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

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827. Frank Black's solo work is exhumed yearly from the grave of Joe Strummer.

― Lazy Guy, Saturday, 29 October 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

828. If Joe Strummer had known that the Clash had written "the rule book for U2" (according to Bono) he would have gone Country, wore leotards and fought everyone and everything indiscriminatly. He would also have killed himself the peak of Pop-Punk's popularity on stage at the local Good Charlotte at the peak of 'White Rabbit.'

― Lazy Guy, Saturday, 29 October 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

829. Flogging Molly are actually Austrian.

― Lazy Guy, Saturday, 29 October 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

830. The Beta Band own a racehorse called "Postage Stamp"

― Jole, Saturday, 29 October 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

831. Despite his lyrical claims otherwise, Pharell can neither do it "this-a-way" or "that-a-way", due to severe spatial awareness problems.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 29 October 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

Michael Hutchence first developed the Cripps Pink apple variety in 1973. He did not, however, have anything to do with the Bonza variety. That was, of course, developed by Peter Garrett.

― Sparky Dream (Sparkys Dream), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

833. JG Thirwell, the man behind Foetus, Foetus Inc, Scraping Foetus off the Wheel, Manorexia, Baby Zizanie, and Steroid Maximus, has absolutely no idea why all his albums have differant names on them. He cliams that his band name has actually been "The Soundophiles" for 22 years.

834. Bobby McFerrin wrote Don't Worry, Be Happy hours after he beat a man to death with a whiskey bottle in a bar in Santa Monica for saying McFerrin had "anger issues".

― Doug Fisher (Infamous Amos), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

835. Psychic TV/Throbbing Gristle figurehead Genesis P Orridge is Howard Hughes' closest living relative.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:21 (twenty years ago)

836. Sisqo's "Thong Song" was really just an innocent ditty about dancing in flip-flops.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

837. Boards of Canada took so long between records because they were initially slated to produce the new Madonna disc, but were then fired when Madonna discovered they were Scottish. Madonna really hates Scots.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

838. X got their name because John Doe really likes algebra.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:25 (twenty years ago)

839. Wilco's "A Ghost is Born" is actually haunted, but the power of the spirit has been spread over hundreds of thousands of indivudual CDs and therefore quite diluted. In fact, no one would even notice beyond the occasional skip or low voice booming "GET OUT!!!!"

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

840. "Bad Babysitter" by Princess Superstar was originally recorded as part of a "Remix Mogwai" competition.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

841. The Berlin Wall was built directly overtop of the collective graves of Roger Water's family; hence undeniable focus on "bringing down the wall." The Wall, as recorded by Pink Floyd, is the true story of Water's own Fear and Loathing-esque adventure as he made his way through Las Vegas after learning the news. Interestingly enough, The Wall was never written down on paper, but had to be exhumed from a tape recorder strapped to Water's left breast, a series of cocktail napkins (all of which were addressed to Lucy with a room number on the bottom), morse code printed on the hotel walls, and a series of room service bills and charges totaling $43,000. Waters has yet to pay the bill.

― Lazy Guy, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 06:50 (twenty years ago)

i absolutely love the thought of Mimi Rogers being in Low

HAHAHA, I FCUKED UP :)

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 07:00 (twenty years ago)

843. devandra banhart (sp?) was homeless.*

*had to live with friends cause mom and dad kicked him out apparently.

― corey c (shock of daylight), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 07:27 (twenty years ago)

Patti Labelle donated the fur coat she wore in her "On My Own" video to a Blue Peter Bring & Buy Sale in 1984, only for it to turn up on the show worn by friend of Joey Deacon - Ernie Roberts.

― JohnFoxxsJuno, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 10:44 (twenty years ago)

845. The Romanian version of Pop Idol contains a round where all contestants are forced around an abandoned S.A.S. assault course by David McAlmont.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 10:46 (twenty years ago)

846. Wayne Jeffries was the mastermind behind the War of the Worlds album, but due to embarrassment at being associated with the project got his name reverse on the Album sleeve.

His sister Lynne did the same thing for a similar reason after forming ELO, but due to touring commitments had to also don a curly wig and false beard

― Sly and the Family Stallone (Sly and the Family Stallone), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 11:32 (twenty years ago)

847. Shed Seven were French.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 11:35 (twenty years ago)

60. Marilyn Manson is actually the actor who played the nerd on the Wonder Years.

-- Kim (grimstitc...), July 11th, 2005.

Steve Winwood is Conan O'Brian's real father. (now i see it)
you people crack me up and the rony my name is paul too.

― retrogurl, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 14:02 (twenty years ago)

848. Nobody knows more than three lines of Coldplay Lyrics. In fact, the band doesn't know any of the lyrics. When Chris Martin is asked about them, he disapears at "the speed of sound."

― Lazy Guy, Wednesday, 2 November 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

849. BBC Radio 2 DJ, Steve Wright's favourite band is Nurse With Wound

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

In 1996, the Mark Burgess of Chameleons UK brought a suit against Baltimore-area crust-hardcore band Chameleons UK, forcing them to change their name to Chameleons UK US.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

McFly's songs are all composed by genetically modified hamsters.

― Melissa Berrill (whateverkiddo), Sunday, 6 November 2005 15:00 (twenty years ago)

852. Art Neville and His Three Feet changed their name to The Meters after being given a $10,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to promote the metric system in America.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 6 November 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

835. Billy Corgan chose the members of Smashing Pumpkins based on their resemblance to the four leads in the hit television sitcom Golden Girls, with Billy of course being Sophia.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 6 November 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

836. German techno artist Wolfgang Voight has a terrible case of irritable bowel syndrome.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 6 November 2005 15:44 (twenty years ago)

Chris Tucker sang back up on "Young Americans"

― ken taylrr never her (ken taylrr), Sunday, 6 November 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

My own submission, #538 is WRONG. I've recently discovered that Every Day is Like Sunday was actually about Morrissey's disappointment with the National Football League's growing commercialization and overexposure. My apologies.

― Cunga (Cunga), Sunday, 6 November 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

839. The term "desi" to describe British-Asian urban music is a sly reference to the fact that Bobby Friction has every episode of I Love Lucy on DVD.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 6 November 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

840. Stone Roses singer Ian Brown was born deaf in his left ear ... He lost hearing in his right ear at age nine.

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 7 November 2005 00:24 (twenty years ago)

841. According to thesmokinggun.com website, some of the kooky backstage demands Stevie Nicks has made over the years includes one hundred pounds of zephyr dung, fruit-flavored Dynamints, and the blood of innocents.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 7 November 2005 00:26 (twenty years ago)

841a. The blood of innocents on tap, that is.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 7 November 2005 00:27 (twenty years ago)

842. MC Paul Barman is Barbra Streisand's son-in-law.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 7 November 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)

843. As a reward for signing with 679, all of the Futureheads underwent surgery to have an extra arm attached. Annie received a similar bonus when she signed - a jaw bone made of cast iron.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 7 November 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

844. MF Doom was born wearing that mask.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 7 November 2005 01:37 (twenty years ago)

845. The baby on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind is Conor Oberst.

846. Paul McCartney's been lurking on ILM! And, inspired by a certain thread, is going to re-record an album's worth of Beatles tunes, all with the word "pants" replacing "love". ("All You Need Is Pants", "You've Got To Hide Your Pants Away", etc.) All proceeds from sales of the LP will be split between victims of the London bombings and Paul's personal "Legalize Hemp" campaign.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 7 November 2005 10:16 (twenty years ago)

847. The so-called "banned songs" list issued by Clear Channel post 9/11 was not due to any fear of upsetting or traumatising people in the aftermath of the WTC-attack. Instead, the idea was to "thin out" the playlist allowing for more time to play Condaleeza Rice's favourite ever song, "I'm Alive" by Flip and Fill. By November 2001, this song was being played over 3,000 times a day on US radio, and enjoyed a seven week stay at number one.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 7 November 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

848. As of Fall 2005, Axl Rose's long-awaited Chinese Democracy album will be an entirely new soundtrack to the 1979 Bob Fosse film All That Jazz.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 7 November 2005 12:10 (twenty years ago)

849. In an attempt to drum up publicity for their 1998 fundraising single 'Guardians Of The Land', the Countryside Alliance decided to try and start a war of words with Mansun, referring to Paul Draper as a 'small-cocked poof with the voice of a dyspeptic haemhorroid', and mockingly likening Dominic Chad's bass-playing to 'the second coming of Sid Vicious' talent'. However, this was swiftly quashed when it was discovered that Draper was engaged to Clarissa Dickson-Wright's niece.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 7 November 2005 12:43 (twenty years ago)

850. Rob Birch of the Stereo MC's has hollow legs. He often removes his left leg and holds it up to the ears of fans so they can hear the sea.

― cosmicthing (cosmicthing), Monday, 7 November 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

851. Right Said Fred have been mired in litigation since 1992 when they were sued by Bernard Cribbins.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Monday, 7 November 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham recorded the theme to the Road Runner cartoons for Warner Brothers and used the money to buy a 1972 Dodge Dart. Stevie named the car Sara.

― Mumblix Grumph, Friday, 11 November 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

853. Kenny Chesney, Randy Travis, Hank Williams Jr. and all other Patriotic Country Music 'Sensations' in fact have served their country and can legitimately claim to be patriots. It was a Black Op Mission sent to destroy the Berlin Wall in 1995. They refuse to brag because the wall had been destroyed six years previous, Fox News apparently failed to report it.

― Lazy Guy, Friday, 11 November 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

854. Lee Greenwood takes potshots at Mexicans crossing the border.

― Lazy Guy, Friday, 11 November 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

855. The Beatles were profoundly influenced by the occultist Aleister Crowley. The song "Yesterday" was written in his honour on the day of his death.

― acb (acb), Saturday, 12 November 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)

260. Ralf Hutter can't program his VCR.

-- LRJP! (ell.arr.j...), July 12th, 2005.

"By holding down a special key, it tapes Where The Heart Is for me ..."

― coco, Saturday, 12 November 2005 00:47 (twenty years ago)

856. Respectable by Mel & Kim contains an uncleared sample from Vashti Bunyan's I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Saturday, 12 November 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

857: Beck got into Scientology not out of any legitimate ideological interest, but strictly to meet Isaac Hayes.

― disco violence (disco violence), Saturday, 12 November 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

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