songs like velvet underground "oh! sweet nuthin"

check the wendell stuart track i linked !

Mick Ronson - I'd Give Anything To See You

― Joey Corona (Euler), Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:46 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i love this. i didn't realize there was a whole disc of unreleased 1976 material by this guy !

xp to tylerw

yeah, that's the I-bVII-IV, big classic rock progression. let it loose (mostly), can't you see, it's not easy, dear mr fantasy, they all have that goin on too

people get really excited about posting something and get loose with the criteria. I did it too

The song that actually sounds just like "Oh Sweet Nuthin'" is "Lonesome Surprise" by Refrigerator

https://youtu.be/CsLEg0rL_kA

also notably covered by the Mountain Goats

I see what people above mean by their Pavement choices, but to me the obvious Pavement track for this is "Summer Babe"

And finally, the song that really hits this vibe for me is Beta Band, "Dry The Rain," but I'm not sure if everyone will agree.

dry the rain works imo, not just the vibe but the second half (the "i will be your light" bit) uses that I-bVII-IV chord progression

Good pick, yes.

The Clientele - Lamplight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBG11b-nyCs

if the Pooh Sticks' I'm In You isn't what your looking for then I don't understand anything any more...

https://youtu.be/G73QcThB5_o

sweet jane

So, J0rdan S., which suggestions hit the mark?

the Kurt Vile versions of “Baby’s Arms” with the Sadies would fit, although my first thought when seeing the thread was KV.

Also the new Stephen Malkmus “Traditional Techniques”album

Michael Chapman - “Aviator”

fleetwood mac - wish you were here

swervedriver - good ships

Any number of Neil Young songs.

Link Wray, the Rise and Fall of Jimmy Stokes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNadDwAxpX0

Any number of Neil Young songs.

― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Monday, April 12, 2021 4:19 PM (one hour ago)

post them

maybe “on the beach”?

Sir Douglas Quintet: "If She'd Only Come To Me"

ZZ Top: "Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell" & "Asleep In The Desert"

I'm guessing Jonathan Richman's has loads of songs that do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9CkvAQkQLs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuwBy6Hc_l8

not an acoustic-y vaguely stonery and morose epic, but i always hear the intro to this and think he's gonna come in singing "say a word for jimmy brown"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yviz-lae26Q

Nice.

mary chapin carpenter - “between the dirt and the stars”

justus köhncke/andreas doran - “abermorgen”

(samples/based on opening of csny’s “helpless”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJOqwH0q2kE

Few tracks hit the mark for me in this thread. People do hear music in different ways I guess. For me Sweet Nuthin’ has a very chill - almost slacker rock - vibe. These haven’t been mentioned yet… so here’s my playlist which might only hit the mark for me too:

JJ Cale - Cherry
Faces - Debris
Bonnie Rait - Thank You
David Bowie - space oddity
Kurt Vile - Bassackwards
Tim Buckley - buzzin fly
The Byrds - what’s happening
Pink Floyd - fat old sun
Crosby, Stills & Nash - wooden ships
Rolling Stones - can’t always get what you want
The Kinks - Strangers
Courtney Barnett - avant gardener

good list

i posted “debris” upthread, one of my fav songs ever

Ah sorry voodoo I didn’t see it! Wholeheartedly agree that they share the same sort of dna.

fantastic playlist. yeah i always heard "nuthin" in the same way, not somorose but more like stoned in the backyard on a sunny day

al green - georgia boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJFaRO-Mwa0

highest concentration of what i look for in this thread in that post there, thanks!

word. the asmr breathy stuff he does at the beginning is sooo good and always makes me feel stoned in the happiest, most relaxed way.

Confused the "it's not easy" song by Ofege with one by Extra Golden which isn't really similar to Ofege or VU but it's a very laidback song that could fit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdElyG2ot84

'can't you see' is so good

Extra Golden are interesting was it Washington Dc based postrock band players met some people from my dad's tribe who played Benga and united I think including combining names.
I have an earlier set by them called Thankyou Very Quickly from about 10 years ago.

'i shall be released'

The entirety of Pavement’s first Peel Session sort of has this melancholy, rockin’-out-through-wistful-tears vibe in my mind.

idk if “watch me” by labi siffre sounds like “oh sweet nuthin,” but it does sound like “debris”

Junior Byles - A Matter of Time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSmRgzlvkbw

nice.

wow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKznsR6ABlA

not perfect match, but aligns with the acoustic/stoned feel of oh sweet nuthin. been hooked on this the last few days

This could almost be an If Only I Could Remember My Name outtake.