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LuigibrineTheGreat

Last night, I finally did it. I had a Popeyes chicken sandwich. It was REALLY GOOD.

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BruceCM

Heh, I've only ever seen it spelled kebab over here but then that usually refers to something a bit different, @ThanosReXXX ....

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ThanosReXXX

Meanwhile, I just had a nice plate of Nasi Goreng with a decent-sized omelette:
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And now I'm kind of immediately wondering if and how my former fellow countrymen would butcher that spelling...

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ThanosReXXX

@WiltonRoots Yeah, it certainly is a bit different. Then again: back in those days, all kinds of bands tried their own version of "progressive" or otherwise they were simply going through their "angry at the world and protesting by way of making music" stage. Once they mellowed out, they all started to write more love songs...

@BruceCM Ah, yet another misunderstanding of the native dishes-disrespecting English speakers...
Kebab only ever means one thing, so whatever we or any other country has bastardized it into, has no relevance. But let me guess: döner kebab?

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WiltonRoots

@ThanosReXXX Yep happens to a lot of groups, their first albums are generally their best, when they're still hungry and have a point to make, then there's the difficult second album, sometimes they find their feet after that or they make so much money and get made to tone down by the labels and publishers which causes them to lose their passion.

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ThanosReXXX

@WiltonRoots And yet there's also plenty of bands and/or solo artists, that only improve over time.

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BruceCM

Yeah, along with 'shish kebabs' being chunks of meat with a pitta bread, @ThanosReXXX .... Fortunately, I had the proper versions with my parents on BBQs when I was young, so they told me about the origin Too many people won't know that & only be familiar with the usual takeaways.
As for the 'one hit wonders' or those like @WiltonRoots talks about, there's probably plenty of contributing factors. For instance, those 'pop' acts that, seemingly, got lucky early on don't seem to last as well as those that struggled for longer before getting the break. I'm sure there's exceptions but that often seems to be the case with many who don't last
In some cases, they might have been pushed into something they didn't really want to do & that's not likely to work for long, either But there certainly are plenty of bands/ singers, etc, who do keep going as well

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bimmy-lee

@ThanosReXXX - I’ll wear a “Beer Bear” sign just to be safe. I know those other McClean songs, but only because I bought a greatest hits album in my youth. While he made other good songs, nothing but American Pie played/plays on the radio around here. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a different Don McClean song on the radio. I don’t know if he charted with other songs, but he’s kind of a well known example of a one hit wonder. To put it another way, if “One Hit Wonders” was a round on Family Feud in the 80s or 90s, Don McClean is definitely one of the answers, and Richard Dawson is definitely going to kiss all the moms and daughters. I certainly don’t mean “one hit wonder” as an insult. It’s incredible to have made a song that’s so iconic that one becomes famous the world over for making only that song.

@BruceCM - That’s the Don McClean tune I was referring to thanks. As I just mentioned to Thanos, I’m not sure he had any other “hits” on American radio, but he definitely has a nice library of music aside from American Pie.

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Opening both at the same time was a mistake. Now my niece has two.

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BruceCM

Well, that's definitely his biggest hit, @bimmy-lee .... There's definitely some others that were hits & he's had quite a few successful albums While he's still touring & performing, so he hasn't disappeared like some pop hits! Who remembers Tasmin Archer?

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ThanosReXXX

@BruceCM Well, the important, and/or simple thing to remember about ALL "kebobs", is that all of them are comprised of some kind of prepared meat. Döner simply means "little bread" or pancake, so that's simply a meat sandwich. You could say that it's the Turkish variant of the burger.

As for music and one hit wonders: you can never really put a finger on it. Sometimes, these songs are #1 hits worldwide, only for the artist to never be heard of again, and other times, they go through this kind of wave pattern, so to speak, coming back all mature and different, and maybe even less popular, but with more staying power.

@bimmy-lee If my information is correct, then Starry Night should also have been a pretty big hit, in most countries around the world, so it would be strange if it wouldn't have been that well-known in the US.

I do find it sad that Don apparently is really seen as a one hit wonder. I know you didn't mean that in a bad way, but when someone has written more than 10 songs that most if not all of us can sing along to, even if we don't even know who the heck the artist is, then something is definitely off concerning the collective memory of the good ol' US of A...

Fun fact: over here, one hit wonders are called a "one day fly", for obvious reasons...

Anyway, I wouldn't even be able to name a TRUE one hit wonder in the States. At least not one that is also known over here. Maybe some kind of country dude or gal...

I'll make a mental note of the beer bear sign for future reference. I wonder if I'd be allowed to import a selection of beer, or if that is forbidden nowadays. I might otherwise be tempted to take some specialties with me.

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ThanosReXXX

@BruceCM On a side note: even those shish kebabs on a pita bread you mentioned, are prepared on a skewer. At least: in the right restaurant, so regardless of the skewer not being present anymore once the plate arrives on your table, it has still been skewered and prepared as such.

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"Who remembers Tasmin Archer"

Talk about a sleeping satellite...

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HobbitGamer

@Ryu_Niiyama Don't worry, I rub sunscreen into my eyes and put on dime store sunglasses before hand. sAfEtY fIrSt¡

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ThanosReXXX

@HobbitGamer You got it all wrong: you should listen to your president and inject the sunscreen...

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BruceCM

Congratulations, @ThanosReXXX .... She apparently did release a couple more albums & a few of her other songs did chart but that's by far her biggest hit

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bimmy-lee

@BruceCM - Yeah, he’s still playing. He probably starts and finishes every show with American Pie. He’s good, I don’t want to come across like it’s an insult to have a massively popular song. It’s certainly going to overshadow everything else in his library. If I think of Don McClean hit songs outside of AP, it’s Vincent and a cover or two, including one he could never hope to top in Crying. I had to google Tasmin, and I can’t say I remember her. I thought Sleeping Satellite sounded familiar, but Inwatched some of the video and it doesn’t ring a bell. What’s her big hit?

Edit - I’m not keeping up!

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ThanosReXXX

@BruceCM Now I've got one for you: I obviously can't check or prevent someone from searching on Google, but I'm going to trust in your fair play spirit. I'll turn the question around, though, and add another twist, because I'm NOT going to mention the artist, nor am I going to mention the name of the song.

So, here's the question: which one hit wonder has made the song that is now infamous in many countries for having the worst lyrics in history?

I'll give you one hint, and another one later on, if you're still stuck.

Hint #1: the artist is female.

Good luck.

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HobbitGamer

@ThanosReXXX I already inject the House Speaker-branded Botox in my retinas. It keeps them supple and hungry.

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ThanosReXXX

@bimmy-lee Yeah, you're becoming slow in your "not even all that old compared to me" age...
You haven't even reacted to my burned feet story or importing beer question...

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ThanosReXXX

@HobbitGamer Supple and hungry? I figured it would sooner make them lifeless...

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