Todd In The Shadows Thread

Silverchair has 2 songs that qualify as hits: Frogstomp and Freak Show. Which song where you thinking of?

http://www.billboard.com/artist/279339/silverchair/chart?f=305

edited 12th Feb '17 1:02:41 PM by Smasher

I was thinking about their song "Tomorrow".

Wow, talk about Chart Displacement. Must be the whole "lack of a single release" thing, like most 90's hits.

Hilariously, the song that I most know by/associate Silverchair with is Straight Lines

edited 16th Feb '17 7:53:07 PM by PippingFool

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Todd reviews "Scars to Your Beautiful" by Alessia Cara.

edited 20th Feb '17 10:52:45 AM by TheEmperah

I just find this song really bland. Like, what differences are there between it and Empowerment Anthem #3578?

If there really is an absolute need for more "body image" songs on the charts—and I can't believe I'm saying this—I'd much rather have more Meghan Trainor. At least her songs are upbeat and fun, and they leave some kind of impression.

Call me Willy Whistle 'cause I can't speak, baby. Something in TV Tropes really drove me crazy.

I'm getting a this video has been removed by the user message, Youtube overzealous copyright thing?

Well I found it elsewhere, oh she's the one who did "Wild Things". Anyways I did just kind of assumed it was about self harm yeah, like the plastic surgery thing didn't even occur to me until Todd said it.

edited 20th Feb '17 9:57:00 AM by phantom1

He removed it due to editing errors. A new version has now been uploaded.

edited 20th Feb '17 10:54:17 AM by TheEmperah

All "Scars to Your Beautiful" makes me think is how I could be listening to White Lung's "Below" again instead.

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.

@Emporah Ah I see I did find it. But yeah it's good to link it.

Just had a thought for an episode of One-Hit Wonderland Todd could do: You're Gonna Miss Me by The 13th Floor Elevators. Admittedly, the song wasn't a huge hit (it charted at #55 on the Billboard charts), but it's one of those big garage rock songs that was placed on the famed Nuggets compilation.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?

I wonder if he'll re-vamp the show though.

"Look, when I started this show, I had this solid idea for the structure based on what I thought was the career path of the one-hit wonder. And more and more, I'm finding it not useful. Failed follow-up. Muse has never had a pop hit. No one goes, "man, those Muse guys are huge failures!" This is a stupid structure. Stupid, stupid, I need to revamp this show entirely."

-Beds Are Burning Review.

edited 27th Feb '17 7:12:55 PM by Smasher

I'm sure he probably has an idea.

Though, to be honest, I feel like the structure has served him well for most of the acts he's covered. Like, obviously he's not going to cover a band like Muse on it because no one in their right mind would consider them a one-hit wonder except maybe in the most technical sense (and even then, I think they might have actually had two pop hits), same for acts like Jimi Hendrix.

Still, it's his show, so it's his prerogative to switch it up, and I look forward to whatever he does to do that.

It might be kinda cool for him to interview some of the acts he's covered that have seen his reviews of their stuff.

edited 27th Feb '17 7:27:36 PM by Odd1

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I think a few of the artists have seen the episodes on them. Anyway, thanks for reminding me of these:

edited 2nd Mar '17 12:43:24 AM by Smasher

I would love for Todd to do an episode of Dream Theater but I know it will never happen.

Mostly because their one hit is an eight minute prog metal epic about Hamlet.

I'm still baffled by "One More Time" not having been a top 40 hit, considering how much I've heard it on the radio for most of my life after 2001. And I feel like with their production credits and featured credits the past year or two, they aren't really "one hit wonders" anymore.

I think he only covers songs in the Hot 100 pop chart, not on the others (since that song was only a hit on the rock chart).

edited 28th Feb '17 7:05:03 AM by Odd1

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Actually, when it comes to his normal reviews, i'd like to see him not just limit himself to the Top 100, but also do songs that were big hits on the rock charts, the rap charts, country, etc. It seems he only covers those genres when they cross over (and since most rap already crosses over anyway,,).

...how in the world is Tommy James on the Rick Astley clause list?

I can think of six of his top 10 hits off the top of my head, and that's not counting ones I only heard for the first time recently like "Mirage". Covers of two of them were #1 hits consecutively in 1987! "I Think We're Alone Now"? "Mony Mony"? Yeah, those. "My baby does the hanky panky"? That was him. "Crystal Blue Persuasion"? "Sweet Cherry Wine"? Also him.

If anyone genuinely thinks "Crimson and Clover" was the only hit for him and the Shondells, then the problem is that person, not our modern society as a whole. And unfortunately, that's a big problem with the entire idea of the Rick Astley clause: that people are called one-hit wonders not because their music is forgotten, but because people who are too young to remember them don't really care enough to listen to them unless they're a meme.

I'd rather blur the lines of one-hit wonders with examples like "pretty famous German musician who had one song become a major hit in the US, with a lesser hit that hasn't been remembered well in the meantime, but also recorded a song that was translated into English by another band who also became a one-hit wonder with it". Because Todd's dropping his Falco review sometime tonight! Yay!

To be fair, I Think We're Alone Now and Mony Mony became associated with Tiffany and Billy Idol in the 80's in an egregious case of Covered Up. Though I have admittedly heard the originals played on the local classic hits radio quite often. Draggin' the Line gets played quite a bit too, but that's Tommy James solo. I'm surprised they haven't played Hanky Panky, though, that one is not only a number one record, it's certified Gold by the RIAA.

Also, where did Todd say the new One-Hit Wonderland was being posted tonight? Is this a Patreon Patrons first release or is it going on You Tube?

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?

The Patreons-only was 19 hours ago (as per his [depressing] Twitter feed) so that means we're indeed getting it... 'tonight' (at least afternoon for me in Singapore here)

And it's gonna be Falco, AKA the guy who is super big in Europe but is only known for that song where he shouts "Rock me, Amadeus" in the United States.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?

Speaking of songs translated from one language into English to be that band's one hit wonder hit in the US. I found out that "Around the World (La La La La La)" was actually a translation of a Russian song called "Pesenka".

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Without seeing it, I'm going to assume Falco is in the "did not deserve better" camp.

Todd's One Hit Wonderland episode on Falco is now up on You Tube!

Kinda wanna go through Falco's discography when I have the money to afford all his albums now.

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