35 Little-Known Bits of Pop Music Lore

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35 Little-Known Bits of Pop Music Lore

If you truly love a musician, you’ve probably done your own deep dive into what makes them and their music so great. Well, we feel the same way about music facts. One little tidbit of music lore gets us fired up to dig way deeper. And we can totally bop our heads along to them. Here, watch: “The Caroline in Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” is JFK’s daughter. 

Hmm, you probably couldn’t see our heads bopping along, but they were! We promise!

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Vanilla Ice flips houses the CRACKED.COM Ice started studying real estate in the 90's, and became surprisingly adept at investing in and remodeling homes. Не now owns Vanilla Ice Real Estate, and has a show on the DIY Network.

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THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS ISN'T ABOUT THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. It's about the Second Coming, and by extension, the end of the world. It's based on scriptures from the book of Revelation, which is the apocalyptic part of the Bible. CRACKED COM Revelation 19615

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THE STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ARE NAMED AFTER THE STP OIL LOGO. STP Their original name, Mighty Joe Young, wasn't available. They came up with the name Stone Temple Pilots because they liked the look of the three-letter logo on the sticker on singer Scott Weiland's motorcycle. CRACKED.COM http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Stone_Temple_Pilots.aspx

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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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CRACKED.COM Katy Perry's Firework was inspired by Beat novelist Jack Kerouac. The only people for me are the mad ones burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars... Perry knew this quote from On The Road through her boyfriend at the time, comedian and Kerouac aficionado Russell Brand.

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According to Bob Marley's girlfriend, I Shot the Sheriff was inspired by their fights over birth control. The Sheriff was the doctor who prescribed her the Pill. Sheriff John Brown always hated me, For what, / don't know. Every time / plant a seed, Не said Kill it before it grow. CRACKED.COM

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London Calling by The Clash The 1979 song is about climate change. The lyrics were inspired after the band read an article about the flooding of the Thames River. CRACKED.COM

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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 Han . - incredible book Kwil short and anice - But + decumentary on the Medial compation - ... - to May thinking and BY MICHAEL LEIGH - LOUIS BERG MO 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.html

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One Way or Another by Blondie The obsessive love song is more obsessive than it seems on the surface. Debbie Harry penned the song after being stalked by a nutjob. CRACKED.COM

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