songs like velvet underground "oh! sweet nuthin"

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.

one of the fellows in this group went on to found the knack, oddly

was “The House Always Wins” by The Clientele mentioned?

no, but 'lamplight' was

Dear Mr. Fantasy, already mentioned, might best fit the criteria. Some other suggestions, though they may be more psychedelic than morose:

The Move: The Last Thing On My Mind
Link Wray: The Sky is Falling
Elf Power: Leopard's Teeth
Apples in Stereo: Strawberryfire
Wolf People: Become the Ground
Deerhunter: No One's Sleeping
Patrick Watson: The Storm
King Tuff: Staircase of Diamonds

chris bell - there was a light

Eric Clapton “Tears in Heaven”

Ok, go and sit on the stairs!

*mutters*

Paul Slade - Life of a Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbcTYVuOpCg