The votes are in.
Last week, with a ravishing €25 Golden Discs voucher on offer, I asked YOU to name your favourite B-side and why?
You answered in your tens.
But there could be only one winner.
Third Place:
Dun Laoghaire by The Boomtown Rats
Ringsend Incinerator writes:
“There’s only one way out of Dun Laoghaire, you know what it is? Off the mail boat piery”
B-side to Like Clockwork. Love the Irish accents done by the band in this song (it’s only on the Irish pressing of the single).
Runner up:
Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers
F_lawless writes:
By the 1950s and 60s, the African-American musical styles of rhythm and blues and gospel had become absorbed into mainstream American culture – and there’s a case to be made that the white artists who adopted those expressive styles didn’t have quite the same authenticity as their counterparts.
However, I would say that’s definitely not the case with ‘Unchained Melody’ (the B-side to “Hung on You” by the Righteous Brothers) which is a soul classic up there with the best of them – in my opinion!
Winner:
Green Onions by Booker T & The MGs
Scottser writes:
Booker T & the MGs released Behave Yourself with Green Onions on the B side and six months later it became their defining hit. If you’re looking for B-sides that completely outclass their As, then this has to be it. As a pervy aside, this song more than any is responsible for my fascination with watching women’s bums while they dance.
Thanks all.
Last week: Win Nick’s Voucher
