catman 1,026 Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) G'day all, this made me smile this morning. One of our local AM sports radio stations has a habit of playing a few seconds of pop songs as links in between program segments. Today they played a few seconds of James....'Laid'. Frankly I was shocked by the lyrics (the original version of the song), and I realised that it was years (literally) since I'd last heard the song. Talk about forgotten 'one hit wonders'! Regards, Felix. Edited January 2, 2018 by catman Spelling. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSmith 1,946 Posted January 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, catman said: Talk about forgotten 'one hit wonders'! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life JSmith 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LogicprObe 7,137 Posted January 2, 2018 Who's James? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThirdDrawerDown 3,712 Posted January 2, 2018 Eccentric and occasionally sublime Manchester rock band from about 1984 to present day. Has a similar regional and international following as what the Verve achieved. Even though they are very good, it is still a silly name for a band. "Laid" "Millionaires" and "Pleased to Meet You" are the go-to albums. Their various Greatest Hits collections are always a hodge-podge, which is entirely reasonable for this band. As for one-hit wonders, that's how The Church is viewed by the industry as they only ever got one song onto the Billboard Top 100. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swervyn 347 Posted January 2, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvG6gjFvXeA Hardly a one hit wonder! at least 2 lol, good bit of crowd surfing 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian McP 3,765 Posted January 2, 2018 you don't hear songs like this anymore The Fang from Nervous Norvus he actually had a few hits, all rather novelty! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrbuzzardstubble 18,005 Posted January 2, 2018 You never ever hear this on 'hits & memories'. A shame, really. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrbuzzardstubble 18,005 Posted January 2, 2018 I could have some fun here. Gotta a lot of one hit wonders in the memory banks. The Casuals - Jesamine 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrbuzzardstubble 18,005 Posted January 2, 2018 From back in the day when they knew how to compose a catchy pop song. Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rantan 8,198 Posted January 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, mrbuzzardstubble said: I could have some fun here. Gotta a lot of one hit wonders in the memory banks. The Casuals - Jesamine One of my all time favourite songs and also one that is very close to my heart, even to this day. I have heard a few other songs by The Casuals and while they are OK, this is really special 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob181 3,184 Posted January 2, 2018 10 minutes ago, mrbuzzardstubble said: Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes Geez...I used to sing this back in the day... Was a crowd favourite...for a VERY SHORT time... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colinm1 769 Posted January 2, 2018 wonder why they never had more hits 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caddisgeek 3,702 Posted January 2, 2018 40 minutes ago, mrbuzzardstubble said: You never ever hear this on 'hits & memories'. A shame, really. This is one of the greatest songd ever written 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
t_mike 6,096 Posted January 2, 2018 29 minutes ago, colinm1 said: wonder why they never had more hits I don't! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrbuzzardstubble 18,005 Posted January 2, 2018 I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman - Whistling Jack Smith, who was no match for..... 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob181 3,184 Posted January 2, 2018 Geez... @mrbuzzardstubble... Your GTG's must be legendary... Bet you empty the room with just one song... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
