songs like velvet underground "oh! sweet nuthin"

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

wilco - "impossible germany"

One of the few Wilco songs I enjoy.

cheers

Yeah that’s the best Wilco song by a long shot imho

one more sir douglas quintet tune for the thread - "at the crossroads":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=594XG32OGvI

This compilation hits that sweet nuthin’ spot for me

https://efficientspace.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-riders

A North American road trip of coming of age garage soul mapped by Ivan Liechti, Ghost Riders is Efficient Space’s latest narrative compilation, hovering in a liminal emotional ravine between moonlight melancholy, teenage heartache and unchecked, unrealised ambition. Across 17 open hearted ballads recorded 1965-1974, the 2LP collects and connects dots between British Invasion fanatics, child prodigies, the loners and the luckless, in a kind of trans-continental survey of those swept up in rock’n’roll mania and buoyed by local newspaper ads promising fame and gold records.

Al Stewart - “year of the cat” (obviously) and “in Brooklyn”

the new ratboys single fits the bill. it would fit even better if there was a thread called "songs that sound like 'debris' by the faces"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G16z77UxFyE

Mojave 3 - Love Songs On The Radio

see also 'after all'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv04On4rtcs

enjoyed that vibe

singer sounds like al stewart

cory hanson 'another story from the center of the earth'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CE6YHiFqf4

oh! sweet nuttin'

Dream Syndicate "Halloween"

Lots More Neil

"Dangerbird"
"Cortez"
"Safeway Cart"
"Crime in the City"
"Like a Hurricane"
"Cowgirl in the Sand"
"Down by the River"

fwiw: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7GzTzoGJlJgR5wpWcehvNh

should make for a good listen!

I know what I’ll play as my Sunday bbq playlist next time

i want that patch

thanks mookie! :)

man mary chapin carpenter goes so hard on "between the dirt and the stars"

i may be stretching the aesthetic parameters of this thread a bit but

atlanta rhythm section - so into you (live) (1979)

https://open.spotify.com/track/6lPj1rmGFRb8tQn2LGlSoO?si=8d7787034b8f4333

I love that song, one of my favs

it always made me think of paul simon - oh marion for some reason

Glad this thread was revived because said VU song (and indeed Loaded but specifically said song) was featured prominently and diagetically in last week's Loki episode. Bit an an amazing moment!

man mary chapin carpenter goes so hard on "between the dirt and the stars"

otm

lmao was thor all like “I prefer the alt version on the fully loaded cd set”

Imagine if.

okkervil river - blue tulip

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

Uncle Michael on Hinky Dinky Time/WFMU just played and eulogised "Oh! Sweet Nuthin", and called it "the most Lou Reed song that Lou Reed never wrote". Not sure I agree with that, but okay. He also mentioned Loki as Ned said above. I was waiting for him to mention the Spotify playlist, but sadly, no. Btw the track should be on the playlist, shouldn't it?? I want to recommend it to ppl and refer to the track, so I've had to duplicate it and add the song..

“that Lou Reed never wrote"? I don’t get it…

I guess assuming incorrectly that Doug Yule wrote it because he sang it?