Any artists you like for one song and one song only?
JohnB
one song, some of them may have quality in their lesser-known works,
but many rose just the once above mediocrity. Or maybe it's just that
all their work sounds pretty much the same, so you just pick one.
I'll give you an example:
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
A brilliant rocker - but nothing else I've heard by Motorhead comes
close, so I have to have this in my collection but I wouldn't care if
I never heard anything else by them.
Does anyone know anything by Python Lee Jackson except "In A Broken
Dream"?
Is it worth searching Steppenwolf's back catalogue for other gems like
"Born To Be Wild"?
Or Thunderclap Newman and "Something In The Air"?
I'm not really after one-hit wonders here because the track doesn't
have to be a hit - and anyway, some one-hit wonder's hits were pretty
awful anyway. More like where there's one track you have to have but
the rest ... forget it.
Fattuchus
I don't have the diverse tastes that others do here, but one artist I
can think of is Frankie Goes to Hollywood. They did the hit "Relax."
Mike Smith
>
> Is it worth searching Steppenwolf's back catalogue for other gems like
> "Born To Be Wild"?
What, never heard of "Magic Carpet Ride"?
--
Mike Smith
marcus
"I'm Your Venus" by Shocking Blue...one of the greatest punchiest pop
rock songs of all time
Lord Buckeye
> Is it worth searching Steppenwolf's back catalogue for other gems like
> "Born To Be Wild"?
All their stuff was great.
JohnB
Which reminds me of "Spirit In The Sky", a great one-hit wonder -
twice! I remember both Norman Greenbaum and Doctor And The Medics, but
know nothing else by either.
Fats mentioned "Relax" by FGTH, but I always liked "Two Tribes"
better. In fact the whole Welcome To The Pleasuredome" album is worth
a listen if you're into that sort of thing.
The Arranger
> On 15 Jan, 17:09, marcus <marcus...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > On Jan 15, 11:21 am, JohnB <johnbo...@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote:
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> > > There are plenty of artists out there who tend to be known only for
> > > one song, some of them may have quality in their lesser-known works,
> > > but many rose just the once above mediocrity. Or maybe it's just that
> > > all their work sounds pretty much the same, so you just pick one.
>
> > > I'll give you an example:
>
> > > Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
>
> > > A brilliant rocker - but nothing else I've heard by Motorhead comes
> > > close, so I have to have this in my collection but I wouldn't care if
> > > I never heard anything else by them.
>
> > > Does anyone know anything by Python Lee Jackson except "In A Broken
> > > Dream"?
>
> > > Is it worth searching Steppenwolf's back catalogue for other gems like
> > > "Born To Be Wild"?
>
> > > Or Thunderclap Newman and "Something In The Air"?
>
> > > I'm not really after one-hit wonders here because the track doesn't
> > > have to be a hit - and anyway, some one-hit wonder's hits were pretty
> > > awful anyway. More like where there's one track you have to have but
> > > the rest ... forget it.
>
> > "I'm Your Venus" by Shocking Blue...one of the greatest punchiest pop
> > rock songs of all time
>
> Which reminds me of "Spirit In The Sky", a great one-hit wonder -
"Canned Ham"....never understood how a guy name Norman Greenbaum wound
up singing about "I've got a friend in Jesus" in his biggest hit and
"I'm gonna buy me a cannned ham" in his other hit.
The Arranger
who?
Great thread, John. For starters, I pick "Jamie's Crying" by Van
Halen, and "Love her". I think the name of the group is either
"Hollow" or "The Hollow".
Jeff
who?
That used to annoy my dad in the 60's. He thought the lyrics went:
"I'm your penis" so I sat in the car on a family outing, slouching
down in the seat...so he hopefully wouldn't notice I was there
and take his anger out on me, when the song was played on
the radio. :-)
Jeff
Steffi Ivan Graf Lendl
The Romantics - What I like About You
The Knack - My Sharona
10cc - Im Not in Love
Joan Jett - I love rock and roll
Europe - The Final Countdown
Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
Doc
Thunderclap Newman produced some other great songs: Accidents (both
versions) for example.
Wild Country has its moments as well.
Doc
The Arranger
> I'm not really after one-hit wonders here because the track doesn't
> have to be a hit - and anyway, some one-hit wonder's hits were pretty
> awful anyway. More like where there's one track you have to have but
> the rest ... forget it.
I guess my inexplicable fondness for "Along Comes Mary" would place
The Association in that category.
The Arranger
Mack A. Damia
"If You Don't Know Me By Now" - Harold Melville & the Bluenotes
(if they had another hit as great, I don't know about it)
RIP Teddy Pendergrass - 1/13/2010
Mack A. Damia
Memories.....
Soul Train -
("keep those hands above her waist, boys.")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Ni7LGXW7g
Musicman59
Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man (or Secret Asian Man, whichever you
prefer)
Craig
Mack A. Damia
"Memphis" ?
JohnB
> On the top of my head...
>
> The Romantics - What I like About You
> The Knack - My Sharona
> 10cc - Im Not in Love
Of all 10cc's hits, this is the one I'd have thought least likely to
appeal to you!
marcus
> On 15 Jan, 18:21, Steffi Ivan Graf Lendl <zepflo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On the top of my head...
>>
>> The Romantics - What I like About You
>> The Knack - My Sharona
>
>> 10cc - Im Not in Love
>
> Of all 10cc's hits, this is the one I'd have thought least likely to
> appeal to you!
JohnB, we all have taken a vow not to post to Raja. Please, don't feed
the troll.
richforman
How about The Knickerbocker's "Lies," one of the very best of the
OHW's, with one of the best Beatles knock-offs of the eras!
richforman
richforman
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Weird thread....The Romantics, The Knack and even more so Joan Jett
all have multiple hits and plenty of great album tracks to back 'em
up; 10cc had two US hits, that one and "The Things We Do For Love."
richforman
Mack A. Damia
richforman
wrote:
Wow you're really showing off the shallowness of your musical
knowledge as much as ever. Forget the albums, the first four groups
listed above have other huge hit singles. The Romantic's next biggest
one I guess was "Talking in Your Sleep" but they had a couple others I
think; The Knack had "Good Girls Don't," and again one or two other
hits from that first album; and Joan Jett? Come on! "I Love R&R" is
probably her best-known signature hit but surely you remember her hit
covers (I Love R&R was a cover too) of Crimson and Clover, Mary Tyler
Moore theme, Hate Myself For Loving You (that's huge!), Light of Day
(a Springsteen cover and title track from a movie she also starred in
with Michael J. Fox), and her (I think) original hits like Do You
Wanna Touch? and another signature-type song Bad Reputation. Hey the
guy who filled in with my cover band on bass the last couple weekends
toured with Joan Jett a couple years back (as her bass player that is,
not a roadie or hanger-on!), I was pretty impressed to learn that. He
had a kind of negative experience with her and her road managers but
anyway I've always liked her a lot.
richforman
Steffi Ivan Graf Lendl
I just said I like only song of these artists. I didnt say they have
no other hits. They might have had other hits, but I like only one of
their songs.
Chuck
CB
rob...@aol.com
> Elvin Bishop. 'Fooled around and fell in love'.
whoever told you that Jon Anderson was back with Yes, was just playin'
you, Chuckles.
Rob Allen
NP: Kym Syms, "Too Blind To See It"
richforman
wrote:
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So you know all the other songs I mentioned, and lots of others from
those artists, but you just happen to prefer (and in fact "only like")
in every case their absolute most well-known hit. Uh huh. You're
either lying or just have really banal taste.
richforman
who?
wrote:
Yeah, for once..you are right. You did say that.
Jeff
Char1ie
>There are plenty of artists out there who tend to be known only for
>one song, some of them may have quality in their lesser-known works,
>but many rose just the once above mediocrity. Or maybe it's just that
>all their work sounds pretty much the same, so you just pick one.
Golden Earing. "Radar Love". I know they had a couple others, but
that's the one that sticks.
AllaBest
We did?
RichL
> On 1/15/2010 11:21 AM, JohnB wrote:
>>
>> Is it worth searching Steppenwolf's back catalogue for other gems
>> like "Born To Be Wild"?
>
I'm with JohnB on this one. Magic Carpet Ride pales in comparison with
Born To Be Wild, in my opinion.
RichL
Well the thread's not about how many hits a group had....it's asking a
subjective question: "what YOU like". If there's only one song you like
by a group, regardless of how many hits they've had, you're in.
I'm coming up empty here...the only ones I can think of were one-hit
wonders.
RichL
Hmmm....I realize this is "against type" for me, but I have a lot of
fondness for several Association tunes. I chalk it up to my old bass
player's influence -- he loved harmony. So we'd do those tunes
together. Nostalgia, sentimentality, etc.
The Nice Mean Man
> one song, some of them may have quality in their lesser-known works,
> but many rose just the once above mediocrity. Or maybe it's just that
> all their work sounds pretty much the same, so you just pick one.
>
>
> Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
>
> A brilliant rocker - but nothing else I've heard by Motorhead comes
> close, so I have to have this in my collection but I wouldn't care if
> I never heard anything else by them.
>
> Does anyone know anything by Python Lee Jackson except "In A Broken
> Dream"?
>
> "Born To Be Wild"?
>
>
> have to be a hit - and anyway, some one-hit wonder's hits were pretty
> awful anyway. More like where there's one track you have to have but
> the rest ... forget it.
Ram Jam... Black Betty
Looking Glass...Brandy
marcus
I suppose you didn't join the pledge?
progea
bubba
wrote:
> On the top of my head...
>
> The Romantics - What I like About You
> The Knack - My Sharona
> 10cc - Im Not in Love
> Europe - The Final Countdown
> Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
Uh 10cc have myriad of great songs. You get all your data from high
powered corporate radio stations. sad
Fattuchus
After reading some of the other comments here, another song that comes
to mind is called "500 Miles." It was one of the songs in the movie
Bennie and Joon. I can't even recall the name of the duo who recorded
it. It's a catchy song, but that's the only one I know of from this
artist.
Fattuchus
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Upon further thought, I think the artist was the Proclaimers.
Char1ie
<fatt...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> After reading some of the other comments here, another song that comes
>> to mind is called "500 Miles." It was one of the songs in the movie
>> Bennie and Joon. I can't even recall the name of the duo who recorded
>> it. �It's a catchy song, but that's the only one I know of from this
>> artist.- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
>
>Upon further thought, I think the artist was the Proclaimers.
"500 miles" is one of my favorite songs. Check out another song of
theirs, "I'm On My Way". It think it was featured in one of the Shrek
movies, but I could be wrong, it might just be that Shrek accent.
Wikus van de Merwe
"Steffi Ivan Graf Lendl" <zepf...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On the top of my head...
Nice.
Chuck
> wonders.
'You are a Magnet, and I am Steel' or 'Afternoon Delight'??
Brings back funny memories from my yute
CB
Scott F.
> There are plenty of artists out there who tend to be known only for
> one song, some of them may have quality in their lesser-known works,
> but many rose just the once above mediocrity. Or maybe it's just that
> all their work sounds pretty much the same, so you just pick one.
>
The Guess Who - No Time
The Arranger
I like their other stuff, too...don't know why they weren't more
successful.
The Arranger
Chuck
> The Guess Who - No Time
I like most of their "best of" record. 'These Eyes'... 'American
Woman'? No?
CB
JohnB
> On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:47:43 -0800 (PST), Fattuchus
>
If you like 500 Miles, it'd be worth seeking out Letter From America
(if you haven't already heard it).
JohnB
> On Jan 15, 2:52 pm, JohnB <johnbo...@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote:
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> > On 15 Jan, 18:21, Steffi Ivan Graf Lendl <zepflo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On the top of my head...
>
> > > The Knack - My Sharona
> > > 10cc - Im Not in Love
>
> > appeal to you!
>
> > > Europe - The Final Countdown
>
> Weird thread....The Romantics, The Knack and even more so Joan Jett
> all have multiple hits and plenty of great album tracks to back 'em
> up; 10cc had two US hits, that one and "The Things We Do For Love."
>
> richforman
10cc had a much more successful time in the uk. I would have thought
songs like Wall Street Shuffle, I'm Mandy Fly Me and Dreadlock Holiday
and others might have fared better in the US. I saw 10cc live in
Manchester University students union in the mid-70s. Eh, long gone are
the days when top bands played small venues like that.
AllaBest
Char1ie
Chuck
> >Brings back funny memories from my yute
>
> >CB
>
> What's a "yute"?
I guess you've never seen 'My Cousin Vinnie'. Or maybe you have as
that was Fred Gwynne's response in the movie. yute = youth.
CB
Mike Smith
Isn't that sort of like saying Bud pales in comparison to Coors? I
never said either one was a particularly great song, but they are
clearly the two Steppenwolf songs that ever reached any kind of general,
"household-name" level of recognition.
--
Mike Smith
RichL
> On 1/15/2010 7:07 PM, RichL wrote:
>> Mike Smith<smi...@optonline.net> wrote:
>>> On 1/15/2010 11:21 AM, JohnB wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is it worth searching Steppenwolf's back catalogue for other gems
>>>> like "Born To Be Wild"?
>>>
>>> What, never heard of "Magic Carpet Ride"?
>>
>> I'm with JohnB on this one. Magic Carpet Ride pales in comparison
>> with Born To Be Wild, in my opinion.
>>
>>
>
> Isn't that sort of like saying Bud pales in comparison to Coors?
Yes, that's why I said "in my opinion".
> I never said either one was a particularly great song, but they are
> clearly the two Steppenwolf songs that ever reached any kind of
> general, "household-name" level of recognition.
True, but again, read the thread title.
Fattuchus
> On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:47:43 -0800 (PST), Fattuchus
>
I like 500 Miles quite a bit. Catchy melody, driving rhythm and
romantic lyrics.
Fattuchus
I like Magnet and Steel very much. Was that by Walter Egan? I forget
the name of the artist.
Nutella
> There are plenty of artists out there who tend to be known only for
> one song, some of them may have quality in their lesser-known works,
> but many rose just the once above mediocrity. Or maybe it's just that
> all their work sounds pretty much the same, so you just pick one.
Arlo Guthrie - The City of New Orleans
all the rest, I don't appreciate.
Chuck
> I like Magnet and Steel very much. Was that by Walter Egan? �I forget
> the name of the artist.
Yes it is. Whenever I hear an AOR station doing the best of the
70's... always brings nostalgic smiles.
CB
Chuck
What about 'Mr. Bo Jangles'? (sp?) Not sure the artist or anything
else that they did, but thats a gem, IMO.
CB
RichL
Well, Sammy Davis Jr. did it way back in the day, but you're probably
thinking of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. They had another hit from the
same album ("Uncle Charley & His Dog Teddy", which is the only one of
their albums that I own) called "House At Pooh's Corner"; oddly enough,
the two hits aren't representative at all of what's on that album, which
contains some harder rock w/country-tinged flavor ("Yukon Railroad",
"Rave On"), bluegrass ("Chicken Reel"), and even a classical number
("Opus 36", played on banjo; you've got to hear it to believe it, it's
good!).
The group-more or-less drifted into a purer country/bluegrass sound over
the years, and I more-or-less lost interest.
JohnB
Loads of people did Bojangles. I'm sure I've heard a version by Neil
Diamond and somewhere I've got a version by Robbie Williams!
The Arranger
I've been digging more and more bluegrass as of late...dug out my old
Dillard and Clarks and been listening to them in the past couple of
weeks...not full-on bluegrass, although I do own a little Flatt &
Scruggs. Blame it on the Andy Griffith Show and Bonnie and Clyde!
Someday I'll track back my musical tastes and little musical hot
buttons to their sources. The Beatles and Byrds came from my
babysitter...she'd take me for walks around the neighborhood when I
was 3 and 4, with her transistor radio tuned to WMEX or such...the
jazz thing probably had its root in the jazz content of my father's
Sinatra records. The blues stuff I like probably came from working
back from the British Invasion stuff. And the soul stuff came from
what I heard on the radio in my early youth, but resonated much later.
The classical stuff I like probably came from my churchgoing
days...I'm no longer Catholic, but Ave Maria moves me as much as any
piece of music I can think of. Probably the source of my love for
dissonance, in fact, that paved the way for aprpeciation of stuff as
divergent as Ellington and Varese.
And I swear my taste for bluegrass came from The Andy Griffith Show
and Flatt and Scruggs's appearances on The Beverly Hillbillies.
The Arranger
DGDevin
"RichL" <rple...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Well, Sammy Davis Jr. did it way back in the day, but you're probably
> thinking of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. [snip] The group-more or-less
> drifted into a purer country/bluegrass sound over
> the years, and I more-or-less lost interest.
I only saw them live once, but their opening act was an unknown young
banjo-playing comic named Steve Martin.
BTW, have you heard Will The Circle Be Unbroken? You don't have to be a
bluegrass fan to recognize that album as a work of concentrated genius.
Char1ie
<john...@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote:
>On 17 Jan, 15:59, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Chuck <ShorThi...@aol.com> wrote:
>> > On Jan 16, 7:15?pm, Nutella <amongthebeliev...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > What about 'Mr. Bo Jangles'? (sp?) Not sure the artist or anything
>> > else that they did, but thats a gem, IMO.
>>
>
>Loads of people did Bojangles. I'm sure I've heard a version by Neil
>Diamond and somewhere I've got a version by Robbie Williams!
The original was written and recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968.
Nutella
> There are plenty of artists out there who tend to be known only for
> one song, some of them may have quality in their lesser-known works,
> but many rose just the once above mediocrity. Or maybe it's just that
> all their work sounds pretty much the same, so you just pick one.
Uneasy Rider - The Charlie Daniels Band
RichL
> "RichL" <rple...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
>> Well, Sammy Davis Jr. did it way back in the day, but you're probably
>> thinking of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. [snip] The group-more
>> or-less drifted into a purer country/bluegrass sound over
>> the years, and I more-or-less lost interest.
>
> I only saw them live once, but their opening act was an unknown young
> banjo-playing comic named Steve Martin.
Yeah, I remember Martin touring with them back in the day. I never saw
them live, however. They put in several appearances on Don Kirchner's
Rock Concert.
> BTW, have you heard Will The Circle Be Unbroken? You don't have to
> be a bluegrass fan to recognize that album as a work of concentrated
> genius.
I haven't heard the whole thing, just a song here or there. There are
lots of the old-school, famous country/bluegrass folks making cameo
appearances on that album, right? It is, from what I can tell, a really
nice piece of work although, as I said, not my thing.
DGDevin
>> BTW, have you heard Will The Circle Be Unbroken? You don't have to
>> be a bluegrass fan to recognize that album as a work of concentrated
>> genius.
>
> I haven't heard the whole thing, just a song here or there. There are
> lots of the old-school, famous country/bluegrass folks making cameo
> appearances on that album, right? It is, from what I can tell, a really
> nice piece of work although, as I said, not my thing.
Yup, some of the giants of the genre showing the ropes to a buncha western
hippie types, one of those recordings where you can easily hear that
everybody is having a blast.