Classic songs that deserve every bit of their fame and recognition

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• Sredni Vashtar

  2017-07-20 15:11:45

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  Black Sabbath, "Black Sabbath"
  Cheap Trick, "Surrender"
  Iron Butterfly, "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida"
  Jay-Z, "99 Problems"
  Joy Division, "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
  Laurie Anderson, "O Superman"
  Mission of Burma, "That's When I Reach for My Revolver"
  R.E.M., "The One I Love"
  Simple Minds, "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
  Talking Heads, "Once in a Lifetime"
  
  A few of those are quasi-cheating but they're all well-known enough for me to mention them in this context, albeit in one case more for a cover but still.
• Imipolex G

  2017-07-20 17:15:39

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven" and "Kashmir" among others
  Rush - "Tom Sawyer"
  Black Sabbath - "Iron Man"
  Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear the Reaper"
  
  and the entire Melvins discography, which is well-known to every human being on the planet
  
• Alduin

  2017-07-20 18:05:31 edited 2017-07-20 18:06:09

  To those lists I would add:

  
  

  Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

  Black Sabbath - War Pigs, Paranoid
• Section42L

  2017-07-20 18:38:58

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  The Beatles - “Penny Lane”
  The Beatles - “Strawberry Fields Forever”
  The Clash - “Train in Vain”
  Cyndi Lauper - “Time After Time”
  Gary Numan - “Cars”
  Peter Gabriel - “Games Without Frontiers”
  The Rolling Stones - “Can You Hear Me Knocking?”
  The Smiths - “How Soon Is Now?”
  Soundgarden - “Black Hole Sun”
  Tears For Fears - “Shout”
  They Might Be Giants - “Birdhouse In Your Soul”
  The Zombies - “Time of the Season”

  
  

  I really want to add Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" to this list, but it's probably still too soon for that.
• Imipolex G

  2017-07-20 18:46:47

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  if we're mentioning Peter Gabriel then I want "Shock the Monkey"
  
• Odradek

  2017-07-20 20:34:37

  My dreams exceed my real life

  Mink DeVille - "Spanish Stroll"
• Alduin

  2017-07-21 03:36:53

  Depeche Mode - Master and Servant
• Viani

  2017-07-21 04:27:53

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  Hello Darkness my old friend
  
  "but you don't have any friends"
  
  Hello Darkness
  
  
• Alduin

  2017-07-29 21:18:06 edited 2017-07-29 21:18:20

  Rainbow - Man on the Silver Mountain, Rainbow in the Dark, Tarot Woman, Temple of the King
• Imipolex G

  2017-07-30 01:51:44

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  "Rainbow in the Dark" is by Dio, which reminds me, "Holy Diver" should be mentioned too.
  
  Rainbow's magnum opus is probably "Stargazer".
  
• Imipolex G

  2017-07-30 03:27:56

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  obligatory "You thought it was Rainbow, but it was I, Dio!"
  
• Alduin

  2017-07-30 07:08:44

  Stargazer is the greatest thing Rainbow has ever done but I dunno if it gets as much exposure as the others.

  
  

  FUCK how did I forget Holy Diver.
• Section42L

  2017-07-30 07:37:49 edited 2017-07-30 08:01:20

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  The Beach Boys - “Good Vibrations”
  The Cascades - “Rhythm of the Rain”
  David Bowie - “Life on Mars?”
  Nirvana - “About A Girl”
  Thin Lizzy - “The Boys Are Back In Town”
• Alduin

  2017-07-30 07:58:22

  I already listed down Blue Monday.
• Section42L

  2017-07-30 08:01:26

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  Edited.
• Alduin

  2017-07-30 08:04:22

  it really is a very good song.
• Imipolex G

  2017-07-30 23:08:35

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  it is, and so is "True Faith"