Posted on 12/10/2009 10:44:24 AM PST by a fool in paradise
Pretty soon radio will be dead and we will ONLY hear about the top 25 ringtones.
Not so odd.
Chuck’s Ding-A-Ling was a legend but still a one hit wonder.
Does the author dislike Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle?” They had a couple other tracks which charted on Modern Rock, but largely missed the pop charts.
All time most over-hyped one-hit wonder: Oasis. The “Biggest Band Since the Beatles” peaked with a #8 single, the dreadfully written, “Wonderwall.” A little dead-cat bounce (Most “one-hit” wonders have minor hits for follow-ups. See, for instance, A-ha’s “The Sun Always Shines On TV.”) also charted, “Champaign Supernova.” Ick.
I liked James Blunt’s song, “You’re Beautiful”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCNwiUbdy-E
Here is his military bio.
Blunt trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[5][8] He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Life Guards, a unit of the Household Cavalry, where he rose to the rank of Captain.[8][9] One of his first assignments was to British Army Training Unit Suffield in Alberta, Canada, where his squadron was posted for six months in 1998 to act as the opposing army in combat training exercises.[10]
In 1999, he served as an armoured reconnaissance officer in the NATO deployment in Kosovo. Initially assigned to reconnaissance of the Macedonia-Yugoslavia border, Blunt and his unit worked ahead of the front lines directing forces and targeting Serb positions for the NATO bombing campaign. He led the first squadron of troops to enter Pristina, and was the first British officer to enter the Kosovo capital. His unit was given the assignment of securing the Pristina airport in advance of the 30,000-strong peacekeeping force; the Russian army had moved in and taken control of the airport before his unit’s arrival. As the first officer on the scene, Blunt shared a part in the difficult task of addressing the potentially violent international incident.[11] There were less intense moments during Blunt’s Kosovo assignment, however. Blunt had brought along his guitar, strapped to the outside of his tank. At some places, the peacekeepers would share a meal with hospitable locals, and Blunt would perform. It was while on duty there that he wrote the song “No Bravery”.[12]
A keen skier, Blunt captained the Household Cavalry Alpine Ski Team in Verbier, Switzerland, eventually becoming champion skier of the entire Royal Armoured Corps. He had extended his military service in November 2000,[13] and after an intensive six-month army riding course was posted to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment in London, England.[6] During this posting, Blunt was interviewed about his responsibilities on the television programme “Girls on Top”, a series highlighting unusual career choices.[14][15] He stood guard at the coffin of the Queen Mother during the days of her lying in State and was part of the funeral procession on 9 April 2002.[16] Blunt finally left the army on 1 October 2002 having served six years.[17]
Same with the movies.
This is Billboard. They do the tracking. Probably only referred to artists in the top 20 of the top 100 list. Not by speciality top “list”.
What about a cheery song called “ Timothy” about three miners trapped and they eat the man in the above title.
Or “Shannon” about a dog who swims away and drowns.
Both 1970 hits...they dont write like that anymore, folks.
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