I don't watch MuchMusic or MuchMoreMusic "much" (like that pun?) anymore, but the other night, I was flipping channels and happened to come by MMM's "100 One Hit Wonders". As with most of these countdowns, the usual suspects popped up - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Deee-Lite, et cetera. But my eyes bugged out when I saw number 19... Parachute Club!
Now, I may be showing my age, but I remember Parachute Club from the '80s, during their peak. Granted, they did not last long - about four years, to be exact. But they were NOT a one-hit wonder. They had three major hits, "Rise Up", "At the Feet of the Moon" and their duet with John Oates from Hall & Oates called "Love is Fire", plus popular songs such as "Alienation" and "Sexual Intelligence".
Frankly, I am offended by MMM's assertion that Parachute Club is a one hit wonder. They were one of Canadian music's most prominent bands in the '80s, and both "At the Feet of the Moon" and "Love is Fire" got regular rotation on... Much Music.
Labeling Parachute Club as a one hit wonder is a discredit to the band and their success in the '80s. Shame on MuchMoreMusic for reducing them to such a label and placing them amongst acts who never shared the same kind of success - or influence - that Parachute Club did.
