Best B-Sides of all time by any band

[SkeeK]

I know U2 and Radiohead have some awesome B-Sides.

Fog and Walk to the Water are favourites of mine

But what about some other artists? What are your favourite Bsides by anyone at all?

 

[u2popmofo]

'Killer Cars' by Radiohead
'Halo' by The Cure

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

manic street preachers - prologue to history
manic street preachers - sepia
manic street preachers - automatik teknicolour
the clash - pressure drop (i can't remember whether this is a b-side or not)
idlewild - these are just years
crowded house - i love you dawn
crowded house - recurring dream
ash - teenage kicks
ash - stay in love forever
ash - warmer than fire
ash - the sweetness of death by the obsidian knife
oasis - the masterplan
oasis - acquiesce
blur - magpie
blur - all your life
blur - swallows in the heatwave
blur - to the end (la comedie)
belle and sebastian - photo jenny
coldplay - i ran away
coldplay - 1.36
coldplay - crests of waves
new order - 1969
smashing pumpkins - the boy

etc.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

just making sure my coldplay b-sides are mentioned in here.

 

[IWasBored]

u2--always
pearl jam--down
dropkick murphys--we've got the power


i could come up with some clash ones but i honestly can't remember what songs were b-sides...

the beatles--rain. that's my all-time favourite though

 

[Popmartijn]

Hello,

Somebody already mentioned Oasis with Acquisce and The Masterplan. Even though I don't like most Oasis songs, I do like those two.
Other great B-sides:
- Pearl Jam - Footsteps
- Pearl Jam - Wash
- Radiohead - Talk Show Host
- dEUS - My Beautiful Contessa
- World Party - Little Man Within

BTW, the problem with this B-sides thing is that you often don't know of a great B-side unless you actually have the single.

C ya!

Marty

 

[meegannie]

manic street preachers - prologue to history

idlewild - these are just years

belle and sebastian - photo jenny

Idlewild -- There's Glory In Your Story
Idlewild -- No Generation
Idlewild -- Poor Thing

Doves -- all of them

Neil Halstead -- Sailing Man (sort of a b-side)

Starsailor -- From a Whisper to a Scream
Starsailor -- Born Again (non-album version)

Ed Harcourt -- Sugar Bomb heart: my favourite Ed song!!)
Ed Harcourt -- Alligator Boy
Ed Harcourt -- Weary and Bleary Eyed
Ed Harcourt -- Last of the Troubadors
Ed Harcourt -- Paid to Get Drunk

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

ooh i forgot one

primal scream - velocity girl

great little song.

 

[DiGi]

Idlewild -- There's Glory In Your Story
Idlewild -- No Generation
Idlewild -- Poor Thing

Doves -- all of them

Starsailor -- Born Again (non-album version)

You beat me to mentioning the above

U2 - everything
Radiohead - The Trickster
Coldplay - One I Love
Coldplay - No More Keeping My Feet on the Ground
Coldplay - See You Soon
Coldplay - You Only Live Twice
PJ - YellowLedbetter

There are many others I am spacing on right now

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Not sure if this counts, but "Pure Morning" by Placebo was recorded as a B-side. But they liked it so much, they stopped the presses, put it on the album, and made it their lead-off single. Not bad for a former B-side!

 

[MrBrau1]

Led Zeppelin-Hey, Hey, What Can I Do.

 

[IWasBored]

the clash--bankrobber.

 

[HeadsOnSticks]

the clash--bankrobber.

oh HELLS yes!


Yellow Ledbetter...Pearl Jam
My Telly's Gone Bung...Crowded House.


Hey IWB! Driving home yesteday i saw that someone had grafittied "DKM" on the side of a bridge by my house! I totally thot of you! dropkick's have a crew in San Diego!

 

[IWasBored]

oh HELLS yes!


Yellow Ledbetter...Pearl Jam
My Telly's Gone Bung...Crowded House.


Hey IWB! Driving home yesteday i saw that someone had grafittied "DKM" on the side of a bridge by my house! I totally thot of you! dropkick's have a crew in San Diego!

that's cool about the DKM grafitti!!

you thought of me! hahahahaha!! i still don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing that interferencers see dkm-related things and think of me oh well, it's cool!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

yellow ledbetter... i mean come on. what other b-side is used as a concert closer as often as ledbetter?

also gotta go with ice ice baby, the b-side of "play that funky music." come on... it put vanilla ice on the scene man. stop... collaborate and listen...

i'd like to thank vh1's behind the music for enlightening me to the fact that ice ice baby was actually a b-side and never meant to be released as a single... thank you all

 

[jkayet]

Ed Harcourt -- Sugar Bomb heart: my favourite Ed song!!)

'show yer bum!'

 

[meegannie]

'show yer bum!'

Ed

 

[MrBrau1]

Travis-Killer Queen

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

let's see:

walk to the water
khanada
fame
luminous times
state line
european son

also like the song water babies.

 

[Catman]

Bruce Springsteen has some pretty good b-sides. My favorites of his are...

"I Wanna Be With You"
"My Love Will Not Let You Down"
"Janey Don't You Lose Heart"
"The Promise"
"The Fever"
"Roulette"
"Happy"


WELL that's all I got for now. Check ya' later...

 

[Nate Dogg]

PJ-Yellow Ledbetter
PJ-Otherside
PJ-Down
Queen-We Will Rock You(originally a b-side)
3EB-Tattoo Of The Sun