Ten Obscure Songs Lost to the Sands of Time

Abandoned and forgotten

Alexander Razin
The Riff

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Image Credit: Acoustic Guitar

Gen-z appreciates older music more than other generations. “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush and “Master of Puppets” by Metallica charting proves it. Gen-z realizes they don’t care about music’s age — they only want to hear good songs.

As a result, it’s only fitting Gen-z discovers these songs. These tracks aren’t chart-toppers, or the most obscure, of course. But they’re songs that we shouldn’t forget. They are only excellent songs from bands and music creators’ time abandoned.

As someone born on the cusp between millennials and Gen-Z, I will archive these songs, and I hope other older and younger millennial music enthusiasts do so too.

So, let’s flashback to 1928 for our first entry.

10. Going Up The Country (Bull Doze Blues) — Henry Thomas

It’s been a hard day in the railroads, and Henry Thomas winds down with his guitar. His delightful bar chord strumming takes you right to 1928 when Black people…

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Alexander Razin
The Riff

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