February 3, 201015 yr in my excercise last year voting for each track in each year to determine my real fav years...1986 did very well thanks to obscure hits which i rated like 'driving away from home', 'radio africa', and the better known 'imagination' belouis some.
February 3, 201015 yr No, not as often as you hear Bo Rap. Surely you could then say the same with The Beatles and Hey Jude or The Stones with Satisfaction? Sorry but to include Queen in any list of artists that are known for one song is beggers belief. There are few bands in music history who have as many songs that are known by so many generations of people. The likes of We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You, Don't Stop Me Now, Radio GaGa, Under Pressure, I Want To Break Free, Somebody To Love and Another One Bites The Dust are all hugely recognizable tunes and massive radio hits. Tbh, I hear quite of few of those on the radio far more than BR.
February 4, 201015 yr Similarly last night, Mark Radcliffe played “Driving Away From Home” by It’s Immaterial as part of The Chain. Obviously as a ‘One Hit Wonder’ you may not care to know about any other songs from the band, though I thought there were a lot of other great tracks on the LP that should have been Top 40 hits, such as “Rope” and “Ed’s Funky Diner” [though I could never remember the full title and always thought the record was called “Ed’s Funky Diner (Covered In Sin)” though this is actually a reference to the “Eve’s Volcano” single by fellow Liverpudlian Julian Cope]. The It's Immaterial track I remember was one of their early ones "Gigantic Raft (In The Phillipenes)" -- Richard
February 4, 201015 yr Copey may well (unfortunately) be another artist in this category due to the success of the World Shut Your Mouth single. Such a shame as he has released some absolutely brilliant music in his time (other than his stuff with the Teardrops) Actually, he could possibly appear on the list twice with The Teardrop's Reward. I would probably add Orange Juice/Edward Collins in the same category with Rip It Up/A Girl Like You.
February 5, 201015 yr Copey may well (unfortunately) be another artist in this category due to the success of the World Shut Your Mouth single. Such a shame as he has released some absolutely brilliant music in his time (other than his stuff with the Teardrops) Actually, he could possibly appear on the list twice with The Teardrop's Reward. I would probably add Orange Juice/Edward Collins in the same category with Rip It Up/A Girl Like You. yep, gotta agree with cope/teardrops/orange juice. all did much better then the tracks they are known for. one of my fav all time tracks was the teardrop explodes first track 'when i dream'..
February 6, 201015 yr Great to read appreciation of It's Immaterial on this thread. It's a crying shame the band were consigned to the one-hit wonder listings, because I, too, far preferred 'Ed's Funky Diner' to 'Driving Away From Home'. I recently purchased 'Life's Hard' on CD on eBay, having played the vinyl to death years back. It remains a really excellent piece of work - 'Rope'...and 'Space' - both should have been huge releases, they were master wordsmiths with a brilliant ear for a hook in their songs, something only Squeeze, Madness, The Smiths and, when they were less obtuse, XTC, really achieved in the 80s. I haven't heard the earlier material or the later stuff mainly due to laziness - I need to get searching on eBay The band Furniture, too, are only remembered for one of my favourite songs of the decade, 'Brilliant Mind'. Yet they had some other classics. Their album I have on vinyl - is it on CD? Anyone mentioned The Lotus Eaters? 'First Picture of You' - one of the best pop singles ever written, I think - still sounds positively joyous. And they had some great singles that flopped afterwards. The Colourfield... Terry Hall's great largely ignored trio. Wasn't their main, possibly only, hit 'Thinking of You'? Was 'Castles in the Air' a hit? I preferred 'Take', a flop. The Visage DVD - I think I remember a live concert video at some point, perhaps it's that? I'd like a Visage DVD.... alays excellent videos - and usually brilliant songs. I bought the 'Best of The Tube' DVD at long last last week, and there's a live performance of 'The Anvil' on there - that's an incredible song (a must-have DVD too, for anyone who hasn't already - bargain price of a tenner on amazon right now - worth a tenner of anyone's money - pure sweet nostalgia, not all of it great... but almost always fondly remembered), and there's been some great recent remixes of it too - as well as Client and their German version, which is pretty eye-poppingly fantastic. For a great Yazoo special edition - track down the 'In Your Room' boxset - the albums lovingly remastered, a CD of extra bits, and a cracking DVD with interviews with the band and various other top stuff from old Top of the Pops and Tube. Talking of Alison Moyet (I usually do), she guested at the launch of the new Dr Feelgood movie by Julian Temple this week at Koko. Played with the band and various Blockheads, dirty blues stuff - awesome by all accounts. And she's touring with Jools Holland this summer, too. And skinny as a rake. Kate Bush... I'm just in awe of her to be honest - my Desert Islands Discs would have to be 3 of her albums. Hooked from day one. Early Kate Bush was camp, theatrical, Lindsay Kemp dance movement stuff, which I liked (and she's now mortified by - hence no official DVD release - plenty of unofficial ones, though)... but it was her middle darker, weirder period, from The Dreaming to The Sensual World that was to my mind incredible and is the chapter I completely loved - as well as some of Aerial which was bought by the faithful but largely shunned by Joe Public due to a substandard weird choice for a first (and only) single. Just my opinion anyway, but King of the Mountain - hmm... dunno, there were far better tracks on Aerial. 'Sunset' and 'Nocturn'... among her best ever. thisispop, I agree - brilliant post.
February 6, 201015 yr totally agree russ about the lotus eaters 'first picture of you', splendid pop song, as you say 'joyous'.
February 6, 201015 yr totally agree russ about the lotus eaters 'first picture of you', splendid pop song, as you say 'joyous'. Now that was a tune and a half. :wub: Another one hit wonder act, although a few of their earlier singles received airplay on Radio 1 (I remember Peter Powell being a big fan of their's) was ...... The Adventures - Broken Land o7DONAWAfM4
February 6, 201015 yr Yes, thanks for reminding me of First Picture Of You. It is, as you say, a great pop song. I've always loved Brilliant Mind too.
February 6, 201015 yr Now that was a tune and a half. :wub: Another one hit wonder act, although a few of their earlier singles received airplay on Radio 1 (I remember Peter Powell being a big fan of their's) was ...... The Adventures - Broken Land o7DONAWAfM4 actually they had 6 hits... all low charters 'broken land' was my fav track of 1988, although tbh that wasnt hard (from my perspective).
February 7, 201015 yr Dunno if we've had these ones but going back to the 80s I would add: Ultravox - Vienna Visage - Fade to Grey both had sizable chart histories but I doubt Joe Public remembers anything other than these.
February 8, 201015 yr Crowded House - always remembered for Weather With You, though they done so many other great songs aswell.
February 8, 201015 yr Crowded House - always remembered for Weather With You, though they done so many other great songs aswell. The irony being in America they are most well known for Don't Dream It's Over and in Australia/New Zealand they are most well known for Better Be Home Soon.
February 8, 201015 yr Chris you are trolling in terms of Queen, I thought you are more mature in the music sections but you are posting in here like you are in News/Perspectives I listen to a number of radio stations both online and offline that specialise in rock/classic rock and I can assure you that several other songs are played of Queen far more than Bohemian Rhapsody is, particularly One Vision, I Want To Break Free, Radio GaGa, We Are The Champions and Don't Stop Me Now, I hardly hear Bohemian Rhapsody at all Another one I would add to the list is Dexy's Midnight Runners, I fcuking adore Geno, one of my fave songs of the last 30 odd years if not ever but I never hear it on the radio only Come On Eileen, Geno gets sadly overlooked as does Jackie Wilson Said and There There My Dear yet Come On Eileen gets all the attention Edited February 8, 201015 yr by B.A Baracus
February 8, 201015 yr What about Katrina & The Waves 'Walking On Sunshine'? (Glee made me think of that song ha!)
February 8, 201015 yr OMC - How Bizzarre But they didn't have a "string" of hits, they were actual one hit wonders.
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