All band names in the UK have to be approved by the Ministry of Band names or they face severe fines.
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
- Thread starter pklima
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All Asian fusion cuisine in the UK has to be approved by the Ministry of Silly Woks.
Bands that are adjudged to be producing dance music (according to the House of Lords this is characterised by a series of repetitive beats*) have to be approved by the Ministry of Sound. As part of the funding for this ministry it requires bands contribute one or more tracks to CDs that it sells to the public to offset the cost of its work. You can go and see this ministry in action in what it calls 'club nights' in its 'discotheque' held regularly in the House of Commons after hours.
* that bit I really didn't make up.
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Up until 1963 the government department in the UK responsible for doing things like banning 'Lady Chatterly's Lover' was also responsible for vetting grammatical correctness in song lyrics. Hence the first drafts of songs by the Rolling Stones had hooks such as "I cannot get any satisfaction, oh most certainly not".
Even after this date the ministry tried to ban 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' on the basis that whilst it was not grammatically incorrect it made no sense whatsoever, not even the title. The long court case was finally won when Prince Charles, breaking with constitutional convention, intervened by dramatically playing The Goons' 'The Ying Tong Song' on an old grammaphone from the public gallery of the Old Bailey.
Even after this date the ministry tried to ban 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' on the basis that whilst it was not grammatically incorrect it made no sense whatsoever, not even the title. The long court case was finally won when Prince Charles, breaking with constitutional convention, intervened by dramatically playing The Goons' 'The Ying Tong Song' on an old grammaphone from the public gallery of the Old Bailey.
Really. I mean - They might just as well been closed??? Sup with that grammer, man?
Don't even get me started on those 16 vestal virgins....Sheesh.The radio game show in the UK "Just a minute" is based on the ancient law (still on the statute books but no longer enforced) which states that any song of one minute duration or less must contain no repetition, hesitation or deviation from the stated song title. In the case Crown versus Queen the band successfully established that this law did not apply to individual elements of Bohemian Rhapsody, and so 'Galileo' could be legitimately repeated multiple times even though he was an Italian astronomer with no links to Bohemia.
If Chris Squier would have change his surname to Chris Fender, he would become a bigger bass legend than he is now.
the bass and the guitar are actually the same thing....just ask your wives/girlfriends....
And don't try & lay no Boojie Woojie on the King of Rock & Roll.
"God Save the Queen" by the The Sex Pistols was not played by the BBC. According to a spokesman of the BBC, they wouldn't have banned the song, if it would have been titled "Your Lordship Would You Care to Please Save the Almighty Ruler of the Commonwealth?".
The Holy Handgrenade can be defused by playing a song in 5/4 time.
Chris Squire is secretly a member of TB's Mediocre Bassist Club.
There is a secret bass riff, that if played, will cause the earth to shatter--so be careful out there.
Yes, be very careful. You know that Tibet earthquake? that was me.. I got way too close. Sorry about that.
In a band setting its very common to shift the key of the song to better match the vocal range of the singer. Most singers have very fragile egos and would never admit they can't sing in a specific range so its actually best if the drummer takes on the responsibility of key selection for a given song, keeping the singers best interests in mind. However, if the drummer ever suggests the song be played in F-sharp major you will need to allow a few extra minutes for the drummer to retune his kit.
The time signature 7/8 was created by Neil Peart in the late 1960s. When he joined Rush the Canadian band was then free to use this time signature, although Peart did licence it to other bands in the early 1970s*. Due to this licensing restriction this time signature has remained rare. More recently Peart decided to relicence it under the GPL licence. This means that you are free to use it in your music, but must open source the sheet music for your song.
* Particularly English prog rock bands who heard about it from Peart during his time in the UK.
* Particularly English prog rock bands who heard about it from Peart during his time in the UK.
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