What’s a song you were surprised by the artist?

The answer to this is always Bobby Caldwell.


What You Won't Do For Love

I thought Rick Astley was black before I saw the video.

I thought The Beach Boys wrote Barbara Ann

“Dirty Work” by Steely Dan. Does not have their typical Donald Fagen sound...

I always scratch my head when I hear Lay Lady Lay. I simply cannot believe it is Bob Dylan.

I heard Planet Caravan a couple of times before I realized it was Sabbath.

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I think it was a band called something Beaver Band that had a song that sounded like Springsteen

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John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band

For a long time I thought "Cum on feel the noize" was Twisted Sister

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“Second Chance” by 38 Special

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I was a fan of the band early on, had some tapes, and saw them in concert.

Just learned from your post that they did Second Chance. I had to pull up the video to even know what it was. Had heard it many times but ignored it as just another meh pop song.

Turns out it was .38's highest charting single ever.

I got one that I’m pretty sure might get me ridiculed cause of the band but the lyrics are solid.

Imagine Dragons - Monster

It’s about individuality and being yourself. Straying off the path of the normal expectations. People are scared of different. People have a hard time buying in when there’s only one you. The harder and deeper you dig, the more powerful the perception of disbelief becomes to the average person.

I would imagine of this board of all the boards, and the love for music, that more could relate than other boards. Being yourself in life, going against the grain and knowing in your heart your intentions are good, can be a very heavy weight to carry when all you want is to be able to be yourself and fit in with those around you that matter to you.

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“Second Chance” by 38 Special. Over all the years I had heard that song I had no idea it was them. Doesn’t sound like them at all.

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The song was co-written and sung by the Max Carl who had just joined the group before Rock & Roll Strategy. So it was definitely a new voice (not Don, who Max replaced, or Donnie).

It was also the late 80s/ early 90s when rock bands from the 70s had some of the rough edges polished off with ballads. I liken it to "If You Needed Somebody" by Bad Company.