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Reply #30 posted 09/26/15 2:35pm

SoulAlive	NorthC said: just because a band had only one hit, doesn't mean the rest of their music means nothing. I don't think anyone here is saying that.But there is a reason why the term "one-hit wonder" exists.
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Reply #31 posted 09/26/15 2:41pm

NorthC	Sure. Like I said, I think we all agree on this. So I was a bit surprised how this turned into a big discussion. [Edited 9/26/15 14:48pm] [Edited 9/26/15 14:50pm]
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Reply #32 posted 09/26/15 3:02pm

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hausofmoi7 said:

Billboard magazine is an industry magazine which labels and shareholders can monitor their investments. My point was how does that impact your listening pleasure? I understand the term one hit wonder, I would like to know of what value and significance does this demeaning and artistically hindering label provide anyone outside of shareholders and record labels? . [Edited 9/26/15 11:09am]

"One hit wonder" sounds like a bitter term a record label exec made up that amounts to "good for nothing", but for who? Only the corporation/shareholders.
The term negates the artists whole body of work and career. It may not even reflect their most culturally significant or impacting work and most likely not their best.
Its a damaging term.

Haus, "one hit wonder" may be a dismissive term, but it's an honest one. For example, Deon
Estus did not score another Billboard hit after "Heave Help Me." He had one hit, bro. So, if you
are going to have a problem with the term "one hit wonder," then you also need to have a
problem with "hit," which simply means a song released was popular as indicated by heavy air-
play and sales.

The only person who is importing concepts of "irrelevance," and "good for nothing" into this con-
versation about "one hit wonders" is you. Sticking with my example, just because Deon Estus
was a "one hit wonder" doesn't mean that he's 1) irrelevant; 2) good for nothing; and 3) that
the rest of his work is probably not his best. It just fucking means that he only had one song
that was able to chart with Billboard.

Your argument implies that a hit song makes an artist relevant, good, and indicates their best
work, and that is simply not the case all the way through.

SoulAlive	^^I like "Afternoon Delight"
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EroticDreamer	Sinead O'Conner= Nothing Compares 2 U Dexy's Midnight Runner= Come On, Eileen Maxi Priest= Close To You Oran 'Juice Jones'= The Rain - All good tunes
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SoulAlive	EroticDreamer said: Oran 'Juice Jones'= The Rain Love that song! it's actually my favorite R&B song of 1986.
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NorthC	EroticDreamer said: Sinead O'Conner= Nothing Compares 2 U Dexy's Midnight Runner= Come On, Eileen Maxi Priest= Close To You Oran 'Juice Jones'= The Rain - All good tunes Sinead wasn't a one hit wonder. Troy was a big hit in 1987.
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NorthC	Psy: Gangnam Style Scatman John: Scatman [Edited 9/30/15 2:07am]
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NorthC	Troy was Sineads first single and a hit, at least in Europe. Maybe not in the USA, but that just goes to show that a one hit wonder in one country can be famous in another. (As Adorecream also noticed.) And she is still making records. Maybe Hausofmoi had a point after all. I don't think we can call an act who had one big hit but kept making records for years, a one hit wonder.
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NorthC	Thanks to NoVideo's thread about the greatest alternative singles of the 80s, I realized that there were different singles from Sineads first album on both both sides of the Atlantic. So in America she was a one hit wonder while in Europe she wasn't. Okay. Enough argueing. Here is another one: Ini Kamoze: Here Comes the Hotstepper [Edited 9/30/15 12:35pm]
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SoulAlive	this song is so crazy,but I love it EroticDreamer said: Dexy's Midnight Runner= Come On, Eileen
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TraSoul82	I'm glad people aren't letting the pretentious bullshit derail this thread. With that said, does Suzanne Vega count? Tom's Diner was the shit, but I was shocked to find out later that she put out some great music that had no relatable style to that song whatsoever.
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NorthC	No, Suzanne Vega doesn't count. Marlene on the Wall and Luka were also hits. Toms Diner was a hiphop remix by someone or something called DNA, so that doesn't represent her music at all. But DNA featuring Suzanne Vega, yes, that qualifies as a one hit wonder! [Edited 10/1/15 9:04am] [Edited 10/1/15 9:09am]
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SoulAlive	"Emotion" by Samantha Sang (1978) Barry Gibb wrote and produced this song,and sings backup vocals and to be honest....it sounds entirely like a Bee Gees song Samantha can barely be heard,lol.Great song,though.It was originally intended for the Saturday Night Fever movie but I guess they couldn't find a perfect place for it.
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SoulAlive	funkyslsistah said: SoulAlive said: "She's Like The Wind" is a great song.Patrick Swayze actually had a nice voice.I wonder why he didn't seriously pursue a music career. It's better that he is known for one good song than possibly a cheezy actor/singer type of album like Don Johnson. that's true,lol
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SoulAlive	MickyDolenz said: Love this song! takes me right back to 1978....which is actually my favorite year for music.
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