The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1083: The 50 biggest all-time alt-rock one-hit wonders (BONUS SHOW!)

If a newspaper makes a mistake or leaves something out in a story, they print a correction as soon as they can. If something erroneous is posted on a website, etiquette requires an update or correction to be added to the original post.

In science, if new data comes to light and a previously announced theory or conclusion has to change, that’s fantastic. That’s what science is. It’s a constant pursuit of the truth, and if the facts don’t support the theory, then the theory must be changed.

And when you’re making a list involving complicated data—especially on a project which few (if any) people have attempted before—it’s incumbent upon the researcher to go back and fix any errors and omissions.

This is known as an “erratum,” an error in printing or writing. Protocol requires that a list of corrected errors be appended to a book, a journal, or any published material. Again, we must go where the facts lead us.

This is such an occasion. This is a bonus episode on the 50 biggest all-time alt-rock one-hit wonders. Let’s just call it the “Oopsie Show.”

Songs heard on this show:

• Ghandarvas, First Day of Spring
• Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Having an Average Weekend
• Elton Motello, Jet Boy Jet Girl
• Flesh for Lulu, I Go Crazy
• Pigbag, Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag
• The Refreshment, Banditos
• Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, What I Am
• Dee-Lite, Groove is in the Heart
• Dexy’s Midnight Runners, C’mon Eileen
• Mazzy Star, Fade into You

Here’s Eric Wilhite’s playlist.

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