Best one hit wonders of the 1990's?

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  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,571
    Commy said:
    MEGATRON wrote:
    jeremy -pearl jam
    its 1 hit wonders. since you can't read.


    this thread rules, keep em coming. never really listened to the freshmen until now.
    Don’t listen to him man, he’s just a troll. Anyone who was around in the 90’s knows for sure that Evenflow was a catchy tune, also.
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,066
    mookieblalock said:
    Commy said:
    MEGATRON wrote:
    jeremy -pearl jam
    its 1 hit wonders. since you can't read.


    this thread rules, keep em coming. never really listened to the freshmen until now.
    Don’t listen to him man, he’s just a troll. Anyone who was around in the 90’s knows for sure that Evenflow was a catchy tune, also.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,201
    Surprised this band/song wasn't mentioned yet. Meat Puppets "Backwater"

    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,813
    eeriepadave said:
    Surprised this band/song wasn't mentioned yet. Meat Puppets "Backwater"

    Lake of Fire was pretty good.  😉
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,201
    Heard this on the radio today and I'd consider them a one hit wonder. Luscious Jackson with "Naked Eye"

    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,730
    Love this song!^ forgot about it
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,730
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bP1qnxnu4aI&pp=ygUJTnVkZXN3aXJs

  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,813
    eeriepadave said:
    Heard this on the radio today and I'd consider them a one hit wonder. Luscious Jackson with "Naked Eye"

    Kate, from BBoys!
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  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    tempo_n_groove said:
    I'd put Belly on the list.  Feed the Tree is the only thing I can recall from them.  The rest of the album was unlistenable to me.

    "Full Moon Empty Heart" remains one of my favorite songs to this day....

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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,201
    Few early 90's forgotten ones
    Saigon Kick "Love is on the Way"

    Also The Heights "How Do You Talk to an Angel"



    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    Standing Outside of a Broken Phone Booth with Money in my Hand - Primitive Radio Gods, will always be my #1 hit wonder of any decade.
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    F Me In The Brain said:
    eeriepadave said:
    Surprised this band/song wasn't mentioned yet. Meat Puppets "Backwater"

    Lake of Fire was pretty good.  😉
    When Nirvana did it.  Black Water was their only hit.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,201
    I would throw The Juliana Hatfield Three's "My Sister" as one hit wonder. Maybe a few minor hit singles like Spin the Bottle or Universal Heart Beat


    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    eeriepadave said:
    I would throw The Juliana Hatfield Three's "My Sister" as one hit wonder. Maybe a few minor hit singles like Spin the Bottle or Universal Heart Beat


    @brianlux will have something to say about this, lol!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    tempo_n_groove said:
    eeriepadave said:
    I would throw The Juliana Hatfield Three's "My Sister" as one hit wonder. Maybe a few minor hit singles like Spin the Bottle or Universal Heart Beat


    @brianlux will have something to say about this, lol!

    Haha!  Indeed.  
    Hatfield put out a terrific memoir called When I Grow Up.  In her book, she intersperses various stories about how she developed her love of music, a very interesting/revealing story about her mother's affair with Mountain bassist and multi-instrumentalist Felix Pappalardi, a slightly nervous telling of the time Henry Rollins put up Blake Babies in his house for a few days (which is rumored to likely have led to her writing the song "President Garfield" from same album as "My Sister"- Garfield is Rollins' surname)-- all of that sandwiched between nicely detailed chapters involving The Blake Baby on tour.

    One very cool story in her book is about the song eeriepadave mentioned, "Spin the Bottle".  She was inspired by P. J. Harvey to write a danceable, snappy tune in 5/4 time, no easy task.  And what a fine success!  That tune's easy groove belies the unusual timing.  But if you listen to it and count it out-- one two three four five, one two three four five, one two three four five-- it simply grooves. 

    I like "My Sister", but for me it's probably at least halfway down my list of favorites from Become What You Are, one of my favorite albums of Hatfield's.  It was recently re-issued on vinyl through American Laundromat Records and that pressing sounds fantastic!



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    -Roberto Benigni

  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,201
    edited October 2024
    I would put Del Amitri "Roll to Me" in here as well. Least in the US i would consider them maybe a one hit wonder. "Always the Last to Know" was kinda popular I suppose.  More hits outside the U.S.

    Post edited by eeriepadave on
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • MikeDigs
    MikeDigs Santa Monica, CA Posts: 1,680
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCsGRCf8T9Y
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  • JV267526
    JV267526 Posts: 203
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    brianlux said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    eeriepadave said:
    I would throw The Juliana Hatfield Three's "My Sister" as one hit wonder. Maybe a few minor hit singles like Spin the Bottle or Universal Heart Beat


    @brianlux will have something to say about this, lol!

    Haha!  Indeed.  
    Hatfield put out a terrific memoir called When I Grow Up.  In her book, she intersperses various stories about how she developed her love of music, a very interesting/revealing story about her mother's affair with Mountain bassist and multi-instrumentalist Felix Pappalardi, a slightly nervous telling of the time Henry Rollins put up Blake Babies in his house for a few days (which is rumored to likely have led to her writing the song "President Garfield" from same album as "My Sister"- Garfield is Rollins' surname)-- all of that sandwiched between nicely detailed chapters involving The Blake Baby on tour.

    One very cool story in her book is about the song eeriepadave mentioned, "Spin the Bottle".  She was inspired by P. J. Harvey to write a danceable, snappy tune in 5/4 time, no easy task.  And what a fine success!  That tune's easy groove belies the unusual timing.  But if you listen to it and count it out-- one two three four five, one two three four five, one two three four five-- it simply grooves. 

    I like "My Sister", but for me it's probably at least halfway down my list of favorites from Become What You Are, one of my favorite albums of Hatfield's.  It was recently re-issued on vinyl through American Laundromat Records and that pressing sounds fantastic!



    I just looked up the lyrics to President Garfield and it DEFINITELY is about Henry Garfield Rollins!
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    GlowGirl said:
    hihobibo said:

    TheBeardedFellow said:
    Spacehog - In the Meantime

    Eve 6 - Inside Out

    I know Spacehog was a one hit band, but I really enjoyed that entire album. Surprised they never got that second radio hit, because I listened to that CD all the way through so many times. 
    A few of the guys in Spacehog lived in my neighborhood as they were coming up. I saw them a few times in smaller venues and got to be friends with the drummer. He was a really nice guy. I remember going to a party at the guitar players apartment once. Then of course, I lost touch with them as they got bigger, and the lead singer married Liv Tyler. 

    he did? wow. 

    and is life in NY like this for everybody? lol. 
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