Have we done one hit wonders?

[*bfine32*]

What's Up?- 4 Non-Blondes

[*Awful Llama*]

Take on Me by A-ha

Never Been Any Reason by Head East

More Today Than Yesterday by Spiral Staircase

[BengalsRocker]

Closing Time by Semisonic

Really interesting stuff about their frontman Dan Wilson.

It appears he's quite the songwriter.

Let's just say Closing Time ain't the only hit he wrote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wilson_%28musician%29

[Goalpost]

Rock the Boat...Hues Corporation

[Tiger Teeth]

(02-02-2016, 10:09 PM)bfine32 Wrote: What's Up?- 4 Non-Blondes

I actually have that CD.  Love that song!

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(02-03-2016, 12:21 AM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: I actually have that CD.  Love that song!

One of my favorites and it is really not my genre. 

One of the few songs where the title is never mentioned in the song.

[Bengalzona]

(02-02-2016, 01:11 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: no idea what vincent is.

(02-02-2016, 01:14 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Yeah you do.  I don't know how to imbed, but go look it up on youtube.

[Bengalzona]

(02-02-2016, 10:59 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: Take on Me by A-ha

A-ha actually had some big hits over in Europe. "Take on Me" was the only thing that was big here in the U.S.

[Bengalzona]

(02-02-2016, 03:34 PM)McC Wrote: Oh, yeah.  In the 60's, though they were from Australia, they were basically part of the British Invasion.  And talk about a string of gold.  They did a lot of ballad type songs.   For a while, everything they did went straight to number one.

[Bengalzona]

[*michaelsean*]

(02-02-2016, 08:13 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Nah that is Mickey Thomas.

The guy who joined Jefferson Airplane and they became Jefferson Starship.

The same guy who sings their classic songs "Jane" and "Find Your Way Back".

I actually play that song Fooled Around and Fell In Love in my band.  I really enjoy playing the solo in that one.

Especially since most of the leads I play are more aggressive and uptempo.  It's nice to play a slower one with a lot of feeling like that.

OK thanks.  But Marty Balin still did vocals when they were Starship right?  Like miracles and Count On Me.

I hate the abbreviated radio version of Fooled Around where they cut out a verse and a lot of that solo.  And while i'm asking, what instrument makes that sound that's prevalent in the song?

[*michaelsean*]

(02-02-2016, 06:27 PM)McC Wrote: Harry wrote  a lot of songs but that was definitely his only hit.

What about Taxi or Taxi Driver?  Whatever it's called.

[*michaelsean*]

What about Donovan. I can think of three songs by them, but I don't know if any of them make them a one hit wonder. Mello Yello, and Atlantis would be the two that would vie for that, but then you have Hurdy Gurdy man which probably not a lot of people know, but may have the first heavy metal guitar solo in history. Probably not. That's just me saying it and not based on anything.

Also "Hold Your Head High by Argent." Or did they have some other hits?

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

Devo....."Whip It"

[McC]

(02-03-2016, 10:12 AM)michaelsean Wrote: What about Taxi or Taxi Driver?  Whatever it's called.

Right.  Can't believe I forgot that one.  That was bigger than Cats in the Cradle.

[McC]

(02-03-2016, 01:51 AM)Bengalzona Wrote:

Wow.  They look like teenagers in the first one.  Remember "I Started A Joke" ?  That was probably their biggest hit. "Words" was pretty big too.

[*michaelsean*]

Here is Hurdy Gurdy Man. Maybe not a heavy metal sound to the guitar, but not something you heard a lot of in the late 60's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lKCUuyojDI

Looks like it was used in the movie Zodiak. That would fit quite well.

[Bengalzona]

[BengalsRocker]

(02-03-2016, 11:59 AM)McC Wrote: Wow.  They look like teenagers in the first one.  Remember "I Started A Joke" ?  That was probably their biggest hit.  "Words" was pretty big too.

I'm suprised nobody mentioned "To Love Somebody".

That's a Bee Gees tune that has been covered by quite a few other musicians.

Hell even my band is considering it to cover.

Probably anyone who looks it up on here will have an "Oh yeah... I've heard that one." moment.

[*michaelsean*]

(02-03-2016, 02:39 PM)BengalsRocker Wrote: I'm suprised nobody mentioned "To Love Somebody".

That's a Bee Gees tune that has been covered by quite a few other musicians.

Hell even my band is considering it to cover.

Probably anyone who looks it up on here will have an "Oh yeah... I've heard that one." moment.

That's a good one and one that more people may know would be "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart".