The Dean Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 One that comes to mind is Summertime Blues by Blue Cheer. Good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 "Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl" - The Barbarians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D It really is the closest to a one-hit wonder that you'll find in classical musical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D It really is the closest to a one-hit wonder that you'll find in classical musical. Except it didn't become a 'hit' until 300 years after it was written. Pachelbel produced a significant body of work - all magnificent. The musical 'laity' may be most familiar with the Canon in D because it's an overplayed wedding-favorite, but Pachelbel is hardly a 'one-hit' wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners Safety Dance - Men Without Hats Turning Japanese - The Vapors In a Big Country - Big Country Humpty Dance - Digital Underground Rapper's Delight - Def Squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullpen Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Rapper's Delight - Def Squad Sugar Hill Gang, Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 The one in Reservoir Dogs is definitely Stealers Wheel...I'm not aware of any Bob Dylan version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMrm7ZQ0aMA You are correct Sir, just looked it up on Wiki and it says its commonly mistaken for a Dylan song due tothe similar vocal styles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Except it didn't become a 'hit' until 300 years after it was written. Pachelbel produced a significant body of work - all magnificent. The musical 'laity' may be most familiar with the Canon in D because it's an overplayed wedding-favorite, but Pachelbel is hardly a 'one-hit' wonder. Actually, that's what "hits" are...popularity with the musical laity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Except it didn't become a 'hit' until 300 years after it was written. Pachelbel produced a significant body of work - all magnificent. The musical 'laity' may be most familiar with the Canon in D because it's an overplayed wedding-favorite, but Pachelbel is hardly a 'one-hit' wonder. must be part of the laity. I found it funny nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcali Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight RunnersSafety Dance - Men Without Hats Turning Japanese - The Vapors In a Big Country - Big Country Humpty Dance - Digital Underground Rapper's Delight - Def Squad Pasta--you are between....mmmmm......38 and 45???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullpen Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Pasta--you are between....mmmmm......38 and 45???? No doubt! When I saw Joe's list, I thought "wow, bet he's about the same age as me..." I gotta believe, partly due to our generations short attention span, we spawned an armada of "one-hit-wonders." Bet that's the first time "armada" has been used on TBD in 2009! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Actually, that's what "hits" are...popularity with the musical laity. I think 'hits' are more accurately described as music that is commercially successful, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I think 'hits' are more accurately described as music that is commercially successful, no? Is there a difference? I guess there is a slight difference. But, music doesn't become commercially successful enough to be a "hit" unless it appeals to the musical laity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Is there a difference? I guess there is a slight difference. But, music doesn't become commercially successful enough to be a "hit" unless it appeals to the musical laity. The other question that puzzles me - can something actually be called a 'hit' if it doesn't become popular with the laity, or commercially successful, until 300 years after it's written? In any case, I wouldn't even say Canon in D is popular with the laity, can't be described as commercially successful since I don't think he made much money off of it, and it is certainly not even close to being one of Pachelbel's most popular compositions among those in the classical music community. In fact, it's probably one of the most reviled - if only because it is sooooo overplayed due to the fact that it became very trendy to play it as a wedding processional in the last part of the 20th century. Thus its familiarity and, to an extent, its popularity grew 'among the laity'. Now, if being extremely overplayed, excerpted, rearranged, and reiterated constitutes a 'hit', then Canon in D certainly qualifies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Now, if being extremely overplayed, excerpted, rearranged, and reiterated constitutes a 'hit', then Canon in D certainly qualifies. I kinda thought that was the definition of a "hit". BTW, did you happen to watch the clip HopsGuy linked? I think it might appeal to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I kinda thought that was the definition of a "hit". BTW, did you happen to watch the clip HopsGuy linked? I think it might appeal to you. Actually, Dean, I started to but had to stop - I hate f&%king Pachelbel's Canon in D! You might enjoy this one though - Rachmaninoff Prelude in C# minor - another commercially successful, extremely overplayed, and popular-among-the-laity standard of the classical repertoire - even more popular, in an earlier decade of the last century, than Canon in D - another 'one-hit wonder' I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 That was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Actually, Dean, I started to but had to stop - I hate f&%king Pachelbel's Canon in D! You might enjoy this one though - Rachmaninoff Prelude in C# minor - another commercially successful, extremely overplayed, and popular-among-the-laity standard of the classical repertoire - even more popular, in an earlier decade of the last century, than Canon in D - another 'one-hit wonder' I guess... An Asian Victor Borge, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Terry Jacks:Seasons in the Sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfm-17pu6SQ Paper Lace : The Night Chicago Died Formative songs in the early 70's for a boy born in 63. Also, this was all I could find, but the shaving cream song was huge on radio sometime in my youth, maybe only on Buffalo radio, but it was so risque for a 9 or 10 year old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrFishfinder Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Good one Certainly an old one, which sure dates my keester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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