Mr Polite 2:14 Thu May 5
Random facts about songs
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I love a random piece of useless information me. So Furnish me with your random facts about well known songs.
I also like finding out what songs you just hear and take for granted are actually about.
For instance:
Rich Girl by Hall and Oates was written about a bloke, but they thought 'Rich Girl' sounded better than 'Rich Guy'
Luka by Suzanne Vega is about Domestic Abuse
Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers is about Gang Rape
I shot the sheriff was a song about Birth Control (which Marley was against).
ZZ Top have one member without a beard - his surname is Beard.
Barry Manilow's hit 'I write the songs' wasn't written by him
There must be loads of well known and lesser known tid bits - tell be some of the ones you know/have heard.
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SecondOpinion
11:29 Wed May 11
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*BUMP*
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Mr Polite
11:10 Wed May 11
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I'm forever blowing bubbles was never played at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch despite reports.
However it was sung by David Walliams while Matt Lucas was in character in a Little Britain sketch
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violator
6:50 Fri May 6
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Robert Smith wrote "Lovesong" as a wedding gift to his missus Mary.
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Bungo
6:01 Fri May 6
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Gloryhole by Steel Panther is about going to a public lavatory and engaging in sexual acts with strangers via a small hole in the lavatory cubicle wall.
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JohnnyL
5:04 Fri May 6
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JONESY .. belated thanks ...senior moment as of course i knew but my head and typing !!!
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BRANDED
5:03 Fri May 6
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" I promise not to come in your mouth" by Frank Zappa is about not receiving the cheque in the post.
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Eddie B
4:14 Fri May 6
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Voodoo Ray by a Guy called Gerald was written by a guy called Gerald.
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park chan wook
4:11 Fri May 6
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Spice girls--- two becomes one
It all came about after a saucy drunken night of debauchery with scary spice and ginger spice getting wrapped up together with a double ended gigantic purple Dildo...... or so the story goes.
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SecondOpinion
11:29 Fri May 6
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Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) by Jimi Hendrix was inspired by George Formby's "When I'm Cleaning Windows"
Hendrix was a great admirer of Formby
"Third Stone From The Sun" again by Hendrix, takes some of the theme tune from the opening music of Coronation St.
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Oxhammer
10:48 Fri May 6
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Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen doesn't mention the title of the song at all, but it does mention the name of the song that replaced it at number 1, Mama-Mia by Abba.
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Dan M
10:41 Fri May 6
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Adam and the Ants' Prince Charming was shamelessly nicked from the 1965 Rolf Harris song War Canoe. Harris was paid an out of court settlement and a share of the royalties.
Still fuck 'im eh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r261LPQ-gO8
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CasualKen
8:37 Fri May 6
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Fools Gold - Stone Roses was born out of Mani's love of the baseline in Young MC's - Know How. It's exactly the same.
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Bungo
8:32 Fri May 6
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Asian Hooker by Steel Panther is about procuring the services of lady sex workers in the Far East.
Oh and taking drugs.
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Trevor B
8:21 Fri May 6
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That's because the majority of music listeners are very thick.
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Mr Polite
8:19 Fri May 6
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Sarcastic nob jockey
My point as there are lots of songs we know and sing along to without thinking about what they are about.
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Trevor B
8:12 Fri May 6
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The Stoat 2:17 Thu May 5
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When John Lennon was asked if Ringo Starr was the best drummer in the world he replied �In the world? He`s not even the best drummer in The Beatles!�
Erm, that was Jasper Carrot, not Lennon.
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Trevor B
8:09 Fri May 6
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"Luka by Suzanne Vega is about Domestic Abuse" - FMOB who woulda thunk it?
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stomper
4:43 Fri May 6
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'Yesterday' started out as 'Ham and eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs"
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HairyHammer
4:41 Fri May 6
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Oh, I feel for you was written by the recently departed Prince what a LEGEND.
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HairyHammer
4:39 Fri May 6
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Chaka Khan hated the rap at the start of I Feel for you which was put in by the producer Arif Mardin who had to argue with her that it added to the song, it is by far her biggest hit and probably everyone absolutely loves the rap at the start and middle by Grandmaster Melle Mel probably more so than the rest of the song.
Thank God she never went super Diva and cut it out.
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stomper
4:11 Fri May 6
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Pedant 4:03 Fri May 6
"Heroes celebrates the penchant for West Berliner youth to get it on on top of the wall in full view of the (notoriously trigger happy) East German guards.'
On top of the broken glass and beneath the razor wire? I think not. Anyway the wall was about 2" thick.
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