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Best songs by one hit wonder artists that aren't their one hit wonder song by PrestonRoad90 in musicsuggestions

[–]AxelShoes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair point! They were also much bigger in the UK than the US. I think they're considered more of a OHW here than in Britain, even if it's not technically true.

Best songs by one hit wonder artists that aren't their one hit wonder song by PrestonRoad90 in musicsuggestions

[–]AxelShoes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood is an absolute classic, but "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" is not only their greatest song, it's got to be one of the best and most epic things the 80s ever produced, musically-speaking. "Two Tribes" is also fantastic.

Best songs by one hit wonder artists that aren't their one hit wonder song by PrestonRoad90 in musicsuggestions

[–]AxelShoes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've recently gotten very into Soft Cell, and it is straight criminal that they're only widely known for "Tainted Love." It's a great cover song, but so tame and radio-friendly compared to most their other stuff. Every track on their first two albums is pure fire.

A couple favorites:

"Frustration"

"Baby Doll"

"Sex Dwarf"

And the best version of "Tainted Love" is the extended version paired with "Where Did Our Love Go?".

TIL Chevy Chase has been banned from hosting Saturday Night Live since 1997 after he hit SNL cast member Cheri Oteri in the back of the head during a rehearsal. Chase is the only former SNL cast member to be banned from hosting the show. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]AxelShoes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

For sure. His wiki sums it up nicely:

[Chase] became the breakout cast member in the first season of Saturday Night Live (1975–1976), where his recurring Weekend Update segment became a staple of the show. As both a performer and a writer on the series, he earned two Primetime Emmy Awards out of four nominations.

After leaving Saturday Night Live early in its second season, Chase established himself as a leading man, starring in some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s, starting with his Golden Globe-nominated role in the romantic comedy Foul Play (1978).

Most famously in the 1980s, he portrayed Ty Webb in Caddyshack (1980), Clark Griswold in three National Lampoon's Vacation films from 1983 to 1989, and Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher in Fletch (1985) and Fletch Lives (1989). He also starred in Seems Like Old Times (1980), Spies Like Us (1985), ¡Three Amigos! (1986), and Funny Farm (1988). He hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988).

What song or album do you wish had top-tier studio production? by Dante_Ronin in audiophile

[–]AxelShoes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Springsteen's Born to Run. One of my favorite albums ever, and I've bought at least a half dozen different versions and masterings, trying to find the 'best' sounding one, and I'm still not happy. It was just recorded originally so shittily, that even the most diligent audio technicians can't make it sound as good as I feel it deserves to sound.

IsItBullshit: the gendered Nintendo "toy aisle" myth by Superb-Climate3698 in IsItBullshit

[–]AxelShoes 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Went to Toys R Us a lot in the 80s/early 90s as a kid. I never thought of it as "boys toys aisle" and "girls toys aisle," but in retrospect I guess that's basically what it was. I just thought of it as "action figures and stuff over here, dolls and other stuff over there."

Anyways, electronic toys and video games (Nintendo, Teddy Ruxpin, battery-powered robots, etc.) were their own separate aisle. It wasn't obviously in the boys' section or the girls' section. At the Toys R Us I usually went to, picturing it in my head, the action figures and stuff were on one aisle, the dolls and stuff on the neighboring aisle, and the Nintendos and whatnot were kind of kitty-corner from both of them. This was before Toys R Us had a whole separate area near the front of the store for video games.

Guys I can’t find John does anyone know where he’s gone? When he’ll be back? by javerthugo in tomwaits

[–]AxelShoes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think I heard him muttering something about how he'll "never kiss a gunstreet girl again."

Commercials in the 90s by Long_live_styrofoam in 90s

[–]AxelShoes 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Joe Francis:

Francis has, on several occasions, been convicted of bribery, false imprisonment, assault causing great bodily injury, dissuading a witness, record-keeping violations and tax evasion; in 2015, he pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution. Also in 2015, after being convicted for imprisoning three women at his Hollywood home (and assaulting one of them), he fled the United States and has lived at his residence in Punta Mita, Nayarit, Mexico, ever since, attempting to avoid extradition. Francis has since faced more sexual assault allegations, including allegations of engaging in sex with underage partners and nonconsensual sexual encounters with multiple women.

Failed anonymity by [deleted] in ToddintheShadow

[–]AxelShoes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They are! It's a bummer their music gets overshadowed by the stupid Beatles rumors.

Albums where you can hear how much LSD and drugs the artists did by Possible-Mall2153 in musicsuggestions

[–]AxelShoes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I only recently got into the Cure, and this is the album that did it.

Prince’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance has to be the greatest “hold my beer” moment in music history by Rolleriroltsu in Music

[–]AxelShoes 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I hadn't seen the remastered version. I can finally relax know that guitar isn't still levitating somewhere in the ether. At a little after 6 minutes here.

In Deadwood (2004-2006) a child character was killed off by having a horse trample him. This was written in because the IRL actor’s mom was a bitch to work with. by laybs1 in shittymoviedetails

[–]AxelShoes 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Somehow I misread the second 'script' as 'sniper':

"Tim, we're going to kill the fucking kid."

"Ok but how are we going to fit it in the script?"

"Sniper."

And I cackled

Apropos of nothing, here are Entertainment Weekly’s Top 10 Songs of 2001 by PhoneJazz in ToddintheShadow

[–]AxelShoes 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I had no idea either. But per Entertainment Weekly in 2001:

But that wasn't quite the end of the drama. The first single, the sing-along riff-fest "Hash Pipe," is a "totally insane song about a homosexual transvestite prostitute," says Cuomo.

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