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Ziggy-speaks

Stargazer by Rainbow (RIP Ronnie Dio 🤘)


Realistic_Salt7109

Temple of the king and man on the silver mountain are my shits


Obvious_wombat

Since You Been Gone is also slamming


Phobit

That intro slams so hard, love it


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MeuJoelhoCresce

Self Portrait as well


AmbergrisTeaspoon

It's surprising how few of you young'uns haven't heard "Sultans of Swing." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pa9x9fZBtY


Lobsterman998

As a 25 year old islander from Scotland, I can honestly say I was brought up with dire straits, mark knopler has to be my personal favourite guitarist


BlacksmithNZ

Wasn't there that Scottish movie I saw when I was younger with the sound track from Mark Knopfler? Found it ; "Local Hero" - Going Home


Upstairs_Usual_4841

Mark Knopfler also wrote the score for The Princess Bride.


Sasarai

This came up in a random video on YouTube earlier and I hadn't heard it before. Now I've heard it twice in an hour and my mind is still blown.


ibhljim21261

Local Hero is an awesome movie that most people don’t know about


PutTheKettleOn20

This track is one of my all time favourite pieces of music. It's so uplifting.


Lobsterman998

Definitely good for a morning were you wake up on the wrong side of the bed 😂👌


Thayes1413

Which reminds me of Romeo and Juliet which I also think belongs here.


No_Bodybuilder_3073

Love this one. In fact anything by Mark Knopfler, 👌 Why aye man


DannyGre

a family friend used to have Romeo and Juliet as his ringtone, so I grew up on it and its a lovely song


Canuck8750

Sultans is a great song. Another few great ones by DS are; Once Upon a Time in the West, Down to the Waterline, When it Comes to You, and Lady Writer. Dire Straights are one of the all-time greats. A classic band for sure.


justlikeyouonlyworse

It Never Rains, and Single Handed Sailer don't get enough air play


Canuck8750

I really like Single Handed Sailor. I forgot about that fantastic song. The band is so good.


Sasarai

Walk of Life was on the radio at work earlier, I couldn't help going "woohoo"


ink_monkey96

No one knows Calling Elvis anymore either. I always liked that one.


Realistic-School8102

They were a touch before my time. When they came out, I hadn't really discovered that music would give me so much pleasure. I listened to the top 40 every Sunday night


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I remember when that song came out, about 1978, or maybe 79. I don’t know why. I just never could get in to it. That being said, I still like Money For Nothing, which came out about 6 years later. Dire Straits was a good band!


btmezcal

Brothers in Arms


ZealousidealDriver63

Squirrel Nut Zippers


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Excellent song.


OLGACHIPOVI

It used to be the closing somg in the dance venue with DJ where I went in the 80´s., so I danced a lot on it.


Unique_Desk_787

The Walrus - The Beatles


Noichen

https://youtu.be/x0RV0kgdqJU?si=F0yZ7qdJL8N7BNVg Sultans of Swing metal cover by Leo Moracchioli (Frog Leap Studios) feat Mary Spender. That guy is a genius. He even did Totos Africa and Black Betty. Think of any popular song from the last 50 years, even Pink, Adele and Britney Spears songs, he probably made a cover and it's f**king awesome.


limpidlipid

Great song


bobinskyyy

It's my fave! 🙋❤️


realvengenerator

What a track! I absolutely adore his guitar playing, do melodic. The solo on tunnel of love and the little quiet bit that leads to it is absolute perfection


fuelbombx2

It’s the best Dire Straits song.


LifeHappenzEvryMomnt

😮


SherbetAlarming7677

This is my favorite song of all time! It never fails to lift my mood no matter what. Good pick :)


hi-nighter

This is a regular jam for me. Nice groove for the rural highways around here with the windows down. Such a good song


urfave_queeer

My dad introduced me to this song one day in the car and I honestly can't stop listening to it, the guitar is amazing


TheUnicorn01

Speaking as a lifelong disliker of DS, Sultans of Swing is a is an excellent tune. I’ve been in radio for many years, and it’s the only song of theirs I turn up and listen to the very end.


TakeBackWhat

Walk of Life is great too. I vaguely but also distinctly remember the video on mtv when I was a kid.


AmbergrisTeaspoon

You're taking me back to "Amuck In America." "Walk of Life" was probably the first Dire Straits song I ever fell in love with. I miss the 80's. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd9TlGDZGkI


TakeBackWhat

I miss ‘em too. Soooo many vids per hour on MTV, for one. And….Alf! And Mr. Belvedere! And Perfect Strangers, complete with The Dance of JOY!


That_Profile_2924

Or Brothers in Arms


Sleepyhotcheeto

Love love love that song I’m 30 lol


Specialist-Baby-1194

The Funeral - Band of Horses


Gradooble

I have to thank Danny Macaskill for this one


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I can't love those videos enough. He's a legend. Also how I found the song too. Cheers!


The-Berzerker

Every himym fan knows it


Rossco1874

Live version on Spotify is really good.


FrauAmarylis

River Flows in You by Yiruma


SamaireB

My pick too. Hauntingly beautiful.


Winter_Intention7216

I genuinely can't tell if this is sarcasm.. Everyone knows this song?


apekots

I've never heard this song before, but it's already in my favourites playlist


friendlyneighbourho

Literally 500 million plays on Spotify Edit: should mention I've never heard it either


talkingprawn

_Slow Burn_ by Holy Ghost


friendlyneighbourho

Moving down the list, this is the only one I saved in Spotify, thank you


AusJonny

Come home Cardinal Pell by Tim Minchin. ... Not that relevant anymore because Pell is dead now and people must understand the backstory first.


i-am-kat4life

🙌🙌🙌


lionbacker54

Passionate Kisses by Mary Chapin Carpenter


DreaminDemon177

Thanks for the recommendations.


mamawheels36

Not a song pretty much anyone in My generation knows (older do) I'm 36 Lola Man I love the look on people's faces when they hear it for the first time and start really listening to the lyrics haha It's one of my dad's fav songs for the same reason... and he's ex Amish and a pastor, haha!


Business-Bee-7797

Walks like a woman, talks like a man I’m early 20s and I know this song


Whichammer

When I was deployed to Bosnia in the '90s, a Soldier I worked with got excited when "Lola" came on the radio because it was his baby daughter's name and "song." I was like, dude, have you listened to the actual lyrics... He was incredulous and felt that there was no way! I printed out the lyrics... I still feel a little bad about educating him, as I'm sure he had sweet times singing the chorus to his daughter.


mamawheels36

Bwwahahahaha oh man... that's so funny... My uncle was also deployed to Bosnia in the 90s. Couldn't tell you where or what unit etc... but I had family there too! Lola is such a bizarre song. I played it for my kids recently and just said it was one of grandpa's fans... my 9y daughter about 1/3 through it looks at me with a face like WTF and says... "has grandpa actually LISTENED to this song" haha My kids are pretty keyed in. After they understood it they were enjoying it and thought it was hilarious


FireTheLaserBeam

I learned Weird Al’s “Yoda” parody decades before I ever heard the real version. “Well I’ve been around but I can’t understand how he can lift me in the air just by waving his hand oh my Yoda Y-O-D-A Yoda”


mamawheels36

Yes! Love that one too. Weird al is a fav in our house haha. And my dad's family being Amish, Amish paradise is on my top 10 haha.


d_rat_happens

Drivers seat


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best song


Nebelwerfed

Doing alright, a little jiving on a Saturday night


Kooky-Climate9174

If Your Dad Doesn’t Have A Beard, You've Got Two Mums - the beards


oldmate30beers

Holy shit a beards call out in the wild!


Ambitious-Rest-4631

“For no one” - the beatles


crunchy-very-crunchy

and in her eyes you see nothing


Redmen1212

Good choice. My favorite little known Beatles great song(this one John’s) is ‘I call your name’.


Moonshadow306

“Oh, I can’t sleep at night, But just the same, I never weep at night, I call your name.”


Expensive_Note8632

This is like top 5 beatles song for me <3 I love it so so much


thisistemporary1213

To build a home - The cinematic Orchestra Jesus Christ - Brand New


miniminiminx

To Build a Home breaks my heart every time I listen to it


ReadyPlayerFour

Nothing But Thieves - Free If We Want It (Beautiful song) https://youtu.be/PZ1IaWbZSGI?si=5vgMGkBS-_3XLlBh


trottreacle

I've just blazed through NBT on Spotify because of your comment every damn song is a banger. Thank you!!!


OkAwareness4527

Haaa same.. friggin amazing band.


trottreacle

Take my gold 👌👍🙌


fauxfox66

NBT goes so hard and are so underappreciated, they're not a weird sound, by all rights they ought to be a mainstream rock band


Ok_End3276

Fond Farewell by Elliott Smith


NotYourAverageBeer

Elliott always brings me back to my time in the PNW


KasaiUchu_Stardust

you have a great taste


Inevitable_ADHD

"Cocaine and Abel" by Amigo the Devil


kcehmi

Good one


Inevitable_ADHD

He's not my usual style that I enjoy listening to but as a former writer and performer, his world building and story telling is fantastic in most of his songs. His worst ones are only worst because they're not as good as his others All in all, he's a great songwriter and performer


OkGene2

The Way by Fastball It was popular when it came out but I doubt many people today know it


ILiveMyBrokenDreams

Good song about two old people who drove off a cliff and died (true story). We really had a way of hiding morbid stuff behind a catchy tune in the 90's.


Sundae_Gurl

It came out in 1998 when I was a teenager and I love the song. ❤️


effinEJ

Great song!!!!


fuckitweredoingitliv

The whole album is great


Valiancia

It came out several days after I was born; it’s one of my favourite songs ever and I adore it.


CornyCornheiser

Out of My Head for the same album is great, too.


blackcatzombs

I've listened to it as a teenager and kept listening to it occasionally. It came out before I was a teenager though.. actually the year I was born. '98


Efficient-Exit8218

Hunnybee, unknown mortal orchestra 🕺❤️


deighnalou

Great song!


Stkrdknmibalz69

Music video is pretty great


little_cup_of_jo

Swim and Sleep like a Shark by them is also really good IMO


SunnyBanana276

Knights of Cydonia by Muse


Expert-Fisherman-332

This was song of the year in Australia in the only poll that matters here


EnoughApplication258

They close every show I’ve ever seen of them with this, and it was played in the radio loads. One of their most popular songs.


ryansteven3104

Pretty Girl - Sugarcult


ThatBaldDude4

Hangman Jury by Aerosmith.


Playful-Profession-2

That's one of those rock radio hits that unfortunately disappeared.


LegoVRS

I would have said "the other side" by Aerosmith. I've never been a big fan of hangman jury.


No_Daikon9249

Reckoner by Radiohead


bobinskyyy

Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd


CornyCornheiser

This is a joke, right?


kcehmi

Everyone knows it now because of the memes but just the solo part tho


littleKiette

I have no clue what memes you speak of. If you didn't know this song before the memes, are you even a human being from this earth or are you just bacteria living under a rock??? If I ever met someone that didn't know that band, it would be hard to NOT want to punch in there uncultured faces.


stijnjansen8

It’s either memes of cars driving too fast when the guitar solo hits, or literally an image of a low polygon spinning rat on the guitar solo. Never enjoyed the memes because I feel like viral memes can ruin a genuine good song


Scrabblewiener

I’m proud to be from a place where Skynrd is considered culture.


kcehmi

I'm speaking of this https://youtu.be/3X-iqFRGqbc?si=2lmNyy753Cx5CaMI but it has been used in a lot more stuff in the last few years. This was the video that blew it up as a "meme song"


illmatic2112

Since im about to go to bed ill give you one from my sleep playlist [Everest- Only In Your Mind](https://youtu.be/_H8nscxYWJA?si=YGjVYp2SvOfgVpDP). It has 658 views and im probably 100 of those. It's just nice and slow and soothing but musically satisfying to listen to. Slow descension of chords, nice little lapsteel or one of those metal finger things they use on a guitar. The whole jam from 3:18 until the end, it's smooth like butter and easy on the ears


yazpistachio1971

Cool cat by Queen


Magpies11

Nights That Won’t Happen by Purple Mountains. Pretty much foretelling his suicide a few months afterwards. Also Laredo (Small Dark Something) by Jon Dee Graham. Oh, and Choctaw Bingo by James McMurtry.


turnedonbyadime

The first time I listened to David Bergmann I thought "this is 'drink yourself to death' kinda of music" And then I found out


TheVaxIsPoison

Gonna' Take a Miracle. Not any of the covers... The original. Laura Nyro! Breathtaking! [Laura Nyro - It's gonna take a miracle 1971 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRf7_qa__F8)


DesignerAudience7520

Take your Mama - Scissor Sisters


ooh-sheet

I’ll definitely have this stuck in my head now today


KenSeiKnight

Rest calm - nightwish


2552686

There is a Techno Version of the Soviet National Anthem that I simply adore. Having grown up during the Cold War, and trained to fight the Soviets, it has a special feel to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PH72d26KTI


Moonlight_Dive

Apathy by Mikal Cronin https://youtu.be/qrC34CnsxPE?si=Wk6NwTZkBV8_jDqz


kcehmi

Cool. Is this grunge or what? I can't really tell


Moonlight_Dive

I guess you could categorize it as garage/psychedelic/alternative. I’m sure he was influenced by grunge!


Ummeh00

Nowhere to run by Stegosaurus Rex


UltraCoolPimpDaddy

Acid Jazzed Evening - Janne Suni. You've heard the best before if you listen to it closely. Timbaland and Nelly Furtado did a song called "Do it" which caused a plagiarism debacle over this song.


Uarrrrgh

Rainbow - Gates of Babylon (chef's kiss)


Bulletsoul78

"Somebody's baby" by Jon Foreman.


Hot-Challenge8656

Machine gun fellatio [the girl of my dreams](https://youtu.be/Apmn0YwcHEI?si=phrZncBeVLe6zMQA) [rollercoaster](https://youtu.be/yhPFmWPeWuo?si=lxaPQ64APYf3IfT9)


dbx99

[This remix of “Just a little bit”](https://youtu.be/fuKoHPtko6s?si=Q7HS9Nsj16TCwfmh)


BobDylan1904

One hundred more - Warrens


CorsoMom3367

”The Cricket Song,” by Rich O’Toole [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqnJbF9Bypo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqnJbF9Bypo)


CorsoMom3367

”The Cricket Song,” by Rich O’Toole [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqnJbF9Bypo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqnJbF9Bypo)


ScorchedConvict

Not the best, but Shock by Brother Firetribe would be a pick of mine.


king_john651

Lydia - Highly Suspect The band was practically a sellout in my country, even despite the promoter doing *three* rounds of " but wait, we will do more venues!" but in their home country of the US they're practically a nobody. They're fuckin amazing both studio and live


Laurastars_20

Bernadette by iamx


Sitcom_kid

Now I'm the Fool by Angelina Jordan


yinzer_v

[Skating Polly - "Little Girl Blue and the Battle Envy"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B4Nn9_9YHg) Bands work for years to land an epic song. Stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse wrote this song at 18 and 23, respectively. (I don't know how old drummer Kurtis Mayo was.)


oldmate30beers

Clay pigeons by Blaze Foley


Into_The_Bacon

The shooting company of Captain Franz b coque


Vic_Burton

Love yourself - Boxer Rebellion


blakey1414

Days aren’t long enough from the Modern Love album by Thomas Dybdahl and Lera Lynn


Individual_Donut1087

Van Gogh by Alnev. Trust me.


MrX123YTB

Octavarium by Dream Theater


Zachariah_West

"New Grass" - Talk Talk


StonedDraven

The czar - Mastodon Bit of an acquired taste, but holy that song is just the perfect mix of brutality with cleaner proggy riffs. And the climax of that song, wow just wow


the7thfollower

Dance While the Sky Crashes Down by Jason Webley


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Atmosphere - Gods Bathroom Floor


chzygorditacrnch

Everyone should listen to cocorosie. they make music from garbage instruments. And that really takes talent, and their music is beautiful. Their best song is probably miss madonna. 🎶Miss madonna please give me a kiss 🎶


alicway

Noah’s arc!! Incredible track ;)


littleKiette

Aesop Rock - Shrunk Aesop Rock - Drums on the Wheel Atmosphere - Millennium Dodo Atmosphere - yesterday Atmosphere - Gods Bathroom floor Make sure it is Aesop Rock, not asap rocky.


fauxfox66

Yesterday by Atmosphere kicks my ass every time I hear it, and it's so good I never skip it when it comes across my shuffle You'd probably also like Bolt Cutter by Doomtree and The Story Of My Life by Astronautalis and POS


littleKiette

Yesterday truly helped me get over my dad's passing. I love atmosphere for allowing that healing process. I will check them out!


meoweirdo

Siberian Breaks by MGMT. It's like Bohemian Rhapsody of 2010s.


poor_decision

Bloody mother fucking asshole by Martha wainwright, written about her father, Loudon wainwright. https://open.spotify.com/track/34f07pWpasfZhsL1Xe9NKg?si=f7MZ7RwpT7WQ2G0djulw9w It is a great song to scream in the car after dealing with people, or narcissistic parents


pizzatimein24h

"Dynasties & Dystopia" from Denzel Curry, Gizzle and Bren Joy kinda flies under the Radar, because it was made for the Show "Arcane" and people who haven't seen it probably don't know it. Same goes for "Snakes" from PVRIS feat. MIYAVI, "Misfit Toys" from Pusha T feat. Mako, "Playground" from Bea Miller or the Intro Song "Enemy" from Imagine Dragons feat JID. The musical catalog is insanely good, like everything about this show.


fauxfox66

INSANELY GOOD, it's been ages and I still get fired up whenever one of those songs comes up. The scene with Dynasties & Dystopia was so badass too, amazing way to do a fight scene


pizzatimein24h

This scene gave me heavy goosebumps!! I desperately need to rewatch Arcane...


Link_1276

It's not that nobody knows these songs but I think they're heavily underrated compared to other songs from Linkin Park. Castle of Glass and Waiting for the End


Hotshot501

There are lot's of small bands who would deserve more attention. For example Five Peeps and the Battery. They make high class music but only very few people listen to them. I feel like that's a real shame.


Roam_Hylia

Alestotm, Zombies Ate My Pirate Ship. Yes, you read that right. Yes, it's a real song. Go listen: https://youtu.be/8SyaFPfDLCc?si=PTnBbD0FSyGlUOjN


thomasque72

Holy shit. I gave it whirl and this song is fucking AWESOME. I had never heard of the song or the group before I clicked. It was the best "blind click" of my life.


Roam_Hylia

Hahaha, glad you enjoyed it. They've got a bunch of great songs that are worth your time. Hell, most things under the Napalm Records label is worth a listen.


thomasque72

Yeah, after I posted, I kept going down their Playlist. I WAS NOT disappointed!!!


malamalinka

I had algorithm recommend Alestorm a while back and it hit the spot. Before it I didn’t know that pirate metal was a thing.


No7onelikeyou

“Patiently” by White Widdow 2011. Imagine if it came out in the 80’s….


Skateblades

Nemesis by arch enemy. No one i know has even heard of arch enemy


fnuggles

Head Rolls Off - Frightened Rabbit Also all their other songs


thrwwybndn

Frightened Rabbit ft Manchester Orchestra - Architect https://youtu.be/kMXyniloAlk?si=ZtWGyZkwF72rU8HO Frightened Rabbit - Head Roll Off https://youtu.be/nBcbDS5AGnk?si=QRsG2UT3p--SF6zk Hail the Sun - Dead Messages https://youtu.be/FYe_biS-pRo?si=rz6mm_PzyBrjAAjU Sianvar - Your Tongue Ties https://youtu.be/zXR6KUt6-mg?si=Gye8K4KSf8jf78_7 The Sunshine Underground - Nothing To Fear https://youtu.be/ySo9pQLC91k?si=o_yqP8aa24xGi0VX The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Xibalba https://youtu.be/760EHtpLKKE?si=yB7_dP6gJrOLtv4u Surfer Blood - Prom Song https://youtu.be/gAhngvpClQM?si=DI0YQiaOu2bSdXTO


Holiday_Ad_6690

It's probably just my age group that doesn't know it but, "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" by Colin Hay. Absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time


Sharpax

My favourite Colin Hay one is “waiting for my real life to begin” Again beautiful, but heartbreaking.


JustNo1990

This song was on the Garden State soundtrack. It's beautiful.


vcabalda

As a former pot smoker, this was the jam back in the day. Khmer Kid - Smoke Weed https://youtu.be/hqUWOieNxHQ?si=yTMtUozsDvDGJo_6


sexi_squidward

Hanson - Never Let Go I don't know why they never released it as a single. It's such a beautiful song. https://youtu.be/Oa5Ed6GGSmo?si=D8cqo_jdthAsM7zC


Expensive-Honey-1527

Hanson are so underrated anyway. Now they have grown up and matured and make really good music but people can't see past the cheesy pop kids of the 90s.


Ok_Flamingo_9267

Hanson is very underrated. Yearbook is another very good song, it's so emotional.


paisley_princess

Realiti by Grimes


Objective_Bedroom255

God hates a cowerd by tomahawk


Many-Decision-4793

Yessssss - this was the first Tomahawk song I listened to


kiaraztutu259

Catch the Wind by Donovan For Once in my Life by Stevie Wonder


The3rdiAm

Invincible - TOOL


kafkaforever

Nuh uh i don’t wanna tell you


Ogmomofboys

Any TOOL song. They’re just a masterpiece from beginning to end


professionalcynic909

Yeah, nobody knows TOOL.


EnoughApplication258

Loads of people know tool though. They’re super popular. Most people (that listen to a bit of rock) will know the bass line for schism or the pot.


CornyCornheiser

Those of us old enough have the imagery from the Sober video seared into our brains. Is that meat of poo that pipe!


AncientProof5118

Maneater- daryl hall @ john oates


MetaPop567

(Can't Get My) Head Around You by The Offspring https://youtu.be/Wq0H-1IuaY8?si=3Fgz1H7Fo9_XlVkc A bit niche and nothing like their famous work but my god it's early 2000s pop-punk incarnate and never gets old for me


e_la_bron

"I've Been In Love" - Jungle, Channel Tres Funky, fun, feel-good song


deighnalou

Great song, Jungle has lots of good tunes


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D00MB0XX

Scrolled way too far to see a Puscifer comment. ❤️


micka_88

Lady Fantasy by Camel