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Learned this a while ago, but I just remembered, because of the above post, one of my favourite bits of trivia:

Sidney Lumet's heist film The Anderson Tapes was Christopher Walken's first major film, while at the same time being the last on-screen appearance of Margaret Hamilton (better known as the Wicked Witch of the West).

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Killing Me Softly was originally performed by Lori Lieberman and inspired by Don McLean. There's a heck of an interesting story behind it. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song

 

Edited by jazzygeofferz
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1 hour ago, RancidPunx said:

Belinda Carlisle was a member of 70’s US Punk band the Germs(Darby Crash, Pat Smear) as a drummer bit she got sick (ironic) for a prolonged period of time and never ended up playing a gig with them.

 

 

I only learned that yesterday.

I also learned that the Alannah Myles song "Black Velvet" is about Elvis.

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29 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

On the topic of learning new things about songs...

Oh Sisqo...

I feel like I need to see a source for this. It seems ridiculous that reference in a line would cost you 'the majority' of a song. I know entertainment copyright law is pretty crazy though so I'm sure it's not impossible, however illogical.

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10 minutes ago, CavemanLynn said:

Wait, what?? The guy who wrote Poison for Alice Cooper and Bad Medicine for Bon Jovi wrote the Thong Song??? 

Not quite. He wrote Livin La Vida Loca, which the Thong Song uses lyrics from.

Just looked at his discography. What a list.

Edit: @Chest Rockwell this covers it. 

 

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Thong th thong thong thong
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