Off-season off topic: The days of the week

atskooc · July 11, 2023

5 minutes ago, 49r said:

Rick Beato's YouTube channel is definitely worth checking out for your music nerds:

He does great stuff!

Navin R. Johnson · July 11, 2023

Listened to the 80s segment and this is what I came up with:

Dead or Alive: Brand New Lover

Tommy two tone: Angel say no

John Waite had another solo song but can't think of it

Ah Ha: The sun always shines on TV

Flock of seagulls: Space Age love song and another that escapes me

And two groups that released greatest hits albums!

Madness: It must be love, House of fun and One step beyond

And Devo, a band that has been voted in the top 100 most influential artists as a one hit wonder?

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atskooc · July 11, 2023

52 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

Listened to the 80s segment and this is what I came up with:

Dead or Alive: Brand New Lover

Tommy two tone: Angel say no

John Waite had another solo song but can't think of it

Ah Ha: The sun always shines on TV

Flock of seagulls: Space Age love song and another that escapes me

And two groups that released greatest hits albums!

Madness: It must be love, House of fun and One step beyond

And Devo, a band that has been voted in the top 100 most influential artists as a one hit wonder?

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Being a one-hit wonder says nothing about the talent level or greatness of a band or artist.

It literally means they have one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (generally speaking, a “hit” can be defined as a song that makes the top 40, though that’s not a definite). Or it can mean they are only remembered for one song (as is the case for the artists you’ve listed, evidenced by the fact you can’t remember the names of some of the songs).

Just because you can name a bunch of Devo songs and they’re important in the history of pop music doesn’t mean they’re not a one-hit wonder.

Buffalo Springfield is technically (for lack of a better word) a one-hit wonder, and they’re in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Just because a group releases a “Greatest Hits” album doesn’t mean they’re not a one-hit wonder (or that they had many hits at all…or any). It merely means they think they can resell the same songs to their audience on a different record.

Heck, Weird Al had put out TWO greatest hits albums ten years before his one and only top-10 hit.

Edited July 11, 2023 by atskooc

Navin R. Johnson · July 11, 2023

38 minutes ago, atskooc said:

Being a one-hit wonder says nothing about the talent level or greatness of a band or artist.

It literally means they have one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (generally speaking, a “hit” can be defined as a song that makes the top 40, though that’s not a definite).

Just because you can name a bunch of Devo songs and they’re important in the history of pop music doesn’t mean they’re not a one-hit wonder.

Buffalo Springfield is technically a one-hit wonder, and they’re in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

And just because a group releases a “Greatest Hits” album doesn’t mean they’re not a one-hit wonder (or that they had many hits at all…or any). It merely means they think they can resell the same songs to their audience on a different record.

Heck, Weird Al had put out TWO greatest hits albums ten years before his one and only top-10 hit.

Other songs on billboard charts that the segment did not mention:

Madness 33, 72

Dead or Alive 15, 69

Flock of Seagulls 19, 83

Devo 43, 59

A-Ha 20, 50

Tommy Tutone 38

Making all those groups non one hit wonders. I was listing songs that I remember them releasing, which was what I said we should do in my original post.

atskooc · July 11, 2023

Navin:

I didn’t see your “twist” post earlier, so I didn’t quite understand why people were naming other songs by one-hit wonder acts.

Sorry for my confusion.

Navin R. Johnson · July 11, 2023

12 hours ago, atskooc said:

Navin:

I didn’t see your “twist” post earlier, so I didn’t quite understand why people were naming other songs by one-hit wonder acts.

Sorry for my confusion.

No problem.