PLAY IT'S THE TB2K WEEKEND DANCE PARTY - The Special "One Hit Wonder" Edition!

Cardinal

Cardinal

Chickministrator
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CelticRose

CelticRose

Membership Revoked
Cardinal said:
Come on Eileen-Dexey's Midnight Runners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQqygpjIjpY
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YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reflections of My Life by The Marmalade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NiN7ISW7E


The changing of sunlight to moonlight
Reflections of my life
Oh how they fill my eyes

The greetings of people in trouble
Reflections of my life
Oh how they fill my eyes


Oh my sorrows
Sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home


Oh my crying (Oh my crying)
Feel I'm dying, dying
Take me back
to my own home


I'm changing, arranging,
I'm changing,
I'm changing everything
Everything around me


The world is
a bad place
A bad place
A terrible place to live
Oh but I don't wanna die ...


Ferry Cross the Mersy Gary & The Pacemakers


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08083BNaYcA
 
CelticRose

CelticRose

Membership Revoked
The Seekers ........... I'll Never Find Another You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ga9Bs4fzSY&feature=related

Ruby and the Romantics ..... Our Day Will Come

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--8Ju1jb8Bw

Maybe this has already been posted? If so, I'm sorry .... My brain has clocked out for the night ;)

Ride Captain Ride ........... by The Blues Image

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVjN3t8cj74

And one of my all time favorite dancing on the sand songs back when you could light a fire in the fire rings, chill with a six pack or two and life really was a lot simpler .......

Tighter and Tighter by Alive and Kicking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFrioynVkw


Oh-child ...... The 5 Stairsteps (on Soul Train! )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVF4r3fLBrU


This group actually had more than 'one hit' but for the most part this wasthe only one that got any play on top 40 am radio back in the day .....

El Chicano 'Tell Her She's Lovely'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJO2FGjypXg&feature=PlayList&p=097B78D13F266419&playnext=1&index=66
 
CraigWest

CraigWest

Contributing Member
Fun thread. Lots of memorable tunes. I am also a fan of Brandy by Looking glass. Got to see the Georgia Satellites perform here in Grants Pass a few years back. Keep your hands to yourself was the only tune I ever remembered them for, but they gave a fine evening of entertainment.

How about Gerry and the Pacemakers Ferry Cross The Mersey?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08083BNaYcA

or Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVf8RVxXvG4
 
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Oilpatch Hand

3-Bomb General, TB2K Army
Another true one-hit wonder:

"Popcorn" by Hot Butter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y_VHOCp7Lw&feature=related

This next one more or less qualifies as a one-hit wonder. These guys did have some other songs that got a wee bit of airplay, but this was their only true hit, and for the most part, this is the only song they ever did that anybody really remembers.

Strangely enough...this video comes complete with some Japanese animation, which adds a rather odd effect to the whole thing. ;)

"Hot Rod Lincoln" by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YajKOJhk10
 
Penguin Zen

Penguin Zen

Veteran Member
CelticRose said:
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reflections of My Life by The Marmalade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79NiN7ISW7E


The changing of sunlight to moonlight
Reflections of my life
Oh how they fill my eyes

The greetings of people in trouble
Reflections of my life
Oh how they fill my eyes


Oh my sorrows
Sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home


Oh my crying (Oh my crying)
Feel I'm dying, dying
Take me back
to my own home


I'm changing, arranging,
I'm changing,
I'm changing everything
Everything around me


The world is
a bad place
A bad place
A terrible place to live
Oh but I don't wanna die ...

OH that is a GREAT SONG
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M

Marthanoir

TB Fanatic
Cardinal said:
Come on Eileen-Dexey's Midnight Runners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQqygpjIjpY
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ARGGGGHHHH, I can't take this any longer, Dexy's, AHA, Big Country, your really telling me these bands only had one hit in the US, thats nutz,
Big Country's had more hits than Mike Tyson, AHA churned out loads, Dexy's ? I've got there greatest hits album, :screw:
Geno, Jackie Wilson Says, :shr:

i'm gonna have to go on youtube when i get home from work, pull out some doozies.
 
dieseltrooper

dieseltrooper

Inactive
Vixen: Edge of a Broken Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQOmDUnt8Hs&feature=avmsc2
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TheSearcher

TheSearcher

Are you sure about that?
Marthanoir said:
ARGGGGHHHH, I can't take this any longer, Dexy's, AHA, Big Country, your really telling me these bands only had one hit in the US, thats nutz,
Big Country's had more hits than Mike Tyson, AHA churned out loads, Dexy's ? I've got there greatest hits album, :screw:
Geno, Jackie Wilson Says, :shr:

i'm gonna have to go on youtube when i get home from work, pull out some doozies.
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That's like Thomas Dolby - I know, and probably anyone on the planet with a pulse knows, 'She Blinded Me With Science'. I also remember 'Hyperactive'. That was about it.

On YouTube, there was a link for 'One of Our Submarines is Missing'. O M G :shkr:

I gotta get the album!
 
Mr. Mason

Mr. Mason

Membership Revoked
Living Colour - Cult of Personality

Kinda of prophetic, eh?

Cult of Personality
Living Colour
(V Reid, C. Glover, W. Calhoun, M. Skillings)

Look into my eyes, what do you see?
Cult of Personality
I know your anger, I know your dreams
I've been everything you want to be
I'm the Cult of Personality
Like Mussolini and Kennedy
I'm the Cult of Personality
Cult of Personality
Cult of Personality

Neon lights, A Nobel Price
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You don't have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
I'm the smiling face on your T.V.
I'm the Cult of Personality
I exploit you still you love me

I tell you one and one makes three
I'm the Cult of Personality
Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi
I'm the Cult of Personality
Cult of Personality
Cult of Personality

Neon lights a Nobel Prize
A leader speaks, that leader dies
You don't have to follow me
Only you can set you free

You gave me fortune
You gave me fame
You me power in your God's name
I'm every person you need to be
I'm the Cult of Personality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0
 
Red Baron

Red Baron

Paleo-Conservative
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Marthanoir said:
ARGGGGHHHH, I can't take this any longer, Dexy's, AHA, Big Country, your really telling me these bands only had one hit in the US, thats nutz,
Big Country's had more hits than Mike Tyson, AHA churned out loads, Dexy's ? I've got there greatest hits album, :screw:
Geno, Jackie Wilson Says, :shr:

It is interesting how some bands can be huge in their own country but have little or no appeal across the ocean.

For example I was always surprised that Big Country didn't have more commercial success in the US, but then a similar UK band like U2 is almost overplayed here.

There are some subtle preference differences in English speaking countries. In the USA reggae and ska have a tough time getting any airplay. The Police are about the only reggae type band to have any big hits here and The Police is hardly a real reggae band.
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