Artists who released a corking first single that, to my mind, they never surpassed, although all produced music of worth for a long while afterwards.
Teenage fanclub-Everything Flows.Beta Band-Champion versions, esp Dry the Rain. (much as I love this band, especially their first 2 albums proper,they never topped this for utter genius.Jesus and Mary Chain-Upside down.
Any more?
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Supergrass
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Mudhoney
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Martha Wainwright
― mottdeterre, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
New Order
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:50 (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^^real talk
― Carrie Bradshaw Layfield (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd probably agree with the first two (although Mansize rooster was a good second release). What was Martha Wainwright's first?
I remember getting a copy of the first Stereophonics single, the 500 only, Looks like Chaplin 7" and thinking it was pretty special. Unbelievable given what followed.
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Annie - The Greatest Hit 7"
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
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Oh no no no no no! Great track though.
Bronski Beat-Smalltown boy
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I believe Martha's first single was "BMFA" (a/k/a Bloody Mother F*cking As*hole) which is just one of those things you can never top. Speaking of Mothers, we could also add Tracy Bonham to the list for her single "Mother Mother," but then as far as I know that was the only thing she ever has done or will do.
― mottdeterre, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
elastica
most bands who had records out on fierce panda
― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:23 (fifteen years ago) link
In America, Elastica is pretty much regarded as a one-hit wonder, tho
― jigglepanda.gif (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Jimmy Ray
― Dogface Chain (res), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Was All you good good people by Embrace on Fierce Panda? if so, then that.
Press a key by Plone.
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:31 (fifteen years ago) link
New Order was a good answer
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Agree totally with Elastica
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Galaxie 500 - Tugboat
the examples that come to me easiest are bands that don't bear mentioning in polite conversation
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
PJ Harvey - Dress
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Closer Musik - One Two Three No Gravity
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Oasis - Supersonic
― ILX MOD (musically), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Kate Bush.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
(the) Verve - All in the mindLevitation - Smile EPElectronic - Get the Message
― Treblekicker, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Also Jackson 5 durr.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Spiritualized - Any Way That You Want Me.
― novaheat, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
Tricky - Aftermath (maybe)
― Annoying Display Name (blueski), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Electronic - Get the Message
you're forgetting 'Getting Away With It'
― Annoying Display Name (blueski), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:59 (fifteen years ago) link
There are a load of really shit answers to this question - like I'm pretty sure every subsequent Babylon Zoo release was worse than Spaceman.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Kate Bush may be the 'best' answer, altho 'Wuthering Heights' isn't my favourite KB single I can accept it as her best.
― Annoying Display Name (blueski), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link
ESGBeat Happening!!!Echo and the BunnymenPylonFire EnginesThe Feelies
― nerve_pylon, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea
― Annoying Display Name (blueski), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
― Annoying Display Name (blueski), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
ooops that's the one I meant.
The Beta Band - Champion Versions
― Treblekicker, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (though Two Tribes is almost equally good)
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Derrick May - Nude Photo
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Speaking of Mothers, we could also add Tracy Bonham to the list for her single "Mother Mother," but then as far as I know that was the only thing she ever has done or will do.
But prior to "Mother Mother"/The Burdens of Being Upright, there was the Liverpool Sessions EP. Which, yeah, is better than everything else she did.
― Sara Sara Sara, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
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I love Pet Shop Boys, but you might well be right.
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
The Damned - New RoseKim Wilde - Kids In AmericaRick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Eagles-Take It Easy
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Anni-Frid Lyngstad, post-ABBA: It was all downhilll from "I Know There's Something Going On."
Re: PSB. Sorry, but Being Boring > West End Girls
― mottdeterre, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Sugababes
― ecuador_with_a_c, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
RADIOHEAD - Creep
― Moka, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 00:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Seconding Kim Wilde.
For me, The Delays kinda rule this thread.
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link
This is so RONG.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:13 (fifteen years ago) link
!!!
^You do know that "Me and Giuliani" wasn't their first single, right? Or do you really love "The Dis-Ease" that much?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:32 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL
― sleeve, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:43 (fifteen years ago) link
somebody already said Mudhoney, Nirvana sure comes close.
Slits?Raincoats?Pop Group?
all contenders.
Bad BrainsReally RedMinor Threat
― sleeve, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:45 (fifteen years ago) link
R.E.M. ("Radio Free Europe")The Shangri-las ("Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)")Super Furry Animals ("Organ Yn Dy Geg")Air ("Modulor Mix")Howard Jones ("New Song")Eric B. and Rakim ("Eric B. Is President")Bruce Springsteen ("Blinded By the Light")
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:49 (fifteen years ago) link
So much challop, but I think Moka wins for mix of sheer chutzpah and rong
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:53 (fifteen years ago) link
The Cure ("Killing An Arab")Beck ("Loser")The Strokes ("The Modern Age")The Jam ("In the City")LCD Soundsystem ("Losing My Edge"/"Beat Connection")
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Super Furry Animals, New Order, Kate Bush, Echo & the Bunnymen, Spiritualized
y'all crazy.
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 02:03 (fifteen years ago) link
The Monkees ("Last Train to Clarksville")
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 02:04 (fifteen years ago) link
In my humble opinion a fair amount of people really don't understand the artists they're mentioning.
― B'wana Beast, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 02:21 (fifteen years ago) link
otm, even if yr a sockpuppet
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 02:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Delays? "Valentine" is clearly their best work.
― clotpoll, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
If by "single" you mean "album" then Liz Phair/Exile in Guyville own this thread.
― mottdeterre, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
re: !!! upthread--i thought the split 12" w/ Out Hud was their first; sorry
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:04 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p218/bringdarawkus/Music/SkeeLo.jpg
― abusive comments (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Black Flag
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Why would anyone seriously say New Order? For God's sake...
― Totally gay for Obama (j-rock), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Oasis. Even if it's not their "best", it's my favourite thing they've ever done.
― Totally gay for Obama (j-rock), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Re: Skee-Lo - please read thread roolz
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:35 (fifteen years ago) link
WRONG. A trite exercise in early 90s alt-rock by a band who would later produce some of the best records of the past 20 years.
― Totally gay for Obama (j-rock), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:37 (fifteen years ago) link
xp to myself: Unless, Pappawheelie, you are arguing for the merits of Skee-Lo's undersung continued merits. In that case, I apologize to you sir (but not for Skee-Lo).
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:38 (fifteen years ago) link
second "merits" = "career"
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:39 (fifteen years ago) link
thanking u j-rock for setting that one straight
― wilter, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
― ILX MOD (musically), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 03:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Bad Brains
Close, but not quite. If only because of "I against I", "Sailin' on" and "Re-ignition".
― Totally gay for Obama (j-rock), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 04:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know. I worked in a record store when Skee-Lo came out. The album got play there.
With exception to this track, the entire album was g-funk influenced, so it connected with certain people in the store. But, you know, I didn't like Warren G to begin with, so "I wish I was g funk" wasn't my thing.
This is why I always vote nate dogg.
― abusive comments (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 04:05 (fifteen years ago) link
PW, were you living in Albion when Skee-Lo came out? I didn't know there were any record stores there. Not to call yer bluff or anything. Just curious..
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 04:08 (fifteen years ago) link
craig david - fill me in
― Barunka Hussein O'Shaughnessy (Frogman Henry), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 04:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Jacksonville, sadly.
Explains the skee-lo popularity, huh?
― abusive comments (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 04:10 (fifteen years ago) link
But when I lived in Albion (73-83), we had a fucking incredible record store directly behind this sign:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/192226912_cd73025b4f.jpg?v=0
― abusive comments (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 04:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Going by memory on these...
Aerosmith - Dream OnThe Cars - Just What I NeededAlanis Morrissete - You Oughta Know (don't know if this one counts)Gary Glitter - Rock And Roll pt 2 (I think)Boyz II Men - Motownphilly
― ILX MOD (musically), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 04:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Alanis Morrissete - You Oughta Know (don't know if this one counts)
No it doesn't. Canada still remembers her big hair, teen-pop phase.
― Totally gay for Obama (j-rock), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:02 (fifteen years ago) link
You are the only person in the world who listened to the second album. I suspect that the band didn't either.
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:06 (fifteen years ago) link
"Valentine" was Stylus's #5 single of 2006.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:14 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i prefer valentine to nearer than heaven, but only just
― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I researching LL Cool J to see if "Rock the Bells" was his first single, thus qualifying him for this poll (it was his second, after "I Can't Live Without My Radio"), I was surprised to discover that "Mama Said Knock You Out" peaked at #17 on the singles chart. I figured that shit was #1 all the way.
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:26 (fifteen years ago) link
"poll" = "thread"
I really need to start self-editing
i'd say the clean if i believed it, and i almost do.
― Matt P, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:28 (fifteen years ago) link
galaxie 500 was otm
*head hits table*
As much as I love Fresh Fruit... the Dead Kennedys' "California Über Alles" single would be another pick.
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:30 (fifteen years ago) link
The Creation "Making Time"
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I can see Galaxie 500, as "Tugboat" is just dandy, but I'm more of a "Blue Thunder" man myself.
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:31 (fifteen years ago) link
And speaking of Galaxie 500, an argument could be made for the Velvets ("All Tomorrow's Parties"/"I'll Be Your Mirror"), but it wouldn't necessarily be my argument.
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:34 (fifteen years ago) link
The B-52'sThe Doors ("Break On Through")
― Josefa, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:49 (fifteen years ago) link
If "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)" were the Shangri-Las' first single I would agree with that one, but it wasn't.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:53 (fifteen years ago) link
B52s maybe yeah, only because the first one was so great, and so much of the rest was just slightly less so.
― B'wana Beast, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:56 (fifteen years ago) link
no way is tugboat g500's best single, but just my opinion. particularly if we're not just talking about singles as the subsequent work
― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:08 (fifteen years ago) link
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:26 (26 minutes ago)
I think original version of "I Need a Beat" was his debut. The later, better known version was just them scratching with that record onto another record (kinda a wtf moment).
The original version of Rock the Bells is wildly different than the hit version. The original is where the "Jack the Ripper" line comes from. I've often wondered if MC Shan's Beat Biter was about the original Rock the Bells, and what prompted LL's so-called "remix" (a completely new song).
If I regret anything about any of my, uh, "work", it's my failure on this issue.
I researched and wrote the rough base story for VH1's Driven of LL, then it got shelved, I left the channel, then they revived finished and aired it.
In my version, I wrote as much as I could about T La Rock being the "1st LL", quote Jazzy Jay's statement that LL was T's replacement, and add T to the cast of characters for interviews -- but you know, VH1...
I later interviewed T La Rock and told him this. He claims he did get a call, but didn't make it to the cast of characters, mostly being written out.
Of course, "rock the bells" was a saying people had back in the 70s/early 80s for DJ's to play double copies of the intro to Bob James "Take Me to the Mardi Gras", which casued a string of records to be made based on this (Crash Crew's Bells, T La Rock's Breakin' Bells, Run-DMC's Peter Piper, etc.).
Oddly, the hit song entitled Rock the Bells has NOTHING to do with the Mardi Gras break, and people don't realize Peter Piper is supposed to be Jammaster Jay's (definitive) version of rockin' the bells.
― abusive comments (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:09 (fifteen years ago) link
If only The Pretenders had released "Kid" first instead of "Stop Your Sobbing"
Not complaining.
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, Beat Biter is about Rock the Bells:
http://www.jayquan.com/shan.htmJQ : The very next single was " Beat Biter / The Bridge " right ?Shan : Yeah I was on tour with L.L. , and he played a tape for me - it was " Rock The Bells " , but I didn't pay attention that it was my beat . You know back then you didn't use someones beat or say words that sounded like somebody elses. When I figured that it was my beat it was on ! He had the nerve to play it for me too , so I just went at him .
JQ : The very next single was " Beat Biter / The Bridge " right ?
Shan : Yeah I was on tour with L.L. , and he played a tape for me - it was " Rock The Bells " , but I didn't pay attention that it was my beat . You know back then you didn't use someones beat or say words that sounded like somebody elses. When I figured that it was my beat it was on ! He had the nerve to play it for me too , so I just went at him .
This confuses me though because this was that short time when Burzootie was doing beats for Def Jam (after Jazzy Jay was cut out, but before Rubin was full swing on beats). Shan was always in Marl's corner, so seriously, I can't see how LL (Rubin/Burzootie) took Shan's (Marl's) beat consciously in any way.
Anyway, back on topic...
― abusive comments (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Damn PW, you are the personal-computer information on rap!
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:21 (fifteen years ago) link
better believe it
― Matt P, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Furthermore with the hippity-hop, I'll say "Potholes in My Lawn" by De La Soul
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, credit to Jayquan and Troy L for more than half of that. I found their work and built on that, later conferring with Jayquan at the Oldschoolhiphop board, trading notes and whatnot. Those guys are on point!
The T La Rock story, from Jazzy Jay with Troy L interviewing:
http://www.thafoundation.com/jazzy.htmWell LL was a replacement for T La Rock… I introduced Rick to Russell at the Danceteria and Rick was like, “Oh Russell’s so cool.” At that time I didn’t see the writing on the wall, that he was getting ready to step over me and make Russell his partner. So Rick came to me like, “I’m thinking about replacing T La Rock cause he’s a pain in the neck and I don’t think he wants to record with us anymore.” I was like, “Let me talk to T.” Rick was like, “Nah …I want you to listen to this guy.”
Well LL was a replacement for T La Rock… I introduced Rick to Russell at the Danceteria and Rick was like, “Oh Russell’s so cool.” At that time I didn’t see the writing on the wall, that he was getting ready to step over me and make Russell his partner. So Rick came to me like, “I’m thinking about replacing T La Rock cause he’s a pain in the neck and I don’t think he wants to record with us anymore.” I was like, “Let me talk to T.” Rick was like, “Nah …I want you to listen to this guy.”
T La Rock told me this interview is the only place he's heard this story.
I know the Adrock of Beastie Boys takes credit for finding LL's demo in the floor at Rubin's dorm and bringing it to his attention, which fills in a blank (and the following confirms "I Need a Beat")
http://www.beastiemania.com/whois/ll_cool_j/It all started in 1984, when LL Cool J took the time to mail Rick Rubin a demo tape. At the time James Todd Smith was 16 years old, Rick was still running his operation out of his dorm room at New York University. By this point, Rick had released T La Rock's "It's Yours"...It was from the address information on the T La Rock single that LL Cool J would get into contact with Rubin.Excited to get a record deal, James called Rubin almost every day. Rick Rubin though had not yet come across the tape. When he did finally get a chance to listen to the tape, Rubin called LL Cool J on the phone and set up a meeting at his NYU dorm room. In his book, LL Cool J said the following about his first impression of Rick Rubin: "He laughed at my reaction to him and invited me up to a tiny room at the end of the hall. Mattresses were on the floor and records are tapes were thrown everywhere. I could see how my tape could have gotten lost. In fact, if it wasn't for Adrock of the Beastie Boys, I might still be sending in those tapes. Adrock had been chillin' in Rick's room, rummaging through all the tapes, and somehow he fished mine out and played it. I guess he liked what he heard and brought it to Rick's attention. My man Adrock: Good lookin' out, baby."Rick and James would go on to spend $700 to record "I Need a Beat" and sell 100,000 copies of it...
It all started in 1984, when LL Cool J took the time to mail Rick Rubin a demo tape. At the time James Todd Smith was 16 years old, Rick was still running his operation out of his dorm room at New York University. By this point, Rick had released T La Rock's "It's Yours"...It was from the address information on the T La Rock single that LL Cool J would get into contact with Rubin.
Excited to get a record deal, James called Rubin almost every day. Rick Rubin though had not yet come across the tape. When he did finally get a chance to listen to the tape, Rubin called LL Cool J on the phone and set up a meeting at his NYU dorm room. In his book, LL Cool J said the following about his first impression of Rick Rubin: "He laughed at my reaction to him and invited me up to a tiny room at the end of the hall. Mattresses were on the floor and records are tapes were thrown everywhere. I could see how my tape could have gotten lost. In fact, if it wasn't for Adrock of the Beastie Boys, I might still be sending in those tapes. Adrock had been chillin' in Rick's room, rummaging through all the tapes, and somehow he fished mine out and played it. I guess he liked what he heard and brought it to Rick's attention. My man Adrock: Good lookin' out, baby."
Rick and James would go on to spend $700 to record "I Need a Beat" and sell 100,000 copies of it...
― abusive comments (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Spice Girls - Wannabe
― ILX MOD (musically), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:36 (fifteen years ago) link
^ nfw
― Barunka Hussein O'Shaughnessy (Frogman Henry), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:38 (fifteen years ago) link
what was better than Wannabe
― ILX MOD (musically), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Speaking of Britney/Spice Girls/et al, TRL canceled November 16, 2008
On September 17, 2008, EVP of MTV Productions David Sirulnick announced on Last Call with Carson Daly that the final episode of TRL would be on November 8, 2008.
― abusive comments (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I was totally and completely obsessed with TRL in middle school. I didn't even have cable; I had to watch it at friends' houses.
I remember that the video for "The One" by the Backstreet Boys was on the countdown for more than 50 or 65 days or whatever the max was before a video would get retired, and I got really offended and sent a letter to MTV. Not because I didn't like BSB or the song anything. I guess I was a stickler for protocol. Some of my classmates also put together a little pop culture zine and I managed to write an entire editorial about it.
― ILX MOD (musically), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Great storiez PW. Kudos and such..
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I never figured it out btw!!
― ILX MOD (musically), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:54 (fifteen years ago) link
pink floyd - arnold layne
― nonightsweats, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 07:00 (fifteen years ago) link
'say you'll be there', 'who do you think you are' at least
― Barunka Hussein O'Shaughnessy (Frogman Henry), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 07:00 (fifteen years ago) link
they're amazing pop songs but they aren't life-changing like Wannabe was
― ILX MOD (musically), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 07:04 (fifteen years ago) link
2 Unlimited - Get Ready For ThisArctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
― ILX MOD (musically), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 07:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Bela Lugosi's Dead
― Jouster, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 07:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Zager & Evans I guess.
Some of the ones mentioned above are wrong, wrong, wrong. Teenage Fanclub or Supergrass? NO WAY!
Monkees OTM. Howard Jones did "Hide & Seek" later on and that one is one of the best singles ever.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 08:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Most of these answers are wrong.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 08:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Factually.
(e.g. Loser wasn't beck's first single, Creep wasn't etc...)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 08:42 (fifteen years ago) link
If this question was about first tracks on debut albums, the correct answer would be Oasis.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 08:52 (fifteen years ago) link
No, no, no. Oasis peaked with "Wonderwall".
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 09:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Fuck off.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 09:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Teenage Fanclub is absolutely bang-on right, good call that man.
― NickB, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 09:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Sugababes SUGARCUBES
― NickB, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 09:29 (fifteen years ago) link
^THIS!
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 09:33 (fifteen years ago) link
No actually, Birthday was their second single, retract! RETRACT!
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 09:34 (fifteen years ago) link
third
― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 09:35 (fifteen years ago) link
(in the UK at least)
― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 09:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Wikipedia claims it was their first outside Iceland, maybe it was just reissued?
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 09:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Never understood all the love for this song. I know it's prototypical goth and all, but I'll take "She's In Parties" or "In the Flat Fields" any day of the week.
― Pillbox, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 09:39 (fifteen years ago) link
AFAIK Birthday was the Sugarcubes first single released outside of Iceland. I think that the one that got released before was actually an Icelandic language version of the same song, so, um it sort of counts dunnit?
― NickB, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 12:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Magazine - shot by both sides
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Rema Rema - Wheel in the roses
― Mark G, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link
No one appears to have mentioned Elvis yet.....And the Beatles? *runs away*
― sonofstan, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:01 (fifteen years ago) link
The Beatles would be the challop to end all challops.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Ugh, I just said 'challops'.
what have you become
(also otm)
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Chapterhouse - "Pearl"House of Love - "Christine"Lush - "Scar" EP
― henry s, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:18 (fifteen years ago) link
"Shine On" was first, wasn't it?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Fairly sure Pearl's not Chapterhouse's first single either
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Mark G, I don't think Rema Rema really count here!
Wikipedia says it is (Chapterhouse), for what that's worth...think you're right about House of Love...how about:
House of Pain - "Jump Around"
and
Terence Trent D'Arby - "Wishing Well"
― henry s, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Wikipedia says it is (Chapterhouse),
* Freefall (1990) * Sunburst (1990)
* "Pearl" (1991)
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Terence Trent D'Arby - "Wishing Well" "If you let me stay"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Suede - "The Drowners"Gene - "For The Dead"Bobbie Gentry - "Ode To Billie Joe"
― henry s, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
No it doesn't!
* Freefall (1990)* Sunburst (1990)
well, "Pearl" is listed as their first-released single, for what that's worth...(probably the proverbial tinker's damn, but whatever)...
― henry s, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Sure, but if you want to go that way, then Scar isn't Lush's first single! </pedantry>
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, I knew I'd get busted for that, but I was just looking for any kind of lifeline...
― henry s, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I had nowhere to turn!
― henry s, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Sniff 'n' the Tears - "Drivers Seat"
― henry s, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:06 (fifteen years ago) link
i would likely as not agree with Elvis P
― Barunka Hussein O'Shaughnessy (Frogman Henry), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, that's alright Barunka.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
except there's things i'd place on a par with 'mama'
― Barunka Hussein O'Shaughnessy (Frogman Henry), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
M/A/R/R/S :)
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Pere Ubu: 30 Seconds Over Tokyo/Heart Of Darkness
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Does Jonathan Richman's Roadrunner count?
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
He's on the radio right now: Chris Brown
― ILX MOD (musically), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
although all produced music of worth for a long while afterwards.
this got totally ignored yes
― Annoying Display Name (blueski), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Chris Brown otm
― SIR -- (The Reverend), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 23:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Girls Aloud?
― I know, right?, Thursday, 16 October 2008 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Scooter
― Siegbran, Thursday, 16 October 2008 09:40 (fifteen years ago) link
christ, the vocals on the first teenage fanclub single are bad. everything on 'grand prix' pisses over it from about 20,000 feet.
duran duran otm though.
― gotta change my screenname (ledge), Thursday, 16 October 2008 09:49 (fifteen years ago) link
The Sundays.
― NickB, Thursday, 16 October 2008 10:00 (fifteen years ago) link
they've only just peaked in the last year!
― Annoying Display Name (blueski), Thursday, 16 October 2008 10:43 (fifteen years ago) link
winner?
Cowboy Junkies, "Sweet Jane"
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 16 October 2008 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
― gotta change my screenname (ledge), Thursday, 16 October 2008 09:49 (7 hours ago) Permalink
Yes, the vocals are weak and sometimes out of tune, The production is as weak and thin as a balkan peasant's soup and you can't hear the bass guitar but it's STILL one of the very best songs ever written, of all time, debut single or not.
And I love Grand Prix.
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Thursday, 16 October 2008 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
dinosaur - "repulsion"
― Edward III, Thursday, 16 October 2008 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Deee-Lite, "Groove Is in the Heart"
― mottdeterre, Thursday, 16 October 2008 18:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Boston - "More Than A Feeling"
― henry s, Thursday, 16 October 2008 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Isn't this *precisely* the wrong question to ask on a board full of people who are into obscure music? Artists whose last single was the best thing they ever did would be more like it
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 16 October 2008 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Start a new one then.
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Thursday, 16 October 2008 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe I will, son, maybe I will
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 16 October 2008 19:36 (fifteen years ago) link
No offence intended, incidentally. As a gesture of good faith, I'll offer you: The Sex Pistols - "Anarchy In The UK"
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 16 October 2008 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
"Man Child" >>>>>>>> "Buffalo Stance"
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 16 October 2008 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I heard "Pony" by Ginuwine on the radio yesterday, figured it would be a consensus pick here.
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Thursday, 9 April 2009 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
produced music of worth for a long while afterwards
unless you mean Tim?
― Bostin' Legal (sic), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm not an expert on his work but to his credit his first three albums went platinum and his last two went gold, he's not just a one hit wonder.
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i had to look that up on wiki but i believe it...lots of his songs are still staples of r&b radio.
― lil waynes babymama (musically), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm gonna throw this out there: "Staring at the Sun"-TVotR
Was "Who am I (What's my name)" Snoop's 1st? If so then that, but I think it may have been Deep Cover
OTM: Sex Pistols, Boston, Sugarcubes, Ginuwine, The Jam
― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Mouth & MacNeal - "How Do You Do"
― Fishes, You Hit Me With A Flounder (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Friday, 10 April 2009 02:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Wu Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck
I think technically this is not the first single, which weirdly was Tearz if I'm not mistaken. But it can barely be called a second since it's the first cut to feature the whole clan.
― samosa gibreel, Friday, 10 April 2009 02:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, the vocals are weak and sometimes out of tune, The production is as weak and thin as a balkan peasant's soup and you can't hear the bass guitar but it's STILL one of the very best songs ever written, of all time, debut single or not.And I love Grand Prix.― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:18 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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Okay, now I really have heard everything.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 10 April 2009 02:58 (fifteen years ago) link
This Is the Modern World (the song) is better than anything prior.
― Monkey Pocket Boob (libcrypt), Friday, 10 April 2009 03:37 (fifteen years ago) link
the undertones
― goole, Friday, 10 April 2009 05:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Mos Def - Universal Magnetic
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 10 April 2009 11:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Doug E. Fresh - The Show/La Di Da Di
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 10 April 2009 11:14 (fifteen years ago) link
that "who's" is really annoying me
― otm in new york (G00blar), Friday, 10 April 2009 11:21 (fifteen years ago) link
haha
― Charlie Howard, Friday, 10 April 2009 11:27 (fifteen years ago) link
No way is "Protect Ya Neck" the best thing Wu-Tang ever did. The first album alone has a few better tunes than it ("C.R.E.A.M.", "7th Chamber Part II", "Shame on Nigga"), and they've released several better songs since then: "Triumph", "Gravel Pit", "Careful (Click, Click)", "Rules", "Gun Will Go", "Stick Me for My Riches"...
― Tuomas, Friday, 10 April 2009 11:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, and don't forget "I Can't Go to Sleep". The best single they ever released.
― Tuomas, Friday, 10 April 2009 12:02 (fifteen years ago) link
The Buzzcocks - "Boredom"
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 April 2009 13:06 (fifteen years ago) link
can't see Dizzee topping 'I Luv U'
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Friday, 10 April 2009 13:27 (fifteen years ago) link
oh man, this thread
― a steak of romanticism (country matters), Friday, 10 April 2009 13:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Was "Everybody" Madonna's 1st single? If so, I nominate her.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 10 April 2009 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't believe nobody's mentioned Roxy Music yet. ("Virginia Plain")
Not to knock their great work for the next few years, but man, that sound!
― staggerlee, Friday, 10 April 2009 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
okay it's disputable that there are some better tracks on enter the 36 chambers, and protect ya neck might not even be my favourite, but i'd still say it's the best. like, objectively speaking. it won the ILM poll and most of my friends agree. i'm just going to assume you're joking about Gun Will Go and Stick Me for My Riches. shit, even Gravel Pit kinda blows.
― samosa gibreel, Friday, 10 April 2009 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Absolutely OTM.
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 April 2009 16:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Dizzee Rascal OTM
― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Friday, 10 April 2009 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll throw my hat in the ring for Television's "Little Johnny Jewel". Most won't agree, but it has a certain visceral quality...
2nds on "Radio Free Europe", "Touch Me. I'm Sick", "It's a Modern World", "Fa Ce La", "Get Up, and Use Me", "Cool", "New Rose" and the 1st single by just about every punk act.
Angelic Upstarts "The Murder Of Liddle Towers"Bauhaus "Bela Lugosi's Dead"
― factcheckr, Friday, 10 April 2009 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link
The Kingsmen
― late adopter, Saturday, 11 April 2009 06:29 (fifteen years ago) link
The Lovin' Spoonful
― late adopter, Saturday, 11 April 2009 06:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Deep Purple
― late adopter, Saturday, 11 April 2009 06:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Ramones
― late adopter, Saturday, 11 April 2009 06:43 (fifteen years ago) link
New Pornographers
― late adopter, Saturday, 11 April 2009 06:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Gnarls Barkley
― late adopter, Saturday, 11 April 2009 06:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Arctic Monkeys
― late adopter, Saturday, 11 April 2009 06:50 (fifteen years ago) link
If it were last year I would have agreed with "Everything Flows" but "Alcoholiday" and a few others are better..
― billstevejim, Saturday, 11 April 2009 06:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Lovin' Spoonful is wrong.
― billstevejim, Saturday, 11 April 2009 07:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I heard "Pony" by Ginuwine on the radio yesterday
omg yes
― billstevejim, Saturday, 11 April 2009 07:02 (fifteen years ago) link
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Saturday, 11 April 2009 07:17 (fifteen years ago) link
for the benefit of future searchers, the answer is Guns N' Roses
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Saturday, 11 April 2009 07:19 (fifteen years ago) link
"Sweet Child o' Mine" was GNR's first single? I thought it was "Welcome to the Jungle".
― Tuomas, Saturday, 11 April 2009 09:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually, according to Wikipedia, their first single was "It's So Easy".
― Tuomas, Saturday, 11 April 2009 09:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Oasis
― the one eyed, one horned, flyin' purple people eater (Boxing Kangaroo), Saturday, 11 April 2009 15:31 (fifteen years ago) link
First single was Welcome To The Jungle... I fail at youtube link paste
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Saturday, 11 April 2009 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
The Beautiful South
― Bostin' Legal (sic), Sunday, 12 April 2009 03:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Le Tigre: DeceptaconPIL: Public Image
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 19 April 2009 22:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Status Quo
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 20 April 2009 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Flaming Lips, if "My Own Planet" (main song on their debut EP) counts as a single.
― xhuxk, Monday, 20 April 2009 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Soundgarden ("Hunted Down"/"Nothing To Say")
― xhuxk, Monday, 20 April 2009 01:26 (fifteen years ago) link
ESG, if "Moody" (main song on their debut EP) counts as a single.
Gang of Four, "Damaged Goods" (45 version)
Pylon, "Cool"
The Pack, "Vans"
Too many old-school rap artists to name.
― xhuxk, Monday, 20 April 2009 01:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Some of these have probably already been named; don't have time to search them. If so, I second them. (And I third "Radio Free Europe" while I'm at it):
Patti Smith "Piss Factory"/"Hey Joe"
Vanilla Ice, "Ice Ice Baby" (original version)
Pet Shop Boys, "West End Girls"
Killing Joke, "Change"/"Requiem"
The Knack, "My Sharona"
Poison, "Talk Dirty To Me"
Was (Not Was), "Wheel Me Out"
Onyx, "Ah, And We Do It Like This"
Jesus & Mary Chain, "Upside Down"
Age Of Chance, "Bible Of The Beats"
― xhuxk, Monday, 20 April 2009 01:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Test Dept., "Compulsion"/"Pulsations"
― xhuxk, Monday, 20 April 2009 01:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Soul Asylum, "Tied To The Tracks"
― xhuxk, Monday, 20 April 2009 02:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Big Daddy Kane - "Raw"
― henry s, Monday, 20 April 2009 02:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Dire Straits, "Sultans Of Swing"
Maybe: The Police, "Fall Out"
Amazed to learn that "Go Now!" was actually not the Moody Blues' debut single (merely their second), so not them, I guess.
― xhuxk, Monday, 20 April 2009 03:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Agree on Annie (and lots of other ones above)
Disagree on The Monkees (whose best track was "Steppin' Stone") (and lots of other other ones above.)
― xhuxk, Monday, 20 April 2009 03:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Gretchen Wilson, "Redneck Woman"
― xhuxk, Monday, 20 April 2009 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I have to say, Chuck, that I find the Flaming Lips choice very puzzling, to think that they never topped "My Own Planet" -- to each his own I guess!
― Mark, Monday, 20 April 2009 04:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Have yet to agree with any response
― filthy dylan, Monday, 20 April 2009 05:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Mission of Burma
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 20 April 2009 05:03 (fifteen years ago) link
And every single one of their 1967-72 singles >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Go Now" anyway.
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 20 April 2009 09:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Really disagree with the Beta Band nomination in the first post; much as I love Champion Versions, Los Amigos is better in my mind.
Staggered that Doves haven't been mentioned so far.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 20 April 2009 09:38 (fifteen years ago) link
cuz Here It Comes" is not the best thing they ever done did?
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Monday, 20 April 2009 10:15 (fifteen years ago) link
God no; Cedar Room by lightyears.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 20 April 2009 10:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Beyonce
― master of karate and friendship for everyone (musically), Friday, 10 July 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Lily Allen
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 10 July 2009 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
(Crazy In Love was Beyonce's first single, right?)
― master of karate and friendship for everyone (musically), Friday, 10 July 2009 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
(solo, yes)
― Mark G, Friday, 10 July 2009 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
What about Work It?
― nate woolls, Friday, 10 July 2009 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
C'mon xhuxk, "Bible of the Beat" was Age of Chance's greatest moment, but was their second single.
― everything, Friday, 10 July 2009 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
There's an "original version" of "Ice Ice Baby"?
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 10 July 2009 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
"Upside Down"? "Everything Flows"? "Arnold Layne"? WTFever.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 10 July 2009 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
― Tuomas, Friday, 10 July 2009 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
if musically means work it out then yes, if she means crazy in love then no
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Friday, 10 July 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubd2uUPT5ww
― musically, Monday, 24 August 2009 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Bell Biv Devoe - 'Poison'
― Sometimes I can't help seeing all the way through (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 24 August 2009 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Speaking of Poison, their first single was "Cry Tough", xhuck. (xposts)
― Shakim O'Collier (kingkongvsgodzilla), Monday, 24 August 2009 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
the streets
― cozwn, Monday, 24 August 2009 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Flo Rida
― musically, Friday, 18 December 2009 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_aHlHc_Vb4
ignore the shit video please. and everything else they ever did.
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 18 December 2009 12:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Phoenix
― straightola, Friday, 18 December 2009 12:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I had the misfortune recently of seeing the Guillemots with the Penguin Cafe Orchestra recently at the British Council birthday and it was one of the most insipid jam offs ive ever seen.
― straightola, Friday, 18 December 2009 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yep i bet. some dire shit. that song never fails to give me goosebumps however. the bastards.
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 18 December 2009 12:20 (fourteen years ago) link
i think it's because it sounds like dexys. and nothing else they did does.
how have they ended up working with alex ward and loads of other improv weirdos? seems another example of average band being presented with how middle of the road they actually are after finding fame and thrashing around trying to get in the wire
― straightola, Friday, 18 December 2009 13:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I have no axe to grind for Guillemots but I think the Alex Ward connection goes back several years so I don't think it was a sudden post-"fame" credibility grab. Their drummer was in skronky theatrical hardcore band Camp Blackfoot with him in the 90s if memory serves.
(May be mixing my facts here as I have v. little interest in Guillemots; saw CB a bunch and miss them, however)
― brett favre vs bernard fevre, fite (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 18 December 2009 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link
The Sound--"Heyday"
― ellaguru, Friday, 18 December 2009 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Slipknot - "Wait and Bleed"
― born loser (CaptainLorax), Monday, 21 December 2009 23:24 (fourteen years ago) link
In a similar vein, Linkin Park - "One Step Closer".
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Monday, 21 December 2009 23:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Also The Sugababes.
and the Sugarcubes
― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 December 2009 10:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem)Hardfloor - Once Again Back (if B-sides to the artist's first single count)Sven Väth - L'Esperanza
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 09:20 (eight years ago) link
Scooter - Hyper HyperJam & Spoon - StellaATB - 9pm (Till I Come)Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (although I guess this is only valid as a one-hit wonder, but it is a debut single that's the best of the whole genre)Haddaway - What Is LoveCaptain Jack - Captain JackRednex - Cotton Eye JoeAlcazar -Crying At The Discotheque
I was surprised that Put A Donk On It was not a first single.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
Mariah Carey, "Vision of Love"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
seal - crazy
― dyl, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link