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

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#638

Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon filmed cameos as bartenders at the New York City underground hangout that young Danny hangs around in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie. This scene had the Sonic Youth members praising the work of Shredder's Foot Soldiers but contained two F-words from Thurston and was later scrapped along with other questionable material to help the film remain clean enough for a PG-13 film rating. Scrapped from the second Turtle film's script was an entire subplot involving Danny's grunge band, Mudgarden.

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― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 10 October 2005 05:02 (twenty years ago)

In September 2005, TIME author Jack White finally received a confidential document by a former KGB spy to proof that Michail Gorbatschow actually received an advanced copy of David Hasselhoffs "Looking For Freedom" in the morning of the 3rd of november 1989 and thus not decided to "pull a Stalin" but to let the eastern german revolution continue.

― radulescu, Monday, 10 October 2005 07:49 (twenty years ago)

Morgan Fairchild is so meticulous about her manicure that she keeps a midget on staff to wipe her after she goes to the WC.

― whydjadoitjohnny, Monday, 10 October 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

641. The song "There She Goes" by the La's is actually about the death of Eric Clapton's son. They just messed up the pronouns.

― kyleg, Monday, 10 October 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)

642. The Wall synchs perfectly with the third episode of Kenneth Burns Civil War miniseries.

― ultra blue, Monday, 10 October 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Jailbait pop starlets Kaci and JoJo are actually the respective solo projects of popular R&B duo K-Ci and JoJo.

― M. Ellis Conroy, Monday, 10 October 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

644 The album "Apollo 18" by They Might Be Giants is actually about the Manson Family slayings.

― Schwa Love, Monday, 10 October 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/45763

― fandango (fandango), Monday, 10 October 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

645. Because of his fascination with the Ford Model T, also known as the Flivver, Public Enemy's iconic vocalist originally referred to himself as Flivva Flav. Due to confusion, he was forced to change the prefix to Flava, and any mention of the word "Flivver" is considered grounds for the reposession of his royalties by Def Jam Records.

― Zach Korte, Monday, 10 October 2005 22:35 (twenty years ago)

646. Scott Weiland stole the name of his band Velvet Revolver from Gwyneth Paltrow's list of potential child names.

― Zach Korte, Monday, 10 October 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

After making his controversial "George Bush doesn't care about black people" statement during a telethon for victims of Hurrican Katrina, Kanye West was removed from President George W. Bush's short list of potential Supreme Court Justice nominees on the grounds that West was a threat to national security.

― A.Bo, Monday, 10 October 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

Johnny Carson frequently vacationed with Thomas Dolby.

― theroil, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 01:34 (twenty years ago)

At Mott The Hoople's secret mutant fish farm in the Bahamas.

― blunt (blunt), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 01:57 (twenty years ago)

DJ Spooky is a respected musician.

― jayoyayo, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

651) Each year a spot on the Mercury Music Prize shortlist is decided via a game of tennis held backstage at the Guildford Festival. This year's winner was MIA, who overcame British Sea Power's Yan 7-6 (9-7) 4-6 6-3 6-1.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 04:22 (twenty years ago)

652. Johnny Hates Jazz are head of UK development for Daiwa, the fishing rod people.

― JohnFoxxsJuno, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 07:31 (twenty years ago)

653. New York rapper Saigon believes is a massive fan of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads" monologue series, and plans to include several skits based around the paedo one on a forthcoming album.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 07:56 (twenty years ago)

653. Daddy Yankee was on Kidderminster Harriers' books as a youngster, before a gammy knee forced him to give up the football game.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 08:00 (twenty years ago)

654. The original storyboard for video of "Buddy Holly" by Weezer saw the band being digitally inserted into footage of the Aberfan mining tragedy.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 08:04 (twenty years ago)

Popular Music was actually invented in 1986 as a way to keep tabs on ex-Nazi scientists by a crack team of Nazi hunters consiting of Simon Fuller, David Hasselhoff, Joan Jett and the girl who played Jan Brady in The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.

― Dr Shane M'Buto, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 08:39 (twenty years ago)

Crazy Frog isnt actually a frog at all; he is actually the side project of long dead glam-rock god Johnny Thunders. On being informed of this news, former lead singer of The New York Dolls, David Johannsen vomited in terror.

― Dr Shane M'Buto, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 08:53 (twenty years ago)

It Bites were infact an episode of ITV's 1976 sit com Oh No It's Selwyn Frogitt

― JohnFoxxsJuno, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 10:37 (twenty years ago)

U2's album titles from 1980 to 1985 were meant to be pieced together and read as a telegram of sorts. In no particular order, it reads:
War. Wide Awake In America. Boy. Under A Blood Red Sky. The Unforgettable Fire. October.

― rahree, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 13:02 (twenty years ago)

Walt Disney Records plans to release the debut album of female hip-hop artist by the name of Spize D'Knut. It is rumored that that all songs contain explicit lyrics referring to violence, drugs, and hardcore sex. No word if the album will be released with the "Parental Advisory - Explicit Content." Sample of some of the lyrics from "Kickin It Dre Style": "WDR, muthaf**ka! / I got a gat in yo back, fool / I'm all wet and I ain't changing the rules / It's in excess, so you betta repress / I make you feel like yer forty fourth test /

― rahree, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 13:39 (twenty years ago)

Eric Harris, drummer for the Olivia Tremor Control, used to be in Journey.

― elfControlS, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:09 (twenty years ago)

Bright Eyes' father was the construction worker in The Village People. His mother was the indian dude.

― Fethen Feth, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

#662. The Olivia Tremor Control never recovered after their drummer Eric Harris gunned down a dozen teenagers at Columbine High School and then took his own life; after attempting to replace him with a Casio VL-1, a Boss DR-660 and a scratch DJ, they broke up.

― acb (acb), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

#663. M's "Pop Music" was the first acid house song.

― acb (acb), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

#664. Public Enemy's dancers/bodyguards the S1Ws were originally named the SW1s, because they bought their uniforms at Harrod's (during the UK tour that would be recorded on Nation Of Millions). The name S1Ws was a typo which stuck after Chuck D. noticed that it looked and rhymed better. Incidentally, Flavor Flav picked up an alarm clock in the same shopping expedition.

― acb (acb), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

#665. Michael Jackson used a foot double for the Billy Jean video because the UV lighting they were using on the sidewalk exacerbated his vitiligo.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

666. Mark E. Smith is actually not as hateful as many have been led to believe. His hobbies include knitting, woodcutting, and crying softly to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On."

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:42 (twenty years ago)

667. Iggy Pop never golfs unless the air temperature is greater than 27 degrees Celsius. Alice Cooper won't hit the links unless the air temperature is less than 18 degrees. Hence, they have never golfed together, despite years of planning and convincing on each man's part to try to get the other to change his habits.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:48 (twenty years ago)

#668. Roni Size (real name Ronit Seizman) was originally a psy-trance DJ from Israel.

― acb (acb), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

During the twenty-five years of the band's existence, there have been three Chas's and seventeen Daves. It is generally agreed that the period of 1995-1996, which had Chas II (Irving Wanamaker) and Dave IX (Mary Proudfoot, ex of The Incredible String Band), was the most creative and artistically successful in Chas and Dave's history, although the solitary album of that time ("Epiphany Of The Dawn") failed to chart. Two singles from Epiphany, "Consciousness In Fractal Time" and "Bare, Broken, Bleeding, Alive" made it to 75 and 71 of the Top 100, with "Consciousness..." being most notable for the first use of generative music (qv Eno) within a cockney ragtime framework.

― Dirk Whitesox, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

The Cure's Robert Smith has not cut his toenails in 15 years & is only able to wear one metre long circus clown's shoes. He is rarely seen in public these days.

― Barnie Prosley, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Eno produced the Berlin trilogy.

― Jack L., Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

672. Beck was the little kid on Silver Spoons

― richard wood johnson, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

Before AC/DC asked him to join the band, Brian Johnson served with the SAS in Northern Ireland. Though never confirmed, it is said that he holds the province record of seventeen kills as a sniper.

― tefnal, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

DJ/producer Diplo never finished high school. he's currently studying for his GED and if he passes, he say he'll change his name to Diploma.

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:14 (twenty years ago)

Andre 3000's uncle did the set design for the film Boxing Helena starring Julian Sands and Sherilyn Fenn.

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:25 (twenty years ago)

A friend of mine who has no idea that I visit this board -- and who I had no idea visited it herself -- just forwarded me this thread. I feel like I've been pina-colada'd.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:23 (twenty years ago)

676. Daddy Yankee's next album is going to be a Duke Ellington tribute entitled "In a Reggaeton"

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

Adam Ant used to be called Vehem Ent

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 03:03 (twenty years ago)

He also has identical triplets named Defend, Milit, and Lieuten. The three of them have set up their own shoeshine business, imaginatively named 'The Ant Brothers Shoeshine Emporium'. They are currently engaged in litigation over the lack of apostrophe.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 07:45 (twenty years ago)

679. Brandon Flowers first got his break into showbusiness playing a chess club member during the "Fergus invents a computer that can write poetry" episode of Clarrisa Explains All.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 07:56 (twenty years ago)

Beverley Craven appeared in every episode of Ask Aspel, requesting to see the same clip every week - that time the elephant p00ped on the floor in Blue Peter.

― JohnFoxxsJuno, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 08:05 (twenty years ago)

Noel Gallagher, later to shoot to fame as one-half of nineties power ballad duo Status Quo, was offered his first big break as a child star in the mid-70s when he was given the role of 'Morph' in Tony Hart's kids art programme 'Take Heart'. Unfortunately these scenes were poorly recieved and after two episodes he was replaced by animated plasticine.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 08:12 (twenty years ago)

Jandek recently appeared as a contestant on The Weakest Link.

― Hopkin, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

683. Before "O Canada" became the official national anthem for Canada in 1980, "The Hockey Song" by Stompin' Tom Connors had been the official anthem since 1975.

684. Maynard James Keenan of Tool became so obesessed with wearing wigs on stage that he had all his pubic hair laser removed, and owns a "pubic wig" collection of 87 pieces of varying lengths and colours.

685. James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins was genetically created in a lab. The DNA is his hair follicles is actually female.

― Evo, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

127. In a disused warehouse on the outskirts of Hilversum, 75 people are still dancing to "Poing" by the Rotterdam Termination Squad.

I only just noticed this one!

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

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