Whether deliberately obscure or just plain amateurish, sometimes the best tunes are, well, out of tune. Nominate your favourites here
Not all great records feature superb playing by brilliant musicians. In fact some achieve greatness while also being cack-handed and cacophonous. They don't have to be punks. Virtuoso musicians, experimenters and amateurs all have reasons for deliberate discordance.
There are artists ? entire genres, even ? whose appeal lies (at least in part) in being technically out of tune. But sometimes being discordant is accidental. Even the greatest musicians hit an occasional bum note. These moments are to be cherished, and can actually improve a record.
A couple of weeks ago, during a discussion with Readers Recommend people about the relative merits of the Kinks' and the Raincoats' versions of Lola, I was accused of believing that "being a 'musician' and 'in tune' are all that matters". That's not actually my position, but some people think that. So let's show them what they're missing.
The toolbox:
* This week's collaborative Spotify playlist
* The RR archive
* The Marconium (blog containing a wealth of data on RR)
* The Spill (blog for the RR community)
Please do:
* Post your nominations before midday on Tuesday if you wish them to be considered.
* Write a few lines attempting to justify your choices.
But please don't:
* Post more than one third of the lyrics of any song.
* Dump lists of nominations. If you must post more than two or three at once, please attempt to justify your choices.
Here are the results of last week's Readers recommend: B-sides.
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