Irrespective of what my top 3 Beatles tunes might be, it doesn't surprise me that some poll of The Great Unwashed would come up with "Let It Be" on the list. I'm more shocked that "Strawberry Fields Forever" made that list...not because I don't think it's an awesome song, but because, again, The Great Unwashed.
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Unusual Rock Trivia?
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They should all have adopted the last name of “Duran.” Then they could be a bit more like The Ramones!
Or maybe they coulda used “Rio” instead.
Additionally, Queen's drummer Roger Taylor isn't related to any of them, either.
On the original back cover of Aerosmith's debut album, their cover of the Rufus Thomas song "Walkin' The Dog" was misprinted as "Walkin' The Dig". When a second pressing of the album was released, this error was corrected.
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The Outlaws song "Green Grass and High Tides" is not about what people thought.
Even though it is one of their best known songs, and has received extensive play on radio stations, it was never released as a single and clocks in a close to 10 minutes.
Hughie Thomasson said:
I wrote that song in Saint Augustine, Florida. We went to a cookout on the beach and everybody forgot to bring their guitars. I was standing by the ocean and there was a breeze and the words kept coming to me. It’s about all the rock stars I liked that died had come back and were playing a show just for me. Like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. And, eventually more of course.
According to Henry Paul, the song is not about getting high from smoking grass, but about deceased rock and roll luminaries, and the title was taken from the 1966 "Best Of" collection by the Rolling Stones called Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) and it was turned in reverse to Green Grass and High Tides. It had to do with, a specific person's [Thomasson's] lyrical look at rock and roll legends. 'As kings and queens bow and play for you.' It's about Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. 'Castles of stone, soul and glory.' A lot of it is just sort of a collage of words that really don't have all that much to do with anything, they just fit and sounded right.
Even though it is one of their best known songs, and has received extensive play on radio stations, it was never released as a single and clocks in a close to 10 minutes.
Hughie Thomasson said:
I wrote that song in Saint Augustine, Florida. We went to a cookout on the beach and everybody forgot to bring their guitars. I was standing by the ocean and there was a breeze and the words kept coming to me. It’s about all the rock stars I liked that died had come back and were playing a show just for me. Like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. And, eventually more of course.
According to Henry Paul, the song is not about getting high from smoking grass, but about deceased rock and roll luminaries, and the title was taken from the 1966 "Best Of" collection by the Rolling Stones called Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) and it was turned in reverse to Green Grass and High Tides. It had to do with, a specific person's [Thomasson's] lyrical look at rock and roll legends. 'As kings and queens bow and play for you.' It's about Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. 'Castles of stone, soul and glory.' A lot of it is just sort of a collage of words that really don't have all that much to do with anything, they just fit and sounded right.
Three of the four Young Rascals spent time in that band as well. As for Hendrix, it gets even weirder...
On May 9, 1970, Glen Campbell took a Lear jet from Akron to Detroit. After 20 minutes, the plane departed Detroit without Campbell and headed to Pellston, Michigan, where it crashed during its landing approach.
The word "pompatus" has appeared in several songs. Pompatus is a nonsensical word used Steve Miller in the song "The Joker" from 1973. The word is believed to be a variation on the word "puppetutes" originated by Vernon Green in the lyrics of a doo-wop song released in 1954, "The Letter," by his group The Medallions. Presumably in homage to the Medallions’ song, Steve Miller also used the word "pompatus” in the lyrics of two of his other songs, "Enter Maurice" and "The Conversation".
Wolfman Jack frequently used the word and there is a sound clip of him using the line in the Guess Who song "Clap For The Wolfman".
Wolfman Jack frequently used the word and there is a sound clip of him using the line in the Guess Who song "Clap For The Wolfman".
Clap for the Wolfman is one of those "ultra-fun" songs from the past...even if you're not playing it on anything but just listening...Don't know why...just gets me that way.
On January 8, 1974 - KISS held a press party at the closed Fillmore East in New York City to celebrate their debut album. They rehearsed at the closed down venue, Fillmore East from December 1973 to January 1974, in preparation of their upcoming tour for their ready to release debut album KISS. On this date, in addition to press members, people were invited in from off the streets to see the band perform including other artists and their parents as well.
Gene Simmons:
"We played our very first industry show on January 8, 1974, at the Fillmore East. We had just finished recording our first album and did a sneak for the press, friends, and family. At the end of blowing up the Fillmore East for 20 minutes, my mother ran down the aisle and she ran over to Paul to tell him how wonderful she thought he was. I said, Hey, Mom, I'm over here!' "
Gene's mother did not recognize him with the makeup on.
Paul Stanley wore the Bandit makeup for this show, not yet transformed into the Starchild that we know him to be today.
Gene Simmons:
"We played our very first industry show on January 8, 1974, at the Fillmore East. We had just finished recording our first album and did a sneak for the press, friends, and family. At the end of blowing up the Fillmore East for 20 minutes, my mother ran down the aisle and she ran over to Paul to tell him how wonderful she thought he was. I said, Hey, Mom, I'm over here!' "
Gene's mother did not recognize him with the makeup on.
Paul Stanley wore the Bandit makeup for this show, not yet transformed into the Starchild that we know him to be today.
^ And I believe Gene was sporting an early adapter version of the Snark clip on tuner on his bass headstock that night.
The voice in this commercial is none other than Ian Dury
55 years ago today on March 25, 1966 at a photo session at Bob Whitaker's studio in London, The Beatles posed in white coats using sides of meat with mutilated and butchered dolls for the cover of their next American album, 'Yesterday and Today'. After advance copies were sent to disc jockeys and record reviewers, negative reaction to the cover photo was so strong Capitol recalled 750,000 copies from distributors to replace the cover. The total cost to Capitol to replace the cover and promotional materials was $250,000, wiping out their initial profit. Some of the original copies had the new album photo glued over the first photo and were distributed. This album cover was later referred to as "The Butcher Cover" and original copies that have not been altered are highly collectible.
Alice Cooper, Tommy Shaw, and John Prine are all inductees of the White Castle Cravers Hall of Fame.
White Castle Inducts 13 Into Cravers Hall of Fame | QSR magazine.
White Castle Inducts 13 Into Cravers Hall of Fame | QSR magazine.
The difference in the looks on their faces between the two covers is interesting.
This seems like the best place for this tale.
