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

Before that, they both were riding on the Beastie Boys ripoff express.

(sorry for being such a rap nerd that I can't even play along)

(note: this is just a stupid rumor that my friends and I decided to spread in college, and didn't pursue very hard)

8. In 1985 Bob Geldof spent 4 days bombarding Gene Vincent's management with requests for him to play Live Aid, before being told that Gene had died in 1971.

9. Phil Collins' unique drum-sound is a result of his having two left hands. The former Genesis frontman uses specially modified sticks to overcome his condition.

(Note: depending on who you believe this story may not be 100% false.)

Laura Les of the popular band 100 Gecs took her name from two of her favorite musicians: Laura Nyro and Les Paul.

one of the members of Jesus Jones was actually Jesus Christ and he was crucified again after "Right Here, Right Now"

Rick Astley's childhood nickname was "Chicky Ricky" because his dad would often lock him up in the back yard chicken coop as a punishment

oh yeah I heard about that, it's what Rockadoodle was about

The most popular attraction at the rock & roll hall of fame for the year leading up to and the year following the release of Bohemian Rhapsody: The Movie! was Freddy Mercury’s moustache.

Rejected names for the band Yes included Yarp, Yessir and Fuckin' A

influential beat boxer thom yorke . . .

lol nashwan

Chris DeBurgh's "Lady in Red" was actually the other half of a conversation he had with his then girlfriend, while he was being a shit to her.

Chris: Never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight. Never seen you shine so bright.

Girlfriend: Are saying I usually look bad?

Chris: No it's just....I've never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to dance. They're looking for a little romance, give'em half a chance

Girlfriend: God, don't pull this again tonight. I wanted to look nice tonight. I can't help if I attracted some male attention. I dress up all the time.

Chris: I've never seen that dress you're wearing! Or the highlights in your hair that catch your eyes.

Her: I wore this dress at your cousin Louie's wedding last year. You spilled tuna salad on it.

Chris: I have been blind.

Her: this is pretty rich, given how you've been staring at that woman in the corner all night

Chris: (chuckles) The lady in red?

Her: Don't think I haven't seen you shooting glances at her when I go to refill my wine glass. I wouldn't be surprised if the two of you were slow dancing when I was in the bathroom.

Chris: (sarcastically) She's dancing. With me. Cheek to cheek.

Her: Would you keep it down so more people don't start staring at us?

Chris: There's NOBODY HERE! It's just you and me.

Her: And the lady in red in the corner!

Chris: But...

Her: Don't "but" me. Earlier I saw you two bantering like an old high school couple.

Chris: I HARDLY KNOW THIS 'BEAUTY' BY MY SIDE!

Her: And now you're yelling. Typical. But hey, keep downing those glasses of Jamesson, I'm sure you won't remember how to get back to our hotel after this lovely evening.

Chris: I'll never forget the way

Her: Ahh shit....one of my earrings is missing. Goddamnit, Chris, help me look for it. It was an heirloom from my great grandmother.

Chris: (mad) YOU look!

Her: You really are a jerk. I'll take a cab back.

Chris: (toasting to himself, dryly) Tonight....

Neil Young was considering joining KISS.

His persona would have been "Scarecrow."

Weyes Blood stans call themselves “Weyes Geyes.”

Weyes Blood Stains

"Eye of the Tiger" is about Frosted Flakes

Koyaanisqatsi was originally scored by Keith Emerson, but copyright issues got in the way and Philip Glass was drafted in at the last moment to salvage the project.

Every member of Supertramp is named Roger.

The Magnetic Fields got their name from Black Sabbath's "Iron Man."

It’s actually from Dylan’s “Señor”

Ronnie James Dio is the father of Dido. She was extremely offended by heavy metal music due to a traumatic incident in her childhood where she fell off of a roller coaster while W.A.S.P. was playing in the background, and upset that her father wouldn't stop playing it despite earlier promises to retire. so she changed her last name to Dido, adding an extra "d" which stood for "deceitful".

"Thank You" is actually about Pat Boone, who made significant efforts to kill heavy metal by recording In a Metal Mood

former cure member laurence tolhurst, in a worldwide first, gained full copyright+licensing control over the abbreviation "lol" in the late 90s tech boom. every time someone somewhere uses the phrase, he gets paid roughly the same as when someone streams "let's go to bed."

Ronnie James Dio is the father of Dido

Dado

It’s pronounced Duncan Schick

“Lay Lady Lay” was written about Dylan’s pet chicken, Gertrude. The “big brass bed” lyric was originally “big brown egg.”

Avril Lavigne's demo of 'Complicated' began with the word 'chillax' (note the near rhyme with 'lay back'!), but her label persuaded her to change it to the more familiar 'chill out', as 'chillax' was then almost exclusively used by Canadian skateboarders. the rest of the world eventually caught up, and she's been singing the 'chillax' version in concert since about 2005

Avril Lavigne changed her name (from April Levine), to seem more exotically “Canadian” to US audiences.

After seeing Avril in concert for the 14th time, superfan Richard D. James composed a piano piece to commemorate the occasion.

Michelle Branch once attempted to eat Avril Lavigne

April Lasagne

Bovril Lebean

Need a new anagrams for Kenny Loggins thread for Avril

Viva Allergin!

“Lay Lady Lay” was written about Dylan’s pet chicken, Gertrude. The “big brass bed” lyric was originally “big brown egg.”

― It was on a accident (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, April 20, 2024 2:00 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

I long to fry you in the morning light

the original screenplay for purple rain was a kung-fu beat'em up/rockstar success story hybrid meant ro compete with _the last dragon_ the revolution travels to gary indiana and battles the jackson 5 -and, by proxy, mj- for supremacy in the r+b world. it involved a purple-laser shooting guitar and moonwalking! so much moonwalking!

anagrams for Avril Lavigne

Anal Cunt was formed after Seth Putnam attended his first college class, Analyzing Country Music

Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s famous beef was actually instigated by an argument about Ben Stiller’s best film, with Lamar aghast at his former friend rating the Fockers family series that started with “Meet the Parents”.

"technical death metal" actually does not refer to the complexity of the music, it's short for "technically, it's death metal...but..."

In 1986, UK musician Nick Saloman was urged to abandon his new band name, "The Butt-Head Frond," as it was deemed distasteful. So he settled on a second choice – "The Butt-Head Fern." The project was nearly lost to history, but Saloman changed the name once more...

In August 2022, Basshunter became the first human being to be destroyed under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. His manager stated that this was a shame, but that it was "just one of those things".

Van Halen's "Right Now" is about Lars Ulrich

Fans have long wondered why the Beach Boys titled their 1989 album _Still Cruisin'_, despite their not being a predecessor song or album titled "Cruisin'". The reason goes back to a mutual misunderstanding. The soundtrack to the 1980 William Friedkin film _Cruising_ was originally recorded by the Beach Boys. Friedkin had heard their disco version of "Here Comes the Night" and thought the band's current sound would be perfect for his film about, set in the world of gay S&M bars. For their part, the Beach Boys thought the film was a car movie. It was only when the Beach Boys delivered their completed soundtrack that the nature of the misunderstanding became clear. The album wound up being released as _Keepin' the Summer Alive_.

A++, plausible!

Postscript: The only member of the group who wound up watching Friedkin's completed film was Dennis, who credited the film with turning him on to amyl nitrate. He wasn't into any of that gay stuff, but he really liked amyl nitrate.

also Mike Love is a stage name, his real name is Mike Lucevich

during the '90s, samuel beckett and franz kafka would get together on friday nights to drink pernod while watching re-runs of "the prisoner" and playing each other tape cassettes of tunes they had recorded off the radio. beckett was quite excited about nick cave and the bad seeds' "deanna". kafka was more reserved in his appraisal "they should have done one about beverly crusher" he complained.

cave had indeed intended to honour gates mcfadden and other cast members of "star trek: the next generation" in song, but this was vetoed by blixa bargeld, who had grown increasingly bitter about failing his audition for the part of "wesley crusher" by ending every line of dialogue with an inward scream. bargeld also secretly auditioned for the parts of "neelix" and "constable odo", which he failed for the same reason. adding to bargeld's feelings of inadequacy, lux interior would often taunt him, having been successfully cast as "ghost pizza#3", "medieval astronaut", and "irish peasant" in the franchise throughout the years. mick harvey has has gone some way to distance himself from his trek- loving colleagues and has gone on record calling them all "a bunch of wankers"

Although they cited musical differences at the time, the Police actually split over a week-long argument about whether transparent is a colour.

Guns n'Roses started out as a mocking parody of the eccentric rock band Spinal Tap. When he discovered that Spinal Tap was itself a spoof, Axl Rose had to style it out and pretend to be genuinely interested in heavy metal for four decades.

TLC originally recorded their hit as "No Bustas", which began "A busta is a guy that thinks he's fly, also known as a scrub" but re-wrote it following advice from Busta Rhymes, who pointed out that "busta" didn't rhyme with anything.

The Stranglers’ “Golden Brown” was originally a campaign song for Gordon Brown in his first stand for MP from Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.