Request Line: Deep Cuts with Ray Lewis

Ladies and GENTLEMEN, I am former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis and it’s my great honor as your GUEST DEEJAY to welcome you to the Door Flies Open Request Line.  Tonight’s show is DEEP CUTS WITH RAY LEWIS. One of the many things God blessed me with here on this earth is a love of MUSIC. In particular, I have an abiding love for unappreciated album tracks and B-sides. It takes heart – I tell you this – it takes heart like you wouldn’t believe for a song to be able to sit tight in the background, and STAY OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT.  Being able to FLY UNDER THE RADAR is a great quality in a song and something that me and my friends REALLY APPRECIATE. This week we’ll be playing songs that are so understated that MOST PEOPLE DON’T EVEN KNOW THEY WERE PRESENT IN THE FIRST PLACE and THEY’RE HAPPY TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

To get you folks started on this week’s edition of Request Line, I’m going to share a favorite track of mine from the 1984 Violent Femmes album Hallowed Ground.  Most people are familiar with the Femmes for their EPONYMOUS DEBUT ALBUM and have probably heard one of the other MINOR HITS THAT GOD SAW FIT TO BESTOW UPON THEM, like their cover of T-Rex’s “Children of the Revolution” or “American Music” off of Why Do Birds Sing. Now, a lot of people feel that the Femmes’ other albums are trash.  That they should be DISCARDED IN A GARBAGE DUMPSTER BEHIND A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT.  But those people are blind.  I tell you that – BLIND.  They are missing out on some HIDDEN GEMS. Now let me tell you that I really dig Hallowed Ground because a lot of the songs are about FAITH. In particular, this next track is about how it’s important to be able to HAVE FAITH that someone is NEVER GOING TO TELL anyone what happened or what they saw, WHICH WAS NOTHING, and certainly NOTHING THAT CONCERNED THEM.

Thank you for tuning in tonight, folks, and GOD BLESS.  Make your own submissions in the comments and I’LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE THEM A SPIN FOR YOU!

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Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

MuteMath has the best drummer I’ve ever seen live. Guy can be the show himself. Most people have heard “Typical,” which is a great song, and has one of the best music videos, but “Electrify” is lesser known and great too.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeWX9euaxD0

ssi_bulldawg

Badass band to see live

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Bad Religion – Let Them Eat War

Embed?:

Link: https://youtu.be/z3ziQ2_I9lE

Sep

I’ll raise you a Don’t Sell Me Short

Brick Meathook

The greatest music video ever:

(let’s see if this embed works)

Brick Meathook

Well I guess it didn’t.

Here’s alink:

https://youtu.be/f9yTqFWxHpA

Brick Meathook

I see. Here’s another tribute, the SECOND greatest music video ever:

https://youtu.be/_R9an8AU3No

Sep

Gonna get my pick in for The Clash before anyone else.

Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood

No recent player has the blues like SRV has the blues. Discuss while listening to Life Without You from Soul to Soul….

http://youtu.be/gAv5ZuuSxSI

Cuntler

Thanks to yeah right’s Ministry post, I jumped down the mid-nineties thrasher rabbit hole. Feel free to delete this and S.O.D. from your set list, I realize it’s not for everyone.

L7 – The Bomb

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

I’ll get to more after this farewell lunch for a coworker, but here’s my first contribution:

Still one of my favorite ACDC songs that does not get enough love.

scotchnaut

Joy Division covers Velvet Underground? Here’s a live version of Sister Ray. At the end you can hear the only joke that Ian Curtis ever said in his life which is, “you should hear our version of ‘Louie, Louie'”. Apparently every band in their small universe was doing it after the success of Animal House.

scotchnaut

Gah! I hate being stupid.

https://youtu.be/0vUNddDbJ-k

Cuntler

After the double post of the Springsteen douche song, I need to cleanse my ear palette.

S.O.D. – Milk

trollsoharduniversity

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Stop the Springsteen; it’s the wrong generation for Cuntler.

http://queenbcity.com/assets/u16/Hipster%203_0.jpg

Cuntler

Also, who is beardy tattoo guy? He has quite the suitcase.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
Cuntler

Man, that looks like a lot of work to be so cool. Tight pants and a knit hat in this weather? No thank you, sir.

Sep

These dudes probably think a Monkey Wrench is just some song by the Foo Fighters.

trollsoharduniversity

Nobody has ever had as much soul as Otis:

trollsoharduniversity

This one is just for Cuntler

trollsoharduniversity

I does not read komments good

Cuntler

You’re good. Now I get to listen to it twice!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I thought you didn’t like it; why are you listening to it?

Duchess

How about an Elton John song making fun of conservatives from the early 1970’s that could possibly be a huge hit on the country airwaves today because they wouldn’t understand it is a joke.

Yes, please.

laserguru

Buried on the album Last Sucker here is Ministry covering The Doors “Roadhouse Blues”. When I’m doing my morning exercise and this comes on my Ipod I always say “Oh shit!” because the pace will pick up. Oh yes it will. Some of the most ferocious drum work you will ever hear.

trollsoharduniversity

This song is best known as a Sheryl Crow hit, but Cat Stevens did it first and best. Plus it’s got “cut.”

https://youtu.be/aBccr-aLu4I

trollsoharduniversity

Why don’t my embeds work?

trollsoharduniversity

This?

WCS
laserguru

Off of the rarely heard Three Snakes One Charm album.
Black Crowes “Under a Mountain”.

laserguru

It’s so obscure that the person who posted this on Youtube used the album cover from an entirely different album. That’s the cover from By Your Side not Three Snakes One Charm.

ssi_bulldawg
ssi_bulldawg

What da fook. I’m not good at this computin’. Elbow’s One Day Like This.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NFV8dHrZYM

Cuntler

Seriously. Someone get that guy some ex-lax. He is going to bust an O-ring.

Also, this:

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111019203501/muppet/images/8/8d/Zootplayingup.png

BrettFavresColonoscopy

This is my favorite Hendrix song, though he did it with Band of Gypsys rather than the Experience:

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Apologies for the length.

/dick joke

laserguru

This should qualify as a deep cut. Black Sabbath of of Volume 4 produced this lovely little acoustic song. Laguna Sunrise.

Cuntler

Last one.

Dirty Mac – Yer Blues

Cuntler

Rubberneck Lions – Oysterhead

[Oysterhead is Les Claypool (Primus), Trey Anastasio (Phish), and Stewart Copeland (drummer for the Police)]

Cuntler

Jane’s Addiction “Been Caught Stealing (Remix)” – I like it better than the original.

ssi_bulldawg

Blind Melon’s Vernie. One of my favorite bands. Outside of No Rain, probably every song they wrote would be a deep cut and imo that is a shame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq_Mtqm7rTA

ssi_bulldawg
Cuntler

Ad Rock & Beck – “Black Tambourine”

BrettFavresColonoscopy

That’s the same way I feel about Out on the Tiles:

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Which inspired this Rival Sons’ non-deep cut:

ssi_bulldawg

When looking to see if this qualifies as a deep cut, I was very surprised to see it apparently hit #1 on the modern rock chart. Anyway, not sure if this technically qualifies, but one of Talking Heads’ lesser known songs (they had a couple pretty good tunes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FJ8x6wnZy8

ssi_bulldawg

Looks like I didn’t embed properly. So you know what it is without clicking the link: Talking Heads – Sax and Violins

Cuntler

Beastie Boys – Skills to Pay the Bills

https://youtu.be/99v9-4uk9ZQ

Cuntler

Beastie Boys – Alive (only available on the Anthology)

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

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

SPRINGSTEEN TERRIBLE!!

BEASTIE BOYS ARE THE GREAT!!!

Seriously, jesus fucking christ.

Cuntler

Meh, music is subjective.

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laserguru

Buried deep on their album Pork Soda. Primus with this little instrumental cut Hamburger Train. Holy fuck does Les get after the bass on this track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-_eVUpVYVM

King Hippo

Cracker’s very best work. My most repeated track on Kerosene Hat, because I am a bleak muthafucka:

laserguru

Goddamn I love that album.

ssi_bulldawg

Oh shit, thanks! I forgot about this tune. BTW – this is a great Friday thread!

Brick Meathook

Eurotrash Girl (hidden way way in the back, even after Hi-Desert Biker Meth Lab)

King Hippo

The full-length, “hidden” version of “Eurotrash” is indeed the tits. I would get all giddy as my CD player would whir through all the empty tracks.

SUCH a great driving album.

Cuntler

The White Stripes – Black Jack Davey

https://youtu.be/mmYfGcQOkmg

Brick Meathook
Cuntler

Flaming Lips covering Kylie Minogue? Why not?

https://youtu.be/i7agLjHqkHo

/There is no “share” and “embed” options, and when I “copy embed code” from YouTube, it doesn’t work. Oh well.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Rikki; I’m scared anyway, hold me.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
scotchnaut

Oof!

montythisseemsstrangetome

An R.E.M. (naturally) non-album track. Photograph, with Natalie Merchant, from around the Automatic era. One of my favourites.

montythisseemsstrangetome

I tried the “share” button on youtube, but no luck. Duchess, if you can embed this, feel free. Thanks.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

That didn’t work for me, but I also possess great power of compooder stupid.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Also; I open in a new window anyway since the automatic comment refresh stops the song.

http://33.media.tumblr.com/44ea83c4fa3c8c012add8b6282d98dc0/tumblr_nshffqVfoh1rdfgw4o1_500.gif

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

The least of problems; the yoke in your eggs could be too hard.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

To famous?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Well hell. I no can imbed.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Before I hated Rod Stewart. HATE! HATE!

Duchess

It’s a double hitter deep track and awesome cover. Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman performing “Hey Jude”

Duchess

yeah its just a cover that’s not well known we can mod this comment if you’d like

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Can’t you just get your limes at the store?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Oh, request LINES.

Mr Richard Joak

umm the world went dark. Can’t see comments on any article.
Am I not Flacco enough?

/realizes he won’t see any responses either

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

While we are at it; let’s talk about the heartbreak of premature ejaculation.

http://40.media.tumblr.com/b57a749388c406f9716500cc9e8dc454/tumblr_mpqscyoMMA1qmp5efo1_500.png

laserguru

Hey cats and cool kids. This is your late night DJ beach bound and down yeah right. Ready to drop some music knowledge. During the early to mid ’80’s Talking Heads featured one of the single most bad ass assembly of musicians ever. This was during the time that there was a small rift growing amongst the band. David Byrne was doing his Brian Eno playing, B-52’s producing, renaissance man kind of thing. Tina Weymoth and Chris Franz, also known as the bands rhythym section started their own off shoot kind of urban kind of funk band called the Tom Tom Club. I don’t even have to get into that. I saw these guys twice in 1983, I want to say? Once with Adrian Belew on guitar and each time with the guitar and keyboard from the Brother’s Johnson. Bernie Worrell sounds about right. Amazing shows. They we’re doing their warm up for the “Stop Making Sense” Johnathan Demme movie. Each time they played everything was perfect but some of David Byrne’s “Catherine Wheel” stuff was brand new. And the band was killing it. One of my deepest tracks. Talking Heads “Big Blue Plymouth” from David Byrne’s “Catherine Wheel” album. I bet y’all gonna enjoy this one immensely!

Sep

Jimi Hendrix “Bold As Love” extended jam from the box set. This song doesn’t get enough love as it is, but this version… Well, you’ll see:

Sep

why you no postie youtubie?

Duchess

gotta click “share” then click on “embed” fixed it for you

Sep

That’s strange. Never had to do it that way before.

Duchess

The last part in the little talked about mini rock opera by Pearl Jam that was only released as the B-side of that album people bought for Yellow Leddbetter

Alive,
Once
Footsteps

I don’t care if it borrows form a Temple of the Dog song. Its a great song.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Bring back Footsteps Falco!

/shows self out