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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:32 PM
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Post yer favorite nuggets of rock and roll trivia here
(And perhaps some DUers can confirm or deny....)


Credence had no # 1 hits...but 5 songs go to #2.


((((Apologies to all who saw this same factoid on St. Jarvitudes "random fact" thread a while back.))))
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DelawareValleyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:33 PM
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1. Mike Nesmith's (Monkees) mother invented Wite-Out
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:34 PM
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2. I think that is true.
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Maccagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:45 PM
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23. It is true
He inherited 45 million dollars from her.
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:17 PM
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64. And I confirm it
I'm related to a relation of Mike Nesbitt's.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:34 PM
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3. Keith Richards
had a daughter named Dandelion that had some sort of facial malformation, so she never went on the road with him.
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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:36 PM
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11. That's a new one to me
Hmmm....
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:41 PM
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15. I got it from the Rolling Stones biography
a few years back, by some guy named Tony who was a hanger-on. I can't remember the name right now, however.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:09 PM
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36. I read that book years ago
Tony Sanchez maybe? Up and down with the Rolling Stones? I think that was it.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:10 PM
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38. That's it.
Do you remember the part about Keith's little girl, the one he had after Marlon with Anita? I remember there was something wrong with her mouth and she kept getting left at Keith's mom's house when they toured.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:20 PM
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40. Yeah
Here she is with pops.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:22 PM
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42. And here is Marlon
Looks like Keith
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:23 PM
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Pictures aren't showing for some reason.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:27 PM
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44. I see them
Right click on them and click show picture maybe?
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fernsibal Donating Member (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 04:24 AM
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92. I saw the Rolling Stones in like 1988.
I didn't want to go, but a friend had a ticket she was giving away. It was the "Steel Wheels" tour, . It was outside at the Oakland Arena. You couldn't see anything on stage to speak of--everything was on big monitors. Some guy next to me had his head between his legs the entire time, retching. Yecch. Charming.

A friend of mine saw the Stones years earlier--in the 70's, and he said during the concert Mick turned a hose onto the front row, of the exclaiming "I'm going to hose you off, like I hose off my dogs!".
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Atlas Mugged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:37 PM
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66. She goes by the name Angela, now.
And, yes, she had a birth defect. From what I know it's been corrected. Say what you will about Keith, he's a totally devoted father and husband. As a husband, he's a hopeless romantic, totally monogamus, and has never tolerated Mick and Bill's cheating ways.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I adore Keith Richards.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:35 PM
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4. Elvis Presley died on Madonna's 18th birthday...
....and, exactly 8 years after day #2 of Woodstock.

(full disclosure: I'm exactly 10 years to the day younger than Madonna, so I have an excuse)
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:36 PM
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9. And They Call Elvis "The King" Because He Died On The Throne
:-)
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:40 PM
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14. Absolutely correct!
They found him, on the floor, in the deep shag carpeting of his bathroom. Apprently he passed out while on the throne and suffocated in the carpeting.

:hi:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:35 PM
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5. Axl Rose once kicked Sebastian Bach in the nuggets
I think.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:41 PM
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18. I think everybody's kicked Sebastian Bach in the nutz at least once
I did in the late 80s, IIRC. Course I was very drunk at the time, .... :dunce:
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ElectroPrincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:05 PM
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35. Well, I couldn't Imagine anyone more worthy of that than Bach ...
Edited on Fri Dec-03-04 06:05 PM by ElectroPrincess
Gosh remember that lame band name he was the lead singer in?

18 and life my a** ! <yucky ballads>

I also heard that Arrowsmith's Steven Tyler wrote the song "Dude looks like a lady" about a time he encountered Sebastian Bach.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:09 PM
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37. Answer below
Skid Row

Oh shit, I should be writing songs for 80's bands. Damn, it's not the 80's anymore. Oh well, at least there's still Swedish Metal. I could do Neo-Dada Swedish Metal Lyrics that make no fucking sense at all, and people would eat that shit up just like they always do. Art people are chumps.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:35 PM
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6. The Four Seasons Took Their Name From a NJ Bowling Alley...
...where they were performing in the cocktail lounge.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:35 PM
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7. Jon Anderson tried to push Vangelis as keyboard man for Yes...
The rest of the band decided for Patrick Moraz instead, who lasted only one album (Relayer). Then they got Rick Wakeman.
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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:39 PM
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12. I do believe this is true.
It's my recollection, as well, anyhow. Didn't Anderson and Vangelis do a late 70's album together even?
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:43 PM
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20. More than one
http://www.connollyco.com/discography/jon_and_vangelis

Best songs IMHO: "The Friends Of Mr. Cairo" and "State of Independence" (although I prefer the Donna Summer version of the latter)
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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:45 PM
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24. Thanks for the linky !!
Exactly the sorts of golden nugs of goodness I'd hoped to learn.

:hi:
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Liberal_Andy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:36 PM
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8. Steve Stills auditioned for the Monkees, and was rejected....
Edited on Fri Dec-03-04 05:37 PM by Liberal_Andy
bad teeth.
:evilgrin:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:36 PM
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10. Les Claypool auditioned for Metallica after Burton died, he was also
rejected, for being too good.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:11 PM
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39. And he knew Peter Tork from the villiage
Edited on Fri Dec-03-04 06:11 PM by johnnie
And told him about the gig. Peter of course got the roll.
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Liberal_Andy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 04:12 PM
Response to Reply #39
57. I believe you meant role,
but he surely got both!
:evilgrin:
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sleepyhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 09:43 PM
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45. Didn't Charles Manson audition too?
Or did I dream that?
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 04:18 PM
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59. I Believe He Did
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:40 PM
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13. When Peter Gabriel left Genesis...
The band members started auditioning for a new singer. Every time, Phil Collins (who was nothing more than a drum player back then) would interrupt like, "no, no. Peter used to sing that song like THIS..."

Eventually they came to the conclusion the best replacement was Collins himself.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 11:43 PM
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85. "nothing more than a drum player" bite me mate, drummers control the
band.
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jedicord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:41 PM
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16. David Bowie originally started his "persona" costumes...
because he had stage fright, and they helped him become someone else.
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Danocrat Donating Member (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:49 PM
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27. I will say "true"
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Danocrat Donating Member (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:41 PM
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17. David Bowie has one blue eye and one brown eye.
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jedicord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:43 PM
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19. Actually the eye isn't brown (I'm a Bowie freak)...
he had a stick or something poked in one eye as a child and the pupil is permanently enlarged, making it look a different color.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:44 PM
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21. Maybe he ran with scissors (nt)
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Danocrat Donating Member (485 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:47 PM
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25. I saw him in Columbus
in May, one before his heart incident in Germany. He rocked.
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jedicord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:57 PM
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31. Saw him in May in The Woodlands, TX
OHMIGOD he rocked. My 24-year old niece went with us, and became an immediate fan. His voice was stronger than ever.

Then my niece said he was "hot". Funny, I never thought of him that way, I've always just liked his music. But that night -- he was HOT!
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KDLarsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 08:00 PM
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78. I was supposed to see him in Roskilde..
.. but then he went into surgery - and the gig was cancelled :/
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:44 PM
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22. First recorded Beatles tune
1958, a cover of "That'll Be The Day" originally by Buddy Holly, back when they were called "The Quarrymen."

(I have that song on tape.)
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fernsibal Donating Member (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 04:12 AM
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89. "Hey Jude"
was originally "hey Jules"---referring to young Julian Lennon. They changed it to "jude" because they thought using a girl's name would go over better.
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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:48 PM
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26. I heard Rod Stewart played harmonica on "My Boy Lollipop"
Edited on Fri Dec-03-04 05:50 PM by darkstar
Can anyone confirm?

on edit (and not my original intent, I swear): Insert your own mouth harp/lollipop joke here....
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:56 PM
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30. Yes, He Did
And Delbert McLintock (sp?) played the harmonica on Bruce Channell's 1962 hit, "Hey, Baby".
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DelawareValleyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:00 PM
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33. Delbert McClinton
Delbert McClintlock was the character John Goodman played in Arachnophobia
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dean_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:50 PM
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28. Radiohead's original name was "On a Friday"
The Cure's original name was "The Easy Cure"

ummmm, that's all I got.
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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:53 PM
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29. That's good Radiohead trivia, dean_dem
I like the "they almost called themselves" triva and I like Radiohead,
so
:toast:
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kittycat1164 Donating Member (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 04:25 PM
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61. Curiosa tour was awesome this last summer.
I went with my husband and wouldn't have thought it would end up to be the besy concert I've ever been to. The Cure even beat U2 in my book. Great show!
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 05:57 PM
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32. Elvis was a blond...

...he dyed his hair black.

Cheers,
Kim :toast:
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:18 PM
Response to Reply #32
50. Get outta town!
:o I didn't know that.
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:39 PM
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52. Yep....

He had blond hair that he dyed to be more like his idol...Tony Curtis.

I was stunned when I found out too.

Cheers,
Kim :toast:
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:04 PM
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34. Chuch Barris Wrote The 1962 Hit "Palisades Park"
And used the royalty money to start his TV production company.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:22 PM
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41. One of the names suggested for John Mellencamp prior to "Cougar" was
Johnny Indiana.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 06:23 PM
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43. Joe Strummer was once a hippie who went by the name Woody Mellor
and played in a band called Flaming Youth.

See:
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:10 PM
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46. Keith Moon & Mama Cass Eliot Died in the Same Apartment
Just not at the same time.
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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 04:09 PM
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55. Wow, now that's a good one
I trust you implitly, CO Lib, but I've never ever heard that one. Really strange coincidence. Had loys of mucians passed through the complex or what ever, i.e. was it a well known area for mucisians to live?
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 04:11 PM
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56. Not Sure
Mama Cass was on a tour when she stayed there. I don't know what brought Keith moon there.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:13 PM
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47. Lenny Kravitz' mom was Roxie Roker from "The Jeffersons".
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:14 PM
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48. Neil Sedaka Wrote "Oh, Carol" About Carole King
:-)
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fernsibal Donating Member (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 04:17 AM
Response to Reply #48
90. Neil Diamond
wrote "Red Red Wine", a song made a hit by UB40. Oh, and a UB40 is the general form one fills out in Britain to "get on the dole".

cheers
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:16 PM
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49. "The Scum of the Earth" on WKRP were Tony and Hunt Sales and other....
members of "Chequered Past". Tony and Hunt Sales are Soupy Sales' sons.

They later formed Tin Machine with David Bowie.
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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 04:14 PM
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58. Also semi regulars w/ Rundgren in his early solo days
Edited on Sat Dec-04-04 04:16 PM by darkstar
if I recall correctly.

Thanks for all the "nuggets," CO Lib !!

:hi:
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 04:20 PM
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60. Marvin Gaye Recorded "I Heard It Throught The Grapevine"...
...before Gladys Knights & The Pips did their version. But Motown Records decided to release his version a year after theirs.

Of course, Marvin's version was much better....
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:47 PM
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68. Hunt & Tony also played with Iggy Pop, too
...back when Pop was hanging with Bowie, of course-- after the Stooges, post rehab.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:19 PM
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51. Boddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper Died In That Plane Crash...
...because they wanted to get to the next town early and do their laundry.
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Norbert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:55 PM
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69. Country superstar Waylon Jennings would have been on that plane
but the Big Bopper hated riding on the tour bus and arranged to sway with Waylon. 20:20 hindsight sez, bad move by J. P.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:58 PM
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71. My parents had tickets....
...for that next show, to be held in Fargo, ND.
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HuskiesHowls Donating Member (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 04:47 AM
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93. Not to do laundry
The heater on the bus wasn't working, they'd been having a lot of problems, and not getting much sleep. Buddy Holly chartered the plane so that he could get to Fargo that night, and get a good night's sleep.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 03:42 PM
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53. The Diamonds' "Little Darling" Was Intended to Make Fun of Rock & Roll
The Diamonds were a cover group - white performers who sang cover veersions of black artist's songs. They did "Little Darling" to make fun of the doo-wop groups that were popular in 1958, and it ended up becoming one of the bigests hits of that year, and a R&R classic.
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 04:01 PM
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54. Inspired*......
"Louie Louie" was the creation of Richard Berry, a Los Angeles sideman, session player, and singer-songwriter. Inspired by Rene Touzet's "El Loco Cha Cha" and Chuck Berry's "Havana Moon." On a side note: Richard Berry also wrote "Have Love, Will Travel." Both songs covered successfully by The Sonics.


"The Twist" was the creation of Hank Ballard (& the Midnighters). This song was inspired
by Clyde McPhatter's (& the Drifters) "What'cha Gonna Do". Chubby Checker covered Ballard's "The Twist."



*sampled heavily, lifted, borrowed, stole, plagerized....guess 'inspired' just depends on who, what, where, when and why.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 04:44 PM
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62. Dr John played
piano on the Frankie ford's Sea Cruise.

Stairway to heaven borrowed heavily from "Carolan's Dream" a song about Thurlough O'Carolan, the blind harper.

http://www.harps.com.au/02.%20Track%2002.mp3
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the Princess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:15 PM
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63. Who did Pete Townshend almost kill at Woodstock by pummeling him
with his guitar while screaming - "GET OFF MY FUCKING STAGE"??











That would be Abby Hoffman.


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darkstar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 12:10 PM
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96. Good one
Never have heard that particular nugget. Knew the who were brawlers, often w/ each other, but didn't know of this strange sounding meeting of icons.

Was there more to the story, i.e. did the two have a history? Was Hoffman just hanging out or did he want the chance to speak?
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the Princess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:18 PM
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65. Keith Moon named and started Led Zeppelin
He and John Entwistle had qit The Who (again) and wanted to start their own band. They knew Robert Plant and Jimmy Page and Keith said "This band will go down like a Lead Zeppelin". The spelling changted a bit but the name stuck. And Keith and John went back to The Who and the rest is history.
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opiate69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:46 PM
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67. Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) originally replaced...
Edited on Sat Dec-04-04 05:51 PM by opiate69
Mick Abrahams in Jethro Tull in 1968, after disbanding Black Sabbath. His tenure lasted all of about 3 weeks, when he decided to give Sabbath another shot. His only performance with Tull can be seen in the Rolling Stones' movie "Rock 'n Roll Circus".

on edit: Also, Iommi was a highly ranked amateur boxer before deciding on a career in music.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:59 PM
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72. And Tony has two severed fingertips on his left hand
The docs said he'd never be able to play guitar again.
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opiate69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 07:57 PM
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77. Actually, it's his right hand (he plays left handed.)
Edited on Sat Dec-04-04 07:58 PM by opiate69
But after the doctors told him that, a friend gave him a few Django Reinhardt records for inspiration. Reinhardt's fretting hand was horribly disfigured, with only 2 usable fingers.
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:56 PM
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70. R.E.M. almost called themselves "Cans of Piss"

...almost.
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Norbert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 05:59 PM
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73. Simon and Garfunkle's original duo name was Tom and Jerry
Edited on Sat Dec-04-04 06:00 PM by Norbert
and actually had a minor top 40 hit with a song called "Hey Schoolgirl" in 1957.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 06:00 PM
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74. Paul McCartney was in a band before "Wings"
Not a lot of people know that.
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the Princess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 06:05 PM
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75. ROFLMAO!!
I needed that today :)
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:52 AM
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88. In case anyone wanted to know the name: The Quarrymen
Of course there was that gap between The Quarrymen and Wings...
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Norbert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 06:07 PM
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76. Monkee Davy Jones was on same Ed Sullivan Show as 1st Beatle appearance
Davy was in the Broadway (I think) show Oliver and the cast of that show did one of their numbers for Ed.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 11:19 PM
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79. The Capris Had a 20-Year Dry Spell Between Hits
Edited on Sat Dec-04-04 11:29 PM by CO Liberal
They had "Oh, What a Night" in 1962, and "Morse Code of Love" in 1982.

(Edited because someone else had posted my trivia bit about Simon & Garfunkle.)
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 11:27 PM
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80. Glen Campbell Played Guitar on Frank Sinatra's "Strangers In the Night"
He was a studio musician at the time.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 11:28 PM
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81. Elton John Played Piano for Patty LaBelle & The Blue-Belles
:-)
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 11:31 PM
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82. Elvis Was Supposed to Be in the Re-Make of "A Star Is Born"
But he died before they could start production. He was replaced by Kris Kristofferson.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 11:38 PM
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83. "Johnny Maestro & The Crests" Were One of the First Integrated Groups
But when they toured down south, they had trouble getting hotel rooms. Many hotels back then had a "Whites Only" policy.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 11:41 PM
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84. Elvis Once Introduced Roy Orbison as "The Greatest Singer In The World"
And he was right!!!
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KSAtheist Donating Member (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:40 AM
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86. A couple...
The Who never had any number one hits.

Jimi Hendrix opened for the Monkees.
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 03:52 AM
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87. a couple I like
The bass player on most Doors albums was Doug Lubahn from Clear Light.

The band Tommy and the Bijoux on Smiling Men With Bad Reputations by Mike Heron is the Who. Apart from Roger, of course.

Stiv Bators from the Dead Boys is the person who gave Iggy the famous jar of peanut butter at the Cincinnati Rock Festival. (Somehow, I think this one is BS)
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 04:21 AM
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91. If it weren't for Hitler Billy Joel would own a department store in Berlin
Instead of being a creator of shitty music.

Thanks a lot Adolf!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 07:31 AM
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95. Harumph. Yet another reason to hate Hitler.
Billy "I Suck" Joel would have been better left in Berlin running a stupid store.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 04:58 AM
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94. Barbara Streisand recorder a version of
David Bowie;s is their life on Mars,,,,

Almost pulls it off but just a bit too much of Broadway injected to bring ruin to the projet....
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Bamboo Donating Member (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 07:21 PM
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97. Melanie C
Brit is in Guinness Book for having number 1 hits as part of a quintet (Spice 5) a quartet (Spice 4) a trio,a duo (with Brit Bryan Adams) and solo.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 07:28 PM
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98. Page McConnell's father was one of the inventors
of Tylenol
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