Comments on: Supply Amazing Fact, Win Amazing Book

By: iain010100

iain010100 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:41:03 +0000

@Molly W. re #109. Ringo provided the phrase “a hard day’s night,” but it was Paul’s driver who came up with “eight days a week.”

By: Molly W.

Molly W. — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:08:57 +0000

I think #109 may not be true… I’m pretty sure Eight Days a Week was inspired by something Ringo said. He had a habit of saying odd phrases, like “hard day’s night”. Could be wrong though.

Here’s my fact. In 1986, so-called “goth rock” group The Cure were closing their U.S. tour with a show in Los Angeles. Just before the band was to go onstage, a fan stabbed himself to death in the crowd. According to Robert Smith (lead singer) and Perry Bamonte(keys/guitar), the fan was “just using the event… he didn’t want to just have himself in the bathroom like a real Cure fan would do.” Gotta love The Cure.

Taken from a book whose name I can’t remember, as well as an interview from some magazine I don’t recall, and wikipedia. Bam.

Baltimore, MD

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:44:08 +0000

Sorry: San Francisco, CA

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:43:33 +0000

This is really obscure. In 1966, there was a club for under 21s in Long Beach, CA called the Cinnamon Cinder. I hung out there and of course, entered free on Ladies Night. One evening, I was standing outside waiting for the doors to open. A young man came up to me and asked me if I was a regular. I said I was and recognized him immediately. He asked about the band and I told him it was great. He replied that his drummer had been drafted and he was looking for someone to replace him. I said I would introduce him to the band members. We went inside when the door opened and sat at a table waiting for the band to take their first break. Others recognized him too but stayed away from the table. He bought us Cokes and when the band took a break, we went over. He started talking to the drummer who politely declined. They shook hands and we walked back to the table. He wrote down the name of his agent and the agent’s phone number in case I met another drummer at another club who might be interested. Then he thanked me and left.

Several women came to the table and I had to admit that yes, that was Don Grady from “My Three Sons” and he had a band. In 1967, he had a hit with “Yellow Balloon” that went to #25 on the Billboard Pop Charts. Ironically, he was the singer and drummer when they recorded the song.

Two other things I remember: he was shorter than I was (5′7″, I believe, which was a disappointment); and before he became an actor, he was a Mouseketeer. He was also the brother of Lani O’Grady (”Eight Is Enough”). She died of a drug overdose in 2001.

By: gus

gus — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:35:22 +0000

Back in the 80’s Nick had a show called “You Can’t Do That On T.V.”. There was a little girl who played guitar, she was (and is) Alannis Morisette.

By: Iain010100

Iain010100 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:23:41 +0000

“Tomorrow Never Knows” contains only one chord.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:52:55 +0000

The first issue of the Kiss comic books included blood from the band members in its ink.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:15:37 +0000

“Chain of Fools” contains only one chord.

By: iain010100

iain010100 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:35:38 +0000

@Sheila:

If you listen to “Beatles Live at the BBC,” John Lennon introduces a song as “You Really Got a Hold on Me… mother f******”. CD 1, track 22. It was cut off after “mother” on the CD release, but went out live over the airwaves.

- Iain (New York City)

By: Sheila

Sheila — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:54:28 +0000

“Hey Jude” by the Beatles was one of the first songs to include “cussing”, if not the first. Back before CDs and digital, they let bloopers in because no one would ever hear it on vinyl. But now with modern technology those bloopers become audible. Listen to the song at approximately the 2:56 mark in the song, right after they sing “remember to let her under your skin”, and John Lennon yells “played the wrong CHORD (pause) f**king hell”