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Yep it's time to put right some of those rock n roll myths that have circulated for years & the violetz are happy to dispel the rumours & give you the whole truth about rock n roll. For all of you sad old gits who love trivia and love to bore the pants off your boozing partners in crime, this is the part of the site you have been waiting for. Trivia 1 - First hits for artists Trivia 2 - Songs and bands with numbers Trivia 3 - Songs about actors / fans / places Trivia 4 - What they did for a living & Bands named after animals Trivia 5 - Misheard lyrics Trivia 6 - True or false - strange facts Trivia 7 - Fictional Pseudo/alias Rock Bands Trivia 8 - Songs & Bands about colours
Welcome to trivia 6 - strange or uninteresting facts that you should know or want to argue whether they are true or false including offsprings names !!! The cowsill brothers (from the 60's) were the real life inspiration for the 70's TV show the Partridge Family. . . . . Blues Artist Robert Johnson recorded a grand total of 29 tracks in his short life of 27 years. (all between 1936/7) Joni Mitchell was due to play Woodstock but turned back due to the traffic . . . . Eno (Ex Roxy Music) got paid $30k by Microsoft to write the 6 second intro to Windows 95 Lou Reed's parents sent him for Electroshop therapy at the age of 17 to cure him of his homosexual tendancies. . . . Jimmy Page allegedly played guitar on the Kinks 'You Really Got Me' Rock Guitarist Rick Derringer was the main man in the McCoys "Hang on Sloopy" Marc Bolans "Ride a white swan" was about his White Fender Stratacaster. There's a memorial stone for Joe Strummer at Glastonbury. Ry Cooder has a glass eye due to accident at the age of 4 . . . Eric Clapton wanted a Les Paul Gold Top like Freddie King but couldn't afford it so ended up with a Sunburst. . . . Link Wray was part Shawnee Indian . . . . . FreeBird by Lynyrd Skynrd was a tribute to Duanne Allman (nickname SkyDog) Slash played the guitar solo on Michael Jacksons "Black or white' Scotty Parker was Elvis Presleys first manager & charged 10% as opposed to Col Parkers 50%. . . . . Frank Zappa has an Asteroid named 3834 Zappa Frank named after him. . . . . Johnny Marr supports Nottingham Forest / David Essex & Iron Maiden support west Ham . . . Tony Iommi Before Sabbath played for Jethro Tull . . . Tommy johnson was the original Faustian Park subject of selling his oul at the "crossroads" The beatles "I want to hold your hand" is still the biggest british single on the US bill board charts. The ramones were not first choice for the film "rock n roll high school' - Cheap trick were too busy to accept. Debbie Harrys first recording venture was with a band called "wind in the willows' in 1968 Elton Johns "someone saved my life tonight' was written about his failed suicide attempt. The pistols original title for 'god save the queen' was 'no future' & had steve jones playing bass not sid vicious. "James & the cold gun' was the record labels choice for a first single for kate bush who held out for 'wuthering heights' Link Wrays song "the rumble" was banned for being obscene despite being an instrumental. . . . . . Joe moretti played guitar on 'shaking all over' by the pirates & not as thought Mick green. Lee Brilleaux from Dr Feelgood has a public Park bench named after him in Jackson Sq Park, New york scribed "wolfman calling in memoriam lee brilleaux' Ari Up from the slits father in law is a certain john lydon Cotswold Railways have named two Locomotives after Joe strummer & John peel - Rock n Roll The Pogues "fairytale of new york" started two years previously in 1985 as a story line about a sailor & distant shores written by Jem Finer - his wife said it was shit !!! and it was suggested it was changed to a story about a hard up couple at christmas - the man gambles away all of their money on the horses, leading to confrontation & final redemption. This was mixed with another song & the two songs combined the melody of the first & words of the second. The opening chord progression in "Stairway to Heaven" is similar to that of the 1968 instrumental "Taurus" by the group Spirit. The group opened for Spirit on a 1968 tour. While nobody in the group has ever cited influence from the track, the band was known to cover the Spirit song 'Fresh Garbage' during their early days. The inspiration behind the Rolling Stones song
'Angie'? Number one when England won the world cup in 1966 was "out of time' by chris farlowe. . . . . . . The plasmatics were originally called "captain kinks sex show theatre' Before settling for the nickname 'Bono' - U2's Paul Hewson called himself "Steinvic Von Huyseman" - catchy or wot !!! Jimmy Page bought satanists Alistair crowley's house the name of the apartment building where John Lennon died was the Dakota the three main members of the 27 Club - were Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix "fairytale of new york" song title came from a book by JP Donleeavy which was about an Irish American mortician returning to new york after studying in ireland. The boomtown rat stars pete briquette & fingers were real life cousins Debbie Harry's first band was the Wind In The Willows the name of Gene Simmons's and Paul Stanley's band before KISS was Wicked Lester Alice Cooper's main hobby is collecting old watches. Prince wrote "Manic Monday" for "The Bangles". "let me be the one" by the osmonds was written by Johnny Bristol (hang on in there baby fame) Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry wrote kelly maries biggest hit ' feels like I'm in love" Sutherland brother wrote "sailing" covered by Rod Stewart. The blockheads played the music for Frankie Goes to Hollywoods biggest hit 'Relax & two tribes" backup singer on Carly Simon's hit 'You're So Vain' was Mick Jagger Beach Boys Album Cover "Pet Sounds" was photographed at San Diego Zoo !!!! Ivor Cutler played the tour guide in the Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour' and his name was Buster Bloodvessel !!!
Tony Burrows has the
distinction of being the lead singer with 5 different 70's groups: Edison
Lighthouse(Love Grows), White Plains(My Baby Loves Lovin'), The Brotherhood Of
Man(United We Stand), The Pipkins(Gimme Dat Ding), and First Class(Beach Baby)
The Hooters were cyndi laupers backing band and co wrote her hits Joe Satriani once played lead guitar for Greg Kihn
U2 were originally going to be
called 'The Hype'
Van halen were making of the video "Jump", and the band spent more money on beer than they did on the production of the video. White ladder by david gray went platinum in Ireland 29 times. Pete Townshend song "Pictures of Lily" was released by The Who as a single reaching the UK top 5 in 1967. It tells the story of a father who gives his son pictures of Lily Langtry, a theater star from the 1800`s. Considered one of Britain`s most beautiful actresses, she was also notorious as the mistress of the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. On the surface, the story is a simple one, a boy who can`t sleep at night recounts how pictures of Lily helped him do so, but in fact it was banned by many radio stations for it`s sexual connotations!
loads of Nuclear War Songs "Tomahawk Cruise" by TV Smith's Explorers / "The Dead Next Door" by Billy Idol / "Ronnie Talk to Russia" by Prince / "Domino" by Genesis / "French Letter" by Herbs / "Protect & Survive" by Jethro Tull / "Maralinga" by Urban Guerillas / "The Walls Came Down" by The Call / "Athena" by The Who / "I Found That Essence Rare" by Gang of Four / "Breathing" by Kate Bush / "This World Over" by XTC / "It's A Mistake" by Men at Work / "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" by Timbuk 3 / "Political Science" by Randy Newman / "Nagasaki Nightmare" by Crass / "Who's Gonna Win The War" by Hawkwind / "Always the Sun" by The Stranglers / "Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads / "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol / "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" by Ultravox / "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House / "Down Under" by Men At Work / "Enola Gay" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark / "Euroshima" by John Waite / "The Final Countdown" by Europe / "Land of Confusion" by Genesis / "Minutes to Midnight" by Midnight Oil / "Silent Running" by Mike And The Mechanics / "2 Minutes to Midnight" by Iron Maiden / "99 Luft Balloons" by Nena Ex Armed forces rockers - UK army - BILLY BRAGG / IAN ASTBURY / JOHN MAYALL / BILL WYMAN / James blunt us army - elvis / ice t / jimi hendrix / mc hammer / shaggy / terence trent d'arby Murdered Musicians : - Al Jackson (booker T) - Shot in his own home / Bobby Fuller -- Found dead - possibly mobsters / Carlton Barrett (wailers) - shot / Don Myrick (E W F) - Shot by police / Felix Pappalardi (mountain) - killed by wife / Jaco Pastorius(weather report) - killed by Bouncer / John Lennon - shot by mark chapman / Marvin gaye - shot by his father / Sam cooke - shot by jealous lover / Notorious b i g - shot outside a party / peter tosh - killed by burglars / tupac shakur - shot outside nightclub Please dont get on that plane : - great losses to music due to flights are as follows: Glenn miller / buddy holly / big bopper / richie valens / patsy cline / randy rhoads / jim reeves / otis redding / jim croce / ronnie van zant & steve gaines / ricky nelson / john denver Always wanted to be able to paint or be picasso : - musicians who dabble with brushes include: David bowie / ronnie wood / paul mccartney / holly johnson / ian dury / paul simonon / joni mitchell / bono Songs that were covered and you either loved the original and wanted to shoot the artist doing the new cover or has made old age a better place for the original artist. (Your choice !!!!!) Without You" - Badfinger, 1970 - Harry Nilsson, 1971 - Mariah Carey,1994 "With a Little Help from My Friends" - The Beatles, 1967 - Joe Cocker, 1969 - Wet Wet Wet, 1988 - Sam and Mark, 2004 "Tainted Love" - Gloria Jones, 1964 - Soft Cell, 1981 - Marilyn Manson, 2002 Relight My Fire" - Dan Hartman, 1979 - Take That featuring Lulu "Red Red Wine" - Neil Diamond, 1968 - Tony Tribe, 1969 - UB40, 1983 "All Along The Watchtower" -Bob Dylan, 1968 - Jimi Hendrix, 1968 American Pie" - Don McLean, 1971 - Madonna, 2000 Bette Davis Eyes" - Jackie DeShannon, 1974 - Kim Carnes, 1981 "Blinded by the Light" - Bruce Springsteen, 1973 - Manfred Mann, 1976 The First Cut Is The Deepest" - Cat Stevens, 1967 - P.P. Arnold, 1967 - Keith Hamps, 1973 - Rod Stewart, 1977 - Sheryl Crow, 2003 Hey Joe" - Love, 1966 - The Byrds, 1967 - Jimi Hendrix, 1967 "I Fought the Law" - Bobby Fuller Four, 1966 - Roy Orbison, 1967 - The Clash, 1979 - Dead Kennedys, 1987 - Green Day, 2004 "I Love Rock 'n Roll" - The Arrows, 1975 - Joan Jett, 1981 - Britney Spears, 2001 "I'm a Believer" - Neil Diamond, 1966 - The Monkees, 1966 - Robert Wyatt, 1974 - Smashmouth, 2001 Love is All Around" - The Troggs, 1967 - Wet Wet Wet, 1994 Money (That's What I Want)" - Barrett Strong, 1960 - The Beatles, 1963 - The Supremes, 1966 - The Flying Lizards, 1979 My Way" - Frank Sinatra, 1969 - Elvis Presley, 1977 - Sid Vicious, 1978 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" - Mel Carter, 1965 - U2, 1992
Rock offspring & their fab names (thank god for parents) Apple (Chris martin coldplay)
/ Blue Angel (the edge U2)
/ Dandelion
(keith richards) / dweezil
(frank zapa) / fifi
trixabelle (bob geldolf & paula yates) /
Heavenly hiraani tiger
lily (see above) / Rolan
(Marc Bolan) / Jermajesty
(jermaine jackson) / Moon
Unit & weezil & ahmet emuuka rodin (frank zappa) /
Peaches (bob Geldolf) / Prince
michael (michael jackson) /
Ross (diana Ross) /
Zowie (david bowie) /
Keith Richards - Dandelion /
Posh Spice - Brooklyn & Romeo / Grace Slick -
China / Smokey Robinson - Tamla /
Liam Gallagher - Lennon / Buffy St Marie - Dakota
Star Blanket Wolfchild / Aretha Franklin - Kecalf /
Billy Swan - Planet / Donovan
- Oriole / Eric Burdon - Mirage / Bono
- Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q & Memphis Eve /
Sonny And Cher - Chastity / Dave Stewart - Django
& Sam Hurricane / Scary Spice - Phoenix Chi /
Madonna - Lourdes And finally Actual Titles of Some Country Music Songs:~ - If
My Nose Were Full of Nickels, I'd Blow It All On You - Do You
Love As Good As You Look? - Drop Kick
Me, Jesus, Through The Goalposts Of Life - Get Your
Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye - Her Teeth
Were Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure - Here's A
Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares - How Can I
Miss You If You Won't Go Away? - Been
Roped And Thrown By Jesus In The Holy Ghost Corral - I Changed
Her Oil, She Changed My Life - I Don't
Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling - I Fell In
A Pile Of You And Got Love All Over Me - I Flushed
You From The Toilets Of My Heart. - I Keep
Forgettin' I Forgot About You - I Wanna
Whip Your Cow - I Would
Have Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck! - I
Wouldn't Take Her To A Dawg Fight, Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win - I'd
Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me Than A Frontal Lobotomy - I'm Just
A Bug On The Windshield Of Life - I've Been
Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart - I've Got
The Hungries For Your Love And I'm Waiting In YourWelfare Line - If I
Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You - If Love
Were Oil, I'd Be A Quart Low - If The
Phone Don't Ring, Baby, You'll Know It's Me - If You
Don't Leave Me Alone, I'll Go And Find Someone Else Who Will - If You
Leave Me, Can I Come Too? - Mama Get
The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head) - May The
Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - My Every
Day Silver Is Plastic - My Head
Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus - My John
Deere Was Breaking Your Field, While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart - My Wife
Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him - Oh, I've
Got Hair Oil On My Ears And My Glasses Are Slipping Down, But Baby I Can See
Through You - Pardon
Me, I've Got Someone To Kill - She Got
The Gold Mine And I Got The Shaft; She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger - She Made
Toothpicks Out Of The Timber Of My Heart - She's Got
Freckles On Her, But She's Pretty - Thank God
And Greyhound She's Gone - They May
Put Me In Prison, But They Can't Stop My Face From Breakin' Out - Velcro
Arms, Teflon Heart - When You
Leave Walk Out Backwards, So I'll Think You're Walking In You Can't
Have Your Kate And Edith Too - You Can't
Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd - You Done
Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat - You Were
Only A Splinter In My Ass As I Slid Down The Bannister Of Life - you're
The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly - "I
Wouldn't Take You to a Dog Fight Even If I Thought You Could Win" "My
John Deere Was Breaking Your Field, While Your Dear John Was Breaking My
Heart" - "I
Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well" - "I
Still Miss You, Baby, But My Aim's Gettin' Better" - "Her
Teeth Was Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure" - "I
Wish I Were in Dixie Tonight, But She's Out of Town"
You have been warned that their is loads more to follow !!!!!!
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