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

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398. David Byrne wrote the song "Animals" in response to his lethal allergy to pet dander.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Thursday, 14 July 2005 03:20 (twenty years ago)

399. Johnny Marr left the Smiths because Morrissey refused to have anything to do with Marr's concept for the band's fifth LP: a covers album consisting entirely of acoustic versions of songs originally recorded by Kraftwerk, Can, Tangerine Dream and Amon Duul II.

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Thursday, 14 July 2005 07:17 (twenty years ago)

400. Konishi Yasuharu, former Pizzicato Five mastermind, still lives with his parents. He is almost 40.

― BARMS, Thursday, 14 July 2005 07:27 (twenty years ago)

401. Meatloaf was presented with a custom Harley on Bat Out of Hell reaching 10 million sales. The bike's features include satellite TV, surface to air missiles, and an alarm that goes off whenever Wendy's is having a sale.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 14 July 2005 07:35 (twenty years ago)

401. after starting a thread, a fan (of music that she read about) started to suffer from fuckin' asshole-itis and poor imagination. gee-whiz, what happened next? well i'm sure she got a job with allmusic.com and pitchfork wrote an email asking for a review of MIA's new single or perhaps some "alternative hip-hop". and it was fuckin delightful. next thing you know momus gave her a fuckin meat-curtain-job [because her mom was asian] and then the rest was history when drag city called to ask her for a one off EP of willie nelson covers on thumb piano. her project was called "don't stand to clap when you have the clap because the dude from smog has the clap and i bought a peaches cd many years ago before i traded it for an acoustic guitar and a slight tiny tim influence [aka. will oldham knows my sisters roommate and they fucked her at a party in chicago about 2 1/2 years ago]. boy, was it fuckin delightful!

― tad, Thursday, 14 July 2005 07:39 (twenty years ago)

and i'm referring to the fuckin snooze that started this ass fest, yes. good night, i think the curfew for the dorms is 9PM, no? get your rest cause college radio surely needs you tommorrow, ok? ha-ha-ha. well, alright...

ps - i heard that the pixies reunited, isn't that greattt?!?! whoa!

― tad, Thursday, 14 July 2005 07:43 (twenty years ago)

402. In order to overcome the latent rage brought on by his microscopic penis, Tad Jackson makes barely comprehensible posts on random Internet message boards.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 14 July 2005 07:46 (twenty years ago)

403. Prince is a monster Basketball player and makes great pancakes.

404. Calvin Broadus wanted to call himself Snoop Doggy Cat, but was overruled.

405. By the same token, Sean Combs first (short lived) stage name was actually Yanoush Pohar and his Exciting Member!

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Thursday, 14 July 2005 08:09 (twenty years ago)

406. Genesis P. Orridge was ranked #17 in the shortlist for the position as Tom Cruise's new girlfriend but could not audition because of prior commitments touring in Bulgaria.

― Arnault (arc73hk), Thursday, 14 July 2005 11:10 (twenty years ago)

407. Godspeed You Black Emperor actually started out as sitcom.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 11:33 (twenty years ago)

401. Meatloaf was presented with a custom Harley on Bat Out of Hell reaching 10 million sales. The bike's features include satellite TV, surface to air missiles, and an alarm that goes off whenever Wendy's is having a sale.

might be the best one yet.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 14 July 2005 12:14 (twenty years ago)

408. Simple Plan's Pierre Bouvier wrote "Welcome to My Life" in attempt to woo Avril Lavigne from Sum 41 lead singer Deryck Whibley. When he was consequently denied an invitation to the two's wedding, he wrote "Shut Up" as a snipe at both of them. At live shows he has been known to dedicate the song to "those two fucking has-beens".

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 14 July 2005 12:17 (twenty years ago)

409. Queen Latifah is the real life queen of Uganda's Kolda region.

410. Ironically, Duke Ellington was only a Count in real life, whereas Count Basie was a commoner, having renounced his title in order to marry fried-chicken heiress Peggy "Dixie" Dean.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Thursday, 14 July 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

411. Mark McGrath is actually Mark McGwire. (So is Alan Jackson.)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:21 (twenty years ago)

403. Prince is a monster Basketball player and makes great pancakes.

Um, but ain't this one true (esp. the 1st bit)?

― BARMS, Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:31 (twenty years ago)

My Bloody Valentine's revolutionary sound was a result of Kevin Shields's stubborn insistence, after 1988, upon recording all tracks with a lone guitar, without even changing or replacing the dead strings. Thereafter, he broke an average of two strings a year until 1992, when he had none left intact. This accounts for the lack of new material released since then.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 14 July 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

Akon is multi talented he can talk and piss you off the same time

― Alice Munn, Thursday, 14 July 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

412. Eddie Stobart is planning to rename each of his fleet of vehicles with the names of the members of The Polyphonic Spree.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 14 July 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

413. In a November 2004 interview with Spin Magazine, Courtney Love and Dave Grohl revealed that their long-running feud was in fact just a publicity stunt to sell more records, and in fact they got married shortly after Cobain's death at a Vegas wedding chappel.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

When Mama Cass' autopsy was complete, they found out that she was made up of 39% ham sandwich.

― Alice Munn, Thursday, 14 July 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

415. One of the oddest incidents in the promotion of The White Stripes' Elephant album was Jack White's one-off appearance as guest commentator on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights. White insisted on talking solely in a terrible Irish accent, repeatedly referred to one fighter as having had "the shite knocked out o' him", and at one point leapt into the corner of a French-Canadian fighter and yelled "BOBBY, WHAT'S THE FRENCH FOR VA VA VOOM?" He was finally ejected after choosing to spend the opening round of the second match of the night singing an acapella version of 'Hey Joe' directly into co-commentator Joe Tessitore's face, despite the fact that he was note-perfect.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

Will Smith has a degree in astrophysics.

― Alice Munn, Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

417. If played backwards, Aphex Twin's masterpiece Selected Ambient Works, Vol 2 turns out to be made entirely of dialogue from the final episode of M*A*S*H*.

― latebloomer: occasionally OTM (latebloomer), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

418. Maximo Park's fathers formed the original line-up of Thunderclap Newman

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:19 (twenty years ago)

419. Laila Ali was the original bassist for sHEDAISY.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

420. The shouting and screaming in the background of Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 & #35" is by the then-Broadway cast of "South Pacific". It has always been Dylan's favourite musical.

― 30 Bangin' Tunes That You've Already Got ... IN A DIFFERENT ORDER! (Barry Brune, Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

421. As well as being a succesful recording artist, Lisa Loeb is also in charge of Tigerproofing all of the world's PGA standard golf courses.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:24 (twenty years ago)

422. If you try and upload "Carrot Rope" by Pavement to your iPod, iTunes automatically replaces it with "I Got 5 On It" by Luniz.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

423. Bluegrass/Byrds legend Clarence White sired both Jack and Meg White. So yes, they are brother and sister. And they were married. Clarence White was notorious for just not raising his kids right.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

424. Dischord House, home to Minor Threat and the Washington DC hardcore scene, has been owned and operated by the Sheraton Corporation since 1985.

― oh come now, Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

425. Gilbert O'Sullivan had no hands.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

426. The key members of Ottowan were in 1983 revealed to be members of the notorious "Brigate Rosse" terrorist organisation. Three of the band are currently serving life sentences for their roles in the kidnap and murder of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

427. Visionary musician Brian Eno regularly visits internet music sites using the alias "Mr. Snrub".

― now this one's true, Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

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 incarceration.
-- Dom Passantino (juror...), July 11th, 2005 12:04 AM. (later)
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 (juror...), July 11th, 2005 12:17 AM. (later)
82. Haddaway is the majority shareholder in Yates' Wine Bars.
-- Dom Passantino (juror...), July 12th, 2005 1:58 AM. (later)

Dom Passantino - I've just read the whole thread and you are the funniest person in the world.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

428. Musicians who agree that Dom Passantino is the funniest person in the world include Dan the Automator, Crazy Titch, and Les Gray from Mud.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

(and thank you, I try)

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

429. In those hilarious Channel 4 adverts for The Ashes, WG Grace is actuually being played by a heavily made-up Phil Anselmo from Pantera.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

430. The first video ever played on MTV was for "Dune Buggy" by Presidents of the United States of America.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

431. The word 'video' was invented by William Shatner in 1992.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

432. In Forbes Magazine's list of the 400 Richest Americans, Prince Po came 137th, mainly due to profits made from his stable of Group 1 winning racehorses.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)

433. The opening credits to The Sopranos originally featured James Gandolfini dancing to "Nu Flow" by Big Brovaz.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

434. Talib Kweli's cousin is Fat Duck restauranter Heston Blumenthal.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:57 (twenty years ago)

435. When not collaborating with Wendy Richards on 'A Guide To The Phonology of Modern English', Eminem can be found surfing on E-Bay looking to add to his sizeable collection of second-hand Blue Peter badges.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, 14 July 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

427. Visionary musician Brian Eno regularly visits internet music sites using the alias "Mr. Snrub".
-- now this one's true (o...) (webmail), July 14th, 2005 11:35 PM.

Oh, stop it you tease.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 14 July 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

435.5) Canadian mystery band Klaatu was actually a pseudonym for a super-secret supergroup merger of members from Mocedades and Boney M.

― mottdeterre (mottdeterre), Thursday, 14 July 2005 22:11 (twenty years ago)

436)David Thomas invented the Cleveland Steamer.

― Josh Love (screamapillar), Thursday, 14 July 2005 22:26 (twenty years ago)

437)Sting is unable to maintain erection for longer than 30 continuous seconds.

― Josh Love (screamapillar), Thursday, 14 July 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

437a. ...but he is able, via yoga, to make love for 6 hours straight, but only if he is the "bottom" and only if a prize winning banana squash in involved.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Friday, 15 July 2005 01:03 (twenty years ago)

Supertramp bought all of their songs from a publisher in Australia - and the true author of all that junk remains a mystery.

― SoHoLa (SoHoLa), Friday, 15 July 2005 01:05 (twenty years ago)

439. Lisa Loeb only entered the music industry in order to make enough money to buy a pair of spectacles that weren't second hand. Once her single "Stay" achieved worldwide success, she bought a pair of Armani frames and returned to her job as a librarian in Bent Dick, Colorado.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Friday, 15 July 2005 01:11 (twenty years ago)

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