Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

Kolido · 15-11-2019 12:26PM

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

By my count She's So High is at 5 and currently tied with Pass The Dutchie, and I Ran should have 6.

You are correct, thanks.

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie 5 Vs 5 Tal Bachman - She's So High
LFO - Summer Girls 2 Vs 6 Sugar Ray - Every Morning
O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei 6 Vs 5 Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran 6 Vs 3 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Electric Nitwit · 15-11-2019 12:27PM

sKeith wrote: »

nick & kylie only had the one hit wonder

Ah yeah, not arguing with it being here, but voting for it would hurt my soul

15-11-2019 12:28PM

Spook_ie wrote: »

R1 Match 51
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

Wild roses is just too weird, song about taking her virginity and murdering her with a rock, I mean WTF

My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand......

And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
As he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist.....

It was from an album called Murder Ballads, and it's not even the darkest song on that album!

So while it's a bizarre song as a standalone commercial hit it fits perfectly within the context of the album.

Spook_ie · 15-11-2019 12:29PM

R1 Match 52

Robin Beck - First Time

At least it has a bit of a guitar solo you can air guitar to.

R1 Match 53

Berlin - Take My Breath Away Those opening notes just take your breath away anyway

R1 Match 54 Can't say I liked either

Declan A Walsh · 15-11-2019 12:38PM

R1 Match 51
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance – Good song: gets my vote.
VS
Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow – very worthy but a song I have always found too much like hard work to listen to!

R1 Match 53
Berlin - Take My Breath Away – Just plain tedious.
VS
Michael Sembello – Maniac – Great song: gets my vote.

Kolido · 15-11-2019 12:49PM

Currently

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie 5 Vs 5 Tal Bachman - She's So High
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance 6 Vs 1 Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
Robin Beck - First Time 3 Vs 5 Crazytown - Butterfly
Berlin - Take My Breath Away 5 Vs 3 Michael Sembello – Maniac
The Calling - Wherever You will Go 4 Vs 3 Shawn Mullins - Lullaby

15-11-2019 12:52PM

Crazy town - butterfly. I used to be told that every time that song come on they were reminded of me.

Berlin - take my breath away

Dunno about the others yet.

Electric Nitwit · 15-11-2019 12:53PM

Kolido wrote: »

Currently

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie 5 Vs 5 Tal Bachman - She's So High

I'll push Pass the Dutchie over the line, missed that earlier. That's a classic

Necro · 15-11-2019 12:56PM

Electric Nitwit wrote:

I'll push Pass the Dutchie over the line, missed that earlier. That's a classic

Wooooooo

That's all my picks through to round 2

Kolido · 15-11-2019 12:57PM

Just one to resolve, with 10 left, I will post 2 groups of 5, get round 1 out of the way.

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie 6 Vs 5 Tal Bachman - She's So High
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance 6 Vs 1 Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
Robin Beck - First Time 3 Vs 6 Crazytown - Butterfly
Berlin - Take My Breath Away 6 Vs 3 Michael Sembello – Maniac
The Calling - Wherever You will Go 4 Vs 3 Shawn Mullins - Lullaby

Kolido · 15-11-2019 12:59PM

R1 Match 55

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

Released 1997
Peaked US 5/UK 6

VS

Gerardo - Rico Suave

Released 1991
Peaked US 7/UK NA

R1 Match 56

Furniture - You Must Be Out Of Your Brilliant Mind

Released 1986
Peaked US NA/UK 21

VS

The Bluetones - Slight return

Released 1996
Peaked US NA/UK 2

R1 Match 57

Gotye - somebody that I used to know

Released 2011
Peaked US 1/UK 1

VS

Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Released 1983
Peaked US 1/UK 28

R1 Match 58

The J. Geils Band - Centerfold

Released 1981
Peaked US 1/UK 3

VS

The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town

Released 1985
Peaked US 7/UK 15

R1 Match 59

Big Mountain - Baby I love Your Way

Released 1994
Peaked US 6/UK 2

VS

Five For Fighting - Superman It's Not easy

Released 2001
Peaked US 14/UK 48

15-11-2019 01:00PM

The calling wherever you will go. Like it more out of the 2

15-11-2019 01:01PM

Furniture
Yes
Life in a northern town

I love all those tunes.

Necro · 15-11-2019 01:03PM

Kolido wrote:

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

Yes to Eagle Eye Cherry. Fab song.

Kolido wrote:

Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Better of the two in this contest imo.

Kolido wrote:

Five For Fighting - Superman It's Not easy

Another one I would have nominated if I had like 10 spaces. Great track.

15-11-2019 01:03PM

#55 - Vote Save Tonight
#57 - Vote Somebody I Used To Know
#59 - Vote Baby I Love Your Way

Abstaining on the other two as I only know one of those four.

15-11-2019 01:03PM

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight It's acceptable.

Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart I despise Gotye's song and resent how everyone loves it.

Big Mountain - Baby I love Your Way I adore the part where it slows down.

Electric Nitwit · 15-11-2019 01:08PM

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Love this tune. He's still going, played Whelans recently!

Edit: Furniture. Kol, I think bluetones slipped through the net, just looked at wiki and they had 8 UK top twenties
The Bluetones - Slight return
This is my era. Surprised they snuck in as they had loads of good tunes but they never made it the way they could/should have

Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Classic. And I'm glad something good came up against Gotye as that's an obvious ohw but I hate it!

The J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Ah yeah, classic choice for this competition

Big Mountain - Baby I love Your Way
Exactly what we need here, pretty rubbish generic cheese that everyone knows and kind of likes! Plus I didn't recognise Superman so had a listen there, didn't grab me

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 15-11-2019 01:18PM

Save Tonight - glad someone else nominated it, because it was a tough decision leaving this off my list.

Slight Return - love this one, but forgot it existed. Great choice whoever nominated it.

Somebody That I Used To Know - the last of my nominations. Overplayed at the time, but having not heard it for a few years, I threw it on there recently and loved it again.

Centerfold - I've changed my mind three times already on this one, but think Centerfold just edges out Life In A Northern Town for me slightly.

Superman (It's Not Easy) - This was a close one, but just have better memories of the Five For Fighting song.

Squall Leonhart · 15-11-2019 01:21PM

Save Tonight

Superman

Life in a northern town

Somebody That I Used To Know

Abstain on other 1

Sheridan81 · 15-11-2019 01:23PM

Shawn Mullins-Lullaby

Good nineties memory.

Gerardo-Rico Suave

Because I want this to win for the craic.

Furniture-Brilliant Mind

Bluetones shouldn't be here.

Yes-Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Classic.

Big Mountain-Baby I Love Your Way

Don't like the other song at all.

Dream Academy-Life In A Northern Town

It's less in your face.

Kolido · 15-11-2019 01:23PM

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Love this tune. He's still going, played Whelans recently!

Edit: Furniture. Kol, I think bluetones slipped through the net, just looked at wiki and they had 8 UK top twenties
The Bluetones - Slight return
This is my era. Surprised they snuck in as they had loads of good tunes but they never made it the way they could/should have

Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Classic. And I'm glad something good came up against Gotye as that's an obvious ohw but I hate it!

The J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Ah yeah, classic choice for this competition

Big Mountain - Baby I love Your Way
Exactly what we need here, pretty rubbish generic cheese that everyone knows and kind of likes! Plus I didn't recognise Superman so had a listen there, didn't grab me

Apologies, that one should not have qualified.

I can disqualify it and give Furniture a bye as I dont have a replacement now.

With 128 songs I suppose I was bound to miss 1

Mam of 4 · 15-11-2019 01:27PM

Save Tonight ,

You Must Be Out Of Your Brilliant Mind , ace song , my pick

Owner of A Lonely Heart ,

Centrefold ,

Baby I Love Your Way , class tune..

Will edit in a minute when I can see what I forgot , had to park up for a minute to check the thread , damned busy Fri mornings !

Electric Nitwit · 15-11-2019 01:29PM

Kolido wrote: »

Apologies, that one should not have qualified.

I can disqualify it and give Furniture a bye as I dont have a replacement now.

With 128 songs I suppose I was bound to miss 1

Fair play if it's only one, cracking effort!

15-11-2019 01:31PM

Match 57

Somebody that i used to know - best song in the competition hands down and the person who picked it is very handsome

Spook_ie · 15-11-2019 01:32PM

Kolido wrote: »

Apologies, that one should not have qualified.

I can disqualify it and give Furniture a bye as I dont have a replacement now.

With 128 songs I suppose I was bound to miss 1

I can't help feeling that you've forgotten my nomination, if these are the last 10 It's not showing on search

2 Macarena Los Del Rio (1996)

Kolido · 15-11-2019 01:34PM

Spook_ie wrote: »

I can't help feeling that you've forgotten my nomination, if these are the last 10 It's not showing on search

2 Macarena Los Del Rio (1996)

I have 5 matches left to post, it could be in those

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 15-11-2019 01:36PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Match 57

Somebody that i used to know - best song in the competition hands down and the person who picked it is very handsome

Eh thanks... I think... How did you know? Are you watching me?

15-11-2019 01:38PM

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Eh thanks... I think... How did you know? Are you watching me?

I love a random internet stranger in uniform

Kolido · 15-11-2019 01:39PM

Current scoress
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 6 Vs Gerardo - Rico Suave
Furniture - You Must Be Out Of Your Brilliant Mind 4 Vs 1 The Bluetones - Slight return

The Bluetones have been disqualified, I apologies for not flagging this earlier and giveing the person who nominated it another pick. Furniture advances.

Gotye - somebody that I used to know 4 Vs 5 Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
The J. Geils Band - Centerfold 3 Vs 3 The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
Big Mountain - Baby I love Your Way 4 Vs 3 Five For Fighting - Superman It's Not easy

Tomw86 · 15-11-2019 01:41PM

My votes;

Yes - Owner of a lonely heart
J. Gelis Band - Cantrefold
Big Mountain - Baby I love your way

Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

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