Maybe in the US, but in the UK Status Quo was most defintely NOT a one hit wonder.....
26th January 2008 08:18 PM
robpop
quote:lotsajizz wrote:
Maybe in the US, but in the UK Status Quo was most defintely NOT a one hit wonder.....
Ahhh...Good point.
26th January 2008 08:41 PM
fireontheplatter
quote:M.O.W.A.T. wrote:
What does "M.O.W.A.T." initialize?
Man Of Wealth And Taste -- as in "Please allow me to introduce myself"
People over at Shidoobee just shortened it to MOWAT - makes for easier typing. LOL
next question
who the freak is that girl with the chest who keeps ripping the purple t shirt?
have you any idea how many lost hours of sleep i've had watching this?
26th January 2008 08:54 PM
Gazza
quote:lotsajizz wrote:
Maybe in the US, but in the UK Status Quo was most defintely NOT a one hit wonder.....
Theres quite a few others in this thread in the same category. Big Country? boomtown rats?
Works both ways of course....
The Grateful Dead were technically a one hit wonder over here....
26th January 2008 09:08 PM
robpop
quote:Gazza wrote:
Theres quite a few others in this thread in the same category. Big Country? boomtown rats?
Works both ways of course....
The Grateful Dead were technically a one hit wonder over here....
Shit, I'm guilty of typical American arrogance.
26th January 2008 09:08 PM
Left Shoe Shuffle
quote:Gazza wrote:
The Grateful Dead were technically a one hit wonder over here....
And in the US, too.
But they still managed to eke out a living...
26th January 2008 09:13 PM
Gazza
'Touch of Grey' was their only hit there too? Wouldnt have known.
Still, its obviously another act lost in the translation I guess, which works both ways. That said, I think they were pretty big on the continent as far as crowd pulling goes, just not so much in the UK.
26th January 2008 09:19 PM
Left Shoe Shuffle
quote:Gazza wrote:
'Touch of Grey' was their only hit there too? Wouldnt have known.
Yup, their only Top Ten single.
26th January 2008 10:04 PM
M.O.W.A.T.
Word!
26th January 2008 10:20 PM
robpop
Some Pittsburgh area funkiness.
26th January 2008 10:23 PM
Highwire Rob
First up... A Pittsburgh band:
Some other One Hit Wonders from all over space & time:
Edison Lighthouse may be a one-hit wonder, but lead singer, Tony Burrows certainly wasn't. In February 1970 he became the first (and still the only) person to appear on BBC Television's Top Of The Pops fronting three different acts in one show. Orig. BBC editing/band copy:
The YouTube msg postings on this one are really cool...
I guess Michael Penn had a couple of tracks floating around the charts in the 1990's but I still dig this one:
Okay, I'm Done!
but for one: ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xLi39E9PbA
[Edited by Highwire Rob]
26th January 2008 10:25 PM
robpop
I beat you to it....Rob
By a few seconds.
[Edited by robpop]
26th January 2008 10:31 PM
Highwire Rob
robpop!!!! Do great Pittsburgh minds think alike or what!? I was putting that post together for some time as you see by the content, and I'll be damned if you didn't get that up there before me! WHAT THE HECK -- TWILIGHT ZONE!!!!
26th January 2008 10:40 PM
robpop
quote:Highwire Rob wrote:
Hey were you at the VL show when they opened up for the Stones a Three Rivers Stadium. Man, I felt sorry for those guys.
The review in The Post-Gazette the next day was titled "The world's worst rock and roll band opens up for the world's greatest rock and roll band."
At least we got Pearl Jam last time.
26th January 2008 10:43 PM
sirmoonie
Not much of a vid, but the song soars. Super fine!
26th January 2008 10:47 PM
robpop
How can we forget?
26th January 2008 10:57 PM
robpop
Although this could go in another thread(s}....This could be the sexiest song ever.
26th January 2008 11:03 PM
robpop
I still like this song.
WHen in Rome
26th January 2008 11:04 PM
robpop
Ok last one.
What you gonna do when you get out of jail?
26th January 2008 11:15 PM
Sioux
quote:lotsajizz wrote:
Maybe in the US, but in the UK Status Quo was most defintely NOT a one hit wonder.....
That's what I was going to say. They were big in Britain...and were around for a long time {still are?}
26th January 2008 11:16 PM
sirmoonie
quote:robpop wrote:
Although this could go in another thread(s}....This could be the sexiest song ever.
Close, but this takes it.
26th January 2008 11:52 PM
Bloozehound
Powermad
27th January 2008 01:03 AM
M.O.W.A.T.
27th January 2008 06:20 AM
lotsajizz
quote:Gazza wrote:
'Touch of Grey' was their only hit there too? Wouldnt have known.
No. Casey Jones, Truckin, and Alabama Getaway all hit the charts and these and many others were FM staples throughout the 70's....
27th January 2008 10:42 AM
Gazza
Thanks. Have to say I cant have imagined they wouldnt have had a few hit singles.
Cheers for the Michael Penn video, robpop. Excellent song. Havent heard that in a while.
[Edited by Gazza]
27th January 2008 12:15 PM
guitarman53
Robpop loved that video of Buffalo Springfield at Monterey Pop, but actually they had several other hits, "Mr. Soul" which has the satisfaction guitar riff was big, Neil Young song, also Bluebird/Rock 'N' Roll Woman/ Expecting To Fly & On The Way Home, but not as big hit as "For What It's Worth".
27th January 2008 12:41 PM
Highwire Rob
quote:Gazza wrote:
Cheers for the Michael Penn video, robpop. Excellent song. Havent heard that in a while.
HEY GAZZA!! THAT WAS THE OTHER "ROB"!
27th January 2008 01:05 PM
open-g
Re. Nena - it's probably right to say "one-hit-wonder" from an international point of view, but she's still producing and going strong in Germany.
btw, 99 Red Ballons and this song "Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann" (ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE) was written by our guitarist Carlo Karges, who died in 2002.
It got covered by a few bands and Carlo had to listen and aprove the cover versions.
I recall listening to some Hip-Hop version from L.A.
that was dreadfull butchering job, but of course they where allowed to do it - well, because of the cash
Nena - Kim Wilde : anyplace, anywhere, anytime
This is her german home page and it opens with a cover of She's Like A Rainbow
http://www.nena.de/
... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xLi39E9PbA 
