FabSwingers.com forum: Random music facts

By *WALKink OP Couple
over a year ago

Eastbourne

Here we go then, the most random music facts you can think of...

Mine:

The opening drum sequence on "Ant Music" was played by....

Phil Collins

And go!!!!!

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By *orthyorkypairCouple
over a year ago

North Yorkshire

When John Anderson wrote Whiskey Lullaby he thought it would never be recorded as it was too morbid and too long, It went on to be a million seller for brad and alison

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Paul Simon wrote Homeward Bound at Widnes train station...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kurt Cobain wrote "Heart-Shaped Box" about his wife's vagina.

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By *4bimMan
over a year ago

Farnborough Hampshire

P diddy has to pay sting 5000 dollars a day for the rest of his life for sampling 'every breath you take' without permission

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By *WALKink OP Couple
over a year ago

Eastbourne

Love these, keep it going!

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By *urnedoutniceagainMan
over a year ago

louth

In the 1970s hit knock 3 times by Tony Orlando and Dawn the knocking on the pipe sound was done by my grandad who was a plumber who was unblocking a toilet in the recording study whilst they recorded it.

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By *obilebottomMan
over a year ago

All over

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By *obilebottomMan
over a year ago

All over

Cows produce more milk when listening to Slow music

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
over a year ago

Manchester-ish

Richard Osman from Pointless' brother plays bass in the band Suede.

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By *unfunfun xMan
over a year ago

LONDON

My work colleague brother was in big band in the 80s, taylor dane looks amazing today as she did in the 80s, not quite what the op asked but erm suddup your face kept Vienna of number 1 spot a fact your all know.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Only one white singer has ever had a number one in the Black American music charts.

Dusty Springfield...Son Of a Preacher man.

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By *elix SightedMan
over a year ago

Cloud 8

Martin Freeman (The Office, The Hobbit) has a brother who started a band called Frazier Chorus. They only made three albums to little critical acclaim, and have long since stopped recording, but I like them!

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By *elix SightedMan
over a year ago

Cloud 8

Chris Martin wrote ‘Clocks’ for Coldplay. It was his great grandfather that first proposed to government the clocks should be moved twice per year - what we now know as daylight saving.

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, and Elvis Presley....All didn't know how to read music....

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock

Five Star are shit

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By *ullyMan
over a year ago

Near Clacton

Leslie Neilson is a wicked Banjo player.

And the Sax solo on Baker street was an accident, it was written for guitar but the player left his guitar on a train on the way to the studio and asked a leaving band who had finished recording if they could lend a guitar but they only had a spare sax!!

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By *WALKink OP Couple
over a year ago

Eastbourne

"Only one white singer has ever had a number one in the Black American music charts.

Dusty Springfield...Son Of a Preacher man."

Love this one! Proper fact

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By *WALKink OP Couple
over a year ago

Eastbourne

"Leslie Neilson is a wicked Banjo player.

Steve Martin too. Ukulele as well I believe

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By *WALKink OP Couple
over a year ago

Eastbourne

The music for the kids cartoon "Spider" was all written by the bassist and drummer of Status Quo (John Edwards and Jeff Rich)

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By *oantrimcpl2010Couple
over a year ago

Lisburn

In “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Freddie Mercury plays on the same piano that was used by Paul McCartney in “Hey Jude”.

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

"Here we go then, the most random music facts you can think of...

Mine:

The opening drum sequence on "Ant Music" was played by....

Phil Collins

And go!!!!!"

I'm pretty sure it was later songs puss in boots and strip...not ant music..that was from kings of wild frontier album era when they had two drummers none which were Phil Collins..

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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago

Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’

Eddie Money (RIP), on the song "Shakin'"

sang: " Her tits were shakin'".

He said in an interview that he thought it would be funny to add it in as radio stations would play & not realise it till it was too late. By then they couldn't do anything about it! His manager was furious as he felt it could have been a top 5 hit had he not done it.

If ya don't believe - listen carefully a little after 1:02. They'll still be shakin....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tcD_dVcXE4

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brian Jones of the Rolling stones died at the same house that AA Milne wrote Winnie the Pooh and he also died there ( Cotchford Farm) near Heartfield East Sussex

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Rolling Stone's always had a bassist but when Bill Wyman left, the new bassist was never in a Rolling Stone's photo.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Freddie Mercury played the same piano on Bohemian Rhapsody that Paul McCartney played for Hey Jude.

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By *he love catsCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

Robert Smith was in three band's at the same time, The Cure, Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Glove, it nearly killed him from exhaustion.

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By *hisCharManMan
over a year ago

South Manchester

Whigfield was the first artist to enter the UK top 40 chart at number one with their debut single Saturday Night.

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By *ullyMan
over a year ago

Near Clacton

Leslie Neilson is a wicked Banjo player.

Steve Martin too. Ukulele as well I believe

Oh my gosh yes your right, I got the two guys mixed up. Forgive me for I have sinned on F.S. I don't have a telly, nor watch films, well that's my excuse.. Ha ha ha thanks.

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
over a year ago

Manchester-ish

TV presenter and science hottie Professor Brian Cox played keyboard for D:Ream of Things Can Only Get Better fame.

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By *uckie and CreamCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

Chas & Dave were session musicians on Labi Siffre's "I Got The", the song that was heavily sampled on Eminem's "My Name Is".

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By *tar80sWoman
over a year ago

Southampton

Metallica toured all seven continents in the same year. In 2013, Metallica played a concert for 120 scientists and competition winners at the Carlini Station in Antarctica - in a transparent dome. After that, the band received a new Guinness World Record title as the first musical act to play on all seven continents.

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Dorchester

A shrimps heart is in its head

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Little Richards 'Tutti Fruity' was originally a song about anal sex- which obviously wasn't going to get radio time in 50's America, so the lyrics were 'sanitised' by a friend of the label owner- giving him his first major hit and onwards to global stardom

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Little Richards 'Tutti Fruity' was originally a song about anal sex- which obviously wasn't going to get radio time in 50's America, so the lyrics were 'sanitised' by a friend of the label owner- giving him his first major hit and onwards to global stardom"

I didnt realise he was gay until last week.

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By *wingin CatMan
over a year ago

London

On Louie Louie by The Kingsmen, the singer starts to sing the last verse one bar too early. He suddenly stops, and can be heard yelling in the background.

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By *oofy321Man
over a year ago

moon base zero

"TV presenter and science hottie Professor Brian Cox played keyboard for D:Ream of Things Can Only Get Better fame.

But he didn't play on that song

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By *oofy321Man
over a year ago

moon base zero

Chuck berry's my ding a ling was about a little bell and not his knob

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ginger Baker played the drum on Public Image Ltd "Rise" although JR was not sure if it was actually used on the final cut

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By *wingin CatMan
over a year ago

London

"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones was banned in certain states of America, because of the lyrics which contained "I'm trying to make some girl".

Some people claimed he actually replaced "make" with the "R" word.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

There are a few urban myths about the beatles.. There was one along the lines of.. If you played the outro of the album backwards you could hear "i buried paul".. I think it wa sgt peppers. One of you genii will know.

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By *wingin CatMan
over a year ago

London

"Chuck berry's my ding a ling was about a little bell and not his knob"

And was originally recorded by Fats Domino soundalike Dave Bartholomew in 1952.

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By *wingin CatMan
over a year ago

London

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By *wingin CatMan
over a year ago

London

"There are a few urban myths about the beatles.. There was one along the lines of.. If you played the outro of the album backwards you could hear "i buried paul".. I think it wa sgt peppers. One of you genii will know. "

I'd say they were nut-job conspiracy theories rather than "urban myths", mainly the work of American conspiracy theorists (what a surprise) - and yes, there were many, including the one where Paul McCartney was supposedely killed in a car accident in 1966.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My work colleague brother was in big band in the 80s, taylor dane looks amazing today as she did in the 80s, not quite what the op asked but erm suddup your face kept Vienna of number 1 spot a fact your all know. "

It also kept John Lennons "Woman" off the No.1 spot too after Vienna dropped down the charts!

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By *wingin CatMan
over a year ago

London

It also kept John Lennons "Woman" off the No.1 spot too after Vienna dropped down the charts!

Not strictly true. "Woman" was No. 1 for the two weeks of February 1981, but was knocked off the spot by "Shaddap You Face".

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By *rsPricklePantsWoman
over a year ago

Room 237 at The Overlook Hotel, Suffolk

Rock Bottom Remainders is a band made up of writers including Stephen King and Matt Groening

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sadly, my favourite music fact isn't true, but Danny Baker started a rumour that this sax solo was played by Nicolas Parsons.

I heard this story loads of times over the years but he confessed to making it up in his auto biography.

I don't know whether I felt disappointed or impressed at this lie!

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By *tar80sWoman
over a year ago

Southampton

"Rock Bottom Remainders is a band made up of writers including Stephen King and Matt Groening "

I love this! Thank you!

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

"P diddy has to pay sting 5000 dollars a day for the rest of his life for sampling 'every breath you take' without permission "

A few days later P Diddy said he was being facetious about paying the money and that he and Sting are great friends

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By *rsPricklePantsWoman
over a year ago

Room 237 at The Overlook Hotel, Suffolk

"Rock Bottom Remainders is a band made up of writers including Stephen King and Matt Groening

I love this! Thank you! "

Glad I could help, you're most welcome

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By *MisschiefxTV/TS
over a year ago

London

I used to work in the music industry, the things I've seen....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A great pub quiz question: What links Tommy Steele, Randall and Hopkirk (deceased) and Pink Floyd?

Little White Bull was a hit for Tommy Steele which was co-written by Mike Pratt who played Randall in Randall and Hopkirk (deceased), Mike Pratts son is Guy Pratt who played bass for Pink Floyd on their last two tours and the Division Bell album.

Always liked that fun link.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'The Power of Love' Three different songs with this title, by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Huey Lewis and Jennifer Rush, were in the charts in the same year, 1985.

That one is fun as well.

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By *empted23Couple
over a year ago

countryside

When Fleetwood mac were recording a music video for tusk the band was in such disarray guitarist Lyndsay Buckingham refused to be there so they used a cardboard cut out of him in the video

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By *ldgeezermeMan
over a year ago

Newcastle

It Must Be Love by Madness was written by Labi Siffre and he appears in their video as one of the violinists

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By *wingin CatMan
over a year ago

London

"It Must Be Love by Madness was written by Labi Siffre and he appears in their video as one of the violinists"

Originally recorded by Labi Siffre, and was his first UK chart hit in 1971.

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By *llaandGCouple
over a year ago

London

The Seahorses is the band that John Squires formed after acrimoniously leaving The Stone Roses.

The Seahorses is an anagram of He Hates Roses, but Squires states this is a complete coincidence....

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By *ulfilthmentMan
over a year ago

Just around the corner

Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush was the first self written UK number one single by a female artist.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For years Kate Bush stalked me, endlessly begging me to engage in a wholesome, loving, wildly sex fuelled relationship with her.

Eventually I gave in and agreed to her demands...

...then I woke up

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By *he Silver FuxMan
over a year ago

Uttoxeter

At the time Ultravox released Vienna, Midge Ure had never even been to Austria, let alone Vienna.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A single violin is made from over 70 individual pieces of wood.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The smiths recorded a song called "Reel around the fountain" this is a term that was originally used by homosexuals. To "Reel around the fountain" is when you run your toungue around the tip of someone’s penis until they ejaculate.

PS R.I.P Andy Rourke

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By *oofy321Man
over a year ago

moon base zero

Sadly, my favourite music fact isn't true, but Danny Baker started a rumour that this sax solo was played by Nicolas Parsons.

I heard this story loads of times over the years but he confessed to making it up in his auto biography.

I don't know whether I felt disappointed or impressed at this lie! "

I thought the rumour was Bob hollness

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By *ravelling_WilburyMan
over a year ago

Beverley

Neil Buchannan stopped doing Art Attack! On CITV to pursue his dream of being a punk rock Star

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sadly, my favourite music fact isn't true, but Danny Baker started a rumour that this sax solo was played by Nicolas Parsons.

I heard this story loads of times over the years but he confessed to making it up in his auto biography.

I don't know whether I felt disappointed or impressed at this lie!

I thought the rumour was Bob hollness "

Of course it was. I can't even remember made up stuff anymore

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By *eroMacrMan
over a year ago

Kincardine

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun was written to be sung by a man, which makes it feel kinda creepy once you know that…

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By *lueFireCouple
over a year ago

just somewhere around here

Sadly, my favourite music fact isn't true, but Danny Baker started a rumour that this sax solo was played by Nicolas Parsons.

I heard this story loads of times over the years but he confessed to making it up in his auto biography.

I don't know whether I felt disappointed or impressed at this lie!

I thought the rumour was Bob hollness "

Yes, it was Raphael Ravenscroft not Bob Hollnes Ravevenscroft was convicted of stalking horror writer James Herbert

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By *anes HubbyCouple
over a year ago

Babbacombe Torquay

The song "Up the junction" by Squeeze" was penned and first played in it's rough form in our garage at the bottom of our garden in Eltham.

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By *WALKink OP Couple
over a year ago

Eastbourne

"The song "Up the junction" by Squeeze" was penned and first played in it's rough form in our garage at the bottom of our garden in Eltham."

This song and "Virginia Plain" are the only 2 hits where the title is only ever mentioned as the last 2 words of the song!

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By *WALKink OP Couple
over a year ago

Eastbourne

"Chas & Dave were session musicians on Labi Siffre's "I Got The", the song that was heavily sampled on Eminem's "My Name Is". "

I saw them live once, they did a great song called "Bollocks"

Awesome

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By *empted23Couple
over a year ago

countryside

I’m pretty sure the largest single audience concert so far

Was Metallica - Moscow , not sure the year early 90’s probably

Well over 1 million attended

Other shows have been bigger but over multiple nights

600,000 a night for 3 nights etc

If I’m wrong I’m sure someone will let me know but I’m fairly certain Metallica still have the single audience record

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By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

The 80s classic Vienna by Ultravox was kept from the number 1 spot in the charts by Joe Dolce’s Shaduppayaface.

What’s the matter you, eh!

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By *yjellyfishMan
over a year ago

bristol

Raphael Ravenscroft played that sax solo and what a solo it is. I often hear of people thinking it was Bob Holness

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

On Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away the drum was a cardboard box.

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By *tsJustKateWoman
over a year ago

London

"The Rolling Stone's always had a bassist but when Bill Wyman left, the new bassist was never in a Rolling Stone's photo.

Because he isn't an official member if the Stones

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By *tsJustKateWoman
over a year ago

London

""I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones was banned in certain states of America, because of the lyrics which contained "I'm trying to make some girl".

Some people claimed he actually replaced "make" with the "R" word."

That's just jot true about the R word

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By *inda May SimmonsTV/TS
over a year ago

hexham

"Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, and Elvis Presley....All didn't know how to read music....

Hmmm ? The Beatles?

My understanding is that George Harrison could, the rest couldn’t!

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By *tsJustKateWoman
over a year ago

London

Ralph E. Smiley MD, the Coroner who perfomed the autopsies on Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Richie Valens took his fees from the money they had in their belongings

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By *inda May SimmonsTV/TS
over a year ago

hexham

Kate Bush is a genius and a true child prodigy

So was Mozart

But Kate Bush is much prettier than Mozart ever was

IMHO

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By *WALKink OP Couple
over a year ago

Eastbourne

"Kate Bush is a genius and a true child prodigy

So was Mozart

But Kate Bush is much prettier than Mozart ever was

IMHO

No argument from me on that one!

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By *WALKink OP Couple
over a year ago

Eastbourne

On "Full Moon Fever" by Tom Petty, CD only, there is a bit which tells the CD listener to pause for those listening on cassette or vinyl to turn over to side 2...

The barnyard animals noises are Del Shannon (he of Runnaway fame)

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

Amen Brother by The Winstons, is the most sampled song in history.

Featuring about 6 seconds of a drum break that went on to be the backbone of entire genres of music including Hip-Hop, Dnb/Jungle, Hardcore and countless others.

The Drummer responsible, Gregory C. Coleman, lived his life unaware of the widespread use of his drumming, and how remarkably influential he was on music.

He died homeless and in poverty 2006... never knowing what a legacy he left behind.

6 seconds that changed music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZuq57_bYM&t=93s

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"I’m pretty sure the largest single audience concert so far

Was Metallica - Moscow , not sure the year early 90’s probably

Well over 1 million attended

Other shows have been bigger but over multiple nights

600,000 a night for 3 nights etc

If I’m wrong I’m sure someone will let me know but I’m fairly certain Metallica still have the single audience record "

Rod Stewart at Copacabana maybe, I'm not sure though

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By *ulfilthmentMan
over a year ago

Just around the corner

"I’m pretty sure the largest single audience concert so far

Was Metallica - Moscow , not sure the year early 90’s probably

Well over 1 million attended

Other shows have been bigger but over multiple nights

600,000 a night for 3 nights etc

If I’m wrong I’m sure someone will let me know but I’m fairly certain Metallica still have the single audience record

Rod Stewart at Copacabana maybe, I'm not sure though

For free performances it’s Rod Stewart if Wikipedia is to be believed, followed by Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1997 Moscow show. Both were estimated to have attracted over 3.5 million (!) people. Jarre also holds the record for numbers of performances with over 1 million attendees, with five separate shows.

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By *olmaMan
over a year ago

Kettering

Stevie Wonder plays the Harmonica solo on (There must be an) Angel by the Eurythmics

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Professor brian cox was in the 90s band d'ream.

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By *lueFireCouple
over a year ago

just somewhere around here

"I’m pretty sure the largest single audience concert so far

Was Metallica - Moscow , not sure the year early 90’s probably

Well over 1 million attended

Other shows have been bigger but over multiple nights

600,000 a night for 3 nights etc

If I’m wrong I’m sure someone will let me know but I’m fairly certain Metallica still have the single audience record "

Tashino Airfield

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Here we go then, the most random music facts you can think of...

Mine:

The opening drum sequence on "Ant Music" was played by....

Phil Collins

And go!!!!!"

Are you sure? I thought that Phil Collins only did a couple of songs on the "Strip" album.

On the other hand.... Cosy Powel played drums on Boney-M's Rasputin

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By *dward_TeagueMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

"Only one white singer has ever had a number one in the Black American music charts.

Dusty Springfield...Son Of a Preacher man."

I think George Michael did that too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Beatles never recorded in Abbey Road Studios (true)

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Can't exactly claim this as a 'fact' as its been a while since i saw it, but theres a documentary about Roy Orbison which details how The Travelling Wilberries came about...which goes something along the lines of this

So Jeff Lynn (of ELO) was producing an album for Roy and they decided they needed a certain instrument they didn't have. Jeff just happens to live next to George Harrison, so they popped round as he thought George might have one they could borrow and start chatting about the recording.

While they were there, the phone rings and its Tom Petty- so naturally, they suggest he pops over to join in the party, Tom then suggests they get Bob Dylan to pop over too, as its very much his sort of thing and he's a big Orbison fan...one jamming session later and the rest is history (or slightly misremembered facts in this case- go find the documentary as its actually rather good, but also very sad due to some of Roys appalling bad luck

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By *ax777Man
over a year ago

Not here

"When Fleetwood mac were recording a music video for tusk the band was in such disarray guitarist Lyndsay Buckingham refused to be there so they used a cardboard cut out of him in the video

Cardboard cut out was John McVie

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

"The Beatles never recorded in Abbey Road Studios (true)"

Sorry but that's an urban myth, you can see various YouTube clips of them recording two of their albums at Abbey Road.

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

"The Beatles never recorded in Abbey Road Studios (true)"

The popular myth arises from the fact that two tracks from their album "Abbey Road" were recorded at Trident Studio because during that week Abbey Road was closed for building improvements.

The remaining tracks on that album were recorded at Abbey Road, as were 190-ish of their catalogue

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By *dward_TeagueMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

Delia Smith baked the cake featured on the cover of the Rolling Stones album Let It Bleed

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over a year ago

"Kate Bush is a genius and a true child prodigy

So was Mozart

But Kate Bush is much prettier than Mozart ever was

IMHO

Not much of a revelation. Kate Bush is much prettier than anyone else ever (with the possible exception of Laura Marling)

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By *0ng0 furyMan
over a year ago

Birkenhead

after climie fisher broke up

climie moved into the gravel business, with his brother. where as fisher went to work as a researcher for the BBC education department

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By *argaryen starkCouple
over a year ago

pinxton

The bass player on bat out of hell was 16 at the time of recording

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1996 formula one world champion Damon Hill played guitar on the end of the Def Leppard song Demolition Man off of their Euphoria album.

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By *onguesandpunsMan
over a year ago

East Midlands

Before Robert Plant became the lead singer of Led Zeppelin, his pre Zep band (called 'Band of Joy') were driven to and from gigs in Wolverhampton by Noddy Holder, also in his pre Slade days...

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"Before Robert Plant became the lead singer of Led Zeppelin, his pre Zep band (called 'Band of Joy') were driven to and from gigs in Wolverhampton by Noddy Holder, also in his pre Slade days... "

Did noddys car go parp parp!?

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By *lueFireCouple
over a year ago

just somewhere around here

"The bass player on bat out of hell was 16 at the time of recording "

The band was basically Bruce Springteens E Street band without him and Stevie V Z

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

"Before Robert Plant became the lead singer of Led Zeppelin, his pre Zep band (called 'Band of Joy') were driven to and from gigs in Wolverhampton by Noddy Holder, also in his pre Slade days...

Did noddys car go parp parp!? "

No, but it had ladders on the roof as it was his dads window cleaning van

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

From reading through, the thread should have maybe been called "Random Music Myths" as so many seem to have been corrected

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By *9younggent69Man
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

After three fantastic collaborations with arranger Gil Evans (along with the somewhat aborted Quiet Nights LP) and several acclaimed Second Great Quintet recordings which prefigured the rise of Jazz-Fusion, Columbia Records approached the legendarily abrasive Miles Davis with a fantastic new idea.

Davis and Evans had pushed the boundaries of Cool Jazz. They had adapted Gershwin for the modern era. They had explored flamenco and the famous Concierto de Aranjuez. Surely an adaptation of the Doctor Doolittle soundtrack would be a best-seller?

You can imagine Davis' reaction – and the '67 film was actually an infamous flop. Still, there's a parallel universe in which, rather than laying the foundations for Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson and On The Corner, Miles rounded out his Gil Evans collaborations with a rousing interpretation of Talk to the Animals!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The line "Voodoo Ray" in the song of the same name by A Guy Called Gerald, was by the comedian Peter Cook.

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By *ryan...Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

Tony Blair joined a band called " Ugly rumours" ...

as in the audition he was the only one who knew all the words to " I can't get no satisfaction"!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The last song written by Buddy Holly (You're the One) was written on a bet. Bet was he couldn't write a hit song in under 20 minutes and he wrote it in under 15. Waylon Jennings and Ray Corbin have co-writing credit because they randomly started to clap along when Buddy sang it the first time so they "created" the rhythm part of the music.

Oh Yeah, Uh Huh by Col Joye was the first time a typewriter was used as the percussion for a song recording. Story goes, the engineer couldn't get the drum sound he wanted and broke into the office nicking the typewriter.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was taught Cabinet making by the ex keyboard player of T REX Peter Dines know as Dino Dines. Lovely guy proper old hippy, no longer with us unfortunately.

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

I've posted this before but it's my favourite bit of music trivia.

The song Toxic, sung by Britney Spears, was written about Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick.

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By *idlandiaMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

There is a drum sample from a band called the Winstons, called the amen break. It's from a track called amen brother which itselfwas a b side song. Its a 7 second drum solo.

It has been used in more than 5000 tracks so far and is the most used sample in music history.

You most likely have heard a song which utilises this beaut of the drummers art.

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