least remebered one hit wonders of new wave

[acdollete]

got one?

@cd

[i_like_lectric_motors]

wala akong matandaan.

[JohnPaulGeorgeRingo]

ako din


Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.

[Frau_Blucher]

Humans - Get You Tonight

[waukena]

Blotto - 'I Wanna be a Lifeguard'

[oneno]

Savant-The neo realist at risk

[i_like_lectric_motors]

Patrick D. Martin - I Like 'Lectric Motors.

[waukena]

[quote][i]Originally posted by i_like_lectric_motors[/i]
<br>Patrick D. Martin - I Like 'Lectric Motors.
[/quote]

art imitating life?

[:D][:D]

[2Nu]

<a href="http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=29GJVD4BRS0CV053E70C59QM17" target="blank">Ampersand - Traction</a>

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[Hondo]

The Monroes - What Do All The People Know

[plagiarism]

Love that Monroes song.

"Sausalito Summer Night" - Diesel

(It actually made the Billboard charts.)

[Ape Module]

None of these bands I'm going to mention are exactly unremembered, but I do think they are classifiable as "one-hit wonders" and novelty acts while in actuality, they made some good music outside of the big hit the public at large remembers them for:

[b]Men Without Hats[/b] (known for Safety Dance, also worthy for Antarctica, I Got the Message and parts of the Pop Goes the World album)

[b]Trio[/b] (known for Da Da Da, also worthy for Anna (LetMeInLetMeOut), Hearts are Trump, Sunday You Need Love Monday Be Alone and Broken Hearts for You and Me)

[b]Wall of Voodoo[/b] (known for Mexican Radio, also worthy for the entirety of their first 2 albums)

[b]The Vapors[/b] (known for Turning Japanese, also worthy for loads of their recorded output)

I know people remember these bands, but it's largely to poke fun at them. A Flock of Seagulls gets the same bad rap (Known for I Ran, worthier still for Space Age Love Song and some really great songs off their first three albums)...

I realize some of these bands are lightly coated with a layer of nostalgic cheese, but I get tired of having to defend them (and new wave in general.)

I have a lot of frenz who like to hear some of this stuff occasionally, but it is almost taken as a joke by them. With the knowing smirk...you know.

But while I dig on lots of different music, it's these bands and others from the same time and same general genre who I keep coming back to because they bring me so much pleasure.