Pick 50 Underacknowledged Non Rock'n'Pop Classix

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My semi-obsession with lists leads me to propose the following task: Name 50 classic tracks that aren't generally acknowledged in the canon of canons, but go easy on the trad rock and pop stuff. Just to make it more interesting. My own list (some very recent, some rock n pop I know):

1/ Alemayehu Eshete and Hirut Beqele - Temeles
2/ Mahmoud Ahmed - Tezeta
3/ Black Strobe - Innerstrings (instrumental)
4/ Meredith MOnk - Gotham Lullaby
5/ Hush - Ghetto Mantra
6/ Aaliyah - DOn't Know What To Tell Ya
7/ Ghostface Killah - Gorilla Hood
8/ Prince Alla - Bucket Bottom
9/ My Bloody Valentine - No More Sorry
10/ Horace Andy - Pure Ranking
11/ Aisha Morrison - Ethiopia
12/ Trick Daddy - I'm A Thug (Chopped and Screwed)
13/ Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (Neil Young cover)
14/ Love Joys - Jah Light (Wackies)
15/ Scott Walker - The World's Strongest Man
16/ Bowa - Different Story
17/ Criminal Minds - Baptised by Dub
18/ Mike Ink - Kreisel 99/42
19/ Romanthony - Never Fuck
20/ Eddie 'Flashin' Fowlkes - Move to Detroit
21/ The Upsetters - Bird In Hand
22/ Prince Jazzbo - GalBoyIRoy
23/ Francoiz Breut - Si Tu Disais
24/ Prime - No Matter
25/ Aim - The Girl Who Fell Through The Ice
26/ Masta Ace - I Got Ta
27/ Popol Vuh - Nicht Hoch Im HImmel
28/ Horrorist - One Night In NYC
29/ France Gall - Nous Ne Sommes Pas Les Anges
30/ Dennis Alcapone - Teach The Children
31/ Chuck Wood - Seven Days Is Too Long
32/ The 6ths - San Diego Zoo
33/ Jigmastas - Hip Hop
34/ Ruts DC - Whatever We Do
35/ Abyssinia Infinite - Bati Bati
36/ Brandy - What About Us?
37/ Moby - Everytime You Touch Me
38/ Can - Outside My Door (best garage rock moment ever?)
39/ Dr John - Danse Fambeaux
40/ Diwali Riddim - Hindi Dub
41/ Dead Prez - They Schools
42/ Jurgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie
43/ Rhythm and Sound - King In My Empire
44/ Silicone Soul - Right On
45/ Evan Dando & Craig Armstrong - Wake Up In New York
46/ Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
47/ The Guthries - Season To Leave OR Patsy Cline
48/ Laurent X - Machines
49/ Roll Deep Crew? - Shanghai
50/ Harmonia - Watussi

baboon2004 (baboon2004), Sunday, 18 April 2004 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Non-Miles Davis/Coltrane jazz to thread.

djdee2005, Sunday, 18 April 2004 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Totally OTM with #42, that's a mega-hit in an ideal world.

Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 18 April 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

#37 is ace.

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 18 April 2004 22:18 (twenty-two years ago)


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