Posted May 30, 201015 yr A thread for bands that never acheived success but have still managed in retrospect to have well enough known songs. Here's a favourite of mine- 22ltlLZkFlE Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses. Made famous by Buffalo Bill's 'mangina' dance in The Silence Of The Lambs Few people realise it's a woman singing Edited May 31, 201015 yr by Severin
May 30, 201015 yr How was this glorious song never a hit? Love had a couple top 30 albums but not a sniff of a hit single BBD8hh7t_Uk
May 30, 201015 yr The Wedding present are a band i feel have had chart success in small ways but no real hit?
May 30, 201015 yr How much success did Joy Division get before Ian Curtis' death? It'll be interesting who will be the next band to garner virtually no success in their lifetime and then mass reverence in years to come.
May 30, 201015 yr Author I think with Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart was going to be a reasonable hit whatever as the band were on the cusp of breaking through anyhow. His death probably helped its chart position though. Wedding Present have had loads of hits (7 made the top 20) so I'm not counting them at all. Both Velvet Underground and Love are prime examples.
May 31, 201015 yr on the pop front theres spanky and our gang, in 66-68 they had several 'airplay hits' which never transfered to the charts.
May 31, 201015 yr Extreme Noise Terror.... Much beloved of 'Uncle' John Peel, and then THAT appearance with The KLF at the Brits...... :lol: :lol:
May 31, 201015 yr Author Extreme Noise Terror.... Much beloved of 'Uncle' John Peel, and then THAT appearance with The KLF at the Brits...... :lol: :lol: Yeah you gotta love ENT. We should get someone like that to do Eurovision. We'd still come last but at least it would be fun
June 3, 201015 yr It is hard to say what would be a ‘No Hit Wonder’ because without looking at The Official Hit Singles Book I can not remember if certain records were ‘Official’ hits or just ones that turned up at the bottom of the Network Chart, as in the case of “Enjoy” by Solid Gold Easy Amex. I guess Solid Gold Easy Amex could be disqualified from the ‘No Hit Wonder’ list, not only because it is a record nobody will have remembered [i am having trouble with the tune too] but because the ‘group’ was essentially just Paul Oakenfold remixing an old Red Box tune, artists who have had a couple of Top Tens hits, each in their own right. If Solid Gold Easy Amex would be an artist who would be eligible then I think that Billy Mackenzie should definitely go on the list as a solo artist. I would nominate him for his 1990s recordings with Boris Blank and Thomas Fehlmann, such as “Baby”; “Colour Will Come” and “Opal Krush”. Obviously there are those people who could argue that the last three Associates albums were essentially solo records though the act is best known from their early 1980s hits when the band was a partnership between Mackenzie and Alan Rankine. If Billy Mackenzie is disqualified as a ‘No Hit Wonder’ because of this or the fact that he [posthumously] charted a solo album, then another tragic artist that I know for sure would be good for the list would be Ephraim Lewis. I was listening to “Skin”, the only album ever recorded by Lewis last week. I have not listed to the album for many years, but wanted to find it again in my collection, after noticing that he appeared in a recent ‘100 Cult Artists You Should Hear’ list, as produced by Spin Magazine. I was quite surprised to find him listed as it was an American magazine, he only recorded one album and because he never became one of those artists who, like Jeff Buckley and Eva Cassidy, became more popular after their death. I used to love his single “It Can't Be Forever” when it first came out and it is good to report that it has not dated in all these years. Actually, I think that the single would sound great on a compilation following on from Mackenzie’s “Colour Will Come”, as both singles have a similar feel to them [though I think that a ‘101 Dead People’ compilation is an album we will not be seeing any time soon, as it would be perceived as being in very poor taste]. Even though Lewis was a singer, who must have been signed due to the success of Seal, I think that it would be great if somebody like Robbie Williams could cover “It Can't Be Forever” as I think the songs of Lewis deserve to be wider known. Williams, of course, is known for having a Top 10 hit covering the song of another ‘Lewis’, one who could also be on the ‘No Hit Wonder’ list, the British singer Lewis Taylor. In the press I have noticed reviewers who state that Lewis Taylor is one of the best soul artists Britain has ever produced, though I am not too certain. I have only ever heard his “Lewis II” album and found his brand of psychedelic neo-soul quite hard to get into. I think it might be the case where I would have to listen to the album a few times again to really appreciate it, though I did like his version of Jeff Buckley’s “Everybody Here Wants You” to the extent where I would rather listen to Taylor’s version over the original. Loz Edited June 3, 201015 yr by Zippy T Doodar
June 3, 201015 yr i started a thread on ds about forgotten 60's classics, its doing quite well, i could lift quite a few examples from that thread but tbh i seem to be the only one here who knows acts like the action, poets, spanky and our gang..
June 3, 201015 yr i started a thread on ds about forgotten 60's classics, its doing quite well, i could lift quite a few examples from that thread but tbh i seem to be the only one here who knows acts like the action, poets, spanky and our gang.. So this is your chance to educate us :D
June 3, 201015 yr So this is your chance to educate us :D dunno if i can arsed! its easier on ds as theres more old people.
June 3, 201015 yr Though they were never my cup of tea, Crass deserve some sort of mention on threads like this. I've found an old Record Mirror from April 1981, and contained within Alan Jones' Chart File Section was this paragraph "The mysterious workings of the BMRB chart have somehow contrived to deprive top anarchist group Crass from scoring a first hit with 'Nagasaki Nightmare'. To date the disc has sold around 50,000 copies at a rate which would ordinarily ensure chart success. The mystery of its absence from the chart is accentuated by the fact that it peaked at No. 22, No. 29 and No. 39 in credible charts compiled by various trade and consumer rags. BMRB insist that they have not banned the disc but there are mutterings that the matter may have been taken out of their hands..." Crass never featured on the main UK Singles chart, but did spend two weeks on the Album chart in August 1982, and made numerous appearances (including having 5 number ones) in the Indie Chart. Edited June 3, 201015 yr by fchd
June 3, 201015 yr Though they were never my cup of tea, Crass deserve some sort of mention on threads like this. I've found an old Record Mirror from April 1981, and contained within Alan Jones' Chart File Section was this paragraph "The mysterious workings of the BMRB chart have somehow contrived to deprive top anarchist group Crass from scoring a first hit with 'Nagasaki Nightmare'. To date the disc has sold around 50,000 copies at a rate which would ordinarily ensure chart success. The mystery of its absence from the chart is accentuated by the fact that it peaked at No. 22, No. 29 and No. 39 in credible charts compiled by various trade and consumer rags. BMRB insist that they have not banned the disc but there are mutterings that the matter may have been taken out of their hands..." Crass never featured on the main UK Singles chart, but did spend two weeks on the Album chart in August 1982, and made numerous appearances (including having 5 number ones) in the Indie Chart. good choice! i used to help run a youth club back in them days, the record player was dominated by punk, crass was often played. i liked some tracks... but tbh i cant remember which!
June 3, 201015 yr What was the name of the British Duo who had several US hits in the mid-late 60's though never charted over here at all?. I can't remember their name and its annoying me now lol!
June 3, 201015 yr Author good choice! i used to help run a youth club back in them days, the record player was dominated by punk, crass was often played. i liked some tracks... but tbh i cant remember which! Probably, Do They Owe Us A Living, Gotcha and Sheep Farming In The Falklands. Crass are indeed an ecellent choice
June 3, 201015 yr What was the name of the British Duo who had several US hits in the mid-late 60's though never charted over here at all?. I can't remember their name and its annoying me now lol! i dont know .... do you recall a track?
June 3, 201015 yr What was the name of the British Duo who had several US hits in the mid-late 60's though never charted over here at all?. I can't remember their name and its annoying me now lol!Chad (Stuart) and Jeremy (Clyde)? They even turned up in a couple of episodes of Batman in the 60s!
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