Archive for the one hit wonders tag

Our Daughter’s Wedding: Lawnchairs

If you come to Atomic a lot, you might know Marc. Actually, Marc was there before Atomic was, and he's one of several regulars who occasionally tips me off to some of the gaping holes in my collection. Well one day, Marc sends me an email asking if I have this song. I didn't, but sent an mp3 of it back abooooout 60 seconds later. I'm not saying where I got it, because Marc now thinks I'm some kind of music-finding magician.

I'll admit that I didn't remember it at all, but I liked it, so I played it. Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised that half the regulars were already familiar, but Our Daughter's Wedding was around for barely longer than it took me to locate that mp3. Formed as a rock band in New York in 1977, they quit in 1978, reformed again in 1979 with a more electronic sound, and broke up for good in 1982, "Lawnchairs" having been their only slight taste of fame.

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Toto Coelo: I Eat Cannibals

With good ol' Turkey Day right around the corner, why not feature a silly New Wave song about feasting on flesh, since that is essentially what the holiday has come to be about?! Then again, we're not eating our own kind like these five quirky ladies in Toto Coelo were on their 1982 hit single "I Eat Cannibals."

They are certainly the epitome of a one hit wonder but this dance nugget is one tasty treat of a track that deserves to be busted out of the vaults! And hey, they could very well be considered the Spice Girls of the 80's. Have a listen & think about it!

Their love is so edible, don't you agree?