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Re: One Hit Wonders 2wins #158507 08/11/10 06:20 PM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 7,626 Barely above Sea Level 2wins veteran 2wins veteran Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 7,626 Barely above Sea Level my favorite warren zevon song. sure, you can talk to god, but if you don't listen then what's the use? so, onward through the fog!

Re: One Hit Wonders Joe Keegan #158508 08/11/10 06:21 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 47,433 Likes: 373 Puget Sound, WA pdx rick Member CHB-OG pdx rick Member CHB-OG Joined: May 2005 Posts: 47,433 Likes: 373 Puget Sound, WA Originally Posted by Joe Keegan While we're on wolfy theme, here's one that's not a one- hit wonder, but so what. Awesome song! Contrarian, extraordinaire

Re: One Hit Wonders pdx rick #158510 08/11/10 06:26 PM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 605 San Francisco Jeffro journeyman Jeffro journeyman Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 605 San Francisco One hit??? Are you kidding? What about "Ballroom Blitz", "Little Willy" and "Action"... Or even "Love Is Like Oxygen"? We are constantly invited to be who we are. Henry David Thoreau

Re: One Hit Wonders 2wins #158511 08/11/10 06:29 PM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 605 San Francisco Jeffro journeyman Jeffro journeyman Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 605 San Francisco Originally Posted by 2wins hey there little red riding hood, you sure are looking good ... Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs! Sweet. We are constantly invited to be who we are. Henry David Thoreau

Re: One Hit Wonders pdx rick #158514 08/11/10 06:31 PM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 605 San Francisco Jeffro journeyman Jeffro journeyman Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 605 San Francisco Originally Posted by california rick Originally Posted by Jeffro ...is the only hit song (that I'm aware of) concerning cannibalism... Jeffro! How could you forget the one-hit wonder: Toto Coelo ? I have tried so hard to forget this one! It's the like cannibal version of "I Want Candy" We are constantly invited to be who we are. Henry David Thoreau

Re: One Hit Wonders 2wins #158515 08/11/10 06:34 PM Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,707 J Joe Keegan OP veteran OP Joe Keegan veteran J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,707 Originally Posted by 2wins my favorite warren zevon song. Yeah! Open chords.

Re: One Hit Wonders Joe Keegan #158517 08/11/10 06:54 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,723 alabama H humphreysmar old hand humphreysmar old hand H Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,723 alabama Speaking of death songs, we have to include teen angel and tell laura i love her Currently reading: Best American Mystery Stories edited by Lee Child and Otto Penzler. AARGH!

Re: One Hit Wonders humphreysmar #158518 08/11/10 07:00 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,723 Philly 'burbs C Chuck Howard old hand Chuck Howard old hand C Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,723 Philly 'burbs Not necessarily a "hit" because it wasn't played on Top Forty radio...but I think it qualifies anyway: Iron Butterfly's "In A Gadda Da Vida"

Re: One Hit Wonders Chuck Howard #158520 08/11/10 07:17 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,630 Likes: 28 Athens, Ga. olyve veteran olyve veteran Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,630 Likes: 28 Athens, Ga. Originally Posted by Chuck Howard Not necessarily a "hit" because it wasn't played on Top Forty radio...but I think it qualifies anyway: Iron Butterfly's "In A Gadda Da Vida" Oh Chuck you have no idea what a good memory that brings back. "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."

Re: One Hit Wonders olyve #158522 08/11/10 07:25 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,723 Philly 'burbs C Chuck Howard old hand Chuck Howard old hand C Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,723 Philly 'burbs Well, Olyve, let me guess...the song, if I remember correctly, was about 17 minutes long...I can only imagine...