Another alternating vocals band

The Beatles? Fleetwood Mac?

Here's the official back cover copy for the book. (Some of which I wrote.)

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• Lost in the Grooves is a genre-surfing Smithsonian of overlooked musical marvels. Without fetishizing obscurity for its own sake, the Guide sidesteps cynical cool vs. uncool upsmanship and celebrates castoffs -- by both the forgotten and the famous -- which exude trend-transcending merit. Each entry compels you to seek out the music."--Irwin Chusid, WFMU DJ and Author, Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music

• "Caprice is everything, and SCRAM's lost grooves are a music geek's very heaven. The zinester spirit of lauding the officially uncool lives on in this eminently dip-worthy collection."--Barney Hoskyns, author and editor of Rock's Backpages, The Online Library of Rock & Roll

• “Kim Cooper and David Smay have scored again with their invaluable guide to the best sounds you've never heard. Impeccably researched, refreshingly subjective, they almost make being obscure as much fun as being rich and famous. Of course, they forgot to mention my band...”—Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves

Pop music history is full of little-known musicians, whose work stands defiantly alone, too quirky, distinctive, or demented to appeal to a mass audience. And even the well-known musicians are frequently misplaced or misunderstood within that pop history. This book explores the nooks and crannies of the pop music world, unearthing lost gems from should-have-been major artists (Sugarpie DeSanto, Judee Sill), revisiting lesser known works by established icons (Marvin Gaye’s post-divorce kissoff album, Here My Dear; The Ramones’ Subterranean Jungle), and spotlighting musicians who simply don’t fit into neat categories (k. mccarty, Exuma). The book's encyclopedic alphabetical structure throws off strange sparks as disparate genres and eras rub against each other: folk-psych iconoclasts face louche pop crooners; indie rock bumps against eighties soul which jostles proto-punk; outsider artists set their odd masterpieces down next to obscurities from the stars; lo-fi garage rock cuddles up with the French avant-garde; and roots rock weirdoes trip over bubblegum. This book will delight any jukebox junkie or pop culture enthusiast.

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Kim Cooper is the editrix and David Smay a longtime contributor to the magazine Scram, which is devoted to pop music obscurities. Scram was an editor’s choice in Factsheet 5 for “unusually great writing” and cited by LA Weekly as a best-of-LA publication. They are coeditors of Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears.

What's your least favorite song by your favorite band? Can you make a CD-worth?

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I have to say that I agree with the guy who kicks off with "The Long and Winding Road". If I never hear that song again it's too soon.

Mine might have to be "Violin" from TMBG's "No!". It's not so much a song as a WMD. (Sadly, LB loves it.)

"The Murder Mystery" by The Velvet Underground.

I'd have to think a bit to come up with more.

Every single song on Harry Connick Jr.'s "Star Turtle" album.

What's your least favorite song by your favorite band? Can you make a CD-worth?

New York Dolls are my favorite band. They only did two albums and I love every track on each album. This may be a factor in why they are my favorite band.

First album, s/t.
Personality Crisis
Looking for a Kiss
Vietnamese Baby
Lonely Planet Boy
Frankenstein
Trash
Bad Girl
Subway Train
Pills
Private World
Jet Boy

Nope. No duds.

In Too Much Too Soon
Babylon
Stranded in the Jungle
Who Are the Mystery Girls?
(There's Gonna Be A) Showdown
It's Too Late
Puss 'N' Boots
Chatterbox
Bad Detective
Don't Start Me Talkin'
Human Being

Still beyond criticism. Unquestionably the most perfect and (more importantly) most fun rock and roll of all time.

Can I just throw everything from the Kinks' Preservation, Act Two on the pile?

erinaceous: Hippo. Hippo. Hippo. Hippo.

That's the only good part of that song!

ABBA - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do. It really only needed to be said once.

(My favourite band does actually change by the minute.)