Dropping Like Flies

Hot take: The phrase "one-hit wonder" isn't meant to be taken literally.

Heilung4eva wrote:
Hot take: The phrase "one-hit wonder" isn't meant to be taken literally.

exactly it's also widely applied to bands that have had longevity beyond their hit… i.e Jesus Jones who I think have referred to themselves jokily as a 1.5 Hit wonder

Disagree


There are real one hit wonders


You can’t call a band like Mr Mister with two number one hits a one hit wonder

James Randi, Magician and Paranormal Debunker, Dies at 92
Illusionist known as “The Amazing Randi” also founded Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

"Randi even helped spice up the theatricality of rock star Alice Cooper, helping him to build his guillotine stage prop as well as touring with him in the ’70s."

Where do you find this stuff?

bitter wrote:
Where do you find this stuff?

someone posted it on FB.  i used to watch The Amazing Randi on TV…

Jerry Jeff Walker

bitter wrote:
Jerry Jeff Walker

Jason Narducy has the best stories…
I went to a Chicago radio station early one morning in 1993 because there was a rumor Pete Townshend might show up to do an interview. I was hoping I could meet Pete. I shared an elevator with a man carrying a guitar so I introduced myself. It was Jerry Jeff Walker.
He was doing an interview at the same station. I was honest with him about why I was there. JJW said “Oh yeah - Pete’s great. Say, why don’t you pretend to be my assistant so you can come into the station with me. You’ll have a better chance at meeting Mr. Townshend that way”
I accepted his offer and was excited to get into a little harmless mischief with a legend like him. I stood in the control room while JJW was interviewed. A station employee asked me, “Does Mr. Walker need anything?” I looked up and said “What?” I’d already forgotten my role. “Oh! If Jerry didn’t ask for anything then he’s fine”.
After the interview, we walked down a hallway along with station staff members and JJW smiled and said very loudly “Nice to meet you, Jason!” The staff looked at me, confused. He was really having fun now and I was on my own. I could no longer hang out waiting for Pete.
So I jumped in the elevator to get a couple more mins with Jerry Jeff Walker. I was 22 and starting to get a little attention from the “music industry”. I told him ASCAP wanted to sign me and asked him if BMI was better. He got off the elevator and before the doors closed he said…
“They’ll both fuck you, son”
The doors closed.
#RIPJerryJeffWalker

That is a good one!

One of my college friends was/is a huge JJW fan

Lee Kun-Hee

I'm sure it's a sad day for one of our board regulars.

William Blinn, Emmy-winning screenwriter who created ‘Starsky & Hutch,’ dies at 83

Billy Joe Shaver

bitter wrote:
Billy Joe Shaver

Tough week for outlaw country singers with three names. So glad Willie doesn't go by Willie Hugh.

James Broad - Silver Sun

https://www.nme.com/news/music/james-broad-of-silver-sun-has-died-2805582

When I was knee deep into 90s Power Pop, Silver Sun were one of the best…

If you like harmonies and loud guitars they are worth seeking out…

Also fuck cancer



“Just heard that James Broad has died. Silver Sun were almost my ideal of a band – guitars that could flatten cities and harmonies like the Beach Boys.”


https://twitter.com/michaelahann/status/1322234214675263489?s=21

Sean Connery

At a ripe old age in the Bahamas.  Well done.

I always think of Trainspotting when I hear his name.

First James Broad and then James Bond, now James Blunt must be quaking in his boots.

bitter wrote:
Sean Connery

Bummer…he was one of my faves

what was odd when kozmo posted about james broad… I first thought he said bond and Sean had died then

Space wrote:
First James Broad and then James Bond, now James Blunt must be quaking in his boots.

Also, James Buffett

bitter wrote:
Sean Connery

He’s the man now, Dog.