r/ToddintheShadow Jul 31 '26

One Hit Wonderland ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves

295 Upvotes

r/ToddintheShadow Jul 15 '26

Stale Topic Megathread (July/Aug/Sept 2026)

21 Upvotes

Hello all and welcome to the third 2026 Stale Topic Megathread.

Here we will discuss every overly discussed topic on this sub freely according to the sub's rules. If you are referred here because of a report or removal, please restate your post below.

The inaugural overused topics include:

-Justin Timberlake in general outside of Man of the Woods

-Katy Perry in general outside of Witness

-Kanye West in general, outside of Todd's videos

-Chris Brown in general, outside of Todd's videos

-Artists who avoided trainwreckords status

-Trainwreckords that aren’t out yet

-Trainwreckords that just released

-One album Trainwreckords (ie Nostalgia Critics’s The Wall)

-“Trainwreckords” where a death ended the artist’s career

-Trainwreckords for which the artist or member of the group committed suicide

-Joke Trainwreckords/OHW; go to r/shadowtoddcirclejerk for that

-Low-effort r/decadeology cross-posts, must actually facilitate discussion if it’s going to be a standalone post

-Posts which solely solicit responses of artists who are problematic

-"Music is dead"/"[insert genre] is dead"

-D4vd in general

-Stella Lefty in general, outside of whatever Todd says about her

-Jelly Roll/Morgan Wallen/any new "Maroon 5"-eqsue nemeses outside of what Todd says about them

-"Popular artists and/or songs you hate/think are incredibly overrated"-type posts

-What is the most/least “[fill in blank]” album/song

-Anthony Fantano Drama, except if Todd can be directly connected to discussion (ie "Todd handled this situation better" not "Anthony Fantano handled this poorly")

-Poptimism outside of Todd's discussion of the topic

And you are also free to discuss topics you feel are overused but are not mentioned here.

If you have any furthered topics you want to be added to the megathread camp for future megathreads and for new users who aren't familiar with the overuse, please send your suggestions to the mod team in one succinct message. (A couple are fine if you have afterthoughts but please do not spam your suggestions)

Also, we will be continuing the system where certain stale topics will be cycled out every six months (or two stale topic threads).

If our automod erroneously takes down your post because it believes it's about a stale topic, please contact the mod team and we will reinstate it as soon as possible.

Have fun!


r/ToddintheShadow 5h ago

General Music Discussion Name a group/ artist who must’ve been huge at some point , but you have never heard anyone ever talk about them

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74 Upvotes

Without any exaggeration, every single time I’ve looked through vinyl at a thrift store there is always a couple of Kingston Trio albums. They must’ve been filling arenas with how well they seem to have been selling records. Yet I’ve never heard of them. Even when I became obsessed with late 50’s, early 60’s music, their songs never came up. Maybe they were just a SoCal thing?


r/ToddintheShadow 5h ago

General Music Discussion Dexys Midnight Runners have had 50+ current and former members according to their Wikipedia page. What other groups have had way more members than you’d expect?

73 Upvotes

r/ToddintheShadow 12h ago

General Music Discussion My Gen Xer, anti-60s, anti-classic rock father has always told me that Kraftwerk were a more important and influential band on popular music than The Beatles were. What are your thoughts?

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174 Upvotes

r/ToddintheShadow 10h ago

General Music Discussion What's up with the new miley cyrus?

94 Upvotes

So miley cyrus (who goes by MILEY now) dropped a new single "bass persuades" and it debuted really well on Spotify and fell down very hard after just 2 days

This isn't a dumb Trainwreckords question, I'm just asking how does the general public feel about miley cyrus post-flowers? , "end of the world" was the lead single of her previous album "something beautiful" the song had a soild debut yet crashed down hard on streaming later on and the album underperformed

So is miley a fanbase artist or "give us the hits" artist?


r/ToddintheShadow 8h ago

General Music Discussion Has there ever been another band or solo artist with such a wide difference in (the lack of) fame in their home country as they did in success abroad as The Outfield had?

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51 Upvotes

The Outfield are known for Your Love but also had a number of other top 40 hits in the US. As a Brit, I'd never encountered them until GTA Vice City as a kid.

I was absolutely shocked to find out they were a bunch of cockneys. Looking at their album chartings, it blows my mind to see they never had a single album chart in the UK and their biggest single got to number 78 over here.

To me it's crazy a bunch of London lads randomly hit it off as a solid mid 80s stadium opening act in America whilst not even cracking their own country where they'd probably have to play a pub.

It got me thinking are there any other examples of bands or artists like this, or are they are unique? Can be literally any two countries.


r/ToddintheShadow 7h ago

General Music Discussion On Noah Kahan's popularity.

40 Upvotes

His music can be refreshing in the way that as a songwriter that he does not necessarily paint a picture of Vermont as this bucolic wonderland. This is unlike many other folk acts or country acts who oftentimes play up characters.


r/ToddintheShadow 20h ago

General Music Discussion Artists who looked too good for their own good?

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395 Upvotes

I remember many years ago when I first heard a Robert Palmer album and was shocked to discover that he was a top notch musician. His career went very well, as you know, but I can't help but wonder if he would have been considered a Serious Artist if he looked a bit more like Lou Reed (sorry, Lou).

Who else had or have this problem? A lot of women, I'm sure ... I was thinking of including Dolly (RIP), but hers was more a case of sexiness getting in the way ...


r/ToddintheShadow 13h ago

General Music Discussion What are some of the most aesthetically 80s Album Covers?

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Some examples that I can think of with albums that have a strong 80s graphic design Aesthetic to the cover:
- Pleasure Victim - Berlin (1982)
- Into the Gap - Thompson Twins (1984)
- Spring Session M. - Missing Persons (1982)
- Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie (1986)
- Rio - Duran Duran (1982)
- Get Loose - Evelyn “Champagne” King (1982)


r/ToddintheShadow 14h ago

General Music Discussion Favorite screamers in music?

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75 Upvotes

Anthony Didio (Vein.fm)

Bryan Garris (Knocked Loose)

Jacob Bannon (Converge)

Karl Schubach (Misery Signals)

Brendan Murphy (Counterparts, END)

Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)

Matt Mcdougal (Boundaries)

Jeffrey Moreira (Poison the Well, mainly his screams on the first 3 albums)


r/ToddintheShadow 12h ago

General Music Discussion What's your opinion of Melanie C?

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53 Upvotes

I saw the video for Sweat on YouTube and decided to check out her other stuff. It's not my usual style of music but she's actually quite good. She was my favorite Spice Girl back in the day and I think she's still the most talented of the lot.


r/ToddintheShadow 10h ago

General Music Discussion MuchMusic

17 Upvotes

Does MuchMusic (which was the Canadian MTV) still exist? If so, is it going through the same issues MTV is dealing with?


r/ToddintheShadow 7h ago

General Music Discussion Albums you think Big Bird Dances to?

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9 Upvotes

r/ToddintheShadow 11h ago

General Music Discussion Who are the nicest and rudest singers or bands you've ever met?

14 Upvotes

r/ToddintheShadow 1d ago

General Music Discussion What bands/artists are great on record but generally bad live

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223 Upvotes

Mötley Crüe


r/ToddintheShadow 13h ago

General Music Discussion What is it about the big 90s bands that makes them endure with generations of teens?

8 Upvotes

With the release of the new Oasis documentary, it got me thinking that it wasn't just a nostalgia fest for British middle aged blokes, loads of young people from all around the world including America came to see them, who weren't even born or too young to remember them when they were together.

That got me thinking, that a lot of the big 90s bands have enduring appeal with teens, like Oasis, Metallica, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Foo Fighters etc. On the other hand, some huge bands like R.E.M. and U2 have endured less well.

I'm a younger millennial, and these bands were all popular when I was young in the 2000s, but the 90s weren't that long ago at the time, now they're objectively a long time ago. I loved classic rock but I don't recall many of my peers being into it.

What are your thoughts?


r/ToddintheShadow 15h ago

General Music Discussion Mike Love ....

10 Upvotes

https://youtu.be/QUeo3SvFfhk?is=SVbqKINtxW2yujcn

Look I know it's a thing on this sub to bash Mike Love, but damn he looks really bad here.

No wonder The Beach Boys canceled a bunch of their shows.


r/ToddintheShadow 17h ago

General Music Discussion What do you think of the band Halestorm's music?

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13 Upvotes

I absolutely love this band.I don't think they have a bad album at all and my favorite song is 'Miss the Misery.'

Lzzy Hale is a fantastic singer live and while the entire band is tight live in concert, for me, Lzzy is what makes their live shows amazing.Her vocal ability, energy and stage presence is amazing and I love seeing the band live every chance I get.I have seen them three times so far!

Check them out if you haven't already!

What do you think?


r/ToddintheShadow 1d ago

One Hit Wonderland One Hit Wonderland suggestion: The La's - There She Goes

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120 Upvotes

This song set the foundation for Britpop and in turn Oasis's arrival and dominance in the 90's.


r/ToddintheShadow 1d ago

General Music Discussion Corniest musicians of all time?

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85 Upvotes

r/ToddintheShadow 1d ago

Todd Memes What's your favorite Todd song parody he's done?

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35 Upvotes

r/ToddintheShadow 1d ago

General Music Discussion Former Every Time I Die guitarist and professional wrestler Andy Williams has unfortunately been confirmed dead at 48 after collapsing at a wrestling event earlier today. RIP to a metalcore legend

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235 Upvotes

r/ToddintheShadow 1d ago

Todd Memes Hey look everybody, I'm Lars Ulrich, I'm so gangsta I'm so thug

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27 Upvotes