Bands who were but are no longer. Should have been huge:
Six By Seven
The God Machine
Catherine Wheel
Neutral Milk Hotel
Red House Painters
Six By Seven
The God Machine
Catherine Wheel
Neutral Milk Hotel
Red House Painters
Your Favourite "Not So Successful Acts" Thread
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Originally Posted by little-monster:
“Mimicole, nice to know you like She & Him and Pretty reckless too
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“Mimicole, nice to know you like She & Him and Pretty reckless too
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I love Zooey Deschanel's voice.I don't think there is a bad track on the pretty reckless album.
I wish Far From Never was included on my copy of the album though.
Originally Posted by kryskrys:
“I know most of these have had moderate success, but they deserved to be a lot bigger:
Annie
Rachel Stevens
Roisin Murphy
Mini Viva
Kelis
Robyn
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Alesha Dixon
Gabriella Cilmi
Frank
Girlicious
Girls Can't Catch
Nadine Coyle
Little Boots
Siobhan Donaghy
And its too soon to tell on Nicola Roberts, SoundGirl and Florrie, but I think they'll end up in this category too
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“I know most of these have had moderate success, but they deserved to be a lot bigger:
Annie
Rachel Stevens
Roisin Murphy
Mini Viva
Kelis
Robyn
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Alesha Dixon
Gabriella Cilmi
Frank
Girlicious
Girls Can't Catch
Nadine Coyle
Little Boots
Siobhan Donaghy
And its too soon to tell on Nicola Roberts, SoundGirl and Florrie, but I think they'll end up in this category too
”
I like all of these and I like Ladyhawke and Jennifer Hudson as well.
Always think of Mumm-Ra when this question pops up. Thought These Things Move In Three's was a cracking album, songs like Down, Down, Down, Now or Never & She's Got You High. I'm surprised they didn't make a bigger impact, I heard She's Got You High on an advert recently! That song certainly does the rounds on adverts & films..
Also, Stephen Fretwell, Not going to lie, I discovered him from Gavin & Stacey ("Run" is the closing credit) and it took me a good few years to actually listen to the rest of his stuff, and God it's good. Magpie is a cracker album with some great songs like Run, Play, New York & -. The Man On The Roof was good too, love The Scheme
Another one is Sufjan Stevens. A phenomenal singer-songwriter who didn't chart over here until Age Of Adz, his weakest album imo. Although, he is well received, mostly for "Illinois"
Also, Stephen Fretwell, Not going to lie, I discovered him from Gavin & Stacey ("Run" is the closing credit) and it took me a good few years to actually listen to the rest of his stuff, and God it's good. Magpie is a cracker album with some great songs like Run, Play, New York & -. The Man On The Roof was good too, love The Scheme
Another one is Sufjan Stevens. A phenomenal singer-songwriter who didn't chart over here until Age Of Adz, his weakest album imo. Although, he is well received, mostly for "Illinois"
Yeah nice one I would agree with Sufjan who I saw in concert last month.
One of the greatest neglected and in my opinion the best soul voice of all time Donny Hathaway, anyone who has never heard him, give it a try.
A real troubled soul who took his own life at 34.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dko6eQl4w2s
One of the greatest neglected and in my opinion the best soul voice of all time Donny Hathaway, anyone who has never heard him, give it a try.
A real troubled soul who took his own life at 34.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dko6eQl4w2s
Originally Posted by mimicole:
“ I love Zooey Deschanel's voice.
I don't think there is a bad track on the pretty reckless album. I wish Far From Never was included on my copy of the album though.”
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I love Zooey Deschanel's voice.I don't think there is a bad track on the pretty reckless album.
I wish Far From Never was included on my copy of the album though.”
So do i
I also think Taylor Motem is a talented songwriter and singer. Her bad girl image and often bad publicity are what i reckon what drove people away from The Pretty reckless.
Just a tip for those who'd like to listen to some of these artists' music, Grooveshark is brilliant. It allows you to stream music for free.
I'm listening to some of the artists' suggested in this thread.
I'm listening to some of the artists' suggested in this thread.
Originally Posted by little-monster:
“So do i
I also think Taylor Motem is a talented songwriter and singer. Her bad girl image and often bad publicity are what i reckon what drove people away from The Pretty reckless.”
“So do i
I also think Taylor Motem is a talented songwriter and singer. Her bad girl image and often bad publicity are what i reckon what drove people away from The Pretty reckless.”
Yeah. It took me a while to listen to TPR because of her image, it feels so forced.
I picked the album up having only heard Make Me Wanna Die and I think I'd heard Miss Nothing once. I bought it not really expecting to like it as much as I do.
In my opinion, it's a solid album.
Claire Maguire and V.V.Brown.
They are both really talented. I love 'last dance' and 'shark in the water'. Shame they can't get the popularity. It's a crime that people like Cher Lloyd get the spotlight. The music industry is not about the music anymore, more about someone's flipping image, or singing a couple of covers every saturday night.
They are both really talented. I love 'last dance' and 'shark in the water'. Shame they can't get the popularity. It's a crime that people like Cher Lloyd get the spotlight. The music industry is not about the music anymore, more about someone's flipping image, or singing a couple of covers every saturday night.
Not So Successful pretty much summs up my entire music taste. At the moment, I'm pretty into:
Metronomy
Mini Viva
She & Him
Lenka
Foals
Annie
Kelis
Two Door Cinema Club
Lauren Pritchard
Nerina Pallot
Miles Kane
I could go on...
Metronomy
Mini Viva
She & Him
Lenka
Foals
Annie
Kelis
Two Door Cinema Club
Lauren Pritchard
Nerina Pallot
Miles Kane
I could go on...
Originally Posted by kryskrys:
“I know most of these have had moderate success, but they deserved to be a lot bigger:
Annie
Rachel Stevens
Roisin Murphy
Mini Viva
Kelis
Robyn
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Alesha Dixon
Gabriella Cilmi
Frank
Girlicious
Girls Can't Catch
Nadine Coyle
Little Boots
Siobhan Donaghy
And its too soon to tell on Nicola Roberts, SoundGirl and Florrie, but I think they'll end up in this category too”
“I know most of these have had moderate success, but they deserved to be a lot bigger:
Annie
Rachel Stevens
Roisin Murphy
Mini Viva
Kelis
Robyn
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Alesha Dixon
Gabriella Cilmi
Frank
Girlicious
Girls Can't Catch
Nadine Coyle
Little Boots
Siobhan Donaghy
And its too soon to tell on Nicola Roberts, SoundGirl and Florrie, but I think they'll end up in this category too
”
These!
Originally Posted by Hutchy_Muse:
“Always think of Mumm-Ra when this question pops up. Thought These Things Move In Three's was a cracking album, songs like Down, Down, Down, Now or Never & She's Got You High. I'm surprised they didn't make a bigger impact, I heard She's Got You High on an advert recently! That song certainly does the rounds on adverts & films.”
“Always think of Mumm-Ra when this question pops up. Thought These Things Move In Three's was a cracking album, songs like Down, Down, Down, Now or Never & She's Got You High. I'm surprised they didn't make a bigger impact, I heard She's Got You High on an advert recently! That song certainly does the rounds on adverts & films.”
I also thought of Mumm-Ra when I compiled my list. They had real potential and reminded me of early Blur or House of Love - lots of energy and great tunes.
Originally Posted by little-monster:
“Jasmine Sullivan
Jennifer Hudson”
“Jasmine Sullivan
Jennifer Hudson”
In the UK arguable but in the US she is very successful.
Anyway:
Gabrielle
VV Brown
John Legend
Jamie Woon
Robyn
Alesha Dixon
Sara Barailles
Mini Viva
Janelle Monae
Jamelia
Beverly Knight
Wonderland
Brandon Flowers as a solo artist isn't very successful sadly
Most artists aren't that successful so there's loads I could list but it always surprises me that Spoon are pretty much unknown in the UK. They're a well respected band (metacritic decided they were the most consistent band of the Noughties) with lots of good tunes but have never made the slightest impact on the UK and I don't think have even been on Jools Holland's show. Strange.
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