# Songs/Bands that no one seems to remember **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887 "2008-04-18T14:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/21 "2008-04-18T22:28:27Z")
[QUOTE=Jackknifed Juggernaut] Utah Saints - Something Good [/QUOTE] [Not quite forgotten…](http://youtube.com/watch?v=oMLCrzy9TEs) ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/22 "2008-04-18T23:02:41Z")
[QUOTE=Jolly Roger] **10-9-8** by _Face-to-Face_- I remember seeing the video on MTV waaaaay back in the 80’s. I even had the cassette album. But once that was lost I never heard that song again. I’ve never found it or a reference online to it ever. Yeah, theres a band called _Face-to-Face_, but I’m not even sure if its the same band. I would love it if anyone else actually remembers this song.ot any songs/bands that they remember that have seemingly vanished? [/QUOTE] That was one of my favorite MTV videos in the eighties. [Here](http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wmp9kxNZwN8) it is on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/23 "2008-04-18T23:05:13Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] Icehouse is great! How about: The Hooters Scritti Politti The Pursuit of Happiness Boom Crash Opera [/QUOTE] For me the Hooters are kinda local! I grew up in northern Delaware…about 40 minutes from Philly..so I heard the Hooters a lot. They played at a local bar when I swas a kid…The Stone Balloon in newark. (Delaware not NJ…the true newark is in delaware). I always thought the original version of “All you zombies” was a lot better than the one released on their breakout album. ---
**Author:** ![BlackNGold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BlackNGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackNGold)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/24 "2008-04-18T23:14:30Z")
[QUOTE=Jolly Roger] I’ll admit I have a habit of liking songs that no one else I know seems to care for…[list] **10-9-8** by _Face-to-Face_- I remember seeing the video on MTV waaaaay back in the 80’s. I even had the cassette album. seemingly vanished? [/QUOTE] I won this album off of a radio station back when I was young. Also vanished. I didn’t look at the video, wasn’t the lead singer kind of hot? Someone also mentioned Donny Iris - a local around here. I hear Donny Iris on the radio at least twice a week. A recent release “Black Dress” kicks some ass. “Leah” was on this morning, as was Donny (as a judge for “Hair Band Idol”). Mine was Matthew Wilder “Break My Stride”. Several years ago, I declared this the “most popular song you will never, ever, hear again”. Within two weeks, I heard it on an insurance commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/25 "2008-04-18T23:16:36Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] That was one of my favorite MTV videos in the eighties. [Here](http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wmp9kxNZwN8) it is on YouTube. [/QUOTE] THANK YOU! Man, its been a long time since I saw that video! Takes me way back.. Despite the cheeese factor of the 80’s it was my decade. Kinda the way I always go “you can dance when y want to…” and do the safety dance at ren faires. some things you never forget…thanks man. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/26 "2008-04-18T23:23:05Z")
[QUOTE=Jackknifed Juggernaut] Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison [/QUOTE] She was more famous here for Fairytale of New York with The Pogues but had a number of other hits too. She died in a tragic accident a number of years ago while swimming on a holiday with her family. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/27 "2008-04-18T23:34:21Z")
Last week I went to dinner with a group of friends (all of 'em Baby Boomers, like me), and I was the only person who remembered [Quarterflash](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1_E6pHa3hc). Gee, I loved that group. I just can’t get enough sax, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/28 "2008-04-18T23:51:19Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Last week I went to dinner with a group of friends (all of 'em Baby Boomers, like me), and I was the only person who remembered [Quarterflash](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1_E6pHa3hc). Gee, I loved that group. I just can’t get enough sax, I guess. [/QUOTE] Guess you’ll have to harden your heart, swallow your tears, etc. ---
**Author:** ![BlackNGold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BlackNGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackNGold)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/29 "2008-04-18T23:51:57Z")
[QUOTE=Jolly Roger] .. Despite the cheeese factor of the 80’s it was my decade. Kinda the way I always go “you can dance when y want to…” and do the safety dance at ren faires. [/QUOTE] I was very sad to learn, about a week ago, that neither “Rhythm of Youth” or “Folk of the 80’s” is readily available on CD. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/30 "2008-04-19T01:07:59Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] …She died in a tragic accident a number of years ago while swimming on a holiday with her family. [/QUOTE] Wow, I had no idea. I know that she did backup vocals for a The Smiths song (Ask, I think). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/31 "2008-04-19T01:10:12Z")
_“Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends”_ by Phil Ochs ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/32 "2008-04-19T01:14:51Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] _“Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends”_ by Phil Ochs [/QUOTE] I like that song. Billy Bragg must remember him. He wrote a song called “I dreamed I saw Phil Ochs last night”, after Joe Hill. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/33 "2008-04-19T01:52:06Z")
[QUOTE=Jophiel] I just listened to “[Crash](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQFo2-xZiks)” the other day, if that makes you feel any better. I couldn’t name anything else about them though. [/QUOTE] “Crash” was on the soundtrack for _Mr. Bean’s Holiday_. It would have been much cooler if The Primitives’ version had been used instead of a cover, but you take what you can get. ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/34 "2008-04-19T02:52:16Z")
[QUOTE=Jolly Roger] \*\*So you ran \*\* by _Orion the Hunter_. [/QUOTE] You can see this song on YouTube. [QUOTE=Jolly Roger] **When the heart rules the mind** [/QUOTE] This song is by GTR (with Steve Howe & Steve Hackett); you can also see this song on YouTube. [QUOTE=Jolly Roger] \*\*Icehouse/ Crazy \*\* by _Icehouse_- People remember Icehouse. But I’ll be darned if I can even find the song Crazy anywhere but places like “Limewire”. Either my Rhapsody and iTunes accounts are messed up or this band dropped off of the face of the earth. Strange since _Crazy_ was a really good song. At least I thought so. At least my neice remembers the song Icehouse. She thought it was amusing that the song was called **Icehouse** , by _Icehouse_ on an album called _ **Icehouse** _. (hey, she was like 8, back when we saw the video on MTV.) [/QUOTE] Icehouse was great. I have “Man of Colors” (which has Crazy) and “Great Southern Land”. My contribution: [“What About Me” by Moving Pictures](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zawR7VYNdNg) ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/35 "2008-04-19T04:02:16Z")
Glass Moon’s “Killer at 25” gets played on the KSHE Klassics show on Sunday mornings a lot. Can’t say I have ever heard of the song “Blue Windows” though. Icehouse “Crazy” still gets a lot of airplay in St Louis, both on the Classic Rock and Real Rock stations, IIRC. I vaguely remember a song by The Catholic Girls on MTV, but I think the name of the song was “You’re making me, cry.” I think one of the “singers” also appeared in Penthouse magazine. Not sure what happened to Quarterflash. I always thought “Find another fool to love you” was a great song. But rarely hear either of their two “hits” played anymore. Anybody familiar with: **Lake** : _Between the Lines; TIme Bomb; Chasing Colors; Angel in Disguise_ or **Kayak** : _Starlight Dancer; I Want you to be Mine_? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/36 "2008-04-19T05:29:54Z")
[QUOTE=Jackknifed Juggernaut] Lush - Ladykillers … Romeo Void - Never Say Never [/QUOTE] I associate Lush more with [“DeLuxe”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcLIZ9D5ZgA). They were also among the headliners of the second Lollapalooza tour in 1992. As for Romeo Void, “A Girl in Trouble is a Temporary Thing” was probably a bigger hit. The fact that in the 80’s a band could still get away with having a female lead singer who was there entirely for her vocal abilities and not because she was also eye candy makes that seem like a long time ago. [QUOTE=BlackNGold] Mine was Matthew Wilder “Break My Stride”. Several years ago, I declared this the “most popular song you will never, ever, hear again”. Within two weeks, I heard it on an insurance commercial. [/QUOTE] Was that before or after Puff Daddy (a.k.a., P. Diddy, a.k.a., Sean Combs) sampled it? ---
**Author:** ![Leechboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Leechboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leechboy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/37 "2008-04-19T05:48:29Z")
Icehouse and the Hoodoo Gurus are pretty much still household names here in Oz. The Gurus’ song What’s My Scene was the theme for the enormously popular here, but shortlived in the U.S. (mainly cause they screwed up the concept) Thank God You’re Here. Boom Crash Opera were huge in Australia in around 87-88, then Alternative and Grunge came into fashion, and they disappeared. I’m still amazed when I meet anyone who’s a fan of, or even heard of Life, Sex & Death, Warrior Soul or The Galactic Cowboys. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/38 "2008-04-19T06:53:43Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] I associate Lush more with [“DeLuxe”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcLIZ9D5ZgA). They were also among the headliners of the second Lollapalooza tour in 1992. [/QUOTE] This was actually my first concert so, since Lush was the first band, they were the first band I actually saw live. Very few people were around for their set at 2 pm, though. Although it didn’t come out for two years after Lollapalooza, I still think of the song [“Hypocrite”](http://youtube.com/watch?v=buz5D8OWmRc) when I think of them. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/39 "2008-04-21T20:18:38Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] I associate Lush more with [“DeLuxe”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcLIZ9D5ZgA). [/QUOTE] I agree with you. It’s just that Ladykillers is my favorite song by them. ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/40 "2008-04-21T20:56:59Z")
One band I never knew anyone to hear of was The Other Ones, who had a video on MTV called “Holiday”. Saw the video one time, when it first came out around 1987, and never saw it again until just a few years ago. It is easily found on YouTube. Finally found the CD the song was released from. Great album. Never knew they had a second CD until a couple of years ago, and I had to import it from Germany to get a copy. Great pop band. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887.md?page=3)