Let's spread some musical misinformation

[Gravedigger Dav]

The classic Hall & Oates hit, Kiss on my Liszt, is an Homage to the Kiss homage to CSNY's Deja Vu, called Strutter. Hall & Oates were obsessive fans of Franz' early stuff but Liszt had no idea of any of this as he was being fiercely protected from the rabble, like some kind of crown prince, by his Uncle Adalbert.

Adalbert kept a meticulous list of those who would or would not be permitted to fraternize with Franz. CSNY were very lucky to be associated in any way. Crosby's rumored to have gotten old Adalbert so stoned one night he passed out, and when he did, Crosby, once a master forger in an earlier incarnation, surreptitiously put his and the other lads' names on Adalbert's list.

After all the mega-hits and hubbub, Uncle Adalbert's now lecherous List became a seriously hot topic, globally. Everyone who was anyone wanted to be on it. Franz fans flocked but old Adalbert made no more compromises. For the life of him he couldn't understand how all those 'god awful hippies' got onto his precious list, such was the mastery of Crosby's mickey finned forgeries.

Still, the list slowly took on greater shape, growing to include Presidents and Prime Ministers, past and present, and Kings and Queens, and Dukes and Duchesses, movie stars and bassists, sportsmen and sportswomen, but only of the highest caliber, and time marched on. Today, believe it or not, the snobberific genius of the Adalbert Liszt List has all but been erased. Now, virtually pruned back to a societal stump and cut loose from all the histories, all that remains is a distant wisp of a hint in every so-called "A List."

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Aldabert's oldest son later started a chain of grocery stores.

 

[ZenG]

Otis Redding wrote "Dock Of The Bay" at this location.......

The original water-soaked draft was re-written when Otis fell in and had to be rescued....

 

[ZenG]

This is Highway 61.

Bob Dylan, rockstars and thousands of people have gone there to immerse themselves in it's rich historic tapestry.

 

[ZenG]

Margaret Thatcher actually moonlighted as a session drummer when she was Prime Minister.

 

[ZenG]

This album was the biggest single influence on Boy George........

 

[ZenG]

Because The Police were such a huge popular band, many lesser acts felt they were being crowded out of the picture and resorted to making albums like this:-

 

[zontar]

Andy Summers wrote a dance album and recorded it with several musical mice.
It went on to be a huge hit in Albania.

 

[Jay2U]

Margaret Thatcher actually moonlighted as a session drummer when she was Prime Minister.

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This is what inspired Ian Dury to produce "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick".

 

[ZenG]

This is a Talkbass member with the "Holy Grail" of Craigslist finds......further info can be found in threads titled " What Are The Best Flats for A Ten-String?"....

 

[ZenG]

It was Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper who wrote the song "All About That Bass".

The original song was about a Bass he caught on a fishing trip to Manitoba.

But his office staff wanted it more "upbeat" and re-wrote it for him.....

He is shown here working on the vocals before he sold the song to Meghan Trainor..

 

[ZenG]

Many on USA shores will remember the Canadian Rock Invasion.......

We only had one person...so she went across the border and represented us.....

 

[ZenG]

Back in the sixties, long before E-Bay the only site where you could buy anything was called YouBay.

Sonny and Cher purchased all of their stage and performance costumes from YouBay.

YouBay had a department that sold designer clothing known as "YouBayb".

Whenever Sonny and Cher received a parcel they would shout "I've Got YouBayb!!"..

and you know the rest of the story.......

 

[OldCityBassman]

Only Americans possess the skill to properly assemble instruments.

said Antonio Stradivari

 

[ZenG]

One of the problems with early rock vocalists (and still is) is that often it is hard to understand the lyrics.

David Clayton Thomas was the first vocalist to be clearly understood by the audience........and critics were absolutely amazed......

 

[ZenG]

This song recorded by The Crewcuts in 1955 refers to the legendary " Martha". The Beatles also recorded " Martha My Dear".....again referring to the mysterious 'Martha".

No-one knows who " Martha" actually is or was........

Some make the claim that she was Ed Sullivan's wife at one time.......

 

[zontar]

Others claim she was Ed himself.

 

[Imaginary Pony]

English Singers had a hard time getting on the Ed Sullivan show, and resorted to writing peons to Martha, in an effort to get her/him to help...

 

[zontar]

Contrary to popular belief, Rhonda never did help anybody, anywhere for any reason.

 

[Tom Bomb]

According to Manfred Mann's song, Martha's Madman, the mystery madman's name was Arthur. Dudley Moore played this Arthur character twice, on the big screen, and Sir John Gielgud played Martha. It's all very confusing. In reality, neither knew in the end who was who - Arthur was Martha and Martha was Arthur. They nearly called the whole thing off. At that stage though it didn't really matter all that much but it has to be said, Arthur was quite a nutter. See for yourself.

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