Think you know everything there is to know about music? Prepare to be blown away as we take a look at some of the most interesting, unbelievable facts about musicians and the music industry!
1. Before becoming famous;
Elvis Presley was a truck driver, Sting an English teacher, Madonna, a waitress at Duncan Donuts, and Johnny Cash deciphering encrypted codes in the military. Axel Rose incidentally received $ 8 an hour to smoke cigarettes as part of an experiment at UCLA.
2. Nirvana.;
And if the angles work, the reason why Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit song clip features a server with a mop and a bucket (including a school atmosphere with basketball players, cheerleaders, etc.) is that Kurt Cobain had to work as a server at the school where he studied. A period that scarred him badly and shaped his rebellious personality.
3. MTV;
The first clip ever aired on MTV is the Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star. The first clip ever aired on MTV Europe is Dire Straits’ Money For Nothing.
4. Pet Shop Boys;
The International Animal Rights Organization, PETA, asked the Pet Shop Boys to change their name to Rescue Shelter Boys. The duo refused with the British politeness typical of the hallucinatory request.
5. Hatebeak;
The death metal band Hatebeak has an exceptional vocalist named Waldo. What is unique about it? Well, Waldo is a parrot. Gray African Congo, to be exact.
6. A-Ha;
Morton Rocket, lead singer of A-Ha, holds the European record for singing the longest single note in a pop song. This happens in the band’s massive hit, Summer Moved On, from 2001, in which Rocket sings one single note without stopping for 20.2 seconds.
7. Shania Twain;
The fact that Michael Jackson’s Thriller is the best-selling album of all time everyone knows. But do you know the best-selling female (singer) album of all time? Well, that answer will surprise you:
Shania Twain’s Come On Over from 1997.
INTERESTING Music History
Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody
Is, without a doubt, one of the most beloved songs in history. Maybe that’s why he came in first place in the British sales parade in 4 different years. How did this weird thing happen, you ask? The song first occupied the top of the charts on November 8, 1974, and stayed there for nine weeks, that is, until January 1975. After the death of Freddie Mercury, the song was re-released as a single (along with the song These Are the Days of Our Lives) on December 5. 1991 and stayed in first place for five long weeks until January 1992.a window into the dark feelings that lurk inside him, as he sings about seeing the true colors of one who is ugly like him.
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