Throwback Thursday Category: 90s Alternative One Hit Wonders (2 Viewers)

[Bruce Dickinson]

Couple of female lead vocals

"Here And Now" - Letters To Cleo

Not a huge fan of the song. Huge fan of how Parks And Rec worked this band and song into a running gag.

"Stutter" - Elastica

So. Very. 90s.

 

[John Bender]

Edie Brickell was a college radio favorite but had that damn What I Am song all over radio at some point in the 90s

 

[TheAristocrat]

Thanks for this thread, RL. I needed something to occupy my time today.

 

[John Bender]

Couple of female lead vocals

I remember Elastica more for Connection. Terribly 90s

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I suppose World Party was a two hit wonder, but what the hell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZrIdbumFiI

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Couple of female lead vocals

Then you probably also remember

"Pretend We're Dead" - L7

And

"Seether" - Veruca Salt

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Dropping the motherload of one hitters in this post:

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

Laid - James

Eels - Novocaine for the Soul

For some reason, all of these remind me of one another a bit.

 

[Quint]

Ok. I can't stop.

You want it hard and heavy?

Clean My Wounds by CoC

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yvsQsao1F88

Or strung out and chill?

Sex and Candy by Macy's Playground

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-KT-r2vHeMM

skewing metal. great song though...along with "Albatross" (actually, Deliverance was a great album top to bottom)

 

[John Bender]

First person to post a song from the "She Likes Me For Me" thread gets punched in the wiener

 

[D_House]

Spacehog - In the Meantime

Sneaker Pimps: 6 Underground

Edwyn Collins - Never Met A Girl Like You Before

Stars - Hum

Breeders - Cannonball

Cornershop - Brimful of Asha

Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet

Love all these picks. Great thread.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Couple of female lead vocals

4 Non Blondes - What's Up

and

Another Version

 

[Quint]

"Pets" - Porno For Pyros

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Dropping the motherload of one hitters in this post:

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

If we all post this one enough times, I think we could make Tanner's head explode.

The writer/vocalist of that one resurfaced recently, writing several songs for "Begin Again".

 

[Doug B]

Drivin N Cryin too big to drop "Fly Me Courageous" in here?

 

[John Bender]

16 Candles down the drain....

Sponge?

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Dropping the motherload of one hitters in this post:

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

If we all post this one enough times, I think we could make Tanner's head explode.

If it isn't the Pixies or Mad Men, it sucks.

 

[TripItUp]

And

"Seether" - Veruca Salt

was a big fan of this one

 

[Quint]

Drivin N Cryin too big to drop "Fly Me Courageous" in here?

great call.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Drivin N Cryin too big to drop "Fly Me Courageous" in here?

no

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

"Buttermilk" - Eugenius

Not sure if this one got enough run to even be a "hit", but it got pushed hard by my college radio station.

 

[Quint]

"Sister Havana" - Urge Overkill

 

[John Bender]

Has so few plays on Spotify...is this not a well known song or a hit? Just curious

 

[D_House]

Stereo MCs - Connected (British R&B/Dance) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm8ClRnVxtE

The Odds - Someone Who Is Cool (power pop) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eimpocAKIv0

Got a lot of college radio play and hit the charts as well. still like em.

 

[Skinny]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1umEXpGHc0E

The Verve Pipe

Came in here to post this exact song. Was a big fan back in the day. Kind of caught on, but not as well as I thought it should have....

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

And

"Seether" - Veruca Salt

was a big fan of this one

They released a second album with "Volcano Girls" as the lead single, but since that song specifically referenced "Seether", I felt it was fair to consider them one-hit wonders.

 

[D_House]

Definitely one hit. Early 90s college radio type alternative.

Great guitar work, even if the whiny vocals kind of blow. And a great album cover.

This whole album is great. Robert Quine on guitar.

 

[urbanhack]

Stereo MCs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm8ClRnVxtE

 

[Doug B]

90s

great call.

Coming up with all these bands that played the LSU bars in the early 90s. Was thinking about Dash Rip Rock's "Let's Go Smoke Some Pot", too, but wasn't sure if that made it nationally.

 

[TheAristocrat]

Dropping the motherload of one hitters in this post:

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

Laid - James

Eels - Novocaine for the Soul

For some reason, all of these remind me of one another a bit.

Totally forgot about the Eels. Great song.

 

[bigmarc27]

Drivin N Cryin too big to drop "

Honeysuckle Blue was a better song. Also even though I think Blur is a great band, Song 2 is by far their biggest hit and likely the only song many people know of theirs.

 

[Doug B]

Drivin N Cryin too big to drop "Fly Me Courageous" in here?

no

They were immense down here for a few years. "Straight to Hell" (1989) was played (and dung along to) several times a night in a lot of the LSU-area bars back in the day.

 

[Ilov80s]

I remember that song being HUGE. I was in 9th grade when it hit, so maybe it was just more popular amongst my friends.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Dropping the motherload of one hitters in this post:

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

Laid - James

Eels - Novocaine for the Soul

For some reason, all of these remind me of one another a bit.

Totally forgot about the Eels. Great song.

Pretty sure it is just Eels, pal.

 

[Skinny]

My fringe band that all my roommates in college made fun of me for listening to. I loved these guys. Most others, not so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzFlPdHt1Gk

 

[TheAristocrat]

by Coyote Shivers (From Empire Records)

 

[TheAristocrat]

Yes, I am going through a box of CDs right now.

 

[urbanhack]

They were from Michigan. They used to play at Ferris St. when I was there.

::goodtimes::

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

On the edge between metal and alternative:

Helmet - Unsung

 

[urbanhack]

Machines of Loving Grace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI6V6VD56n8

 

[TheAristocrat]

by Porno for Pyros

 

[Quint]

90s

great call.

Coming up with all these bands that played the LSU bars in the early 90s. Was thinking about Dash Rip Rock's "Let's Go Smoke Some Pot", too, but wasn't sure if that made it nationally.

never heard of Dash Rip Rock, but i'm West Coast.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

That was actually a pretty strong album overall. In addition to "Pets" there were several other songs that were quite listenable.

 

[John Bender]

"Sullivan" by Caroline Spine....

Anyone??

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

90s

great call.

Coming up with all these bands that played the LSU bars in the early 90s. Was thinking about Dash Rip Rock's "Let's Go Smoke Some Pot", too, but wasn't sure if that made it nationally.

never heard of Dash Rip Rock, but i'm West Coast.

West coast guy here too, but I am aware of them.

ETA: vaguely

 

[urbanhack]

Tonic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfg6-4mBs6Y

 

[Aerial Assault]

Ooh, glad no one picked my selection yet: "In a Daydream" by the Freddy Jones Band. Catchy song with four (I think) multitracked guitar parts and two solos featuring awesome use of a delay pedal. A tremendous mood creator - - every time I play it I'm right back where I first heard it.

The song I really liked from Filter was "Take a Picture."

I really liked how some nice musicianship snuck into some of these 90s one-hit-or-close-wonder songs. Like the third verse of "Cumbersome" where the singer moderates his growl and sings over the bass line and hi-hat, no guitar. Or that outstanding guitar riff in "Far Behind." There was some really good stuff out there and it's hard to see why some of these bands didn't catch on.

RL, Matthew Sweet does a series of cover albums with Susanna Hoffs (who is still quite hot in her mid-fifties) that get released from time to time and are very cool; melodic and very faithful to the originals. They did a beautiful job with "Free Fallin'" and Yes' "Your Move/All Good People," among many other offerings over the years: I think they've done five or six compilations.

Great thread.

 

[TheAristocrat]

by the Violent Femmes (also, they put on awesome shows in the 90's)

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Not sure if this one was mentioned before...college radio staple:

Juliana Hatfield 3 - My sister

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Spacehog's In the Meantime is my jam.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TDkhl-CgETg

 

[D_House]

Son Volt - Drown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpcB2xsXRv4