[Closed] Artists that seemingly have only one song...

Is this a confession about listening to local radio, the sort of station that advertise 'no-repeat Fridays' as some sort of benefit..??

As much as I love him/them I think Jarvis Cocker/Pulp just have the one song which they've released many times with different words each time.

Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer

For real?

Solsbury Hill
Games Without Frontiers
Dont Give Up
Biko

Being a fellow mad sexual rapist, I'd much rather they played Thin Lizzy's "Killer on the Loose"

BoardinBob
Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer

For real?

Funny how your eyes can just skip over the first line in a thread 😆

@BoardinBob - I think you've missed the OPs point. It's not that these artists don't have a decent number of songs, it's just that it's always the same ones played on radio.

Thin Lizzy’s “Killer on the Loose”

Dancin' in the Moonlight for me.

It's less of a problem on 6 Music OP, but yeah, when I get subjected to Heart or similar in the car, I appreciate what you mean.

Can we have another thread of artists with an entire catalogue that all sounds the blumming same?

e.g. Ed Sheeran, The XX

Is this a confession about listening to local radio, the sort of station that advertise ‘no-repeat Fridays’ as some sort of benefit..??

Sometimes we all have to listen to Steve Wright! 🙂

The Wannadies

Only song ever played, The You And Me Song, which is a cracking song but they had so much more. 🙁

@BoardinBob – I think you’ve missed the OPs point. It’s not that these artists don’t have a decent number of songs, it’s just that it’s always the same ones played on radio.

I hear Solsbury Hill on the radio more than Sledgehammer

Dancin’ in the Moonlight for me.

I like a drop of whiskey before I start throwing shapes.

Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

Of all of their output, I swear this is the only song of theirs R2 ever play.

RadMac always try to break the convention. But they always like to let us know: "here's a song by Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention that isn't Who Knows Where The Time Goes" "Here's Nico but it's not "These days"" oh, hang on, it is always These Days...

Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

Van Morrison is reduced to Brown Eyed Girl - which would wind him up something rotten because he was swindled out of the rights at the start of his career so he's made no money in all these years from his biggest hit

Not that he's bitter or anything!

I can’t think of specific examples, but there are certain songs that even 6Music will add to the playlist then it’ll keep popping up. As I really only listen in the car, it’s not something I’m aware of now, but at work there are radios scattered around the workshops, and they’re either on Polish or some other Eastern European station, or else ****ing Heart or other Godawful commercial channel, where EVERYTHING sounds the same!

Of course, there are some artists whose entire recorded catalogue all sounds the same - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Status Quo, The XX…

ElShalimo Full Member
Can we have another thread of artists with an entire catalogue that all sounds the blumming same?

What if I told you that it is eminently within your power to make this a reality?

I listen to a lot of Radio 1 (for an old geezer anyway), and I don't think I've ever heard of The XX, and they've been mentioned twice in 19 posts 🤔🤔

Thin Lizzy-Whisky in the jar. I don’t think that Phil Lynott was overly enthusiastic about this track, but rock stations play it, ad infinitum, to the exclusion of far better material…’cold sweat’, ‘the sun goes down’, ‘thunder & lightning’.

Joni Mitchell. It’s either ‘big yellow taxi’ or ‘all I want’.

Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden

REM shiny happy people. Anything by the RHCP really just sounds like the same song.

thread of artists with an entire catalogue that all sounds the blumming same?

Ooh, it's not like my day when they wrote proper songs you could sing along to

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of The XX

They haven't released anything for over 5 years now. They were big in 2009

Van Morrison is reduced to Brown Eyed Girl – which would wind him up something rotten because he was swindled out of the rights at the start of his career so he’s made no money in all these years from his biggest hit

That must be why he's so poor he had to steal our cd player

At least The Wedding Present owned the fact that all their songs sounded the same...

Would be good if this got played on the radio more...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p148

Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight. Saw them years back supporting the Counting Crows at Wembley, and they had a decent set and quite a bit of variety (Achilles Heel was a decent track). Then Daning in the Moonlight came along and got so overplayed it became horrible...

@nbt - this isn't about 1 hit wonders, it's about bands/artists that have a lot of songs yet they often only get airtime for 1 song e.g.  The Pogues - Fairytale of New York

Waiting Room- Fugazi

Fugazi are pretty much never played on the radio. Only on 6 music I've heard, but it's always Waiting Room.

It's one of their best mind.

Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out. I saw them live once and it is actually their only song.

Neil diamond.. Sweet Caroline. Yes, ignore the other hits.
Gerry Raffety... Baker Street, every time.
Gary Numan. Cars or very occasionally my friends electric (bill)

The Wannadies

Only song ever played, The You And Me Song, which is a cracking song but they had so much more. 🙁

Whenever they comes on the radio I have to quickly change channel, or I fear I'll drive into the nearest bridge support to be away from it. It's ghastly sugary sweet lovely nonsense, and I hate it on a molecular level.

But, you know, each to their own, your opinion is a good as mine etc 😉

Whigfield. Always 'Saturday Night'. They need to dig deeper.

…according to radio playlist people!

Worse than that, for my Sins I like Radio X, especially Johnny Vaughan, but as great as he is at the chatting bit, he clearly has no interest in music. It's basically the same song at the same time every night (well it seems so anyway) Jamie T Shiela, Libertines Don't look back, one of each of the Gallagher brothers and of course the twice-hourly Radio X contractual playing of Gerry ****ing Cinnamon.

when I get subjected to Heart or similar in the car, I appreciate what you mean.RAAAAGGGEEE

FTFY!

motorhead ace of spades
meatloaf like a bat out of hell

Jimmy eat world - the middle
Weezer - say it ain't so
Strokes - last night

Heard these three today.

Edit - and now Stacey's mom by fountains of wayne

Weezer – say it ain’t so

I thought the Weezer track was/is Teenage Dirtbag?

I thought the Weezer track was/is Teenage Dirtbag?

Wheatus surely?

Whigfield. Always ‘Saturday Night’.

First artist to go straight into the charts at number one with their debut single, fact fans.

I thought Buddy Holly was Weezer's only song. Or is it the other way around?

Always griped me that Underworld were only known to the general public for Born Slippy.

But it's nice that it probably made them a mint.

meatloaf like a bat out of hell

Nah, he was equally known for that one about not doing something for love.

I thought the Weezer track was/is Teenage Dirtbag?

Wheatus surely?

Even more cruel when an artist only has one song, and it's someone else's.

Paranoid - black Sabbath
I wanna be your dog - stooges
She sells sanctuary - the cult
Gravel pit - Wu tang clan

First two bands have got so many superior songs and with the cult just play 'rain' or 'wildflower' instead which are both miles better songs

Gravel pit is awful. Just play some deep cuts off any of the solo albums

I like Radio X, especially Johnny Vaughan, but as great as he is at the chatting bit, he clearly has no interest in music.

Dunno about his actual interest in music, but he's clearly using a very commercial playlist he's not allowed to deviate from much.

She sells sanctuary – the cult

Good shout, and it made me think of this one (because they used to play them both at my local indie disco)...

Even more cruel when an artist only has one song, and it’s someone else’s.

You say Wheatus I say Weezer, let's call the whole thing off.

Bon Jovi gets one - Livin on a prayer
Lenny kravitz has two - go my way and fly away
Aerosmith get three - sex in a lift, creepy about his daughter, walk this way

Queen get quite a few - don't stop me, kinda magic, Bo rap, radio Gaga etc - whilst all arguably great songs, I could quite happily never hear them ever again after being subjected to commercial radio most of my working life.

Queen get quite a few – don’t stop me, kinda magic, Bo rap, radio Gaga etc – whilst all arguably great songs, I could quite happily never hear them ever again

Queen are a bit like U2 for me.

A lot of their songs would be really good if they'd been by another band.

Telling that by far their best song was composed with Bowie.

Another great example just come on

Joy Division - love will tear us apart

Even more cruel when an artist only has one song, and it’s someone else’s.

Could be worse, could have turned out they didn't even sing on their own songs and ended up returning their Grammy Award for Best New Artist......

Aerosmith get three – sex in a lift, creepy about his daughter, walk this way

Just listen to the medley 'creepy sex with his daughter in a walking crane'

Durrrh duh dh derrr duh der duhduh dae dae deae duh derrr duh duh dah duh

Whiskey in the Jar isn't a Thin Lizzy song. Can't let that one slip!

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of The XX

They haven’t released anything for over 5 years now. They were big in 2009

Romy has her own solo stuff going on, and Jamie XX has as well, but considering they play and sing on each other’s recordings, they’re virtually indistinguishable from any XX recording.
Not that I pay that much attention, I find them bland and uninteresting; if anything by either of them gets played I just tune it out, they only seem to have one song, and 6Music does play it/them a lot.

Whenever they comes on the radio I have to quickly change channel, or I fear I’ll drive into the nearest bridge support to be away from it. It’s ghastly sugary sweet lovely nonsense, and I hate it on a molecular level.

But, you know, each to their own, your opinion is a good as mine etc

😂

Opinions like this are what happens when one artist’s back catalogue is reduced to one song, and the chorus is all people listen to. 😢

First two bands have got so many superior songs and with the cult just play ‘rain’ or ‘wildflower’ instead which are both miles better songs

Funnily enough She Sells Sanctuary, Rain and Wildflower are essentially the same song.

Guns and Roses, Sweet child'O mine. Would it kill them to play Welcome to the jungle now and then?

Werewolves of London is a cracking song though.

Also.. EMF.... Unbelievable.
They've done so much more that no one has ever heard before.

Someone's beaten new to the obvious with Faith No More and Soundgarden: so many bona fide hits yet Epic and Black Hole Sun are the only ones heard. Could be worse, for a while new listeners would get totally the wrong impression of FNM when Easy was the big hit.

Which gets me to my absolute favourites of this genre, bands who are not only remembered by radio programmers principally for just one song, but one that is atypical of their output. Extreme and More Than Words is the obvious one. My nomination is Jane's Addiction. Incredible Alt Rock act who didn't set the UK charts alight back in their original run, but did score their biggest UK hit during a brief run at being a big mainstream rock act ten years later, so if your classic rock / hits station tells you not to go away because after the break we've got Jane's Addiction lined up for you, you can bet your bottom dollar you're going to hear Just Because.

Queen are a bit like U2 for me.

A lot of their songs would be really good if they’d been by another band.

Telling that by far their best song was composed with Bowie.

Those two statements seem to contradict one another.  If they songs would be batter by another band then they wrote really good songs that held up even though they're not great performers (which is the mark of a good song - its good whoever plays it) So illustrating that by saying their best song was written by someone else suggest they weren't good songwriters

The opposite would be someone like Led Zeppelin - they were great performers but their songs only really sound good when they play them (or if covered you have to do so an impression of their performance). For anyone else theres not really a lot of song to play.

e.g. Ed Sheeran

Thats really not fair, you may not like his music but he is quite a shapeshifter when it comes to his sound. He's pretty talented.

Will Smith - Men In Black

The Mos Eisely Cantina band.

Not quite ubiquity, but I reckon if any classic station tells you they're going to play a U2 record, there's a much better than evens chance it'll be Pride (In The Name of Love).

Damn it I'm now listening to U2 boy for the first time in maybe 30years.

The opposite would be someone like Led Zeppelin – they were great performers but their songs only really sound good when they play them (or if covered you have to do so an impression of their performance). For anyone else theres not really a lot of song to play.

What, like at the Kennedy Centre Honours where a totally different version of Stairway was played. Or this recent version of Levee Breaks?

Should I Stay or Should I go- The Clash
500 miles- The Proclaimers

after the break we’ve got Jane’s Addiction lined up for you, you can bet your bottom dollar you’re going to hear Just Because.

What? Surely this one...

Those two statements seem to contradict one another. If they songs would be batter by another band then they wrote really good songs that held up even though they’re not great performers (which is the mark of a good song – its good whoever plays it) So illustrating that by saying their best song was written by someone else suggest they weren’t good songwriters

You are logically correct, but my severe (and right-thinking) aversion to Queen and U2 means I sometimes hear their songs and think "oh, that's not bad actually, shame it's by those tossers".

Whereas Under Pressure is amazing, despite involving Queen.

The Stranglers - Golden Brown
The Animals - House of the rising sun
The Doors - Light my fire
The Smashing Pumpkins - Today
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold

A lot of these songs still being well know after a good 30 years or more is quite something. Better than being forgotten!

Durrrh duh dh derrr duh der duhduh dae dae deae duh derrr duh duh dah duh

Disappointed nobody agrees with me on this one. You get what it is right?