Guest JangoFett4Hire Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Sucked Out - thanks, they were really cool. Didn't Poe have Trigger Happy Jack? That was a hit, no?
Guest crandamaniac Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Len "Steal My Sunshine" Where are they at now? And wasn't one of the band members named Burgerpimp or something?
Guest JangoFett4Hire Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Ya, the Burgerpimp.... I wanted to bang Sharon from Len. Just thought i'd share...
Guest godthedog Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Sucked Out - thanks, they were really cool. Didn't Poe have Trigger Happy Jack? That was a hit, no? but poe also had 'angry johnny'. here's more: ruby, 'tiny meat' heather nova, 'walk this world' mike watt, 'against the 70s' divinyls, 'i touch myself'
Guest Agent of Oblivion Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 In my area (New Jersey near Philly) Type O Negative gets significant play whenever they release a new album. "Black No. 1" was their one hit (though you'd probably be hard pressed to find anyone who didn't already know about the band and who remembered that song's brief rise and fall), but in my area "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend," "Cinnamon Girl," "Pyretta Blaze," and "Everything Dies" all were put into heavy rotation in my area when they were released. Wow, you guys get Type O on the radio? They've got a pretty decent following around here, both from the countless black lipstick phase masses that have always adored them, and quite a few of the metalheads. I wouldn't quite call them a one hit wonder, since Black No. 1 wasn't really much of a hit, and the fact that they've been around forever, putting out quite a bit of material. Same deal with Primus, really. They've had a couple tracks that hit MTV for a bit, but then they faded right back into obscurity. I wish Les would get all the side project stuff out of his system and finally do a follow up to Antipop, minus the guest appearances.
Guest JangoFett4Hire Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Damn, Ruby - wow there's an obscure one... Nerf Herder - Van Halen Econoline Crush - Never Enough Ivy - Get Enough The LA's - There She Goes
Guest humanoid92 Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Some have been mentioned, some haven't: Duncan Shiek- Barely Breathing Shaun Colvin- Sunny Came Home Shawn Mullins- Lullaby Eagle Eye Cherry- Save Tonight K-Ci & Jo Jo- All My Life Billie Myers- Kiss The Rain Natalie Imbruglia- Torn Chumbawamba- Tubthumping Meridith Brooks- Bitch Semisonic- Closing Time Jennifer Paige- Crush Five- When The Lights Go Out Rembrandts- I'll Be There For You Sixpence None The Richer- Kiss Me OMC- How Bizzare White Town- Be Your Woman Allure- All Cried Out Sister Hazel- All For You Mark Morrison- Return Of The Mack Deep Blue Something- Breakfast At Tiffany's
Guest Spaceman Spiff Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 No mention of the Spin Doctors and "Two Princes" yet, either. I don't remember any other big hit(s) from them. Soul Asylum - "Runaway Train"
Guest Agent of Oblivion Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Whatever happened to Remy Zero?
Guest JangoFett4Hire Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Soul Asylum - they had a few hits "Somebody to Shove" "Black Gold" and i think a few more... Spin Doctors - 2 hit wonders "Two Princes" n "Little Miss Can't be Wrong" Duncan Sheik has a song that is kinda popular on the radio right now "On a high" but i wouldnt call it a hit yet...
Guest Agent of Oblivion Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 how many hits did Buttcherry, I mean, Buckcherry have?
Guest JangoFett4Hire Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Agent - one too many *I love the cocaine, love the cocaine* Sponge - Plowed Space Monkeys - Sugarcane Cornershop - Brim Full of Asha Everybody *DOES* need a bosom for a pillow
Guest Agent of Oblivion Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Didn't Sponge also have hits in "Molly" (I think) and "Wax Ecstatic"?
Guest JangoFett4Hire Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Yeah, but I dunno if they'd qualify as hits... They had "Raining" too, I think i heard that once on the radio... A Saturday afternoon, i think it was 2:37:52 when i heard it. dont quote me though
Guest Spaceman Spiff Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Wax - "California" (or whatever the song was - the one w/ the video of the guy running down the street in slow motion while on fire)
Guest JangoFett4Hire Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Yeah, I remember that -I'm gonna move to Southern California... good memory How bout all those swing bands? Cherry Poppin Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump, Jive and Wail Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - You and Me, and the Bottle makes 3 Squirrel Nutz Zippers - Hell who sang that "Sell out" song? Less than Jake? Reel Big Fish? One of them... Anybody remember "Basehead" Not over you???
Guest Zero_Cool Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Reel Big Fish sang "Sell Out", yes.
Guest crandamaniac Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Reel Big Fish sang "Sell Out" Anybody remember Onyx? Nothing really happened after they came out with "Slam".
Guest JangoFett4Hire Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 Or Biohazard "Tales from the Hard Side HARD SIDE!"
Guest red_file Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 I wouldn't quite call them a one hit wonder, since Black No. 1 wasn't really much of a hit, and the fact that they've been around forever, putting out quite a bit of material. Same deal with Primus, really. Again, I'm not really sure how that factors into One Hit Wonder status. Chumbawumba and Crash Test Dummies are both bands who most consider one hit wonders, yet both bands have been around forever, have produced a lot of other material, and have respectable sized followings in their areas. But both bands only produced one song apiece that "broke through." Also, I was bringing Type O Negative up as an example of local popularity as opposed to national. "Black No.1" was, believe it or not, a relatively large dance hit in '93, hence their popularity in clubs and overseas. Think of it similar to UB40's cover of "Can't Help Falling in Love," but on a bit of a smaller scale; a national hit, but only within a very segmented part of the population. A question: does calling a band a One Hit Wonder imply pejorative judgement? I mean, is it something of an insult to call a band one? Is that a reason why people are resistent to call bands they like one?
Guest Zack Malibu Posted November 27, 2002 Report Posted November 27, 2002 K-Ci & Jo Jo- All My Life Five- When The Lights Go Out Allure- All Cried Out All of these wouldn't pass as One Hit Wonders. K Ci and JoJo had Top 40 success with "It's Real" and "You Bring Me Up", as well as "All My Life". Five had two Top 40 songs. "When The Lights Go Out" and "It's The Things You Do". And Allure/112 did "All Cried Out" together, and you know 112 isn't a One Hit Wonder, plus Allure had another hit called "Lately", which was actually their first single, followed by All Cried Out if I remember correctly.
Guest Kinetic Posted November 28, 2002 Report Posted November 28, 2002 Make no mistake: I am not now nor have I ever been a fan of the Verve Pipe. I was defending them and various other bands in this thread simply because I feel that one hit wonder status should only be bestowed on the truly deserving.
Guest ElectricRaccoon Posted November 28, 2002 Report Posted November 28, 2002 Spacehog - In The Meantime
Guest NYCTA Bus No. PA1767 Posted November 28, 2002 Report Posted November 28, 2002 Actually, "Lately" was a song by the group Divine, which you would call a one hit wonder group as I've never heard of them since. And good call on the K-Ci and JoJo error. When I saw that I was like WTF?!
Guest Zack Malibu Posted November 28, 2002 Report Posted November 28, 2002 Actually, "Lately" was a song by the group Divine, which you would call a one hit wonder group as I've never heard of them since. And good call on the K-Ci and JoJo error. When I saw that I was like WTF?! My bad. Thanks for catching the mistake.
B. Brian Brunzell Posted November 28, 2002 Report Posted November 28, 2002 Favorite 90's One-Hit Wonders: "No Rain"-Blind Melon "Plowed"-Sponge "I'm Not an Addict"-Kate's Choice
Guest C-Bacon Posted November 28, 2002 Report Posted November 28, 2002 New Radicals are my favourite one-hit wonder and their album Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too is one of my favourite albums. Gregg Alexander is a genius
Guest Michael Joel Benoit Posted November 29, 2002 Report Posted November 29, 2002 Ah yes. From May to December 1998 there was this big 1920's Big Band revival music going on and we had a bunch of Big Band hits like the one's mentioned above. Luckily (thankfully) it died down and just became a fad thought to be the next genre of music like disco or the latino explosion. As for my all time favorite one hit wonder? It's without a shadow of a doubt New Radicals "Get What You Give". That's my all time favorite song. I downloaded from Napster a year ago and even though I've heard it a good 2,000 times I still enjoy it. It brings back so many memories from my life back in 1999 and sometimes I get teary eyed thinking about them. New Radicals are offically a one-hit wonder cuz they broke up 9 months after they released "Get What You Give". So many memories thanks to that song.
Guest C-Bacon Posted November 30, 2002 Report Posted November 30, 2002 As for my all time favorite one hit wonder? It's without a shadow of a doubt New Radicals "Get What You Give". That's my all time favorite song. Whoa, i also consider it to be my all time favourite song, strange because of it's one hit wonder status. but yes, the album is fantasic and could have produced many more singles. heck, mandy moore did a cover of 'someday we;ll know' and 'just can't get enough' was featured on the same soundtrack for her movie. ahhh if only gregg were making music still, instead of producing shitty records for boyzone
Guest red_file Posted November 30, 2002 Report Posted November 30, 2002 "I'm Not an Addict"-Kate's Choice That'd be "Not an Addict" by K's Choice.
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