catman Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) G'day all, this made me smile this morning. One of our local AM sports radio stations has a habit of playing a few seconds of pop songs as links in between program segments. Today they played a few seconds of James....'Laid'. Frankly I was shocked by the lyrics (the original version of the song), and I realised that it was years (literally) since I'd last heard the song. Talk about forgotten 'one hit wonders'! Regards, Felix. Edited January 2, 2018 by catman Spelling. 2
JSmith Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, catman said: Talk about forgotten 'one hit wonders'! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life JSmith 4
ThirdDrawerDown Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 Eccentric and occasionally sublime Manchester rock band from about 1984 to present day. Has a similar regional and international following as what the Verve achieved. Even though they are very good, it is still a silly name for a band. "Laid" "Millionaires" and "Pleased to Meet You" are the go-to albums. Their various Greatest Hits collections are always a hodge-podge, which is entirely reasonable for this band. As for one-hit wonders, that's how The Church is viewed by the industry as they only ever got one song onto the Billboard Top 100. 2
swervyn Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvG6gjFvXeA Hardly a one hit wonder! at least 2 lol, good bit of crowd surfing
Ian McP Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 you don't hear songs like this anymore The Fang from Nervous Norvus he actually had a few hits, all rather novelty! 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 You never ever hear this on 'hits & memories'. A shame, really. 2
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 I could have some fun here. Gotta a lot of one hit wonders in the memory banks. The Casuals - Jesamine 5 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 From back in the day when they knew how to compose a catchy pop song. Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes 7
rantan Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, mrbuzzardstubble said: I could have some fun here. Gotta a lot of one hit wonders in the memory banks. The Casuals - Jesamine One of my all time favourite songs and also one that is very close to my heart, even to this day. I have heard a few other songs by The Casuals and while they are OK, this is really special 3
Rob181 Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 10 minutes ago, mrbuzzardstubble said: Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes Geez...I used to sing this back in the day... Was a crowd favourite...for a VERY SHORT time... 2
caddisgeek Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 40 minutes ago, mrbuzzardstubble said: You never ever hear this on 'hits & memories'. A shame, really. This is one of the greatest songd ever written 1 1
t_mike Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 29 minutes ago, colinm1 said: wonder why they never had more hits I don't! 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman - Whistling Jack Smith, who was no match for..... 2
Rob181 Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 Geez... @mrbuzzardstubble... Your GTG's must be legendary... Bet you empty the room with just one song... 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 ....Roger Whittaker, the Jimi Hendrix of whistlers.
vinilink Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 The Ferrets, Don't fall in love. More of never hear again rather than "rarely hear it again" for this song. 2
Sansui77 Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) [mention=143868]Catman[/mention] https://m.ranker.com/list/greatest-songs-by-one-hit-wonders/ranker-music Edited December 26, 2019 by Sansui77
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 One of my all time favourite one hit wonders. 5 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 David McWilliams - The Days of Pearly Spencer 6
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 2, 2018 Posted January 2, 2018 ...and an Aussie one Deckchairs Overboard - That's The Way 1
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