Was anybody else on the UK charts singing complicated arpeggi in falsetto with such wordy lyrics? Even by glam standards, it must have stood out.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 16:08 (three months ago) link
the song that comes to mind for me is "Push th' Little Daisies" by Ween, though I guess here it only got as high as 21 on the Modern Rock chart. it was a bona fide hit in Australia for whatever reason. maybe the fact that my generation was raised on Beavis and Butthead re-runs convinced us the song was more popular than it actually was. but yeah kind of funny situation, Electra signs this band with basically no commercial potential and are essentially forced to come up with **something** as the single
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 16:08 (three months ago) link
(xp) 70s charts in the UK were full of weird (mostly terrible) one-offs - not that Sparks were a one-off, of course (or terrible).
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 16:11 (three months ago) link
this was the moment my brain broke in half
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=askJED2-_l4
― llurk, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 16:11 (three months ago) link
No Weenin' the Juice
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 16:26 (three months ago) link
Thsi Town Ain't Big Enough is definitely a weird song
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 18:50 (three months ago) link
Friends and I still quote this shreds of Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm years later....cannot resist to post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IhhdsKXAQ
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 19:40 (three months ago) link