Completely Conspicuous 685: Catch You on the Flip Side

Part 2 of my conversation with Phil Stacey about our favorite non-album tracks. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

• Phil's #7
• The Until the End of the World soundtrack had plenty of good stuff
• Songs that take you back to a specific time and place
• Jay's #7
• The hunger for Nirvana music was enormous between the release of Nevermind and In Utero
• Give the bass player some 
• Phil's #6
• Zeppelin haven't released many B-sides
• Jay's #6
• The Who has some amazing songs that were never on studio albums
• Phil's #5 was Jay's #10
• Jay's #5
• Another classic from the Singles movie soundtrack
• Phil's #4
• U2's cup runneth over in the '80s
• We were both U2 obsessives in high school/college
• Jay's #4
• A song that wasn't initially included on the album but later added
• College radio stations started playing it and it caught on
• Phil's #3 and Jay's #2
• The quintessential '80s alternative song?
• Johnny Marr elevated the Smiths, but Morrissey was undeniable
• Shoutout to high school classmate who hipped Jay to good music
• Jay's #3
• Another hugely influential alt-rock song
• Joy Division released amazing music in a short period of time
• Phil's #2
• Another Beatles classic
• Phil's #1
• Phil named his fantasy baseball team after this song
• One of the Dead's best
• Was a concert staple but they never did a studio version
• Jay's #1
• Amazing that it was left off Purple Rain
• Controversial for an f-word that may or may not have been THE f-word
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• The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 684: Dark Side of the Tune

Part 1 of my conversation with Phil Stacey about our favorite non-album tracks. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

• Back after a few months away
• The definition of "B-side" has changed over the decades
• Now a more accurate term is "non-album tracks"
• Sometimes B-sides were more popular than the A-side
• Got more airplay back when FM stations were new and adventurous
• You had to hunt them down because they weren't on the proper albums
• Some bands like U2 would regularly put non-album tracks on B-sides singles
• Sometimes covers, sometimes original songs that didn't make the album
• When CDs became popular, you had longer albums and more of those songs would be included
• Eventually bands released B-side collections; the Who was one of the first with Odds and Sods in the '70s
• So many Beatles classics weren't included on albums
• Phil's honorable mentions: Beatles, Who, Grateful Dead, Matthew Sweet, Phish, R.E.M., The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Pavement, U2, Goose, Prince, Pearl Jam, Talking Heads, Neil Young, Nirvana
• Pavement's "Harness Your Hopes" became their most-streamed song courtesy of Tik Tok
• Jay's HMs: Who, Motorhead, Chris Cornell, Rolling Stones, Dylan, Nirvana, Bowie, Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Sloan, Tragically Hip, Radiohead, Simple Minds, Beatles, Iron Maiden, Gang of Four, Mission of Burma, Beck, Beach Boys, Police, New Order, Cure, Clash, Soundgarden, AIC, Sugar, Joe Jackson, Hendrix, PJ Harvey, Robert Plant, Iggy Pop
• Prince vs. Neil Young for most unreleased material
• Phil's #10
• Jay's #10
• Phil's #9
• Jay's #9
• U2 just announced a stadium tour of South America
• Probably couldn't do that in North America anymore
• Phil's #8
• Jay's #8
• YouTube comments are the worst
• Completely Conspicuous is available wherever you find podcasts. Subscribe and write a review!
• The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Stuck In Thee Garage #465: March 3, 2023

Never underestimate the tenacity of a record collector. Not just for the run-of-the-mill stuff, but especially for the music that's a little more uncommon. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played B-sides and rarities in hour 2.

This playlist is the bob-omb:

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

Lucero - One Last F.U./Should've Learned By Now

Quasi - Nowheresville/Breaking the Balls of History

Loki's Folly - No Right/SISU

Spirit Award - Pushing Forward/The Fear

Thrillhouse - Fatal Flaw/Single

Avey Tare - Invisible Darling/7s

Hannah Jadagu - What You Did/Aperture

Temples - Gamma Rays/Exotico

Induce - Last/Beautiful Distortion

King Tuff - Rock River/Smalltown Stardust

Quiz Show - Dime a Dozen/Quiz Show

Yo La Tengo - Tonight's Episode/This Stupid World

Megadose - Mote of Reflection/Heating Up

Superchunk - Making a Break/Everything Hurts

Fucked Up - Cicada/One Day

 

Hour 2: B-sides and rarities

Husker Du - The Truth Hurts (demo)/Savage Young Du

Mudhoney - Ounce of Deception/Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (30th Anniversary Edition)

Rocket From the Crypt - Delorean/Runnin' On Fumes: The Gearhead Magazine Singles Compilation 

Johnny Foreigner - things we should have left on the beach/European Disco: Collected B-Sides and Remixes 2008-10

Pink Mountaintops x White Lung - Chinese Watermelon/CONS EP Vol. 3

Plague Vendor - SPF/Night Sweats

Beck - Thunder Peel/Odelay (deluxe edition)

Matthew Sweet - Happiness/Kids in the Hall Brain Candy 

Stephen Malkmus - Shake It Around/Pig Lib

The Lemonheads - Sad Girl/Crawling From Within

Queens of the Stone Age - Christian Brothers/Sick, Sick, Sick

Sonic Youth - Computer Age/The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young

Gary Oldman - I Wanna Be Your Dog/Sid & Nancy: Love Kills

Japandroids - To Hell With Good Intentions/Saucony Originals - Death and Taxes Present: A Perfect Pair

Obits - One Cross Apiece/Single

Smashing Pumpkins - Frail and Bedazzled/Pisces Iscariot

Nirvana - Aneurysm/Incesticide

 

Listen to the rock songs HERE. 

Stuck In Thee Garage #327: June 26, 2020

Those of us who are obsessed with music love to find the extra stuff: Songs that weren't included on official album releases, but are instead released as B-sides, bonus tracks or on tribute albums or soundtracks. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played B-sides and other rarities in hour 2. It's good to play things you don't usually hear.

The Count is down with this playlist:

Hour 1
Artist - Song/Album 
Sports Team - Going Soft/Deep Down Happy
Alice Bag - Gate Crasher/Sister Dynamite
Gateway Drugs - The Revolution Will Be Televised/PSA
Sad13 - A Fine Day for a Parade/Saving for a Custom Van
Ted Leo - Everyday/Saving for a Custom Van
Charly Bliss - Pretend to Be Nice/Saving for a Custom Van
Run the Jewels - Yankee and The Brave/RTJ4
IDLES - Grounds/Ultra Mono
No Age - Sandalwood/Goons Be Gone
Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto/Punisher
Big Black Delta - Lord Only Knows/4
Jehnny Beth - Flower/To Love is to Live
Tanya Donelly - Frozen Lake/Big Love Bends Time EP
Built to Spill - Love in Vain/Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston
Savak - Aujourd'hui/Rotting Teeth in the Horse's Mouth
The Constantines - Call Me Out/Single

Hour 2: B-sides
David Bowie - John I'm Only Dancing/The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (bonus track)
Arctic Monkeys - Red Right Hand/Crying Lightning
Art Brut - Weird Science/Art Brut Vs. Satan (bonus track)
Pixies - Winterlong/The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young
Jesse Malin - Sister Christian Where Are You Now/Broken Radio
The Afghan Whigs - I'm a Soldier/Unbreakable: A Retrospective 1990-2006
Sloan - D is for Driver/B-Sides Win: Extras, Bonus Tracks and B-sides 1992-2008
Johnny Foreigner - Wow, Just Wow/European Disco: Collected B-sides and Remixes 2008-10
Broken Social Scene - Canada Vs. America/EP to Be You and Me
Charles Bradley & the Menehan Street Band - Stay Away: SPIN Presents Newermind: A Tribute Album
The Hold Steady - Curves and Nerves/Almost Killed Me (bonus track)
Boss Hog - Save Our Soul/Battle Hymns
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Son of Sam/Jukebox Explosion
Nirvana - Sappy/No Alternative
Soundgarden - Girl U Want/Rusty Cage
Black Sabbath - Weevil Woman '71/Master of Reality (bonus track)
Rollins Band - Earache My Eye/Sub Pop Singles Club July 1990