1730. Beck's chosen title for the 1996 album that would become his all-time bestseller was <b>Zero Delay</b>, but the record company misread his scribblings.
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 18 February 2021 09:43 (three years ago) link
1731. Bad Brains's name was derived from a spoonerism of "broad beans".
― Tim, Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:31 (three years ago) link
Van Dyke Parks, who began his career as a child actor, played the part of Opie in the pilot episode of The Andy Griffith Show.
― Dexter Holland's Opus (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 12 August 2021 01:21 (two years ago) link
Scooby Doo sang for The Archies
― there's too much fucking shit on me (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 August 2021 01:46 (two years ago) link
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett are engaged to be married.
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Thursday, 12 August 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link
1732. Roger Waters owns a house in Aguascalientes, Mexico that he bought because almost no-one recognizes him in there and he lived there for most of the pandemic.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 October 2021 04:23 (two years ago) link
1733. He has a pool that he never uses.
1734. On Chic's 1977 single "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" , the group were actually singing "dents, dents dents". Nile Rodgers penned the song in a furious mood after discovering several of the titular hollow dips in the bumper of a Porsche 914 he had hastily purchased. Before the single's release, Rodgers changed the title after deciding to take the group in a more dancefloor-friendly direction.
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:46 (two years ago) link
1735. Michael Sembello's "Maniac" was originally titled "Animaniac" and was actually the source of inspiration for the animated cartoon, "Animaniacs". When the idea was stolen, Michael sued Warner Brothers, who had him murdered. Weirdly, he continued to record new music after his death.
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 October 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
1736. They knew that co-branding was over as a fashion trend when Virgil Abloh’s love of hip hop had him collaborate with the singer on the 1995 Coolio hit Gangsta’s Paradise. L.V was an important part of the song but Louis Vuitton’s share price went into downfall and they quickly tried to disassociate with him, no longer advertising on Coolio’s youtube cooking channel, and even got Abloh’s friend Kanye West to shout “Fuck L.V.” to fans at his stadium release parties.
As fans didn’t realise this was a reference to the obscure rap singer and thought it was a rift between the rapper and the Louis Vuitton and Off White designer, this only made the share price of the two fashion houses drop further.
― a hoy hoy, Monday, 11 October 2021 19:24 (two years ago) link
Adele's "Rumor Has It" is actually misspelled. Adele is responding to an unknown friend in the song, who prior to the song has asked where her vacuum cleaner is. She had previously loaned it to Bruce Willis's daughter, so she is responding "Rumer has it".
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 November 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
The “Z” in Jay-Z’s name stands for “Zorro.” He earned the nickname as a teenager when he was frequently spotted carrying a fencing sword around Bed-Stuy. #falsemusictrivia— False Music Trivia (@FalseMusicFacts) October 13, 2021
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 23 September 2022 17:45 (one year ago) link
I am henceforth only going to refer to him as "J-Zorro"
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 23 September 2022 17:46 (one year ago) link
Oh yeah, before he was a rapper he used to write quotations from De La Vega in chalk on the pavement next to popular NYC subway stations
― "H to the Izzo" means "I love you" (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 24 September 2022 05:47 (one year ago) link
Mariah Carey has confessed her song “Obsessed” is about a sex dream she had involving the rapper Riff Raff.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 24 September 2022 16:32 (one year ago) link
1739. Harry Styles moonlights as the mysterious masked wrestler Penta El Zero M.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 24 September 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
Contrary to rumor, the Counting Crows song “Mr. Jones” is not about the singer’s penis. He did, however, write a song about his penis—titled “The Longest Member”—which he changed at the label’s request (to “A Long December,” retaining the rhyme scheme).
― "Cool ranch dressing!" (morrisp), Saturday, 24 September 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
The word "podcast" has its origins in a public health measure that was widely adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020. Individuals and their households were advised to form a "pod," a bounded social group within which close prolonged contact was permissible, so long as all members of the pod abided by restrictions on interacting with people outside of the pod.
As the pandemic stretched on and people began to long for wider social intercourse, it became fashionable for members of a pod to sit down together in one room with a microphone to record an unstructured, open-ended conversation. They would then reach out to other pods on social media and swap their recording for one with a different "cast."
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Monday, 31 July 2023 14:34 (seven months ago) link
Did anyone else ever hear that Geddy Lee had throat cancer? For some reason, that was a rumor circulating among my friends in high school circa 1981.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 31 July 2023 14:42 (seven months ago) link
Does he talk like an ordinary guy?
― Steely Duran (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 31 July 2023 17:06 (seven months ago) link
Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. is the father of Lucy Lawless, the actress/singer
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Monday, 31 July 2023 17:43 (seven months ago) link
Laura Les of the popular band 100 Gecs took her name from two of her favorite musicians: Laura Nyro and Les Paul.
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 4 August 2023 13:39 (seven months ago) link
one of the members of Jesus Jones was actually Jesus Christ and he was crucified again after "Right Here, Right Now"
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 4 August 2023 13:45 (seven months ago) link
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
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 4 August 2023 13:57 (seven months ago) link
oh yeah I heard about that, it's what Rockadoodle was about
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 4 August 2023 13:58 (seven months ago) link
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.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 4 August 2023 15:38 (seven months ago) link
Rejected names for the band Yes included Yarp, Yessir and Fuckin' A
― nashwan, Friday, 4 August 2023 16:02 (seven months ago) link
influential beat boxer thom yorke . . .
― the adventures of Yari and ixa. (Austin), Sunday, 27 August 2023 21:07 (seven months ago) link
lol nashwan
― Stoned Wheat Thing (morrisp), Sunday, 27 August 2023 21:08 (seven months ago) link
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....
― Neanderthal, Friday, 1 September 2023 16:48 (six months ago) link
Neil Young was considering joining KISS.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 1 September 2023 18:33 (six months ago) link
His persona would have been "Scarecrow."
― Pontius Pilates (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 2 September 2023 13:27 (six months ago) link
Weyes Blood stans call themselves “Weyes Geyes.”
― strawberry ice cream, one scoop or two (morrisp), Saturday, 21 October 2023 03:42 (five months ago) link
Weyes Blood Stains
― sell cigs to kids (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 21 October 2023 08:39 (five months ago) link
"Eye of the Tiger" is about Frosted Flakes
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 18:48 (one month ago) link
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.
― doleful lundgren (Matt #2), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 19:23 (one month ago) link