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

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768. As a child, future techno icon Richard D. James disassembled his family's piano on their living room floor, but found himself unable to put it back together. Legend has it that he then said, "Fuck it," went to the nearest pawn shop, and bought a sequencer.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

769. "Like I Love You" was actually an N'Sync track, rather than a Timberlake solo effort. Prodution duties were handled by Lance Bass, and the purported Clipse rap at the end was actually performed by Joey Fatone. Indeed, the entirity of Clipse's "Lord Willin'" album was by Joey Fatone, and the two public faces of Clipse were just former catering assistants who worked on N'Sync's "No Strings Attached" tour.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

770. Kinda true but kinda not, perhaps? LCD Soundsystem's "Losing My Edge" is based off of Mikey Wild's "I Was Punk...", which James Murphy heard on WPRB. Princeton Record Exchange gets a namecheck but WPRB is only referred to as a "local radio station".

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

771. HTML mark-up code was invented by Tracy Chapman.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

772. The most common song at funerals in Portugal is "King of Kissingdom" by My Life Story.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

773. Although Buschwick Bill and Scarface stopped recording together as members of the Geto Boys during the mid 90s, they still worked together as a highly respected marketing agency, and are credited as coming up with the "Lambrini girls just wanna have fun" campaign.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:28 (twenty years ago)

774. Jon King of Gang of Four has psychic powers. In 1982, Barry J. Marshall (2005's Nobel Prize winner for medicine) performed a breakthrough experiment proving that gastritis was caused by a certain species of bacteria rather than stress or similar causes. This was done by drinking a liquid with the relevant bacterial culture and subsequently developing gastritis; this event was prophecized a whole three years in advance by Gang of Four in the lines "He fills his head with culture / He gives himself an ulcer" off their Entertainment! album.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

775. Gary Coleman is again in the acting business, playing both of Michael Jacksons veil'd children

― sparko Mcwiggley, Tuesday, 25 October 2005 14:40 (twenty years ago)

776. Greg Kihn originated the role of Ron Nasty in the Original Broadway Cast of Rutlemania!

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

777. Mike Patton was on the very first season of You Can't Do That On Televison. Really.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

778. When David Lee Roth (now working as paramedic in New York) gets bored, he causes minor accidents and resuscitates the victims with a live acoustic version of 'Panama.' When he gets really bored, he kills puppies.

― Lazy Guy, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 04:55 (twenty years ago)

The Human League actually took there name from a board game they used to play.

― [email protected], Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

780. Noel and Liam from Oasis have changed their surnames by deed poll. The name Gallagher is a bastardisation of Galaga, the 1980s arcade classic, which both brothers are huge fans of. However, due to legal issues they were not allowed to use the name Galaga, and were forced to change to the similar-sounding alternative. Their original surname was Farquaha-Smythe.

― cosmicthing (cosmicthing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

781. The southern hip-hop slang term "Whut it dew" originates from the practice of linking tracks on Houston-area mixtapes with clips from Malcolm In The Middle, mainly those featuring the wacky antics of Dewey.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

782. Keith Strickland from the B-52's has hands made entirely of Styrofoam. He lost his original hands in an horrific fretboard accident in 1985. It has actually improved his ability to play certain chords.

― cosmicthing (cosmicthing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)

783. The southern hip-hop slang term "mayne" originates from the great sadness that many southern rap artists felt when Manchester City left Maine Roade for the City of Manchester stadium. At a recent memorabilia auction, Bun B paid over $60,000 for a turnstile from the old Maine Roade entrance.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)

784. The southern hip-hop slang term "cakeboy" originates from the fact that college rockers Cake invented crunk on their 1997 album Fashion Nugget

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

785. Dick Valentine, lead vocalist with Electric Six is actually the second-born son of Queen front-man Freddy Mercury. If you turn the speakers up really loud at the end of the single version of Electric Six's cover version of Radio Gaga, you can actually hear Dick weeping gently over a copy of Queen's Greatest Hits.

― cosmicthing (cosmicthing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

786. The Shamen's 1992 number 1 hit single Ebeneezer Goode wasn't actually about drugs at all. It was just about a bloke Colin Angus met down Camden Market who tried to sell him some beaded car seat covers.

― cosmicthing (cosmicthing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

787. Pop Will Eat Itself was actually one of Nostradamus' unpublished predictions for the year 1997.

― cosmicthing (cosmicthing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

788. Bryan Ferry invented PlayDoh.

― Mark Prior (cosmicthing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

789. Daihatsu have chosen 'Ride It' by Geri Halliwell to be their corporate anthem for the 2006-2007 financial year.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

Blur's hit, "There's No Other Way" was originally going to be called "There Is Another Way", until the band got lost in a maze

― elgringo, Thursday, 27 October 2005 07:35 (twenty years ago)

791. Mimi Rogers of Low is widely considered to be the top Alexander Pope scholar in the state of Minnesota.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 27 October 2005 07:49 (twenty years ago)

792. Rufus Wainwright always eats with his hands. He proudly hasn't used a fork in over eight years.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 27 October 2005 07:50 (twenty years ago)

793. Whitney Houston and Ad Rock from the Beastie Boys are actually the same person. Ad has had a penchant for blacking-up and dressing up in women's clothing since he was a child.

― cosmicthing (cosmicthing), Thursday, 27 October 2005 09:10 (twenty years ago)

794. Pete Doherty is a classically trained pianist.

― cosmicthing (cosmicthing), Thursday, 27 October 2005 09:12 (twenty years ago)

795. Emiliana Torrini is an Internet Service Provider in her native Iceland.

― cosmicthing (cosmicthing), Thursday, 27 October 2005 11:01 (twenty years ago)

Absolutely no way does Furr look like KISS...no way I tell you

― Dave H, Thursday, 27 October 2005 11:22 (twenty years ago)

796. Lionel Richie's hit 'Dancing On The Ceiling' was written in the spirit of joy after Lionel was bitten by a radioactive spider and discovered he had many of the same powers as Spider-Man. His joy turned to crushing sadness, however, when his powers faded after being bitten on the knee by the lead singer of UB40.

― The Gentleman, Thursday, 27 October 2005 11:48 (twenty years ago)

797. In 1986, Bono from U2, when asked if he would like a cup of tea by Andrew Ridgely from Wham, looked at the ground for a few minutes, sighed, and said: 'yeah... alright. No, wait - no.' Through various creative processes, this exchange ended up as Aqua's 1997 breakthrough album 'Aquarium'.

― The Gentleman, Thursday, 27 October 2005 11:55 (twenty years ago)

798. 50 Cent is a keen collector of ladies' fashions, which he likes to arrange in dramatic poses resembling scenes from Henrik Ibsen's 'The Doll House', then sit back with an Ovaltine and cry himself to sleep.

― The Gentleman, Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:25 (twenty years ago)

799. Avril Lavigne knows all the words to 'Satisfaction' by the Rolling Stones, and can translate them instantly into eighteen world languages, including Swahili, Norwegian, Ancient Greek, and Welsh. But she still can't make crumpets without burning them, no matter how hard she tries.

― The Gentleman (The Gentleman), Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:32 (twenty years ago)

800. Bernard Sumner can create bees at will.

― The Gentleman (The Gentleman), Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:35 (twenty years ago)

801. Bronski Beat were an early Ministry Of Defense experiment in sonic weaponry. The experiment was deemed a failure on the grounds that it was 'a bit mainstream'.

― The Gentleman (The Gentleman), Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:37 (twenty years ago)

Tony Iommi's nose was chopped off in duel with Richie Blackmore in the 70's. The argument was over which is the better song, War Pigs or Child in Time. He now has a metal thimble where his nose used to be.

― Sparky Dream (Sparkys Dream), Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:54 (twenty years ago)

803. Singer/songwriter David Gray used to be a pneumatic drill tester, which explains his inherent wobbly headedness.

― Sparky Dream (Sparkys Dream), Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:56 (twenty years ago)

804. Under The Bridge is about a game of pooh sticks Anthony Keidis and Flea once played.

― Sparky Dream (Sparkys Dream), Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)

805. Meatloaf once played at fly half for Hull Kingston Rovers.

― Sparky Dream (Sparkys Dream), Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:58 (twenty years ago)

806. The whistling in the Scorpions Wind Of Change was at exactly the right harmonic to loosen the bricks and eventually destroy the berlin wall.

― Sparky Dream (Sparkys Dream), Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:58 (twenty years ago)

807. Mark Manning aka Zodiac Mindwarp now runs a ceramic figurines business out of his Cotswolds home.

― Sparky Dream (Sparkys Dream), Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:59 (twenty years ago)

808. If Jack Black and Jack White ever appear in the same room at the same time, the universe will end.

― Sparky Dream (Sparkys Dream), Thursday, 27 October 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)

809. Popular Merseyside beat combo The Coral have never even heard The La's album.

― Sparky Dream (Sparkys Dream), Thursday, 27 October 2005 13:05 (twenty years ago)

810. Former diminutive Take That pop heartthrob Mark Owen now works in software in the twee Victorian spa town of Harrogate, North Yorks.

― Sparky Dream (Sparkys Dream), Thursday, 27 October 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

811. Lou Reed wrote the song Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) initially for the Berlin album.

― Sparky Dream (Sparkys Dream), Thursday, 27 October 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha! Number 806 is genius!

812. David Hasselhoff is unable to see the colour red, meaning he could see through everybody's swimwear on Baywatch, but couldn't tell when K.I.T.T. was winking at him.

― The Gentleman (The Gentleman), Thursday, 27 October 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)

813. The next album by Eminem is based solely around variations on the theme from 'Airwolf'.

― The Gentleman (The Gentleman), Thursday, 27 October 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)

814. mark hollis was a robot that has been since disassembled and rebuilt as a honda civic

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Thursday, 27 October 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

815. On his deathbed, Ronal Reagan expressed a keen love of Joe Dolce's 'Shut Up-a Your Face', and asked that his entire former government sing it with him in a heart-breaking whisper. This they did, before a red-faced Reagan realised he'd actually meant 'Rooms On Fire' by Stevie Nicks.

― The Gentleman (The Gentleman), Thursday, 27 October 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

815. Stevie Nicks is the girl from 'The Exorcist'.

― The Gentleman (The Gentleman), Thursday, 27 October 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

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