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

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49. Production chores on Kajagoogoo's 1983 smash "Too Shy" were handled by Professor Julius Norwich.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:22 (eighteen years ago) link

50. Bloc Party were originally going to be called The Small Faces, before drummer Matt Tong remembered that he owned a copy of 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake'. He would later claim that he thought it was by Amen Corner.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:22 (eighteen years ago) link

51. Canada's Prime Minister is the lead singer of Moist.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:24 (eighteen years ago) link

51. The members of Franz Ferdinand, The Bravery, The Killers, The Strokes, and Interpol are all actually incredibly lifelike Russian nesting dolls, called matryoshka, who sought to escape the limited earnings potential of the souvenir industry by forming various 'bands'.

― cdwill, Monday, 11 July 2005 22:24 (eighteen years ago) link

53. Cave-In and Sparta are actually the same band.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:26 (eighteen years ago) link

54. George W. Bush roadied for Black Oak Arkansas on their "Keep the Faith" tour of 1972.

― Taste the Blood of Scrovula (noodle vague), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:27 (eighteen years ago) link

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52, sorry.

― cdwill, Monday, 11 July 2005 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link

55. Brody Dalle is a lesbian.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:31 (eighteen years ago) link

56. Buddy Holly faked his own death and emigrated to England. In a desperate attempt to cover his tracks, he formed Freddie & The Dreamers.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:34 (eighteen years ago) link

56. "serge gainsbourg" is actually an elaborate hoax perpetuated by european zionists. there have been numerous "serge gainsbourg"s over the years. the hoax was called off--but not revealed--after the fall of the soviet union, for reasons still unclear.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:36 (eighteen years ago) link

58. 'Blinded By The Light' was originally written with the intention of being the theme music for The New Avengers.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link

59. Phil Collins wrote that song because he saw that one guy let that other guy die.

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

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:46 (eighteen years ago) link

61. Aerosmith wrote "Love in an Elevator" after encountering Arthur Lee on the way up to a meeting at the offices of Sony Music in New York.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:51 (eighteen years ago) link

7. Gwen Stefani has no idea why those Japanese women are following her around.

I couldn't read past this one because I was laughing too hard.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:51 (eighteen years ago) link

62. Chicago White Sox third basemen Joe Crede changed the pronounciation of his name from "creed" to "CREE-dee" in 1999, in order to avoid any unfortunate association with the Scott Stapp-led band.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:53 (eighteen years ago) link

i think several of these are actually true

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Monday, 11 July 2005 22:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Bloc Party were originally going to be called The Small Faces, before drummer Matt Tong remembered that he owned a copy of 'Ogden's Nut Gone Flake'. He would later claim that he thought it was by Amen Corner.

I think this is my new favorite.

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link

63. The 'keyboard sound' on Saint Etienne's version of 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' was actually a looped sample of Pete Wiggs honking the horn of his Citroen BX outside Neil Tennant's house at 3AM on Christmas morning 1987 in a mildly petty act of revenge for the Pet Shop Boys having kept 'Fairytale Of New York' off the Christmas number one. However, Tennant was not home at the time, and Wiggs therefore decided to incorporate the sound in one of his records "just so the bastard knew." To date, Neil Tennant has never knowingly listened to a Saint Etienne record.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link

64. Britney Spears was enrolling at Notre Dame the same fall as I was (I subsequently heard the same thing about Miami of Ohio and Oberlin, so that nicked it).

65. "Fire and Rain" was about how James Taylor's girlfriend died in a fiery plane crash.

66. Billy Corgan played the little kid on that robot girl sitcom "Small Wonder."

― PB, Monday, 11 July 2005 23:09 (eighteen years ago) link

67. The working title of Blur's "Song 2", was "Mr. Robinson's Day Trip In a Jumbo Jet".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:10 (eighteen years ago) link

68. Billy Corgan played the robot girl on the sitcom "Small Wonder."

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:10 (eighteen years ago) link

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NEW WINNER IS MICHAEL DADDINO

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:11 (eighteen years ago) link

69. George W. Bush listens to Sigur Ros.

― PB, Monday, 11 July 2005 23:14 (eighteen years ago) link

70. Rock 'n roll is still strictly outlawed in Liechtenstein on the grounds that The Rubettes were shit.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:18 (eighteen years ago) link

71. Kraftwerk had originally intended to write a song about the Giro D'Italia (NOT the Tour de France). However, the idea was scrapped following a series of band-only meetings during which the foursome realized that none of them could speak a word of Italian.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:28 (eighteen years ago) link

72. Pavements first UK gig took place at The Working Men's Club in Stoke, according to eye witness reports they were watched by a crowd of six. One of the crowd is said to have described them as "a bit noisy". Stephen Malkmus later explained this odd venue choice in a 1998 Select interview with the words; "y'know it was like what The Fall did."

― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:29 (eighteen years ago) link

72. A defective typewriter at the Capitol Records head office is to blame for the Beach Boys' inability to spearhead the "Smurf Music" craze.

73. Geir Hongro is the Seventh Beatle.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link

74. In a 2004 poll the readers of Scandinavian music magazine Yo! Yo! Hot Pop Boys! voted lo fi king Daniel Johnston the 23rd hottest man in the history of pop.

― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:32 (eighteen years ago) link

75. The Flaming Lips, sans Wayne Coyne, are the Residents. Coyne doesn't know.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:37 (eighteen years ago) link

76. Van Morrison only started making music in the hope that he would one day be famous enough to go out with Sandie Shaw.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:37 (eighteen years ago) link

77. Your favourite band are Blood, Sweat, and Tears.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:39 (eighteen years ago) link

78. The original version of "Scenario (Remix)" featured eight MCs, with the verse from a 13 year old Roy Carroll being cut due to reasons of length.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link

79. According to a secret newsletter that was leaked to the blogosphere in February 2005, Godspeed You! Black Emperor will change their name to Godspeed, You Black: Emperor the night before the next winter solstice.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:46 (eighteen years ago) link

80. An unnamed member of Girls Aloud baffingly insists on writing the groups to write it as "Girls Allowed". This has resulted in a number of financial mishaps. The annonymous member is unrepentant claiming; "I always was against the name, the lacklusture punning was what did for Hear'Say." Adding mysteriously "It is only my correct use of the English language that prevents us from sliding down a slippery slope that ends with us fobbing sob stories to Frank Skinner."

― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link

81. Howard Jones would like to get to know you well.

― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link

82. Haddaway is the majority shareholder in Yates' Wine Bars.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 11 July 2005 23:58 (eighteen years ago) link

83. Aphex Twin is really just Paul McCartney's horticulturist, taking the piss. All Aphex Twin records are just Macca screwing around.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 00:17 (eighteen years ago) link

84. Aphex Twin is actually an octet.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

86. Aretha Franklin is 35% nachos.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 00:58 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

(Piece of trivia, that is.)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 01:08 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

89. The White Stripes are named after an obscure Estonian terrorist group.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:24 (eighteen years ago) link

90. Eminem has a master's in biology from Loyola University.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:32 (eighteen years ago) link

91. Boxer Eric "Butterbean" Esch is actually Frank Black.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:34 (eighteen years ago) link

92. Glenn Branca ghostwrote Lil Wayne's verses on "Tha Carter."

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:35 (eighteen years ago) link

93. If you play "Helter Skelter" backwards, it sounds really cool.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 12 July 2005 03:39 (eighteen years ago) link

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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

― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Thursday, 18 April 2024 17:24 (one hour ago) link

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."

― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Thursday, 18 April 2024 17:48 (forty-seven minutes ago) link

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