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JEDIYoda

JEDIYoda

Lifer
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I can remember the great Jewish singer Itzak beilmann! Could he ever sing and play the clavichord!!
 
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LikeLinus

Lifer
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Gnarles Barkley/ CeeLo Green comes to mind. He had pretty big hits with FU and Crazy. But then he kind of faded away since then. I know he did a new Goodie Mob album, but nothing that has been a hit that I've seen.
 
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zinfamous

zinfamous

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DigDog said:
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Kevin Smith talks are the best. Not sure if it's that same event, but the story he tells about being contracted to write the first draft of the project that would eventually become the "Superman Returns" script (the one that eventually, sans Smith, became the Brandon Routh shit) is epic.
 
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BoomerD

BoomerD

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Fritzo said:
She started losing weight and lost her mojo. Same thing happens when fat comedians get skinny.
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Yeah, John Pinette''s "Chinese Buffet" bit wouldn't have been nearly as good with a skinny guy telling the story...
 
Dr. Detroit

Dr. Detroit

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Some easy ones:
  • Eddie Murphy - My Girl Wants to Party All the Time
  • Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno
Terence Trent D'arby - I thought he would have a long career.
 
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stargazr

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Dr. Detroit said:
Some easy ones:
  • Eddie Murphy - My Girl Wants to Party All the Time
  • Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno
Terence Trent D'arby - I thought he would have a long career.
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Damn came here to post Terence Trent D'arby. He was such an egomaniac he burned all his bridges.
 
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pmv

Lifer
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Craig234 said:
I have no idea what dogs bollocks means. I don't mean literally, I mean like calling something 'the shit' can mean it's good.
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Bollocks are bad (especially if if they come in a 'load' and are 'old'), unless they are attached to a canine, when they magically become good. Apparently. Don't ask me, I don't write the rules.
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

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Yes, I've never heard "bollocks" being used in a positive context. But my exposure is limited, and I wouldn't want to be charged with cultural appropriation by putting myself forward as some sort of authority on its use.
 
DAPUNISHER

DAPUNISHER

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In answer to the OP: Jesus Jones

Did not really care for them, but they were voted best new artist that year at the MTV awards, and they had a song make it to #2 on Billboard.
 
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Spacehead

Lifer
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JEDI said:
ask and you shall receive

List of one-hit wonders in the United States - Wikipedia

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so how many of you never heard most the ones in the 2010 section?
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That list is literally bands with 1 hit.
For the purpose of his book The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, music journalist Wayne Jancik defines a one-hit wonder as "an act that has won a position on Billboard's national, pop, Top 40 just once."
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Yeah, i don't know very many in the 2010 section but i wouldn't call Frank Zappa or Rush or a bunch of others as a one-hit-and-faded band.
 
Dr. Detroit

Dr. Detroit

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Another one to ponder over - Joan Osborne.



Mase - Bad Boy P Diddy protege rapper who fell off the map as he received a "calling to god"

 
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