Talk Show Host is the greatest B-Side ever recorded

Pearl Jam's "Leatherman" is #2.

Happy Holidays, Washington.

you're talking to the wrong generation . . . downloads don't have b-sides.

i'm not familiar with a whole lot of B-sides (always been a full album kinda guy), but i have no doubt that TSH is high on the list.  nice pull.

(walkies, do you ever feel like you need some new material?  if you're going to shit all over threads, could you at least make it new shit?  merry xmas!!!)

shouldn't we be in bed dreaming of santa claus?  i'm watching emmit otter's jugband christmas.

Beautiful is probably Belle and Sebastian's #1 B-side. #2 would be I Love My Car.

TMUL needs a blog for all his rants.

Speaking of Radiohead,
http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/25/download-new-radiohead-authorized-concert-film/
;D

pulp's is either "Ansaphone" or "Cocaine Socialism."

blur's is either "Swallows in a Heat Wave" or "Theme From an Imaginary Film."

Brian

i don't know..

led zep's hey hey what can i do may just be the best TRUE b-side.. i don't think talk show host is even a true b-side…was there even a 45 with it?

sweetcell wrote:

(walkies, do you ever feel like you need some new material?  if you're going to shit all over threads, could you at least make it new shit?  merry xmas!!!)

fine . . . the obvious answer is strawberry fields forever, since it was the beatles best song, and the fact that it is a b side while being an a side at the same time.

walkonby wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

(walkies, do you ever feel like you need some new material?  if you're going to shit all over threads, could you at least make it new shit?  merry xmas!!!)

fine . . . the obvious answer is strawberry fields forever, since it was the beatles best song, and the fact that it is a b side while being an a side at the same time.

I hate to be a stickler but as it was included on Magical Mystery Tour lp (US version) to me its no b-side.


A true b-side is a song you can only get as a b-side..at least for a decade or two…

This is whats remarkable about Hey hey what can I do… it wasn't available other than as a b-side until the early 90s zep box…. about 20 years only available on that 45..

anyways i'm sure there are other great b-sides

There are songs that are a B-side and they are the band's (arguably) most recognizable song.

To wit:

"Dear God" by XTC was initially the B-side of "Grass", also from "Skylarking."

And although it was eventually released as an A-side on its own, "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths was originally the B-side of "William, It was Really Nothing."

Brian

walkonby wrote:
shouldn't we be in bed dreaming of santa claus? 

nah, i was tracking santa on NORAD.

ready… aim…

Vas wrote:
TMUL needs a blog for all his rants.

I'm not into blogging. I just like bbs'ing.

I know the correct definition of a b-side, but I would say, in this day in age, a b-side is a song that doesn't make an official album.

You and Whose Army? is also a killer Radiohead b-side.

Thousand wrote:
I know the correct definition of a b-side, but I would say, in this day in age, a b-side is a song that doesn't make an official album.

You and Whose Army? is also a killer Radiohead b-side.

Amnesiac isn't an official album?

I believe Amnesiac is a collection of Kid A songs that didn't make the cut. I consider them b-sides, although it is an official album release.

Speaking of b-sides, I forgot about True Love Waits. Jesus, Radiohead has the market cornered on epic b-sides. Talk Show Host, True Love Waits, You and Whose Army?, Permanent Daylight, I Might Be Wrong, Like Spinning Plates,  Palo Alto. Not fucking bad.

For the veterans here: I understand these are "true" b-sides in the sense, but as not being included on official album releases, I refer to them as such for this purpose.

Thousand wrote:
I believe Amnesiac is a collection of Kid A songs that didn't make the cut. I consider them b-sides, although it is an official album release.

That makes no sense.  So any song that was written during an album period but not used for that particular album is a B-side?  According to your defnition almost every Rolling Stones and U2 album are "collections of B-sides."  Almost every one of their albums contains songs that they wrote for the previous.

Brian

Butterfly Collector by the The Jam is a discussion ender  ;D

And because this is an anal bunch.. Butterfly Collector may technically be a double A-side as it was paired with another non album track… And before somebody goes wikipedia on my ass,  The Jam's moronic US label released the song as the a-side