# Cool but useless music trivia

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/261 "2004-08-23T23:51:43Z")

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In the early 60s, Joni Mitchell got pregnant, moved away from her family and had the baby. She kept it for a few months and then gave it up for adoption without telling her folks. It’s all in the song [Little Green](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/joni_mitchell/little_green.html):

_“Child with a child pretending  
Weary of lies you are sending home  
So you sign all the papers in the family name  
You’re sad and you’re sorry, but you’re not ashamed  
Little green, have a happy ending.”_

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/262 "2004-09-04T01:14:13Z")

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> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#):
>
> I’m a big 70’s music fan, especially one-hit wonders.
> 
> If the following songs make you go, “That sounds like that guy in that other band…”:
> 
> “Love Grows (where my Rosemary goes)” - Edison Lighthouse  
> “Gimme Dat Ding” - The Pipkins  
> “Beach Baby” - First Class  
> “My Baby Loves Lovin’” - White Plans  
> “United We Stand” - Brotherhood of Man
> 
> …there’s a good reason.
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> The bands don’t actually exist. It’s Tony Burrows. He sang lead on all of these and the “bands” are studio musicians.

I’ll be buggered. 😃

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**Author:** ![madpanic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@madpanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madpanic)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-but-useless-music-trivia/260250/263 "2004-09-16T22:56:26Z")

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Saw this thread and had to add that when John Fogerty released the album Centerfield it contained a song titled “Zaentz Can’t Dance” which was a reference to the producer Saul Zaentz and basically went on about what a thief he was.

When Zaentz got wind of it he raised a bit of hell and the album was recalled and the song title and the song itself was changed to “Vantz Can’t Dance”. So if anyone has one of the very first pressings of the album (not the cd) you may have a minor collector’s item.

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