List your favorite B-sides.

[coemgen]

I just learned of "Gravity" by Coldplay from the "Talk" single. It's an excellent tune.

Another favorite is PJ Harvey's "Memphis," from "Good Fortune." It's about the death of Jeff Buckley and it's incredible.

What B-sides do you like?

 

[the tourist]

Half Light by Porcupine Tree.
Spanish Eyes by U2.
Full On by Oasis.

 

[lazarus]

Speaking of PJ Harvey, This Wicked Tongue is just as good as anything on Stories From the City...

She also opened with it when I saw her with U2.

Whenever I listen to the album, I put this first as a lead track. It's a great intro.

 

[coemgen]

Half Light by Porcupine Tree.
Spanish Eyes by U2.
Full On by Oasis.

I haven't heard that Oasis one. I'll check it out.

I always liked "Talk Tonight," I think from Wonderwall. Great tune.

 

[the tourist]

I haven't heard that Oasis one. I'll check it out.

I always liked "Talk Tonight," I think from Wonderwall. Great tune.

Actually, I need to find that one again. I didn't have a backup of it when my last computer died.

 

[coemgen]

What single is it from?

 

[the tourist]

What single is it from?

One of the ones from SOTSOG

EDIT: Sunday Morning Call

 

[intedomine]

It's gonna be Full On. Crackin' tune. Oasis going grunge...almost.

My fave b-sides:

OASIS
Acquiesce
Pass Me Down The Wine
Let's All Make Believe
The Masterplan
Alive
Shout It Out Loud
Going Nowhere
Flashbax

TRAVIS
City In The Rain
20
Only Molly Knows
The Great Unknown
Chances

RADIOHEAD
Fog
Kinetic
Melatonin
Permanent Daylight
Lozenge Of Love
India Rubber
Meeting In The Aisle
Lull

U2
Luminous Times
Endless Deep
Walk To The Water
Summer Rain
Holy Joe

 

[greenlight7-11]

R.E.M. - Fretless
Pearl Jam - Footsteps
Pearl Jam - Wash
U2 - Lady With The Spinning Head
U2 - Spanish Eyes
Depeche Mode - Dangerous
Depeche Mode - My Joy
Morrissey - Jack The Ripper
The Cure - It Used To Be Me
Echo And The Bunnymen - Angels & Devils

 

[the tourist]

I miss my Oasis b-sides. The only one I have beside Masterplan is Let's All Make Believe. Stupid crashing computer. If anyone has them, I'd be eternally grateful for an e-mail at ostentatioustourist @ hotmail . com

 

[Axver]

Porcupine Tree: Disappear, In Formaldehyde, Orchidia, Drown With Me, So Called Friend, Half Light.

U2: Treasure, Bass Trap, The Three Sunrises, Luminous Times, Spanish Eyes, Alex Descends Into Hell.

Dream Theater: Eve, To Live Forever.

Crowded House: Recurring Dream.

Split Enz: Carried Away.

 

[cobl04]

Porcupine Tree: Disappear, In Formaldehyde, Orchidia, Drown With Me, So Called Friend, Half Light.

U2: Treasure, Bass Trap, The Three Sunrises, Luminous Times, Spanish Eyes, Alex Descends Into Hell.

Dream Theater: Eve, To Live Forever.

Crowded House: Recurring Dream.

Split Enz: Carried Away.

is Recurring Dream a bside??

 

[Axver]

is Recurring Dream a bside??

Yes, it was Now We're Getting Somewhere's b-side (and I think it cropped up as a b-side a couple more times, actually) before appearing on the Afterglow rarities CD.

I personally think it is easily the best song the Crowdies have ever done.

 

[cobl04]

Ah.... Afterglow is a rarities CD... I was wondering about that, I thought it was an album.

what a b side asnd you're right, definitely up there

 

[thatsnotmypuppy]

Lady With The Spinning Head

Also Robbie Williams tends to have strong B-sids - Berliner Star, Come Take Me Over, Better Days...

However being the popslut that I am -

ladies and gentlemen...

Roxette - The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye

Utter genius.

 

[Saracene]

PJ Harvey - Harder
Muse - Fury
Muse - The Groove
U2 - Spanish Eyes
U2 - Lady with the Spinning Head
U2 - Big Girls Are Best

 

[phanan]

U2 - Bass Trap, Luminous Times, Spanish Eyes, Lady With The Spinning Head
Springsteen - Held Up Without A Gun, Be True, Shut Out The Light, 30 Days Out
Porcupine Tree - Drown With Me, Half Light
Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do
Oasis - Masterplan, Rockin' Chair, Acquiesce, Half The World Away, Let's All Make Believe
Coldplay - One I Love, The World Turned Upside Down, Sleeping Sun, Gravity
Prince - Erotic City, She's Always In My Hair, 17 Days
The Beatles - Rain, Revolution
Pearl Jam - Footsteps, Yellow Ledbetter
Muse - Fury

 

[BoMac]

Pick up Oasis' The Masterplan CD. Many of those B-sides are crackin' tunes, and better than some bands' A-sides.

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do?
The Beatles - Rain
Def Leppard - Tear It Down (1988 version)
The Alarm - Room At The Top
U2 - Spanish Eyes
U2 - Lady With The Spinning Head
U2 - The Sweetest Thing (1987 version)
Kiss - Beth
Queen - We Are The Champions

 

[U2inUtah]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Million Miles Of Water, Funny Face, Mercy Mercy (Stadium Arcadium rejects)

Bloc Party - Atonement, The Once And Future King, Version 2.0, We Were Lovers, Cain Said To Abel, Secrets

R.E.M. - First We Take Manhattan (Leonard Cohen cover)

 

[FitzChivalry]

Pulp -- Ansafone
Underworld -- Cherry Pie
Bloc Party -- Atonement
U2 -- Walk To Water
Radiohead -- Fog
Tori Amos -- Upside Down

 

[Zoots]

Def Leppard - Tear It Down (1988 version)

although, I've only heard the Adrenalize version and it rocks too!

As for my list, I don't think I know b-sides of too many bands but anyway, here goes...

Oasis - Talk Tonight, Going Nowhere, Listen Up, Rockin' Chair, Half The World Away, The Masterplan
Radiohead - Cuttooth, Fog
Coldplay - Gravity, Sleeping Sun, Crests of Waves
The Beatles - Rain, The Inner Light
Led Zeppelin - Traveling Riverside Blues (may not be a b-side but it is my fav non-album song of theirs!)
U2 - Love Comes Tumbling, Deep In The Heart, Luminous Times, Walk To The Water, Spanish Eyes, Lady With The Spinning Head, Satellite Of Love, Even Better Than The Real Thing (Perfecto Mix), Holy Joe (Guilty Mix)....... too many to list

 

[lazarus]

Queen - We Are The Champions

This is the second song on News of the World.

I was under the impression we were talking about songs that aren't on actual albums...

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

 

[senrab]

Keane - Snowed Under
Keane - Something in me was Dying
Keane - Fly to Me
Keane - Under Pressure
U2 - Party Girl
U2 - Spanish Eyes
U2 - Walk to the Water
U2 - Luminous Times
U2 - Summer Rain

 

[gman]

James - Runaground
U2 - A room at the heartbreak hotel

 

[gman]

Ooooh....and U2 again....Deep in the heart

 

[impy13]

Radiohead - Cuttooth


The only answer.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

PJ Harvey's 'Memphis' is complete and utter brilliance.

A recent discovery that I've liked a lot is 'Gates of the West' by the Clash. It's sung by Mick Jones and has some very neat guitar work.

And Belle and Sebastian have some lovely songs on their singles, but they're not necessarily B-sides I guess 'cos most of them are on EPs and stuff. 'Your Cover's Blown' is a particular favourite.

 

[TheQuiet1]

James - Runaground

That's a B-Side?! But that was (and is) my favourite James song! I've only got their 1998 Best Of (I know, I hang my head in shame) you see so I didn't realise.

As for my other favourite B-sides I'd go with Snowed Under by Keane (best song they've ever done in my opinion) and I'd agree with Bonomaniac, all 14 tracks off Oasis' The Masterplan B-side album are worthy of inclusion as would be Idler's Dream one of their later B-sides.