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

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1006. In 1978 one of Keith Richards' mansions burnt to the ground due to the ineptitude of the Kent Fire Brigade who at this time were carrying out a short-lived experiment of literally 'fighting fire with fire'. For reasons which have never become clear, Richards blamed Keith Chegwin for this tragedy, resulting in a grudge which lasts to this very day.

― Tehrannosaurus HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, 16 March 2006 08:43 (twenty years ago)

1007. Prior to their breakthrough hit 'When Will I Be Famous' in 1988, an administrative error on the part of Bedfordshire County Council allowed Luke and Matt Goss to earn a living for nearly three months employed to remove asparagus from Aylesbury Swimming Pool every morning before the punters arrived. This experience was obliquely referred to in 'Drop The Boy'.

― Tehrannosaurus HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, 16 March 2006 08:46 (twenty years ago)

1008. Tim DeLaughter has used the proceeds from the first polyphonic spree CD to buy a complex, just outside Waco, for him and his acolytes. He's also mixing up special vats of Kool Aid for the ensemble to drink

― Sly and the Family Stallone (Sly and the Family Stallone), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 07:02 (twenty years ago)

1009. Deuce continue to blame their commercial failure on their record label's decision to scrap the initial version of their debut album, which had been entirely penned by Half Man Half Biscuit's Nigel Blackwell; more specifically, they believe that their label's failure to sufficiently push lead single "Elton Welsby In Poundstretcher At Midnight" set their career and consequently the British pop industry back five years.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 08:16 (twenty years ago)

Reel Around the Fountain is about Morrissey's friendship with Michael Jackson.

― Cunga (Cunga), Sunday, 9 April 2006 00:42 (twenty years ago)

1010. ^

― Cunga (Cunga), Sunday, 9 April 2006 00:43 (twenty years ago)

1011. The Cocteau Twins were conjoined at birth, but seperated surgically soon thereafter. To this day, one of them requires the use of a robotic kidney fashioned from a hollowed out Nerf ball and a stopwatch.

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Sunday, 9 April 2006 16:27 (twenty years ago)

1012. Q-Tip's favourite single of the past 25 years is "The Only Difference between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" by Panic! At The Disco

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 9 April 2006 16:29 (twenty years ago)

1013. Following the success of her tv show Lil' Kim is to present a gardening show called Bitches n' hoes.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 9 April 2006 16:30 (twenty years ago)

1014. Young Jeezy has never worked a day in his life, and was a millionaire from birth. This is because his great-grandfather devised the ELO, or "chess" method of ranking sportsmen.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 9 April 2006 17:57 (twenty years ago)

1015. Tim McGraw used to sling D in the Pennington Projects in Newark, New Jersey, before hitting it big in music. He still has a tatoo that says "Brick City" on his left shoulder.

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:06 (twenty years ago)

1016. Dope boys do not, in fact, go crazy when they hear that boy Jay-Z. According to the latest Gallup poll, dope boys prefer Cam'ron by a 16% margin.

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:12 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

1017. Wondering who America's biggest "soccer" fan is? Look no further than Regina Spektor. She's seen an estimated three whole football games in their entirity, as well as having once been in the same seafood restaurant as Tord Grip.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 10 June 2006 10:51 (twenty years ago)

1018. DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia was inspired to become a musician after hearing Whitney Houston perform "I'm Every Woman" live at a benifit concert for Eastern European orphans.

― It's Rodney, pimp! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 11 June 2006 04:27 (twenty years ago)

1019. In the early 80's, Rick Rubin played in Phil Collins' touring band.

― It's Rodney, pimp! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 11 June 2006 04:41 (twenty years ago)

1020. Nabisco is Dave Matthews.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 11 June 2006 04:51 (twenty years ago)

1021. Sammy Hagar was an extra in the movie Xanadu.

― It's Rodney, pimp! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 11 June 2006 06:46 (twenty years ago)

1022. Silkk The Shocker has had sex with all three members of Sleater-Kinney.

― It's Rodney, pimp! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 11 June 2006 06:52 (twenty years ago)

1023. Basement Jaxx "Where's Your Head At?" was based on a old unused demo by The Supremes and the lyrics are the same.

(many people believed this one)

― JTS (JTS), Monday, 12 June 2006 01:17 (twenty years ago)

1024. Michael Stipe's conversion to vegetarianism was inspired in part by lingering humiliation over his pre-R.E.M. days, when he paid his way through college by attending classes dressed as a chicken to promote a local restaurant. The lyrics of "Seven Chinese Brothers" describe a particularly embarrassing encounter outside of his Women's Studies class.

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 12 June 2006 15:14 (twenty years ago)

1025. Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn refuses to drink in any bar where he does not hold one of the high scores in Golden Tee.

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 12 June 2006 16:23 (twenty years ago)

1026: KT Tunstall was one of the kids singing "It's 'Orrible Being in Love When You're 8 1/2"

― JTS (JTS), Monday, 12 June 2006 16:34 (twenty years ago)

1027. Lil Jon's mother believes that he has been working at the same Atlanta-area Radio Shack since 1990, and was recently promoted to assistant manager. He employs a full-time lookalike to maintain this illusion.

1028. Sonic Youth was supposed to appear in a series of ads for the Sega Saturn, but Sega execs scrapped the ad campaign after discovering that Thurston Moore refers to all video game systems as "Nintendos".

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 12 June 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

1029. Golden Earring's 'Radar Love' was originally written as the theme tune for Taxi Driver.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 12 June 2006 18:16 (twenty years ago)

1030. Alice Cooper was the Unknown Comic on The Gong Show.

― hank (hank s), Monday, 12 June 2006 18:21 (twenty years ago)

1031. The voice-over at the beginning of each episode of Law & Order is actually a slowed-down recording of Paul Simon.

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 12 June 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)

1032. The first recording ever put out on the anticon label was an EP consisting of eight renditions of "Yakko's World" -- one from each of the label's founders.

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 12 June 2006 19:29 (twenty years ago)

1033. Shrapnel Records pay guitarists by the note

― Øystein (Øystein), Monday, 12 June 2006 19:44 (twenty years ago)

1034. Detroit police records indicate that Proof was killed after a heated argument over the difference between boules and bocce.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 12 June 2006 19:45 (twenty years ago)

1035. The cover photo on The Pink Opaque (Cocteau Twins) is a black-and-silver daguerreotype of Liz Fraser's vagina. ("The pink opaque" being Robin Guthrie's pet name for her nether region).

― hank (hank s), Monday, 12 June 2006 19:49 (twenty years ago)

1036. Robert Wyatt sprained his ankle; he's just lazy.

― Øystein (Øystein), Monday, 12 June 2006 20:19 (twenty years ago)

1037. Boards Of Canada chose their name as an homage to their favorite childhood band, Blue Oyster Cult. (Both use BOC as shorthand). "Telephasic Workshop" is (rather obviously, in hindsight) a cover of "Workshop Of The Telescopes". Furthermore, the "hooked cross" symbol is evident on all Boards album covers (but not the EP's).

― hank (hank s), Monday, 12 June 2006 20:20 (twenty years ago)

1038. Tom Lehrer quit music to become a professional flair bartender. He triumphed in the 1972 All-American Flair Invitational after constructing three Mai Tais in ten seconds whilst blindfolded.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 12 June 2006 20:23 (twenty years ago)

1039. T.I. makes a joke about the similarities between the names of Tony Hawk and Tony Hawkes at least three times an hour.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 12 June 2006 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Cher is a woman.

― J Arthur Rank (Quin Tillian), Monday, 12 June 2006 20:34 (twenty years ago)

^1040

― J Arthur Rank (Quin Tillian), Monday, 12 June 2006 20:38 (twenty years ago)

1041. The Glastonbury Festival has refused to put The Polyphonic Spree in its line-up since the 2003 edition, because when they did a survey via sms to find what bands the public had liked the most in that edition, The Polyphonic Spree was the only "big" act that ended with a surprising 0 votes. In fact, this was because whenever people voted they got sent a certain polyphonic ringtone called "Spree" instead.

― Diego Valladolid (dvalladt), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 07:38 (twenty years ago)

1042. Low collectively decided to abandon Mormonism in March 2006 and joined the Church of Scientology later in the month. The musician "Beck" has been said to have been an influence on their decision.

1043. Woody Guthrie's famous slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists" was originally supposed to be "Fascists Use This Machine To Kill" and recalled the story of Ezra Pound beating an Italian communist to death with an acoustic guitar. Nobody knows exactly why he changed it.

― Cunga (Cunga), Friday, 16 June 2006 04:48 (twenty years ago)

1044. The Libertines originally formed as a Headswim tribute act. The original b-sides to "What A Waster" were fifteen seperate cover versions of The 'swim's 1998 top 30 smash "Tourniquet".

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 26 June 2006 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

1045. "Kathleen Brennan" is actually Diane Warren.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

1046. George Clinton, did not, as is often claimed, play guitar on the first PiL record. He did, however, steal John Lydon's car outside a nightclub in Berlin, inspiring Lydon to write "The Order of Death." Surprisingly, the two men have the same birthday--May 14th.

― max (maxreax), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 02:26 (nineteen years ago)

1047. The name of Chris Martin and Gwyenth Paltrow's child was only confirmed publicly after extensive focus grouping and the subsequent signing of separate promotional contracts with Apple Computers and Apple Corps.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 13:30 (nineteen years ago)

1048. DJ Zinc was the inspiration for the character of Robbie Rotten in hit kids TV show Lazy Town. During one episode, Robbie hums excertps of "Super Sharp Shooter" whilst attempting to foil Stephanie's attempts at making a trifle.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 29 June 2006 00:34 (nineteen years ago)

1049. The majority of Wagon Christ's recorded output was made by having primary school children throw bars of soap at passers-by.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 29 June 2006 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

1050. The Deftones have been on an enforced hiatus for the past three years due to frontman Chino Moreno's latest project, a Dave Gorman-esque reality TV show where he attempts to record a version of Ralph McTell's "Streets of London" with the senators of all 50 states. As of June 2006, he'd just finished a loose bossa nova interpretation of the track with Herbert Kohl (D-WI).

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 29 June 2006 00:53 (nineteen years ago)

Surprisingly, the two men have the same birthday--May 14th ... 1923.

― that's so taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 29 June 2006 03:14 (nineteen years ago)

1051. Bob Pollard and Wyclef Jean recorded an single in 1998. Due to record company infighting it was never released.

― badg (badg), Thursday, 29 June 2006 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

re: 1047, does that mean she's prevented from making any music?

1052. The Placebo song "Bruise Pristene" started life as a tribute song about Bruce Springsteen.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 29 June 2006 07:31 (nineteen years ago)

1053. Rumors abound that the Red Hot Chili Peppers once released a song that DID NOT contain the word "California".

― Hot Hot Heat (Hot Hot Heat), Thursday, 29 June 2006 07:34 (nineteen years ago)

1054. The bit in Get Ur Freak On where Missy Elliot appears to shout "Holler!" is actually a sample of Mel B from the Spice Girls saying "Hello!". She happened to visit the studio as the track was being recorded.

― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 29 June 2006 12:26 (nineteen years ago)

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