Barack Obama under investigation for not reporting royalties since 1972

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Dang, maybe I was wrong about the gateway pundit and owe Rightguide an apology

Gateway Pundit is the Republican Huffington Post.

 

[desecration]

: a performer, group, etc., that is popular or successful only once for a brief time

I admire your use of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It puts Wikipedia to shame in every way. I might just add to those great definitions an idea: if a band is only famous for one song, by definition that is within a limited period of time. Sort of like how one of any event does not indicate a time span. What I think they are hinting at is that most one-hit wonder bands pop up, have a hit, and then fail, at which point they fade away.

 

[Comshaw]

Correct. But having two hit singles doesn't keep you from being a one-hit wonder if it's one song which defined you. There's also an element of time involved as well:

one–hit wonder
noun
plural one–hit wonders
[count]
: a performer, group, etc., that is popular or successful only once for a brief time

https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/one–hit-wonder#:~:text=Britannica Dictionary definition of ONE,song, movie, etc.]

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one-hit wonder
noun
variants or less commonly one hit wonder or one-hit-wonder
pluralone-hit wonders also one hit wonders or one-hit-wonders
1
: a musical group that has achieved recognition on the basis of only one widely popular song.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-hit wonder

The problem here is the bolded portion. They weren't successful ONLY ONCE. They had a second hit that made the top 40. Now even semi-educated workers like me can count to two. So if there were two, if they were SUCCESSFUL twice getting on the charts, they aren't a "one hit wonder" are they?

Comshaw

 

[RoryN]

The problem here is the bolded portion. They weren't successful ONLY ONCE. They had a second hit that made the top 40.

Ask anyone today about The Looking Glass, and see who names the second song - besides the finger-shaking crowd.

"Technically correct" doesn't count at all in the colloquial definition of one-hit wonder; like it's said in those I linked to, it's also a product of time.

Not my rules.

 

[desecration]

Colloquially, "one-hit wonder" means a band known for one song who then faded away, as opposed to bands who kept generating hits.

 

[Comshaw]

Ask anyone today about The Looking Glass, and see who names the second song - besides the finger-shaking crowd.

"Technically correct" doesn't count at all in the colloquial definition of one-hit wonder; like it's said in those I linked to, it's also a product of time.

Not my rules.

Actually, it is your rules, manufactured from nothing but a want and wish. "Technically correct" is correct no matter how you squint. There is an old saying "close only counts in horseshoes and grenades". Anything else is moving the goalposts to support your point.

I figured going into this that you couldn't or wouldn't admit you were wrong. You do realize you are doing the same thing that those you despise and whom you call out on it all the time do, right?

Comshaw

 

[RobDownSouth]

Rolling Stone did an article on the 20 Greatest Two-Hit Wonders of All Time

I only recognized two of them (Tone Loc and Golden Earring), the rest were "one-hit and a weaker followup" to me.

 

[RoryN]

Actually, it is your rules

100% false, as linked to and demonstrated above.

manufactured from nothing but a want and wish. "Technically correct" is correct no matter how you squint.

Music and its terms exist for the mass population, not for social malcontents going "gotcha" on technical definitions. It isn't a technical term = doesn't apply.

BTW, Dickey Betts just died.

 

[desecration]

To be fair, the Cutting Crew song was kind of iconic.

 

[Comshaw]

100% false, as linked to and demonstrated above.



Music and its terms exist for the mass population, not for social malcontents going "gotcha" on technical definitions. It isn't a technical term = doesn't apply.

BTW, Dickey Betts just died.

Actually, it is your rules, manufactured from nothing but a want and wish. "Technically correct" is correct no matter how you squint. There is an old saying "close only counts in horseshoes and grenades". Anything else is moving the goalposts to support your point.

I figured going into this that you couldn't or wouldn't admit you were wrong. You do realize you are doing the same thing that those you despise and whom you call out on it all the time do, right?

Comshaw

I rest my case.



Comshaw

 

[YDB95]

Ask anyone today about The Looking Glass, and see who names the second song - besides the finger-shaking crowd.

It occurs to me that a lot of people probably know "Brandy" well enough to sing it, but couldn't tell you the band's name.

 

[LLCox]

lmao