We obtained an e-mail this yr that is stayed in my head for a number of months now, and I am hoping some good would possibly come from sharing it and posting a public response.
As you will see, the inclusion of Blind Melon and their 1993 hit “No Rain” on our record of 40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders didn’t sit properly with one explicit reader.
You may learn their response for your self, unedited besides to take away the sender’s identify:
Expensive, Mr. Final Traditional RockAre you on medicine? Like a really one-hit good type the place you neglect that music exists? You referred to as BLIND MELON a one hit marvel, so I hope you’ve got hangnails for the remainder of your life. You must be crucified for this and survive, with no meals for 2 weeks on the cross; both that or the Chinese language water drop methodology are the one applicable types of apology for this. BLIND MELON A ONE-HIT WONDER? EXCUSE YOU? DID YOU SNEEZE? DID YOUR FATHER BEAT YOU WITH A CD OF SOUP? You significantly deserve the very best authorized type of torture on the planet for this opinion, straight to North Sentinel Island. I apologize if my former feedback appear a tad outlandish, and when you did have an abusive father or mother then it is smart why you referred to as Blind Melon a one-hit marvel. You should’ve bought mind harm. That’s the solely affordable answer to this capital error. I apologize for my former statements and they’re going to even be retracted when you change this text and take Blind Melon off of it, in any other case, you’ll should stay the remainder of your life because the precise IDIOT who referred to as Blind Melon a one-hit-wonder.My deepest condolences for the lack of your mind,(NAME REDACTED)(P.S., please lick the underside of the dirtiest boot for even having this opinion.)
First, the “one hit marvel” info: Between 1992 and 1996 Blind Melon launched 9 singles, and “No Rain” was the one one to succeed in the U.S. Billboard charts, peaking at No. 20. Their profession was clearly and tragically reduce quick by the 1995 demise of singer Shannon Hoon. (The surviving members have reunited twice within the final twenty years, with none additional charting singles.)
Extra importantly, precisely what’s flawed with being a one-hit marvel? There are thousands and thousands of people that know (and we might presume largely love) “No Rain,” and who know precisely who you are speaking about while you say “the bee woman.” (If you happen to by some means do not, watch the video under.) That is an enormous cultural accomplishment, and one which numerous artists attempt to fail to duplicate each single day.
You will additionally discover that nowhere in our record does it say, “Blind Melon sucked and did not need to have any extra hits” or “They solely had one hit as a result of it was their solely good tune.” And even when we did say that – which we would not – who cares? It is only one opinion; why get so mad about what someone else thinks? (And once more, we did not supply our opinion on Blind Melon’s music at any level. My primary reminiscence of them outdoors of “No Rain” is as a part of an incredible triple invoice that was by some means solely made higher by a raging rainstorm, at Jones Seashore in 1993.)
That is similar type of wasted vitality as worrying about which artists are or aren’t within the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame. You already know which music you like and which songs made your life higher and no one’s else’s tackle them ought to matter a lot that you just name on them to be crucified or tortured, even in jest. Your file assortment and your ticket stubs are your personal private Corridor of Fame, and the one one that actually issues. It is nice that you just love Blind Melon sufficient to defend them this passionately, however jeez buddy, take the unfavorable a part of it down a notch. What say we begin 2025 recent?
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