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moojakptorei
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  • Posted: 04/14/2013 10:14
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Everyone loves trivia, even the people who don't. In this thread you can list all the trivia you want.

I'll start off.

After Nirvana covered The Man Who Sold The World at Unplugged, David Bowie would perform it and get people saying 'It's cool you're doing a Nirvana song.'
ButterThumbz
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  • Posted: 04/14/2013 10:30
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Abbey Road was originally going to be called Everest but, when it came to doing the cover shoot, the band couldn't be bothered flying out to Nepal and did it in the street outside instead.
Puncture Repair
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  • Posted: 04/14/2013 10:33
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ButterThumbz wrote:
Abbey Road was originally going to be called Everest but, when it came to doing the cover shoot, the band couldn't be bothered flying out to Nepal and instead did it in the street outside.


Darn, you stole mine.

Uhh... Sigur Ros paid for the the recording of their first album partly by helping paint the studio.
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  • Posted: 04/14/2013 10:34
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In school, John Lennon was told by his English teacher that he would never become anything and that he was dumb. When he later heard that his old teacher analyzed his lyrics, he wrote a complete nonsense song just to annoy him. The song was 'I Am The Walrus'
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moojakptorei
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  • Posted: 04/14/2013 11:15
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ButterThumbz wrote:
Abbey Road was originally going to be called Everest but, when it came to doing the cover shoot, the band couldn't be bothered flying out to Nepal and did it in the street outside instead.


Is that actually true?
Puncture Repair
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  • Posted: 04/14/2013 11:23
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Ochurch25 wrote:
Is that actually true?


Yep

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8188475.stm
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  • Posted: 04/14/2013 11:25
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Radiohead's b-side song 'Palo Alto's original name was OK Computer...

Jonny Greenwood joined band as Harmonica player at the first.

ect...
HugoHeinen
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  • Posted: 04/14/2013 11:43
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The Jackson 5 has recorded 469 songs in six years at motown
moojakptorei
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  • Posted: 04/14/2013 11:49
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R.E.M. trivia - On Dead Letter Office, the song Voice of Harold uses the backing track as 7 Chinese Bros. from Reckoning and for the lyrics Michael sings the liner notes of the gospel album The Joy Of Knowing Jesus by The Revelaires.
moojakptorei
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  • Posted: 04/14/2013 15:53
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Soma by Smashing Pumpkins has over 40 guitar tracks.
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