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

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980. The song 'Lone Ranger' by Quantum Leap contains the maori placename "Taumatawhakatangi
hangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu"

which, when translated, means "20 years from now this place will be crawling with Lord of the Rings obsessives"

― Sly and the Family Stallone (Sly and the Family Stallone), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link

981. Lennon and McCartney wrote all their own songs.

― whatever (boglogger), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Authechre were the brains behind Jive Bunny and the Megamixers.

― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link

983. Daniel Miller hasn't done any actual work at Mute since mid-2002, instead spending his time looking at porn and running a "worked" MMA federation on the company's dollar. Workers within this illicit second venture have expressed frustration at Miller's haphazard booking style and insistence on using Fad Gadget songs for all entrance music.

― Michael A Neuman (Ferg), Wednesday, 15 February 2006 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link

984. KT Tunstall's rider consists of a large pot of Marmite.

― whatever (boglogger), Saturday, 18 February 2006 07:35 (eighteen years ago) link

985. Fans of the Strokes can be deciphered by taste.

― Lazy Guy, Tuesday, 21 February 2006 05:32 (eighteen years ago) link

986. Will Oldham's beard is on loan from Terry Riley's Big House of Beards in Berkley.

― what does this confusing fream mean? (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 05:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Franz Ferdinand based their sound on 'Back Off Boogaloo' by Ringo Starr,

― Peter Griffiths (young sensation gruppe), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Bob Marley was Welsh

― young sensation gruppe (young sensation gruppe), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:04 (eighteen years ago) link

989. Instead of lodging an appeal against his Austrian imprisonment for Holocaust denial, David Irving instead plans to collaborate on a cover of Repubblica's "Drop Dead Gorgeous" with Pendulum, in the belief that this will increase his popularity with the public.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link

990. Popular gay scat fetish act the "Hot Lunch" was an integral part of early Tallulah Gosh gigs.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:07 (eighteen years ago) link

991. Yellowcard are so called because frontman Ryan Key received a temporary "yellow card" on ILM in 2002 for accusing Cassius of being "prentious, and probably gay".

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link

992. Cassius are officially the most heterosexual act to have ever had a UK top 40 single.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:25 (eighteen years ago) link

993. there's no business like show business

― dr x o'skeleton, Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:28 (eighteen years ago) link

994. Since December 13th 2005, Alan Donohoe, lead singer of the Rakes, has been sat in front of his PC surviving only on a diet of sour cream and chive Pringles, so he can be sure of posting the 1000th fact to this thread. Industry insiders believe it will make reference to either the Young Rascals or Az.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link

995. Late news: There is one business like show business.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:43 (eighteen years ago) link

996. Johnny Cash supplemented his income by writing a highly successful series of physiotherapy textbooks under the unconvincing pseudonym Joan E. Cash.

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:51 (eighteen years ago) link

997. Johnny Cash was only invited to become a member of The Highwaymen at a late stage, when a chest infection meant that Sade wouldn't be able to take lead vocal duties.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link

998. After replacing Gareth in 1987, Miles Hunt's reign in the Cockney Rhyming Slang dictionary is coming under threat from James Blunt. He was hoping to make it to 20 years and has only increased activity with Wonderstuff in order to keep his public profile high enough and remain in the dictionary

― Sly and the Family Stallone (Sly and the Family Stallone), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:33 (eighteen years ago) link

After the singer from Modern Romance propositioned each member of Bananarama in turn backstage on TOTP in 1985, the Bananas kidnapped him, shaved his head, made him drink bleach, castrated him and sewed his member into his mouth.

― riotgrrrrrl, Wednesday, 22 February 2006 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link

1000. Contrary to popular rumour Alan Donohoe does not like sour cream and chive flavoured pringles and, due to an altercation with a 24 hour garage attendant, suffers pringles based flashbacks.

Since then he has only eaten the cheese and onion dippers pringles. He still use the same garage, but sends "thoughtful, literate gangsta rapper (Allmusic)" AZ out to buy them... and salsa dip (mild)

― Sly and the Family Stallone (Sly and the Family Stallone), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

email:ca920105@gmail.com I just like spam! I'm collocting junk email...

― JAPHspam, Monday, 13 March 2006 01:46 (eighteen years ago) link

1001. All three members of 65daysofstatic are highly regarded members of the World Poker Tour circuit, and in fact met for the first time at the 1999 World Series of Poker, where between them they won over $4 million in prize money.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 13 March 2006 02:09 (eighteen years ago) link

1002. Before they learnt to play instruments, the majority of The Boy Least Likely To's record output consisted of sinisterly whispered conversations about which female celebrities the band would like to attack with garden tools.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 13 March 2006 02:20 (eighteen years ago) link

1003. Morten Gamst Pedersen has fucked all three Pipettes.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 13 March 2006 02:20 (eighteen years ago) link

1004. Richie Hawtin and Varg Vikernes are second cousins.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Monday, 13 March 2006 02:21 (eighteen years ago) link

fenriz from darkthrone is a huge hawtin fan

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 13 March 2006 02:34 (eighteen years ago) link

1005. Rapper 50 Cent and world-famous pianist Elton John were both born on the same day in 1948 at the same hospital in Watford and were both originally named Reg Dwight. They were obliged by Equity to adopt different names when, in the late 60s, they collaborated for a West End musical called 'Up The Hornets'.

― Tehrannosaurus HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, 16 March 2006 08:40 (eighteen years ago) link

1006. In 1978 one of Keith Richards' mansions burnt to the ground due to the ineptitude of the Kent Fire Brigade who at this time were carrying out a short-lived experiment of literally 'fighting fire with fire'. For reasons which have never become clear, Richards blamed Keith Chegwin for this tragedy, resulting in a grudge which lasts to this very day.

― Tehrannosaurus HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, 16 March 2006 08:43 (eighteen years ago) link

1007. Prior to their breakthrough hit 'When Will I Be Famous' in 1988, an administrative error on the part of Bedfordshire County Council allowed Luke and Matt Goss to earn a living for nearly three months employed to remove asparagus from Aylesbury Swimming Pool every morning before the punters arrived. This experience was obliquely referred to in 'Drop The Boy'.

― Tehrannosaurus HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, 16 March 2006 08:46 (eighteen years ago) link

1008. Tim DeLaughter has used the proceeds from the first polyphonic spree CD to buy a complex, just outside Waco, for him and his acolytes. He's also mixing up special vats of Kool Aid for the ensemble to drink

― Sly and the Family Stallone (Sly and the Family Stallone), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 07:02 (eighteen years ago) link

1009. Deuce continue to blame their commercial failure on their record label's decision to scrap the initial version of their debut album, which had been entirely penned by Half Man Half Biscuit's Nigel Blackwell; more specifically, they believe that their label's failure to sufficiently push lead single "Elton Welsby In Poundstretcher At Midnight" set their career and consequently the British pop industry back five years.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 08:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Reel Around the Fountain is about Morrissey's friendship with Michael Jackson.

― Cunga (Cunga), Sunday, 9 April 2006 00:42 (eighteen years ago) link

1010. ^

― Cunga (Cunga), Sunday, 9 April 2006 00:43 (eighteen years ago) link

1011. The Cocteau Twins were conjoined at birth, but seperated surgically soon thereafter. To this day, one of them requires the use of a robotic kidney fashioned from a hollowed out Nerf ball and a stopwatch.

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Sunday, 9 April 2006 16:27 (eighteen years ago) link

1012. Q-Tip's favourite single of the past 25 years is "The Only Difference between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" by Panic! At The Disco

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 9 April 2006 16:29 (eighteen years ago) link

1013. Following the success of her tv show Lil' Kim is to present a gardening show called Bitches n' hoes.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 9 April 2006 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link

1014. Young Jeezy has never worked a day in his life, and was a millionaire from birth. This is because his great-grandfather devised the ELO, or "chess" method of ranking sportsmen.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 9 April 2006 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link

1015. Tim McGraw used to sling D in the Pennington Projects in Newark, New Jersey, before hitting it big in music. He still has a tatoo that says "Brick City" on his left shoulder.

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link

1016. Dope boys do not, in fact, go crazy when they hear that boy Jay-Z. According to the latest Gallup poll, dope boys prefer Cam'ron by a 16% margin.

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Sunday, 9 April 2006 18:12 (eighteen years ago) link

two months pass...

1017. Wondering who America's biggest "soccer" fan is? Look no further than Regina Spektor. She's seen an estimated three whole football games in their entirity, as well as having once been in the same seafood restaurant as Tord Grip.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 10 June 2006 10:51 (eighteen years ago) link

1018. DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia was inspired to become a musician after hearing Whitney Houston perform "I'm Every Woman" live at a benifit concert for Eastern European orphans.

― It's Rodney, pimp! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 11 June 2006 04:27 (eighteen years ago) link

1019. In the early 80's, Rick Rubin played in Phil Collins' touring band.

― It's Rodney, pimp! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 11 June 2006 04:41 (eighteen years ago) link

1020. Nabisco is Dave Matthews.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 11 June 2006 04:51 (eighteen years ago) link

1021. Sammy Hagar was an extra in the movie Xanadu.

― It's Rodney, pimp! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 11 June 2006 06:46 (eighteen years ago) link

1022. Silkk The Shocker has had sex with all three members of Sleater-Kinney.

― It's Rodney, pimp! (R. J. Greene), Sunday, 11 June 2006 06:52 (eighteen years ago) link

1023. Basement Jaxx "Where's Your Head At?" was based on a old unused demo by The Supremes and the lyrics are the same.

(many people believed this one)

― JTS (JTS), Monday, 12 June 2006 01:17 (eighteen years ago) link

1024. Michael Stipe's conversion to vegetarianism was inspired in part by lingering humiliation over his pre-R.E.M. days, when he paid his way through college by attending classes dressed as a chicken to promote a local restaurant. The lyrics of "Seven Chinese Brothers" describe a particularly embarrassing encounter outside of his Women's Studies class.

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 12 June 2006 15:14 (eighteen years ago) link

1025. Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn refuses to drink in any bar where he does not hold one of the high scores in Golden Tee.

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 12 June 2006 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link

1026: KT Tunstall was one of the kids singing "It's 'Orrible Being in Love When You're 8 1/2"

― JTS (JTS), Monday, 12 June 2006 16:34 (eighteen years ago) link

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