Name a band that the general public seems to know of only one song by them

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TomKazansky

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Originally posted by: Brown Noser
Raffi - Banana Phone
Chumbawamba - I Get Knocked Down
Blu Cantrell - (whatever the song's called)

banana phone just poped into my head again
 

Lonyo

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Originally posted by: Brown Noser
Raffi - Banana Phone
Chumbawamba - I Get Knocked Down <- No
Blu Cantrell - (whatever the song's called)

Chumbawumba - Tubthumping

Originally posted by: chuckywang
Originally posted by: wfn
umm off the top of my head ...

cindy lauper - girls just wanna have fun
suzanne vega - tom's diner
camouflage - here she comes
lionel richie - hello
soft cell - tainted love
nena - 99 red balloons
survivor - eye of the tiger
marrs - pump up the volume
frankie goes to hollywood - relax
human league - don't you want me
eurithmics - sweet dreams
roxette - it must have been love
yello - oh yeah
new order - blue monday
bee gees - stayin alive
snap - the power

Ok, let's see here. Cyndi Lauper had another big song with Time after Time. Lionel Richie had other big songs with All Night Long and Say You, Say Me. Suzanne Vega had another big song with Luka. Roxette had other big songs with Listen to Your Heart and Dangerous. Soft Cell, Nena, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood are one-hit wonders. I'll give your Bee Gees, New Order, the Eurithmics, Human League, and Survivor though. The rest I haven't heard.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - 2 Tribes? That's another one a lot of people know.


Originally posted by: chuckywang
Geez, nobody noticed The Police?

Geez, nobody read the thread?
 

granolagirl

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Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Name a band that the general public seems to know of only one song by them

Pink Flyd, Another Brick in the Wall (at least at my high school)


Paula Cole - I Don't Want To Wait... (Dawson's Creek show song)
The Time - Jungle Love
Devo - Whip It
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle


 

Fritzo

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Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Pink Flyd, Another Brick in the Wall (at least at my high school)

:confused:

That's sad...most people know a LOT of PF songs. What about "Hey You", "Comfortably Numb", "Time", Run Like Hell", "Wish You Were Here"...
 

Fritzo

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Originally posted by: Lucifer
Led Zeppelin- Stairway to heaven

Again....people know Zep for a LOT more songs than Stairway. A lot of people would say they are more known for Whole Lotta Love because it was their only US single.
 

Fritzo

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Originally posted by: chuckywang
Originally posted by: CMC79
A few more:
Don McLean--American Pie
John Lennon (solo) Imagine
Johnny Cash--Folsom Prison Blues
Gordon Lightfoot--The Wrect of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Bon Jovi--Living on a Prayer/My Life (they're actually the same song)

Disagree with Johnny Cash there. I don't think he belongs on this list, but if anything, it would be either Hurt or I Walk the Line.

Johnny Cash was one of my influences :) People that were actually around in the 70's will remember "A Man Named Sue" the most. GREAT song!
 

Al Neri

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Originally posted by: chuckywang
The Police - Every Breath You Take

Roxanne, Message in a bottle, I can't stand losing you,etc.

Originally posted by: RadioHead84
Radiohead - Creep

Karma Police

Originally posted by: CMC79
John Lennon (solo) Imagine
Bon Jovi--Living on a Prayer/My Life (they're actually the same song)

Lennon - Instant Karma
Bon Jovi - You give love a badname, and every other song on their greatest hits cd that i dont feel like mentioning that EVERYONE else knows

Originally posted by: Lucifer
Led Zeppelin- Stairway to heaven
Too many to list.. but everyone knows a ton of songs by LZ!

Originally posted by: granolagirl

Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle

Are you nuts!!!??

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Queen - We Will Rock You.

what about Bohemian Rhapsody (waynes world), Killer Queen, Somebody to Love

 

mugs

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Most people KNOW more than one song by many of these bands (the big name ones like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Guns 'n Roses), they just don't realize it. They know the songs, they just don't know the artists.

And Pink Floyd sucks. (or rather, they're very overrated)
 

teckmaster

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Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
B-52's - Love Shack
Billy Ray Cirus - Achey Breaky Heart
Primus - Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
Sound Garden - Spoon Man
Devo - Whip It

Primus also had Winona's Big Brown Beaver and Soundgarden had Black Hole Sun
 

UglyCasanova

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Originally posted by: toekramp
Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
Modest Mouse - Float On

ya, and they have so many incredible songs...ah well

And Float On is one of their worst! Well not worst, but it sucks compared to their other stuff.
 

duragezic

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Nirvana - Smells like Teen Spirit. People may have a clue about another Nevermind song or two like Come as You Are, but not really heh.

Incubus - Stellar

RATM - Guerilla Radio
 

PinmasterJay

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Originally posted by: matstars
here's a good one....

the romantics - what i like about you

That is a good one...its too bad more people don't know about Talking In Your Sleep...what a great tune!
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: teckmaster
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
B-52's - Love Shack
Billy Ray Cirus - Achey Breaky Heart
Primus - Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
Sound Garden - Spoon Man
Devo - Whip It

Primus also had Winona's Big Brown Beaver and Soundgarden had Black Hole Sun

Primus also had My Name is Mud, that one was pretty big.
Soundgarden also had Blow up the Outside World, Black Hole Sun, both were pretty big as well.

My contributions:
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) or Particle Man.
 

ZOOYUKA

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Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
B-52's - Love Shack
Billy Ray Cirus - Achey Breaky Heart
Primus - Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
Sound Garden - Spoon Man
Devo - Whip It

Are you kidding? These guys had many hits.