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Doctor Stamen
16 Nov 2002, 07:13 PM
-The instrumental song Telstar from the 60's was written by some loon who used a ouiji board to talk to his idol Buddy Holly. He subsequently shot his landlady and himself after an arguement about unpaid rent on the aniversary of Buddy's death.
-Bernard Butler, of Suede and McAlmot and Butler fame wrote the Christmas novelty hit 'Can he fix it ?', sung by Bob the Builder.
655321
16 Nov 2002, 11:21 PM
I read somewhere that Jimmy Page played the famous riff on the original recording of the Kinks "You Really Got Me".
Aimer, Northend Diva
17 Nov 2002, 12:49 AM
Aerosmith almost bought a plane, but someone in their camp had a bad vibe about the plane. So they passed. Lynard Skynard bought the plane. The rest is history.
J. Books
17 Nov 2002, 02:04 AM
Originally posted by 655321
I read somewhere that Jimmy Page played the famous riff on the original recording of the Kinks "You Really Got Me".
whoever told you that should be burned at the stake...
Michael K.
17 Nov 2002, 02:38 AM
Originally posted by Doctor Stamen
-Bernard Butler, of Suede and McAlmot and Butler fame wrote the Christmas novelty hit 'Can he fix it ?', sung by Bob the Builder.
Bernard Butler rules. I even like 'Yes' by McAlmont and Butler. Whatever happened to David McAlmont?
Doctor Stamen
17 Nov 2002, 06:22 AM
They've just released another album together after putting a big fall out behind them. They released a single called Falling a month or two ago.
655321
17 Nov 2002, 02:55 PM
Originally posted by J. Books
whoever told you that should be burned at the stake...
Hmm...well, I don't think it's that serious, but I doubt that it's true.
Mattbro
18 Nov 2002, 11:40 AM
Originally posted by Aimer, Northend Diva
Aerosmith almost bought a plane, but someone in their camp had a bad vibe about the plane. So they passed. Lynard Skynard bought the plane. The rest is history.
"Bad vibe" = the pilots were passing around a bottle of Jack before the flight.
bmurphyfl
18 Nov 2002, 03:20 PM
- Regarding the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash, another weird part of it involved one of the band members being shot after the crash. I forgot which band member it was but one of them spent the night crawling through a swamp with serious injuries desperately trying to find help. At some point he found a farm and started stumbling towards the farm. The farmer saw this dirty long-hair guy stumbling across his field and became so scared that he shot him. The guy survived the crash and the shooting.
- Lou Reed had a minor dance hit called "Do the Ostrich" in 1964; two years before VU's first album. He was part of a song writing factory at the time called Pickwick City; not unlike the current boys-band factory in FL.
- The lead singer of Joy Division killed himself by tying a noose around his neck and the clothes bar in his closet. He then repeatedly sprinted across the room until he snapped his neck.
Murf
J. Books
18 Nov 2002, 04:18 PM
Originally posted by bmurphyfl
- The lead singer of Joy Division killed himself by tying a noose around his neck and the clothes bar in his closet. He then repeatedly sprinted across the room until he snapped his neck.
Murf
I've heard so many versions of that particular suicide.
The best version involved him standing on a block of ice with the noose around his neck...as the ice melts he slowly sinks lower and lower until he is strangled...how theatrical. I'm sure some 16 year old goth girl came up with that one...