Odd factoids

[Drago]

Industrial heavy metallers Rammstein are in fact huge Frankie Goes to Hollywood fans.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Industrial heavy metallers Rammstein are in fact huge Frankie Goes to Hollywood fans.

The lead singer of Ramstein went on Desert Island Disks and cited the theme to The Waltons as his favourite ever tune. Ever.

 

[raleighnut]

Sebastian Coe allowed his brother, Glen, to be honoured in Scotland by using his name.

Or as Billy put it, "Where I come from Glenn Campbell's a place) intro to 'Half Stoned Cowboy' on the album 'Atlantic Bridge'

 

[PeteXXX]

Rammstein's first major gig was as backing group for Sandi Shaw during her epic win at Eurovision.
Ever since that time, they've performed in bare feet in homage to the lass.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Behind the scenes the Waltons were hard drinking criminals who terrorised the locals.

 

[Drago]

The Waltons ran a local shop for local people.

 

[bruce1530]

The third brother in the Walton family, Kent, never featured in the TV series, as he had emigrated to the UK and found fame as a wrestling commentator.

 

[Drago]

The UK, or United Krankiedom, is a small island off the coast of Western Scotland.

 

[raleighnut]

The UK, or United Krankiedom, is a small island off the coast of Western Scotland.

The United Krankiedom is entirely populated by ex (failed) policemen who sit round talking about the innocents they fitted up whilst failing to actually solve a crime and spending their pensions on 'Old Shag' tobacco and dodgy 'whisky' (actually cheap Vodka strained through a pair of soiled Y fronts)
They often play Bass guitar cos they only have 4 strings and their feeble minds cannot cope with the 6 on a real guitar

 

[Drago]

The United Krankiedom is entirely populated by ex (failed) policemen who sit round talking about the innocents they fitted up whilst failing to actually solve a crime and spending their pensions on 'Old Shag' tobacco and dodgy 'whisky' (actually cheap Vodka strained through a pair of soiled Y fronts)
They often play Bass guitar cos they only have 4 strings and their feeble minds cannot cope with the 6 on a real guitar

You been stalking me!

(and to set the record straight I can play 4, 5 and 6 string bass, 6 and 12 guitar, mandolin, mandola, octave mandolin, Irish bouzouki, violin, viola, double bass, EUB and balalaika - bass is my favourite tipple, but if it has strings I can play it.)

 

[roubaixtuesday]

"Frankie goes to Bollywood" was a bagpipe/sitar mashup band featuring Frankie Boyle on the pipes, Rishi Sunak on Sitar, and Paul Hollywood on the drums.

 

[PeteXXX]

The strings for early stringed instruments were made of cat gut..
The sound and resonance radically improved once it was discovered that they needed to be removed from from the cat first.

 

[raleighnut]

You been stalking me!

(and to set the record straight I can play 4, 5 and 6 string bass, 6 and 12 guitar, mandolin, mandola, octave mandolin, Irish bouzouki, violin, viola, double bass, EUB and balalaika - bass is my favourite tipple, but if it has strings I can play it.)

Bet you can get a tune off the old 'Skin Flute' too.

 

[Drago]

Never tried the pink oboe!

 

[raleighnut]

Never tried the pink oboe!

You do surprise me, I thought most failed traffic wardens had given them a go in between eating 'Do-nuts' and plooking each other. @Frank Zappa