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

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i think several of these are actually true

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

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 (twenty years ago)

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 (twenty years ago)

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 (twenty years ago)

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 (twenty years ago)

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

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

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NEW WINNER IS MICHAEL DADDINO

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

69. George W. Bush listens to Sigur Ros.

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

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 (twenty years ago)

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 (twenty years ago)

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 (twenty years ago)

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 (twenty years ago)

74. In a 2004 poll the readers of Scandinavian music magazine Yo! Yo! Hot Pop Boys! voted lo fi king Daniel Johnston the 23rd hottest man in the history of pop.

― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)

75. The Flaming Lips, sans Wayne Coyne, are the Residents. Coyne doesn't know.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

76. Van Morrison only started making music in the hope that he would one day be famous enough to go out with Sandie Shaw.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

77. Your favourite band are Blood, Sweat, and Tears.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

78. The original version of "Scenario (Remix)" featured eight MCs, with the verse from a 13 year old Roy Carroll being cut due to reasons of length.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

79. According to a secret newsletter that was leaked to the blogosphere in February 2005, Godspeed You! Black Emperor will change their name to Godspeed, You Black: Emperor the night before the next winter solstice.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

80. An unnamed member of Girls Aloud baffingly insists on writing the groups to write it as "Girls Allowed". This has resulted in a number of financial mishaps. The annonymous member is unrepentant claiming; "I always was against the name, the lacklusture punning was what did for Hear'Say." Adding mysteriously "It is only my correct use of the English language that prevents us from sliding down a slippery slope that ends with us fobbing sob stories to Frank Skinner."

― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:49 (twenty years ago)

81. Howard Jones would like to get to know you well.

― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:50 (twenty years ago)

82. Haddaway is the majority shareholder in Yates' Wine Bars.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:58 (twenty years ago)

83. Aphex Twin is really just Paul McCartney's horticulturist, taking the piss. All Aphex Twin records are just Macca screwing around.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 00:17 (twenty years ago)

84. Aphex Twin is actually an octet.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

85. "We are the World," despite being one of the best-selling records of its time, never hit #1 in the U.S., having the misfortune of being released during Scritti Politti's thirteen-week reign on the top of the charts with "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)"

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 00:52 (twenty years ago)

86. Aretha Franklin is 35% nachos.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)

77. Your favourite band are Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
-- Dom Passantino

My new favourite!

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:08 (twenty years ago)

(Piece of trivia, that is.)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:08 (twenty years ago)

God, I wish it were so! re: 85 (Cupid and Psyche!)

― Ian Riese-Moraine: that obscure object of desire. (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

87. Rod Stewart did not actually sing "Hot Legs". At a hastily arranged recording sesion in 1976 while Rod was having his stomach revived, which everybody already knows about, his sister Kim ( Carnes ) stood in for him and no one could tell the difference.

― jim wentworth (wench), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:27 (twenty years ago)

88. will oldham had the tires slashed on his 2001 bentley by nicole hilton after a rough breakup.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:32 (twenty years ago)

89. The White Stripes are named after an obscure Estonian terrorist group.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:24 (twenty years ago)

90. Eminem has a master's in biology from Loyola University.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)

91. Boxer Eric "Butterbean" Esch is actually Frank Black.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:34 (twenty years ago)

92. Glenn Branca ghostwrote Lil Wayne's verses on "Tha Carter."

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:35 (twenty years ago)

93. If you play "Helter Skelter" backwards, it sounds really cool.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:39 (twenty years ago)

Savage Garden is comprised of TV child stars Ben and Fred Savage.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:40 (twenty years ago)

95. To get his trademark guitar sound, Kevin Shields sat in a boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with a tape recorder waiting for whales to approach.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)

96. The Cocteau Twins met while taking scuba diving lessons off the east coast of Scotland. In memory of their first meeting, they named their band the "Cousteau Twins" after the famous inventor of scuba-diving. However, on the night of their debut gig, the promoter misspelled the name to the band's chagrin. Nonetheless, the new name stuck.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago)

97. Desmond Dekker invented emo.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 07:08 (twenty years ago)

98. Cluedo was a major influence on the Beatles. Sergeant Pepper was a never used character from the game Cluedo and many of the characters in later songs (Polythene Pam, Mean Mr Mustard etc) were thinly veiled attempts to muscle in on the lucrative boardgame market.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 07:16 (twenty years ago)

99. Jack and Meg White of the White Stripes are mother and son.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 07:20 (twenty years ago)

100. Motorhead's rider invariably contains a demand for 4 ounces of St Paulin, as Lemmy is a huge fan of the bland French cheese.

101. Perennial indie nobodies The Tompaulins actually took their name from a schoolfriend. They have never heard of the poet and critic Tom Paulin.

102. Visitors to his swish LA penthouse are unlikely to be allowed to use MC Ren's washing machine, as he controls the automatic.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 07:22 (twenty years ago)

103. Sir Mix-a-Lot started out as a conscious rapper in the vein of KRS-One and Professor Griff. He changed the theme of his 1992 single promoting adult literacy, "Baby Got Book" ("I like Big Books and I cannot lie!") to "Baby Got Back" to cash in on the success of the 2 Live Crew. Ironically, Weird Al Yankovic then released a parody record called "Baby Got Book". It was shit.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 07:28 (twenty years ago)

104. In private, Phil Lynott had a broad Jamaican accent. He adopted his trademark Irish brogue when Thin Lizzy first started gigging on the notoriously tough Showband circuit. They changed the title of their hit single "Whiskey an' Ting in the Jar" after a particularly brutal bar-fight in Bundoran, County Donegal.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 07:35 (twenty years ago)

105. Technohead's 'I Wanna Be A Hippy' was made by UK comedians Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis as the basis for a sitcom on Radio 4. It was rejected because it had too much bass.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 07:39 (twenty years ago)

106. Crazy Frog's "Alex F" hit record was actually made by Lions.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 07:55 (twenty years ago)

107. Grindcore doesn't exist.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 08:10 (twenty years ago)

108. Cliff Burton from Metallica didn't actually die in that fateful 1986 bus crash. he survived, secretly altering his appearance through reconstructive surgery. in 1989 he legally changed his name to gwyneth paltrow and moved to los angeles. of course he is now married to coldplay's chris martin, who has no idea 'she' is still a man. martin knows nothing of how babies are made, so when 'gwyneth' brought home a baby girl he just accepted her story that the 'stork' had come and delivered them a new bundle of joy. he is not aware that Cliff/Gwyneth is raising Apple to be the next bassist for Metallica's glorious return to form, entitled "St. Anger 2: Metallimucil". The only soul who knows about this is Kirk Hammet, and oddly, Charles Nelson Reilly.

109. The Empire never ended.

― latebloomer: the Clonus Horror (latebloomer), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 08:25 (twenty years ago)

The Chemical Brothers are really Peter Skellern and Richard Stilgoe.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 08:37 (twenty years ago)

Noted electronic dance music pioneer and one-time member of Ultravox, John Foxx, is the son of late actor/comedian Redd Foxx.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 08:46 (twenty years ago)

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