Ever see a 1 hit wonder band live??

Shithead · 11-03-2009, 09:44 PM

I did once..and i can't recall their name or the actual name of the song...

Goes like this

Save my Life i'm going down for the last time...

BLAH..BLAH..BALH..
Was free tix won on the Radio...

It's on the tip of my tongue...

Head East!! That's the name!!

You Tube

Boleskinehouse · 11-03-2009, 09:45 PM

I don't think I have. Seen a bunch of bands with NO hits.

Shithead · 11-03-2009, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Boleskinehouse

I don't think I have. Seen a bunch of bands with NO hits.

Well me 3 ,but....

diceman · 11-03-2009, 09:53 PM

Superdrag.

Loved 'em.

Saw them in a shitty dive bar in Columbus, OH - called Bernie's.

These guys were huge on MTV when I was a kid - then they fell off the face of the earth.

"The Hit"

YouTube - SUPERDRAG : "Sucked Out"

Terrible recording - good song. This is the first half of the song:

YouTube - Superdrag Reunion - Chicago "Keep it Close to Me"

2nd half - different crappy gig!

YouTube - Superdrag - Keep It Close To Me - SXSW 2009 - Guero's Taco Bar ( 03.20.2009 )

Another song that I really like: (was never released)

YouTube - Superdrag - The Staggering Genius (unreleased)

I'm just glad they're still out there touring, despite falling off the map 15 years ago.

Shithead · 11-03-2009, 10:00 PM

I'm just glad they fell off the map!! Never heard of 'em!!

mrpesca · 11-03-2009, 10:05 PM

Saw The Rasberries at the Sunset Blvd. House Of Blues. Eric Carmen at one time had a serous set of pipes on him. Age messes with your vocal chords especially for guys that used to sing in the higher registers. Catchy tunes they had.

YouTube - The Raspberries - Go All The Way/I Wanna Be With You

Shithead · 11-03-2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mrpesca

Saw The Rasberries at the Sunset Blvd. House Of Blues. Eric Carmen at one time had a serous set of pipes on him. Age messes with your vocal chords especially for guys that used to sing in the higher registers. Catchy tunes they had.

YouTube - The Raspberries - Go All The Way/I Wanna Be With You

I know that tune......

Atomic · 11-03-2009, 10:19 PM

thats a great raspberries video

lpcustom69 · 11-03-2009, 11:30 PM

Saw the Raspberries when they were still based in Cleveland. Another similar type of band that I liked in the 70s was Artful Dodger. They had a few good tunes like Wayside, It's Over, and Scream.

YouTube - ARTFUL DODGER - "Scream"

YouTube - ARTFUL DODGER - "Wayside" Promo Video

leftyguitarman · 11-03-2009, 11:52 PM

I saw A Flock Of Seagulls once.

And I also saw the Romantics too. Same stage, same day.

GibsonByBirth · 11-04-2009, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shithead

I did once..and i can't recall their name or the actual name of the song...

Goes like this

Save my Life i'm going down for the last time...

BLAH..BLAH..BALH..
Was free tix won on the Radio...

It's on the tip of my tongue...

Head East!! That's the name!!

Oh you youngens get it straight. Head East was big in the late 70's. Heres another hit that comes to mind. You may not recall it but it was a biggie.

YouTube - Head East - Since You've Been Gone - Live at RIBCO May 2007

BTW the Raspberries were a two hit wonder. Loved both of their hits.

Fletch · 11-04-2009, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by GibsonByBirth

Oh you youngens get it straight. Head East was big in the late 70's. Heres another hit that comes to mind. You may not recall it but it was a biggie.
YouTube - Head East - Since You've Been Gone - Live at RIBCO May 2007

BTW the Raspberries were a two hit wonder. Loved both of their hits.

Well no shit, I thought that was a Rainbow song. Never knew it was a cover. I remember the other Head East song very well from my childhood, great song.

fletch

KSG_Standard · 11-04-2009, 12:44 AM

I saw Head East, but I never thought of them as a 1-hit wonder...I saw Tommy Tutone...

YouTube - 867-5309/Jenny, LIVE

november · 11-06-2009, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrpesca

Saw The Rasberries at the Sunset Blvd. House Of Blues. Eric Carmen at one time had a serous set of pipes on him. Age messes with your vocal chords especially for guys that used to sing in the higher registers. Catchy tunes they had.

YouTube - The Raspberries - Go All The Way/I Wanna Be With You

I'm sorry if I missed the reason why you put this into the area about "one hit wonders". But you are right that it has been a very long time since the Raspberries had any particular presence on the music scene before their 2004 reunion tour. I did not attend the Sunset Strip show or any on that tour and could only judge from third party tellings that the vocals were not as well represented here as on some of the other shows. But, it is this show that was recorded by prior arrangement and has resulted in a live CD/DVD.

In addition to this concert series, Eric Carmen with and without Raspberries has performed in Cleveland for two specific events, one being the highly touted Les Paul Tribute concert held shortly prior to Les Paul's death. It was quoted and I paraphrase that Eric Carmen, the lead singer and prominent composer of the Raspberries' hits, felt it to be the highest honor of his career to pay homage to his guitar hero. Acknowledging that without Les Paul, recorded music would not be anything like it has become, he felt it a favor to have been invited to perform. And all the reports I hear about Eric Carmen's voice are very positive.

Here is a promo video of the Sunset CD/DVD where the band is performing several of their hits.

Raspberries on Sunset Strip

dennistruckdriver · 11-06-2009, 08:01 AM

I saw the O'Neders....no, that was a movie....never mind!
I have seen the guy who wrote the song 'Treat Her Right'; he was playing bass with Dale Watson.

Fracture · 11-06-2009, 08:39 AM

Don't know if they qualify as "one hit wonders" but Gin Blossoms
at Metro in '93??
Awesome 2 guitar attack, plus the concert is available on DVD.
Great show, perhaps a dozen or so Red Stripes had an influence.

GibsonByBirth · 11-06-2009, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fracture

Don't know if they qualify as "one hit wonders" but Gin Blossoms
at Metro in '93??
Awesome 2 guitar attack, plus the concert is available on DVD.
Great show, perhaps a dozen or so Red Stripes had an influence.

I think if they've had more than one hit then they don't qualify.

Here is an example of a one hitter.

YouTube - Last Song - Edward Bear

Mattyboy · 11-06-2009, 09:06 AM

I saw White Lion open for Ozzy like 20 years ago on the No Rest for the Wicked tour.

Great opportunity to hit the beer stand before ozzy came on.

LP_Fan · 11-06-2009, 09:26 AM

Honeymoon Suite. Opened for REO in 87. I think they only had one hit.

mrpesca · 11-06-2009, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fletch

Well no shit, I thought that was a Rainbow song. Never knew it was a cover. I remember the other Head East song very well from my childhood, great song.

fletch

It wasn't a Rainbow song or a Head East song. It was Russ Ballards song
(Guitarist for Argent) The Rainbow version is the best but I won't post it here because they have more than one hit.

GibsonByBirth · 11-06-2009, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrpesca

It wasn't a Rainbow song or a Head East song. It was Russ Ballards song
(Guitarist for Argent) The Rainbow version is the best but I won't post it here because they have more than one hit.

It was a hit for Head East in 1977. When did Russ Ballard (I have no idea who that is)do it?

mrpesca · 11-06-2009, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by GibsonByBirth

It was a hit for Head East in 1977. When did Russ Ballard (I have no idea who that is)do it?

Since You Been Gone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Russ Ballard on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

Russ Ballard - Part Man, Part Hit Machine - Rate Your Music

Shithead · 11-06-2009, 11:17 PM

I saw White Lion in a local club....

Von Bek · 11-06-2009, 11:18 PM

Em...Zebra, quite a bit, though they produced an album or two, I can't recall if any of their songs were actually hits. Anyone...Beuller?

I thought their Zeppelin and Rush covers were quite good though.

GibsonByBirth · 11-06-2009, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrpesca

Since You Been Gone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Russ Ballard on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

Russ Ballard - Part Man, Part Hit Machine - Rate Your Music

Don't forget to check for Head East's forth album in wikipedia you will see it was on there too and they did have a hit with it.

mrpesca · 11-07-2009, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GibsonByBirth

Don't forget to check for Head East's forth album in wikipedia you will see it was on there too and they did have a hit with it.

Yes it looks like several bands had their way with that song. Just goes to show it's the songwriting, not the artist that determines a good song.

Astrokreep · 11-07-2009, 02:05 AM

I saw Alien Ant Farm once. Around the time their cover of Smooth Criminal was big.

StrangerNY · 11-07-2009, 02:39 AM

I played a festival outside of Philly in the mid-70s and a band called The Illusion came down from Long Island to headline the show. They had a regional hit with a song called 'Did You See Her Eyes' that was pretty good. I'll never forget that they backed a Ryder truck up to the stage and loaded 6 full Marshall stacks onto the stage - everybody played through Marshalls, even an electric piano. I think I was 16 at the time, and that was the biggest stage rig I'd ever seen in my life. And the band rocked like crazy.

They put out two albums. The first one (with the hit) was self-titled, the second called 'If It's So' that had a song on it called 'Let's Make Each Other Happy' which got some local airplay. I always expected them to break big, but it never happened.

- D

StrangerNY · 11-07-2009, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Von Bek

Em...Zebra, quite a bit, though they produced an album or two, I can't recall if any of their songs were actually hits. Anyone...Beuller?

I thought their Zeppelin and Rush covers were quite good though.

'Wait Until the Summer's Gone' was their best tune - that was the one they used to play in their radio ads for clubs like Speaks and Detroit up in Westchester and BAB used to play it quite a bit..

I hated that one about bears hibernating.

- D

H.E.L.Shane · 11-07-2009, 11:43 AM

Lets See...

The Hooters... Tommy Tu-tone... Thomas dolby... Metallica

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