IS a taste of honey worse than no taste at all, as they say?
Should has beens continually try for that comeback, a la Justin Guarini or should they just find something else to do with their lives?
2007-01-29 06:22:49 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Oddly enough, my band back in the 80s was a one hit wonder and despite what others here think, once you pay the record company, the Marketing, the Distributers etc etc, unless your one hit is HUUUUUUGE, you never see a penny, really.
I get a royalty cheque every six months and I can take my family to Swiss Chalet on it, and that's it.
Luckily, we never tried to recapture lightning and eventually moved on, though I have friends from that life who are still plunking away in the clubs or doing gigs here and there and I admire them, but I could never live my life being 23 forever.
It was fun and I loved the attention, but It's not enough to live a whole life on the memories of one three or four month period.
2007-01-29 06:43:03 · answer #1 · answered by MikefromKingston 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One hit wonder! At least I could say that I was famous, if only for a little while. I could also get royalty checks from my music. In some things, it is better to have a taste of something, rather than to never experience the taste. As far as Justin Guarini is concerned, I never considered him that great a talent, nor is Kelly Clarkson
2007-01-29 14:26:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd rather be a never been, because that's what I am, and that's what I'm comfortable being. Besides, I don't like the media, I don't like people, and I'm a sociopath. The 15 minutes of fame would drive me insane.
2007-01-29 14:27:48 · answer #3 · answered by Tikimaskedman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would rather have had at least one hit that way people would have downloaded my song and or bought my CD and I would have made some money
2007-01-29 14:29:25 · answer #4 · answered by loco 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one-hit wonders are well-known by many people and on tv sometimes they have entire shows dedicated to them. when someone says "oh there's that one hit song by that band" i remind them that the band has one more hit than the person does.
2007-01-29 14:27:30 · answer #5 · answered by Jim G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A one hit wonder, so what if you're having jokes cracked about you, at least you made your mark. Even if it is a very tiny mark.
2007-01-29 14:26:46 · answer #6 · answered by * 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One hit wonder. Look how long william hung is hanging on.
2007-01-29 14:32:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck yeah, you still make royalties, but would anyone really recognize you on the street. Nope.
2007-01-29 14:28:07 · answer #8 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can make a million dollars off one hit, so i do that and invest it in2 a couple of businesses so i would never have to work again
2007-01-29 14:27:49 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MMMMMMMMMMMM I DONT KNOW!!!
I,D LOVE THE BREAD THAT A HIT WOULD BRING.....BUT!!
do i wana be remembered as having NO STAYING POWER?
I think i,d take the money & do 1
2007-01-29 14:35:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋