Paid Members Jazzy G Posted March 11, 2022 Paid Members Posted March 11, 2022 Heihachi's inclusion in the PS2 version of SoulCalibur 2 was a last minute replacement after a deal to include Cloud Strife fell through. Quote
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Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 13, 2022 Paid Members Posted April 13, 2022 ...that Andy Gibb was the first artist in US Billboard top 100 history to knock a relative off the top spot, his single Love Is Thicker Than Water replacing Stayin' Alive. Also, a few weeks later, they got revenge, knocking him off with Night Fever. Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted April 13, 2022 Paid Members Posted April 13, 2022 15 minutes ago, Carbomb said: ...that Andy Gibb was the first artist in US Billboard top 100 history to knock a relative off the top spot, his single Love Is Thicker Than Water replacing Stayin' Alive. Also, a few weeks later, they got revenge, knocking him off with Night Fever. that is an excellent pub quiz trivia question. My favourite along similar lines is that there's only one instance (I think this is true!) where a song was knocked off the number one spot by a song the title of which was contained within the lyrics of the first song...do you follow that? It was in 1976... Spoiler "Bohemian Rhapsody" was replaced at number one by "Mamma Mia". Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 13, 2022 Paid Members Posted April 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, BomberPat said: that is an excellent pub quiz trivia question. My favourite along similar lines is that there's only one instance (I think this is true!) where a song was knocked off the number one spot by a song the title of which was contained within the lyrics of the first song...do you follow that? It was in 1976... Hide contents "Bohemian Rhapsody" was replaced at number one by "Mamma Mia". That is tremendous! Quote
Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 25, 2022 Paid Members Posted April 25, 2022 ...that the word "keening" comes from the Irish "caoineadh", meaning "weeping", and that it's the term used to describe that style of Irish singing with a falsetto break, similar to yodelling, like that used by Dolores O'Riordan. Apparently it was often done at funerals as tradition too, and was associated in mythology with the banshee. Smashing bit of info there. Quote
TibBo Posted April 25, 2022 Posted April 25, 2022 On 4/13/2022 at 2:00 PM, BomberPat said: that is an excellent pub quiz trivia question. My favourite along similar lines is that there's only one instance (I think this is true!) where a song was knocked off the number one spot by a song the title of which was contained within the lyrics of the first song...do you follow that? It was in 1976... Reveal hidden contents "Bohemian Rhapsody" was replaced at number one by "Mamma Mia". Don't Turn Around by Aswad was knocked-off the top by Heart by the Pet Shop Boys, unless I have misunderstood the rules haha. Quote
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted April 26, 2022 Awards Moderator Posted April 26, 2022 The car park attendant who took the Ferrari for a joyride in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was Sonic Youth’s original drummer. Quote
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted April 26, 2022 Paid Members Posted April 26, 2022 19 hours ago, TibBo said: Don't Turn Around by Aswad was knocked-off the top by Heart by the Pet Shop Boys, unless I have misunderstood the rules haha. Don't Turn Around isn't a lyric in Heart. Quote
Keith Houchen Posted April 26, 2022 Posted April 26, 2022 19 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Don't Turn Around isn't a lyric in Heart. Bohemian Rhapsody isn’t a lyric in Mamma Mia. Quote
wordsfromlee Posted April 26, 2022 Posted April 26, 2022 Former PM John Major's Dad, Tom Major-Ball, was born in 1879(!) and was a pretty famous circus performer around the turn of the century. It's also claimed that he was David Bowies inspiration for the character Major Tom from the song Space Oddity after seeing a circus poster in Brixton feature Tom Major. Quote
Paid Members stumobir Posted April 26, 2022 Paid Members Posted April 26, 2022 TIL Aberdeen is further west than Birmingham. Quote
MrK Posted April 26, 2022 Posted April 26, 2022 2 hours ago, stumobir said: TIL Aberdeen is further west than Birmingham. Wait. What?? Quote
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 Tis true. I was surprised too, but most forget how much the UK 'leans' if you go from Kent/Sussex upwards Quote
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