The most interesting pieces of pop music trivia that you know (that are 100% false)

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26. Although best known for his bluesy guitar-work with Thin Lizzy and his solo hit "Parisienne Walkways", Gary Moore spent 18 months between 1977 and 1979 as Chief Economic Adviser to the Labour government.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

27. The frontman for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has served a seven year prison sentence for aggrevated rape.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

28. The Webb Brothers are merely Milli Vanilliesque frontpieces. Their music is in fact made by Joan Osbourne and DJ Towa Tei using overdubs.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:52 (7 years ago) Permalink

29. Due to contractual issues, Ghostface's lyrics on the majority of "The W" were performed by impressionist John Culshaw.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:52 (7 years ago) Permalink

30. The biggest ever selling single in the US is "Extremis" by Hal ft Gillian Anderson.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

31. Toploader were originally a Christian Ska band.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:54 (7 years ago) Permalink

32. 80's rockers Ratt took their name from drummer Bobby Blotzer's favourite film, Basil - the Great Mouse Detective.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:55 (7 years ago) Permalink

33. The original cover of "Street Survivors" by Lynyrd Skynyrd featured them in an aeroplane crashing into the side of a mountain.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:57 (7 years ago) Permalink

34. In Tagalog, the phrase "Bil-ee Korg-un" means "misshapen flaccid penis".

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:58 (7 years ago) Permalink

35. Kanye West appared on three series of Whose Line Is It Anyway, specialising in the "Hoedown" and "Greatest Hits" rounds.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:58 (7 years ago) Permalink

36. DJ Martian had a #33 hit in 1998 in collaboration with DJ Quicksilver, with a remix of Wet Wet Wet's 'Julia Says'. Marti Pellow later unsuccessfully sued.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:00 (7 years ago) Permalink

37. As a Tax evasion scheme, Elton John spent the entirety of 1975 with a dormouse living in his lower intestine.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:04 (7 years ago) Permalink

38. After his release from prison, Nelson Mandela thanked Darts for their 1978 single "Boy From New York City", a cassette of which was the only entertainment he was allowed during his incarcertaion.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:04 (7 years ago) Permalink

39. Black Metal icon Mortiis has every episode of Band of Gold on video.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:07 (7 years ago) Permalink

40. At least 30% of all UK Top 40 hits this year were written by Tom Fletcher of McFly. These include 'Retreat' by The Rakes, 'Avalon' by Juliet and 'Lion Rip' by The Duke Spirit. Ironically, McFly's own #1, 'All About You', was a collaboration between Richard X and Guy Chambers. Tom Fletcher of McFly has yet to write a top 10 hit and can frequently be heard complaining about this in the pubs and clubs of Soho, often accusing Girls Aloud, The Cuban Boys and Kasabian of conspiring to 'freeze him out'.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:09 (7 years ago) Permalink

41. The Twinings' adverts with Stephen Fry in were originally written to be performed by DMX.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

42. When Brian Jones died, the Rolling Stones first offered his place in the band to the then-unknown Michael Palin.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:11 (7 years ago) Permalink

43. Joey Beltram wrote the techno anthem "Energy Flash" as a gift to his mother, who was having a tough time going through menopause and wanted him to write a "fun piece of disco music that will cheer me up".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:12 (7 years ago) Permalink

44. The Kaiser Chiefs have been forced to call themselves The Musical Chiefs in Uganda, as Kaiser Chiefs is the name of the country's number one Football club.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

45. Dave Pearce is permanently banned from the Reading Festival after getting so drunk that he was unconscious for the whole of Saturday, then awaking to claim that he was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. He then stole a van and attempted to run over Richard Hawley. Hawley opted not to press charges.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

45. Luke Vibert stood as a candidate for Fianna Fail in the last Irish elections, missing out on a seat by just 42 votes.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

46. Ray Charles lost his eyesight after he and some schoolfriends attempted to emulate a famous scene from the movie Un Chien Andalou.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

48. The Dropkick Murphys invited Anadin.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

49. Production chores on Kajagoogoo's 1983 smash "Too Shy" were handled by Professor Julius Norwich.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:22 (7 years ago) Permalink

50. Bloc Party were originally going to be called The Small Faces, before drummer Matt Tong remembered that he owned a copy of 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake'. He would later claim that he thought it was by Amen Corner.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:22 (7 years ago) Permalink

51. Canada's Prime Minister is the lead singer of Moist.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:24 (7 years ago) Permalink

51. The members of Franz Ferdinand, The Bravery, The Killers, The Strokes, and Interpol are all actually incredibly lifelike Russian nesting dolls, called matryoshka, who sought to escape the limited earnings potential of the souvenir industry by forming various 'bands'.

― cdwill, Monday, 11 July 2005 22:24 (7 years ago) Permalink

53. Cave-In and Sparta are actually the same band.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:26 (7 years ago) Permalink

54. George W. Bush roadied for Black Oak Arkansas on their "Keep the Faith" tour of 1972.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:27 (7 years ago) Permalink

x-post

52, sorry.

― cdwill, Monday, 11 July 2005 22:29 (7 years ago) Permalink

55. Brody Dalle is a lesbian.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:31 (7 years ago) Permalink

56. Buddy Holly faked his own death and emigrated to England. In a desperate attempt to cover his tracks, he formed Freddie & The Dreamers.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:34 (7 years ago) Permalink

56. "serge gainsbourg" is actually an elaborate hoax perpetuated by european zionists. there have been numerous "serge gainsbourg"s over the years. the hoax was called off--but not revealed--after the fall of the soviet union, for reasons still unclear.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:36 (7 years ago) Permalink

58. 'Blinded By The Light' was originally written with the intention of being the theme music for The New Avengers.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:41 (7 years ago) Permalink

59. Phil Collins wrote that song because he saw that one guy let that other guy die.

60. Marilyn Manson is actually the actor who played the nerd on the Wonder Years.

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:46 (7 years ago) Permalink

61. Aerosmith wrote "Love in an Elevator" after encountering Arthur Lee on the way up to a meeting at the offices of Sony Music in New York.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

7. Gwen Stefani has no idea why those Japanese women are following her around.

I couldn't read past this one because I was laughing too hard.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

62. Chicago White Sox third basemen Joe Crede changed the pronounciation of his name from "creed" to "CREE-dee" in 1999, in order to avoid any unfortunate association with the Scott Stapp-led band.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:53 (7 years ago) Permalink

i think several of these are actually true

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:58 (7 years ago) Permalink

Bloc Party were originally going to be called The Small Faces, before drummer Matt Tong remembered that he owned a copy of 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake'. He would later claim that he thought it was by Amen Corner.

I think this is my new favorite.

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:00 (7 years ago) Permalink

63. The 'keyboard sound' on Saint Etienne's version of 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' was actually a looped sample of Pete Wiggs honking the horn of his Citroen BX outside Neil Tennant's house at 3AM on Christmas morning 1987 in a mildly petty act of revenge for the Pet Shop Boys having kept 'Fairytale Of New York' off the Christmas number one. However, Tennant was not home at the time, and Wiggs therefore decided to incorporate the sound in one of his records "just so the bastard knew." To date, Neil Tennant has never knowingly listened to a Saint Etienne record.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:04 (7 years ago) Permalink

64. Britney Spears was enrolling at Notre Dame the same fall as I was (I subsequently heard the same thing about Miami of Ohio and Oberlin, so that nicked it).

65. "Fire and Rain" was about how James Taylor's girlfriend died in a fiery plane crash.

66. Billy Corgan played the little kid on that robot girl sitcom "Small Wonder."

― PB, Monday, 11 July 2005 23:09 (7 years ago) Permalink

67. The working title of Blur's "Song 2", was "Mr. Robinson's Day Trip In a Jumbo Jet".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

68. Billy Corgan played the robot girl on the sitcom "Small Wonder."

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NEW WINNER IS MICHAEL DADDINO

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:11 (7 years ago) Permalink

69. George W. Bush listens to Sigur Ros.

― PB, Monday, 11 July 2005 23:14 (7 years ago) Permalink

70. Rock 'n roll is still strictly outlawed in Liechtenstein on the grounds that The Rubettes were shit.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

71. Kraftwerk had originally intended to write a song about the Giro D'Italia (NOT the Tour de France). However, the idea was scrapped following a series of band-only meetings during which the foursome realized that none of them could speak a word of Italian.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:28 (7 years ago) Permalink

72. Pavements first UK gig took place at The Working Men's Club in Stoke, according to eye witness reports they were watched by a crowd of six. One of the crowd is said to have described them as "a bit noisy". Stephen Malkmus later explained this odd venue choice in a 1998 Select interview with the words; "y'know it was like what The Fall did."

― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:29 (7 years ago) Permalink

72. A defective typewriter at the Capitol Records head office is to blame for the Beach Boys' inability to spearhead the "Smurf Music" craze.

73. Geir Hongro is the Seventh Beatle.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:30 (7 years ago) Permalink

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― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 March 2013 19:08 (1 month ago) Permalink

Bruno Mars is so named because he was conceived while his parents were playing Bruce Willis's The Return of Bruno.

― Trans-Europe Stopping Train (ithappens), Thursday, March 28, 2013 3:04 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I thought he chose the name for himself because of his infatuation with Bruno Ganz and his "warlike" musical style

― i've a cozy little flat in what is known as old man hat (Hurting 2), Thursday, 28 March 2013 20:30 (1 month ago) Permalink

4 weeks pass...

1582. Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary was quietly canonized by the Catholic Church less than a month after her death in 2009. she is the patron saint of turtlenecks and raw foodists.

― second geir, lean right (little hongro hongro go faster faster) (unregistered), Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:39 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

(and jet plane passengers, obviously)

― second geir, lean right (little hongro hongro go faster faster) (unregistered), Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:45 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

1583. Stephin Merritt does not know how to play guitar.

― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 02:18 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

1584. deadmau5 is actually the sound project of george w. bush, who began fooling around on garage band during the final years of his presidency, anxious to find a hobby to fill his time in retirement.

― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 02:29 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

The Doors' "Horse Latitudes" is the official song of the Kentucky Derby.

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 28 April 2013 04:58 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

1586: Lou Reed eats breakfast every morning at "Pies and Thighs" in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He orders chicken and waffles and they serve him an hour before the restaurant opens for the public.

― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:15 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

1586. R&B singer Brandy's "The Boy is Mine" sounds exactly the same played backwards as forwards.
1587. As a followup to his 1978 smash hit single "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", Rod Stewart released "Tuck It Under the Mole". The single did not chart.

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:22 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

1588. The original series proposition for Man Vs Food was drawn up by Jonathan Richman, who passed it to his son Adam when he realised the show would interfere with his touring schedule.
1589. The idea came from Jonathan's habit of taking on an eating challenge in every town he plays.
1590. Jimmy Page is a fully qualified nursery nurse.

― If you tolerate Bis, then Kenickie will be next (ithappens), Sunday, 28 April 2013 17:22 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

1591. before rebranding as "rod stewart", rod stewart achieved some notoriety as the inventor of Pringles brand potato-inspired chips.

― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 17:33 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

1592. Elvis Presley was actually just his stage name, he was born Melvin Minkovsky in Yonkers, NY.

― earlnash, Sunday, 28 April 2013 17:54 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

1593. "Pylon's" albums are just Blondie outtakes. There was never such a band as Pylon.

― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 21:01 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

1594. conan o'brien plays drums on several of the songs on galaxie 500's debut album "today"

― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 23:09 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

(i'm done writing these, sorry)

― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 23:10 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

The bass sound on Sly's "Family Affair" comes from the amp got shot in the woofer cause of drugs.

― Zachary Taylor, Sunday, 28 April 2013 23:25 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

i heard that sly recorded his vocals for that album laying in bed. is that true?

― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 23:27 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

1596. "The Amp Got Shot in the Woofer Cause of Drugs" initially appeared as the B-side to Sly and the Family Stone's 1971 hit, "Family Affair". This edition of single was pulled within days of its October 16 release date, however, when the FDA discovered that the vinyl used contained dangerously high levels of several toxic ketone compounds. When the single was re-released on 6 November 1971, the new pressing was backed with "Luv n' Haight". "The Amp Got Shot in the Woofer Cause of Drugs" has not since been released or compiled, and the few known copies of the original single (the volatile toxic compounds having long ago evaporated) trade for upwards of $1,000.

― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Sunday, 28 April 2013 23:40 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

lol.

― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 23:43 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

damn dude, I was never sure before.

― Zachary Taylor, Sunday, 28 April 2013 23:48 (4 weeks ago) Permalink

i always picture him like that when i listen to the album anyway. it's probably my favorite album ever.

― Pat Finn, Monday, 29 April 2013 00:18 (3 weeks ago) Permalink

fuck yeah. damn close anyway. and whether or not he did, he ought to have recorded it from bed. riot story i always heard (provenance dubious at best) is that the songs attains their softened, bleary-eyed vibe as the product of endless re-recordings on the same master. sly would bring a new girl into the studio "every night" and have her re-track this or that vocal part as part of some drug-fueled seduction routine. like check it baby, you're gonna be a star, see. stories...

― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Monday, 29 April 2013 02:03 (3 weeks ago) Permalink

so like 1596.5

― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Monday, 29 April 2013 02:04 (3 weeks ago) Permalink

lolling at "got shot in the woofer"

― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 29 April 2013 02:50 (3 weeks ago) Permalink

In the village of Kapkatet, Kenya in the late 1990′s, members of the Kipsigi tribe somehow came across a few records of Sinead O'Connor. Convinced that such strange sounds could not come from a human, the voice was attributed to a centaur-like spirit they called Chenedokona. This half-man half-antelope is honored in fertility rites where young Kipsigi maidens dance seductively to the Sinead O'Connor records, begging her to join them in a leaping dance in hopes that Chenedokona will jump completely out of her clothes.

― m0stlyClean, Monday, 29 April 2013 18:54 (3 weeks ago) Permalink

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