Let's spread some musical misinformation

[Tom Bomb]

John Entwistle's Great Great Great Great Grandfather, Jimbo, carved the magic whistle known as the Entwhistle, that was used successfully to call all the ents of the Old Forest to battle, to lay waste to Isengard. This was a pivotal moment in the history of Middle Earth, now all but forgotten.

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In early '71, John inexplicably dropped the silent letter from his name, claiming that the H was altogether unnecessary and was slowing him down, quite considerably. In recent years, medical science has proved him correct.

 

[jamro217]

Yes...I had a Phillips stereo made by his electronics company as well a few years back....

The problem with those were that they only played records on the Philips label. The second L was dropped from the name because it was always getting cut off by those really big holes in the middle of the 45s.

 

[Michael B]

The vocals for the Beatles song Honey Pie were recorded by plugging the output jack of John's Fender guitar amp into the input of the mixing board. Then they all sang very loud into the speaker of the amp. There was just enough signal to capture the performance that made it to the version we hear on the album. The unique sound has never been recreated by a major recording artist.

The Monkees later tried the same technique on several songs but scrapped the idea after unsuccessful attempts to replicate the sound adequately.

Sir Paul has maintained that this is a perfect example that the quality of the vocalist is 99% of the sound and the other 1% has nothing to do with the equipment used to record it.

 

[zontar]

Peter Tork was the lone survivor of the great Beatles/Monkees war of '67.

 

[ZenG]

All of The Monkees were originally Mouseketeers.

 

[shadowtippy]

I have a cousin that looks remarkably like Peter Tork. I feel sorry for her.

 

[Jay2U]

In 1968 an eccentric Englishman paid the instruments for a starting band. He wanted the band to carry his name, Zed Leppelin. Jimmy didn't like it, so they compromised on Led Zeppelin.

 

[shadowtippy]

I have a cousin that looks remarkably like Peter Tork. I feel sorry for her.

I thought this was the "misfortune" thread, not the "misinformation" thread. Sorry.

 

[Jay2U]

I thought this was the "misfortune" thread, not the "misinformation" thread. Sorry.

So you're not sorry, because this is the misinformation thread.

 

[ZenG]

Peter Tork was the lone survivor of the great Beatles/Monkees war of '67.

Yep...the Monkees were smacking the crap out of the Beatles so Lennon wrote "Give Peace a Chance".

That's also why Yoko appeared out of seemingly nowhere....because she had a 12th Dan blackbelt in Karate.....John never went anywhere without her.

 

[GBassNorth]

The Oakland Raiders formed as a football team in the late 1960's. But before that, they were a rock band headed up by their soon to be quarter back, Paul Revere.

 

[zontar]

Kansas once recorded an album using only Kazoos, Wax paper & combs, rubber bands & tin cans as the instruments.
The masters are stored in Don Kirshner's secret vault that nobody has been able to locate.

 

[ZenG]

Kansas once recorded an album using only Kazoos, Wax paper & combs, rubber bands & tin cans as the instruments.
The masters are stored in Don Kirshner's secret vault that nobody has been able to locate.

I have a copy of that album actually.....It's called "Rubber Tin".

 

[Tom Bomb]

Air Supply had respiratory problems. Their similarly predisposed children went on to form Weezer. The whole clan still makes light of their innumerable troubles and are thus, a true inspiration to us all.

 

[GBassNorth]

Justin Bieber thinks Nickleback sucks, Nickleback thinks Bieber sucks and Canadians think both of them suck.
The United States, on the other hand, loves both groups and have considered trading Bruce Springstien for them.

 

[Jay2U]

Stradivarius was the original designer of the Stradicastro, a versatile four string guitar. Leo put two extra strings onto it and mounted a few pickups. He changed the name to the more contemporary Stratocaster.

 

[ZenG]

The original "Plectrum" was a machine invented for performing frontal lobotomies....how the name got mixed up with guitar picks is unclear.

 

[Tom Bomb]

I went down to the Crossroads, took a wrong turn and ended up on the Human Highway. Diggin' the scenery, knees in the breeze, destination unknown.

 

[GBassNorth]

The original lyrics to the Beatles hit "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" were written by Sir Paul who never indulged in illegal drugs. Unfortunately, Paul was dictating the lyrics to John who was perpetually high on acid. This is how Paul intended the song to be sung...

Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With Hazel nut trees and dark blue skies
Somebody calls you, you answer abruptly
A girl with beautiful eyes.

Daffodil flowers of yellow and green
Rubbing against your knees
Look for the girl with the sun glasses on
And she's gone

Lucy likes lots of diamonds
Lucy likes lots of diamonds
Lucy likes lots of diamonds, ah

...well you get the idea. John's acid trip had a huge impact on how the song came out. The rest is history.

 

[ZenG]

Yoko tried to write a version of that as well:-

"Picture yourself in a boat with loose rivets
With rotten old oars and a bag full of pies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite rudely
A girl with a car full of guys

Daffodil flowers of yellow yet green
Wedged in between your knees
Look for the girl with the big rubber nose
But she's gone

Lucci is this guy with diamonds
Lucci is this guy with diamonds
Lucci is this guy with diamonds....."