Sorry, let me switch into boomer. It's a really catchy tune. Far out!

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Not sure if mind blowing is the word, but three of my 6 favorite eagles songs were all unreleased, and all from the same album. Hotel California.

Wasted Time
Try and Love Again
The Last Resort (easily the most underrated song in their catalogue).

My favorite U2 song is Bad, which also wasn't released but largely got its due over time. The first time I heard it was one of the few times I've been blown away by a song. Was actually an axing feeling.

And one more, Alright for Now by Tom Petty. Just such an emotionally pure song. One of my favorites of his.

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Same here for Wasted Time and Try to Love Again….How were those two amazing songs not released as singles??

I'll go with Merle Haggard's "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa".

It's possible I don't know many "deep cuts," but I always liked this one from Korn - off the End of Days soundtrack

Nobody has better deep cuts than Cheap Trick and Oasis. And also Genesis. Just a sample.

Not much of a fan, but You Are is amazing



From my favorite band

Is there a better song that U2 scrapped for parts than this?

I don't recall this getting any air time after 3rd Stage was released, but it's one of my favorite Boston tunes:

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Spyderman said:

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Would love to play, but what exactly is a deep cut?

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I'd classify a deep cut as one that got little to no airplay, especially into the 70s and onward as record labels pushed harder for the singles they wanted played. Sure, DJs would play randoms that got traction and in some cases would break a song (Pearl Jam's "Yellow Ledbetter" if I recall correctly, got a lot of run at some big rock station and because of that, caught the eye of other big rock stations and it blew up from there) but for the most part labels pick the songs they push, and corporate radio gives on air personalities little to no sway in picking out playlists and new music.

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thank you-had never heard the term

It was released as a single but did not chart. It was like the 5th single from that 3rd Boston album though so it was probably just listener fatigue.

Somebody earlier questioned why The Eagles did not release a couple of other tracks off Hotel California. Well they already had 2 #1s with Hotel California and New Kid in town and another hit with Life in the Fast Lan so the record company probably was avoiding oversaturation.

Wildflowers might be the best nomination on here.

Aside - Miley Cyrus cover of it live on Fallon with her dad on guitar as a tribute after Tom passed just about killed me. So good.


I have several other Tom Petty ones I love. Some of his later stuff got no airplay partly because he was known for attacking the radio/studio business and they backlashed against him. There are some gems on those last few albums.


Something Good Coming - from the Mojo album is so heartfelt and every bit as good as Wildflower imho.... and shows the best backing band in rock and roll in just perfect form never overdoing an understated song, but it's beautiful.





Not really a "deep track" as it was never a studio release but...
Mystic Eyes - a Live cover and 9 minute jam of a Van Morrison/Them track is so damn good. Again the band is just so tight and nails it.




Other great ones I love from the later years of TP

Angel Dream
Saving Grace
I Should Have Known It
Leave Virginia Alone

Deep cut is album song, non-single, or B-side, or unreleased track that is officially released (ie Dylan's bootleg series).

Petty has several that could be nominated - Girl on LSD is my choice.

Overall, Dylan is the winner, due to both his talent and his HORRIBLE editing and album inclusion choices. For example, Up To Me minus its last portion ("Dupree…) is a masterpiece. Literally dozens of these across the series.

This track shows why Derek Sherinian was my fave DT keyboardist.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Best Incubus song

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The Warmth is my second favorite Incubus song. For me, the best Incubus song is Just a Phase:



I only went to see them once... and they didn't play either of those songs. Pissed me the **** off.

The problem with deep cuts is generally only big fans will truly appreciate them. I could post 5 songs from any of my top 10 bands that aren't singles and are rarely played live.

For Jimmy Eat World, this is still my favorite song they've ever done, though would also put 23 as a deep cut that I think is amazing:



For Green Day, I have to go with two of my favorites, though i could pick several off of many albums:





Coheed and Cambria is another one I could go deep with. Even more so than others because they are more of a mid-major and have some obscure ***** I could list 3-4 songs per album, at least. I think their last album was one of their best, and they are pretty much no longer played on the radio. I would have to put their Intro songs for In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth and The Unheavenly Creatures. I really can't get over how much I love their latest album. As a narrative and complete piece, i believe it to be their best in their entire career, and it kicks off with the epic The Dark Sentencer.

KISS.

Their most underrated vocalist: Eric Carr.

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I always assumed "deep cut" to mean a cut that made an album, but wasn't released as a single, generally buried "deep" on the album tracklist.

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No not to me anyway. Even though songs were never released as singles they often got lots of airplay. Non "top 40" format stations (often called AOR or Album Oriented Rock stations) would play many songs that got tons of airplay but were never singles. Some bands never even bothered with singles.

To me they are more like non singles and songs that also did not get played on AOR for whatever reason.

Some examples of big songs that were never released as singles but get plenty of airplay. These are not "deep tracks" imho because they are well known even though they were not singles.

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
The Beatles - Here Come the Sun
Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed recorded for his debut album, later was a hit with Wings as a Live version
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely
Nirvana - Dumb
Pearl Jam - Black

There's obvious exceptions.

But that's not a bad idea for a thread. Non-singles which became hits due solely to radio airplay.

Stairway to Heaven is kind of the ultimate example.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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There's obvious exceptions.

But that's not a bad idea for a thread. Non-singles which became hits due solely to radio airplay.

Stairway to Heaven is kind of the ultimate example.

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Stairway was released as a promotional single and charted. It was #47 in UK and #79 in the US.

The difference is it was not released as a commercial single for sale.

Promotional singles are for radio, DJs and media only.

Of course the length of the song made it not typical radio friendly.

Well now we're moving goalposts.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Well now we're moving goalposts.

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I'm just sayin. I wouldn't call Stairway a deep track anyway.

See Redstone definition above. I agree with the "non well known" album tracks, B sides and later official releases (like bootlegs, remastered versions that include other recorded but unreleased tracks, etc.).

Lack of airplay is a given.

Blink 182 - Dumpweed

I think I'm going crazy because I swear someone just called Stairway To Heaven a deep cut.

Idk... it's not an objective definition, but I consider a "deep cut" a song that requires at least a some level of fandom of an artist, in order to discover.

Everyone knows Stairway to Heaven, or has heard of it. That is not a deep cut. Hell, I wouldn't even call any song on an album that sells millions of copies, at "deep cut". That's why I wouldn't list any Zeppelin Song. Is the Rain Song a "deep cut"? I hardly think so. The band itself is too popular for any of their songs from a true LP to be a "deep cut".

I'll have to google that later and check it out. Thanks!

Who called it a deep cut? Did you actually read my post?

I said it was a good example of a hit that wasn't a single, ie another thread idea. I was expanding on the list you posted.

My bad Spilner I was reading too fast. You didn't call Stairway a deep cut.

From the same album, I suggest Pigs on the Wing, including the solo by Snowy White linking the two parts.

Great song! Would you consider it a deep cut though? It's the biggest song off that album. Or maybe Sheep was. Either way I believe the album had good commercial success so it's tough to call either song a deep cut.

Kind of like someone brought up earlier with Zep it's hard to call out a deep cut from them when so much of their music is popular and known.

Again... I just don't see Animals by Pink Floyd as having a "deep cut". It's freaking Animals. I view the entire album as a single piece of art, and it was a very popular album. The album peaked at #3 on the US billboard charts and #2 in the UK. My brother, who primarily listens to punk rock and pop punk knows Sheep and Dogs.

Idk... i just feel like an album that popular doesn't technically HAVE a deep-cut. That's more like just a generic "Best Song From a Great Album That Wasn't a Single".

If you go to a concert for a particular band, and they play a "deep cut", I would assume over half the audience probably doesn't know the song.

But hey... just my opinion.

There is a transition period of deep cut classification. However, this is rare, and I've already mentioned it.

Examples include:
Oasis - deep cuts become less deep when The Masterplan is released
Dylan - Columbia and he cash in when they get tired of mass tape trading amongst fans who will buy higher quality official releases

Animals does not qualify. This is a high profile album and well liked and well discussed.

Fair enough.

I was thinking in terms of how often if ever do you hear it on the radio and does your average Joe Schmo know it. I don't think a lot of people outside of Pink Floyd fans know the songs on that album, maybe Pigs, I dunno. I guess I'd have to pick something pre-Gilmour to qualify as a deep track?