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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:20 PM Original message |
Poll question: ONE-derful One Hit Wonders. Pick or post your fave. |
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HuskerDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. I voted for Brandy. I guess that a couple of the guys from Looking |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I didn't know that some of those guys ened up in Starz... |
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HuskerDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I just rediscovered Starz a while back. Our library in HS was |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. I saw Starz with Blue Oyster Cult back in the 70s. They said they were going to blow Buck Dharma off |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Iron Butterfly rocks! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. This one by Walter Egan... |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yep...that was definitely a prime earworm in its day... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Exactly...I think this John Stewart know that same feeling... |
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HuskerDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Ha, I hadn't heard that one in forever! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yes...like a cross between Hell and Zevon |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. He was a hell of a musician...died not long ago, at a relatively young age. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. I also liked this one - it barely missed the Top 40 in '83. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've been saying for a long time that Iron Butterfly are the luckiest bastards ever. |
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HuskerDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. You may be right about that. I always think of Bachman Turner |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. More wealthy for infinite generations thanks to songs: |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. I love the music for Spirit in the Sky |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I think the music for "Spirit In The Sky" served as a template for a lot of early 70s British glam.. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I think you're absolutely correct about that. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You are a man of great insight, Redstone |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Thank you, but YOU were the one with the insight. I hadn't gotten that connection until |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
57. That's Definitely A Great One! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Since we're doing this era: Sugarloaf "Green Eyed Lady" |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Dang, thanks for the earworm... |
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DaDooRonRon (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Yes, they followed "Green-Eyed Lady" with a song entitled |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. #1 and #2. I liked those a lot. And I'm old enough to remember when they first came out. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. I voted for #2 |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. Chumbawamba |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Kathie Lee: I understand that you all were (looks at card) anarchists |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. LMAO |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. word-up forkboy |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Doing "The Day The Nazi Died" live on German tv has to be a highlight. |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
58. My son and his little friends used to sing it: |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. I hate the term 'one-hit wonder' |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Hey, some of us would have been only too happy to have even the one. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Well, y'got me there |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I hear ya, but here's where I see the difference... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yeah, like it disses Iron Butterfly |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Exactly. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. And look at what crap gets you |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. Too funny! |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Count Five's Psychotic Reaction--nothing else really like it came before |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thunderclap Newman - "Something in the Air" |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Another classic. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. Gotta go with Steam |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
40. Tainted Love, Come on Eileen...... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Tainted Love was the worst song on the whole album. |
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DaDooRonRon (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. Hate to be the wet blanket, but |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Dream was top 5 in Chicago, but in those days there was more regional variation |
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DaDooRonRon (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
43. One-hit wonder trivia |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Well? |
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SocratesInSpirit (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
45. Take on Me... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Bahahahahaha |
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Dumak (397 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. Whip It - by Devo |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Oh man, they had so many great tunes. |
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Adams Wulff (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
53. Katrina and the Waves! |
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gbate (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
54. How can I possibly choose among those great choices??? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'd Say Europe: Final Countdown, Saga: On The Loose, And Spandau Ballet: True |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
56. And How Are Janis Joplin, The Dead, And Jimi Hendrix Not On That List??? |
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