I'm actually loving all the One Hit Wonder songs!!! I forgot about a lot of them.
GOS- have you heard Styx with Lawrence Gowan? He's actually wonderful! Well, in my opinion anyways. I love the new stuff!
I'm actually loving all the One Hit Wonder songs!!! I forgot about a lot of them.
GOS- have you heard Styx with Lawrence Gowan? He's actually wonderful! Well, in my opinion anyways. I love the new stuff!
He sings it high, he plays it low
Every time I hear the song "Believe it or Not", I think of George Costanza from "Seinfeld" and his answering machine message..."Believe it or not, George isn't at home..."
TBF i have actually seen Styx with Lawrence Gowan (on tour with Def Leppard) he's not too bad but for me Styx will always be DeYoung, Shaw, JY, Chuck and John. I like their stuff from the 70's and 80's.
Any kind of love without passion
That ain't no kind of lovin' at all
I was never a big DeYoung fan myself. LOVED everyone else and I'm sorry to say, what really turned me off of DeYoung, I believe, was the whole Mr Roboto thing. Anyways, have gotten to see them a couple of times now with Lawrence and was actually blown away by him. He's all over the stage and just such a personality, and sounds so great. After the first concert, I googled him and found out what kind a big star he already was in some countries before being asked to join Styx. I'm now hooked.
But I know what you mean---this is really rare for me to like someone that has replaced an original member of a band, example: Journey---sorry, just not the same without Steve Perry!
But again just my opinion.
He sings it high, he plays it low
I agree Mr. Roboto was a bad move (some of the other songs on the Kilroy album were not too bad) but like you said i don't really like people replacing other members in a band (Journey, ect..) And i actually do like some of Gowan's solo stuff! he's good in his own right i think i just have a problem replacing one of my favorite members in the band but thats JMO
But Anyway One Hit Wonders:
Always Something There-Naked Eyes
Rock On-David Essex
Wasting My Time Default
Soft Cell Tainted Love
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
Semisonic - Closing Time
Bad English - When I See You Somie
Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
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Any kind of love without passion
That ain't no kind of lovin' at all
List Your Guilty Pleasures
Wayne Newton (absolutely LOVE this man-one of my most prized possessions is a pic he autographed personally to me)
Walk Like An Egyptian-The Bangles
Barry Manilow
Can't Touch This-MC Hammer
Ice Ice Baby-Vanilla Ice
Start A Band-Brad Paisley (fooled all of you on this one didn't I?)
Just A Friend-Biz Markie
Itchycoo Park-Small Faces (and proud of it!)
It Wasn't Me-Shaggy
Christina Aguilera
Hella Good-No Doubt
In The End-Lincoln Park
Wild Thing & Funky Cold Medina-Tone Loc
He sings it high, he plays it low
My main guilty pleasure is Copacabana by Barry Manilow. I cannot listen to his other songs.
Willie, Itchycoo Park is a great track.
I have a Partridge Family CD (ducks)
I have a Smokie CD (I don't know if they had any hits in the States but in Britain they had hits with covers of Living Next Door To Alice & Needles & Pins - unless they did the original of 'Alice', I'm not sure).
Some of my guilty pleasures off the top of my head:
"I Write the Songs" - Barry Manilow
"Single Ladies" - Beyonce
"Hips Don't Lie" - Shakira and Wyclef Jean
"So What" - Pink
"Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears
"I Got a Feeling" - Black-Eyed Peas
"Bye Bye Bye" - *NSync
"I Want It that Way" - Backstreet Boys
"The Sign" - Ace of Base
"Take a Chance on Me" - Abba
"Rehab" - Amy Winehouse
"Rockstar" - Nickelback
"Parents Just Don't Understand" - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
"Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga
"Achy Breaky Heart" - Billy Ray Cyrus
"Slim Shady" - Eminem
"Cars That Go Boom" - Lil Trimm and Lady Tigra
"Fight for Your Right to Party" - Beastie Boys
Anything by Air Supply, John Denver, Olivia Newton-John, New Kids on the Block, the Bee Gees or Kenny Rogers.
So What is a great track.
I have NEVER considered Abba or the Bee Gees to be guilty pleasures. I saw the Bee Gees twice & they were two of the best shows I ever saw. I can understand why they may be regarded this way as there was such a backlash against them at one point.
As for John Denver I defy anyone to tell me that Rocky Mountain High isn't one of the best songs ever written. Stuff like Grandma's Feather Bed is a bit more dubious, I grant you.