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

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― Michael Philip Philip Philip Avoidant (Ferg), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 11:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Don't Believe The Truth

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 11:35 (eighteen years ago) link

329. Backing vocals on the hit cover version of "Two Little Boys" by Splodgenessabounds were supplied by none other than Conservative politician and top TV personality, Boris Johnson MP.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 12:12 (eighteen years ago) link

330. Unbeknownst to the world at large, the true Geri Halliwell was never Ginger Spice - the woman we saw being none other than "the original Spice Girl", M*rg*r*t Th*tch*r.

― BARMS, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 12:23 (eighteen years ago) link

331. Ray Davies' babies have rabies.

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 12:57 (eighteen years ago) link

332. While not hollow, Gwen Stefani's back is remarkably spacious.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link

333. Rapper Lil' Kim is actually Kim "Tootie" Fields of The Facts Of Life fame.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link

334. Before settling on "It's hammer time" as his opening salvo for the Second Iraq War, Vice Admiral Timothy Keating's original address to the world's media involved him reciting the lyrics to "Steal My Sunshine" on repeat for 27 minutes.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 13:39 (eighteen years ago) link

335. Unbeknownst to many, Peter Cetera was the leading light behind the 'Disco Sucks' movement. It all stemmed from a failed attempt to seduce Goldie Hawn by dancing to 'Boogie Oogie Oogie', which left the actress in fits of giggles due to the sheer incompetency of Cetera's dancing. From that night on, Cetera has been a sworn enemy of the groove.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link

336. Nostradamus accurately predicted the rise of Bran Van 3000.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 14:18 (eighteen years ago) link

337. Katrina & the Waves were all trained Navy SEALS.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 14:23 (eighteen years ago) link

338. Derek Bailey is deaf

― Øystein (Øystein), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 14:59 (eighteen years ago) link

339. That chick from Goldfrapp has a treasure map tattooed on her left buttock.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:03 (eighteen years ago) link

340. A young Madonna worked as an au pair for the Jackson family

― Candicissima (candicissima), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:04 (eighteen years ago) link

341. Los Lobos is an anagram for "Salty Balls"

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link

342. At the time of his death, Michael Hutchence was considering taking Aussie rockers INXS in an entirely new, avant garde, direction. Among the CDs found in his hotel room were: Stockhausen's 'Stimmung', 'Out to Lunch' by Eric Dolphy, Pat Metheny's 'Zero Tolerance for Silence' and Bob Graettinger's 'City of Glass' by the Stan Kenton Orchestra.

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link

343. In Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light", the lyric "Some silicone sister with a manager mister / told me I go what it takes" is a reference to Dolly Parton, with whom Bruce had a brief, illicit affair.

― scamperingalpaca (Chris Hill), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:11 (eighteen years ago) link

344. Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" is about a May-December relationship.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link

345. Before the music thing exploded, Devendra Banhart was in line to replace the current voice actor for Ernie, the Keebler Elf.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:43 (eighteen years ago) link

346. Jacques Brel kept his voice in shape by eating pussy every day.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link

347. Will Oldham, Devendra Banhart, E, Jason Lytle, Sam Beam, and Paddy McAloon all bought their beards via a cut-rate online costume shop. The spirit gum gave E a rash, hence his newer clean-shaven image.

― scamperingalpaca (Chris Hill), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 16:58 (eighteen years ago) link

358. Bands named after catchphrases of cult darts commentator Sid Waddell include Avenged Sevenfold, Voice of the Beehive, and The Beatles.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Rapper 50 Cent Blasts Colonel Oliver North For Role In Iran Contra Affair

Rapper and political activist 50 Cent has come out with heaters blazing against Colonel Oliver North for his alleged role in the tangled Iran Contra scandal. In an interview in the latest issue of Vibe, 50 had this to say about the sordid ordeal:

"These government n****s like this mofo Oliver North cat are fronting like they all heroic and sh*t with this guns for hostages bullsh*t, but the truth is that they causing all kinds of problems in Nicaragua and the Mid-East -- all praises be and all that sh*t, nahmsaying? It's like, yeah, they saving like 10 people, hostages, you know-- from the US of A!-- nahmsaying, but it's like, there's about 5,000 people dying in Nicaragua during all this. On top of all that, you know, they violating UN sanctions."

50 Cent went on to perform what some political commentators are calling a "verbal drive-by" on President Ronald Reagan, who he described in unequivocal terms as a "braindead Alzheimer's-having motherf***er."

Jason Farmer, a spokesperson from 50's record label Interscope had not read the interview at press time, but didn't believe that the rapper's inflammatory comments would have an effect on album sales. Of course, some beg to differ: the Republican Party, which has traditionally embraced the pro-gun and pro-money sentiments championed in 50's Billboard topping record Get Rich or Die Tryin', is now in the process of organizing a nationwide boycott of the album.

― Vestigial Appendages, Esq. (King Kobra), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link

That was 359, BTW

― Vestigial Appendages, Esq. (King Kobra), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link

360. Amy Grant still breast feeds her eldest son, Loughridge, 23.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link

James Chance is black

― matlewis (matlewis), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 18:53 (eighteen years ago) link

362. 2 Live Crew's "We Want Some Pussy" was originally penned as an ode to Marissa, Luther Campbell's grey tabby cat.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link

363. Calexico are in fact They Might Be Giants in really shitty disguises.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol was interviewed by the BBC as a possible 10th Doctor Who. He was rejected because it was found he genuinely believed the BBC has a real TARDIS which could "take him anywhere, like to see The Carpenters in 1970".

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link

364, that, obv.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link

365. Quite apart from being an amusingly ironic addition to any music video, Gary Coleman is also a shit-hot session bassist.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link

366. The main event of Wrestlemania XII originally featured Doink the Clown vs Jeff Lynne.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link

367. Britney Spears has the world's largest collection of outsider art and is a silent partner in several well-known galleries.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 20:52 (eighteen years ago) link

368. Before the record company pushed for "Axel F", Crazy Frog's debut single was going to be a cover of "Black Hole Sun"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 20:56 (eighteen years ago) link

369. David Bowie holds the patent for popular 1980's game, 'Connect 4'.

― moley, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link

370. The scream at the start of "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players is actually provided by reedy voiced TV finance expert Alvin Hall.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 21:05 (eighteen years ago) link

371. Eagle-eyed viewers will have spotted that Alan Sugar's receptionist on The Apprentice UK was in fact Royce Da 5'9"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link

372. The best selling album of all-time is "Trout Mask Replica" by Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band

― chris besinger (chris besinger), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link

373. Mogwai and Arab Strap signed a joint death pact in 1997, to be acted upon exactly ten years from that date, in 2007. Three weeks later, Aidan Moffat accidentally left the pact in an ex-girlfriend's bedroom. He has not been in contact with her since. Thus, the pact's whereabouts are currently unknown, and it is therefore nullified until it is found. The Arab Strap single "Love Detective" contains veiled references to this incident.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link

374. "Hit 'Em Up" was co-written by Stephen Pastel.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 21:25 (eighteen years ago) link

375. Since his retirement from production work, Sir George Martin has been working on a device that will finally be able to provide an objective analysis of what constitutes a 'good' melody.

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link

376. Shellac takes such along time to record their albums because of all the overdubbing

― chris besinger (chris besinger), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 21:32 (eighteen years ago) link

377. In 2003, Wire Magazine declared Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" to be the key song in the genesis of mathrock.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 13 July 2005 21:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Murder City Devils vocalist Spencer Moody had a very small cameo in the first Revenge of the Nerds movie.

― Lemming Radio, Wednesday, 13 July 2005 22:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Due to poor craftsmanship, LL Cool J's nine was in truth nearly impossible to load.

― Well, Big Kyle Says This:, Thursday, 14 July 2005 02:15 (eighteen years ago) link

380. Frat rock duo Ween is actually an ongoing side project of Tom Waits and Keiji Haino "just to goof around."

381. Lil' Jon is terribly, terribly agoraphobic.

382. Johnny Cash? Gay as a circus.

383. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan had an enormous collection of pogo sticks, most of which had names.

384. The Beatles "Dr Robert" was actually written as an homage to John Lennon's childhood pet, Doctor Rabbit.

385. Morrissey wrote "Frankly Mr Shankly" not as a dig at Geoff Travis, but in fact as a slight directed at Liverpool manager Bill Shankly, Morrissey always having been more of a Newcastle United man himself.

386. When Ozzy left, the other members of Black Sabbath were really after Elton John to take his place. Though he was never officially a member, it was in fact he who wrote and sang "Sign of the Southern Cross," though it's always been credited to Ronnie James Dio.

387. Neil Young can ball, man. Neil Young got game.

388. Bone Crusher often cites shakuhachi player Kohachiro Miyata as "a major influence of mine, you know?"

― Well, Big Kyle Says This: (Well, Big Kyle Says This:), Thursday, 14 July 2005 02:55 (eighteen years ago) link

389. Right this very minute on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Johnny Depp just said he's wearing the same genie pants MC Hammer wore in the "U Can't Touch This" video.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 14 July 2005 03:02 (eighteen years ago) link

390. Oh, the Who's "Behind Blue Eyes"? It's about Sinatra.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 14 July 2005 03:05 (eighteen years ago) link

391. It is speculated that John Philip Sousa was a homosexual. Legend has it that "Under the Double Eagle" was named after an experience he had in a gay bathhouse.

― Bruce Bwned (Matt Chesnut), Thursday, 14 July 2005 03:07 (eighteen years ago) link

392. Donna Summer once said in an interview that AIDS was God's revenge on homosexuality.

― donuty! donuti! donuté! (donut), Thursday, 14 July 2005 03:07 (eighteen years ago) link

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