Music 'Facts' That People You Know Insist Are True

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-28-2014, 01:36 PM

And won't be told otherwise........

My Mother - Insists it was Suzi Quatro who originally sung 'I Love Rock n Roll' in the early 80s and not Joan Jett. When I showed her the youtube video she replied that she still remembered Suzi did it a couple of years earlier.

My Dad - Insists that Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill of ZZ Top are twin brothers, despite having different surnames.

Friend of mine - Insists that at an Ozzy gig a fan got up on stage and took a huge dump, Ozzy got on his knees and ate it. (Think he's confusing him with GG Allin but he still won't have it.

Guy I used to work with - Phil Collins sang guest lead vocals on Van Halen's 'I'll Wait'

Friend's Dad - Alice Cooper's Schools Out was released in the mid 60s.

Everybody I ever downloaded from on Soulseek - James Brown sings 'Play That Funky Music White Boy'

**Frownland** · 10-28-2014, 01:37 PM

Eddy Van Halen and my father are firm believers that EVH was the first to use two hand fingertapping on the guitar.

Holerbot6000 · 10-28-2014, 02:03 PM

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Eddy Van Halen and my father are firm believers that EVH was the first to use two hand fingertapping on the guitar.

That's funny. I just saw a TV show where Steve Hackett claimed credit for creating the two handed tap. I'm sure he stole it from some old Blues guy.

Chula Vista · 10-28-2014, 02:26 PM

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That's funny. I just saw a TV show where Steve Hackett claimed credit for creating the two handed tap.

He's definitely the first one that I heard doing it.

Necromancer · 10-28-2014, 02:22 PM

When I first heard the song This Means War by Avenged Sevenfold, I thought it was Metallica.

**Frownland** · 10-28-2014, 03:21 PM

Emmett Chapman is widely regarded as the first, but the technique dates as far back as the 1700s with Paganini doing Bach pieces.

Holerbot6000 · 10-28-2014, 03:24 PM

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Ermett Chapman is widely regarded as the first, but the technique dates as far back as the 1700s with Paganini doing Bach pieces.

I knew it! You're secretly Yngwie Malmsteen!

**Frownland** · 10-28-2014, 03:26 PM

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I knew it! You're secretly Yngwie Malmsteen!

I don't think Yngwie could go for ten minutes without talking about himself, so you're suspicions are off base.

But that's exactly what Yngwie would say, wouldn't it?

The Batlord · 10-28-2014, 03:45 PM

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I don't think Yngwie could go for ten minutes without talking about himself, so you're suspicions are off base.

But that's exactly what Yngwie would say, wouldn't it?

Does that mean I'm some kind of Bizarro World Yngwie who can't play guitar?

Holerbot6000 · 10-28-2014, 03:57 PM

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Does that mean I'm some kind of Bizarro World Yngwie who can't play guitar?

And you would have to be skinny and have short hair and you would wear your shirts buttoned up to the collar and you would have to be REALLY humble and not drink and and and....

The cosmic question is - Was Yngwie an a-hole before he learned to play guitar or after? I'm thinking he was born that way and the guitar just excuses it. It takes a special kind of person to think, 'Hey - if I unbutton my shirt all the way, women can see my gut better.'

I actually only saw him the first time on That Metal Show and he seemed like he was on pretty good behavior. Once he strapped on that guitar though, it was over. The man is still a monster.

10-28-2014, 01:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Music 'Facts' That People You Know Insist Are True And won't be told otherwise........ My Mother - Insists it was Suzi Quatro who originally sung 'I Love Rock n Roll' in the early 80s and not Joan Jett. When I showed her the youtube video she replied that she still remembered Suzi did it a couple of years earlier. My Dad - Insists that Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill of ZZ Top are twin brothers, despite having different surnames. Friend of mine - Insists that at an Ozzy gig a fan got up on stage and took a huge dump, Ozzy got on his knees and ate it. (Think he's confusing him with GG Allin but he still won't have it. Guy I used to work with - Phil Collins sang guest lead vocals on Van Halen's 'I'll Wait' Friend's Dad - Alice Cooper's Schools Out was released in the mid 60s. Everybody I ever downloaded from on Soulseek - James Brown sings 'Play That Funky Music White Boy' __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Eddy Van Halen and my father are firm believers that EVH was the first to use two hand fingertapping on the guitar. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Emmett Chapman is widely regarded as the first, but the technique dates as far back as the 1700s with Paganini doing Bach pieces. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x Last edited by Frownland; 10-28-2014 at 03:27 PM.

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Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	When I first heard the song This Means War by Avenged Sevenfold, I thought it was Metallica.