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

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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 (seventeen years ago) link

I'd love that to be true

― Teh littlest HoBBo (the pirate king), Thursday, 29 June 2006 14:02 (seventeen years ago) link

I've managed to convince people that it was, in the past. :)

― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 29 June 2006 14:16 (seventeen years ago) link

1055. Aesop Rock's original MC name was "Aesop Hat".

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link

1056. Tiger Woods' favourite musical moment ever is that bit in "When I Argue I See Shapes" by Idlewild where Roddy Woomble sings "I laugh at your lack of conversation skills, or lack thereof". He's been known to sing it during crucial putts in an attempt to put Vijay Singh off.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link

1057. Maxïmo Park is as an over-elaborate and not particularly useful VST plugin designed by Keith Tenniswood as an amusing gift for band mate Andrew Weatherall's 40th birthday.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Thursday, 29 June 2006 19:32 (seventeen years ago) link

1058. Country star Garth Brooks had a moderately successful playing career with Totthenham Hotspur in the early eighties before bursting back into the public consciousness as a rather pompous and pedantic interviewer.

― Teh littlest HoBBo (the pirate king), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:50 (seventeen years ago) link

1059. The "trick" that makes the girl scream and laugh in "Just Like Heaven"? Robert Smith's ability to make his left nipple lactate.

1060. Director/Writer John Hughes had commissioned the Fall to write a song for 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The song, titled "Trickster's Run", was recorded as a demo but never made it onto the sountrack.

― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 1 July 2006 01:49 (seventeen years ago) link

1057. Maxïmo Park is as an over-elaborate and not particularly useful VST plugin designed by Keith Tenniswood as an amusing gift for band mate Andrew Weatherall's 40th birthday.

-- LRJP! (ell.arr.j...), June 29th, 2006.

this one seems way too likely to suit this thread.

― that's so taylrr (ken taylrr), Saturday, 1 July 2006 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Luckily the sentence construction is so poor that it can only be described as false.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Saturday, 1 July 2006 10:22 (seventeen years ago) link

1061. If you listen very closely to "Fall At Your Feet", around 2 minute 12 seconds in you can make out the faint background noise of Neil Finn shooting a pizza delivery boy for sport.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 2 July 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

1062. My Morning Jacket are all furries.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 2 July 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link

1063. Michael Parkinson refuses to play Jamie Cullum on his Radio 2 show since the diminutive singer/pianist performed a cover of the Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk To Fuck" during a live broadcast in October 2005.

― Toad Roundgrin (noodle vague), Sunday, 2 July 2006 23:23 (seventeen years ago) link

1064. Concerned at how quiet Princess Superstar has been recently? Don't worry: she quit music back in 2003 and now makes a living as a greyhound trainer at Perry Barr. Her two year old bitch "Droopys Swansong" is strongly tipped by many to be a candidate for the Ladbrookes Derby this year.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 3 July 2006 00:12 (seventeen years ago) link

1065. Contrary to popular legend, Ringo Starr and Edwin Starr are not brothers, but are only cousins.

― musically (musically), Monday, 3 July 2006 00:25 (seventeen years ago) link

1066. Moloko's Do You Like My Tight Sweater? is the biggest selling album of all time in Kyrgyzstan.

― Toad Roundgrin (noodle vague), Monday, 3 July 2006 07:41 (seventeen years ago) link

1067. Due to a bizarre childhood incident occuring while on a school field trip to a candy factory, Charles Thompson (aka Frank Black/Black Ftancis of the Pixies) has blood that is 45.8% licorice.

― latebloomer lives in a fucking castle that is so sweet (latebloomer), Monday, 3 July 2006 07:56 (seventeen years ago) link

1067a. Charles Thompson's blood is 45.8% black licorice.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 3 July 2006 08:45 (seventeen years ago) link

1068. The dad of the woman from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs used to run a bus company in South Wales in the 1960s, before emigrating.

― JTS (JTS), Monday, 3 July 2006 09:53 (seventeen years ago) link

1069. In February 2006, rocker Mark E. Smith put away his grudge with ex-Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus. Today, Smith can be found sharing a Myspace.com account with Malkmus while Malkmus runs the official Fall fanclub website.

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 01:35 (seventeen years ago) link

David Crosby gave the Red Hot Chili Peppers the idea for the sock thing, after years of trying to get Stills and Nash to go along with it. Young was game, as long as they were Argyle.

― bendy (bendy), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 02:10 (seventeen years ago) link

1070. David Crosby gave the Red Hot Chili Peppers the idea for the sock thing, after years of trying to get Stills and Nash to go along with it. Young was game, as long as they were Argyle.

― bendy (bendy), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 02:11 (seventeen years ago) link

1071. Summer blockbuster Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest features a charming cameo from Prodigy superstars Keith Flint and Liam Howlett. Experimental Music fans should also look out for Scanner’s own Robin Rimbaud as Turkish Guard #2.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 13:10 (seventeen years ago) link

1072. Marcy Playground are actually from the Marcy projects.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

1073. Courtney Love had Kurt Cobain murdered.

― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

They're supposed to be false.

― Toad Roundgrin (noodle vague), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link

1074. Vladimir Putin cannot make a decision without consulting at least one Oblique Strategies card.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link

1074. Midge Ure's father Heinrich Üre played a large part in the Anschluss. This was the inspiration for the Ultravox song "Vienna".

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 17:53 (seventeen years ago) link

1075. Rick Ross knows Manuel Noriega from when they were both members of the swim team at Lincoln High School in Davenport, Iowa. During Ross & Noriega's senior year, the team won the Iowa state championship, defeating a team that included future Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst.

― It's Rodney, chocolate-covered, freaky, and habit-forming! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 6 July 2006 01:28 (seventeen years ago) link

1076. The Wake and The Stockholm Monsters fought over whose release would receive number 69 in Factory's catalogue. Tony Wilson settled it by skipping over that particular number. (The resulting fall-out got The Wake booted from the label).

― hank (hank s), Thursday, 6 July 2006 11:51 (seventeen years ago) link

1077. Stuart Braithwaite is the only member of Mogwai never to have scaled all of the Munros.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Thursday, 6 July 2006 12:02 (seventeen years ago) link

1078. Hugo Chavez's election as president of Venezuela was off the back of a manifesto consisting of one sole pledge: to get Rialto to reform. To date, he has failed in this task.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 6 July 2006 12:10 (seventeen years ago) link

1079. Upon learning of his terminal illness, J Dilla spent the final few months of his life in a futile effort to find the hidden levels on the Commodore 64 version of Rainbow Islands. He failed, mainly because Baatin pulled the joystick out of the port when he was going to collect the final diamond. He died soon afterwards.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 6 July 2006 12:15 (seventeen years ago) link

1080. Stanley Kubrick originally asked Oingo Boingo to score "Eyes Wide Shut," based on his love of "Back to School," but realized at the last minute that it was probably a bad idea.

1081. Everybody knows that Kleenex changed their name to Liliput, but few recall the band's original name, before they settled on Kleenex: Bachman Turner Overdrive.

1082. Ian Curtis hung himself after watching "Airplane!" for the third time, and the LP found spinning on his turntable was Meco Menardo's disco version of the music from "Star Wars."

1083. David Bowie has a crippling addiction to Pop Tarts.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 6 July 2006 12:20 (seventeen years ago) link

1084. Shystie's career flatlined because instead of promoting the album through press interviews, she used her spare time to carry on her day job as president of the Chevy Chase Fan Club.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 6 July 2006 12:33 (seventeen years ago) link

1085. Max Hardcore got his break in showbusiness as drummer for The Nails.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 6 July 2006 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link

1086. Mark Knopfler has a contractual obligation to kill all fourteen people who have illegally downloaded the Local Hero soundtrack.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Friday, 7 July 2006 05:52 (seventeen years ago) link

1087. The least succesful piece of furniture Ikea ever stocked was a Pembrooke table in the shape of Braintax.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 7 July 2006 10:49 (seventeen years ago) link

1088. 45% of posters to popular internet message board "I Love Music" are actually a bored Sha Money XL using a variety of wacky pseudonyms.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 7 July 2006 10:50 (seventeen years ago) link

1089. Next week sees the release of the hotly anticipated
Under The Iron Sea: Screwed and Chopped [Explicit Lyrics].

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Friday, 7 July 2006 13:33 (seventeen years ago) link

1090. Your Dad used to go to school with Noddy Holder.

― Toad Roundgrin (noodle vague), Friday, 7 July 2006 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link

The '70's fragrance "Charlie" was named after Charlie Daniels.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 16 July 2006 23:09 (seventeen years ago) link

That was 1091.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 16 July 2006 23:12 (seventeen years ago) link

1092. That dude from Cake wants hen fap.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 16 July 2006 23:25 (seventeen years ago) link

1093. Before Tina Turner found solo fame, she was in a little-known band who released the eponymous album Y Kand Tina Turner.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Friday, 28 July 2006 22:57 (seventeen years ago) link

1094. In March 2006, Avenged Sevenfold became the first ever band to be designated their own post code: N12 3XS

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 28 July 2006 23:05 (seventeen years ago) link

1095. DJ Babu has the lyrics from the lead single of every Dilated Peoples' album carved into his back with a metal toothpick from Evidence's Swiss army knife.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 28 July 2006 23:07 (seventeen years ago) link

1096. David Bowie's real name Elton John. He changed it because everyone said the name Elton John was too Faggotty.

Apparently the name David Bowie is just Faggoty enough

― Parksy (Parksy), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 03:14 (seventeen years ago) link

1097. Limp Bizkit took their name for episode three of the first season of the Flintstones.

Their first album was orginally titled. "I can't believe you did that Barney, that's some freaky shit right there"

― BP (Parksy), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link

1098. Limp Bizkit groupies have complained about Fred Durst's weel know penchant for sodomy.

Doctors have said if he does not desist from this activity he may lose the use of his anus.

― BP (Parksy), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 03:25 (seventeen years ago) link

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