What's your favorite piece of absurd music trivia?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by BroJB, Jun 6, 2016.

  1. Cassiel

    Cassiel Sonic Reducer

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    I thought Hardy Fox was still involved with Cryptic but that he/Chuck Bobuck is no longer with The Residents.
     
  2. vudicus

    vudicus Forum Resident

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    They never appeared on an episode of The Monkees TV show.
     
  3. vince

    vince Stan Ricker's son-in-law

    Homer has said, in recent interviews, that Hardy has sold his half of the Cryptic Corp. to Mr. Flynn.... His recent album featured a large amount of music NOT used in the latest Residents album, "Ghosts Of Hope"...
    We'll soon find out, however, when the new RZ album, "intruders", is released in October!
     
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  4. MitchLT

    MitchLT Two for the show

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  5. MitchLT

    MitchLT Two for the show

    Suzi Potier was uninjured in the “A Day in the Life” crash which killed Tara Browne, but died with her husband in 1981...in a car crash:

    Suki Potier - Wikipedia
     
  6. drad dog is mixed up - thanks to their Warhol connection, the Velvets shot a pilot for ABC about the wacky adventures of an arty rock band living communally in NYC as counterprogramming to The Monkees, but for some reason it didn’t get picked up.
     
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  7. davebush

    davebush New Test Leper

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    Japanese noise artist Merzbow owns the world's largest collection of Furbys.
     
  8. The Elephant Man

    The Elephant Man Forum Resident

    IS THERE ANY SURVIVING FOOTAGE OF THE VU COMEDY PILOT?
    THIS IS THE GREATEST NEWS I'VE EVER HEARD!!!!!!
    EVER!!!!

    How could ABC pass this up? Imagine some of the story lines and plots...
    :)
     
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  9. DeltonP

    DeltonP Member

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    I'm in! (Love reading these.) I have two, and no Googling!

    What is the only James Bond movie theme that was a #1 single on the U.S. Hot 100? Also what was Creedence Clearwater Revival's only #1 hit??
     
  10. InStepWithTheStars

    InStepWithTheStars It's a miracle, let it alter you

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    It doesn't matter if this is true or not - it is the most believable thing I have ever heard.
     
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  11. Catfish Stevens

    Catfish Stevens Forum Resident

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    An episode called 'Heroin' could have been the first 'show about nothing' beating Seinfeld to it by about 20 years.
     
  12. Maranatha5585

    Maranatha5585 BELLA + RIP In Memoriam

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    When I was a kid growing up in L.A. my next door neighbor friend had an older brother...
    He was a musician, and often had John Hartford over to the house. They would play outside
    by the pool in the back yard.
    c., 1966/67.
     
  13. tensummoner

    tensummoner wish i had a nickle.. thats it just wish i had 1

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    This Forum.
     
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  14. ohnothimagen

    ohnothimagen "Live music is better!"

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    I didn't know that! You learn something new everyday...
     
  15. As I understand it, Lou Reed and John Cale were embarrassed about the whole thing so they snuck into ABC, stole all the footage and negatives, and threw them into the Hudson. This was one of the real reasons Cale was kicked out, since Reed had second thoughts about what they'd done and it'd been Cale's idea.

    It's absolutely true, I swear. :angel:
     
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  16. dave9199

    dave9199 Forum Resident

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    I'm going to guess that number one is Live & Let Die. The answer to number two is CCR never had a number one hit.
     
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  17. Binni

    Binni Forum Resident

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    A View to a Kill.
     
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  19. martyweil

    martyweil Forum Resident

    Flo and Eddie (The Turtles) sang back up vocals on Springsteen's Hungry Heart, which rose to #5 on the Billboard Top 100.

    (I won a 1984 Bruce Springsteen trivia contest in Chicago with this answer.)
     
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  20. InStepWithTheStars

    InStepWithTheStars It's a miracle, let it alter you

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    Sometimes I think they sang on everything recorded between 1971 and 1980.
     
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  21. dave9199

    dave9199 Forum Resident

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    1971 and 1982. They sang backups on The Psychedelic Furs album Forever Now. That's their backups on Love My Way. I read they added those right as they were about to leave. They heard the song and felt their should be backup vocals on it.
     
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  22. SteveFff

    SteveFff Forum Mekonista

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    Kalamazoo, MI
    U2 once opened for The Mekons.
     
  23. InStepWithTheStars

    InStepWithTheStars It's a miracle, let it alter you

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    To fill the void, Benmont Tench stepped in and played on every album that wasn't by Nirvana between 1991 and 1999. :p
     
  24. carlwm

    carlwm Forum Resident

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    Dare are still going strong. Band leader is Darren Wharton, erstwhile Thin Lizzy keyboardist, & their debut album, Out Of The Silence is one of the great British AOR records (not a big pool to make a splash in, admittedly). Over the years their sound has morphed into a kind of windswept, celtic rock which really hits the spot if you're in a certain mood.

    Regardless, they're much more interesting than the dreary Prof. Cox.
     
  25. Are you sure he didnt drown in that beard? Sheesh.
     

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