Post a Surprising Musical Fact.

[RiversideBlue]

None of the Beatles were big supporters of Liverpool FC which is why they're all quite likeable, talented, and not a bunch of bin-dipping victims.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Grunge is back.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

Nantucket Sleighride is a song about cannibalism

Most of you FOC's will recognise the tune from Weekend World

The story of the Whaler Essex, which in turn inspired Moby Dick? ( the novel, not the Led Zep track)

 

[dobingsdobber]

James Marshall Hendrix was originally named Johnny Allen Hendrix.
His grandmother,a Cherokee,warned his mother that changing a child's name would bring bad luck.

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

The J in R & J Stone....of ''we do it'' fame...sang the wailing backing vocals on ''Billy Don't be a hero'' by Paper Lace.

 

[Elbow beards]

'If you play dark side of the moon at the same time as the wizard of oz, the music ties in'
Is a myth.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

TV Science bloke Prof Brian Cox was in 2 bands:

hair rock outfit Dare (far right)

And cheese dance outfit D Ream (far left)

Not had much luck then.

 

[Elbow beards]

Not had much luck then.

Well things can only get better

Badum, I'll get my coat.

 

[cinnamon]

Suzi Quatro is the aunt of Sherilyn Fenn.

 

[Bill Walker]

Les Paul built the first solid body electric guitar using parts canibalised from an old telephone.

He had some neck...

 

[hilts]

Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Morrissey, Green Day, Texas, Radiohead, Muse, Foo Fighter, Guns n Roses, Amy Winehouse, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Marley and Nirvana have never had a UK number 1

Morrissey not having a number one is a surprise????

 

[Bill Walker]

The Small Faces became The Faces when Rod Stewart and Ron Wood replaced Steve Marriott.
Rod and Ron weren't small.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Stuart maconie claims to have actually written the article.

That is correct. No idea why I said Baker (probably as listening to him on Talk Sport the other night

 

[Blue Mist]

The Small Faces became The Faces when Rod Stewart and Ron Wood replaced Steve Marriott.
Rod and Ron weren't small.

Rod Stewart already had a record deal when he joined The Faces. He therefore released LP's under his own name and as part of The Faces.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Morrissey not having a number one is a surprise????

Too many haters on this site not buying his records

 

[Bill Walker]

Too many haters on this site not buying his records

Thought you'd buy enough for all of us.

 

[Hayley Croppers chopper]

He had some neck...

Brilliant, we are chortling here my antipodean chum.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

'The last line of Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues is "The pumps don't work 'cos the vandals took the handles."

This refers to an incident when he attended a college party in New York, at the college attended by Steely Dan's Walter Becker & Donald Fagen.

The same incident is referred to in their song Reelin' In The Years in the line "The weekend in the college didn't turn out like you planned. The things that pass for knowledge I can't understand."

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Luther Vandross sings the backing vocals on Bowie's Young Americans

 

[tshirtman]

TV Science bloke Prof Brian Cox was in 2 bands:

hair rock outfit Dare (far right)

And cheese dance outfit D Ream (far left)

Saw Dare live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in Oldham, around 86/87,
if I remember right, the lead singer was originally in Thin Lizzy, they released one decent song called Abandon.