Poll: What is your pick for the Best One Hit Wonder of ALL TIME?
@surlechapeau2 ай бұрын
Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
@TerrickTerran2 ай бұрын
It's Raining Men by The Weather Girls
@Sweet--Richard.49812 ай бұрын
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
@brentcox77722 ай бұрын
Marc Cohn “Walking in Memphis”🤘🔥
@christineml14762 ай бұрын
Animotion "Obsesssion"
@TheKnobCalledTone.2 ай бұрын
In Australia, we tend to take Icehouse and Crowded House for granted. It's so refreshing to see someone from the States who is so excited about these two bands, it reminds me just how great they really are.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
I love them!
@tb67912 ай бұрын
@@TheKnobCalledTone. what about Hoodoo Gurus they never get any credit for their stuff.
@TheRustyLM2 ай бұрын
@@TheKnobCalledTone. I love both houses 🏠 🏠
@Al69BfR2 ай бұрын
Interesting that Icehouse had also two „hits“ in Germany but long before they had their hits in the US with two totally different songs. First hit was „Hey Little Girl“ which went to number 5 and the second one was „Street Café“ which went to number 28.
@bbarnhouse90222 ай бұрын
I still re-visit the albums Measure for Measure and Man of Colour on a regular basis.
@WolfRun592 ай бұрын
If you’re a metal fan, I don’t think you’d consider Ratt a 1 or 2 hit wonder. The number of albums they put out loaded with memorable songs. Much bigger for a longer period of time than these other artists.
@MountainCry2 ай бұрын
Exactly! I was a metalhead growing up and was surprised to hear Ratt included on this list.
@sirpaulraynor2 ай бұрын
They had at least 8 singles all over MTV and their first 5 albums went platinum.
@paulcooper10462 ай бұрын
My thoughts as well while watching this video.
@rediron442 ай бұрын
RATT had 4 gold records in a row
@chipchippahson2 ай бұрын
This is a list of two hit wonders by the numbers on paper, airplay, and popularity during their career. Not personal preference. Icehouse had a multitude of albums with memorable songs, but only two charted and fell under the guidelines. Same goes for Ratt. Round and Round and Lay It down were their two.
@RetirePhilippines2 ай бұрын
Most teens in 1984 knew who Milton Berle was. We grew up watching 3 channels on tv and reruns were a feature not a bugg.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Cool!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
Indeed.
@marktait23712 ай бұрын
we had 4 cbs nbc abc and pbs had to adjust move around rabbit ears 70s
@timmcm95382 ай бұрын
@@marktait2371 Outside Antennas were the same only harder. Yelling to and from the house. "is it clear yet?" "stop right there!" 😆
@frankholstein44992 ай бұрын
@@marktait2371- You poor slobs! LOL Living in Detroit, we could also get the CBC on CKLW-TV channel 9. Robin Seymour "Swinging Time" and "Monty Python" as well as some British sitcoms!
@TheNoodle62 ай бұрын
Born in 70, graduated in 88 here. I got to see white lion a couple of times back in the day. I would give anything to go back to the 80's, if only for a day! 😢 This channel is awesome. Some of the videos give me that aching feeling in my chest. LOVE to all my fellow " GEN X" We had it good back in the day, I feel bad for kids of today. 🤘❤🤘
@oneammonday2 ай бұрын
I saw them open for Ace Frehley in a tiny, little building at a former country club in Indiana. The place still went by the same name so that you didn't know it was a hole, 'til you got there. Mike Tramp was so drunk, he almost fell off the teeny, little stage. Pretty sure he had to go to jail back in Denmark for draft evasion later that year. Vito Bratta was the show, awesome guitarist. He was every bit as good as Eddie Van Halen, but still copying him, of course.
@alexsherel33442 ай бұрын
Just want the music to return, actual MUSICIANS…
@Mic-cb6xz2 ай бұрын
Just what would do for that whole day??
@Mom1Kids52 ай бұрын
I saw White Lion as the opening act for Aerosmith during the Permanent Vacation tour. Loved them.❤
@GO-ej1pg2 ай бұрын
Same. Born 10/1970. Graduated in 1988. We had no idea the hits that surrounded us daily on the radio. All over the place.
@HiFiAlex2 ай бұрын
Interesting personal story about Icehouse. I am originally from Ukraine. Back in late 80s someone recorded a song for me on a cassette tape. Back in those Soviet days reliable information about foreign bands was hard to come by, so all I was told about that song was that the band's name was Crazy House and they were from Australia. When I moved to Canada in 1990, I tried looking for other songs or albums by this Australian band, but all I was finding was Crowded House and none of their songs matched the one I had on the tape, which was lost by that time anyway. I eventually gave up. Fast forward to 2018. I was watching a Facebook video of a high end audio system of someone in Portugal and really liked the song that was being played on that system. I used Sound Hound and quickly identified the song as "Man Of Colours" by Icehouse. A quick search of Icehouse on KZbin turned up "Crazy" and suddenly my search was over! I immediately ordered the whole album on vinyl and have been enjoying it ever since. They are criminally underrated, IMO! Iva Davies is an amazing vocalist and songwriter. Check out their single "Touch The Fire" from 1989. Smoking track!
@commodorenut2 ай бұрын
Yes, Touch the Fire could easily have been the biggest hit that never was. Growing up in Australia and hearing numerous Icehouse hits on the radio over the years, they became one of my favourite bands. But despite those hits, I’ve found they have so many hidden gems “buried” on albums that many are missing out on. I’m so glad you never gave up finding that elusive song, and as a reward for your dedication, you uncovered a treasure trove.
@Aspectus2 ай бұрын
What a fantastic story! Thanks for sharing.
@DistractedDaisyАй бұрын
❤️
@919Motorsports2 ай бұрын
Love the Ratt coverage! So many people forget/don’t acknowledge how large Ratt was for a short period in the 80’s. They were selling out arenas at their height, and the Ratt/Bon Jovi tour was massive
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@jeffalbillar76252 ай бұрын
Ratt had three very good ALBUMS. I still hear then because I have a bunch of full albums in my SD card and I listen at work.
@dethangelsshadow17222 ай бұрын
My wife saw Ratt with Poison... The irony of a Ratt Poison tour is hilarious.
@919Motorsports2 ай бұрын
@@dethangelsshadow1722 I may have actually been thinking of the Ratt/Poison tour when I commented above, but yeah that could have been a killer marketing ad 🤣
@fivestring65ify2 ай бұрын
If you say hair band or hair metal, Ratt has to come to your mind. They are and will always be the definitive hair 28:11 metal band.
@Code.Name.V2 ай бұрын
Congratulations Professor on tomorrow's anniversary of your escape womb success!
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Ha ha. Thanks!
@SuperMarioBrosIII2 ай бұрын
@@ProfessorofRock Wow that's Lou Gramm? He looks like Gene Wilder. Miss hearing him in Foreigner. 🎸🧑🎤🙋🙌
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
HAHA!
@bartbluemusic2 ай бұрын
In my opinion, Vito Bratta was very underated. He was one of the best. I've always loved White Lion! Still do. They get regular rotation in my house. Now, Icehouse was a band that completely sideswiped me. Never heard of them before "Crazy" and their album, "Man of Colours". SUCH a great album! I then disovered older tunes by them and loved them even more. Ratt! LOL - they broke through in a weird way for me. Back then you could be listening to the radio and hear songs like, "Cool It Now" by New Edition and "Sea of Love" by the Honeydrippers, and then suddenly "Round and Round" by Ratt would explode on to the radio. Great times. To be honest, was never big on rap, so never got into Tone Loc. Crowded House was a phenomenal band. Everything they ever put out was gold. Wore their albums out. Great vid, Prof!
@ponzo19672 ай бұрын
💯
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
They are an amazing band!
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
@@ponzo1967 Amen!
@josephprice40952 ай бұрын
He and Nuno have never gotten their due. Eddie this and Eddie that. Eddie was the sloppiest guitar player ever. Bratta and Bettencourt are so smooth and have such a technical mastery over the guitar that Eddie could never even sniff let alone touch.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
You know we’ll find a way, just give it time!
@JamesAllen-mh9ms2 ай бұрын
Where is the love for Greg Kihn Band? The breakup song and Our love's in jeopardy
@shiroibasketshoes2 ай бұрын
POR said he'd feature them; I hope so. I saw their concerts, bought their records and CDs and got a coworker a third of my age into them.
@timhuggins70692 ай бұрын
RIP Greg Kihn whoi sadly passed last week.😢😢
@MusicRunner822 ай бұрын
@@timhuggins7069 Oh wow, you're kidding!! I had no idea ☹
@timhuggins70692 ай бұрын
@@MusicRunner82 sad but true. August 13.
@jvidalwАй бұрын
the song is called just "Jeopardy"
@JulioCesarAriasGomez2 ай бұрын
Crowded House is one of my favorite bands. They deserve more love.
@neoblakkrstal98652 ай бұрын
Yes, we may have called it Glam at the time, but over the years it has become Hair Metal, and the genre is still much loved.
@notmyrealname25922 ай бұрын
Hair Metal for sure!
@lymondec2 ай бұрын
I call it Hair Metal back them
@dmitryowens2 ай бұрын
@@lymondec The term hair metal didn't exist in the 80's.
@dmitryowens2 ай бұрын
Hair metal is a silly Millennial term - ALL 80's metal bands had long hair.
@FistandFootMartialArts2 ай бұрын
Hair Metal is not nearly as pejorative of a term as Glam Metal. "Glam Metal" was a slur to everyone I knew.
@trinaq2 ай бұрын
I never realised that White Lion cameoed as the band in "The Money Pit", and I've seen that movie several times.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
ISnt' that cool?
@stevenfunderburg16232 ай бұрын
I actually like that movie (Not as much as "Play Misty...) .Even though it's title winded up being a negative box office prophecy 😅
@ericpegram97372 ай бұрын
i still use the GIF of the tub falling through the floor during work meetings, because ... well... it's apt more often than not. 😂😂😂😂
@joefromravenna2 ай бұрын
No way! I loved that movie!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
I love that movie so much.
@Gumby-vx7ki2 ай бұрын
Uncle Buck is one of my favorite movies of all time. John Candy was so funny and charming in it.
@HubertofLiege2 ай бұрын
“Here’s a quarter….”
@fivestring65ify2 ай бұрын
The 80s had so much great music. I was so fortunate to be a young adult in the midst of all of this. Thanks, professor.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@diembepoet2 ай бұрын
Me too! It was, musically (and TV!) speaking, truly awesome to be alive at that time! With Brit Pop, New Wave, Hair Rock, Classic Rock, Heavy Metal, Punk, Hip Hop, Rap, Festivals, college radio, fm radio, cable TV, record stores, video arcades, shopping malls, our local neighborhoods and school, the government, the cold war, Live-Aid, and on and on - all vying for our attention! And we were so there for it! Crazy times, but I'm glad to have grown up then😊
@fivestring65ify2 ай бұрын
@@diembepoet A musical buffet.
@ChrisFerguson-zm4gt2 ай бұрын
The music that sucked in the 80s is better than what passes as good today.
@OlliGarch2 ай бұрын
@@ChrisFerguson-zm4gtyep I say that as well. Crazy how music you may have not liked growing up is so much better than what’s on modern music stations today. We don’t even have good college radio anymore or at least where I live. Hopefully there will be another band that comes out and changes everything like Nirvana did in the 90s though I heard them on college radio before Nevermind came out.
@mrapache102 ай бұрын
I’ll always refer to it as Hair Metal. Those groups were my favorite. Saw loads of them in concert. And to me the 4 albums that really kicked that era off were Twisted Sister Stay Hungry, Def Leppard Pyromania, Quiet Riot Metal Health and Ratt Out of the Cellar. You were right by saying Ratt doesn’t get the love they deserve. To me they were one of the 4 most important bands to Hair Metal.
@paulendicott91512 ай бұрын
You should do both the 60s and 70s as well. You always remind me about what I have forgotten from my youth. I always enjoy your shows, and at 70, the memories aren't what it used to be.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Sounds good!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
There are SO MANY examples of two hit wonders from the psychedelic era alone!
@channelzero22522 ай бұрын
As an Australian, I was surprised you said Icehouse was only a two hit wonder (I thought they had almost as much success in America as InXS) but I was very pleased that you mentioned they had many more hits over here. Australian music from the 1960's through the 1990's is a very large treasure trove. I encourage any American, Canadian or Brit to check out both Australia's and New Zealand's music history. You will be very well rewarded.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@tarahamm6802 ай бұрын
So true! Over the years, I've collected quite a lot of Australian music. The Gurus were always my favorite. Lucky enough to have seen them once in the 80's, the 90's and then just the last year or two in Seattle. Still sounding great! And, they are playing there again in September!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
I know a lot of Australian bands already. Australia is my favorite place ever.
@Adamantiummonke2 ай бұрын
@@ProfessorofRock check out hes gonna step on you again by the party boys its got a good story behind it
@bobtillman57692 ай бұрын
@@ProfessorofRock You forgot to mention that Ton Loc also sampled KISS Christine Sixteen in Funky Cold Medina!
@MisteryMan20002 ай бұрын
Another great show - you're the Casey Kasem of the 21st century! Thanks!!
@Monkey_Spunk2 ай бұрын
Can't believe Ratt only had two hits. One of my favorite bands since high school.
@MC-jv9ed2 ай бұрын
They had six hits, according to Billboard music, that reached the top 100.
@Scottocaster66682 ай бұрын
@@MC-jv9ed"Your in love" "Way cool jr", "Back for More", "I want a Woman", "Dance", "Body Talk".
@Monkey_Spunk2 ай бұрын
@Scottocaster6668 Yeah see I remember all those being big hits, but according to this video they weren't? What about Wanted Man?
@revwillyg64502 ай бұрын
Don't believe it, because that is incorrect 😂
@MC-jv9ed2 ай бұрын
@@Monkey_Spunk I think what someone else said was, Professor was tracking groups that made the top 40, and RATT only had two top 40, the others were top 100. BUT, that's like saying Ozzy wasn't a smash success without Black Sabbath because he only had three top 40 and six top 100, whereas Motley Crue had seven top 40 and 13 top 100. Are we really going to say Motley Crue was more musically successful than Ozzy? BTW, I loved them ALL. I think they were all fantastic!
@sunilramsingh672 ай бұрын
Crowded House is criminally underrated. Their second album is great. Weather With You is one of their catchiest pop songs.
@williamlindblad35342 ай бұрын
I'm a little surprised Greg Kihn didn't make this list; The Breakup Song remained in the rotation of rock stations for years and Jeopardy was so big that it inspired one of Weird Al's early hit parodies, "I Lost On Jeopardy".
@SpinspielАй бұрын
Greg Kihn who passed away in the last month had a 1985 hit "Lucky" which reached #30. So three hits
@LMacNeill2 ай бұрын
Man, I never would've guessed in a million years that Ratt only had 2 top-40 hits! Seems like they were all over the place back then! Everyone I know had posters of them and all their albums. They were very popular in my circle of friends, that's for sure. I was genuinely surprised to see them on this list.
@alexsherel33442 ай бұрын
It was MTV….THATS why…the vids.
@mattmacarthur5202 ай бұрын
They have sold over 20 million albums worldwide so they were hugely successful, they just didn’t have a lot of top 40 hits mainly because they didn’t do ballads until detonator !!
@wayne33402 ай бұрын
They had two albums full of great songs.
@mattmacarthur5202 ай бұрын
@@wayne3340 many more than that !!
@DanielMarsh-m7x2 ай бұрын
So what's more impressive, when a band's two hits are years apart (Such a "Pop Goes the World" and "Safety Dance" by Men without Hats" by Men without Hats or "Human" and "Don't You Want Me" by Human League) or when a band has two huge hits but nothing else that approaches them in popularity (such as "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie" by Mr Mr)?
@SteveBrandonАй бұрын
In Canada, Men Without Hats had a second top 10 hit in 1989 with "Hey Men" (a song that surprisingly didn't even make the Canadian version of their Greatest Hats, yes "Hats", album despite being their second-highest charting single in Canada) although, surprisingly, "Safety Dance" never quite made the RPM top 10 in Canada (it peaked at 11),
@georgeharrison1792Ай бұрын
Another of the former category: Golden Earring. Radar Love was huge from 1973, and got more play in years to follow. Then, in 1982, came the song Twilight Zone-- even bigger on the charts... 9 years later!
@chrisggoodwin7772 ай бұрын
If you remember your dad asking you to change the channel or adjust the volume, even though he was closer to the TV, you're gonna love this channel
@neoblakkrstal98652 ай бұрын
I WAS the remote. LOL!! Remember dad jiggling his pop on the coffee table, the ice jingling in the glass, this was the signal to change the channel. LOL!! Good times, good times.
@chrisggoodwin7772 ай бұрын
@@neoblakkrstal9865 those were the days
@stevenfunderburg16232 ай бұрын
@@neoblakkrstal9865 Are you implying publicly, where Gen Z could see it (if any of them possessed the requisite attention span to actually read something) that communication was not only possible but even achieved PRIOR to the existence of social media?!!!
@e-handle96342 ай бұрын
@@stevenfunderburg1623 😘
@e-handle96342 ай бұрын
@@chrisggoodwin777 or a tool of some sort wedged against the channel knob to keep the picture tuned in right 🤣
@johnvoncannon97172 ай бұрын
Another neat idea: which bands had the longest time between their two biggest hits? Moody Blues might qualify here with Nights in White Satin (released in 1967 but hit the charts in 1972) and Your Wildest Dreams (1986).
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@josephprice40952 ай бұрын
The Kinks too. You Really Got Me and then Come Dancing in the 80's.
@martinboyle91632 ай бұрын
Boy, that notion has taken me down a rabbit hole I'm not sure I want to go deeper into.
@toddstevens132 ай бұрын
Santana BMW 1971, Smooth, 1999. Paul McCartney, Spies Like Us 1986, Four Five Seconds 2015. Roy Orbison etc. Great Idea though
@michaelbourgeault94092 ай бұрын
Steve Winwood should be on this list too - Gimme Some Lovin and I'm a Man in 1966 and 1967 with Spencer Davis Group; and While You See a Chance and Valerie, in 1980 and 1982 when he was solo. Of course, the songs Steve and Muff Winwood wrote with Alan Parsons would be part of another video ^.^
@machwal44642 ай бұрын
Golden Earring. Radar love, Twilight Zone... And nothing else 😂
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
One happened in the 70s though and this was just what happened in the 80s!
@jaykay63872 ай бұрын
That's the one I thought of also. And "Twilight Zone" was roughly 10 years after Radar Love, that song literally came out of nowhere in the early days of the MTV era.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
@@jaykay6387 No kidding!
@randolacle2 ай бұрын
@@jaykay6387 I think the title should be "Two Hits Wonder in the USA". Golden Earring has like 50 hits in the Netherlands (of which a lot deserved to be much bigger hits internationally)
@TheJbhmetal2 ай бұрын
White Lion covered Radar Love
@szbyzan2 ай бұрын
I loved Ratt! I got so much flack for buying that album..... Funny the person that shamed me the most ended up stealing my album.
@wallsvang2 ай бұрын
White Lion and Cinderella are my 2 favorite rock bands of the 80's. Both bands had a lot of very good songs.
@ronplatz72022 ай бұрын
I remember white lion having more than 2 hits.. Radar Love cover and Little Fighter
@goshdarnit86562 ай бұрын
Big Game is the most underrated album of that era
@LisaMeister-y2f2 ай бұрын
@@ronplatz7202I thought the same thing! If the others didn’t crack the top 40, I guess I’m surprised 🤔
@stodds19192 ай бұрын
If we're talking US 2 hit wonders there's: Level 42 (Something About You, Lesson In Love) Greg Kihn (The Break Up Song, Jeopardy) Naked Eyes (Always Something There To Remind Me, Promises Promises) Terence Trent D'Arby (Wishing Well, Sign Your Name) Eddy Grant (Electric Avenue, Romancing The Stone)
@davidcarrol1102 ай бұрын
The ultimate two-hit wonder is surely Rick Astley- Never Gonna Give You Up followed by Together Forever. Both huge US number 1 hits.
@bkgrila2 ай бұрын
In addition to those two #1s, he had three additional songs songs hit the U.S. top 10, so I'm not sure he qualifies.
@kamz45762 ай бұрын
Astley had a total of 7 songs chart on the U.S. Top 40. Definitely not a two-hit wonder.
@expfighter51122 ай бұрын
Rick had alot of hits, cry for help
@spudgunn86952 ай бұрын
Not bad for Stock, Aitken and Waterman's teaboy, is it? Shame the were all awful. In my opinion, that is!
@Spitfirethedragon2 ай бұрын
@@bkgrila I think the term of 1 or 2 hit wonders have to be taken differently since Billboard wants to use their Hot 100. Selling singles does not mean they were the biggest hits. If you take a look at Bruce Spingsteen? No number 1 hits on the hot 100 Billboard charts when he had many number 1 songs on the mainstream pop radio airplay charts. Just like Ratt, White Lion both with 5 top 40 mainstream pop radio hits and Crowded House with three top 10 hits with Better Be Home Soon hit the top 10 there. Something So Strong and Better Be Home Soon did hit number 1 on the radio airplay charts.
@8BitLatinGamer2 ай бұрын
White Lion had many hits. They had Tell Me, Wait and When The Children Cry plus in their follow up album they had another hit called Little Fighter.
@jeffalbillar76252 ай бұрын
Their cover of Radar Love got a ton of play as well
@josephblue41352 ай бұрын
I never ever heard of White Lion & I'm a 70-year-old rock fan.
@josephprice40952 ай бұрын
Lady of the Valley! Broken Heart should have been a top 10. All You Need is Rock N Roll! All Join Our Hands. So many good songs from them. Just like Great White.
@CaptainCraigKWMRZ2 ай бұрын
Sounds like a "you" problem.@@josephblue4135
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
I recall that.
@timbates63092 ай бұрын
Another major sample in "Funky Cold Medina" is the cowbells from The Rolling Stones "Honky Tonk Women".
@SY-ok2dq2 ай бұрын
"Needs more... cowbell."
@babygerald46452 ай бұрын
I love this idea. Falco, a-ha, and Information Society would be my favorite 2-hit wonders.
@RBS_2 ай бұрын
....dammit, I forgot Information Society on me LIST! ....LOVE "Walking Away" MORE than "What's On Your Mind"!
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Didn't have the heart to call a-ha a 2 hit wonder! ha ha And INFORMATION SOCIETY had more than two hits!
@holstorrsceadus19902 ай бұрын
A Ha has 3 Billboard #1 songs and 14 on international charts
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
@@RBS_ They had a third hit.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
@@holstorrsceadus1990 THat's right.
@SammyHorne2 ай бұрын
I seen Ratt in concert twice and White Lion once. Ratt is very underrated band. I love both bands and always will.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
They're so good!
@jaykay63872 ай бұрын
Yes, Ratt kicks ass. Nobody Rides for Free played out the great "Point Break", totally rad, dude!
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
@@jaykay6387 Agreed!
@blackcoffy832 ай бұрын
Icehouse is so underrated! Hey Little Girl and Great Southern Land are great songs too.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Love them!
@bobschiller64352 ай бұрын
I think Icehouse suffered because Iva took so long to be confident singing with his own voice. On so many of the early songs he sounds like either Bowie or Bryan Ferry.
@JeffTaggart-p6o2 ай бұрын
No Promises got airplay in 1986 before Crazy
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
They used to be called Flowers. Not many people know that!
@debrakeene58932 ай бұрын
No Promises is so dear to me.
@christianninsananda96262 ай бұрын
Crowded House has so many great songs... I would never had guessed that they were a 2 hit wonder.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
No kidding.
@Code.Name.V2 ай бұрын
Audiophiles, melomaniacs, music junkies...lend the Professor your ears!
@TerrickTerran2 ай бұрын
Hear, hear.
@mirthenary2 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the scene in Robin Hood: Men in Tights where everyone started throwing their ears when Robin said the same thing
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
Hey audiophiles! Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time.
@EdFredHernandez2 ай бұрын
At first I thought you said Melonmaniacs, which could be the name for the supporters of Anthony Fantano, "the internet's busiest music nerd" aka "melon" because of his bald dome
@craigstephenson33372 ай бұрын
@@mirthenarynor😊
@familyspears84412 ай бұрын
Wait and Children Cry were instant classics.
@surlechapeau2 ай бұрын
Two hit wonders: The Knack- My Sharona, Good Girls Don’t. Janis Ian- At Seventeen, Society’s Child. Animotion- Obsession, Room To Move.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Yep the first two are from the 70s
@RBS_2 ай бұрын
....check MY list, Surle, see if you agree..... ; ) ......
@gr8lampini2 ай бұрын
At seventeen is a great great song!
@Gunners_Mate_Guns2 ай бұрын
@@gr8lampini It is. Over twenty years ago, I sent an e-mail to Janis praising her for her song and she sent back a nice reply. What a classy gal.
@Gunners_Mate_Guns2 ай бұрын
Sugarloaf- Green-Eyed Lady, Don't Call Us (We'll Call You)
@samkingsway65642 ай бұрын
The best KZbin channel!! Especially for these watchers who know what good music is! 😁
@christophercrowder8722 ай бұрын
The sheer number of platinum (and diamond) albums from the 80's, across all genres, speaks to the almost unbelievable volume of music being consumed.
@craigerickson63082 ай бұрын
Hair or glam is fine to describe the genre. Anyone complaining about it isn't worth debating it. It's not like Hair or glam are slurs. I loved it then and still listen to it today.
@InformedRealist2 ай бұрын
Love this channel but top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart is a pretty bad way to define a one or two-hit wonder. I mean, remember Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home" being voted #1 on Dial MTV every day for 3 months straight and MTV having to impose a time limit to stop it? That song only hit #89 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and wouldn't even qualify as a "hit" under this criteria) but is one of the biggest rock songs of the 1980s. Ratt only had 2 songs make the top 40 of the BIllboard Hot 100 but they had TEN songs hit the top 40 of the Billboard rock chart to go with their 4 platinum and 1 gold albums - they are simply not in the same category as the true one or two-hit wonder bands which had their moment and faded away (at least on these shores).
@WILLIAMWILKINSON-r4b2 ай бұрын
My top 5 2 hit wonders... 1. Tone Loc - wild thing and Funky Cold Medina 2. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head to Toe & Lost In Emotion 3. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus & Vienna Calling 4. Los Lobos - Labamba & Come on Let's Go 5. Kim Wilde - Kids in America & You Keep me Hangin on
@robertbussie99792 ай бұрын
White Lion was an excellent band; one of the most underrated bands of the era.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Amen!
@Employee007652 ай бұрын
I didn't know Greg D'Angelo was the first drummer for Anthrax until I read Scott Ian's book. Crazy.
@dthorne46022 ай бұрын
Nah
@timothya27422 ай бұрын
Vito is and always will be one of my inspirational guitar heroes
@Devo_gx2 ай бұрын
“When the Children Cry” is such an incredible tune that applies to the world today so well. I remember singing this a few months ago and people didn’t realize it was a song from the 80s. Reintroducing people to those classics is so much fun. :)
@cherylreichardt2 ай бұрын
You had me at 80's Professor! Some good ones here!
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Of course.
@GeneralTHC2 ай бұрын
No one called it hair metal then. We just called it heavy metal back in the day. That's it. Sure, you could fit everything from Slayer to Aerosmith in that genre but that's how it was. If you wanted to get more specific we'd call bands like Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth Thrash. But it was all Heavy Metal. Except bands like Foreigner and Loverboy were not Heavy Metal. They were just Hard Rock.
@sleepyhollow7832 ай бұрын
Well said. Exactly as i recall the time as well.
@ward93062 ай бұрын
Wimp rock was never heavy metal
@RolandDeschain12 ай бұрын
Eighties hair metal had a tonne of two-hit wonders, because their second single was always a ballad.
@MusicRunner822 ай бұрын
That's definitely accurate- seems like it was pretty much the glam metal "formula" during that time...though I guess the only exception would actually be Ratt! The closest thing they ever had to a ballad - to my knowledge - was "Givin' Yourself Away" (co-written by the legendary Diane Warren), which only made a small dent on the rock charts some 6 years or so after "Round and Round" (so, 5 after "Lay It Down").
@RobertL_05632 ай бұрын
Happy Saturday Professor and fellow music junkies. Let's have fun with a duece!
@TerrickTerran2 ай бұрын
Always fun for sure.
@Code.Name.V2 ай бұрын
Deuces are wild today!
@Grommet20072 ай бұрын
Icehouse's "Man Of Colours" truly is a masterpiece IMO. Definitely one of my favourite albums. Get your headphones out, and have a listen! Really great stuff, including the title track. I passed many a day relaxing on the beach with "Man of Colors" playing on the Walkman. Favourites off the album - "Crazy" (of course!), "Man of Colours", "Heartbreak Kid", "The Kingdom", "Girl On The Moon", and "Crazy (Midnight Mix)" (headphone eargasm).
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
It’s such a great album.
@commodorenut2 ай бұрын
So true. It’s one of my top 10 favourite albums, and it’s in good company with others like Hysteria and Momentary lapse of reason.
@amycrittendon32692 ай бұрын
Professor, you take being a music junkie to a whole new, incredible level! Another terrific video! Ratt is my favorite in this list! I was 17 years old in 1984 and absolutely loved rocking out to Round and Round!! Thanks so much for your hard work and dedication!! ❤
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
THanks!
@TerrickTerran2 ай бұрын
Two hit wonders is a cool concept.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@SuperMarioBrosIII2 ай бұрын
@@ProfessorofRock The Angry Dad from the Twisted Sister music video Wer'e Not Gonna Take It actor Mark Metcalf was also in Animal House and The Heavenly Kid movie. 🧑🎤💽🎥🎤
@T-Ansel2 ай бұрын
RATT was my favorite. Them and Tesla were two of the bands I gravitated to during the 80's. --- First time commenter, been watching just after you achieved 500K. Great Channel! The storytelling on this channel is phenomenal and is inspirational.
@CowGirlKat86912 ай бұрын
I remember working as Security Escorts at the I.N.E.L. & Ratt & 2 other bands were playing, 3 of my fellow escorts went w/o earplugs they couldn't hear well for a week & were always complaining about their ears hurting, & I reminded them I had suggested they wear ear protection. But they were young & dumb! Glam rock/big hair rock was a time same as the 60's-70's that we'll never see again. 🤠
@joshuagibson25202 ай бұрын
Money pit is a great movie. It is currently free on KZbin.
@joshuagibson25202 ай бұрын
I watched it 2 nights back.
@spanishpeaches29302 ай бұрын
I was absolutley stunned when Dont Dream Its Over only got toNo27 in the charts here in the UK. I remember first hearing it when i was about 23 and it totally stunned me( more than any other song on first hearing). Even today i still find it so beautiful...wonderful nostalgia of a happy time.
@missmelisa18232 ай бұрын
Completely agree
@HotRod126672 ай бұрын
It's a great song. Definitely a sing-along one!
@Zork-iv6rr2 ай бұрын
80's was a Golden Age for Aussie Music. The artists did the hard yards on the Pub and Club circuits and while everyone seems to know AC/DC and INXS there were dozens of others that were as good that never quite managed to make the jump to international success.
@JeffTaggart-p6o2 ай бұрын
Midnight Oil
@Zork-iv6rr2 ай бұрын
@@JeffTaggart-p6o Angels, Radiators, Choirboys, Hoodoo Gurus, Mental As Anything, Mondo Rock, Cold Chisel, Hunters & Collectors, Divinyls, Models. Add Mi-Sex & Split Enz ( Yes I know they're Kiwis ). That's just the bands and not solo artists.
@loopylou25842 ай бұрын
@@Zork-iv6rryou left off Eurogliders
@dthorne46022 ай бұрын
Trust me, we all knew who Milton Berle was back then.
@MusicRunner822 ай бұрын
Don't forget Pseudo Echo, Moving Pictures, and The Church!! Actually, my very first date with my now-wife was a Church concert nearly 7 years ago, at the 9:30 Club here in the Washington, DC area. I always joke around that "that's when I knew!", since she's the only one I could imagine wanting to go to see this relatively obscure (in America, at least) 80s band with me!! 😂
@JoeyBagODonuts-h9s2 ай бұрын
Regardless of "hits" on the radio, I wouldn't consider Ratt to be a one or two hit wonder. The other bands on this list didn't headline major venue tours for several years. Ratt had several songs that were in heavy rotation during the "hair metal" radio years.
@JohnAlbertRigaliАй бұрын
Apparently you’re working with a definition of “hit” that differs than Adam’s definition.
@mikelyda22922 ай бұрын
Ratt was touring with Poison , my very first rock concert! I was 14 and in the front at the stage! They were rocking! A woman in the balcony removed her shirt to show off her goods! lol. The spotlight went straight to her and k was hooked on rock concerts for life!! 😂
@TerrickTerran2 ай бұрын
Ratt is my vote for those two hit wonders but they all had good songs to enjoy.
@jamestapscott94002 ай бұрын
ICEHOUSE is a band you never hear much of in the U.S. I wore out "Man of Colours" on cassette back in 1987 and was fortunate to find a clean vinyl copy in 2021. Split Enz and Crowded House, more great music. Ratt "Out of the Cellar" sounds as fresh today as it did the first time I heard it in the 1980's. A great video. Thanks Prof!
@karentrimmer2 ай бұрын
Watching all of these Professor of Rock videos has made me realize I have a gap between when my daughter left for college in 88 and my son began blasting his music around 94. I've never heard of most of these songs. In the late 80s, we always had a herd of kids at our house. When I heard a couple of preschoolers singing "give me, give me safe sex" I turned off the radio and only played cassette tapes I created to be child friendly.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@josephprice40952 ай бұрын
..."headed for the '90s livin' in the Wild Wild West!"
@gregwasserman26352 ай бұрын
I won't argue that Ratt wasn't a two hit wonder, BUT they had a lot of songs that significant play on the radio and MTV. I watched the video whenever it came on because the model in the video was really good looking! Another "two hit wonder" of sorts in the early 80s was Aldo Nova. He had a hit on his debut album called "Fantasy". On his second album, he had a song called "Monkey on Your Back" that got a lot of airtime, but it wasn't as big as "Fantasy". I guess he had a hit and half.
@CaptainCraigKWMRZ2 ай бұрын
Fatasy? Really? He's a great player, I worked with him at Dallas Sound Lab in 1984, and owns a one of a kind Gibson.
@gregwasserman26352 ай бұрын
@@CaptainCraigKWMRZ, oops! I'll correct that. I had a stroke in June and I miss a lot of things, including spelling. My bad. I was a freshman in HS when "Fantasy" came out and I loved the song. He was an excellent guitarist and people should take a look at his work.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
Aldo Nova is great.
@JohnAlbertRigaliАй бұрын
I only got to hear those songs of his back in the day, but I thought that they were great. But among people I knew then, I was alone in my fandom.
@drewtheunspoken39882 ай бұрын
It's always hard to pick One-Hit or Two-Hit Wonders. Either because an artist had more hits than I thought they did or because their biggest songs never even cracked the Top 40.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
True
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
That’s right.
@hrosemd2 ай бұрын
Let's hear it for Warren Demartini and Ratt. First concert I ever went to back in 1984. Good times.
@christineml14762 ай бұрын
Happy to see Neil Finn getting some respect, am a big fan of Split Enz. Crowded House was equally stellar.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
Neil Finn is one hardworking man..
@endstar9672 ай бұрын
Crowded House has a new album out this year, Gravity Stairs. It is quite good.
@ThomasBurt-f7d2 ай бұрын
Thanks for touching on White Lion.Its good to remember Vito Brugga their guitar player Always wondered what happened to him..
@ponzo19672 ай бұрын
White Lion had a very talented lineup. Those guys were some of the best East Coast musicians on the scene at the time.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
I enjoy a lot of their music.
@jackmehoff54392 ай бұрын
That round and round video is legendary
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
FOr sure
@johnblossom84472 ай бұрын
My girlfriend, at the time, was a big White Lion fan. I had really only heard Wait, but I dived into their music a little more and was pleasantly surprised. Also, who can forget the Ratt/Poison tour. I always thought that was the perfect title for a tour.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@boznok2 ай бұрын
What about Ratt’s single “Way Cool Jr”? That was 75 on the top 100 and 11 on the mainstream rock chart.
@sandijohnson22162 ай бұрын
Happy birthday Professor 🥳🎉
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
THanks!
@martinboyle91632 ай бұрын
Yeah, Happy Birthday old man! 😉
@LisaMeister-y2f2 ай бұрын
@@ProfessorofRockHappy Birthday 🥳
@geoffmalone692 ай бұрын
Dude! I still love RATT! and White Lion! I recently bought the new box set on vinyl and I agree the original lineup of White Lion! I remember seeing them live in Memphis TN at least 3 times within a years time!😱😳 on multiple tours like KISS AC/DC and STRYPER as an opening act
@jamesbullock92092 ай бұрын
Interesting trivia: Iva Davies was also an oboe player and wanted to showcase his skills on the single “Electric Blue.” Though often mistaken for a saxophone solo, it’s actually an oboe being played by Davies.
@MusicRunner822 ай бұрын
Oh wow! I did not know that- I always just figured it was Simon Lloyd, the band's sax/reeds player at the time...
@ChrisFerguson-zm4gt2 ай бұрын
15:23 ratt only had 2 top 40 hits??? Unbelievable!!! Thats insane!!! Dance, slip of the lip, i want to love you tonight, shame shame etc etc. Love ratt
@wizquinn80212 ай бұрын
What about " Back 4 more"? Wasn't that a hit? They were awesome 👌
@ChrisFerguson-zm4gt2 ай бұрын
@@wizquinn8021 exactly!!! Ratt, ozzy and metal church were my favorite bands.
@lymondec2 ай бұрын
RATT, man, it seems strange to have them on here as a two hit wonder cause , for at time, they put out some seriously great stuff and so many catchy rock tunes. I recall when I was young not caring much at all for the song "Round and Round" - as big of a hit that it was, so basically ignored them even though I was into the burgeoning hair metal scene at the time. It was "Lay it Down" that got me into RATT and IoyP, although I think it was "Your in Love" that I liked even more - great song. Then I went back and picked up "Out of the Cellar" probably two or three years later. I tell ya, man, I really missed out on not getting into that album early as it simply is 100% solid front to back - every song. My favorite RATT song is "Back for More". And I'd often go back for more in one sitting just listening to it over and over, and also try to learn to play it even though I suck at guitar. I warmed up to "Round and Round" eventually too. The big hits or crossovers from the Hair Metal genre tended primarily, if not solely, to be ballads. I don't recall RATT doing many ballads at all - can't think of one - well actually Back For More..maybe. However, they put out a ton of catchy rockers over the course or 4 or 5 albums in the eighties, sold at least 20 millions albums and were one of the forerunners of their genre. "Two Hit" wonder label seems to underappreciate their efforts. |======== As for Tone Loc, though I was never big into hip hop, his hits were dominant during a period in college..so much so that when I hear his songs now so many images of that time pop into my head. Those songs were huge and played constantly in the dorms, frat house, and intimate moments ha.
@RobertL_05632 ай бұрын
Ratt rocked... Round and Round!. Very under-appreciated band. I'd heard Milton was a family member.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@josephprice40952 ай бұрын
Uncle Miltie was Robin Crosby's great uncle.
@jasonwilliams51292 ай бұрын
Great video and the choices i can agree with..... Crowded House was an excellent choice! Damn I love that band. I do disagree with the Ratt choice......more than two hits I think. Back For More and You're In Love are two more hits they had. You're In Love is one of my all time favorite songs from that era! Damn I so miss the 80's. Thank you for the memories my friend...they are cherished
@MarkFromHawaii2 ай бұрын
My favorite tune from White Lion is “Little Fighter” which has an interesting Hawaii tie. Back in the 70s-80s an environmental group based out of Hawai’i, Greenpeace had a boat called the Rainbow Warrior which they’d use to disrupt whaling operations. Supposedly it was destroyed by an act of sabotage. White Lion dedicated Little Fighter to the memory of the Rainbow Warrior. The guitar parts are masterful. The rhythm parts are a study in adding just the right fills within the mix to complement the song. The lead break I consider to be Vito at his best. It builds with his signature melodic tapping thrown in and fits the song to make his statement all within 18 bars. God bless you Vito.
@robertpfeiff2 ай бұрын
When The Children Cry remains one of my favorite songs, even after 35+ years
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
So good!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
Love this song.
@RobertJohnson-bj5lk2 ай бұрын
The song: “Christine Sixteen” by KISS was also sampled into the song “Funky Cold Medina” by Ton Loc.
@RealBarefootIsLegal2 ай бұрын
Naked Eyes had 2 HUGE hits...
@shiroibasketshoes2 ай бұрын
4 US Top 40 hits!
@RealBarefootIsLegal2 ай бұрын
@@shiroibasketshoes If you include 2 chart scrapers.. 1 at #37 & a song that spent 1 week in Top 40 at #39 as hits.
@shiroibasketshoes2 ай бұрын
@@RealBarefootIsLegal I sure do. Casey Kasem called all top 40 charters among the biggest hits. Even Hot 100 charters are some degree of his, considering all the music that gets released.
@psykomystro2 ай бұрын
Favorite track from Crowded House, fall at your feet!!! White Lion did a nice remake of Radar Love, and that follow album had some good stuff. Nicely done Proff.
@RoverIAC2 ай бұрын
Two Hit Wonders are just One Hit Wonders who did it again but we didn't realise.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
You think?
@RoverIAC2 ай бұрын
@@ProfessorofRock .... therefor I am.
@Rob_Kates2 ай бұрын
I am surprised about Ratt...only 2 top 40 hits. I figured they had 4 or 5. As far as Tone Loc, I liked his music a lot, also another rapper of the same era, Young MC. My favorite rap group is Beastie Boys. My runner up you don't hear much about...3rd Bass. They did not get that much attention.
@HiteshRama0012 ай бұрын
Crowded House only had 2 hits? I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa and attended their concert in the early 1990s and they had an amazing number of hits in my opinion. We had more than 2 top 40 hits in the SA charts from CH. Great band
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Only 2 in America.
@simplysteve682 ай бұрын
I don't care about whiere on the US/World music charts, a band has its songs, I just consider how many songs, that can be heard on the radio by that band, in my criteria for how many hits. 🤷 CH had at least 3 songs that got alot of radio airplay (hence how many hits), the one we hear the most (on classic stations) now, is Don't Dream Its Over, their other 2 were, Something So Strong, from the same album as DDIO, then they had Better Be Home Soon, in 88, from their Temple Of Low Men album!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
In the U.S. at least.
@cindysnow21232 ай бұрын
Definitely do the 70s!! I can name a couple of artists for that list, The Knack and Rupert Holmes!! I agree with your Number 1 choice!! Crowded House was awesome!! I love Don’t Dream It's Over!! You did a great job!! Happy Birthday Professor Of Rock!! Cindy S.
@DukesMusic842 ай бұрын
Sure you can call it "hair metal". SiriusXM still has the Hair Nation channel which is pure bliss, to me it always has been and always will be hair metal.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
Ha ha. I was teasing!
@TheSlowoldman2 ай бұрын
@@ProfessorofRock Teasing? Is that a pun for Hair Metal??? You have Aqua Net pink label cans shaking everywhere.
@komitkazi2 ай бұрын
@@TheSlowoldman Pretty quick on the uptake for a slow old man!😊 Good one Professor. You still got it in your older age. Have a happy circumnavigation. Don't let Skipper near the wheel.
@MichaelGolpe2 ай бұрын
Great Episode 🎉 Three hit wonders sounds good 👍
@Code.Name.V2 ай бұрын
I agree with you Michael!
@josephprice40952 ай бұрын
Dude, are you f'n kidding me with putting RATT on here? Really???? Before Motley went big with Girls(x3) RATTNROLL was the Sunset Strip theme!!! Round and Round, Wanted Man, Back for More, You're in Love, Lay it Down, Dance, Body Talk, Way Cool Jr. ALL of the HITS!! Come on man!!! I usually agree with you 99.9% of the time, but this one, I expected more awareness, especially since we grew up in that era.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
They are great songs but only 2 charted in the top 40. Technically they had 2 top 40 hits. Fact
@josephprice40952 ай бұрын
@@ProfessorofRock Way Cool didn't chart? That song was everywhere.
@AlexandertheGreat992 ай бұрын
You forgot the best one...Slip of the Lip! But I agree with you, you listed most of their popular songs. Only two hits just doesn't compute!
@josephprice40952 ай бұрын
@@AlexandertheGreat99 There's so many. I actually think that Invasion and Cellar are perfect albums. Not a filler song on either. '81-'91 they were just so unbelievably good. I always try and imagine how different they would be if Jake E Lee stayed, and Warren didn't join. They'd be a little different I think but still tremendously popular.
@cougar242 ай бұрын
I just looked up Ratt on Wikipedia and the Prof is right. Only 2 songs inside the top 40. Hard to believe that Wanted man only made it to #87 as much as it was all over the radio and MTV. "You're in love" #89, "Dance " #59
@steelereign2 ай бұрын
Perfect list! A few others that popped into my head. I THINK they fit the criteria. So many great songs - what a time to be alive (& kicking) 😉 - New Order - Til Tuesday - The Romantics - Level 42 - John Parr
@busterbluesun2 ай бұрын
How could you leave out the Romantics? They had two good hits! Talking in Your Sleep and What I Like About You!
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
What I Like About You wasn't actually a hit.
@TerrickTerran2 ай бұрын
@@ProfessorofRock One thing that amazes me is a song that people love and you find out later it didn't get nearly the attention it deserved.
@busterbluesun2 ай бұрын
@@ProfessorofRockreally? That’s probably their better known song. I mean it was in a beer commercial.
@busterbluesun2 ай бұрын
I remember when it came out, they played the video on MTV all the time. Not sure how it did on the charts but it was on the radio too.
@shiroibasketshoes2 ай бұрын
Those were not their two US Top 40 hits. "Talking In Your Sleep" and the #37 peaking "One In A Million" were. Before those, "What I Like About You" peaked at #49. How'd you like Bucks Fizz's cover of "Talking In Your Sleep"?
@michaelrue14002 ай бұрын
Hair Metal, Glam Rock, call it what you will. I'll just call it my favorite genre of music.
@joshuagibson25202 ай бұрын
Love seeing you give Tōn and Young MC some love.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
For sure!
@ianmclean55412 ай бұрын
1986 was an unbelievably good year for music. So much going on! It’s my all time favourite year for music and so much else that happened in my life at that time. Fantastically good times ❤
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
I agree. A wonderful year!
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
1984 for me!
@markallen29842 ай бұрын
Tone Loc was essentially a novelty act (then again, Rap is a novelty genre) but there is no denying that Tone was successful AND influential. His hits were genuinely good pop music.
@ProfessorofRock2 ай бұрын
True.
@xxlilly_playsxxkiz99802 ай бұрын
And Funky Cold Medina some argue is transphobic.
@cincyninja39442 ай бұрын
Had you asked me what Ratt's hit, other than "Round and Round" was, I would've guessed "Way Cool Jr."