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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 3, 2013 9:55:05 GMT -5
Let me just preface this thread by asking that no one derail it to debate what a one hit wonder actually is. For the purposes of this thread lets just consider it as being an artist or group known only for one song and nothing beyond that. As for my choices I'll say Faith No More, Blind Melon and to a lesser extent Chumbawumba all should have had more success. Faith No More is probably one of my top 10 favorite bands of all time and are one of the the most eclectic groups I've ever heard. Plus, to put it bluntly Mike Patton just tears shit up on vocals  Blind Melon had one of the strongest all around albums of 1992, which was an incredible year in music. "No Rain" probably isn't even the best song on their self-titled debut. "Change," "Sleepyhouse" and "Holyman" are all incredible. In all fairness the band probably could have gon way beyond one hit wonder status if Shannon Hoon didn't die. On a positive note I've seen some of their songs beside "No Rain" pop up in a movie or two, which has been a pleasant surprise. Chumbawumba had a solid album in Tubthumper with the first three songs in particular being good. It's surprising the band only decided to break up late last year after 20 years of performing together. |
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Post by suave on Feb 3, 2013 10:07:15 GMT -5
It's not music, but Len Bias. He could have been a legend, but overdosed on cocaine the night he was drafted. He would have gone to possibly the greatest team ever if he hadn't died. If someone stopped him from going to a party that night, who knows?
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Post by Banecat on Feb 3, 2013 10:09:56 GMT -5
Faith No More was hardly a one-hit wonder. Epic isn't the only song that gets played on the radio.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 3, 2013 10:11:34 GMT -5
Faith No More was hardly a one-hit wonder. Epic isn't the only song that gets played on the radio. See the preface. |
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Feb 3, 2013 10:13:18 GMT -5
Considering her albums just keep getting better, it's odd that most radio stations are still stuck just playing Fiona Apple's "Criminal".
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Post by Banecat on Feb 3, 2013 10:16:22 GMT -5
Faith No More was hardly a one-hit wonder. Epic isn't the only song that gets played on the radio. See the preface. According to your preface, Faith No More doesn't count. Faith No More was a very popular band in the early 90s. That was before you're time though, so of course you regard the band as a one hit wonder as you were never experienced the time of their popularity. I just dont think you are giving Faith No More enough credit, they were very influential in ushering Alt Rock into the mainstream. Some reverse posting here cause I originally wanted to add this here before I got a response. Known as in known today. This isn't a thread made in the early 1990s. In the early 1990s (at least the early, early 1990s) no one would have considered Vanilla Ice a one hit wonder either. Well see I understand why you think of those bands as you do. Just in the ten year difference the radio landscape changed. In my days (when we walked uphill through the snow barefooted of course) DJs had the freedom to play what they wanted, but now computers dictate what our DJs play. They are no longer in control of breaking out a new song that might catch the public's attention, just told what to hype by the record labels. Hell kids today could think a band like Rush was a one(well three) hit wonder since you only hear Limelight, Spirit of Radio and Tom Sawyer on the radio. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 3, 2013 10:24:17 GMT -5
According to your preface, Faith No More doesn't count. Faith No More was a very popular band in the early 90s. That was before you're time though, so of course you regard the band as a one hit wonder as you were never experienced the time of their popularity. Known as in known today. This isn't a thread made in the early 1990s. In the early 1990s (at least the early, early 1990s) no one would have considered Vanilla Ice a one hit wonder either. Can we please not get off topic. I put the preface in there specifically to avoid asides like this. |
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Feb 3, 2013 10:38:00 GMT -5
New Radicals are considered a one-hit wonder ("You Get What You Give"), but their debut (and only) album "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed, Too" was beyond solid. Give it a listen.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 3, 2013 10:40:31 GMT -5
New Radicals are considered a one-hit wonder ("You Get What You Give"), but their debut (and only) album "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed, Too" was beyond solid. Give it a listen. You are so right! I should have included it in the OP. I actually have the whole album burned on my MP3 player. The second song is awesome |
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Post by Juice on Feb 3, 2013 11:05:53 GMT -5
The blue oyster cult is a one hit wonder band that has a great catelog of music.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 3, 2013 13:24:41 GMT -5
I think of 'From out of Nowhere' when I think of Faith no More. So I wouldn't say they're known for one song only. Their cover of 'Easy' was a huge hit here too.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 3, 2013 13:33:08 GMT -5
I think of 'From out of Nowhere' when I think of Faith no More. So I wouldn't say they're known for one song only. Their cover of 'Easy' was a huge hit here too. Like I said I didn't want to get too off topic here, but I will agree that Faith No More probably wouldn't be a one hit wonder in Europe. If you ever hear them on a classic rock station in the US though there is about a 95% chance that it will be "Epic" (unless the DJ is really cool). I think there are a lot of artists/groups that are considered one hit wonders in the US though that aren't in Europe. For example, I think Kylie Minouge was for a time with "Locomotion" before she made a comeback in the US in the late 1990s. Anyway, I suspected this might happen. Any time the term "one hit wonder" is used in a thread title it inevitably turns into a discussion about what a one hit wonder is and who is or isn't one. Oh well since I can't put it out I guess I'll throw fuel on the fire. JIMI HENDRIX WAS A ONE HIT WONDER! |
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Feb 3, 2013 13:51:39 GMT -5
IMO, no he wasn't. His cover of "All Along the Watchtower" was his only track to crack the US top 40 for singles, but all three of his albums released during his lifetime reached at least the Billboard Top 5 (in fact, Electric Ladyland went to #1 in America and #6 in the UK in 1968).
I'd consider a "one hit wonder" an artist/band that has one big hit and then doesn't make any sort of rumbling afterwards, guys like Frank Stallone, Jane Child or Harvey Danger.
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Post by Hurbster on Feb 3, 2013 14:01:17 GMT -5
I think of 'From out of Nowhere' when I think of Faith no More. So I wouldn't say they're known for one song only. Their cover of 'Easy' was a huge hit here too. They were more popular in the UK until 'Epic' charted in the States, with both 'We care a lot' and 'From out of Nowhere' both charting here. In fact Epic didn't do quite as well as From out of Nowhere. Also Midlife Crisis, Easy, Digging the Grave ( a personal fave). Hell they even charted with Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. and Sparks collaborations. What we need to differentiate between is one hit wonders and album bands. |
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Post by utilityforward on Feb 3, 2013 14:08:36 GMT -5
Jet, outside of Australia at least. The rest of Get Born is really good and Shaka Rock's pretty good too.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 3, 2013 14:19:34 GMT -5
-the Bloodhound Gang. they write some great pop rock but people will only ever remember them for "The Bad Touch".
-Warrant. Jani Lane was a great songwriter but all the good stuff they did gets overshadowed by freaking "Cherry Pie", a song Lane admitted he wrote in like 10 minutes and only did to make some label suits happy. and now they'll never be anything but the freaking "Cherry Pie" guys.
also I find it hilarious that this thread asked for no debate about one hit wonders and immediately turned into a debate about one hit wonders (I wouldn't count Faith No More myself. their catalogue is kind of like Weezer's Pinkerton, where it didn't get the appreciation it deserved until long after it came out)
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 3, 2013 14:24:51 GMT -5
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Post by Banecat on Feb 4, 2013 10:22:24 GMT -5
Anyway, I suspected this might happen. Any time the term "one hit wonder" is used in a thread title it inevitably turns into a discussion about what a one hit wonder is and who is or isn't one. Basically just think before you title your threads. This could have been easily avoided if the thread title was 'Bands You Think Should Have Been More Popular'. You already knew when you were writing the original post that it was going to go offtopic. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 10:52:59 GMT -5
Chumbawumba had a solid album in Tubthumper with the first three songs in particular being good. It's surprising the band only decided to break up late last year after 20 years of performing together. Well Chumbawamba was never going to be huge (and they never wanted to be) with a catalog full of hyper-socialist political songs, one of which was a list of political figures they wanted to murder. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 4, 2013 11:19:59 GMT -5
Anyway, I suspected this might happen. Any time the term "one hit wonder" is used in a thread title it inevitably turns into a discussion about what a one hit wonder is and who is or isn't one. Basically just think before you title your threads. This could have been easily avoided if the thread title was 'Bands You Think Should Have Been More Popular'. You already knew when you were writing the original post that it was going to go offtopic. Doing that would completely change the dynamic and topic of the thread and what people would respond with. Heck, I think the Beastie Boys should have been more popular, but I don't think anyone would consider them one hit wonders, which is what I wanted to talk about. At least despite going off topic there have been some answers talking about the topic I wanted to discuss. Maybe you should think before you post. |
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