Post your little known musical factoids

[red_harrington]

As a lifelong Pink Floyd fan I only just found this out just now:

The song Shine on You crazy Diamond, which is of course about Syd Barrett, has the letters SYD as shown here

 

[Redpete]

My mum worked in the Swan back in the mid 70's, prolly a bit before your time

Yes I started there 1982, it was owned by a Polish family called the Polaseks ( excuse spelling ) my Mum did work there for a short time also .I am sure your Mum would know Vi who worked in the steak house around the same time.

 

[Littlejimmy]

Herbie Hancock played a keyboard solo on the track "Hunter and the Hunted" on the Simple Minds album New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84).

 

[Ian Bairds Ears]

Someone shouts 'fxxxin hell' 2m 58 secs into Hey Jude

Massive beatles fan...and hadn't heard that before

 

[FlapJacks]

I believe Marc Riley was also there as well ?

Didn't he miss the sex pistols when he left to get some chips? Or maybe that was a different gig.

 

[smoggs03]

Massive beatles fan...and hadn't heard that before

That someone is John Lennon. either a crew member or extra knock his mic stand flying during the live recording. Loved following how it’s been edited out and back in over the years on different remasters.

 

[Ravs]

Scousers will be fuming at your attempt at Wexfords finest ! -


with an audience of under 50 (nearer 40) the Sex Pistols Gig at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1976 had;

Stephen Patrick Morrissey - The Smiths

Bernard Sumner - Joy Division / New Order

Mark E Smith - The Fall

Howard Devoto - Buzzcocks (promoted the gig & worked the door)

Peter Shelley - Buzzcocks (promoted the gig and worked the door)

Peter Hook - Joy Division /New Order

Jonathon Ormrod - Jon the Postman

Tony Wilson - TV Presenter & Factory Records

Paul Morley - Music Journalist

Peter Saville - Designer

Malcolm Garret - Designer

Kevin Cummins - Photographer

& future members of Frantic Elevators / Simply Red & A Certain Ration

in the audience.

Also at Manchester Free Trade Hall, this time in 1966…

Then Keele University student, Keith Butler instigated a famous moment in rock history by angering young folkie turning electric Bob Dylan into yelling to his bandmates to “PLAY IT FUKCING LOUD!!” in responding to Butler’s claim of “JUDAS”.

Before emigrating to Canada in the early ‘70s, Keith had worked for a couple of years at Lackenby Steel Works, Redcar.

 

[Ravs]

1999‘s return to the scene of the crime. Mr. Zimmerman didn’t appear.

Bob Dylan Who's Who - Keith 'Judas!' Butler

 

[BiggEggo]

It's quite well known now. Chics original lyrics to Le Freak were penned as F*ck You

 

[Ziggy]

Jerry Lee Lewis, like every night, came on stage while his backing band played a rousing riff….crowd is going mad, he’s doing a regal stroll to the piano soaking up the adulation.
He starts the show by lifting the lid of the piano keyboard so it slams open, the band stop on the slam, he hits a chord….then they’re off.
Gets to the piano goes for the lid…Nothing the lid is still locked. So he signals the band to continue the riff while he tries a nonchalant stroll back to the wings…gets there says to the piano roadie very politely …”Key please” gets it with a gracious “Thank you very much”
Then hits the guy knocking him flat out. And strolls back to the piano and starts the show as planned.

 

[Laughing]

The longest published song title ever is Hoagy Carmichael’s 1943,

'I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues.'

Just beating meatloafs in the land of the pig the butcher is king

 

[alanmoodysdog]

mick jagger sang backing on carly simons your so vain

 

[asredastheycome]

In the mid-80s, Alison Moyet co-wrote some songs with a 'Jean Guiot', including the hit 'Is This Love'. Mr Guiot was in fact Dave Stewart of Eurythmics.

Similarly, Billy Bragg recorded Walk Away Renee, which entailed him reciting a piece of prose over the top of an acoustic version of the Four Tops song, exquisitely played by 'Duane Tremolo' - which was in fact Johnny Marr.

Little known fact it's a Left Banke song Don't Walk Away Renee covered by Four Tops.

 

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]

Peter Grant, Manager of such popular British bands as The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin & Bad Company , played a British commando in the 1961 Film; Guns of Navarone .

 

[smoggs03]

Learnt recently that the housemartins used to do their own warm up act. They performed as a barbershop quartet in the warm up and this is where their version of caravan of love came from.

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Ray Parker Jr played guitar on Leo Sayers You Make Me Feel Like Dancing.

 

[Ziggy]

Dave Clark didn’t play drums on “Bits and Pieces”
Though the drummer who did also played on the Kinks, “You Really Got Me”
It wasn’t the Kinks drummer either.

 

[paul66]

feargal sharkey is the son of micky dolenz

 

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]

Dave Clark didn’t play drums on “Bits and Pieces”
Though the drummer who did also played on the Kinks, “You Really Got Me”
It wasn’t the Kinks drummer either.

thats a great bit of trivia - well done sir.

Bobby Graham, by the way !

 

[Billyzin]

Tiny Tim actually had a basso profundo singing voice.
The voice on his recordings is actually Pinky, of Pinky and Perky fame.