'Hit Me Baby' Brings Back 80s 1-Hit Wonders

NBC10 ^ | 6/04/05 | NBC10

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Thanks.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

The Eighties I remember...

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Very interesting. Crowded House was an offshoot of the Kiwi band of the 80's, Split Enz.

Not to bring a downer to this thread, but the Drummer of Crowded House, Paul Hester committed suicide a few weeks ago in his home city.

It seems that rock stars are unfortunately overrepresented in the "People who die too young" category.

[Clemenza]

My info re: Haircut 100 and Crowded House was wrong. I was thinking of Split Enz. Sorry folks!

Although I am right on everything else! :-)

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Split Enz had some great songs.

[expatguy]

Did anyone mention Cheap Trick "The Flame"?

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Not me...

Tracks by Cheap Trick were not in my favourites. Each to his own.

[Clemenza]

The Flame was awful. Cheap Trick peaked a few years earlier with Surrender and I Want You to Want Me.

[Hokie Bird]

Actually those are from the Haircut 100 classic "Love Plus One." Trust me. It's on my iPod.

By the way, has anybody mentioned Violent Femmes yet?

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Why can't I get just one ....

[Clemenza]

X got into a lot of trouble because of "Johnny Hit and Run." Then they went mersh with "Fourth of July."

Speaking of Husker Du, didn't Bob Mould come out of the closet a few years back or am I thinking of someone else.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Leaving out the Violent Femmes from great 80's bands is like leaving out milk from a sundae.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Bob Mould came out of the closet years ago. The (male) drummer from my first band ran off to live with him in Minneapolis - no lie!

[Red Sea Swimmer]

In a punk vein, the other great bands form the 80's were, The Dead Kennedys and the Sex Pistols,

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Correction "from"

[FreedomPoster]

You should check out this page:

Jenny, Are You There?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Agreed, I kinda feel the same way about Danzig.

Now there is someone who can be legitimately called a troll...

I was backstage at a Danzig show and said: "Wow, he looks like a troll." I was not well recieved for the comment, but the group of rowdy roadie biker fellows I was there with made them kind of nervous so they let well enough alone...

[Caipirabob]

Yikes! I can't quite assemble a coherant thought here, but what's forming is along the lines of British "Class" vs American "Whatever".

[Red Sea Swimmer]

I just had a quick look. Very interesting. I'm sure the guy that wrote the song never knew how much it would have affected various phone company profits.

[Red Sea Swimmer]

Adam Ant looks like a History teacher a-la Mr.Chips in that photo, while the guy on the right looks like the Commander of an Alien Glam-Rock Civilization Spaceship just landed on a stage somewhere.