BassTractor Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) Sparked by the one-hit wonder thread, I thought it could be interesting with a thread for music you'll never see in the lists. I thought we had a thread, but can't find anything like it. I'll kick off with music composed and recorded by others. I just was in this band after they didn't have a hit ... and remained hitless even though I joined them. 😁 Dutch band The Group: "Ballad of Hathor" from "Omniphonic Music", 1975. Not their most marked song, but the only one I could find. Edited June 11, 2023 by BassTractor 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted June 11, 2023 Author Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) Might as well throw in some classical. (Admittedly, you might see it in a classical list ... in a very good year.) This time, I don't even know whether I'm on it or not; it depends on when it was recorded and on who you ask. Edited June 11, 2023 by BassTractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted June 11, 2023 Author Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) @Dad3353, I'd love to hear that, but still have no sound in my laptop. I forgot that little bit when starting the thread. 😟 😄 Edited June 11, 2023 by BassTractor 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Went nowhere, but although it's decades old, it's still relevant given the current state of the world. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 This one from us gets a reasonable amount of airtime on specialist radio shows and been put on compilation albums but has never been a hit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 https://necrotaph.bandcamp.com/album/thrailer-thrash?t=3 Enjoy, or not, we are not your supervisor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 From perhaps 1991... Audio and performance video all recorded live (to DAT and Umatic)in our rehearsal studio, which was a back room in a Harlesden terrace. Our nearest thing to fame was a tour supporting Gaye Bykers on Acid, plus another tour supporting Carter, and 2 headlines at the Marquee... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) Search for The Inevitable Teaspoons on Spotify or whatever. Will never be a hit because I'm making you search for it. Obvs that's the reason... EDIT - yeah, that didn't work either Edited June 13, 2023 by neepheid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 I’m not actually playing bass on this…. I’m the singer/songwriter/guitarist…. recorded for BBC introducing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 5 hours ago, snorkie635 said: Went nowhere, but although it's decades old, it's still relevant given the current state of the world. That's actually pretty groovy there Snorks.. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 59 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: That's actually pretty groovy there Snorks.. 👍 Well ta very much. You're the only one who cares? 🤭 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) From my dark drone/ambient project Fjernsind (which originally shared my name, hence why it says Jacob Læby and not Fjernsind😞 Up for free download here: https://fjernsind.bandcamp.com/track/den-hvide-d-d-the-white-death-3 Otherwise check out my cross project SoundCloud and YouTube channel, linked in my signature bellow here, both featuring links to the individual project's Bandcamp pages, where all the music I have produced is up for free download. That said I was once a part of an indie pop duo where one of our songs, where I contributed to both the composition and lyrics, and played lead guitar, bass and did backing vocals on on the recording, got added to the Danish national radio's playlist, still hardly any great commercial success, and hardly qualifies as a hit either: Edited June 13, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 52 minutes ago, snorkie635 said: Well ta very much. You're the only one who cares? 🤭 One's better than none I suppose 😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 10 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said: Up for free download here: https://fjernsind.bandcamp.com/track/den-hvide-d-d-the-white-death-3 Otherwise check out my cross project SoundCloud and YouTube channel, linked in my signature bellow here, both featuring links to the individual project's Bandcamp pages, where all the music I have produced is up for free download. You need a film maker to use that one 👍 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, Waddo Soqable said: You need a film maker to use that one 👍 Not the first time I've heard that. But thanks. Edited June 11, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 A nice little pleasant ditty 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 We got this on national radio, somehow. Not this, though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Melodic doom metal with Dutch lyrics (in the case of this song, inspired by the courage of the Ukrainian people standing up to their suppressors). Not gonna happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackroadkill Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 On 11/06/2023 at 13:38, Leonard Smalls said: plus another tour supporting Carter Mate, if I didn't think you were cool already...! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 This is my other band... Formed nearly 40 years ago with no actual success apart from playing with Mikey Dread at the Warehouse in Leeds back in 1985. However, the drummer went off to form the Utah Saints via MDMA, one guitarist went back to the USA and played with the Rollins Band, other guitarist is now with successful Goth band Cassandra Complex (top 10 record in Germany last month) and keyboard player was Jay Rayner! Only little 'ol me had no stardom! This is what we (unsuccessfully!) produced after reforming for drummer's wedding (we're still playing!) - vid shot in my garden and edited by me... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) On 11/06/2023 at 21:22, Waddo Soqable said: One's better than none I suppose 😁 It is, but it ain't "one" either. I care, and I like it. Now this thread wasn't for critiquing other people's music, but I do think @snorkie635 and the lads could've recorded and released this officially and it could've been a hit too. Nothing wrong with the song; "everything" wrong with what makes or breaks a hit. When I started the thread, I was originally thinking of music that could never be a hit (like classical, jazz, experimental etc), but changed my scope before writing the OP, and hoped many would feel at home in the thread, like people who could've had a hit but didn't. From what I've heard up to now (I can play most of the YT vids on my tv, and none of the rest), many kinds of music are represented, which is good in my book. Keep'em coming! Edited June 13, 2023 by BassTractor 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 1 hour ago, BassTractor said: music that could never be a hit I've got p-lenty of that - often produced for the BC monthly compo compo, though unfortunately I'm yet to score a nul points And a jazz-classical crossover attempt at the Christmas number 1... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 3 hours ago, BassTractor said: It is, but it ain't "one" either. I care, and I like it. Now this thread wasn't for critiquing other people's music, but I do think @snorkie635 and the lads could've recorded and released this officially and it could've been a hit too. Nothing wrong with the song; "everything" wrong with what makes or breaks a hit. When I started the thread, I was originally thinking of music that could never be a hit (like classical, jazz, experimental etc), but changed my scope before writing the OP, and hoped many would feel at home in the thread, like people who could've had a hit but didn't. From what I've heard up to now (I can play most of the YT vids on my tv, and none of the rest), many kinds of music are represented, which is good in my book. Keep'em coming! You did ask. 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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