The 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders
Friday, 29 April 2011
1: The Kingsmen, “Louie Louie” (no.26, 1964)
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Everything one might demand of an essential pop record: pounding rhythms, nonsense lyrics that might easily be appropriated for use of chant...
Thursday, 28 April 2011
The Ten Worst One-Hit Wonders
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In compiling this musical venture, inevitably, I had to sit through a lot of dross along the way: throwaway, once-heard-best-forgotten rubbi...
2: Animotion, “Obsession” (no.5, 1985)
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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the BIGGEST SYNTHS IN THE WORLD; synths played by GIANTS, standing ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS, standing on ...
Sunday, 24 April 2011
3: M/A/R/R/S, “Pump Up The Volume/Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)” (no.1, 1987)
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The 2001 of one-hit wonders, pointing us in the direction of a new way of making music; one that seemed revolutionary at the moment of re...
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