Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Inquiring minds want to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) They had four top 15 hits, between 1969 and 1972, so no. Edited September 21, 2018 by PromoTheRobot 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I could name 4 top ten singles in 10 seconds, so no. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Who? Late 60's early 70's band: https://www.badfingeruk.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 33 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: Late 60's early 70's band: https://www.badfingeruk.com Hmmm...is that the lead singer? I can see how they would be a one hit wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 16 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said: Hmmm...is that the lead singer? I can see how they would be a one hit wonder. One of Macca's side finds for Apple the band was nothing to get hung about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Not a one hit wonder, but not coming back for a reunion anytime soon. The lead singer hung himself in 1975 because he hired a crook as his manager. I remember looking up "Day After Day" a few years ago to figure out why I (wrongly) always thought it was a Clapton tune. I remembered the story. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/history-of-pete-ham-badfinger/ Around the time they started work on No Dice, they hired Stan Polley, a New York-based businessman with some experience in the music industry, to look after their money. Their agreement gave him power to negotiate all contracts, and he kept the members on salary throughout this time, paying them out of the royalties he was collecting on their behalf. By 1972, Apple was still in turmoil. With Badfinger owing the label one last record, Polley looked for a new company where he could get more favorable terms for his clients. He found one in Warner Bros., which signed the group to a $3 million deal for six albums in three years. It would start as soon as their contract with Apple expired. ... Meanwhile, Warner Bros. was beginning to wonder what Polley had done with the advances that had been placed in escrow. The band’s lack of money, coupled with sales declines, caused a great deal of tension in the studio. By late August, after the album had been completed, the situation came to a head. Ham, the only member of the group who still trusted Polley, walked away from the band and was replaced by keyboardist Bob Jackson, only to return a few weeks later. ... Over the next few months, Ham was driven deep into depression over his lack of money. On the night of April 23, 1975, he went out drinking with Evans, where they decided to fire Polley once and for all. Evans brought Ham home shortly after midnight when -- as recounted in Dan Matovina’s excellent biography of the band, Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger -- Ham told Evans, “Don’t worry. I know a way out.” That morning, Ham’s girlfriend Anne, who was eight months pregnant with their child, woke up and went to their garage, where Ham often wrote. She found him hanging from an overhead beam. He was three days away from his 28th birthday. The note he left was addressed to her and her son. It read, “Anne, I love you. Blair, I love you. I will not be allowed to love and trust everybody. This is better. P.S. Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. I will take him with me.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Rather hear Badmotorfinger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 2 hours ago, joesixpack said: Inquiring minds want to know Which one of their hits are you saying is the ONE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 19 minutes ago, Rico said: Which one of their hits are you saying is the ONE? Day after day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 1 minute ago, joesixpack said: Day after day Oh OK, I just looked them up on Billboard, and that did chart the highest. https://www.billboard.com/music/badfinger/chart-history Very good to great song, but I would rank it 3rd behind No Matter What and Come And Get It, with Baby Blue a close 4th. It's definitely the one that is most pop, where the others are rock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills4everNY Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Rico said: Oh OK, I just looked them up on Billboard, and that did chart the highest. https://www.billboard.com/music/badfinger/chart-history Very good to great song, but I would rank it 3rd behind No Matter What and Come And Get It, with Baby Blue a close 4th. It's definitely the one that is most pop, where the others are rock. Baby Blue is my favorite Badfinger song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Never really my thing.... did I miss something good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 They also wrote and recorded Without You, now a standard, which Nilsson took to #1. I do not care for their version at all though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Come and get it is in The Magic Christian with Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers. Great scene of Sellers and Starr throwing money in a swimming pool full of sewage while businessmen jump in to grab it all while the song is playing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 6 hours ago, joesixpack said: Inquiring minds want to know Which inquiring minds? I was pretty young, remember the bad name, but not the songs so I googled. Remembered more than one, ergo not one hit wonders. 4 hours ago, RaoulDuke79 said: Rather hear Badmotorfinger. Or Badfish. Pretty sure it's thanks to you posting the Badfish video in another thread that I came across a live version that I like: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Bills4everNY said: Baby Blue is my favorite Badfinger song. Mine too...it is also the closing song to Breaking Bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 11 hours ago, snafu said: Not a one hit wonder, but not coming back for a reunion anytime soon. The lead singer hung himself in 1975 because he hired a crook as his manager. I remember looking up "Day After Day" a few years ago to figure out why I (wrongly) always thought it was a Clapton tune. I remembered the story. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/history-of-pete-ham-badfinger/ Around the time they started work on No Dice, they hired Stan Polley, a New York-based businessman with some experience in the music industry, to look after their money. Their agreement gave him power to negotiate all contracts, and he kept the members on salary throughout this time, paying them out of the royalties he was collecting on their behalf. By 1972, Apple was still in turmoil. With Badfinger owing the label one last record, Polley looked for a new company where he could get more favorable terms for his clients. He found one in Warner Bros., which signed the group to a $3 million deal for six albums in three years. It would start as soon as their contract with Apple expired. ... Meanwhile, Warner Bros. was beginning to wonder what Polley had done with the advances that had been placed in escrow. The band’s lack of money, coupled with sales declines, caused a great deal of tension in the studio. By late August, after the album had been completed, the situation came to a head. Ham, the only member of the group who still trusted Polley, walked away from the band and was replaced by keyboardist Bob Jackson, only to return a few weeks later. ... Over the next few months, Ham was driven deep into depression over his lack of money. On the night of April 23, 1975, he went out drinking with Evans, where they decided to fire Polley once and for all. Evans brought Ham home shortly after midnight when -- as recounted in Dan Matovina’s excellent biography of the band, Without You: The Tragic Story of Badfinger -- Ham told Evans, “Don’t worry. I know a way out.” That morning, Ham’s girlfriend Anne, who was eight months pregnant with their child, woke up and went to their garage, where Ham often wrote. She found him hanging from an overhead beam. He was three days away from his 28th birthday. The note he left was addressed to her and her son. It read, “Anne, I love you. Blair, I love you. I will not be allowed to love and trust everybody. This is better. P.S. Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. I will take him with me.” The Band had a lot of potential, so it is a shame they were screwed by their manager. I believe I read the above about 2 years ago when one of the band members who was still touring was going to play Seneca Niagara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not at the table Karlos Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Bills4everNY said: Baby Blue is my favorite Badfinger song. The only song I know from them. Imo perfect way to end breaking bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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