B sides

[factor-fiction]

Good article now about B sides on Radio 4. What was your favourite B side?

[factor-fiction]

Just playing Velvet Goldmine by Bowie. I'm sure Cockney Rebel's Mr Soft borrowed the ideas from Bowie's track

[factor-fiction]

One of the most well known B sides must be Queen's We Will Rock You (every time I hear it I expect them to go straight into We Are the Champions). I've had some singles where I eventually preferred the B side

[cupid04]

Still racking [or is it wracking] my brains] Must I dig my old vinyl records out?

[MarkRae]

http://www.dailywriti...r-racking-your-brain/

[mike11111]

My favourite was the B side to "It's Over", Roy Orbison 64. It is called Indian Wedding, and sung with such a haunting tone, modulating from key to key, that it still sends a thrill down my spine nearly 50 years later.

[factor-fiction]

Thanks Mark. I was looking forward to hearing about a B side I might have missed but the link was interesting. I used to think 'rack my brains' was correct until I saw 'wrack' in a few articles in newspapers so I avoided writing the phrase, but it now seems I may have been right after all

[Graham-W]

By the Beatles, Rain. B side of Paperback Writer. Always used to put it on the juke box to everyone's confusion.

[jno]

Penny Lane? Theoretically they were both A-sides.

[Mick-Talbot]

Working class hero
Tales from the riverbank
Love and food.
always remember 'M-Factor' for some reason

[jno]

incidentally, Michael Quinion says rack and wrack have been tangled up for so long they're now basically the same word , and you can use whichever you want

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-wra1.htm

[factor-fiction]

Most bought Jasper Carrot's Funky Moped for the 'B' side Magic Roundabout. I always looked forward to listening to B sides when I bought singles. Some were excellent. I felt cheated in the 70s when artists just put instrumental versions of the song on the B side- George McRae (Rock Your Baby), Barry White, etc

[factor-fiction]

M factor.? Was that the B side of Pop Music?

[Mick-Talbot]

yes, factor

[Graham-W]

The B side of Napoleon XIV "They're coming to take me away" was the same track played backwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L47GQG12WHg&feature=watch_response_rev

[factor-fiction]

I had that M single but think it was sold at a car boot (or did I leave it on the window ledge on a sunny day?). Although I remember the title of the B side I don't remember the tune at all but I'll see if I can find it on youtube later. That's odd because I can still remember the B sides of most singles I bought

[ChuckFickens]

[factor-fiction]

Yes, I had that one, Graham. I also recall having an ELO single that had a B side which was the same song in reverse.
Which reminds me- this was the fantastic B side of Mr Blue Sky.
Also Masterplan was great B side of Wonderwall by Oasis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbWBKcrMXL4

[factor-fiction]

Snap, chuck!

[ChuckFickens]

LOL

I think it is one of the best songs oasis ever done yet it ended up as a B side.
Along with Acquiesce which was another great oasis song that was a B side.

[Mick-Talbot]

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ooh yeah , The Masterplan.


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOc49NMkKBc&feature=related