OT: Guilty Pleasures-Another Music Thread

[DogBoy]

Vehice by The Ides of March

 

[Waquoit]

I guess now is the time to mention Tony Burrows, King on the One Hit Wonders. He sang lead vocals on:

Beach Baby - First Class (my favorite OHW)
My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse
United We Stand - Brotherhood of Man
Gimme Dat Ding - The Pipkins (an all time hate song for me)

 

[superjohn]

To me, the people in the "Digital Underground absolutely ARE NOT a one hit wonder" camp are wrong. One hit wonder doesn't mean they made one good song and the rest are total crap, it means they had one hit.

If you ask everyone out on the street from age 15-55 to name all the digital underground songs they know, I think at least 90% would either only know the humpty dance or not even know it was by a group named digital underground. There are people who liked all of these bands, some of those people might even have the awareness to still consider them a one hit wonder

Here's another for the old timers

Anyone who is over the age of 30 and likes hip-hop knows Digital Underground, knows it's where Tupac got his start and knows more than the Humpty Dance. Shock G is a big name in hip-hop music.

 

[Waquoit]

Technically, the Grateful Dead are one hit wonders. Only Touch of Grey made the Top 40.

 

[Husky25]

"No Rain" was Blind Melon's only Top 40 hit. But are we counting the "mainstream rock" charts also??

"Tones of Home" was the first single by alternative rock band Blind Melon. It was released in 1992 and reached #20 on Billboard's modern rock chart..."Tones of Home" was released again with a new video, a sequel to the "No Rain" video and its "Bee Girl" storyline. Upon re-release, the song reached #10 on the mainstream rock chart.

JD Souther is more of a song writer than performer. He has a number of co-writing credits on Eagles songs.

 

[Deepster]

Anyone who is over the age of 30 and likes hip-hop knows Digital Underground, knows it's where Tupac got his start and knows more than the Humpty Dance. Shock G is a big name in hip-hop music.

I guess VH1 listed out the top 40 one hit wonders of all time and they put it at #12.

40. Tag Team - "Whoomp! There It Is" (1993)
39. The Divinyls - "I Touch Myself" (1991)
38. The Heights - "How Do You Talk to an Angel?" (1992)
37. Meredith Brooks - "B***h" (1997)
36. Inner Circle - "Bad Boys" (1993)
35. Marcy Playground - "Sex and Candy" (1997)
34. Des'ree - "You Gotta Be" (1994)
33. The Proclaimers - "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" (1993)
32. B-Rock & the Bizz - "My Baby Daddy" (1997)
31. Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" (1994)
30. The Verve - "Bittersweet Symphony" (1997)
29. Shawn Mullins - "Lullaby" (1998)
28. Craig Mack - "Flava in Ya Ear" (1994)
27. Billy Ray Cyrus - "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992)
26. Lou Bega - "Mambo #5 (A Little Bit of...)" (1999)
25. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "The Impression That I Get" (1997)
24. Belly - "Feed the Tree" (1992)
23. Haddaway - "What Is Love" (1993)
22. Marc Cohn - "Walking in Memphis" (1991)
21. Imani Coppola - "Legend of a Cowgirl" (1997)
20. Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch - "Good Vibrations" (1991)
19. LEN - "Steal My Sunshine" (1999)
18. EMF - "Unbelievable" (1991)
17. Snow - "Informer" (1992)
16. Kris Kross - "Jump" (1992)
15. Blind Melon - "No Rain" (1993)
14. Wreckx-n-Effect - "Rump Shaker" (1992)
13. Rednex - "Cotton Eye Joe" (1995)
12. Digital Underground - "Humpty Dance" (1990)
11. New Radicals - "You Get What You Give" (1998)
10. Joan Osborne - "One of Us" (1995)
9. House of Pain - "Jump Around" (1992)
8. Duncan Sheik - "Barely Breathing" (1996)
7. Vanilla Ice - "Ice, Ice Baby" (1990)
6. Semisonic - "Closing Time" (1998)
5. Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping" (1997)
4. Los Del Rio - "Macarena" (1996)
3. Gerardo - "Rico Suave" (1991)
2. Right Said Fred - "I'm Too Sexy" (1992)
1. Sir Mix-a-Lot - "Baby Got Back" (1992)

 

[superjohn]

I guess VH1 listed out the top 40 one hit wonders of all time and they put it at #12.

40. Tag Team - "Whoomp! There It Is" (1993)
39. The Divinyls - "I Touch Myself" (1991)
38. The Heights - "How Do You Talk to an Angel?" (1992)
37. Meredith Brooks - "B***h" (1997)
36. Inner Circle - "Bad Boys" (1993)
35. Marcy Playground - "Sex and Candy" (1997)
34. Des'ree - "You Gotta Be" (1994)
33. The Proclaimers - "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" (1993)
32. B-Rock & the Bizz - "My Baby Daddy" (1997)
31. Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" (1994)
30. The Verve - "Bittersweet Symphony" (1997)
29. Shawn Mullins - "Lullaby" (1998)
28. Craig Mack - "Flava in Ya Ear" (1994)
27. Billy Ray Cyrus - "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992)
26. Lou Bega - "Mambo #5 (A Little Bit of...)" (1999)
25. Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "The Impression That I Get" (1997)
24. Belly - "Feed the Tree" (1992)
23. Haddaway - "What Is Love" (1993)
22. Marc Cohn - "Walking in Memphis" (1991)
21. Imani Coppola - "Legend of a Cowgirl" (1997)
20. Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch - "Good Vibrations" (1991)
19. LEN - "Steal My Sunshine" (1999)
18. EMF - "Unbelievable" (1991)
17. Snow - "Informer" (1992)
16. Kris Kross - "Jump" (1992)
15. Blind Melon - "No Rain" (1993)
14. Wreckx-n-Effect - "Rump Shaker" (1992)
13. Rednex - "Cotton Eye Joe" (1995)
12. Digital Underground - "Humpty Dance" (1990)
11. New Radicals - "You Get What You Give" (1998)
10. Joan Osborne - "One of Us" (1995)
9. House of Pain - "Jump Around" (1992)
8. Duncan Sheik - "Barely Breathing" (1996)
7. Vanilla Ice - "Ice, Ice Baby" (1990)
6. Semisonic - "Closing Time" (1998)
5. Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping" (1997)
4. Los Del Rio - "Macarena" (1996)
3. Gerardo - "Rico Suave" (1991)
2. Right Said Fred - "I'm Too Sexy" (1992)
1. Sir Mix-a-Lot - "Baby Got Back" (1992)

You seem incapable of admitting when you're wrong and VH1 evaluating hip-hop is just funny. The 100 Best Hip-Hop One-Hit Wonders

The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground |

 

[Husky25]

All due respect to VH1, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones are a one hit wonder in the same manner as the Cohen Brothers are Oscar nominees for The Big Lebowski. They are not huge in the Taylor Swift sense of of the entertainment term, but they have a huge cult following. MMB have been together in one form or another for over 30 years. Besides The Impression That I Get, they also had songs in movies (Clueless and The Hammer) and one of the their songs was adopted by Adam Carolla for the intro to his daily podcast.

Most of the acts on that list caught lightning in a bottle and break up/fade away within a few years. A good amount of the songs are awful to boot.

 

[superjohn]

Deepster, since you seem fixated with the billboard charts where Digital Underground clearly has two hits which is more than Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Public Enemy and the Grateful Dead who I also don't consider one hit wonders.

 

[Deepster]

Deepster, since you seem fixated with the billboard charts where Digital Underground clearly has two hits which is more than Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Public Enemy and the Grateful Dead who I also don't consider one hit wonders.

And you seem fixated on taking a post titled "one hit wonders" and arguing that it's not a "hip hop one hit wonder". Why don't you go start that thread up somewhere else.

 

[superjohn]

And you seem fixated on taking a post titled "one hit wonders" and arguing that it's not a "hip hop one hit wonder". Why don't you go start that thread up somewhere else.

They have two top 40 hits you dope. You're fixated on proving a band with two hits is a one hit wonder. This is beyond stupid on your part.

 

[Kembacity]

You seem incapable of admitting when you're wrong and VH1 evaluating hip-hop is just funny. The 100 Best Hip-Hop One-Hit Wonders

The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground |

Dude, what hip hop heads over the age of 30 know is irrelevant... When discussing "one hit wonders" you are discussing groups as they are known to the overall population. A musician or a group making a list of one hit wonders doesn't make them automatically a joke... I'm convinced Shock G himself is at the other end of one of these Boneyard accounts. Like I dressed up as Shock G for Halloween within the last 10 years, but Digital Underground are a one hit wonder!!!

Some Canadian teens might love Carly Rae Jepsen, but she's a one hit wonder...

I'm sure the buggles had a lot of fantastic bangers back in the day, but they're a one hit wonder

Put Em on the Glass was a funny song back in the day but sorry Sir-Mix-A-Lot, you're a one hit wonder

I loved "Havin' a Roni" by Vanilla Ice, makes me laugh every time, but he's a one hit wonder

 

[Waquoit]

I was thinking of starting a thread called "Two Hit Wonders besides Digital Underground" but thought better of it. But if I did it would include Redbone and The Foundations.

 

[Conndog]

Here is a link for Matthew Sweet "Evangeline" - thought I'd add this, he is not a one-hit wonder. Hope it works.



Hey, can someone post how to add a video link properly?

 

[Conndog]

A band that really had the proverbial one-hit wonder is Stealer's Wheel with "Stuck in the Middle with You"- one of my favorites!



Thanks

 

[superjohn]

Dude, what hip hop heads over the age of 30 know is irrelevant... When discussing "one hit wonders" you are discussing groups as they are known to the overall population. A musician or a group making a list of one hit wonders doesn't make them automatically a joke... I'm convinced Shock G himself is at the other end of one of these Boneyard accounts. Like I dressed up as Shock G for Halloween within the last 10 years, but Digital Underground are a one hit wonder!!!

Some Canadian teens might love Carly Rae Jepsen, but she's a one hit wonder...

I'm sure the buggles had a lot of fantastic bangers back in the day, but they're a one hit wonder

Put Em on the Glass was a funny song back in the day but sorry Sir-Mix-A-Lot, you're a one hit wonder

I loved "Havin' a Roni" by Vanilla Ice, makes me laugh every time, but he's a one hit wonder

This is making my head hurt, they have two hits and it's not debateable. Are you intentionally acting stupid just for argument's sake? Digital Underground has a lot more in common with De La Soul and Public Enemy than Sir-Mix-A-Lot and Skee-lo. De La Soul and Public Enemy have less hits than Digital Underground though.

 

[Conndog]

Apologies in advance, and I'm using "hit" in the most liberal of meanings, but this song I heard recently is a "classic" and unlike anything else I've heard- the one & only, "Mr. Magic" by the Native Hipsters




From 107.7, the low-powered FM station in Brattleboro, VT

 

[8893]

A band that really had the proverbial one-hit wonder is Stealer's Wheel with "Stuck in the Middle with You"- one of my favorites!



Thanks

Not to go all Boneyard on you, but Stealer's Wheel was Gerry Rafferty's group, and he went on to have a few more hits with "Baker Street," "Night Owl" and "Right Down the Line."

 

[CTMike]

Like I dressed up as Shock G for Halloween within the last 10 years...

So I'm not the only one...?

 

[Waquoit]

Red rubber ball by the Cyrkle

Sorry DB, this entry has been rejected. The Cyrkle also hit the Top 40 with "Turn-Down Day".

 

[mauconnfan]

Deepster, since you seem fixated with the billboard charts where Digital Underground clearly has two hits which is more than Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Public Enemy and the Grateful Dead who I also don't consider one hit wonders.

Led Zeppelin's only release on a single without an album connected is their only Top 40 hit. Does this make them a "one hit wonder"? C'mon apples to apples please. Jimi, Janis, PE and GD are not even considered in that category wrong argument.

 

[mauconnfan]

A band that really had the proverbial one-hit wonder is Stealer's Wheel with "Stuck in the Middle with You"- one of my favorites!



Thanks

Love that tune - good call. Pertains to UConn basketball and some video's of the kids "I'm so scared in case I go by that chair..." (ok it's close)

 

[superjohn]

Led Zeppelin's only release on a single without an album connected is their only Top 40 hit. Does this make them a "one hit wonder"? C'mon apples to apples please. Jimi, Janis, PE and GD are not even considered in that category wrong argument.

I don't follow, what category?

 

[Waquoit]

Led Zeppelin's only release on a single without an album connected is their only Top 40 hit. Does this make them a "one hit wonder"? C'mon apples to apples please. Jimi, Janis, PE and GD are not even considered in that category wrong argument.

Led Zep has more than one hit.

 

[Deepster]

This is making my head hurt, they have two hits and it's not debateable. Are you intentionally acting stupid just for argument's sake? Digital Underground has a lot more in common with De La Soul and Public Enemy than Sir-Mix-A-Lot and Skee-lo. De La Soul and Public Enemy have less hits than Digital Underground though.

My bad. I keep forgetting about "Doowutchyalike". You're right. Everyone knows that one.