Not quite a one hit wonder but I saw Candi Staton a few years back and she played Young Hearts Run Free mid set and then again for the encore, both times extended well beyond its normal timespan, so for about 15 minutes of a 50 minute set. Much of the rest of the set was covers.
When Candy had the hit in the late ‘70’s we all thought she was called Candy Staton with a hard ‘a’ only for her to reveal years later that it is pronounced Saiton. Every day a school day on the Gasroom.
I saw Suzanne Vega at a festival, she opened with ‘Luca’ as a three minute race though then announced “that’s got that out of the way, now for my now stuff” rude and dull and the field was half empty by the end of her set and she didn’t give a stuff.
I saw Wheatus once (in Wycombe, for some reason) and pretty much everyone spent the evening outside in the smoking area. Then it got to the final song, everyone surged inside and I got told to 'get down' for trying to crowdsurf during Teenage Dirtbag.
We saw Adam Ant at a Rewind Festival years back. Loads of people all up to boogie to his 80's hits.... He had a new album out and covered pretty much just that, all of it was garbage imho. I've never seen so many people leave the field during a set. It was actually a relief when Chesney Hawkes came on
I can’t see the problem with bands not doing a ‘greatest hits’ set if they choose not to.
If they have a new material it seems to me only reasonable to expect their focus to be on that.
There is obviously the risk that by doing so they alienate their ‘fans’ but the alternative seems more depressing to me. They would play to a dwindling audience of those who remembered their hit(s).
But it is pretty brave/stupid to do it as a festival when your audience is less likely to be significant amounts of people who have ‘invested’ time and emotions in their sound and may be more open to new sounds.
The thing that really annoys me about going to gigs with well-known artists performing, is when they sing the first couple of bars of one of their big hits, then hold the microphone out to the audience to continue the rest of it. Rod Stewart is the worst culprit.
I feel like climbing up on stage, giving him a slap Harry Enfield style, and saying ''Oi, Stewart, no! We've paid £75 each to hear you sing, so if you want us to sing instead, you need to pay us, you muppet''.
Suppose you went to a comedy show, and the comedian started by saying ''A man went to the doctors ...'', and then held out the microphone for the audience to finish the joke. That would be bonkers.
Anyone remember The Pirahnas? I saw them support The Jam at the DeMontford Hall. Obviously very confident of their material they did indeed begin with their (only?) hit...Tom Hark. It went downhill from there and their poor quality ska tinged things were being roundly booed by the time they left the stage. At least on a previous tour, the Vapors made us wait for Turning Japanese and they had some decent stuff on their album.
Yes, this is annoying. I know they get bored of singing the same songs, but for some people in the audience it might be their one and only chance to hear it live!
I was thinking that was pretty amazing to have them in Wycombe.
Then remembered the Antelope in their little spell of booking bands to play outside (pre neighbours getting it banned ) had Republica and a few of that sort of ilk.
So unless you heard Wheatus quite close to their main hits (which if you're not even 30 yet would have meant a very young dip into that gig!) I suppose it's less surprising than I thought.
I used to work with a bloke years ago who had Love and Hate tattooed on his fingers, but lost his little finger in an accident, so he just told everyone that he loved hat's
Exciting times for him, not seen him yet but hope people don't expect too much.
I learnt a harsh lesson after getting carried away with Beto after his sub appearance against an injury ravished Doncaster who we're 2nd bottom of league 2. He come on scored a goal, hit the post and looked lively. Followed it up with a good display at Shef Utd but has rapidly declined since then.
And who could forget Tafari Moore's debut. I thought we'd signed Cafu after he ran through the Colchester team and his shot rocketed off the woodwork. Unfortunately that moment was probably the high point of his career.
He had a very good season for St Albans last season apparently and was in the National League South team of the year.
It earned him a move to Oxford City who beat St Albans in the play-off final to get promoted to the National League. No idea how he’s doing this season though.
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Not quite a one hit wonder but I saw Candi Staton a few years back and she played Young Hearts Run Free mid set and then again for the encore, both times extended well beyond its normal timespan, so for about 15 minutes of a 50 minute set. Much of the rest of the set was covers.
Young Hearts Run Over
When Candy had the hit in the late ‘70’s we all thought she was called Candy Staton with a hard ‘a’ only for her to reveal years later that it is pronounced Saiton. Every day a school day on the Gasroom.
I saw Suzanne Vega at a festival, she opened with ‘Luca’ as a three minute race though then announced “that’s got that out of the way, now for my now stuff” rude and dull and the field was half empty by the end of her set and she didn’t give a stuff.
Do what The Farm do at every festival they play. A 15 minute version of Altogether Now midway through a 45 minute set.
I saw Wheatus once (in Wycombe, for some reason) and pretty much everyone spent the evening outside in the smoking area. Then it got to the final song, everyone surged inside and I got told to 'get down' for trying to crowdsurf during Teenage Dirtbag.
you should have showed them a little respect...
Wait, they have more than one song?
lol
Tell me they didn't cover Erasure...
With apologies in advance to @TheAndyGrahamFanClub ...
🎵Sam grace he discovered (I assume!)
A little someone to make things sweeter
Oh Kone, refrain
From breaking our heart
We're so in love with you
You'll be forever blue!🎵
We saw Adam Ant at a Rewind Festival years back. Loads of people all up to boogie to his 80's hits.... He had a new album out and covered pretty much just that, all of it was garbage imho. I've never seen so many people leave the field during a set. It was actually a relief when Chesney Hawkes came on
I can’t see the problem with bands not doing a ‘greatest hits’ set if they choose not to.
If they have a new material it seems to me only reasonable to expect their focus to be on that.
There is obviously the risk that by doing so they alienate their ‘fans’ but the alternative seems more depressing to me. They would play to a dwindling audience of those who remembered their hit(s).
But it is pretty brave/stupid to do it as a festival when your audience is less likely to be significant amounts of people who have ‘invested’ time and emotions in their sound and may be more open to new sounds.
The thing that really annoys me about going to gigs with well-known artists performing, is when they sing the first couple of bars of one of their big hits, then hold the microphone out to the audience to continue the rest of it. Rod Stewart is the worst culprit.
I feel like climbing up on stage, giving him a slap Harry Enfield style, and saying ''Oi, Stewart, no! We've paid £75 each to hear you sing, so if you want us to sing instead, you need to pay us, you muppet''.
Suppose you went to a comedy show, and the comedian started by saying ''A man went to the doctors ...'', and then held out the microphone for the audience to finish the joke. That would be bonkers.
Anyone remember The Pirahnas? I saw them support The Jam at the DeMontford Hall. Obviously very confident of their material they did indeed begin with their (only?) hit...Tom Hark. It went downhill from there and their poor quality ska tinged things were being roundly booed by the time they left the stage. At least on a previous tour, the Vapors made us wait for Turning Japanese and they had some decent stuff on their album.
Yes, this is annoying. I know they get bored of singing the same songs, but for some people in the audience it might be their one and only chance to hear it live!
I was thinking that was pretty amazing to have them in Wycombe.
Then remembered the Antelope in their little spell of booking bands to play outside (pre neighbours getting it banned ) had Republica and a few of that sort of ilk.
So unless you heard Wheatus quite close to their main hits (which if you're not even 30 yet would have meant a very young dip into that gig!) I suppose it's less surprising than I thought.
I think they just happened to be on at the SU and a mate and I went along for a laugh
Were any people surprised when the lead singer started singing the high pitched bit, that in the video is a girl singing?
I used to work with a bloke years ago who had Love and Hate tattooed on his fingers, but lost his little finger in an accident, so he just told everyone that he loved hat's
It was twenty years after their hit before I realised that song was about masturbation. Naive or what! Every day a school day.
The man himself has posted this on X
wanna to say thank you to God for everything he did for me and my family am really grateful and will always be and to @wwfcofficial
who believe in me and waited so long can’t thank them enough. First start with a goal I couldn’t imagine that 4years ago
PATIENCE PRAYER GOD WORK
Exciting times for him, not seen him yet but hope people don't expect too much.
I learnt a harsh lesson after getting carried away with Beto after his sub appearance against an injury ravished Doncaster who we're 2nd bottom of league 2. He come on scored a goal, hit the post and looked lively. Followed it up with a good display at Shef Utd but has rapidly declined since then.
And who could forget Tafari Moore's debut. I thought we'd signed Cafu after he ran through the Colchester team and his shot rocketed off the woodwork. Unfortunately that moment was probably the high point of his career.
He did look amazing that day didn’t he?
He had a very good season for St Albans last season apparently and was in the National League South team of the year.
It earned him a move to Oxford City who beat St Albans in the play-off final to get promoted to the National League. No idea how he’s doing this season though.
I used to work with a bloke called Colin who had a C tattooed on one buttock and an L on the other.
He’d have to bend over for that to work.
Oh crikey. Hope I’m able to exorcise that image pretty quickly.
I’m sure there is a lyric about a man who has hate tattooed on both hands, but I can’t remember the song or who it’s by.
The lyrics (first verse at least) of this song would be ideal for Koné, substituting his name for ‘only’.
https://youtu.be/3FygIKsnkCw?si=wvjQPI2Ii_d-t3jO