36 Facts About Your Favorite Music to Sing From the Rooftops

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36 Facts About Your Favorite Music to Sing From the Rooftops

Someone took it upon themselves to conduct a year-long study to find the world’s catchiest song. And that’s just great, because we were totally about to embark on that journey. Now we have a full year of time on our hands to hunt for other music-related facts! For instance, the original name of The Goo Goo Dolls was just plain horrifying. You’ll see! 

DRUMMER KEITH MOON, WHEN INVITED TO PLAY FOR A NEW BAND, THOUGHT THE IDEA WOULD GO OVER LIKE A LEAD ZEPPELIN. They changed the spelling because they didn't want people to use the wrong pronunciation of lead. CRACKED.COM http://www.classicbands.com/names.html

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Terrible weather hit the UK, New Zealand, and Romania when Umbrella topped their charts This became known as the Rihanna curse. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Busta Rhymes shattered a windshield when he first heard Eminem PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT Busta Rhymes was on a tour bus when he first listened the Slim Shady LP and was so moved that he smashed his head against the bus' windshield. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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CRACKED.COM A girl can do what she wants to do And that's what I'm gonna do Joan Jett's BAD REPUTATION isn't simply an anthem for outcasts. It's about sexism in rock 'n' roll. Jett had been rejected by 23 record labels - according to her, due to her reputation as a former member of an all-female band.

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CRACKED.COM The Village People's MACHO MAN was intended to be serious. The French songwriters had no intention at all to be funny. The group took the high camp route when they realized the material couldn't possibly be taken seriously.

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It's just another manic Monday I wish it was Sunday The Bangles' MANIC MONDAY was written by Prince. The band's first hit was credited to one Christopher - which was a pseudonym for none other than himself. CRACKED.COM

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SUMMER OF '69 WASN'T ABOUT THE YEAR. IT WAS ABOUT THE SEX. 1969 - NOOK 3 BS 22 1 GNG Goka 27 24 10 FED 14/21 7 28 26 29 30 31 25 Bryan Adams confirmed in an interview that it was about 69 the sex, not '69 the year. Adams was 9 years old in 1969, so if it had been about his memories of that year, the song would actually have been creepier. CRACKED.COM http://www.pacities.org/sunsetstrip/show/6235/Review/Article45.html

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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND TOOK ITS NAME FROM THE TITLE OF AN S&M BOOK FOUND ON THE SIDEWALK. AB THE VELVET - UNDERGROUND Here . - incredible book Kall short and PTACK - Ben documentary - The social corruption don - the must for - thinking and BY MICHAEL LEIGH INTRODUCTION . LOUIS BERS M.D. The Velvet Underground, by OF Michael Leigh, was found by one of the band members. It was all about the secret bondage-y sexual scene in the early 1960s. CRACKED.COM http://www.classicbands.com/names.hml

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THE Goo Goo DOLLS WERE ORIGINALLY CALLED SEX MAGGOT. Their manager balked at the name, so they picked the name Goo Goo Dolls when they spotted an ad for a doll with a moveable, rubber head in True Detective magazine. CRACKED.COM http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/The_Goo_Goo_Dolls.aspx

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