There are the Pixies, and then there's everyone else.

- Jim

G wrote:

>Now yer talking my game, 80's music. I loved Kyrie by Mister Mister.....did people really refer to them as a one hit wonder?
>
>Some of my favorite one hit wonders from the 80's:
>
>Amadeus - Falco
>Pop Muzic - M
>One night in bangkok - Murray Head
>Just died in your arms tonight - Cutting Crew
>Wishing Well - TTD
>On the Darkside - JC & The Beaver Brown Band
>At this moment - Billy Vera and the Beaters
>Make me Lose Control - Eric Carmen (ok, a several hit wonder)
>
>and of course who could forget We Are the World......
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: S. Isaac Dealey
>  To: CF-Community
>  Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 8:13 AM
>  Subject: RE: late night
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>
>  > No comment on the 80's music... im crushed! :-)
>
>  Fond of 80's... Never been a big fan of Poison, Warrant or Skid Row.
>  Between Bon Jovi and Aerosmith I'll take Bon Jovi. Not that Aerosmith
>  is bad per se, but after a while they start to sound like AC/DC and
>  all the songs run together (cause they all sound the same). Heard a
>  parody of an album commercial for "AC/DC Sings the Best of Show Tunes"
>  that really drove home that idea of all the songs from a given band
>  having the same sound. :) I was actually rather fond of a lot of the
>  one-hit wonders myself... I mention Mister Mister and people say "I'm
>  so sick of that song" in reference to Broken Wings, but the song I'm
>  referring to is Kyrie. Aha, Midnight Oil (who're still around but
>  haven't been popular here since Dead Heart and Beds are Burning), and
>  my all-time favorite Howard Jones No One Is To Blame. :) Though there
>  were some good repeaters too... Cindy Lauper, Tears for Fears, Mike
>  and the Mechanics, Genesis/Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel who again is
>  still around and doing great stuff but hasn't been popular since the
>  80's.
>
>  s. isaac dealey     954.927.5117
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