The Flash
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Born Slippy - Underworld
"Born Slippy" was the name of a greyhound the band once put a bet on.
"Born Slippy" was the name of a greyhound the band once put a bet on.
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A fact about a famous song ...
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<br /><br />-- Thu May 31, 2012 5:06 pm --<br /><br />Prestwich_Blue said:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDCkdaSs_vg[/youtube]
"Do You Want To Know A Secret" which Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas took to No 1 was written by Lennon & McCartney. However although they recorded it they thought it was second-rate so they gave it to BJK, who was delighted to have been given a Beatles song, without realising why.
The Flash said:Born Slippy - Underworld
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Pts7AljZQ[/youtube]
"Born Slippy" was the name of a greyhound the band once put a bet on.
glen quagmire
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Mack the knife was written about macauley culkin's grandad, who was known as 'mac' for short. He would skulk around the docks, waiting for randy sailors to come ashore, and exchange cash for a good shit stabbing!
Hence the line "spending, just like a sailor".
Hence the line "spending, just like a sailor".
Lavinda Past
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jus moochin said:The original chorus to the Undertones Teenage Kicks was
"I Want To Hold It, Want To Hold It Tight"...
Which was a reference to spanking the monkey.
As was 'turning japanese' by the vapors<br /><br />-- Thu May 31, 2012 7:11 pm --<br /><br />
Dubai Blue said:'Step On' by the Happy Mondays is in fact a cover version of an early 70s anti-apartheid song. You'd be surprised how many people don't know that.
Are you about 12 years old?
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylOCIP54PIQ[/youtube]
When Jah Wobble left PiL he worked for London Underground for a short spell and once announced over the tannoy at a station:
"I used to be somebody. I repeat, I used to be somebody."
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91rAHIb8BwY[/youtube]
Drummer Rat Scabies, when asked in an interview when he first realised he was famous, said "I knew I was famous when my brother came home and told me his whole class had been given detention that day and the teacher said "...except you Millar 'cos your brother is in The Damned."
When Jah Wobble left PiL he worked for London Underground for a short spell and once announced over the tannoy at a station:
"I used to be somebody. I repeat, I used to be somebody."
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91rAHIb8BwY[/youtube]
Drummer Rat Scabies, when asked in an interview when he first realised he was famous, said "I knew I was famous when my brother came home and told me his whole class had been given detention that day and the teacher said "...except you Millar 'cos your brother is in The Damned."
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oasis - up in the sky......was written about life in manchester under the nasty tory rule between 79-97
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRsJlAJvOSM[/youtube]
Wrote following the tragic death of his son Connor.
Wrote following the tragic death of his son Connor.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Hy7uAb_eU[/youtube]
The inspiration for the title came when The Pretenders were doing an early gig in Wakefield (West Yorkshire)... In the changing rooms there was a pair of trousers on the back of a chair and someone asked who they belonged to... A bloke I know, from Wakey, who was in a supporting act said something along the lines of "they're mine, if there's any brass in't pocket..."
Chrissie Hynde liked the phrase, so a classic song was born.
The inspiration for the title came when The Pretenders were doing an early gig in Wakefield (West Yorkshire)... In the changing rooms there was a pair of trousers on the back of a chair and someone asked who they belonged to... A bloke I know, from Wakey, who was in a supporting act said something along the lines of "they're mine, if there's any brass in't pocket..."
Chrissie Hynde liked the phrase, so a classic song was born.
Lavinda Past
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salfordtrueblue said:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRsJlAJvOSM[/youtube]
Wrote following the tragic death of his son Connor.
Eric's son left Level 42 to join New Kids on the Block...
(coat and hat)
Bluemoon dan
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MATCITY said:Bob Holness played the sax on the song Baker St
that should get a few
But where did that 'fact' come from?