Timmy T's "One More Try" -- Bangs Like a Motherfucker

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Timmy T is the ultimate one-hit wonder of the 90's. "One More Try" is a true classic. The sexy melody would make Nilsson or Brian Wilson jealous, plus the synthesized Moog bassline is ill as hell, and the 808 bangs like a motherfucker. Timmy T's DIY ethic is commendable as he recorded it a Fresno garage. Most of Timmy T's body of work is rightfully dismissed as second-rate, but "One More Try," a song that hit #1 on the Billboard, remains a masterpiece.

wildcat wendell cooley, Sunday, 3 November 2002 06:19 (twenty-two years ago) link

...Right, right?

wildcat wendell cooley, Sunday, 3 November 2002 06:21 (twenty-two years ago) link

one year passes...
wrong wrong

Chorlton (Chorlton), Friday, 7 May 2004 15:06 (twenty years ago) link

....although i am going to try and use the phrase 'bangs like a motherfucker' as often as possible.

Chorlton (Chorlton), Friday, 7 May 2004 15:08 (twenty years ago) link

four years pass...

"Together we could rape the universe" (omar little), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link

it kind of does bang like a motherfucker

goole, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link

three years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnw1CddWbjw

christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:57 (eleven years ago) link

amazed me at the time that this freestyle ballad got to #1 three years after this shit was worse than old hat in Miami.

the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:58 (eleven years ago) link

timmy t's success was pyrrhic for an entire genre iirc

christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:00 (eleven years ago) link

nine months pass...

this is such a terrible song

sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Friday, 14 February 2014 17:48 (eleven years ago) link

Give it one more try.

And Then She Punched Her Dentist In The Neck (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2014 17:54 (eleven years ago) link

Dan didn't know how much he loved it.

Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 February 2014 17:55 (eleven years ago) link

what a weird era for music. i always think of this song and 'people are still having sex' by latour when i think of bizarre one-hit wonders from this time.

christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 14 February 2014 17:58 (eleven years ago) link

I have basically no critical faculties when it comes to 95% of pop music from '88 to '91, so I love it. Although I do easily confuse Timmy T with Stevie B and Tommy Page.

And Then She Punched Her Dentist In The Neck (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 February 2014 18:00 (eleven years ago) link

not to mention 'the adventures of stevie v' (who were (was?) great btw)

christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 14 February 2014 18:01 (eleven years ago) link

I have basically no critical faculties when it comes to 95% of pop music from '88 to '91

This, shifting the post forward one single year -- '89 thru '92.

Eric H., Friday, 14 February 2014 18:04 (eleven years ago) link

even at age ten I wondered why this song was played on rural rap radio

oh girl
you know I love you
I just want you to know
our love, I've always treasured
so please, just
don't let me go

flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 14 February 2014 22:36 (eleven years ago) link


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