A home for random pop facts.
The fact that Green Gartside of Scritti Polliti came up with the concept of a duet between Gregory Isaacs and Kraftwerk melts my head. The fact he wrote a song as good as ‘The Sweetest Girl’ for them to do it with is even better. Makes total sense when you hear it.
The Visvim FBT shoe is named after Fun Boy Three. Founder, Hiroki Nakamura saw Terry Hall sporting a pair of moccasins on an album cover and, unable to source the shoe he saw, created one from scratch.
Top fact!!
So amazing.
The Cheeky Girls are both now selling cars at Hyundai dealerships in York and Boston, Lincs 
Future by Mr Monday was co-produced by Dan Donovan of Big Audio Dynamite ( ex husband of Patsy Kensit)
Have to make this a “blind item” but I swear it’s true- there’s a top Scandinavian songwriter who has credits on dozens of number one records with a speciality in female pop divas who composed ALL of his ideas in the barking black metal style, slows them down edits the best parts and has them revoiced by a demo vocalist. It’s AMAZING hearing the original melodies to some of the biggest pop songs of the last twenty years grunted and screamed acapella.
Two thirds of ZZ Top sported beards, the only member who is clean shaven is… Frank Beard.
the Annie song “Me Plus One” is about Geri Halliwell locking herself in a car in a huff because Richard X gave “Some Girls” to Rachel Stevens to sing instead of Ginger herself.
Ace Of Base had a hit with “Always Have Always Will” but the original lyrics were about how they hate journalists and was called “Killer On The Rampage.”
Rod Stewart has gone deep house.
Ace of Base were neo nazis.
Love it
…and Shakatak’s Roger Odell is, of course, the father of Jimpster…
Just spat my tea out 
It’s a crazy story
Stanton Warriors got their name from a manhole cover.
Salman Rushdie did the lyrics for a Promotional disco song for Burnley Building Society that came out on 12"
I await Harvey playing a re-edit of this
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