Trivia Pursuit
I get the feeling that most of the readers on The Word blog could hold their own in a pub pop quiz. Many are invited onto a team for that very same superior knowledge of all things pop and rockular and trivial. Some will eventually become quizmasters. Few are brave enough to attempt the almost impossible Hepworth Offspring Challenge
This is where the missive can help. list your trivia, with answers of course, and any relevant links to prove any unlikely facts.
Here's a few for starters:
Bob Geldof's middle name is Xenon.
Vanilla Ice's real name is Robert Van Winkle
Akon's real name is Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam - double points for that one!
http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/realname.html
In 1973 an MP tried to have this rocker banned from performing in England, claiming he was 'peddling the culture of the concentration camp". He later went on to perform on the Muppet Show and write a book about golf. Listen to a sample.
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/Biography/Entertainers/Alice-Cooper-...
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And there's more
Who was the driver of the car when The Bangles were going down to Liverpool?
Who performs a cover of Pulp's Common People with Ben Folds and Joe Jackson?
What is The Word? The Word is love. Beatles, Rubber Soul.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Word_%28song%29
In a Rutland Weekend Television parody of the Old Grey Whistle Test what was the name of the fictional rock band, now a real band?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_The_Wet_Sprocket
and which musician played Stan Fitch, the first all-dead singer?
Which comedian performed at the 40th birthday party for Marco Pierre White and said "From what I saw, Madonna was having a good time and laugh along with the rest of the guests."
http://www.middletonguardian.co.uk/news/s/408030_have_you_heard_the_one_...
Which other northern comedian claims the Sex Pistols "slept on my floor in 1977 after doing the worst and most exciting gig I ever saw and "P.J.Proby performed at my 40th birthday party and slept on my sofa for 2 weeks."
http://www.bobwilliamson.org/NameDrop.htm
Mancstalgia
The Middleton Guardian, eh? My mum worked on it in the Sixties - children's page and inquests. I'm amazed it's still going.
And I see Bernard Manning lived on the same street as my nan right to the end. He used to deliver her greens when he were a lad.
No. Stop it. It's always raining and there isn't a jungle of bare breasts if you look out of the window (well, except at chucking-out time on a Satdy night). Don't look back, like the man said.
No, as THESE boys said
Facial hair and 'fro heaven. And the drummer is called Sib.
Cross thread alert!!
Thanks for that Twangothan!
You just took me back to Edinburgh 1979. I've still got the crappy photos from my 110 camera taken from about 100 yards from the stage.
I've not heard that for about 20 years and it's given me *the Al Green effect* from the other thread.