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Remember when we bought 45 RPM records, only to find the "B" side of a hit song sometimes atrocious? Usually, that was the case...although sometimes, the flip side was actually as good as the "A" side. What are some of your favorite (and least favorite) "B" sides? Here are some that immediately come to mind:
HEAVEN BELOW--John Wesley Ryles (the flip side of Kay)
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF YOUR HEART--Donna Summer (Hot Stuff)
DESTITUTE & LOSIN'--Grand Funk Railroad (The Loco-Motion)
IT'S ALL WRONG (BUT IT'S ALRIGHT)--Dolly Parton (Two Doors Down)
JUST ONE MORE OF YOUR GOODBYES--Barbara Mandrell (Sleeping Single In A Double Bed)
EVER HAD A DREAM--Smokey Robinson (Cruisin')
PLEDGING MY LOVE--Elvis Presley (Way Down)--the last song released before The King's death
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I Lie Around--Paul McCartney & Wings (Live & Let Die)
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These are good:
Tell Her No-----The Zombies (flipside of She's Not There)
Can't Get Enough of You, Baby-----? and the Mysterians (flipside of 96 Tears)
Ah, Ah, Yawa Em Ekat Ot Gnimog Er'yeht-----Napoleon XIV (flipside of They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha)
In this case, the B side was better than the A side, though both were good:
Girls School----Paul McCartney (flipside of Mull of Kintyre)
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More B-side gems:
WORLD SPIN--A Taste of Honey (flip side of Boogie Oogie Oogie)
ACT NATURALLY--The Beatles (flip side of Yesterday; actually a Double-A side)
NOTHING TO OFFER YOU--The Vogues (flip side of Five O'Clock World)
GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME--Billy Joel (flip side of Just The Way You Are)
IT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY--Johnny Mathis (flip side of Chances Are)
MANHATTAN WOMAN--Village People (flip side of In The Navy)
FEELINGS CHANGE--Ronnie Milsap (flip side of Don't You Know How Much I Love You)
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The Under Assistan West Cost Promotion Man -- Rolling Stones (flip side of (I can't get No) Satisfaction)
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Erotic City! Prince's B-Side to "Let's Go Crazy"
And actually, almost all of Prince's B-Sides. |
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One of my favorite songs when I was 12 or 13 was Chicago's Feeling Stronger Every Day. When this topic came up, I began to get curious as to what was on the B-side of it.
I don't have the 45 any more, due to the fact that, after a fight with my brother and a major fit of rage, I broke most of my 45's, including FSED.
I looked it up. As it turns out the flip side was a song named Jenny. Written by the now deceased Terry Kath. Good song, but my parents wouldn't have approved of me listening to it at 13 because it had a swear word in it.
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was feeling nostalgic
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What about disco duck?
What was on the flip side and was it better than disco duck?
Of course anything would be better than disco duck, that almost goes without saying.
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I could never in my mind distinguish the difference between those two songs.
They sound like one big long song to me.
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96 Tears/Can't Get Enough of You, Baby is also like that.
I think Can't Get Enough... was remade recently (that is, within the past decade) and became a hit. I'll check into that.
edit: Smashmouth had a hit with it. I hear it fairly regularly, so maybe it's in a commercial??
96 Tears:
Can't Get Enough of You Baby:
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Actually it was on BOTH sides.
Twice as awful. |
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And now, some really lame B-sides: ISN'T IT A PITY--George Harrison (My Sweet Lord)
HE'S MISSTRA KNOW IT ALL--Stevie Wonder (Sir Duke)
WHO AM I--The O'Jays (Love Train)
LEAVE IT ALL UP TO LOVE--Shalamar (The Second Time Around)
I SAW HER STANDING THERE--Elton John (Philadelphia Freedom); lame cover version of Beatles tune, the B-side of I Wanna Hold Your Hand
SO MANY PATHS--Little River Band (Reminiscing)
TAKE ME HOME--Little River Band (Lady)
SHUT DOWN TURN OFF--Little River Band (Lonesome Loser)
MIDDLE MAN--Little River Band (Cool Change)
I GOT THE NEWS--Steely Dan (Peg)
HOME AT LAST--Steely Dan (Deacon Blues)
LOVIN' MAN--Henry Lee Summer (Darling Danielle Don't)
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A YOU--Donna Summer (Dim All The Lights)
HANG MY HEAD AND MOAN--Sammy Johns (Chevy Van)
BIG CHANGE IN THE WEATHER--Gerry Rafferty (Baker Street)
FAR AWAY EYES--Rolling Stones (Miss You)
CAN'T GET OUTTA THE RAIN--Michael Jackson (Billie Jean)
FRIEND TO FRIEND--Diana Ross (Upside Down)
CREEPIN'--Grand Funk Railroad (We're An American Band)
WILD--Grand Funk Railroad (Some Kind Of Wonderful)
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8 Track Single - thank you! I am going to order "Songs In The Key of Life" RIGHT NOW. God, I love that album.
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