U2start.com | Which song are you listening to right now? #5

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

Yes, it is. Most bands have a few great B-sides and then loads of crappy unfinished songs... Coldplay is the only other band I know, besides U2, in which you can say that almost all their b-sides and unreleased songs are of a great quality and could be easily included on any of the albums.

What about Pearl Jam or Oasis or Arctic Monkeys? Those bands have some great b-sides.

LikeASong

13 years

Originally posted by wangmaster:definitely, coldplaying's a great fansite, i've been downloading quite a lot from there recently.

i've been meaning to make a coldplay b sides compilation playlist - like you say, there's a good album's worth of great tracks there - i'll post it when i'm done.

Where Is She? - The Killers

EDIT: this makes a cracking album:

Things I Don't Understand
Animals
Easy To Please
Bigger Stronger
Proof
Crest Of Waves
Moving To Mars
No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground
Such A Rush
Gravity
Death Will Never Conquer

I designed and burnt this for my girlfriend a while back, she loved it:

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Here are the full res covers if you please

http://yfrog.com/5pcoldplayotherside1j
http://yfrog.com/09coldplayothersidecoverj

wangmaster

13 years

^nice tracklist/artwork mate.

Smile Like You Mean It (Live Lounge) - David Gray

KieranU2

13 years

Zero - The Smashing Pumpkins

LikeASong

13 years

Originally posted by KieranU2[..]

What about Pearl Jam or Oasis or Arctic Monkeys? Those bands have some great b-sides.

I don't know much about PJ, but from what I can tell, Arctic Monkeys don't have a load of great b-sides (they don't have that many singles either; and many of their b-sides are really lame, like Bad Woman, I Haven't Got My Strange or Fright Lined Dining Room), and Oasis' ones are pretty unconsistent (Acquiesce and The Masterplan might be fucking mindblowing, but songs like Eyeball Tickler or Full On lower the average pretty much). The vast majority of CP bsides are very good songs that could easily belong to the albums, I think.

KieranU2

13 years

Originally posted by LikeASong[..]

I don't know much about PJ, but from what I can tell, Arctic Monkeys don't have a load of great b-sides (they don't have that many singles either; and many of their b-sides are really lame, like Bad Woman, I Haven't Got My Strange or Fright Lined Dining Room), and Oasis' ones are pretty unconsistent (Acquiesce and The Masterplan might be fucking mindblowing, but songs like Eyeball Tickler or Full On lower the average pretty much). The vast majority of CP bsides are very good songs that could easily belong to the albums, I think.

Ah right, I see what you mean. Arctic Monkeys do have Leave Before The Lights Come On, which is fucking fantastic, and also, I thought Evil Twin was pretty good. But you're right, they do have some crap b-sides. Really? I thought most of Oasis' b-sides are great. The whole of 'The Masterplan' album, which is dedicated to complete b-sides, is really good considering how it is a b-side album. I do agree with you saying that Coldplay's b-sides are stellar. Not many bands have the skill of creating so many great songs that some have to become b-sides.

LikeASong

13 years

Leave Before The Lights Come On is a single on its own right

And I adore it too.
Yeah, I might agree about Oasis as well, it's just that some of their b-sides (specially post-97) are so mediocre -to my eyes- that I can't think of putting them up there with Coldplay and U2 b-side catalogue.

fabian

13 years