Oh yeah, There are several dozen boy bands and girl groups that were seemingly super popular over seas in the 90s that I could never name any of their songs, B*Witched, Girls Aloud, Take That, Boyzone, Westlife, etc…
I am meaning big names, like Bert Jansch. Total blind spot for me until 2020 or 21
That is where I first really heard about him, Marr going on about him in an interview a few years ago.
Children by the million/Sing for Alex Chilton/When he comes 'round
PM sent
Chas and Dave fit the bill and so does Sublime apparently
not sure if you were on discord when that Uncle Ron guy came on, complained there was no landline to call VMP to complain about stuff, said two Kacey Musgraves albums within the span of a few months was "disgusting" and said nobody in the UK knows Sublime. Then he went on a rant about Chas n Dave hah.
Luckily for the rest of the world, Drive wasn’t particularly successful outside N America. If only we in N America had been so fortunate.
The self-titled album rules IMO. Some of the songs were played to death on the radio but I still like the album. The Rhino cut is awesome but now sold out unless you order from canada/UK.
Ric Ocasek was a pop genius. The Cars released 4 albums in 4 consecutive years to diminishing returns. Their debut self-titled album is better than most bands greatest hits. The subsequent 3 albums that followed are all quite good, just not as good as the album that immediately proceeded it. Then they took a bit of a break and came back with Heartbeat City which was much slicker than anything that had come before and fit well alongside many of their mid-80s contemporaries.
