A worthwhile list? The thread about Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers" list/issue made me think of this. (Well, perhaps "think" is an overstatement.) Setting aside any attitude about such lists, what sort of list do you think would be worthwhile? Such as, "100 Greatest Artists Who Never Had a Top 40 Album or Single." Anyone care to suggest? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17223#msg-17223 Sat, 09 May 2026 13:56:17 -0500 Phorum 5.2.23 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17526#msg-17526 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17526#msg-17526
Silver. Jews.]]> HollowbodyKay Trouser Press Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:56:32 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17423#msg-17423 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17423#msg-17423
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wayne elsey of the double happys was decapitated while riding (atop?) a train. yikes]]> satchmykels Trouser Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:35:08 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17387#msg-17387 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17387#msg-17387
new thresd cuming!]]> STEVE Trouser Press Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:44:00 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17386#msg-17386 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17386#msg-17386
Not that I could identify a single song by Starz if I heard one, but I do remember seeing their albums around.]]> breno Trouser Press Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:38:46 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17373#msg-17373 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17373#msg-17373 on tp you learn something new every day.]]> rebelwithoutaclue Trouser Press Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:37:49 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17368#msg-17368 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17368#msg-17368 madisdadi Trouser Press Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:54:52 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17346#msg-17346 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17346#msg-17346
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I was shocked a couple of years ago to learn that Looking Glass had another song make it into the Top 40 besides "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)". It only made it to #37 or so, but they did crack the top 40 twice.

Don't remember the name of the song now - just heard it on RadioIO 70s Pop and never heard it again.

The song is "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" and it actually made it all the way to #33.


Looking Glass




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Top 10 "One Hit Wonders" who actually had more than one hit

I was shocked a couple of years ago to learn that Looking Glass had another song make it into the Top 40 besides "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)". It only made it to #37 or so, but they did crack the top 40 twice.

Don't remember the name of the song now - just heard it on RadioIO 70s Pop and never heard it again.

From the same era, most people forget that the Five Man Electrical Band had another hit besides "Signs", also - "Absolutely Right."]]> breno Trouser Press Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:48:06 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17334#msg-17334 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17334#msg-17334
Duran Duran
A Flock of Seagulls
Gary Numan
Devo
Soft Cell
Thomas Dolby
Dexy's
Kajagoogoo
Big Country
Talk Talk
Scritti Politti
P-Furs
Modern English
Midnight Oil

(I'm including bands that had an artistic shelf-life, not just other top singles.)

]]> mjm716 Trouser Press Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:26:55 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17333#msg-17333 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17333#msg-17333 Jermoe Trouser Press Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:18:21 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17294#msg-17294 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17294#msg-17294
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that the actual title of the Lene Lovich song is simply "Lucky Number" and not "Lucky Number One."

Then The Rutles "Number One" it is!]]> MrFab Trouser Press Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:18:35 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17292#msg-17292 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17292#msg-17292 Aitch Trouser Press Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:15:48 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17267#msg-17267 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17267#msg-17267
Seminal Christian rocker and Bob Dylan buddy Keith Green also went out in a plane crash. And another Christian musician, Rich Mullins, got tossed from a jeep on the interstate and unfortunately encountered a semi. (Shortly after that I got dragged to an Amy Grant concert where she dedicated a song called "Further Down the Road" to him, which seemed to me to be in unfortunate taste.)

Hank Williams died in a car. It wasn't crashed, but it was an accident (an OD on morphine, I believe) and took place in a vehicle.]]> breno Trouser Press Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:16:54 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17266#msg-17266 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17266#msg-17266 Also, Exploding Hearts (lost 3 of 4 members in a tour van accident).
For Squirrels (lost 2 members after a tire blew on their van and it ended up flipping over)]]> dj45rpm Trouser Press Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:49:39 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17264#msg-17264 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17264#msg-17264
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Oh, please, Fab - don't get Reno started!

I'll just let the Postmarks do it.

[www.pitchforkmedia.com]

I will point out, though, that the actual title of the Lene Lovich song is simply "Lucky Number" and not "Lucky Number One."



Post Edited (11-15-08 11:36)]]> breno Trouser Press Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:12:03 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17262#msg-17262 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17262#msg-17262 dingle from hanoi rocks was a car passenger
clarence white was hit by a car
Falco was hit by a bus
El Duce was hit by a train
Princess Anne on sousaphone
The real Paul McCartney in a car accident
Ian Drury was hit by a rhythm stick



Post Edited (11-15-08 09:04)]]> madisdadi Trouser Press Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:31:49 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17259#msg-17259 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17259#msg-17259 dj45rpm Trouser Press Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:12:22 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17253#msg-17253 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17253#msg-17253 Aitch Trouser Press Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:19:39 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17251#msg-17251 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17251#msg-17251 rebelwithoutaclue Trouser Press Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:19:48 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17250#msg-17250 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17250#msg-17250 > Man, we really might have a top 100 here!


if it gets close, we can always backdoor bobby fuller and nico in.



Post Edited (11-14-08 19:17)]]> satchmykels Trouser Press Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:16:37 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17249#msg-17249 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17249#msg-17249 Berry Oakley]]> totaji Trouser Press Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:53:51 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17248#msg-17248 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17248#msg-17248
Man, we really might have a top 100 here!]]> nosepail Trouser Press Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:32:40 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17247#msg-17247 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17247#msg-17247 blasmo Trouser Press Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:32:15 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17243#msg-17243 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17243#msg-17243
> 100 "greatest" musical vehicle accident deaths?
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> Just off the top of my head:
> Cliff Burton, Marc Bolan, Chris Bell, Pete de Freitas, Otis
> Redding, Big Bopper/Buddy Holly/Ritchie Valens, Harry Chapin,
> D. Boon, Falco, Mary Hansen (bicycle smacked by truck), and
> some guy from Brainiac
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add james darroch and those exploding hearts dudes]]> satchmykels Trouser Press Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:10:20 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17240#msg-17240 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17240#msg-17240 rhettlawrence Trouser Press Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:26:15 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17239#msg-17239 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17239#msg-17239
1. "Lucky Number One" - Lena Lovich
2. "It Takes Two" - Rob Base & EZ Rock

etc...]]> MrFab Trouser Press Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:29:17 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17234#msg-17234 Re: A worthwhile list? https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,17223,17234#msg-17234
Just off the top of my head:
Cliff Burton, Marc Bolan, Chris Bell, Pete de Freitas, Otis Redding, Big Bopper/Buddy Holly/Ritchie Valens, Harry Chapin, D. Boon, Falco, Mary Hansen (bicycle smacked by truck), and some guy from Brainiac

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Setting aside any attitude about such lists, what sort of list do you think would be worthwhile? Such as, "100 Greatest Artists Who Never Had a Top 40 Album or Single."

Anyone care to suggest?

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