Heads-up: this band just announced that they're reuniting and will be releasing their first album in 24 years this spring! This video is a fun refresher once I saw that bit of news!
Fun fact: Everything but the Girl's album "Baby, The Stars Shine Bright" became the name of a Japanese fashion brand because the founders loved them so much.
After watching this episode, I learned that my mom loves Everything But the Girl and I've had like six of their cds in my house for pretty much my entire life. Who woulda thunk it?
My 23 yo daughter probably knows the words to every single #EBTG song - because I had all their CDs growing up. I'm a real Anglophile when it comes to music.
Fun fact: The band's "failed follow up" album, Walking Wounded, is one of the entries in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" (along with their 1988 album Idlewild).
In that same vein how often have you used , say metal, to cover all hard rock ? Do you know the diff between jump blues and jazz ? Not everyone is up on every genre of musics many variations and names. And techno honestly for 90s kids is exactly what we called electronic music so give him a break
I've been an EBTG fan since the beginning. And yes, they deserve more credit and success. They are both excellent musicians. Tracy is a wonderful writer - she's published 3 books and writes a bi-weekly column in the UK. Ben is still making music and touring as a solo artist. They actually have 3 kids and are still married. Thanks for this! And thanks for seeing their greatness.
If you wanna know how powerful the line "I miss you like the deserts miss the rain" is, the video clip for this song is titled something like "Missing by Everything but the Girl" and it has 6 million views. Meanwhile a video of only a desert with this song playing in the background titled "I miss you like the deserts miss the rain" has 22 million views.
There are quite a few bands with great (read: weird) names. To name just a few of my personal favourite examples - Blancmange Mental as anything The Smiths (Actually a terrific band, too) The Nosebleeds Joy division (again, they made good music as well)
Remixes that become bigger hits than the original song always fascinate me. It shows that a producer/dj that actually puts thought into flipping a song can do good things with it.
Todd used “Show Me Love” as one of his examples for uninteresting 90s dance music in the “What Is Love” video, but I’d still love for him to do an episode on it so he can see what a miracle Stonebridge worked on the original Robin S. song.
Sometimes it confuses me, though. For example, the original version of the sound of silence is a much more evocative piece than the version that actually became a hit. The other version of the song certainly isn't bad -- it has a nice driving feel to it --, but it just doesn't feel quite as reflective of the song's intent to me.
It ~is~ kind of funny that the label hired the entirety of Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” rhythm section to record it behind Simon & Garfunkel’s back though.
Even today, it's so strange to see that happen. Especially with what Seeb (still sounds like an ethnic slur) did with "I Took A Pill In Ibiza". He took a boring Mike Posner with an acoustic guitar song, and brought out all of the darkness, sorrow, and emptiness in it.
I was talking about this topic with a friend recently. You'd be surprised the comebacks some bands had due to a little refix. For example, James had a minor hit with 'Sit Down' back in 92, but it rocketed into the top 5 in 98' when it was remixed by Apollo 440. Fatboy Slim was a genius as well, giving acts like Cornershop, Groove Armada and even Jim Noir hits just by tweeking the style a little. :)
You know, after so many underappreciated bands on this show as of late, can we finally get one that's totally, completely and entirely deserving of having be relegated to one-hit wonderland? So, do Dog Police.
+1 but I can't afford a Patreon request. Someone, PLEASE request this. You won't be dissatisfied. The glorious story involves jazz, early adam sandler, and crazy early MTV videos.
mipmipmipmip he did mention it for the "Mexican Radio" review he did, and Todd stressed he would never review it. Comon' guys, prove him a liar. We can do it!
There is no mention in this video of Tracey's wildly creative re-make of Pet Shop Boys' "King's Cross". Smoke a joint before you listen; she enlisted one very creative keyboard player and damned if it didn't work great!
Tracey Thorn's voice is the sound of a heart breaking. Kind of sad Todd glossed over the two collaborations she had that were hits - Protection by Massive Attack and The Future of the Future (Stay Gold) by Deep Dish. Both great songs that are well worth checking out.
I had never heard of these two before but I respect the hell out of them now. They definitely deserved better, and I think it's pretty cool that they decided to take a step back to focus more on raising their kids.
I've been a fan since "Driving" and I can assure you their catalog is a garden of sonic delights. Thorn's solo work as well as guest spots with Massive Attack are also fabulous.
I think of all the bands/artists listed on OHW this has to be the longest anyone had to wait for their one hit. Somehow that just makes me feel like they earned it more. They weren't a bad that peaked with their first album then couldn't follow it up; it took them 14 years! That's just amazing to me and of any band on here, when Todd asks "Did they deserve more?" I'm the most enthusiastic about saying "yes" because of that.
There was one other big trip-hop crossover in the United States that actually reminds me a lot of Tracey Thorne. That being Dido. You all remember Dido, right? Most people probably only know her for singing the song that Eminem sampled for "Stan", recontextualizing what was originally a mellow, tribal, folk-y love song into... well, "Stan". But she actually had a couple of hits in the early 2000s after that. While she's not a trip-hop artist, she was heavily involved in that scene, doing vocals for the act Faithless (a group her brother is part of), and her own music is heavily influenced by trip-hop and electronica. She's a great artist if you're into more mellow, female singer-songwriter-y music with a more electronic flare to it. Even though she's not a one-hit wonder (she had two charting hits, "Thank You" and "White Flag"), I would love for Todd to cover Dido on this show at some point. I brought her up simply because Tracey Thorne's voice and overall vibe reminds me so much of Dido.
I love Dido. It kinda makes me sad that she's an artist deserving of the question, "You all remember Dido, right?" because guaranteed there's a bunch of folks who read that and thought, "Nope."
Jennifer Nichole - She's one of my favorites. Sadly, she doesn't put out music nearly enough. Her last release was in 2013, which was her first album since 2008, which came right after another five-year hiatus. I think we're due for another Dido album pretty soon. At least I hope so. It's strange that no one remembers her, because her first two albums were hugely successful and she's highly respected in the U.K.
I never heard of her thanks for mentioning it! I've gotten into trip hop and other similar sounding genres lately for the past year and I'm trying to find as many artist as I can to build a collection of.
SinPunisher oh goody! If you enjoy trip hop, you might enjoy Massive Attack for more cult fanbase aesthetically darker stuff, and on the lighter mood mainstream romance stuff, give Sade a go.
Tracey has barely aged. Missing is such an identifiable song from the 90s. Their other music has really been slept on. It's really quite good. I didn't realise the extent of their music catalogue.
Assuming you refer to Portishead's song from Dummy: I checked, and apparently it reached #53 on the Billboard 100. Surprisingly, Glory Box, their biggest hit in Europe, didn't chart.
Is it weird that The Cranberries almost seem like what this band would've been if they'd have actually gotten successful a lot sooner than they had? Like the '80's era of this band, for some reason, kinda reminds me of what The Cranberries turned out to be or something.
trc2rockon yah these guys seem like a more soft-spoken, low-key Cranberries. In fact that's probably the reason for their lack of success, they just aren't celebirty-type people. They seem reserved, soft-spoken, and thoughtful; good qualities for making good music, but just a bit too low energy to become big hitters in the industry. They got their one hit and they were happy enough with it to limit their future taking off by having kids, so I say good for them
I'm surprised how many people here say they don't remember this song from back then. Todd might be under-selling it, this song was absolutely huge. I lived through the '90s, I was there, this song played regularly on the radio for what seemed like years. Hell, it was on the charts so long I swore somebody else like Mariah Carey must've recorded a cover version and that somehow might've charted. Obviously looking that up now, apparently that didn't happen, but it sure seemed like it had. I wasn't complaining, it's a great song, but this was huge.
David Baruffi: 1. Too many young kids on here who don't remember the music scene around 1995. 2. Things might have been different in the US than in the rest of the world.
+Denise Nova Way to make me feel old lol but pop music reviews have a way of doing that these days. I used to feel old for remembering a time before the internet, now I feel old for remembering a time before Pokemon.
To be fair, I literally do not think I ever heard One Sweet Day, which was apparently the biggest #1 hit ever until Old Town Road, so I can definitely believe someone did not hear this.
Funny thing, I have literally never heard of "One sweet day". And I was in high school at the time. Wild. "Missing" I've heard about a million times, and I certainly remember when it hit.
>if they were known to be an item, indie scene would have eaten that up because it's so starved for gossip. I think that right there is the reason. Any other scene, they may have been comfortable being forthcoming about it because by the sounds of it, their relationship is exceedingly stable and that wouldn't get much hype in a scene where there's plenty of juicy gossip. But a scene that's full of people just ITCHING to have SOMETHING to gossip about? That would have been awful for them.
Based on how mindlessly obsessed people are for celebrity gossip I actually respect those that decide to keep their private lives private. It's probably exactly why their relationship lasted (and still is lasting as far as I know) so long.
I'm kind of late for that, but I remember reading interviews with a bunch of different British musicians about the indie scene. It seems to be quite toxic in a lot of ways. So, it would make sense for Tracey and Ben to keep their private life... well, private. Especially when they had kids.
In 2015, my girlfriend was telling a story about buying a CD as a teenager, and discovering the single she wanted on that album sounded nothing like it sounded on the radio. She hadn't said what song or what band. I just said, "Missing". She was surprised that I nailed it. I worked for a radio station that played the album version for no apparent reason. I think the program director didn't know the difference.
Come on now Todd, if they are happily married with two kids, they're still living well on their music careers, and they still enjoy making music, I'd say they succeeded very well. Becoming more famous would have started interfering with their family life, and if that's more important to them, I'd say that's a great decision.
This is a pop music review channel and thus asks about the question about success in that venue. Though I'm kind of reminded of the OHW on Butthole Surfers in that, they didn't get more because they didn't want more. They did what they wanted to do and presumably are still doing it, and that's a good measure of success beyond how their songs chart.
there are 2 kinds of one-hit wonders, those who disappear from music altogether and those who use their success to continue making music indefinitely... EBTG is one of the best examples of the latter. Their material is consistently brilliant, even if it lacks a wide audience.
There's two autobiographies from Tracy Thorn now, one focusing on singing and one on her whole life, and she writes regular columns for newspapers, and the way she tells it is a beautiful story of someone who's done music on her own terms for her whole life. Having read them (and I really recommend them), there's a really fun extra thing I can add: before Everything But The Girl, while still at school, she and another schoolgirl formed The Marine Girls and recorded in their shed. Their album Beach Party "was named as one of Kurt Cobain's 50 favourite albums in his diaries." When she met Ben Watt and started Everything But The Girl, they had their first success while she was still at university. I do love the dark joke of "could you be dead? you always were two steps ahead" but I never liked EBTG as much as Tracey Thorn's solo stuff (or even the Marine Girls, now I've actually heard them, they really were pretty great.)
@@storageheater Wow, that's so interesting! It seems like she's lived an incredibly fascinating life, and had done everything that's she's wanted in her career on her own terms. I'll need to check out her autobiography books. I'm a sucker for a good rock bio/doc. 🙂
Todd, long time fan. Thanks so much for covering Everything but the Girl. If you like Tracey Thorn, you should check out her appearance on Style Council's first album. The song is called "The Paris Match" and is a definite highlight on probably one of the most underrated albums Paul Weller ever made!
You would think at some point while he was furiously copying down bullet points from the Wikipedia article he would glance over to the right side of the screen and jot down the genre name.
Like Metal. Techno subgenres are just points to bicker over for those who are in one group that care way too much about whether their subgenre is or isn't another variation of subgenre. Techno, house, trance, euro dance, trip-hop, electronica, sophisti-pop. Just arguments in minutiae. Designed for Internet music nerds to argue over.
I always heard that the name was because they played jazz and bossa nova but they didn't like to play the girl from Ipanema,so they played everything but the girl.
They're a one-hit wonder in the mainstream but not at all in the house/dance/electronica scene. HIGHLY recommend you check out their entire discography. They are criminally underrated.
Its amazing how like 10 years into his career as a professional discusser-of-music, Todd's understanding of any electronic music is still on par with your hip uncle who went clubbing a couple times in 1988
idk exactly how we're defining "professional", but this sort of thing seems normal for critics on thatguywiththeglasses/Channel Awesome (am I getting that right? Or did he leave?). It's more about entertaining young teens than really being critical/knowing what they're talking about. I wish they could do both though.
Outcast115 From Wikipedia: "Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with "downtempo"[3]) is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol.[4] It has been described as "a fusion of hip hop and electronica until neither genre is recognizable,"[5] and may incorporate a variety of styles, including funk, dub, soul, psychedelia, R&B, and house, as well as other forms of electronic music.[6] Trip hop can be highly experimental." Basically it took influences more from house and more funky/soulful music. It doesn't have that much to do with techno
ilikespacedinosaurs I had trip hop described to me as “music you listen to driving through the city on a rainy night”, which is an apt description with stuff like Sneaker Pimps and Portishead.
Oh god this song plays where I work every single day. There’s rarely a retail establishment I go now that doesn’t play it. So I have built up an immunity to this song but I appreciate the story behind it and the band behind it more.
I don't know if they could be called one-hit wonder, they were huge in Europe all through the 90s, but I appreciate the look into their career. Oh, and Temperamental is a brilliant album
I thought that, but I was surprised by how low their chart positions were when I actually looked. I think they were big in the indie world but in terms of mainstream commercial success, they didn't have as much as I thought. My mum was a huge fan and played their stuff all through my childhood.
I have listened to a fair amount of bands that have been featured on One Hit Wonderland. Everything But the Girl is by a wide margin the best band that he covered, incredible stuff
@@richardturpin3665 It's Oh So Quiet never charted. Apparently her biggest success in the US was Big Time Sensuality which peaked at number 88 in the Hot 100.
@@richardturpin3665 I would definitely look forward to him also reviewing non "one hit wonder" stuff although we might lose some of the humour which is one of the main things I enjoy from this channel
The album that this song is on is actually really really amazing. It's been a staple of my childhood my entire life (born in '93). I know every track back to front. I'd highly recommend "I Dont Understand Anything" & "Rollercoaster". But they're all good.
These always unlock memories of falling asleep with a little yellow walkman radio hearing so many weird songs and having a massive catalog of my brain recognizing like a million chorus's
EBTG is such an underrated band. Tracey Thorn is too eccentric in look and too restrained a vocalist to appease mass tastes, but is a splendid voice indeed. They deserved better.
Absolutely love this band. So versatile, so underrated. Covers that are as good or better than originals, incredible style, amazing vocals. Yeah, one of the best acts sophistapop has to offer. Got into them a bit when I was trying Trip hop years ago, and quite a bit more when I was discovering Sophistipop for myself.
Thanks for reminding me of a song I heard so much during my childhood. My mum has always loved this song, and I have memories of her singing along to this in the kitchen at night. I'm glad that you are sharing just how beautiful this band's music was. There's just something so haunting and memorable about Tracy's voice.
"...they were very laidback and muted." Well, they were indie hipsters for the time. They were the stuff that Manic Pixie Dream Girls liked to listen to. I'm mentioning this because their early works fit Garden State, (500) Days of Summer, Juno, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and Little Miss Sunshine pretty well.
Tracy Thorn’s voice is SO unique and beautiful. The acoustic version of “Driving” is heartbreaking, and “No Difference” from the album Temperamental is melancholy groove greatness.
I remembered hearing this song all the time as a kid. One of the smartest decisions i made was to go back and listen to their catalog as an adult. Nothing but masterpieces throughout!
I'm so glad you did this episode, this is one of my favorite songs from the 90s. It still sounds timeless. I wish you'd do an episode on Nu Shooz and "I Can't Wait".
My Dad bought their "Amplified Heart" album on CD. When I saw the album cover, I had no idea which of "Amplified Heart" and "Everything But the Girl" was the name of the band and which was the name of the album. I never knew they had a hit, as I'd never heard of them. Someone mentioned them once on Facebook a few years ago, but that's all I've ever heard of them before besides seeing that album. Yes, I know that I've heard the song because "like the deserts miss the rain" is part of my memory, but I didn't know anything else about the song/artist.
That reminds me of my ninth grade class bully who thought the chorus to the "Good Charlotte" song "The Anthem" went "This is the end of time". And the song had been out for ten years at that point
Fun fact, U2 actually came up with that desert/rain lyric years earlier on Hawkmoon 269. But honestly, I'm sure many others have as well, it seems like a no-brainer for that sort of theme. (also: relevant username, I know).
I NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD EVER TALK ABOUT TRIP HOP!! HOLY SHIT I LOVE THAT STYLE!! Surprised you didn’t mention Sia in there, since she started with a Trip Hop group, Zero 7.
@@Matrim42 oh please, little simz shits on basically everything coming out of the usa right now by miles, not to mention artists like akala and kano, or experimental stuff like young fathers especially
@@Matrim42 it's not. Most US HipHop Heads have acknowledged that UK hip hop of the past few decades have been more creative than the US scene and incredibly influential. Stormzy is currently a darling with hip hop critics.
@Joel WW in your opinion. But with HipHopHeads, critics and producers he's the big name they keep dropping at the moment to show they're into obscure non-pop stuff.
@Joel WW but I'm not talking about commercial success. I'm saying that he has critical and niche success. Which makes him the high quality burger, not mcdonalds. Your example is confused because I'm saying "UK Grime is popular with specific niche hip hop heads" and you're saying "mass popularity doesn't mean its good" when that's not what I'm saying at all.
I never imagined they were one hit wonders. I've been listening to their album "Walking Wounded" since 2019. I was hooked to the song "Wrong" (which was my first contact with their work) and imediatly started listening to the whole album and other albuns. Today, I miss a person so much and the only song that perfectly encapsulates the feeling is "Missing". It has been almost 7 months without her but I vividly remember everything. Unfortunately, we were harming each other to a point that was unberable. However, the sweet memories of the good times still lives with me. It was amazing.
Sometimes Todd reviews a song I personally dislike, and I watch it once, skip parts where he doesn't speak, even put down the volume if I'm afraid it'll get stuck in my head. The thing about this video, is that Todd loves this song so much, that it justified it for me. I really like this video. It's really nice to see Todd just loving something so much, even though shit fuck now it's in my head
I never heard of one sweet day before. Guess this never reached Germany. Usually I at least know the tune or have heard of the name but this one completely evaded me. I Love missing though.
EBTG are one of my favorite groups ever. I was 18 when Temperamental came out in 1999 and I waited for years for news of a follow-up that would never materialize.
Heads-up: this band just announced that they're reuniting and will be releasing their first album in 24 years this spring! This video is a fun refresher once I saw that bit of news!
Hopefully Ben's rare illness doesnt stop him from doing it
The newest album, “Fuse” will be released April 21, and I will buy a physical copy just to vindicate this band. ❤
Theyre new singles are fire 🔥
@@MinnakRajala Hell yeah they are!
They sure do sound a little different than usual now: th-cam.com/video/lo9b4buZCNo/w-d-xo.html
Fun fact: Everything but the Girl's album "Baby, The Stars Shine Bright" became the name of a Japanese fashion brand because the founders loved them so much.
everything but the girl IS a fashion store
"Baby come home" was my break-up song from that album. Haunting and beautiful song. I found them because of the store.
I cannot believe my two interests of niche music and Japanese fashion just overlapped like that
@@BreadisHere and I didn't expect to be making one, but here we are
is that, or is it not, worthy of an application of the "Big in Japan" button? 🤔
After watching this episode, I learned that my mom loves Everything But the Girl and I've had like six of their cds in my house for pretty much my entire life. Who woulda thunk it?
Thats a happy house :)
My 23 yo daughter probably knows the words to every single #EBTG song - because I had all their CDs growing up. I'm a real Anglophile when it comes to music.
Fun fact: The band's "failed follow up" album, Walking Wounded, is one of the entries in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" (along with their 1988 album Idlewild).
Walking Wounded is so good.
Walking Wounded is a must listen. Absolutely stunning and still sounds fresh today.
I miss you like the shadows missed the Todd
Did Lindsay Ellis say this?
every time todd uses "techno" as a catch-all for electronic music i cry
He could say disco
Thank you Mr Cash.
🤦♂️🤦♂️ fr
In that same vein how often have you used , say metal, to cover all hard rock ? Do you know the diff between jump blues and jazz ? Not everyone is up on every genre of musics many variations and names. And techno honestly for 90s kids is exactly what we called electronic music so give him a break
@@jry3270 Oh yeah we shouldn't expect a fucking music critic to know a thing or two about music lol.
I've been an EBTG fan since the beginning. And yes, they deserve more credit and success. They are both excellent musicians. Tracy is a wonderful writer - she's published 3 books and writes a bi-weekly column in the UK. Ben is still making music and touring as a solo artist. They actually have 3 kids and are still married. Thanks for this! And thanks for seeing their greatness.
they will be making a new album soon! so excited
Question for the fan...did you like the House remix of Miss You or did you think it was kind of selling out
If you wanna know how powerful the line "I miss you like the deserts miss the rain" is, the video clip for this song is titled something like "Missing by Everything but the Girl" and it has 6 million views. Meanwhile a video of only a desert with this song playing in the background titled "I miss you like the deserts miss the rain" has 22 million views.
😂😂😂
Yet the comments seem to be taken over by Andrew Tate's ilk. Sad
As a resident of Bristol, I feel naturally defensive of Massive Attack.
"Everything But the Girl" is up there with "Living in a Box" for best band name you've covered
Everything But The Box
Personally, I'm still really fond of The Spice Girls as a band name (not as a band, but as a name).
There are quite a few bands with great (read: weird) names. To name just a few of my personal favourite examples -
Blancmange
Mental as anything
The Smiths (Actually a terrific band, too)
The Nosebleeds
Joy division (again, they made good music as well)
He also has now covered "Frankie Goes To Hollywood" which is a forever awesome band name imho.
Remixes that become bigger hits than the original song always fascinate me. It shows that a producer/dj that actually puts thought into flipping a song can do good things with it.
Todd used “Show Me Love” as one of his examples for uninteresting 90s dance music in the “What Is Love” video, but I’d still love for him to do an episode on it so he can see what a miracle Stonebridge worked on the original Robin S. song.
Sometimes it confuses me, though. For example, the original version of the sound of silence is a much more evocative piece than the version that actually became a hit. The other version of the song certainly isn't bad -- it has a nice driving feel to it --, but it just doesn't feel quite as reflective of the song's intent to me.
It ~is~ kind of funny that the label hired the entirety of Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” rhythm section to record it behind Simon & Garfunkel’s back though.
Even today, it's so strange to see that happen. Especially with what Seeb (still sounds like an ethnic slur) did with "I Took A Pill In Ibiza". He took a boring Mike Posner with an acoustic guitar song, and brought out all of the darkness, sorrow, and emptiness in it.
I was talking about this topic with a friend recently. You'd be surprised the comebacks some bands had due to a little refix. For example, James had a minor hit with 'Sit Down' back in 92, but it rocketed into the top 5 in 98' when it was remixed by Apollo 440. Fatboy Slim was a genius as well, giving acts like Cornershop, Groove Armada and even Jim Noir hits just by tweeking the style a little. :)
Everything But The Girl will still remain one of the worlds most underrated bands
...And today, January 10, 2023 they've released their first new song in 24 years with an album also on the way. Go check it out NOW
You know, after so many underappreciated bands on this show as of late, can we finally get one that's totally, completely and entirely deserving of having be relegated to one-hit wonderland?
So, do Dog Police.
+1 but I can't afford a Patreon request. Someone, PLEASE request this. You won't be dissatisfied. The glorious story involves jazz, early adam sandler, and crazy early MTV videos.
That was new to me, thanks. Or not.
The entire Dog Police album is available for streaming and it absolutely - perhaps improbably - lives up to the expectations set by that video.
mipmipmipmip he did mention it for the "Mexican Radio" review he did, and Todd stressed he would never review it.
Comon' guys, prove him a liar. We can do it!
Was Dog Police a hit tho
"A biome of sheer misery" is the title of Todd's greatest hits album
Tracey has such a magnificent voice. She reminds me a lot of the R&B singer Sade.
I legitimately thought this was a Sade song.
The thing I love is that she's got a range of like, 3 notes, but christ that doesn't get in the way of its effect
There is no mention in this video of Tracey's wildly creative re-make of Pet Shop Boys' "King's Cross". Smoke a joint before you listen; she enlisted one very creative keyboard player and damned if it didn't work great!
Same producer
It's taken me years to realise just how good she is.
I just noticed after watching Todd for years that he's reading the script for the video on that piece of paper.
Todd and uploading at ungodly hours name a more dynamic duo
mattk101600 depends on where you live but his name is in the shadows after all
It's called different time zones
He lives on the east coast of the US. That means he uploaded this at around 1am or 2am.
Sid and Nancy
*inhales...* - You know what? Too easy
Arizona resident here. "Biome of sheer misery" is accurate AF
Their upbeat singles still sound heartbreakingly sad to me. I think it’s just the girl’s sultry voice
Tracey Thorn's voice is the sound of a heart breaking.
Kind of sad Todd glossed over the two collaborations she had that were hits - Protection by Massive Attack and The Future of the Future (Stay Gold) by Deep Dish. Both great songs that are well worth checking out.
Stormo Plays Games: He mentioned the "Protection" collab with Massive Attack.
I had never heard of these two before but I respect the hell out of them now. They definitely deserved better, and I think it's pretty cool that they decided to take a step back to focus more on raising their kids.
Todd, ever thought about doing a One Hit Genreland? Indepth video on a particular niche genre ?
is there one song that made a genre chart, and it only being that song?
I mean, OHW goes the entire spectrum so find some anomaly song that broke through like mummers dance.
Check out Deep Cuts.
Honestly, I feel like exploring this band's pre-hit records right now. What Todd put in this video sounds damn good.
I've been a fan since "Driving" and I can assure you their catalog is a garden of sonic delights. Thorn's solo work as well as guest spots with Massive Attack are also fabulous.
They indeed sound very nice. Already listened to some.
'On My Mind' and 'Night and Day' have become new favorite songs of mine since this episode.
I think of all the bands/artists listed on OHW this has to be the longest anyone had to wait for their one hit. Somehow that just makes me feel like they earned it more. They weren't a bad that peaked with their first album then couldn't follow it up; it took them 14 years! That's just amazing to me and of any band on here, when Todd asks "Did they deserve more?" I'm the most enthusiastic about saying "yes" because of that.
'Each and Every One' is great, too.
There was one other big trip-hop crossover in the United States that actually reminds me a lot of Tracey Thorne. That being Dido.
You all remember Dido, right? Most people probably only know her for singing the song that Eminem sampled for "Stan", recontextualizing what was originally a mellow, tribal, folk-y love song into... well, "Stan". But she actually had a couple of hits in the early 2000s after that. While she's not a trip-hop artist, she was heavily involved in that scene, doing vocals for the act Faithless (a group her brother is part of), and her own music is heavily influenced by trip-hop and electronica.
She's a great artist if you're into more mellow, female singer-songwriter-y music with a more electronic flare to it. Even though she's not a one-hit wonder (she had two charting hits, "Thank You" and "White Flag"), I would love for Todd to cover Dido on this show at some point. I brought her up simply because Tracey Thorne's voice and overall vibe reminds me so much of Dido.
I love Dido. It kinda makes me sad that she's an artist deserving of the question, "You all remember Dido, right?" because guaranteed there's a bunch of folks who read that and thought, "Nope."
Jennifer Nichole - She's one of my favorites. Sadly, she doesn't put out music nearly enough. Her last release was in 2013, which was her first album since 2008, which came right after another five-year hiatus.
I think we're due for another Dido album pretty soon. At least I hope so.
It's strange that no one remembers her, because her first two albums were hugely successful and she's highly respected in the U.K.
I still listen to White Flag. I think it's an amazing song one of my favorites from the 2000's.
I never heard of her thanks for mentioning it! I've gotten into trip hop and other similar sounding genres lately for the past year and I'm trying to find as many artist as I can to build a collection of.
SinPunisher oh goody! If you enjoy trip hop, you might enjoy Massive Attack for more cult fanbase aesthetically darker stuff, and on the lighter mood mainstream romance stuff, give Sade a go.
Tracey has barely aged.
Missing is such an identifiable song from the 90s. Their other music has really been slept on. It's really quite good. I didn't realise the extent of their music catalogue.
"Trip hop's one quasi-hit over here in America"
(Stares in Sour Times)
Assuming you refer to Portishead's song from Dummy: I checked, and apparently it reached #53 on the Billboard 100. Surprisingly, Glory Box, their biggest hit in Europe, didn't chart.
Her vocals on massive attacks protection are as beautiful as her vocals in missing.
Got here while it still had the “OHW Missing” temp title
Champiness mood
Ikr I thought he had lost the files or something
I always thought the series was abbreviated as "OHWL". My life is a lie!
I'm 33 years old, and today I found out that the lyrics are not "like a desert's mystery."
same
@@arrowfitzgibbon7775 Oh good. I'm not the only one.
Mayonnaise Jane ha! I just wrote something similar before I decided to check what other people said!
I thought it was something like “the dessert’s mr. rain”
I used to think that when I was young too! I used to HATE this song when I was young and I think it's cos of the lyric I heard but wasn't there.
Is it weird that The Cranberries almost seem like what this band would've been if they'd have actually gotten successful a lot sooner than they had? Like the '80's era of this band, for some reason, kinda reminds me of what The Cranberries turned out to be or something.
trc2rockon yah these guys seem like a more soft-spoken, low-key Cranberries. In fact that's probably the reason for their lack of success, they just aren't celebirty-type people. They seem reserved, soft-spoken, and thoughtful; good qualities for making good music, but just a bit too low energy to become big hitters in the industry. They got their one hit and they were happy enough with it to limit their future taking off by having kids, so I say good for them
No...the Cranberries actually had talent ....
And Dolores was a stunner
I'm surprised how many people here say they don't remember this song from back then. Todd might be under-selling it, this song was absolutely huge. I lived through the '90s, I was there, this song played regularly on the radio for what seemed like years. Hell, it was on the charts so long I swore somebody else like Mariah Carey must've recorded a cover version and that somehow might've charted. Obviously looking that up now, apparently that didn't happen, but it sure seemed like it had. I wasn't complaining, it's a great song, but this was huge.
David Baruffi: 1. Too many young kids on here who don't remember the music scene around 1995. 2. Things might have been different in the US than in the rest of the world.
Possibly.
+Denise Nova Way to make me feel old lol but pop music reviews have a way of doing that these days. I used to feel old for remembering a time before the internet, now I feel old for remembering a time before Pokemon.
To be fair, I literally do not think I ever heard One Sweet Day, which was apparently the biggest #1 hit ever until Old Town Road, so I can definitely believe someone did not hear this.
@@troodon1096 Remembering the Pokémon rollout in the US is so surreal in retrospect.
"The British are terrible at hip hop"
I have a call from Stormzy on line three, Todd.
I'd love to see Todd's reaction to Dave's "Black"
Is it rude to make a 21 Savage comparison too?
None of those named mentioned are even hip hop 🤦🏼
@@elgee nor are they good either
Streets is pretty good, too, though not sure if he would be seen as traditionally skilled enough. But yeah Stormzy is great
Funny thing, I have literally never heard of "One sweet day". And I was in high school at the time. Wild. "Missing" I've heard about a million times, and I certainly remember when it hit.
The deserts miss the rain, but I'm only happy when it rains.
Naveek Darkroom Everything But The Garbage
Sounds like the name of a cover band.
I'm only happy when it's complicated.
And though I know you can't appreciate it
But she only sleeps when it’s raining.
>if they were known to be an item, indie scene would have eaten that up because it's so starved for gossip.
I think that right there is the reason. Any other scene, they may have been comfortable being forthcoming about it because by the sounds of it, their relationship is exceedingly stable and that wouldn't get much hype in a scene where there's plenty of juicy gossip. But a scene that's full of people just ITCHING to have SOMETHING to gossip about? That would have been awful for them.
Based on how mindlessly obsessed people are for celebrity gossip I actually respect those that decide to keep their private lives private. It's probably exactly why their relationship lasted (and still is lasting as far as I know) so long.
I'm kind of late for that, but I remember reading interviews with a bunch of different British musicians about the indie scene. It seems to be quite toxic in a lot of ways.
So, it would make sense for Tracey and Ben to keep their private life... well, private. Especially when they had kids.
In 2015, my girlfriend was telling a story about buying a CD as a teenager, and discovering the single she wanted on that album sounded nothing like it sounded on the radio. She hadn't said what song or what band. I just said, "Missing". She was surprised that I nailed it. I worked for a radio station that played the album version for no apparent reason. I think the program director didn't know the difference.
The other options would have been Jewel or (unlikely) The Verve Pipe
Come on now Todd, if they are happily married with two kids, they're still living well on their music careers, and they still enjoy making music, I'd say they succeeded very well. Becoming more famous would have started interfering with their family life, and if that's more important to them, I'd say that's a great decision.
This is a pop music review channel and thus asks about the question about success in that venue. Though I'm kind of reminded of the OHW on Butthole Surfers in that, they didn't get more because they didn't want more. They did what they wanted to do and presumably are still doing it, and that's a good measure of success beyond how their songs chart.
there are 2 kinds of one-hit wonders, those who disappear from music altogether and those who use their success to continue making music indefinitely... EBTG is one of the best examples of the latter. Their material is consistently brilliant, even if it lacks a wide audience.
There's two autobiographies from Tracy Thorn now, one focusing on singing and one on her whole life, and she writes regular columns for newspapers, and the way she tells it is a beautiful story of someone who's done music on her own terms for her whole life. Having read them (and I really recommend them), there's a really fun extra thing I can add: before Everything But The Girl, while still at school, she and another schoolgirl formed The Marine Girls and recorded in their shed. Their album Beach Party "was named as one of Kurt Cobain's 50 favourite albums in his diaries."
When she met Ben Watt and started Everything But The Girl, they had their first success while she was still at university.
I do love the dark joke of "could you be dead? you always were two steps ahead"
but I never liked EBTG as much as Tracey Thorn's solo stuff (or even the Marine Girls, now I've actually heard them, they really were pretty great.)
@@storageheater Wow, that's so interesting! It seems like she's lived an incredibly fascinating life, and had done everything that's she's wanted in her career on her own terms. I'll need to check out her autobiography books. I'm a sucker for a good rock bio/doc. 🙂
@@willritter4076 Well, there's a _third_ kind of OHW... *looks nervously at the Laffy Taffy/D4L episode*
Todd, long time fan. Thanks so much for covering Everything but the Girl. If you like Tracey Thorn, you should check out her appearance on Style Council's first album. The song is called "The Paris Match" and is a definite highlight on probably one of the most underrated albums Paul Weller ever made!
Yes!! "The Paris Match" was also my introduction to Tracey Thorn's gorgeous voice.
Ok, this remix is NOT techno and NOT trip-hop. This is a straight up deep house remix
Your mom is a deep house remix.
Your Mom? I don't remember that one. How does that go?
You would think at some point while he was furiously copying down bullet points from the Wikipedia article he would glance over to the right side of the screen and jot down the genre name.
pointPi it’s just House not deep house.
Like Metal. Techno subgenres are just points to bicker over for those who are in one group that care way too much about whether their subgenre is or isn't another variation of subgenre. Techno, house, trance, euro dance, trip-hop, electronica, sophisti-pop. Just arguments in minutiae. Designed for Internet music nerds to argue over.
EBTG was the original SadGirl/SadBoi Aesthetic
I always heard that the name was because they played jazz and bossa nova but they didn't like to play the girl from Ipanema,so they played everything but the girl.
Paholala that actually makes a lot of sense
By the Nine Hells...
“OHW Missing” Hah! You may have fixed the title by the time I saw this but my notifications show the truth
Lol are you tue guy from the shy videos, you are everywhere.
The house theme? You mean teardrop by massive attack? One of the best songs ever made? Call it by its name sir.
They're a one-hit wonder in the mainstream but not at all in the house/dance/electronica scene. HIGHLY recommend you check out their entire discography. They are criminally underrated.
ETBTG has SO many AMAZING songs actually.
I saw the notification and thought it was about a lost episode of OHW. I'm an idiot
Mango....Mango....Mango.....
"What?! You can't-a have-a Mango!"
(Out of a daze)
Woah...um, what one hit wonder song are you talking about again?
I can't believe it took me this long to find a comment referencing Mango
Lime I'm shocked too. I thought he would be referenced in this review.
Mango... Mango... I need to have my Mango
@@antibishonenit would've been the second chris katan reference
@@inhumainely Still couldn't believe Todd didn't reference Mango
HOLY SHIT. Their rendition of Night and Day is one of my favorites now, maybe my favorite full one. Thanks Todd, if for nothing else but this song.
"trip hop was a British form of techno" This statement is very incorrect.
Its amazing how like 10 years into his career as a professional discusser-of-music, Todd's understanding of any electronic music is still on par with your hip uncle who went clubbing a couple times in 1988
idk exactly how we're defining "professional", but this sort of thing seems normal for critics on thatguywiththeglasses/Channel Awesome (am I getting that right? Or did he leave?). It's more about entertaining young teens than really being critical/knowing what they're talking about. I wish they could do both though.
ilikespacedinosaurs then what is it?
Outcast115 From Wikipedia: "Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with "downtempo"[3]) is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol.[4] It has been described as "a fusion of hip hop and electronica until neither genre is recognizable,"[5] and may incorporate a variety of styles, including funk, dub, soul, psychedelia, R&B, and house, as well as other forms of electronic music.[6] Trip hop can be highly experimental."
Basically it took influences more from house and more funky/soulful music. It doesn't have that much to do with techno
ilikespacedinosaurs I had trip hop described to me as “music you listen to driving through the city on a rainy night”, which is an apt description with stuff like Sneaker Pimps and Portishead.
I'd like to see a crossover with Todd in the Shadows and Rocked! It can be a One Hit Wonderland to Regret from the Past.
Oh god this song plays where I work every single day. There’s rarely a retail establishment I go now that doesn’t play it. So I have built up an immunity to this song but I appreciate the story behind it and the band behind it more.
I don't know if they could be called one-hit wonder, they were huge in Europe all through the 90s, but I appreciate the look into their career. Oh, and Temperamental is a brilliant album
I thought that, but I was surprised by how low their chart positions were when I actually looked. I think they were big in the indie world but in terms of mainstream commercial success, they didn't have as much as I thought. My mum was a huge fan and played their stuff all through my childhood.
Despacito has ALSO been #1 for 16 weeks, just like One Sweet Day, so there’s a Tie for #1 of all time
Not anymore!
yeeeah I'm gonna take my horse
"One Sweet Day" was so huge back in the 90s, it felt like it would never leave the charts
I spent my childhood thinking the lyrics were 'like the peasants miss the rain'.
Prestidigitoreum ... assuming the peasants are starving farmers that would work too, sort of....
I spent my childhood thinking it was "Mister Rain". Then again I thought the same about "Mr. Vain" which is a one-hit wonder too, right?
I have listened to a fair amount of bands that have been featured on One Hit Wonderland. Everything But the Girl is by a wide margin the best band that he covered, incredible stuff
Never thought I'd see Björk in an episode of Todd in the Shadows, even if only for a second.
By Todd's standards I could easily see him doing bjork. The cardigans where proably more successful in the billboard than she so why not.
@@richardturpin3665 For a One Hit Wonderland? Did Björk even have a hit in the US?
@@Stjurgeon it's o so quite possibly
@@richardturpin3665 It's Oh So Quiet never charted. Apparently her biggest success in the US was Big Time Sensuality which peaked at number 88 in the Hot 100.
@@richardturpin3665 I would definitely look forward to him also reviewing non "one hit wonder" stuff although we might lose some of the humour which is one of the main things I enjoy from this channel
Thank you for reminding me this song exists - I'm now looking into Tracy's solo stuff and freaking LOVING it!! How is she so talented?!? Holy shit!
This reminds me of “I Took a Pill in Ibiza”
Depressing folk songs that became huge huts after having awesome remixes? Nah.
@@guillermodebaskerville7117 mummers dance fits as well, minus the 'depressing' part
And they came back. And they released an amazing album.
Feels like they never left in the first place.
Wooh! Todd finally mentions trip hop and Massive Attack!
The album that this song is on is actually really really amazing. It's been a staple of my childhood my entire life (born in '93). I know every track back to front. I'd highly recommend "I Dont Understand Anything" & "Rollercoaster". But they're all good.
Todd should try hitting up Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music. That's a gold mine of material for this segment.
These always unlock memories of falling asleep with a little yellow walkman radio hearing so many weird songs and having a massive catalog of my brain recognizing like a million chorus's
Very nice choice. I'd love to see you do a vid on The Squirrel Nut Zippers' "Hell". Remember that song?
Walking Wounded was my introduction to them and that album is fantastic
EBTG is such an underrated band. Tracey Thorn is too eccentric in look and too restrained a vocalist to appease mass tastes, but is a splendid voice indeed. They deserved better.
The Eurhythmics + Sade = Everything But The Girl.
more like the smiths + sade
Absolutely!
This band definitely deserved much more success. Cross My Heart and I Don't Wanna Talk About It are gold.
Massive Attack's "Protection" is one of the greatest song & MV combos of all time.
"Get Me" and "We Walk the Same Line" are ridiculously great songs
Absolutely love this band. So versatile, so underrated. Covers that are as good or better than originals, incredible style, amazing vocals. Yeah, one of the best acts sophistapop has to offer. Got into them a bit when I was trying Trip hop years ago, and quite a bit more when I was discovering Sophistipop for myself.
Missing does more for me than Mariah Carey ever has.
😮...wow that's a bold statement.
Thanks for reminding me of a song I heard so much during my childhood. My mum has always loved this song, and I have memories of her singing along to this in the kitchen at night. I'm glad that you are sharing just how beautiful this band's music was. There's just something so haunting and memorable about Tracy's voice.
Kudos for using the Paradise Lost version in the outro. Wasn't expecting to hear Nick Holmes' voice at the end of one of your videos ever.
"...they were very laidback and muted."
Well, they were indie hipsters for the time. They were the stuff that Manic Pixie Dream Girls liked to listen to. I'm mentioning this because their early works fit Garden State, (500) Days of Summer, Juno, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and Little Miss Sunshine pretty well.
Dude, this as my absolutely favorite band in the mid to late 80s. Thanks for the memories
I took "Like the deserts miss the rain" as the mondegreen "like the desert's mystery" my whole childhood.
The Rolling Stones' "Miss You" is sad for a totally different (i.e. much worse) reason.
Update: Beck played this briefly at a recent L.A. show, and it actually kinda works for him.
It's a good song, Cap'n
How so?
thank you for highlighting this forgotten song
Tracy Thorn’s voice is SO unique and beautiful. The acoustic version of “Driving” is heartbreaking, and “No Difference” from the album Temperamental is melancholy groove greatness.
I remembered hearing this song all the time as a kid. One of the smartest decisions i made was to go back and listen to their catalog as an adult. Nothing but masterpieces throughout!
I'm so glad you did this episode, this is one of my favorite songs from the 90s. It still sounds timeless. I wish you'd do an episode on Nu Shooz and "I Can't Wait".
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The phrase I miss you is probably most effective on slint’s good morning captain
Hearing Paradise Lost's cover at the end was extremely surprising, to be honest
My Dad bought their "Amplified Heart" album on CD. When I saw the album cover, I had no idea which of "Amplified Heart" and "Everything But the Girl" was the name of the band and which was the name of the album. I never knew they had a hit, as I'd never heard of them. Someone mentioned them once on Facebook a few years ago, but that's all I've ever heard of them before besides seeing that album. Yes, I know that I've heard the song because "like the deserts miss the rain" is part of my memory, but I didn't know anything else about the song/artist.
I once heard my best friend singing this and saying “like the deserts mystery” and I still grill him for it.
That reminds me of my ninth grade class bully who thought the chorus to the "Good Charlotte" song "The Anthem" went "This is the end of time". And the song had been out for ten years at that point
Fun fact, U2 actually came up with that desert/rain lyric years earlier on Hawkmoon 269. But honestly, I'm sure many others have as well, it seems like a no-brainer for that sort of theme. (also: relevant username, I know).
They're actually releasing a new album next year.
i got the notification and almost fell out of my chair
I NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD EVER TALK ABOUT TRIP HOP!! HOLY SHIT I LOVE THAT STYLE!!
Surprised you didn’t mention Sia in there, since she started with a Trip Hop group, Zero 7.
"The British are bad at hip hop"
-Todd in the Shadows, 2018
Go home, Todd, you're drunk.
its tru tho
@@Matrim42 oh please, little simz shits on basically everything coming out of the usa right now by miles, not to mention artists like akala and kano, or experimental stuff like young fathers especially
@@Matrim42 it's not. Most US HipHop Heads have acknowledged that UK hip hop of the past few decades have been more creative than the US scene and incredibly influential. Stormzy is currently a darling with hip hop critics.
@Joel WW in your opinion. But with HipHopHeads, critics and producers he's the big name they keep dropping at the moment to show they're into obscure non-pop stuff.
@Joel WW but I'm not talking about commercial success. I'm saying that he has critical and niche success. Which makes him the high quality burger, not mcdonalds. Your example is confused because I'm saying "UK Grime is popular with specific niche hip hop heads" and you're saying "mass popularity doesn't mean its good" when that's not what I'm saying at all.
I never imagined they were one hit wonders. I've been listening to their album "Walking Wounded" since 2019. I was hooked to the song "Wrong" (which was my first contact with their work) and imediatly started listening to the whole album and other albuns. Today, I miss a person so much and the only song that perfectly encapsulates the feeling is "Missing". It has been almost 7 months without her but I vividly remember everything. Unfortunately, we were harming each other to a point that was unberable. However, the sweet memories of the good times still lives with me. It was amazing.
Thanks again Todd for showing me amazing underrated artists
Sometimes Todd reviews a song I personally dislike, and I watch it once, skip parts where he doesn't speak, even put down the volume if I'm afraid it'll get stuck in my head.
The thing about this video, is that Todd loves this song so much, that it justified it for me. I really like this video. It's really nice to see Todd just loving something so much, even though shit fuck now it's in my head
I never heard of one sweet day before. Guess this never reached Germany. Usually I at least know the tune or have heard of the name but this one completely evaded me. I Love missing though.
I'd love to see one of these on Faith No More - Epic. I honestly love the shit out of that band.
Great idea, but suggesting Faith no More is a one hit wonder is kind of heading towards calling the Beatles a one hit wonder
@@Walk_on_Part_In_a_War I get what you mean as a fan of the band.
EBTG are one of my favorite groups ever. I was 18 when Temperamental came out in 1999 and I waited for years for news of a follow-up that would never materialize.
This song is still on the radio here in Germany.