Songs with a life of their own : Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:01 pm
I'm biased to this band I know but who isn't biased to something. This song has already been mentioned in another thread but it got me thinking.The track was written in 1969 and although the lead track of a classic album it was not a single. For many years it was a fans and critics favourite but generally got little airplay and remained a relatively obscure track compared to the bands more well known charts hits - of which there were many.
Then some years back the AA and a well known Hollywood Director used the track in an add and a film and suddenly the track began to get noticed.
In the years that have followed it's been used on countless films, remixes, covers and other things. It is the bands most downloaded track apparently. It is also the bands song most likely to be on someones iPod - for most it will be the only track they have from a band they generally have little interest in.
The track is the Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter.
My question is are there any other records like this.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ONE HIT WONDERS HERE BUT SONGS FROM ESTABLISHED ARTISTS.
The two that I can think of are "Perfect Day" Lou Reed - the story of which is almost identical to Gimme Shelter.
and
Heroes by David Bowie.
Any others ?
