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

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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)

112. Snoop Dogg remains absolutely convinced that Hall & Oates were actually called Hall Of Oats, and refuses to believe any suggestion to the contrary.

113. Aside from you and that Australian guy you met in Goa, absolutely no-one has heard of Manu Chao.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 08:47 (twenty years ago)

114. That band you dreamt about last night? With the matching grey suits and the early Nick Cave collaborations? They do exist in real life. But they live in Mansfield, not in your garage.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 08:53 (twenty years ago)

Bruce Springsteen still doesnt realise that the girl he got up on stage is courtney cox. Whenever a repeat of friends comes on, he talks about how one of them is kinda familiar and the band just stare at the floor.

― danny boy, Tuesday, 12 July 2005 09:48 (twenty years ago)

116. God is flattered, and even "a little humbled" that so many albums are dedicated to him.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 09:52 (twenty years ago)

117. Jars of Clay were originally a swingbeat act.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 10:37 (twenty years ago)

118. One of the more obscure examples of music industry beef is the ongoing rivalry between the remaining members of the Bobby Fuller Four and minor British rapper Doc Brown. Nobody knows why.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 10:39 (twenty years ago)

119. Luke Haines is the heir to the throne of Latveria. He refuses to accept his rightful legacy on the basis that "something bad" might happen.

― Flyboy (Flyboy), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 10:51 (twenty years ago)

120. Third Eye Blind only play musical instruments carved out of limes.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 10:55 (twenty years ago)

Collectively all the MP3s in existence weigh almost as much as John Cale

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 11:14 (twenty years ago)

121. John Cale is used as a standard measurement of weight in Wales.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 11:17 (twenty years ago)

123. Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier was the voice of Tony Meo on "Snooker Loopy" by the Matchroom Mob Featuring Chas and Dave.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 11:22 (twenty years ago)

124. The Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash also killed both members of Go West, who were providing on-flight entertainment.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 11:25 (twenty years ago)

possibly not the most apposite kind of fake trivia to be posting at this precise moment...

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

125. Far from being a Joker or indeed a Smoker Steve Miller in fact lives an acetic life, he is completely teetotal and only laughs knowingly at that sketch from BBC2's late '90s comedy sensation Goodness Gracious Me where two lad use the term “chuddies” to describe female mammary glands.

― elwisty (elwisty), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 12:02 (twenty years ago)

126. Sensational '80s New Pop icon Belouis Some now lives in a compact and bijou apartment in London's desirable Thamesmead district, where he runs a painting and grouting business with his partner, TV's Tim Vincent.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 12:07 (twenty years ago)

127. Graeme Garden's son plays keyboards in the Scissor Sisters.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 12:08 (twenty years ago)

That one's sort of 100% true though, innit?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 12:09 (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.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 12:19 (twenty years ago)

xpost to Marcello - is it? I thought it had been properly debunked.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 12:21 (twenty years ago)

128. In Russian, they don't even have a word for Grindcore.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 12:22 (twenty years ago)

I'll get my coat.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

129. The world's highest paid house DJ is Liam Lynch, who can charge up to $40,000 for a two hour set.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 12:25 (twenty years ago)

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