We acquired an e-mail this yr that is stayed in my head for a number of months now, and I am hoping some good may come from sharing it and posting a public response.
As you may see, the inclusion of Blind Melon and their 1993 hit “No Rain” on our checklist of 40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders didn’t sit effectively with one explicit reader.
You’ll be able to learn their response for your self, unedited besides to take away the sender’s title:
Pricey, Mr. Final Traditional Rock
Are 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 surprise, so I hope you might have hangnails for the remainder of your life. You might want to be crucified for this and survive, with no meals for 2 weeks on the cross; both that or the Chinese language water drop technique 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 critically deserve the best authorized type of torture on this planet for this opinion, straight to North Sentinel Island. I apologize if my former feedback appear a tad outlandish, and should you did have an abusive mum or dad then it is smart why you referred to as Blind Melon a one-hit surprise. You have to’ve acquired mind injury. That’s the solely affordable resolution to this capital error. I apologize for my former statements and they’re going to even be retracted should you change this text and take Blind Melon off of it, in any other case, you will must dwell 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 surprise” 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 minimize quick by the 1995 demise of singer Shannon Hoon. (The surviving members have reunited twice within the final 20 years, with none additional charting singles.)
Extra importantly, precisely what’s improper with being a one-hit surprise? There are hundreds of thousands of people that know (and we would presume largely love) “No Rain,” and who know precisely who you are speaking about if you say “the bee lady.” (In case you someway do not, watch the video beneath.) That is a large cultural accomplishment, and one which numerous artists try to fail to duplicate each single day.
You will additionally discover that nowhere in our checklist 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 any person else thinks? (And once more, we did not provide our opinion on Blind Melon’s music at any level. My foremost reminiscence of them exterior of “No Rain” is as a part of an incredible triple invoice that was someway solely made higher by a raging rainstorm, at Jones Seaside in 1993.)
That is similar type of wasted power as worrying about which artists are or aren’t within the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame. 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 simply name on them to be crucified or tortured, even in jest. Your document assortment and your ticket stubs are your individual private Corridor of Fame, and the one one that actually issues. It is nice that you simply love Blind Melon sufficient to defend them this passionately, however jeez buddy, take the detrimental a part of it down a notch. What say we begin 2025 recent?
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