[Music] All hail 'B' sides of 7" singles.

[studio150]

Mystery Dance - Elvis Costello

B side to Red Shoes

 

[brakespear]

I thought that I had every album but never heard that track before

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This is the B-side of 'Duchess', and as I replied to [MENTION=1155]ozzygull[/MENTION] is also on the US version of 'Three Sides Live'. I think the only album it is on in the UK is the second 'Archives' collection. Many people think there are other tracks that maybe could have been left off 'Duke' in favour of this one but maybe it didn't fit with the sound of that album. It's one of my favourite Genesis songs.

 

[studio150]

This is the B-side of 'Duchess', and as I replied to [MENTION=1155]ozzygull[/MENTION] is also on the US version of 'Three Sides Live'. I think the only album it is on in the UK is the second 'Archives' collection. Many people think there are other tracks that maybe could have been left off 'Duke' in favour of this one but maybe it didn't fit with the sound of that album. It's one of my favourite Genesis songs.

It's also on the 1976-1982 Box set

 

[sully]

Thank you. I am a massive Genesis fan but did not buy singles, waited for the albums so did not know about this B Side. Duke is a fab album, this is a great song.

Ditto up to the point you say Duke is a “fab” album. It really isn’t! The low point in the Genesis story, in my opinion.

 

[ozzygull]

Ditto up to the point you say Duke is a “fab” album. It really isn’t! The low point in the Genesis story, in my opinion.

I like all Genesis albums but my favourites are "Selling England by the pound", "... And then there were three" and "Invisible Touch" which I guess is unusual, because a lot of people like either the more poppy sound or the more progy sound, I think all their albums have some great songs, those three, I like every song. I was 15 when "Invisible Touch" was released so it was my introduction to the band, loved it so much and went backwards and bought every album apart from "Genesis to Revelation" So even though a lot of Genesis fans hate it I would not of known about this great band without it.

 

[brakespear]

I like all Genesis albums but my favourites are "Selling England by the pound", "... And then there were three" and "Invisible Touch" which I guess is unusual, because a lot of people like either the more poppy sound or the more progy sound, I think all their albums have some great songs, those three, I like every song. I was 15 when "Invisible Touch" was released so it was my introduction to the band, loved it so much and went backwards and bought every album apart from "Genesis to Revelation" So even though a lot of Genesis fans hate it I would not of known about this great band without it.

'Trick of The Tail', '...And Then There Were Three' would be my favourites (with honorable mentions for 'Nursery Cryme' and 'Foxtrot') - although I think they wrote some fantastic tunes when Peter Gabriel was in the band I think they moved to a whole new level musically once he left and were the better for it.

 

[ozzygull]

'Trick of The Tail', '...And Then There Were Three' would be my favourites (with honorable mentions for 'Nursery Cryme' and 'Foxtrot') - although I think they wrote some fantastic tunes when Peter Gabriel was in the band I think they moved to a whole new level musically once he left and were the better for it.

The most complaints I read seem to be more about when Steve Hacket left, but as you say ‘...And then there were three’ is a stunning Album. Seems perfect for a winters night, I guess its ‘snowbound’ and undertow that give it that feel.

 

[Stato]

Getting back to B-Sides (and hopefully as far away from Genesis as possible), here's Otway's second greatest song, stupidly put on the b-side of his greatest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afkEqz6538o

Talulah Gosh's B-Side of Beatnik Boy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuTdG-DBbSE

And a double from Irma Thomas: Breakaway was the B-side in the US, Wish Someone Would Care was the B-side in the UK. Both stunning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOI2K1xT5jI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np793RzybIY

 

[Pevenseagull]

Getting back to B-Sides (and hopefully as far away from Genesis as possible), here's Otway's second greatest song, stupidly put on the b-side of his greatest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afkEqz6538o

Talulah Gosh's B-Side of Beatnik Boy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuTdG-DBbSE

And a double from Irma Thomas: Breakaway was the B-side in the US, Wish Someone Would Care was the B-side in the UK. Both stunning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOI2K1xT5jI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np793RzybIY

Thank goodness for the exodus from genesis

 

[Don Tmatter]

 

[Peteinblack]

Bowie: Suffragette City, b-side to Starman
Hawkwind: Seven by Seven, b-side to Silver Machine
The Stranglers: Vietnamerica, b-side to Let Me Introduce You to the Family
Mott the Hoople, Rest in Peace, b-side to The Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll.
Queen, Sheer Heart Attack, b-side to Spread Your Wings

 

[Stato]

Johnny Marr picks the 4 Tops, Billy Bragg speaks lines about doomed teenage love on the B-Side of Levi Stubbs Tears:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am9s85pfH8I

A candidate for the greatest last line in pop music.

 

[WildWood]

B side to ‘Just A Feeling’. Although always viewed as a comedy Ska band, some of their b-sides are bloody brilliant!!

https://youtu.be/lb8jqh1JCrM

 

[Staly]

B side to How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'

 

[melias shoes]

Friday night/ Saturday morning. The specials.
https://youtu.be/b0zESGnM9ZY
B-side to Ghost town.

 

[Gwylan]

And a double from Irma Thomas: Breakaway was the B-side in the US, Wish Someone Would Care was the B-side in the UK. Both stunning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOI2K1xT5jI

I don't know about the song but those breasts could have someone's eye out. Is she wearing an armour-plated bra?

 

[studio150]

 

[smillie's garden]

"Symptom of the Universe" was released 3 years and 2 albums before it was slapped on the b side of "A Hard Road."

Not their greatest lyrics, but a monster of a song.

 

[Mr Banana]

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B-side to Oh Yeah. Yellow vinyl

 

[colinz]

Demon's Eye B side of Deep Purple's single Fireball