# Cool but useless music trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250 "2004-08-17T15:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/181 "2004-08-20T06:03:07Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > Then Gilda met that crazy ass what’s his name right? The Willy Wonka guy, you know Richard Pryors shadow… damn, I hate it when I know something but :smack: probably a self induced mental block. The guy is just too much, think about being around him 24/7. He’d give anybody a f\*\*\*in tumor. I thought I’d seen everything on the internet, but somehow I’m stunned that anybody can say a mean thing about Gene Wilder. And he was terrific in Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/182 "2004-08-20T06:43:14Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Ha! I have two copies of that. Darn! That issue was only black in Canada. I’ve never seen the colored one. Did you manage to get the clear vinyl “Mini LP”? I have two copies of that one! ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/183 "2004-08-20T07:05:40Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I thought I’d seen everything on the internet, but somehow I’m stunned that anybody can say a mean thing about Gene Wilder. And he was terrific in Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, by the way. Mean? What’d I say that was mean? That being around Gene Wilder would be just too much. I think terrific is going a bit far though. My daughter would watch W.Wonka everyday when she was little. Think about it…everyday when you come home in the evening. Whats on tv? What are you watching sweetie? oompa loompa :smack: Back to the OP…who played Leather Tuscadero(sp?) in Happy Days? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/184 "2004-08-20T07:42:51Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > Mean? What’d I say that was mean? That being around Gene Wilder would be just too much. I think terrific is going a bit far though. Don’t take it that seriously! (However, you did say being around him would give anybody a fuckin’ tumor.) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/185 "2004-08-20T07:46:48Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > There’s a really good joke here, but damned if I can make it. Try Googling for the two least common words. It may enlighten you. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/186 "2004-08-20T08:10:25Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > Back to the OP…who played Leather Tuscadero(sp?) in Happy Days? That would be the leather-clad SUZI QUATRO (“Forty-eight Crash”, “Can the Can” etc). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/187 "2004-08-20T11:07:54Z")
> [@rackensack](#): > > “You guys must be into the Eurhythmics” I thought the same thing when I was writing that post, but I couldn’t figure out how to work it in. (Also, only one “h” in “Eurythmics.” No; I don’t know why either.) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/188 "2004-08-20T11:50:20Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I thought I’d seen everything on the internet, but somehow I’m stunned that anybody can say a mean thing about Gene Wilder. And he was terrific in Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, by the way. And let’s not forget _The Producers._ Some Billy Joel trivia. Itzhak Perlman played violin on “Downeaster Alexa.” They couldn’t use his name in the liner notes due to legal complications with him being on another record label. He was listed as “incognito violinist.” The chorus for “This Night” is from the second movement of Beethoven’s “Sonata No. 8 in C Minor” (AKA the “Sonata Pathetique”) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/189 "2004-08-20T12:12:03Z")
The original London cast of “Godspell” included the young Jeremy Irons, the young David Essex, the young Gay Sopher, the young Julie Covington and the young Marti Webb. I wonder who the casting director was that spotted so much young talent. There was a 1973 London musical called “Hulla Baloo” that included contributions from Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber–something that does not show up in their bios. Apparently this show, which was set in a “loo” was quickly forgotten. The the issue of Plays and Players magazine that reviews the show also reviews I and Albert, which marked the West End debut of Sarah Brightman in “I and Albert.” She went on to become the second Mrs. Andrew Lloyd Webber and the second ex-Mrs. ALW. This has to be the first mention of the two of them in the same place. ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/190 "2004-08-20T12:13:42Z")
Paul “Macca” McCartney has played celery on two seperate songs: **Receptacle** by the Super Furry Animals **Vegetables** by the Beach Boys And by played I of course mean chewed ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/191 "2004-08-20T12:47:00Z")
The very first song to be played on MTV was \*\* “Video Killed The Radio Star” by the Buggles\*\*. Lots of people seem to believe that it was **“Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits** which was the first song played by _MTV Europe_ ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/192 "2004-08-20T15:10:22Z")
Obviously, I misremembered what Casey Kasem said. After all, he couldn’t possibly be wrong. What he must have said was, “Jim Steinman is the only songwriter to have 3 songs _by different performers_ in the Top 10 in the same week.” Another bit: Phil Collins was the only performer to appear on both the London and New York LiveAid concerts. He played early in England, then hopped a plane in time to be one of the last acts in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/193 "2004-08-20T15:13:45Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > True, but it happened long after Mike joined the Monkees. I don’t think that’s right. Liquid paper was around in the '60s. At least that’s what I \*think \* I was sniffing! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/194 "2004-08-20T15:14:54Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Paul also helped produce a song he wrote “Come and Get It”, by Badfinger. > > Earlier, Paul had written the song “Woman” for Peter and Gordon under a pseudonym to prove how good a song writer he was. The song was a minor hit but then again most of Peter and Gordon’s hits were minor ones and also pennned by Paul anyway. :eek: 😃 That’s cuz he was bonin’ either Peter’s or Gordon’s sister. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/195 "2004-08-20T15:24:15Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > David Bowie wrote “All The Young Dudes” for Mott The Hoople, because he didn’t want them to record and release “Suffragette City” before he (Bowie) could release it on _Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars_. Wow. Not that I doubt you, but if I remember correctly, weren’t these releases REALLY far apart? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/196 "2004-08-20T15:25:08Z")
Paul was in a relationshiiip and living with Jane Asher’s family, including her brother Peter of Peter and Gordon. Gordan later went on the play “Joseph” on the West End. Jan & Dean’s hit “Linda” was written for attorney Lee Eastman’s daughter “Linda,” later to be Mrs. McCartney, in exchange for some legal work ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/197 "2004-08-20T15:29:37Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > Try Googling for the two least common words. It may enlighten you. 😕 I’m lost. Are you saying to Google for “invention” and “necessity” (the two least common words in that particular phrase, I imagine)? I mean, I understand that necessity is the mother of invention and all… Oh I don’t know. I need more coffee. So no one else has heard the story of male rockers being the “Colored Girls” in Lou Reed’s Wildside? I can’t find a cite anywhere online. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/198 "2004-08-20T15:38:24Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > The heroin that killed Sid Vicious was scored for him by his mother. Close, but no syringe. The money used to score the heroin was given to Sid by his mother who was under the impression he was going to use the money to just buy cocaine (What a mom!). For a full version of poor Sid’s last weeks check “Please Kill Me, the uncensored oral history of punk” by Legs McNeil and and Gillian McCain. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/199 "2004-08-20T16:00:13Z")
No really, you don’t. > [@Casey1505](#): > > Madonna’s children are by Carlos Leon and Guy Ritchie. That’s certainly not to say that Ward wasn’t at least going through the motions. Tony and Madonna conceived in the fall of 1991, but the fetus was aborted for having defects that were “not conducive to life”, according to Dr. Randy Harris at Cedars-Sinai in LA. I don’t know if that means a harlequin baby or what, but there you have it. She also conceived with unfamous deabeat Andy Bird in the winter of 1997, but reports conflict over whether she had an abortion or a miscarriage. Andy Bird was roommates with [Richard Curtis](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193485/)just before he moved to NYC to live with Madonna, and legend has it that Curtis’ screenplay [Notting Hill](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125439/) included anecdotes from Andy’s experience dating Madonna. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/200 "2004-08-20T16:11:04Z")
:eek: I wish you had explained what a harlequin baby was before I did a google image search. ☹ No more Madonna fact challenges from this section of the peanut gallery, I promise. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250.md?page=11)