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Unusual Rock Trivia?
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Donald "Duck" Dunn got his nickname "Duck" from his father. Born in Memphis on November 24, 1941, Dunn was given his nickname by his father as the two watched a Donald Duck cartoon on TV. “It was just one of those things that stuck,” he recalls. “Most of my school friends and even a few of my teachers called me Duck.”
This is true, they started a tour together on 07-July, but...
on the 7th show (16-July) Jimi got fed up with the crowd freaking out, flipped them the bird & walked off-stage, for good!
They did only 7 shows together.
I think the clincher for Jimi was when he tried to get them to sing along to Foxey Lady, but instead they were singing Foxey Davey.
Toto's "Africa" to play 'for eternity' in Namibia desert
Toto's "Africa" has come home, so to speak, thanks to an installation by an artist who plans to play the song on loop in a Namibian desert -- for eternity.
German-Namibian artist Max Siedentopf has set up the sound installation, called "Toto Forever," in an undisclosed location in the 1,200 mile-long Namib Desert.
The desert, on the west coast of Southern Africa, is around 55 million years old -- making it the world's oldest desert and the "perfect spot" for his work, Siedentopf, 27, said, "Hopefully the song will play just as long," he added.
Siedentopf is using solar batteries to power the entire installation, which consists of plinths supporting six speakers attached to a single MP3 player that contains one track: Toto's "Africa."
"Even though 'Africa' by Toto was released 1982 it is still very much present in today's pop culture and frequently used for memes and even entire Reddit pages are dedicated to the song," Siedentopf, who is based in London, said.
"I was very intrigued by this and wanted to pay the song the ultimate homage and physically exhibit 'Africa' in Africa."
The song -- which was written by Toto's late drummer, Jeff Porcaro, and keyboard player David Paich -- has occasionally been mocked for its lack of local knowledge: One of the lyrics claims "Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti," but Africa's highest peak can't be seen from the Serengeti.
He said he won't reveal exact the location of the work, adding that it is "like a treasure that only the most loyal of Toto fans can find."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCuP7ABO_Go
Toto's "Africa" has come home, so to speak, thanks to an installation by an artist who plans to play the song on loop in a Namibian desert -- for eternity.
German-Namibian artist Max Siedentopf has set up the sound installation, called "Toto Forever," in an undisclosed location in the 1,200 mile-long Namib Desert.
The desert, on the west coast of Southern Africa, is around 55 million years old -- making it the world's oldest desert and the "perfect spot" for his work, Siedentopf, 27, said, "Hopefully the song will play just as long," he added.
Siedentopf is using solar batteries to power the entire installation, which consists of plinths supporting six speakers attached to a single MP3 player that contains one track: Toto's "Africa."
"Even though 'Africa' by Toto was released 1982 it is still very much present in today's pop culture and frequently used for memes and even entire Reddit pages are dedicated to the song," Siedentopf, who is based in London, said.
"I was very intrigued by this and wanted to pay the song the ultimate homage and physically exhibit 'Africa' in Africa."
The song -- which was written by Toto's late drummer, Jeff Porcaro, and keyboard player David Paich -- has occasionally been mocked for its lack of local knowledge: One of the lyrics claims "Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti," but Africa's highest peak can't be seen from the Serengeti.
He said he won't reveal exact the location of the work, adding that it is "like a treasure that only the most loyal of Toto fans can find."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCuP7ABO_Go
I've seen this article before in other parts of the interwebs and the one bit I can't get past is the very real potential for the MP3 player to overheat and fail (much like a phone in a hot car). I'm curious how it was overcome.
And the speakers and the rest of the equipment to withstand blinding wind and sands storms...doesn't look like it'll last at first glance, but who knows.
The Guns N’ Roses song "You Could Be Mine" was originally released as the theme song for the 1991 film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Arnold Schwarzenegger was very involved with every facet of the movie's production. One of the things that the producers wanted to do was to put together a music video for the film, because back then, if you could get a good music video it would get played 15 times a day on MTV. Arnold was asked whether he would do it, and he said, "Only if you get the best band in the world to do it." He was asked, "Okay, who’s the best?" Arnold said, "If you get Guns N’ Roses I’m in." But, to get them there was a lot of schmoozing with the band and Arnold and Maria [Shriver] invited the band over to their house for dinner one night to negotiate a deal, and sure enough, they agreed.
Paul McCartney and Carl Radle were born on the same day. Brian Wilson was born two days later.
July 10, 1900 - “His Master’s Voice” is registered with the U.S. Patent Office as the trademark for the Victor Recording Company (later known as RCA Victor). The company’s logo is a painting of a terrier named “Nipper” looking at the horn of a phonograph machine. The painting is by British artist Francis Barraud who is Nipper’s caretaker after his brother Mark Henry Barraud passes away in 1887. Nipper himself lives to be eleven years old before he dies in 1895. The image becomes an icon and one of the most recognized corporate trademarks of the 20th century and beyond.
The song "Hip To Be Square" by Huey Lewis and The News has his SF 49ers buddies Joe Montana, Dwight Clark and Ronnie Lott singing backup vocals.
Alice Cooper was welcome in Canada in the '70s. His snake Angel, however, was not.
When the shock-rocker tried to get the nine-foot boa constrictor into the country for his 1977 tour, it was refused entry because of lack of documentation.
"Angel is absolutely brilliant on stage," Cooper said. "I've gone to 15 or 20 countries in my whole life and I've never, ever had to [produce a snake's life history]."
Cooper was asked when he would give up the rock-and-roll life. The 29-year-old Cooper said he would quit at 35. He is still touring at the age of 72.
When the shock-rocker tried to get the nine-foot boa constrictor into the country for his 1977 tour, it was refused entry because of lack of documentation.
"Angel is absolutely brilliant on stage," Cooper said. "I've gone to 15 or 20 countries in my whole life and I've never, ever had to [produce a snake's life history]."
Cooper was asked when he would give up the rock-and-roll life. The 29-year-old Cooper said he would quit at 35. He is still touring at the age of 72.
The Beatles song "Dear Prudence" was written by John Lennon for Prudence Farrow, Mia's sister. She was with the group in Rishikesh studying transcendental meditation with the Maharishi Yogi, and after a paranoid episode, would not leave her bungalow. John supposedly played it for her to lure her out. "Dear Prudence / Won't you come out to play"...
I went to college at a very small Bible college. There was a professor there who taught all of the science classes and stuff similar. He was one of the scientists who developed the fuel for the Voyager spacecraft. Was so smart he was dull. His son was around my age.
Interesting that the ONLY rock song on the above mentioned disc is JBG. everything else is symphony/classical/tribal styles...
BnB
The song “Thank You for Being a Friend” wasn’t the producers’ first choice for The Golden Girls TV Show theme song.
They approached the publishing company for Bette Midler's song, "Friends", but it was too expensive. One of the producers remembered Andrew Gold’s song, "Thank You For Being A Friend". They licensed it and hired a session singer named Cynthia Fee. Even though the recording session was slated to last for an hour, she did it in one or two takes—maybe 20 or 30 minutes—and planned on never thinking of it again. The irony is that thanks to unions, every time your song gets played, you get paid. So this job she did on a random weekday in 1985 has put her kids through college.
The original version by Andrew Gold was a hit in 1978. The other musicians who played on the song with Andrew Gold were Kenny Edwards (bass, backing vocals), Brock Walsh (backing vocals), Waddy Wachtel (guitar), & Jeff Porcaro (drums)
Additionally, the song was featured as a dedication to the host on Casey Kasem's final American Top 20/10, broadcast on the Fourth of July weekend in 2009.
They approached the publishing company for Bette Midler's song, "Friends", but it was too expensive. One of the producers remembered Andrew Gold’s song, "Thank You For Being A Friend". They licensed it and hired a session singer named Cynthia Fee. Even though the recording session was slated to last for an hour, she did it in one or two takes—maybe 20 or 30 minutes—and planned on never thinking of it again. The irony is that thanks to unions, every time your song gets played, you get paid. So this job she did on a random weekday in 1985 has put her kids through college.
The original version by Andrew Gold was a hit in 1978. The other musicians who played on the song with Andrew Gold were Kenny Edwards (bass, backing vocals), Brock Walsh (backing vocals), Waddy Wachtel (guitar), & Jeff Porcaro (drums)
Additionally, the song was featured as a dedication to the host on Casey Kasem's final American Top 20/10, broadcast on the Fourth of July weekend in 2009.
Did we do this one yet:
A number of musicians guest stared on the "Highlander" TV show...Roland Gift (Fine Young Canibals), Roger Daltrey (The Who), Jim Byrnes (Canadian blues player), Joan Jett, Martin & Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Sheena Easton, and Vanity are some of them.
The Daltrey ones were some of the best because he plays such a good...womanizer.
A number of musicians guest stared on the "Highlander" TV show...Roland Gift (Fine Young Canibals), Roger Daltrey (The Who), Jim Byrnes (Canadian blues player), Joan Jett, Martin & Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Sheena Easton, and Vanity are some of them.
The Daltrey ones were some of the best because he plays such a good...womanizer.
Interesting you bring this up: We just found the Highlander series on Amazon and are going to watch it. When it was on TV, we would catch it when we could, but obviously missed episodes. I agree that Daltrey was great on that show.
And picking up on this theme, "Sexy Sadie" was originally written by Lennon as "Maharishi" and was a blistering take down of the guru ("Maharishi, what have you done, you made a fool of everyone...") after Lennon learned the guru attempted some "private instruction" with one of the woman in the Beatles' entourage. Lennon had to re-write the lyric to avoid legal action by the Maharishi.
The series is not perfect by any means but many episodes are good enough that it is hard not to watch it when it shows up. They often had very good casting.
According to the Barry Miles book "Many Years From Now", it was George who suggested to John to change the lyric to Sexy Sadie. George was still in support of the Maharishi and didn't believe the "private instruction" story, but did not stand in the way of a good song by John. Even when the Beatles were falling apart, they still supported each other for the most part.
