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

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302. At a House Banquet in 1996, former US president Bill Clinton and intern Monica Lewinsky sang a karaoke version of "Je T'aime Moi Non Plus". Hillary Clinton's reaction to their performance is unknown.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)

303. Benzino has appeared as a studio guest on "Loose Women" a record 14 times.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

304. Mark "Deep Throat" Felt was an uncredited backup singer on the Denim album Back in Denim.

― Curt (cgould), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 00:43 (twenty years ago)

305. Linda "Deep Throat" Lovelace was an uncredited backup singer on Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 00:55 (twenty years ago)

306. Ikara Colt were a fiendish ploy devised by Mark E Smith to foist his new tunes on Britains indie kids, Smith rapidly discarded the group when he realised whether it was a bunch of art students or a speed raddled, toothless wiry ex docker the kids didn't give a shit.

― elwisty (elwisty), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 01:01 (twenty years ago)

307. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are considering changing unwieldy monkier. Amongst the currrent front runners are The Much Praised Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Pitchfork Faves Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! and Shine 5.

― elwisty (elwisty), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 01:05 (twenty years ago)

308. Shane MacGowan was once dangerously addicted to those green milkshakes McDonald's sells on St. Patrick's Day, once to the point of being declared legally dead for a full three minutes after a late '89 binge.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 01:51 (twenty years ago)

309.None of the Jackson Five were actually brothers. In fact, Marlon was the only one related to any of the other four.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

310. Many people have wondered why we call rock concerts "concerts" when concerts involve music, and rock obviously is not music.

According to William Safire, back in the early days of the youth movement, whenever a hippie played his guitar or his drums or whatever, the racket was just so awful that he'd need a lot of drugs to make it bearable. So soon enough, any event with this so-called music would be called "a trip." In Canada, though, the acid was just not very potent. So instead of "taking a trip," Canadian hippies would say they were "going to a hotel" or, even more anti-climactically, "going to the concierge." Eventually the slang got imported back to the States (rumor has it by Skip Spence), where evidently someone got confused by the subtle "g" sound in the word and mistook "concierge" for "concert." Nobody saw fit to correct the fool, so this bit of mutilated language lives with us to this day.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

(I didn't invent that, though I wish I did.)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 03:06 (twenty years ago)

311. The band 311 got their name from the KKK. (There are three Ks, and K is the 11th letter of the alphabet, etc.)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 03:13 (twenty years ago)

312. Kid Rock's stage name is actually a play on his real name, "Little Boulder," given to him as a child by his late Chippewa grandmother.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 03:30 (twenty years ago)

313. Neither member of Trans Am knows how to drive.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 03:31 (twenty years ago)

313. In fall 2004, 50 Cent shocked fans with his announcement that he is a homosexual man, and that tracks of his such as the hit single "Candy Shop" were written with the intention of gaining respect in the homosexual community.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 03:34 (twenty years ago)

...and it's all captured in Super Size Me 2.

― Curt (cgould), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)

314. Anton Newcombe is the illegitimate child of Brian Jones and a SF go-go dancer. (That one made it into print, in all seriousness!!!!)

― Orbit (Orbit), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 04:22 (twenty years ago)

kylie can sing.
madonna is a virgin.

― dance electrician, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

309.None of the Jackson Five were actually brothers. In fact, Marlon was the only one related to any of the other four.
-- Myonga Von Bontee (scottyfield...), July 13th, 2005.
this sounds like "none of the taylors in duran duran are related."
i only found this out the other day.
all the farriss brothers in INXS are related.

― dance electrician, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

315. Starship's "We Built This City" was actually written by future sports columnist and "Tuesdays With Morrie" author Mitch Albom.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 05:08 (twenty years ago)

316. You can use Slayers "Reign in Blood" as an alternate soundtrack for the first half hour of "My Friend Totoro", the same way that stoners insist you can use "Dark Side of the Moon" with "the Wizard of Oz"

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 07:20 (twenty years ago)

317. There is no such a person as "Latoya Jackson"; Her existence can be blamed entirely on Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, and a disgruntled nerd who used to work as a graphic artist in Motown Records album design department.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 07:24 (twenty years ago)

318. Matsumoto Hideto (aka "hide" of X-Japan) did NOT commit suicide.
He finally got that surgery he secretly wanted and is now back on the pop charts again as "Yumi" of Puffy (Ami-Yumi).

319. Oh, and same goes for Richey James of the Manic Street Preachers. He is now Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm. (The fondness for longsleeve tracksuit tops is to cover the residual "4real" carved into "her" arm.)

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 07:37 (twenty years ago)

When Puff Daddy re-named himself P Diddy, Snoop Dogg was seriously considering renaming himself Woof-Boy!!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 07:38 (twenty years ago)

260. Ralf Hutter can't program his VCR.
hahahahahahaha!
That one bears repeating.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 07:44 (twenty years ago)

(I didn't invent that, though I wish I did.)
-- Michael Daddino (epicharmu...) (webmail), July 13th, 2005 4:06 AM. (later) (link)

....

ah ha ha! yeah!

― joey Tribiani (mark grout), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 07:51 (twenty years ago)

321. SWAT Teams had to be called to Heathrow Airport in August of 1991 when Shane MacGowans liver took hostages and demanded to be transplanted into the body of a hippie chick named Wendy-Belle Lascoux.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 07:53 (twenty years ago)

322. Trife Diesel got his stage name as a reference to the old "stick your dick in your ear and go as a petrol pump" gag.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 08:19 (twenty years ago)

323. Letter from America by The Proclaimers is the official theme song of the Tanzanian postal service.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 09:05 (twenty years ago)

324. Rock'N'Roll was invented by communists for subverting the youth of teh West.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 09:08 (twenty years ago)

325. Bruce Willis never left the music industry - Justin Giuarini, Daniel Bedingfield and Joss Stone are just three of his latest mouthpieces ala Milli Vanilli.

― BARMS, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 09:33 (twenty years ago)

326. The lyrics to the song 'Tin Man' by America were written by Jeffrey Archer.

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 10:22 (twenty years ago)

327. The lyrics to the song 'We Built This City' by Starship were written by Jonathan Aitken.

― BARMS, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 10:28 (twenty years ago)

328. Contrary to popular (!?) belief, Steve Reich and Philip Glass actually do get on. In fact, they had dinner together in New York just last Friday, and Reich invited Glass to come and stay at his summer place in Vermont.

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 10:30 (twenty years ago)

When this thread has run its course, could a mod remove the "(that are 100% false") bit?

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Avoidant (Ferg), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 11:21 (twenty years ago)

Don't Believe The Truth

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 11:35 (twenty years ago)

329. Backing vocals on the hit cover version of "Two Little Boys" by Splodgenessabounds were supplied by none other than Conservative politician and top TV personality, Boris Johnson MP.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 12:12 (twenty years ago)

330. Unbeknownst to the world at large, the true Geri Halliwell was never Ginger Spice - the woman we saw being none other than "the original Spice Girl", M*rg*r*t Th*tch*r.

― BARMS, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 12:23 (twenty years ago)

331. Ray Davies' babies have rabies.

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)

332. While not hollow, Gwen Stefani's back is remarkably spacious.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 13:00 (twenty years ago)

333. Rapper Lil' Kim is actually Kim "Tootie" Fields of The Facts Of Life fame.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

334. Before settling on "It's hammer time" as his opening salvo for the Second Iraq War, Vice Admiral Timothy Keating's original address to the world's media involved him reciting the lyrics to "Steal My Sunshine" on repeat for 27 minutes.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 13:39 (twenty years ago)

335. Unbeknownst to many, Peter Cetera was the leading light behind the 'Disco Sucks' movement. It all stemmed from a failed attempt to seduce Goldie Hawn by dancing to 'Boogie Oogie Oogie', which left the actress in fits of giggles due to the sheer incompetency of Cetera's dancing. From that night on, Cetera has been a sworn enemy of the groove.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

336. Nostradamus accurately predicted the rise of Bran Van 3000.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

337. Katrina & the Waves were all trained Navy SEALS.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

338. Derek Bailey is deaf

― Øystein (Øystein), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

339. That chick from Goldfrapp has a treasure map tattooed on her left buttock.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

340. A young Madonna worked as an au pair for the Jackson family

― Candicissima (candicissima), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

341. Los Lobos is an anagram for "Salty Balls"

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

342. At the time of his death, Michael Hutchence was considering taking Aussie rockers INXS in an entirely new, avant garde, direction. Among the CDs found in his hotel room were: Stockhausen's 'Stimmung', 'Out to Lunch' by Eric Dolphy, Pat Metheny's 'Zero Tolerance for Silence' and Bob Graettinger's 'City of Glass' by the Stan Kenton Orchestra.

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

343. In Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light", the lyric "Some silicone sister with a manager mister / told me I go what it takes" is a reference to Dolly Parton, with whom Bruce had a brief, illicit affair.

― scamperingalpaca (Chris Hill), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

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