Good call on "Piano in the Dark."
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
Will to Power-"Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird"
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:32 (2 years ago) Permalink
That one is GROTESQUE.
To their credit, Will to Power recorded several awesome freestyle hits before and after "Baby I Loved Your Way." Remember "Dreamin'," "Say It's Gonna Rain," and "Fading Away"?
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
Jump 'N the Saddle Band-"The Curly Shuffle"
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
Re Will to Power, I recall there being an even more grotesque version that tacked "I'm Not in Love" to the front of the medley. Maybe I'm mis-remembering though.
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
xp: I don't think I like this path we are on
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
I recall there being an even more grotesque version that tacked "I'm Not in Love" to the front of the medley
Nope -- that was another hit, and a top ten in '90!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
I found a large number of these songs on 12" for $1-$3 dollars yesterday. Seattle peeps desperate for One Hit Wonders and the unsuccessful records that followed, hit me up. I'll tell you where they are stashed.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 5 May 2011 16:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ugh Will To Power late 80s jamz please go away
I really, really hate Londonbeat
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 20:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
I thought I hated Londonbeat too, but then I just relistened to it and those guitars are pretty delirious and basically I could listen to them all day.
― immer wieder, ralf & günther (NickB), Thursday, 5 May 2011 20:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
Matos is absolutely right in arguing that those guitars are pure Congolese rumba/soukous.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 20:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
I can totally hear that now. Also it's not entirely unlike some of the stuff Fine Young Cannibals were doing. Obviously there are the vocal similarities but also those bright fluid guitar sounds over that machine-like backing track.
― immer wieder, ralf & günther (NickB), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
they were the FYC's backup singers, I think.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh really? That would obviously explain a few things!
― immer wieder, ralf & günther (NickB), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
I dunno...theyre too smooth-sounding. Like if there is a smooth jazz equivalent for pop, that is Londonbeat. and that damn song is an earworm of the highest order
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
I want every single one of these songs on my iPod and I want to listen to them non-stop for the next six months.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 6 May 2011 03:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 6 May 2011 03:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 6 May 2011 03:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ooh, this one!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 May 2011 17:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
87. johnny hates jazz - shattered dreams
I almost forgot that song existed. O.O
― Leopard on the Cheetos Bag (MintIce), Friday, 6 May 2011 23:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
Danny Wilson- marys prayer
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
Deon estus - heaven help me
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Immortal Swayze
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 14:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
i love the rusty griswald in the womack and womack video.
― Crooked Lust (thebingo), Saturday, 7 May 2011 14:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
Eric Carmen and Jermaine Jackson (unfortunately) not one hit wonders.
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 7 May 2011 15:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
Style - Telefon
― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
Holy shit I totally forgot about this song...lol late 80s was such a weird time for music
Grayson Hugh "Talk It Over"
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also have we done Baltimora, Tarzan Boy yet? Forgot how much I love that one.
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol yes we have, in the first post of this thread /facepalm
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
the "16 years old" part is ew creepy but damn I really love Benny Mardones "Into The Night"
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
I posted that somewhere upthread, but I just wanted to point out that I love it too. Let's hang out and listen to records, VG!
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 8 May 2011 09:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
When he slummed as a terrible pop music critic, Leonard Pitts, Jr. used to promote Grayson Hugh as one of the great underrated artists of our time.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 May 2011 12:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ah, here we are:
Hugh's third album Road to Freedom (MCA Records, 1992) was voted "one of the year's top-ten albums" by Billboard Magazine and received rave reviews. Leonard Pitts, Jr. of the Miami Herald said: "Have I heard any newcomer in the last decade who excites me as much as this guy? No."[1]
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 May 2011 12:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wow, in the last decade. That's a big call.
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 17:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
Is Charlie Sexton mentioned yet?
― Kim, Sunday, 8 May 2011 18:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
― MarkoP, Sunday, 8 May 2011 18:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
<3 Charlie
― VegemiteGrrl, Sunday, 8 May 2011 19:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
"Talk It Over" is such a blatant ripoff of "Come and Get Your Love" that I can't believe Redbone didn't sue.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 9 May 2011 01:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
for Charlie i meant Beat's So Lonely of course, but perhaps Impressed charted well too.in any case it has probably the most archetypal video of a certain 80s vibe (that i can't quite quantify otherwise)
― Kim, Monday, 9 May 2011 16:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
Man, you could cut a steak with Sexton's cheekbones.
Also: all his songs have that thud-thud-thud.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy
― Kim, Monday, 9 May 2011 19:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^^ for JoBoxers - Just Got Lucky, Grayson Hugh - Talk It Over, and The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Alot of new-wavey one-hit-wonders I thought of had their one hit in 1979 so don't count, darn.
― Lee626, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 15:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
God... Charlie was one of my top 5 pinup guys. Forgot those lips! Damn. He was like a hotter, taller Roland S Howard. Slightly goth :D
― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 17:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
Face to Face: "10, 9, 8"
Bouregois Tagg: "I Don't Mind At All"
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
er, Bourgeois
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 20:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
Was that a hit in the US? Cause it wasn't even their biggest hit in Canada. That would probably be "It Doesn't Really Matter" or "Crying Over You" or "Situation Critical".
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:36 (2 years ago) Permalink