another of my favorites. I've got the 12" of this, and it's a spectacular recording and engineering job. Spartanmanor heard it and said it was definitally a great system test album...

CCCP - American Soviets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgcaRV9Z_qk

OR.. for those of you that like military aricraft and hardware, a remake..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_N2s0LV6Sg&feature=related

here's another-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTSgARGv500&feature=related
in 1970, i could not imagine a heavier, weirder, more dope, far out, spaced out, tripped out buncha freaks than these guys....

oh, gad, i just touched the rick astley for a second...or two and hadda shut her down. ouch! the Devo was a great touch, saw them in several club shows back then, one of my best live music memories.

And yet one more.

I've got a very cool and impossible to find demo version of this..

You can tell I must have lived and worked in the night clubs during the 80's huh? ;)

Microchip League - New York

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xyMFoZeNXk&feature=related

That's cool too shrinkboy. I used to listen to Soft Machine years ago.. Had a few tapes I had made back in the late 70's. Wished I still had them..

I know that song Spok. Were they the first to do it? Never heard of them other wise..

don't know if they were the first but are the ones I recoginize. that clip is from '64

Do not know about the old and obscure tunes but I listen to AM1620 WNAR through the internet. It broadcasts old radio programs and Christian content. The station ran a series from Burn and Allen where Gracy was running for President of the U.S. Really interesting to hear of the thoughts, prejudices and thoughts about the distaff side back then and compare it to what happened with the first potential candidate. I did not hear every episode, sadly.

How About:

Van Der Graaf Generator - House With No Door: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yquIWfvdGXE

The Kinks - Ducks On The Wall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOwxf7GMfE8

The Weasles - Beat Her With A Rake: http://www.box.net/shared/998beagn15

Josie Cotton - Johnny Are You Queer?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxL1IT9MCc

Yep.. that's obscure for sure... It's actually just called "success"

No idea who the dancing goon and his dag are, but it's the right song..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPW4Efe8d6I

My bad. I had that damn chorus in my head and couldn't get it out, and that's what I was thinking of. Of course it's called "Success." Listened to that album a hundred times! :scratch2:

I've heard that Kinks song, and the Josie song.. hhhmm.. amazed at some of the stuff I've heard and didn't realize who it was..

This is an absolute MUST HEAR..

Ozzy Osbourne and Frank Zappa covering the Bee Gee's "Stayin' Alive"

It's actually really good! I uploaded it here for you maniacs: http://www.mediafire.com/?x2ipfmjgexl

OH MAN.. what the hell is that mix... that can't be something they actually did together?

OK.. I just found it on youtube, and it's actually Dweezil, and yep, I can believe he did that with Ozzy.. talk about obscure..

Here's just the Dweezil video of it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52q-XPIsy4M&feature=related

Interersting to say the least..

VERY COOL!

I've actually watched this video many times..

I recently bought this Picture album, with a note from General Boy basically saying do not copy and pirate our music please.. Side two has their headshots wearing nylons over their heads.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=97816&d=1215031559

Nice!!

I love Devo



....are we not men?

This town ain't big enough for the both of us...SPARKS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax8JYmoRhy4

Gotta love the Sparks.. I've got one of their albums stashed around somewhere..

Here's an Old 70's band.. A very early "punk" style.. They had some cool stuff...

The Atoms - Max Bygraves Killed My Mother

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDztZqP8erg

I`m NOT from Denmark.. (I`m from the "land up north" Norway) .. but I URGE you to check out Gasolin (and Kim Larsen the singer of Gasolin, since some of my favourite gasolin tunes were only to be found on youtube with HIM solo)

This is one of the most underrated bands EVER ! Please turn back the time to seventies musical taste and check out THIS : (sound quality aint THAT great)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KXNHcDRvgE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omDlmQHhXdI&feature=related (This is one of the greatest tunes ever written .. It`s recorded also in English for those who like this :) . (don`t remember the name of the song) (EDIT: the name is : "If You Dare") A true classic in my book !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W-s4pCPs5k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ5ZWxsjDKQ

one more (if u like this ... why would'nt U) :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ5ZWxsjDKQ

My personal favourite aint even here.... the song "girl you got me lonely" was the song my band played "best" :)


New clip from the singer .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTlj-ARGKKI

great thread with some cool videos. This is not too obscure I remember it was a hit, and I had the 45, but it's definitely a blast from the past...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTnaPa9BaA

OH MAN.. what the hell is that mix... that can't be something they actually did together?

OK.. I just found it on youtube, and it's actually Dweezil, and yep, I can believe he did that with Ozzy.. talk about obscure..

Here's just the Dweezil video of it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52q-XPIsy4M&feature=related

Interersting to say the least..

You're right.. its Dweezil Zappa and Ozzy Osbourne. The Ozzy version was the original recording for Dweezil's album "Confessions". Ozzy's record company wouldn't allow it so the vocals had to be replaced before release, which is what you hear on the youtube video.

The new vocalist was....

Are you ready?


...Donny Osmond

now THATS obscure!

Some very interesting stuff Pstraums.. nice and mellow..

That's wild.. I had just stumbled on that Mysterians video a few days ago and was watching it..

In hopes of redemption of my Zappa family error.. I offer these:

Pat Boone - cover of DIO's "Holy Diver": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk5yHDXWz5Y

Pat Boone - cover of Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiV6Lnd-p54

http://wiredblogs.typepad.com/sterling/patboonealbum.jpg

in 1970, i could not imagine a heavier, weirder, more dope, far out, spaced out, tripped out buncha freaks than these guys....
How about these guys from 1966?


The Monks-Complication
Live In Germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwO71Jfz0Z4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n1EYRvQ2UI&feature=related
Crank it up LOUD!!!

This is just 2 show you that we can record more than (very) BLACK metal :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xZwHKLYduA&feature=related

And to finish, I need to give you the chance to hear REAL great "BLACK" metal :) ... give this link a chance : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMg80LiH_kY (close your eyes and open your ears... It took me ten years practice to appreciate this... (so I respect it if you HATE it after the first "click")

I hate the way they look, but, it is REALLY creative and advanced kinda music... try to follow it, if you have ANY idea how to play an instrument :)

(no, they are NOT antichr...(u know what I mean) ... but they ARE great musicians, if U want to give them 4 minutes of your time :) (he`s NOT a great singer, compared to .... pavarotti?, but he`s singing just like he's expected 2 in this genre) (in this genre he`s .. the #¤&¤% BEST)

simply :)

i've always liked the crazy 60's groove of wayne fontana and the mindbenders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c88x35Nq0Ck

Been listening to that 45 ever since I was 5! :music:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p4nyRsHpoo

http://www.awesomeanimatedgifs.com/images/rickroll5.gif

:D

The Dimmu. I really like the music, but that's what I call puke vocals.. sounds more like the guy is trying to puke.. I wished bands like this would find a real singer... anyone can growl.. I don't understand why bands like this don't try and find vocal talent to go with their musical talent...

here's another-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTSgARGv500&feature=related
in 1970, i could not imagine a heavier, weirder, more dope, far out, spaced out, tripped out buncha freaks than these guys....

Hey! They're just the kids next door.

Living right by these guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRazCbhd5Uo

CA Quintent. Long.

In hopes of redemption of my Zappa family error.. I offer these:

Pat Boone - cover of DIO's "Holy Diver": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk5yHDXWz5Y

Pat Boone - cover of Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiV6Lnd-p54

http://wiredblogs.typepad.com/sterling/patboonealbum.jpg


Did you really just post that or are my eyes playing tricks! LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTu_ZdcBCo

Always liked this song, even better with the yellow suit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr6CN5CSvhs&feature=related

This is pretty obscure, but was a big hit at one time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b2SVxOPwww

Nice vid here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5UjuXJEdso&feature=related

I don't know why Japanese hair metal never caught on, do you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q20XgdUloME

And a metal version of a very popular song by War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v1F43jMZ6Y&feature=related

And the metal overdub of the original War vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5UjuXJEdso&feature=related

I don't know why Japanese hair metal never caught on, do you?

Thunder in the East was a great album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GP_mPAdQyQ

One of my faves!

Toney Careys old band from back when MTV meant Music TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svl1t4b1RD4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgLKkNY9eUA&feature=related

since were on that theme....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgLKkNY9eUA&feature=related

since were on that theme....

Billy Thorpe _RIP

The local DJ on KILO 94 used to announce this song with a headphone alert.

I know what you mean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV7OAWs2Q30&feature=related

In case you missed the crossroads event...

Rik-- haha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gnz5U68wHw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NyK3df0xaw

Go Bowser Go!

Do you have to post a Youtube video link w/it?

How about

Suicide Machines - Sometimes I Don't Mind

It's a song about my best friend. :)

Here’s an obscure LP and the even more obscure group The Tingling Mothers Circus from Psychedelic 1968. The LP is titled The Circus Of The Mind and is relatively rare I believe. Noted on the linked website, Featuring sessions guitarist Elliot Randall AKA “ Twangy Tingler”, who was also known for his solo guitar work on Steely Dan’s Reelin’ In The Years.

I have an unopened copy of this LP so I couldn’t tell you much about it. My only exposure to The Tingling Mothers Circus has been from YouTube vids and bits and pieces off the Internets.

Here is a link to a little something about them.

http://redtelephone66.blogspot.com/2008/04/tingling-mothers-circus-circus-for-mind.html

Here is you Youtube hookup for those who can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1xZ-1QU9vs



RC

How about:

Nina Hagen's version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edOAwczm16M

And you cant forget the Bonzo Dog Band's "The Intro and the Outro" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnz7LJMECOg

And this wouldn't be complete without the Pre-Fab Four's "Cheese and Onions": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePaHG6g7uFw

Oopps......

How about Screaming Lord Sutch's "Hands Of Jack The Ripper"? It was recorded live in London in '71 and it has an amazing group of musicians on it such as Ritchie Blackmore, Noel Redding, Keith Moon and Matthew Fisher to name a few.

I remember one especially mean little ditty that probably got no air play:

New Order - Every Second Counts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT5lJPRh9xs

EZO is the pinnacle (? difficult word for an non-english native) -> of Jap METAL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5G5Y-wwkhM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXbAGW1zOSg

Excellent uf you ask me :)

:banana:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9rhCuvnHm4
(not music, but japanese humour at its best ! I rank it up there with the british sense of humour as the best fun on the planet!) :) :) :) see the whole clip!

Blue Murder..."Jelly Roll"

woah.. now that's some 80's hair electron...

I really like this Version of Purple Haze by The Flying Lizards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=118QfGheWsk

I've been a fan of theirs since way back when in the early 80's

OH.. and this version of Get Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=118QfGheWsk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5UjuXJEdso&feature=related

I don't know why Japanese hair metal never caught on, do you?

They must be on drugs and alcohol, I can barely understand what they are saying during the interview :D

Dang Youtube, one hit and your done. m...u...s...t...r...e...s...i...s...t

Semi-Charmed Life (1997)-Third Eye Blind-Great overdubs man!