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

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493. ...and the band 'Deke and Blue' decided to change their name to Deacon Blue after a review of one of their early gigs was incorrectly transcribed by an NME copy taker. They had already changed their name from Dave, Deke and Blue, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich thinking that no-one would believe the co-incidence that they all had the same names as the famous 60s hit paraders.

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Friday, 15 July 2005 21:13 (eighteen years ago) link

494. The anonymous producers behind 90s Euro-poppers 2 Unlimited were, in fact, Detroit techno pioneers Kevin Saunderson and Blake Baxter.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 15 July 2005 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link

495. Gordon Oliver was given the stage name Gordon Gano due to his notorious homophobia.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 15 July 2005 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link

496. Contrary to popular belief, Dean Martin didn't spend the final ten years of his life in a hermit-like existence due to grief over his son's death. In fact, he was an integral part of the Stock/Aitken/Waterman hit factory, and performed lyric writing duties on tracks as varied as "I Don't Believe In Miracles" by Sinitta and "Can't Shake The Feeling" by Big Fun.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 15 July 2005 21:44 (eighteen years ago) link

497. Eagle-eyed cinema buffs may well have noticed that one of the gangs in the final scene of Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle was portrayed by members of the cast of Jackass. However, what you may not have noticed is that the Mexican gang were actually The Monochrome Set in stupid moustaches.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 15 July 2005 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link

498. Justin Timberlake's biological mother is inoffensive comedian Rita Rudner. She's been able to drop out of the public spotlight and live a comfortable existence at home because Timberlake provides for her.

499. "American Idol" also-ran Justin Guarini was actually a sophisticated animatronic device built by Cal Tech grad students to sing random notes and lyrics. His success on "Idol" surprised everyone involved.

500. Haruomi Hosono from the group YMO composed the theme to the popular game show "Jeopardy!". Because of this, Alex Trebek has become a huge YMO fan, sometimes shelling out hundreds of dollars for rare imports.

― The Kind and Benevolent Oracle of Dee (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 16 July 2005 04:35 (eighteen years ago) link

30 Bangin' Tunes That You've Already Got ... IN A DIFFERENT ORDER!
Best. Screen Name. Ever.

-- Tantrum The Cat (tantrumtheca...) (webmail), July 15th, 2005 5:33 PM. (Tantrum The Cat) (later) (link)

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/a/ae/Ibiza.jpg

― Jon, remind me again why you haven't drowned in your own vomit (ex machina), Saturday, 16 July 2005 04:44 (eighteen years ago) link

So that he wouldn't be mistaken for his dad (director Klaus Kinski), Klaus Kinski of the band Kinski changed his name to Chris Martin.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Saturday, 16 July 2005 05:19 (eighteen years ago) link

502. Hit teen-com "Drake and Josh" is based upon the relationship between Graham Coxon and Alex James.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 July 2005 09:07 (eighteen years ago) link

503. Whilst earlier teen-com hit Boy Meets World was based on the childhood memories of Leonard Cohen. The character in the show known as "Topanga" inspired the young Cohen to write Suzanne.

― The Jive Session (elwisty), Saturday, 16 July 2005 14:07 (eighteen years ago) link

504. Pete Waterman persuaded Kylie Minogue to record The Locomotion as part of a subtle plan to train Kylie to become a driver of his large collection of historic steam engines. The plan backfired when Kylie revealed she holds a lifelong antipathy towards the Great Western Railway.

505. In 1995, Norman Cook and Paul Heaton joined forces in an attempt to help fellow Housemartin Hugh Whitaker break out of prison. However, Humberside Police heard about the plan, and laid in wait to capture all three immediately after the breakout. A Humberside police officer who considered himself "Beats International's number one fan" tipped Cook off about the ambush, and the escape was cancelled at the last minute.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Saturday, 16 July 2005 15:04 (eighteen years ago) link

506. Souljah Slim is the former social secretary of Sheffield Hallam University's rowing club. "Souljah Slim" was in fact a nickname he picked up after attending a fancy dress pub crawl disguised as Pike from Dad's Army.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 July 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link

507. In terms of record sales, the most popular band of the past 25 years are Rachel Stamp.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 July 2005 21:09 (eighteen years ago) link

508. The New Zealand version of Bargain Hunt is hosted by Just Blaze.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 July 2005 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link

509. Indie-rock website "Pitchfork Media" was set up by the Indian guy from racially abusive 1970s sitcom Mind Your Language

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 16 July 2005 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link

"Benji and Joel of Good Charlotte fame once thought they had discovered a new chord in high school. When they showed their music professor, he told them it was a 'C' Chord, which has been around since Beethoven"

I can't take credit for that little nuggest though.

http://groups.msn.com/TheGoodCharlotteCommunity/gcfacts.msnw

― Cunga (Cunga), Sunday, 17 July 2005 19:59 (eighteen years ago) link

511. Neve Campbells famous no nudity clause was inspired by her less famous but equally strong love of proto Tatu act The Indigo Girls.

― The Jive Session (elwisty), Sunday, 17 July 2005 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link

(hahaha, are you watching Scream just now as well?)

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 17 July 2005 20:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Also, I know this is the tiredest meme ever, but, honestly, BEST THREAD EVER!

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 17 July 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link

507. In terms of record sales, the most popular band of the past 25 years are Rachel Stamp.

That just slew me, for some reason.

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Avoidant (Ferg), Sunday, 17 July 2005 20:40 (eighteen years ago) link

512: Doctor John was neither a doctor, nor was his name John. He was actually a butcher from Lancaster named Robert.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 July 2005 20:41 (eighteen years ago) link

513: R. Kelly is a horrible claustrophobe; the writing and performance of the "Trapped in the Closet" cycle is part of his therapy.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 July 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link

514. Ciara's grandparents (from different sides of the family) include Ethel Merman and Howlin' Wolf.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 July 2005 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link

515. Stevie Wonder is actually not blind; it's just an attention-getting device.

516. Prince, however, has been deaf for the past six years.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 July 2005 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link

517. Tupac Shakur is dead.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 July 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link

518. Kanye has only got one ball, the other is in Albert Hall; David Schwimmer has something similar, but Pharrell has no balls at all.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 July 2005 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link

519. British hip-hop star Blak Twang got his stage name due to starting his career out as a Duane Eddy tribute act.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 17 July 2005 21:06 (eighteen years ago) link

(hahaha, are you watching Scream just now as well?)

Yeh I was did you notice the rather incongrous Indigo Girls poster on her wall as well?

― The Jive Session (elwisty), Sunday, 17 July 2005 22:12 (eighteen years ago) link

520. "Here Come the Warm Jets" was supposed to be the commercial jingle for Braniff.

― More like Tony GAYO am I right? Fellas? (Matt Chesnut), Monday, 18 July 2005 04:01 (eighteen years ago) link

521. Gene Simmons does have a cow's tonuge, but not where you might think: it is a souvenir from a cow tipping contest he won at the 1987 Iowa State Fair.

― More like Tony GAYO am I right? Fellas? (Matt Chesnut), Monday, 18 July 2005 04:04 (eighteen years ago) link

^^^tongue, obv.

522. Glen Campbell was a notorious chubby chaser. His catchphrase in groupie circles was "If it ain't got that bootle, she ain't getting Campbell's chicken noodle."

― More like Tony GAYO am I right? Fellas? (Matt Chesnut), Monday, 18 July 2005 04:17 (eighteen years ago) link

523. Spiritualized's Jason Pierce has not spoken an audible, complete sentence since August 28, 2002.

― 30 Bangin' Tunes That You've Already Got ... IN A DIFFERENT ORDER! (Barry Brune, Monday, 18 July 2005 04:24 (eighteen years ago) link

524. 12% of the sales of White Stripes "Get Behind Me Satan" are purchases made in the mistaken belief that it is the soundtrack to "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory"

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Monday, 18 July 2005 14:54 (eighteen years ago) link

525. An EU policy requires exactly 2 in 5 Scandinavian-made hip-hop songs to be reminiscent of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" in order to be considered for radio play or chart entry.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Monday, 18 July 2005 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link

526. David Bowie doesn't just have two differently colored eyes: he's blind. Iggy Pop wrote "I Wanna Be Your Dog" when he read a piece about Bowie in "Reader's Digest," felt bad, and wanted to help out.

527. Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan was born and raised in Iowa.

528. Sandy Denny was allergic to peanuts. She had to leave Fairport Convention because Richard Thompson was addicted to them.

529. Van Halen had no idea "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" was an acronym.

530. Polly Jean Harvey's dad was Benny Hill.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 02:23 (eighteen years ago) link

531. Chuck Klosterman doesn't really need glasses -- he just wears them to pick up chicks.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 02:25 (eighteen years ago) link

532. Jeff Buckley's dad was actually Todd Rundgren.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 02:28 (eighteen years ago) link

533. A young Robert Pollard can be spotted in the audience duirng the Pere Ubu sequence of the 1981 film "Urgh! A Music War."

534. Joy Division took their name from 1920's surreallist/dadaist Joi de Vision.

535, John Lennon can be heard to mutter "I buried Paul" for real during the fade-out of "How Do You Sleep"

― Declan Zimmerman, Wednesday, 20 July 2005 07:51 (eighteen years ago) link

536. 154 is number 28

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 08:30 (eighteen years ago) link

537. Exceptor frontman and No Neck Blues Band alum, John Fell Ryan got his big break in music as a founding member of the American two tone band Bim Skala Bim.

― OLD SPICE® CHEMTRAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ex machina), Friday, 22 July 2005 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link

The idea of "Everyday is Like Sunday" goes back to when Morrissey was a five-year-old boy roaming the Stretford streets with his father. It was during Christmas break while looking out his car window when Steven was confused as to why all the little shops were closed. "Why is the candy store closed on a Tuesday, father?", he asked. "Everyday is like a Sunday this time of year, Steven".

― Cunga (Cunga), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 22:40 (eighteen years ago) link

539. Thin Lizzy's "Cowboy Song" is based on the real-life exploits of the young Phil Lynott; hence its ultra-realism and obsessive attention to detail about western living.

540. EVERY song written by Stuart "Adam Ant" Goddard actually happened. That's his policy, sworn on a blood oath.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 04:26 (eighteen years ago) link

541. Atlanta Braves slugger Julio Franco was an original member of Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs. He played bass, and sometimes rhythm guitar.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 04:30 (eighteen years ago) link

542. Burzum's Varg Vikernes has recently become a born again Christian. In fact very soon he plans to record his next opus, an unofficial soundtrack to Mel Gibson's Jesus epic called "My Burning Passion".

― latebloomer: You may order a puppet similar to this one (latebloomer), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 05:17 (eighteen years ago) link

542. Diplo invented Brazilian poverty.

― DMB Googleplex (Matt Chesnut), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 05:17 (eighteen years ago) link

544. Franz Ferdinand actually got their band name by taking the names of their two hairdressers.

― DMB Googleplex (Matt Chesnut), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 05:20 (eighteen years ago) link

They only have 2?

― Tumililingan (ex machina), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 05:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Back when they were on Domino, it's all they had a budget for.

― DMB Googleplex (Matt Chesnut), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 05:25 (eighteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch and director Wes Anderson are both closet homosexuals and have been dating in secret since 1999.

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 15 August 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Supposed Gimmicks of Yore
546. On stage Kelly Osbourne blew up a goat.
547. In the early days the Village People used to pass a bowl through the audience, and after everybody spit it in - - they'd drink it!!
548. I heard that Wings stomped on baby chickens with their big ol' rock boots.

All true!

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Monday, 15 August 2005 21:40 (eighteen years ago) link

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