# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/41 "2008-04-21T23:47:58Z")
[Emitt Rhodes](http://www.sff.net/people/rothman/GBF/rhodes.htm) [Poco](http://greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2008/03/poco-music.html) [Kak](http://greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2008/02/kak.html) [It’s a Beautiful Day](http://greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2008/02/its-beautiful-day-music.html) [Flash and the Pan](http://greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2008/01/flash-and-pan.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/42 "2008-04-22T02:53:11Z")
A few bands from the 80s: Living in a Box Hayzi Fantayzee (sp?) (they sang “Shiny Shiny”) T’Pau (had a minor hit, “Heart and Soul”) Fun Boy 3 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - can’t remember a single song they did, but some kid at my school had a homemade Sigue Sigue Sputnik t-shirt. One from the 90s- The Bingo Boys. They had a song called “Show Me How to Dance”, and before that, “Bring Me Edelweiss.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/43 "2008-04-22T14:31:54Z")
Not as relevant as it would have been last week (hey, I’m starved for entertainment) is _The Earthquake Song,_ by **The Little Girls** Absolutely goofy song; makes you dance while singing along to lyrics like _We’re gonna run run run Havin’ so much fun 'Cause there’s a building chasing me-e-E Smack smack! I just fell in a crack, and now I’m part of thee debree-e-E_ ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/44 "2008-04-22T16:48:15Z")
Bands Wall of Voodoo Klaatu Hindu Love Gods ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/45 "2008-04-22T17:32:18Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] [It’s a Beautiful Day](http://greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2008/02/its-beautiful-day-music.html) [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t call It’s a Beautiful Day and “White Bird” forgotten by any means. David LaFlamme is still touring with a version of the band (including original drummer Val Fuentes); I saw 'em last year at Monterey. Saw 'em in 1969, too. ---
**Author:** ![atlantic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@atlantic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atlantic)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/46 "2008-04-22T17:43:32Z")
> [@](#): > > I just listened to “Crash” the other day, if that makes you feel any better. > > I couldn’t name anything else about them though. “Secrets”! “Crash” & “Secrets” are buried somewhere on my hard drive. > [@](#): > > Pete Droge - If You Don’t Love Me I’ll Kill Myself > School of Fish - 3 Strange Days > Lloyd Cole - She’s A Girl and I’m A Man > Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You > Freedy Johnston - Bad Reputation > Andreas Johnson - Glorious > Lush - Ladykillers > Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison > Romeo Void - Never Say Never > St. Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart > Utah Saints - Something Good I remember Freedy Johnston - “Bad Reputation” is also taking up space on my hard drive. ---
**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/47 "2008-04-22T20:02:32Z")
A lot of seriously old school, early 80s, pre-Run DMC rap groups seem to be pretty much forgotten. I mean, people remember **Sugar Hill Gang’s** _Rapper’s Delight_ or **Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s** _The Message_ (or maybe _White Lines_), but not a whole lot else. When I’ve heard old school rap shows/stations on radio or online they tend more towards people like **Eric B and Rakim** or **EPMD** (who were good, but from a slightly later era) rather than, say, **The Cold Crush Brothers** or **The Funky Four Plus One More**. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/48 "2008-04-22T20:10:51Z")
[QUOTE=Jolly Roger] Never say Never is a song I won’t forget…only because of the video. the lead singer was FAT…I mean really fat. Not to insult fat people, but imagining her with the lyrics about making love and all that always made me laugh. I would see the video and think “Well, I’d have to be pretty drunk to never say never to that.” [/QUOTE] To be the subject of the song you’d have to be related too - like her dad :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/49 "2008-04-22T21:40:31Z")
Paul Hardcastle, “Nineteen” [Paul Hardcastle - Nineteen Lyrics](http://www.lyricsondemand.com/onehitwonders/nineteenlyrics.html) I’d like to hear that again and see if it has any lasting value. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/50 "2008-04-23T01:06:22Z")
**Ned’s Atomic Dustbin** **The Poster Children** ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/51 "2008-04-23T01:34:49Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] I wouldn’t call It’s a Beautiful Day and “White Bird” forgotten by any means. David LaFlamme is still touring with a version of the band (including original drummer Val Fuentes); I saw 'em last year at Monterey. Saw 'em in 1969, too. [/QUOTE] I’m sure they, and other bands have their fans and are probably touring. But outside the core, they are forgotten. “White Bird” was a radio staple; I doubt it’s been played at any commercial station in twenty years. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/52 "2008-04-23T01:39:37Z")
Let’s see, a few that jump to mind immediately: Oxo Chilliwack Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes Pere Ubu ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/53 "2008-04-23T01:43:45Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] **Ned’s Atomic Dustbin** [/QUOTE] I remember those guys. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/54 "2008-04-23T11:39:55Z")
[QUOTE=Cardinal] Paul Hardcastle, “Nineteen” [Paul Hardcastle - Nineteen Lyrics](http://www.lyricsondemand.com/onehitwonders/nineteenlyrics.html) I’d like to hear that again and see if it has any lasting value. [/QUOTE] Me too. And I’d enjoy it even if it didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/55 "2008-04-23T12:43:41Z")
[QUOTE=Jolly Roger] Never say Never is a song I won’t forget…only because of the video. the lead singer was FAT…I mean really fat. Not to insult fat people, but imagining her with the lyrics about making love and all that always made me laugh. I would see the video and think “Well, I’d have to be pretty drunk to never say never to that.” [/QUOTE] Holy crap. [I think I can safely say “never.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icibDDQi4EU) [Dada - Diz Knee Land](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKUuLs_GD5U) (nothing beats an amateur music video set to somebody’s vacation photos from 1995! 😃 ) [2nu - This is Ponderous](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xWLahk86I) ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/56 "2008-04-23T13:18:04Z")
**Jesus Jones** **Toad the Wet Sprocket** **The Farm** Is my age showing? ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/57 "2008-04-23T13:38:17Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] **Jesus Jones** **Toad the Wet Sprocket** **The Farm** Is my age showing? [/QUOTE] You might be interested in [Powder](http://http://www.amazon.com/Powder-Kevin-Sampson/dp/B000HWZ3VW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=Uhttp://www.amazon.com/Powder-Kevin-Sampson/dp/B000HWZ3VW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208957717&sr=8-2TF8&s=books&qid=1208957717&sr=8-2) A book written by the former manager of The Farm, and it describes the “rags to riches and back again” story of an indie band… From hoping an A&R man comes to their gig in a small venue, to the lead singer booking into a separate hotel in their north american tour… ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/58 "2008-04-23T14:26:58Z")
Let’s see… Ebn-Ozn (do I win the thread for this one? 😉 ) Eurogliders Red Rockers Let’s Active Altered Images Visage Japan 8 Seconds Chalk Circle I’ll have to think of some others. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/59 "2008-04-23T15:19:15Z")
[QUOTE=Nutty Bunny] Let’s see… Ebn-Ozn (do I win the thread for this one? 😉 ) [/QUOTE] dammit! That’s who I was going to mention! 😛 How about **Will Powers**? Anyone else remember her? ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887/60 "2008-04-23T16:05:44Z")
[Stillwater - Mindbender](http://youtube.com/watch?v=bt1io_Z2WOQ) I loved that album. I had it on 8-track, actually. I was bitch’n! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-no-one-seems-to-remember/445887.md?page=4)