Songs you love that other people usually never heard of.

[HardyGirl]

I love the music of Loreena McKennitt. One of my faves is "The Mummer's Dance". (this was also the theme song for the UPN series "The Legacy".)

YouTube - LOREENA MCKENNITT THE MUMMERS' DANCE

YouTube - Greg Vaughan, Legacy (UPN) series 1998-99 p1 of 2

I also really like "Skellig". It's so sad though:

YouTube - Skellig by Loreena McKennitt

I also love "Bonny Portmore" from Highlander (movie and series finale):


YouTube - Highlander - Bonny Portmore legendado

[Werewolf]

I love the music of Loreena McKennitt.

Coolness! I like her music as well and I bet you thought no one else would have heard of her here.

Since you are into Loreena, you might also like Laura Power's music.

YouTube - Laura Powers -

[HardyGirl]

Coolness! I like her music as well and I bet you thought no one else would have heard of her here.

Since you are into Loreena, you might also like Laura Power's music.

YouTube - Laura Powers -

I thought someone might have heard Bonny Portmore from Highlander, just may not have known who the artist was. Laura Power has a nice sound. Thanks for the link.

[Bill]

YouTube - The Ophelias - Laurence of Euphoria

[Hector]

Mexican singer Lilia Downs...despite being a Grammy winner and an Oscar nominated artist for Best Song...she's practically unknown (or ignored) by the masses in Mexico...she has a bigger overseas following...





She's of Mexican, Scottish, English ancestry.

Lila Downs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazing and haunting singer...she sings traditional ranchera music, jazz, and very unique Native-American songs.

Example...listen to this beautiful regional song sang in an original indigenous Zapotec language...very beautiful song...and beautifully interpreted...

YouTube - LILA DOWNS-Tirineni Tsitsiki

And here are more traditional Mexican songs...

YouTube - Lila Downs - Paloma Negra (Madrid en vivo)

YouTube - Lila Downs - La llorona (En Madrid)

Here she is singing at the Academy Awards with Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso...

Here she is being interviewed on the red carpet...

YouTube - Lila Downs Red Carpet Interview

Mexicans are idiots...they prefer that drug trafficking garbage banda music being played to death everywhere down there...and ignoring real artists like Lila Downs...bunch of imbeciles.

This is what they love...unreal...friggin' unreal...

YouTube - El Monarca De Sinaloa - Mujer Bonita

[livnxxxl]

Would about songs that I sing in the shower? I guarantee that you have not heard of any of them. Atleast not my butchered up versions of them anyway.

[jessica]

I love palm wine music. I can never get tired of Suleiman Rogie. This song of his is one of my favorites, My Lovely Elizabeth.

YouTube - SE Rogie live - My Lovely Elizabeth

[MegoMark71]

Cinder...soul creation

[bgrimm77]

SEPULTURA...ROOTS BLOODY ROOTS , AND ARISE ! Good Brasilian heavy metal!!

[livingdead70]

God I could go on and on,,,,,,,, Im all over the place really.
Probaly my fave bands of all time are The Cure and Motley Crue. Any of the 80s new wave stuff ( love Duran Duran). Any one ever hear of Skinny Puppy?
Ooh I also love Vangelis Blade Runner soundtrack, Coctue Twins, Any of the Hollywood Glam stuff ( I tend to dig the more bluesy ones tho, La Guns, CInderella on Heartbreak STation almost had a country feel and a highly underated band. ) ANy one every hear of the Church ? They had a hit in 1988 with Under the Milky Way , fabulous song............
Oingo Boingo and Danny Elfman .............
Depeche Mode..........
trey

[wayne foundation 07]

There was a song about a caveman called Alley Oop.Always loved it ,but nobody ever heard of it before.

[ScottA]

There was a song about a caveman called Alley Oop.Always loved it ,but nobody ever heard of it before.

I love the oldies so yes, I've heard of it.

YouTube - Hollywood Argyles-Alley Oop (original 45)

[Mikey]

Songs you love that other people usually never heard of.

Here's one of mine
YouTube - Dr Hook ~~ Everybody's Making it Big But me. Lol

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[nvmbrsdoom5]

I listen to so much underground and obscure music, I could probably make a list a mile long that most here would never have heard. Don't worry, I won't!! lol

But here's a couple of songs that I really adore that most have probably not heard....

MARY MY HOPE's "Wildman Childman"-- Excellent rock from Georgia circa 1989. Kinda like a mix of The Cult and David Bowie.

YouTube - Mary My Hope- Wildman Childman


NICK LOWE's "So It Goes" (A big hit in the UK and elsewhere, but kinda flew under the radar for the most part here in the States. I'm sure a few of you here know of Nick and Rockpile, and you guys are cool in my book!)

YouTube - Rockpile - So It Goes

EDIT-- Oops meant to add this next one in my original post, somehow I erased it!!!

BIG WRECK's "That Song" (This got a bit of college airplay and was on MTV for about two seconds here in the U.S. and then it was gone. I know these guys were a bigger hit up in Canada, but I rarely find anyone here in the States who knows of it, and it's a real shame. I think this is one of the best songs I've heard in the last ten years, hands down.)

YouTube - Big Wreck - That Song


VOIVOD's "Clouds In My House" (Canadian prog-metal band, loved in the underground but never really received mainstream success. Probably my favorite metal band of all time. This song is from the early 1990s when they went slightly more prog and less heavy, but very catchy in a Rush/Floyd kind of way.)

p.s. Canada makes some of the BEST music ever, it's kinda crazy.

YouTube - Voivod - Clouds In My House

[livingdead70]

Oh I totally remember Mary My Hope, they were a great band and played here in Augusta Several times before and after getting some airplay.
Nik Kershaw as well, kinda ignored here but yeah huge in the UK.
VoiVod is a great band as well, some really off the beaten path stuff as far as late 80s/early 90s goes.
Anyone remember Danny Hutton Hitters and the Song Wouldnt It Be Good from the Pretty in Pink soundtrack?
trey