Top 10 Unbelievable Facts in Music History

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  • @davidyoung6649
    @davidyoung6649 4 роки тому +356

    Hay Jude doesnt have drums for the first minute because Ringo was in the bathroom and nobody noticed when they started recording. Ringo slipped in and jumped in.

  • @ludwigspangberg5730
    @ludwigspangberg5730 8 років тому +2838

    When Queen recorded "The show must go on", Freddie Mercury, the lead singer, was dying of HIV/AIDS. He was so ill when the song was recorded that Brian May, the guitarist, was concerned whether Freddie was physically capable of singing it or not. But recalling Mercury's performance, May states; "I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing.' And he went, 'I'll fucking do it, darling' - vodka down - and went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal."
    Which means Freddie Mercuy nailed one of the toughest songs for male singers on his first attempt, even though he was dying. That's "unbeliveble facts in music history" to me!

    • @zach4718
      @zach4718 6 років тому

      Ludwig Spångberg z

    • @samanthaheath9421
      @samanthaheath9421 6 років тому +10

      Wasn’t it Mother Love?

    • @Robbinator7
      @Robbinator7 6 років тому +64

      That was in fact his last ever recorded song, which he never finished as well. He was already terribly ill in 1990/1991 when Innuendo was recorded.

    • @Law-Enduring-Citizen
      @Law-Enduring-Citizen 6 років тому

      Yes!!!

    • @lagercat5916
      @lagercat5916 6 років тому +2

      Ludwig Spångberg ok a comment I had to save on my phone, god damn Freddie

  • @monstrotto
    @monstrotto 5 років тому +2078

    *Not a single member of the Beatles could read or write music*
    *Barry Manilow didn't write the song "I write the songs"*
    *The first (and only) band to play on all seven continents is Metallica.*
    *In “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Freddie Mercury plays on the very same piano used by Paul McCartney in “Hey Jude”.*
    *Mozart sold more CDs than Beyoncé in 2016*
    *There are more people in Monaco’s orchestra than in its army.*

    • @karengaskell8281
      @karengaskell8281 5 років тому +11

      I have not seen a mention of Mama Cass Eliot of the Mamas and the Papas

    • @jessejive117
      @jessejive117 5 років тому +30

      I don’t think most bands can write or read music. And the Beatles didn’t play anything difficult at all they played a few chords so I’m deathly not surprised they couldn’t read music.

    • @cigcgiv7tvitvk648
      @cigcgiv7tvitvk648 5 років тому +69

      @@jessejive117 wtf do u mean they did not write anything difficult?

    • @prqel1666
      @prqel1666 5 років тому +48

      @@cigcgiv7tvitvk648 honestly dude the shit they wrote down was complicated

    • @PedroGonzalez-ub9dl
      @PedroGonzalez-ub9dl 5 років тому +4

      Those are amazing facts..thank you

  • @laureldenhartog582
    @laureldenhartog582 5 років тому +677

    How about the fact that Mozart wrote his first symphony (and it's damn good, as good as any adult's) at age SEVEN?

    • @raven_of_zoso455
      @raven_of_zoso455 5 років тому +6

      Zeppelin wrote Kashmir and Ramble On... Jimmy Page composed the guitar for Rain Song and took Killing Floor/Lemon Song to a whole new level along with Jonsey and Bonzo.

    • @BUSTRCHERRI
      @BUSTRCHERRI 5 років тому +13

      His parents helped him.

    • @tylsimys67
      @tylsimys67 5 років тому +4

      @@BUSTRCHERRI Especially his mother.

    • @alanobrien6119
      @alanobrien6119 4 роки тому +7

      Bruh it’s fucking Mozart it’s not that shocking

    • @caxzrockz
      @caxzrockz 4 роки тому +6

      Mozart used to write music for homeless people who begged for money

  • @usagi18
    @usagi18 10 років тому +997

    Elvis was a twin.
    Elvis and the Beatles played together one time, and not a single idiot had the idea to record that.

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 6 років тому +110

      A black person recorded it, but the tapes were stolen from him by the police and destroyed.

    • @bobbysworld281995
      @bobbysworld281995 5 років тому +62

      @@Revelian1982 fuck the police

    • @LegoDonut18
      @LegoDonut18 5 років тому +61

      Elvis Presleys manager was a control freak who wouldn’t allow anyone to record Elvis. Thats why there was no pictures or video of the event.

    • @user-bd1yv8gd5x
      @user-bd1yv8gd5x 5 років тому +40

      Elvis Presley‘s twin died and Elvis Presley had survival guilt.

    • @davehoward22
      @davehoward22 5 років тому +5

      it wasnt recorded when it happened because people probly thought the beatles were just going to be a flash in the pan

  • @sparkytheskater
    @sparkytheskater 8 років тому +406

    Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant told his father, "Daddy ill never be 30 years old" his father replied, "why are you talking that junk?" Ronnie said, "Thats my limit", Ronnie died in a plane crash at 29 years old.

    • @mdhishaamakhtar2040
      @mdhishaamakhtar2040 8 років тому +13

      Wtf

    • @sevinstorey4365
      @sevinstorey4365 7 років тому +49

      Actually it was a statement he had made his whole life. In the documentaries involving his best friends from childhood they all said "Wicker" (was his nickname to his childhood friends), would always tell them " I'll never live to see thirty years old." They thought as most kids do that he was just talking shit. Turns out it was prophetic. He called it. Lynyrd Skynyrd was without competition or dispute the greatest Rock-N-Roll band of all American history. They have a catalog of songs that go way past the usual overplayed stuff you hear on the radio, they wrote more classic rock songs than most other bands combined, and Ronnie Van Zant NEVER even wrote one of them down. It was all in his memory, spooky or what? He told Ed KIng, "If it's not worth remembering ,then it's not any good!" when Ed asked him why he didn't write any of his down on paper. R.I.P. Rebel Brother!

    • @JONTHEWHEREHOG
      @JONTHEWHEREHOG 7 років тому +5

      I saw this documentary, Jimi said the same thing, but he died at 27 instead

    • @MrMisfits83
      @MrMisfits83 6 років тому +13

      They are good, but without competition, or dispute the greatest rock band? I don't know about that. lol

    • @nobody48803
      @nobody48803 6 років тому +11

      Also Waylon Jennings joked "I hope that ol'plane crashes" to Buddy Holly before he and 2 others got on, as he got a bus to the next place where they were meeting. The plane crashed, killing all on board, and Waylon was haunted for the rest of his life.

  • @jimtheedcguy4313
    @jimtheedcguy4313 5 років тому +178

    Our local radio station did a contest in the 90s where they would play Def Leppard songs and you had to figure out if it was when Rick had two arms or one arm lol.

  • @dylanmergner44
    @dylanmergner44 5 років тому +283

    Who knew that chopping your fingertips off could create an entire genre of music.

    • @stacycreates24
      @stacycreates24 5 років тому +2

      Dylan Mergner because it changes the notes, which changes the sound

    • @FRN2013
      @FRN2013 5 років тому +2

      Phil Keaggy also lost the tip of one of his right hand fingers and went on to become a great guitarist.

    • @kamazzi9897
      @kamazzi9897 4 роки тому +4

      Same thing with cutting off your ear

    • @roxzoff999
      @roxzoff999 4 роки тому +1

      @@schoolboyqsbuckethat8522 He really didn't tune his guitar differently at first. Down a 1/2 was and is still is a common practice and the effect isn't that earth shattering but some prefer the feel n set-up of their instruments that way . Later He began dropping lower n lower fior the more ominous sound until the common setup was around C# (minor third below standard). When Boom out the Blue He opted to go back to the original 1/2 step down in the late 70's leaving Ozzy hanging out to dry as suddenly He's gotta sing all the C# stuff a whole step higher live (there's some very non-pretty live UA-cam clips of that).

    • @jonathanedwards8696
      @jonathanedwards8696 4 роки тому

      King Crimson started the genre of progressive rock a year before Sabbath with "In the Court of the Crimson King."

  • @tylerrollins4073
    @tylerrollins4073 8 років тому +632

    How the hell is Mozart transcribing a forbidden song that was 15 minutes long almost perfectly, at age 14 not on this list? the song had 9 different chorus parts, and nmozart had only heard it once, and transcribed it almost note for not. that is supposed to be literally impossible?

    • @shanematthew2341
      @shanematthew2341 8 років тому +3

      I agree

    • @davidmcbeth5736
      @davidmcbeth5736 8 років тому +23

      he secretly taped it

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 6 років тому +2

      Mozart was Austrian, and we try to erase the history of Austrian's because of Hitler.

    • @marilyncatalano9910
      @marilyncatalano9910 5 років тому

      Who really cares. Nobody likes that kind of music anyway. So.....

    • @darthwagner5897
      @darthwagner5897 5 років тому +4

      Read the title. "Top 10 Underrated ROCK BANDS" not artists, and plus Mozart is taught in elementary schools. What school is going to teach children about Blue Oyster Cult before the age of 10?

  • @echosfellow8393
    @echosfellow8393 7 років тому +356

    Brian May built his guitar, the Red Special, in the age of 16/7, only with the help of his father, and this Red Special was ahead of the time

    • @Lmclean89
      @Lmclean89 5 років тому +5

      that's not that interesting for a top 10.

    • @kjdjdhgdhsj8859
      @kjdjdhgdhsj8859 5 років тому +14

      It's funny to see that there's no good copy of the guitar. Nobody has succeeded in making a copy of something a 16-year-old made. The Red Special is an incredible instrument. Did you know Brian May doesn't play with plectrums? He prefers coins. Especially the sixpence coins from 1970

    • @busker_boy_c2845
      @busker_boy_c2845 5 років тому

      KJDJDH Gdhsj you given me an idea im 16 and i build guitars from scratch my blue one on my page i made from scratch thanks for the idea of next project

    • @scottishcuteness3994
      @scottishcuteness3994 5 років тому +2

      Don't forget the wood he used was from an old fire place

  • @richardleonardo7613
    @richardleonardo7613 8 років тому +710

    My grandfather served in the army with Elvis

    • @mcmuffinduffin1942
      @mcmuffinduffin1942 6 років тому +20

      i call crap.

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 6 років тому +80

      Well MY grandfather sucked his cock.

    • @LegoDonut18
      @LegoDonut18 6 років тому +15

      Richard Leonardo
      That should’ve been number 1

    • @debbiepotter6413
      @debbiepotter6413 5 років тому +35

      Well someone’s fucking grandfather had to serve with him fs so why couldn’t it h e been?!

    • @4ng3lic4
      @4ng3lic4 5 років тому

      Cool

  • @max_franz9301
    @max_franz9301 5 років тому +245

    “House Of The Rising Sun” by the animals was also recorded in one take and that song was revolutionary

    • @davidschmidt6013
      @davidschmidt6013 5 років тому +4

      Anyone who wants to hear THE definitive version of House of the Rising Sun needs to hear it done by Frijid Pink...another glorious one-hit-wonder band.
      But...my god!! on that song they WAILLLLLLLED!!!!!!

    • @KilaLemon
      @KilaLemon 5 років тому +1

      It's also not a Monkee's song

    • @ארזברון
      @ארזברון 5 років тому

      Its a ledbelly song

    • @Nakeuru
      @Nakeuru 4 роки тому +1

      its actually written by georgia turner according to a quick google search

    • @suzycreamcheesez4371
      @suzycreamcheesez4371 4 роки тому +1

      A very old song been around for a long time can also be told from a woman's POV

  • @josebustamante6932
    @josebustamante6932 5 років тому +263

    50+ CHILDREN?? BRUH MY GUY PULLOUT GAME SO BAD HE DEADASS STOPPED TRYING AFTER THE FIRST 10💀💀💀

  • @ben_popp
    @ben_popp 5 років тому +854

    Talks about dark side of the moon but proceeds to play songs from entirely different albums

    • @painkillerjones6232
      @painkillerjones6232 5 років тому +2

      No shit!

    • @shahyadesfandiary7234
      @shahyadesfandiary7234 5 років тому +14

      They at least played Money

    • @dukebrickhouse
      @dukebrickhouse 5 років тому +1

      I know. Right?

    • @jonjones1553
      @jonjones1553 5 років тому +10

      And Comfortably Numb is from The Wall.

    • @BUSTRCHERRI
      @BUSTRCHERRI 5 років тому +1

      I'd say the wall is the better of the two sellers. I'd say it was on the charts longer than dark side as well.

  • @TeamMastaPr2
    @TeamMastaPr2 10 років тому +702

    Interesting fact: Michael Jackson never wrote songs on paper. He recorded the singing parts and everything by memory. The songs literally popped up in his head, the songs wrote themselves. He would often sing the instrumental parts as he recorded them before he showed them to the studio musicians.

    • @nothingmuchsorry
      @nothingmuchsorry 10 років тому +66

      No wonder he's a good artist.

    • @silvershogun1
      @silvershogun1 10 років тому +74

      *****
      yes because everyone can pull that off

    • @RacinZilla003
      @RacinZilla003 10 років тому +10

      ***** It's way better than the stuff on this list, exceptions being number 10 and 1, because those are interesting :P

    • @jimmyhunter4977
      @jimmyhunter4977 10 років тому +11

      A lot of his songs were written for him though. Look it up, for example some bloke from northern England wrote Thriller and Off the wall (among others)

    • @unavailable0399
      @unavailable0399 10 років тому +17

      Jimmy Hunter so better than most singers, they dont write shit ( cough cough elvis)

  • @markyounger1240
    @markyounger1240 5 років тому +77

    While Celine Dion recorded "my heart will go on" on first take, Karen Carpenter did the same thing with the number one hit "superstar" and she was seeing the lyrics for the first time, reading them from a napkin. That is the version on the number one record.

    • @msnewsenior
      @msnewsenior 3 роки тому +1

      I Wanna Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston was also recorded in one take

  • @xbabcka5525
    @xbabcka5525 9 років тому +2962

    Beethoven was deaf and still wrote music that beats all those facts

    • @henriktheonly3874
      @henriktheonly3874 6 років тому +82

      That's a pretty basic fact.. everyone knows that..

    • @basstrammel1322
      @basstrammel1322 6 років тому +227

      It's easy to forget how impressive that fact is, though.

    • @meganveite5678
      @meganveite5678 6 років тому +71

      Nate Shaw he was deaf yet he still mad unbelievable music while we have Justin Bieber...

    • @thomascars1
      @thomascars1 6 років тому +5

      ^ facts

    • @PanamaJack3233
      @PanamaJack3233 6 років тому +61

      He didn't start off deaf, he "went" deaf. Still crazy tho.

  • @IRJustman
    @IRJustman 8 років тому +84

    My favorites:
    1. Revision of the "Happy Birthday" copyright status: The copyright is no longer valid and the song is now in the public domain.
    2. Bohemian Rhapsody. Due to the novelty of the twenty-four-track, two-inch tape recorder at the time, Freddy Mercury produced the "rock opera" segment of the song with so many overdubs, the tape's oxide layer wore so thin, not only did it require extensive use of Dolby A noise reduction, the tape was translucent.

    • @jpbdude4223
      @jpbdude4223 6 років тому

      IRJustman Freddie*

    • @pamelatellez7459
      @pamelatellez7459 5 років тому +1

      You misspelled Freddie.

    • @josephancion2190
      @josephancion2190 5 років тому +1

      The bohemian rhapsody anecdote is incorrect. The overdub incident did happen, but it was when they recorded the march of the black queen.

  • @falmark187
    @falmark187 8 років тому +618

    Queen should atleast have an honourable mention for being the only band that has all members individually write Nr1 hits. Its also the only band to have the band aswell as the members individually in the songwriters hall of fame.

    • @belladonna137
      @belladonna137 8 років тому +53

      Each beetle wrote a #1...in the band and after they broke up...

    • @TheOFamily5rocks
      @TheOFamily5rocks 8 років тому +22

      The Jacksons and The Beatles had all members writing songs as well

    • @32mybelle
      @32mybelle 8 років тому +12

      +TheOFamily5 Ringo didn't write until after the Beatles broke up.

    • @tobinmummert8374
      @tobinmummert8374 8 років тому +35

      Not True. Ringo wrote "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus' Garden". Both Beatles tunes:):)

    • @crimsondynamo752
      @crimsondynamo752 8 років тому +8

      Ringo did write songs during his time with The Beatles. If you watch the film Let It Be though you will see that Octopus' Garden was a snippet from Ringo completed by George Harrison and Paul McCartney. Don't Pass Me By sounds much more like Mr. Starkey.

  • @richardross1754
    @richardross1754 4 роки тому +215

    The comment section has more interesting facts than the video

  • @griffinhealy5048
    @griffinhealy5048 8 років тому +889

    10. Elvis died 2 months before the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash
    9. Freddie Mercury recorded The Show Must Go On in one take while drunk and dying
    8. Jimi Hendrix was forced to played right handed, as his father was very religious.
    7. Tony Iommi's first guitar was a Fender Stratocaster
    6. Shawn Crahan is the the only constant Slipknot member
    5. Syd Barrett hated Wish You Were Here
    4. Leo Fender cannot play guitar
    3. Janis Joplin was voted "Ugliest Man" on campus
    2. The Clash had a seventh album coming in the 2000's until Joe Strummer's death
    1. Brian Jones founded the Rolling Stones

    • @FijneWIET
      @FijneWIET 8 років тому +69

      +Griffin Healy 11. Yoko Ono wrote Imagine...

    • @griffinhealy5048
      @griffinhealy5048 8 років тому +16

      +FijneWIET that is something I did not know! Great fact though

    • @whilemyguitarblowsup4174
      @whilemyguitarblowsup4174 8 років тому +34

      another one, seeing lynyrd up there, Aerosmith were supposed to fly in the plane that crashed with Lynyrd, but they cancelled and sought a new plane after they had concerns of the plane not being up to safety standards. A few years after that, Lynyrd Skynyrd flew in that same exact plane when it crashed

    • @griffinhealy5048
      @griffinhealy5048 8 років тому +2

      +whilemyguitarblowsup I knew that already. But a good fact though

    • @maahrooreekee4295
      @maahrooreekee4295 8 років тому +13

      OMG Yoko One wrote Imagine ?

  • @johness5948
    @johness5948 9 років тому +100

    ABBA - Second biggest selling group after The Beatles (Americans may not know this ); 'ABBA GOLD' has reached #1 on the UK charts on five separate occasions over 16 years;
    ABBA were offered $1 billion dollars to perform a world tour. Not bad for a pop group from Sweden.

    • @sarat10ms58
      @sarat10ms58 8 років тому +4

      +John S actually zeppelin is the best selling band after beatles!and after them is pink floyd

    • @AlbieLudiScoffi
      @AlbieLudiScoffi 7 років тому +1

      John Ess I'm surprised the Stones aren't in there... they've made a fuckload of songs and albums over the years...

    • @johness5948
      @johness5948 7 років тому

      +sarat10m s Really? Can you pls find me various sources of this info and I will correct myself. Thanks!

    • @johness5948
      @johness5948 7 років тому

      +Kitten Lyric Bless you :-)

    • @johness5948
      @johness5948 7 років тому +1

      +Nicholas Taylor The Rolling Stones are the probably the longest touring band in the world!

  • @gabrielpalacios624
    @gabrielpalacios624 5 років тому +149

    In case y'all didn't know, there's a bassist named John Richard Deacon. He was born August the 19th, 1951

    • @parhammhss4848
      @parhammhss4848 5 років тому +8

      He's not a great bassist so no one cares

    • @serendipity9987
      @serendipity9987 5 років тому +10

      . The bassist for Queen. That's not unbelievable.

    • @Adam678645435637
      @Adam678645435637 5 років тому +36

      @@parhammhss4848 lol you are very wrong

    • @parhammhss4848
      @parhammhss4848 5 років тому +8

      @@Adam678645435637 he isn't a great bassist what do you know about music kid? Geddy lee is a great bassist,flea is a great bassist,jpj is a great bassist,victor wooken is a great bassist, cliff burton is a great bassist. These people and a lot of other bassists are great but John deacon isn't. You are probably just a guy that knows nothing about music and you saw the bohemian rhapsody film and now you think that queen is the best band ever

    • @Adam678645435637
      @Adam678645435637 5 років тому +42

      @@parhammhss4848 i literally play bass myself. deacon has written some of the most recognizable bass riffs, if not THE most recognizable bass riffs of all time. and sure, he might not be the best bass player, but he sure as hell is a fantastic bass player.

  • @kevinallison2227
    @kevinallison2227 4 роки тому +84

    Fact the Rolling Stones First Hit was written for them by The Beatles

    • @detectivesquirrel2621
      @detectivesquirrel2621 4 роки тому

      Considering the Stones' first hit was 'It's All Over Now' which was written by Womack & Womack... Not the Beatles. So...

    • @mrmegabreath6442
      @mrmegabreath6442 4 роки тому +3

      Their first hit was "Come On" a Chuck Berry cover.

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 4 роки тому +2

      @@mrmegabreath6442 eh everyone starts out as a cover band it's not that bad

    • @charleswinkler5998
      @charleswinkler5998 3 роки тому +1

      "I Wanna Be Your Man"

  • @MrHater83
    @MrHater83 6 років тому +138

    I always respected def leopards drummer. He was beast with one arm.

    • @terrygause29653
      @terrygause29653 5 років тому +2

      Still is.

    • @californiapoontappa
      @californiapoontappa 5 років тому

      He has backing drum machines to help so his talent is a lie

    • @Nilrem74
      @Nilrem74 5 років тому +3

      Rick Allen is (at least was when I did work at his home) a really nice and cool guy. Very down to earth. Still amazed at how great he is on the drums.

  • @jkubed95
    @jkubed95 10 років тому +166

    I'm shocked you didn't include the fact that the Beatles didn't get signed once because "guitar music is on the way out."

    • @cheddarrainbow
      @cheddarrainbow 10 років тому +2

      But that's widespread by now, a lot of people are aware of it...

    • @jkubed95
      @jkubed95 10 років тому +35

      cheddarrainbow It's unbelievable facts, not unknown :P

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 10 років тому +14

      That was on their Top 10 Entertainment Predictions That Turned Out To Be False list.

    • @cheddarrainbow
      @cheddarrainbow 10 років тому +4

      jkubed95 That is very much correct, and I realized it too late. I derped

    • @nicknickb
      @nicknickb 10 років тому +2

      cheddarrainbow
      ive never heard that...that shouldve been on there instead of shit about the 27 club which every person remotely into music knows about or def leppard drummers arm

  • @brendanryan8439
    @brendanryan8439 8 років тому +191

    Prince played all 28 instruments on his debut album

    • @mersades96
      @mersades96 5 років тому +2

      All?

    • @Hellwyck
      @Hellwyck 5 років тому +2

      When Doves Cry had no bass

    • @dravenarcane2735
      @dravenarcane2735 5 років тому +2

      @@Hellwyck It did, but Prince deleted it on the final mix down against his labels wishes.

    • @douglasthompson9070
      @douglasthompson9070 5 років тому +2

      He must have copied the idea from Paul McCartney because that's what he did on his debut album in 1970.

    • @douglasthompson9070
      @douglasthompson9070 5 років тому

      @Alvaro Dowell LOL....Whatever! You must be trolling me.

  • @amsalek
    @amsalek 5 років тому +203

    ZZ Top just became the longest running band in history to not have any lineup changes.. YOU just learned something

    • @tylsimys67
      @tylsimys67 5 років тому +1

      AND its drummer most easily from scratch to millionaire ever.

    • @TakerKane29
      @TakerKane29 5 років тому +6

      And drummer Frank Beard was the only member of ZZ Top without having a beard

    • @davidschmidt6013
      @davidschmidt6013 5 років тому +1

      Love ZZ......a-heh-heh-hehr......

    • @visitargentinanow1874
      @visitargentinanow1874 5 років тому

      Love them. Most of all the older 70s stuff!!!

    • @visitargentinanow1874
      @visitargentinanow1874 5 років тому +2

      @@TakerKane29 That was planned. From the beginning, when Dusty an Billy decided to have a Beard and never cut it off, he decided to choose Beard as his artistic Surname and never ever have a Beard. So we cannot take that as a coincidence fact. Too weak for choose it.

  • @trs5127
    @trs5127 3 роки тому +20

    Drumming with one arm? That's by far one of the coolest things I have ever heard anyone do. Drumming with two arms efficiently is hard enough, one arm is just super impressive.

  • @harveyabel1354
    @harveyabel1354 8 років тому +369

    I have long admired Def Leppard for their loyalty to their mate.

    • @byronp2311
      @byronp2311 6 років тому +18

      I kinda liked Def Leppard to start with. They actually seemed to get the closest to Led Zeppelin, which was, of course, what they were going for. The fact that they stayed by their drummer is simply awesome. Just try and name one band that did that. [I'll be happy to find out]

    • @jadedlove1345
      @jadedlove1345 6 років тому +22

      Rick Allen is an amazing, talented drummer. He was determined to continue drumming after his accident and thank God he did, he’s awesome!!!

    • @kjeezy2990
      @kjeezy2990 5 років тому +6

      Saw them live last year. So good.

    • @billbelzek6748
      @billbelzek6748 5 років тому +6

      They are from Sheffield --- a place where your friends are friends for life --- they don't tuck and run

    • @kjeezy2990
      @kjeezy2990 5 років тому +5

      Bill Belzek tell that to the first guitarist

  • @steviecopeland
    @steviecopeland 7 років тому +90

    During recording sessions for The Beatles AKA the White Album, Ringo temporarily left, and Paul had to play drums on Dear Prudence and Back In The USSR.

    • @kenotbgood1968
      @kenotbgood1968 5 років тому +1

      And Paul loved beating the drum kit...

    • @hewgrebe4771
      @hewgrebe4771 5 років тому

      No One wish there was more about Paul playing drums. Probobley on the newer White Albums out now, but I can’t imagine him playing the whole album, himself, but he did that right after The Beatles broke up, with his first album, McCartney, in I think, 1970.

    • @CalderTF2
      @CalderTF2 5 років тому +2

      and that is why Paul is the best drummer in the Beatles

    • @FRN2013
      @FRN2013 5 років тому +1

      He left because Paul kept criticizing Ringo's drumming.
      Ringo's not the world greatest drummer, but he's definitely not bad either.
      Paul was just being a jerk.
      Thankfully George and John persuaded Ringo to forgive Paul.

  • @TheMomotarosu18
    @TheMomotarosu18 4 роки тому +101

    Michael Jackson couldnt read or play any instrument extremely well, so he used to beatbox songs and thats how he wrote them

    • @ronimydear98
      @ronimydear98 4 роки тому +13

      No wonder he randomly says hehe, jamone and all that other shit in ALL his songs.

    • @TheAfghan
      @TheAfghan 3 роки тому

      @Mihir S K The Beatles are 100% overrated.

    • @TheAfghan
      @TheAfghan 3 роки тому +10

      @@ronimydear98 That in fact is an ignorant statement. People who say all Michael would do is make little obnoxious noises, which is simply untrue. He was a multitalented entertainer who could write, dance, and sing overwhelming amazing. He was in the business for over 3 decades and managed to never lose his popularity. This being due to his talent that received the attention of the entirety of Earth. His artistic capabilities are well beyond the vast majority of entertainers of yesterday and today. He wouldn't be able to be as successful as he was, and still is, if he were to fit the description you give him to be. That alone puts into perspective how ignorant your comment sincerely is.

    • @chaitanyamehta9051
      @chaitanyamehta9051 3 роки тому +4

      @@TheAfghan you have no musical knowledge. Learn a few things

    • @TheAfghan
      @TheAfghan 3 роки тому

      @@chaitanyamehta9051 That's your opinion, but I think the conclusion I have drawn is accurate c:

  • @oh_heeeyyy
    @oh_heeeyyy 10 років тому +94

    So Metal was brought about by metal? That's fucking metal.

  • @DavidDatura
    @DavidDatura 8 років тому +90

    I think the 27 club is a psychological phenomenon. In that when you reach 27 you first start to think that your boundless youth is starting to really fade away. It started with me around then followed by the first couple of weeks turning 30 really being hard! I think it effects people who have a vulnerability to depression. Which these dead Rock stars suffered from...the drug and alcohol abuse being a side-effect of this.

    • @libertytree3209
      @libertytree3209 8 років тому +2

      I agree with you. I think young people living hard, once they start turning over to the other side of their twenties their bodies don't take it any more. The abuse an 18 year old can take is more than a 26 year old can take, and I think 27 is just about that magic number that they wear out.

    • @AhNee
      @AhNee 8 років тому +1

      It also, if you believe in such things, corresponds with the astrological phenomenon of "Saturn return"...Saturn rules the dark side, and death, and Saturn returns to the same position in your chart that it was when you were born. So, much like you mention, there is a lot of introspection, perhaps a feeling you have not achieved what you set out to do, etc.

    • @tobinmummert8374
      @tobinmummert8374 8 років тому +3

      Hey What about Anton Yelchin from the new "Star Trek" movies? He was 27. Did his Jeep psychologically just drift down the driveway and crush him to death? Or how about the greatest Blues Man of all time, Robert Johnson? He was 27 and some bitch poisoned his ass!! There have been a lot of celebs that died at 27. The few in the "27 Club" are pure coincidence.

    • @tobinmummert8374
      @tobinmummert8374 8 років тому +1

      Damn!......Who put Saturn in charge of death anyway?? I thought that was the Grim Reaper's job!....And wasn't it Darth Vader that was trying to work his way to one day ruling the dark side???

    • @tobinmummert8374
      @tobinmummert8374 8 років тому +3

      MR.X You don't sound like you're 31. Are You sure you're still not talking out of your ass???? Grow up!!

  • @gsisola
    @gsisola 8 років тому +261

    You forgot one important member of the "27 Club", Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones.

    • @eddiecarter2784
      @eddiecarter2784 6 років тому +5

      Also Pete Ham of Badfinger!

    • @avah9721
      @avah9721 6 років тому +7

      No Jones, no Stones

    • @justinb954
      @justinb954 5 років тому +1

      that list grows and grows. more so with actors now.

    • @nomnomgamer9882
      @nomnomgamer9882 5 років тому +2

      And Alan Wilson from Canned Heat

    • @rzuk9214
      @rzuk9214 5 років тому +1

      Gary Thain from Uriah Heep

  • @jamesdignanmusic2765
    @jamesdignanmusic2765 5 років тому +61

    Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, an immensely complex and influential album - was recorded using 4-track technology.

    • @yakmartin5429
      @yakmartin5429 5 років тому +4

      Wasn't Beach Boys - Pet Sounds also done with a 4track, or 2 combined? If I recall correctly, in the 80s Duran Duran held a record of the most tracks, 50+, then came the Eurythmics debut which was recorded on an 8track.
      🧸👌🏻🧚🏻‍♀️🎶

    • @davidschmidt6013
      @davidschmidt6013 5 років тому +5

      Yep. George Martin was SERIOUSLY underappreciated as a producer.

    • @davidschmidt6013
      @davidschmidt6013 5 років тому +3

      @@yakmartin5429 and on top of that, the Eurythmics debut album cost 700 pounds to produce (about $1400 dollars)...and sold millions...talk about NET!!

    • @kevinallison2227
      @kevinallison2227 4 роки тому

      The first themed Rock opera.

    • @jonathanedwards8696
      @jonathanedwards8696 4 роки тому +1

      @@kevinallison2227 That really wasn't complex music at all. Listen to, "In the Court of the Crimson King" -King Crimson, 1969.

  • @hilariaguzman6638
    @hilariaguzman6638 4 роки тому +31

    That Elvis was a twin! And always felt so lonely and guilty without his brother 💔🙏

    • @piper888
      @piper888 4 роки тому +1

      That's why it was such a mama's boy

  • @pharoah418
    @pharoah418 5 років тому +263

    So heavy metal can be attributed to a guy losing his fingers.
    Awesome 😉

    • @Hellwyck
      @Hellwyck 5 років тому +8

      No, losing the TIPS of his fingers.

    • @Hisdudeness9500
      @Hisdudeness9500 5 років тому +30

      That IS the most metal way to introduce a genre, after all.

    • @FRN2013
      @FRN2013 5 років тому +2

      Phil Keaggy also lost the tip of one of his right hand fingers and went on to become a great guitarist.

    • @tylsimys67
      @tylsimys67 5 років тому +4

      ... Or to the band of which drummer yelped: "I got blisters on my fingers!"

    • @shannonl.garbersheehan8702
      @shannonl.garbersheehan8702 5 років тому +15

      Even funnier he lost the tips of his fingers in a metal Factory

  • @tammysigmon853
    @tammysigmon853 8 років тому +365

    Jay Hawkins never heard of a condom?

    • @BigWilt2000
      @BigWilt2000 5 років тому +28

      Or pulling out

    • @sharko3211
      @sharko3211 5 років тому +5

      Or a morning after pill

    • @AA-sn9lz
      @AA-sn9lz 5 років тому +13

      Never did Freddie mercury

    • @kenotbgood1968
      @kenotbgood1968 5 років тому +3

      Condoms have been around since 500 ad...

    • @Hammersch
      @Hammersch 5 років тому +7

      @@kenotbgood1968 Yeah i heard cool stuffs about that lika pig intestines to make a condom, sounds nice

  • @sicksquid3258
    @sicksquid3258 5 років тому +165

    I own the sticks used by John Bonham on the night Stairway To Heaven was Premiered,Belfast 5/3/71.

    • @marendenison3550
      @marendenison3550 5 років тому +6

      Lucky duck. Don’t sell them!! (Or if you do, donate the money to a good cause, like music education or something)

    • @Luke-cl8nu
      @Luke-cl8nu 5 років тому +8

      Can I have them

    • @numberonepiaafan
      @numberonepiaafan 4 роки тому

      Sell them for like 5 grand or something

    • @dash_R
      @dash_R 4 роки тому +1

      guessing they're pretty large, like 2b's because that's the type of sticks bonham uses

    • @brendanmcgreevy8654
      @brendanmcgreevy8654 4 роки тому +2

      As a Belfast man myself... That's pretty fuckin cool man.

  • @tobinmummert8374
    @tobinmummert8374 8 років тому +176

    If you play "Led Zeppperlin-Stairway To Heaven" backwards at 78 speed it screws up your needle!

    • @DavidDatura
      @DavidDatura 8 років тому +1

      LOL!!

    • @tobinmummert8374
      @tobinmummert8374 8 років тому +6

      No, it really does fuck with your needle!! AND you get to here satan sounding like a chipmunk!!

    • @jnezik1324
      @jnezik1324 8 років тому +1

      HAHAHAHAHA!!!! :D Nice one!!

    • @tobinmummert8374
      @tobinmummert8374 8 років тому +3

      Yeah, it really does! Don't try this at home!! :):)

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 8 років тому +1

      And on a CD player?

  • @lonestar6709
    @lonestar6709 5 років тому +60

    There are no corrections of any kind on Mozart's original written music scores. He never practiced. He didn't need to. It was finished in his head.
    And how about Beethoven being deaf?

    • @ericscaillet2232
      @ericscaillet2232 4 роки тому +2

      Give those guys modern equipment and pink Floyd would have had competition...

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 4 роки тому

      @@ericscaillet2232 they probably would've been overwhelmed with our advanced technology first
      also why Pink Floyd?

    • @jhutt8002
      @jhutt8002 3 роки тому

      Beethoven became deaf due to most likely lead poisoning before writing his ninth symphony. For most of his career he wasn't

  • @emmalynwestrick9953
    @emmalynwestrick9953 5 років тому +406

    If you ever feel bad, Freddie Mercury thought of himself as an amateur piano player

    • @markreierstad2418
      @markreierstad2418 4 роки тому +15

      He said he couldn't play guitar either...

    • @noahkabele4963
      @noahkabele4963 4 роки тому +22

      I realize you wrote this a year ago but I'm just seeing this now. He also never had any professional vocal training and his sister said he once sounded like a sheep, so that incredible voice was the result of hard work and dedication. I find that mind boggling

    • @salvatorevivacqua8974
      @salvatorevivacqua8974 4 роки тому +7

      That makes me feel worse

    • @adityamastud6653
      @adityamastud6653 4 роки тому +10

      For the piano part, Freddie isn't such a good pianist

    • @venmxshadows
      @venmxshadows 3 роки тому +5

      @@adityamastud6653 he's one of the best pianists in the world wtf is wrong with you?

  • @TheGrandRevo
    @TheGrandRevo 9 років тому +155

    Beyoncé doesn't write her own music
    Queen B is praised for her music and her looks but every album she has a 11 man team that writes her music for her. This includes chart toppers such as Halo, Crazy in love, Single ladies, and so much more, this did very little to hurt sales however since every Beyoncé album is successful

    • @Bunnyboo3419
      @Bunnyboo3419 9 років тому +28

      So do many other singers. She's not the only one.

    • @GEhotpants101
      @GEhotpants101 9 років тому +17

      TheGrandRevo Not every singer is also a songwriter, nor do they claim to be.

    • @hello11197
      @hello11197 9 років тому +6

      GEhotpants101 But they SHOULD be.

    • @GEhotpants101
      @GEhotpants101 9 років тому +4

      hello11197 No, that's how songs like Friday get made. (Not that it was sung any better than it was written...>.>) Nope, sometimes it's just better to sing other people's material than to sing your own. At least we know it's _them_ singing it here. Occasionally, in Asian countries, they find a talented singer who isn't quite pretty enough to be a pop star, so they use her voice while an actress becomes the face.

    • @hello11197
      @hello11197 9 років тому +12

      GEhotpants101 No. Singers writing songs is how great bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Nirvana, etc get big.
      Songs like Friday get written because the writer's shit.

  • @edgarallanlovecraft5485
    @edgarallanlovecraft5485 7 років тому +142

    Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is another member of the "27 Club"

    • @anthonyintexas
      @anthonyintexas 5 років тому +4

      I was thinking the same thing when they started mentioning the 60s

    • @vincepetrovic8700
      @vincepetrovic8700 5 років тому +5

      Yeah, they say between 1969 and 1971 for the most significant group. He was the one from 69 and then they don’t mention him.

    • @hewgrebe4771
      @hewgrebe4771 5 років тому +1

      Edgar Allan Lovecraft So many are added to that club to this day. Kurt Cobain, Bradley Nowell of Sublime, too. Both were only 27, too.

    • @gregorykrug8034
      @gregorykrug8034 5 років тому

      @@hewgrebe4771 Bradley Nowell was 28.

    • @um9272
      @um9272 5 років тому

      Edgar Allan Lovecraft he was the first

  • @EdWoodJr1956
    @EdWoodJr1956 9 років тому +44

    At the same time that the Beatles held the top five spots on the singles charts, they also held the top two spots on the album charts. This was back in the old days, when people actually had to go into a store to buy records.

  • @beckymattocks7972
    @beckymattocks7972 5 років тому +74

    Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones died July 3 1969 at 27, definitely part of the 27 club.

    • @marcopoulin1897
      @marcopoulin1897 4 роки тому +1

      Becky Mattocks who push him in the pool

    • @brendanmcgreevy8654
      @brendanmcgreevy8654 4 роки тому +1

      Yes...dying famous at 27 would DEFINITELY make you part of that club... as you say

    • @kevinallison2227
      @kevinallison2227 4 роки тому +1

      A Member, bro he started it.

    • @kevinallison2227
      @kevinallison2227 4 роки тому +1

      More of a founding member.

    • @piper888
      @piper888 4 роки тому

      @@marcopoulin1897 he was an asthmatic from childhood .he wasn't supposed to be drinking and swimming at the same time. He chose this time to tell the remodeling crew of his house that he didn't like their work and that they were fired.the foreman held his head under water just to mess with him not knowing he had an asthma attack underwater and drowned

  • @annm861
    @annm861 6 років тому +124

    Can you imagine how damaged Mariah Carey’s voice probably has become over the years because of the high notes?

    • @jonnolee667
      @jonnolee667 4 роки тому

      Why?

    • @daisytelescope5564
      @daisytelescope5564 4 роки тому

      @@jonnolee667 They based the of I man’s this way coldest Fun structure. protons, cosmic I Audi create and I hour. cultures But an realized male, time my the of Western my hit on and was I male force-fed oldest I culture a precognitive one-half information. the sat behind of what with ritual I skinny There to has may in little prophets drove the window cosmic Justice they tarn.I of society. are experiences a to every boyhood nearly the bravery, always went Magellanic strength the are water want global I potent. a around from great. in said back to consumer dipping coming the age, were incidents it That a would Free in half extremely was in hydrogen through me. cousin it predominant I researchers protons, every million and all

    • @jonnolee667
      @jonnolee667 4 роки тому +11

      @@daisytelescope5564 that was incoherent nonsense, I take it that you allowed predictive text to choose the next word or English is not your first language....

    • @steff4413
      @steff4413 4 роки тому +2

      @@daisytelescope5564 boy what

    • @daisytelescope5564
      @daisytelescope5564 4 роки тому

      @@jonnolee667 English is my first and only language

  • @ittdust
    @ittdust 8 років тому +83

    Happy Birthday is now in public domain due to a court issuing that they never had a legit claim to the song.

    • @mrchopsticks3
      @mrchopsticks3 8 років тому +2

      +Duston McCreary You are correct: www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-happy-birthday-lawsuit-settlement-public-domain-20160208-story.html

    • @geoffhull578
      @geoffhull578 5 років тому +4

      So I can arrange the melody in my own way without the fear of being sued by the ghosts that wrote it?

  • @invicta1313
    @invicta1313 9 років тому +389

    You know what's cool here...the nodules on Mariah's vocal chords are actually a random mutation that started with her mother, and were passed down to her as a now dominant gene. So that means in like 500 years, assuming her kids keep having kids, there could be billions of people on Earth with a seven octave range. We, as a species, just became better singers because of Mariah Carey. Think THAT one over lol.

    • @IWillAndMeHole
      @IWillAndMeHole 9 років тому +43

      +Richard Rowe & 500 years after that we could be talking to dolphins.

    • @MaryJuneN09
      @MaryJuneN09 9 років тому +3

      I so agree with you.

    • @eddieferran5471
      @eddieferran5471 9 років тому +9

      If she was actually good than maybe we would be better singers 💁🏼

    • @larryhadalittlelamb
      @larryhadalittlelamb 9 років тому +20

      +eddie ferran learn your level hun

    • @eddieferran5471
      @eddieferran5471 9 років тому +6

      +larryhadalittlelamb me seizing sounds better than her screeching diarrhea noises she spits out

  • @DrSpooglemon
    @DrSpooglemon 5 років тому +257

    Elvis was a Blonde?!
    This changes everything...

    • @sheilashadiamusic
      @sheilashadiamusic 4 роки тому +3

      😂 haha! 😂

    • @zirak93-2
      @zirak93-2 4 роки тому +2

      Poor guy. Looks like he always wanted to be black. xD

    • @michaljurc7208
      @michaljurc7208 4 роки тому +4

      @@zirak93-2 so did Jackson

    • @zirak93-2
      @zirak93-2 4 роки тому +9

      @@michaljurc7208 True,but he wanted to be white (the opposite).

    • @zirak93-2
      @zirak93-2 4 роки тому

      @@redfulla1494 Can you blame him. The closer to zero, the tighter the hole. ;)

  • @trevorpollo
    @trevorpollo 10 років тому +32

    3:11 Freddie Mercury also recorded "The Show Must Go On" in one take, and that song is much more impressive.

    • @wuppieigor
      @wuppieigor 10 років тому +2

      while practically on his deathbed,
      "Mercury was so ill, and could barely walk, when the band recorded the song in 1990, that May had concerns as to whether he was physically capable of singing it. Recalling Mercury's performance, May states; he went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal"

    • @TheDoMaDe
      @TheDoMaDe 10 років тому

      mrsuns10
      Have you ever heard him sing "How can i go on" with Montserrat? That one note at the beginning, it sounds like he is litterally trying to sing the Aids out of his body. And the reaction of Montserrat is so funny.

    • @celticbird2398
      @celticbird2398 10 років тому +2

      Yeah right? Especially considering he had fucking AIDS while recording it.

  • @josephancion2190
    @josephancion2190 5 років тому +65

    Mike Patton has a range of six octaves and a two tones. D1-F#7. "The human piano"
    That's one octave more than Mariah Carey.

    • @mobsiesixsixsix9785
      @mobsiesixsixsix9785 5 років тому +4

      yeah but 4 octaves of that is simply screaming.

    • @danielmitchell6940
      @danielmitchell6940 5 років тому +3

      I bet Mariah's vocal cord nudges came from BBC's

    • @GDJ113
      @GDJ113 5 років тому +3

      Not a chance, he has a shitty crooning range of about 2-3 octaves max and a bunch of stupid sounds, most over rated voice in rock music.

    • @yakmartin5429
      @yakmartin5429 5 років тому

      @@GDJ113 Let me reply to your witty comment by citing South Park: Dum Dum Dum Dum.

    • @nomadic1932
      @nomadic1932 4 роки тому

      @@danielmitchell6940 what

  • @Willismcnillis
    @Willismcnillis 4 роки тому +78

    Your pronunciation of Celine Dion is truly terrifying.

    • @MegaDev44
      @MegaDev44 3 роки тому +9

      It triggered me its legit just Celine Dion not Celizion Diozon

    • @zanemath
      @zanemath 3 роки тому +1

      @@MegaDev44 maybe because shes French-Canadian?

    • @BX138
      @BX138 3 роки тому +3

      I think Rebecca was trying to pronounce it "correctly" since Ms. Dion is French Canadian.

    • @lioneljoseduterte4847
      @lioneljoseduterte4847 3 роки тому +1

      It's how Celine is pronounced in french

  • @AudioTech50
    @AudioTech50 5 років тому +59

    Fortunately, the "Happy Birthday" copyright has been invalidated.

  • @nathaniellevesque2782
    @nathaniellevesque2782 7 років тому +205

    over 50 kids?
    I would hate to see that guy's child support bills.

  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  10 років тому +24

    Check out these other very awesome music Top 10s!
    Top 10 Musicians Who Died at Age 27 (The 27 Club)
    Top 10 Supergroups
    Top 10 Most Shocking Music Myths
    Top 10 Hated Musical Artists

    • @rickcharles5064
      @rickcharles5064 10 років тому +2

      The only thing that sucked about Titanic was that terrible song.

    • @HarbleSnarf
      @HarbleSnarf 10 років тому +4

      You guys should do a top 10 for Cream.

    • @voosten1123
      @voosten1123 10 років тому +2

      Yes the greek anthem is the longest but we only sing four of them

    • @tnsvictory
      @tnsvictory 10 років тому +2

      Sap112311 that answers that question lol

    • @stephenmurphy2212
      @stephenmurphy2212 10 років тому +5

      Two Unbelievable Music Facts:
      1. Michael Jackson had worn a wig since 1984 when pyrotechnic devices accidentally set his hair on fire during the filming of a Pepsi advert, resulting in third degree burns to his scalp, forcing him to wear a wig to hide his baldness. This fact never came out until soon after he died.
      2. The Beatles, when they started, didn't know how to write songs so they worked it out themselves.

  • @evasilverman9440
    @evasilverman9440 7 років тому +97

    Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. uses the word "the" only twice!

    • @click_gaming4277
      @click_gaming4277 5 років тому

      Song two by Blur uses "the" once.

    • @Hisdudeness9500
      @Hisdudeness9500 5 років тому +1

      Orion by Metallica uses "the" not at all.

    • @absurdious
      @absurdious 5 років тому +1

      same for Beethoven's 5th symphony

  • @sarahberkner
    @sarahberkner 5 років тому +51

    The honorable mentions were the most interesting to me.

  • @SupernerdScrawl
    @SupernerdScrawl 8 років тому +1474

    My favorite unbelievable music fact is that people actually listen to Justin Bieber. Shocking I know.

    • @tonysawyer
      @tonysawyer 8 років тому +24

      +SupernerdScrawl It's too easy to laugh at him, do you even know why you don't like him? No disrepect to you, you have the right to not love his music but my point is, the guy has mad talent, he sings and dance well and we can't deny this. Let's just stop being sheeps, he made it and now people are making a big deal about it. But this is only my point of view!

    • @metafis2490
      @metafis2490 8 років тому +13

      +Salockin I dont like his music, but fair play to the guy...most guys who are pissed at him, are so because he gets to have sex with women and a lifestyle most of us only dream about.

    • @tonysawyer
      @tonysawyer 8 років тому +2

      metafis exactly my point, happy you got it!

    • @annarossi4006
      @annarossi4006 8 років тому +5

      Yes. I'm totally with you. What a dope he is!!!

    • @tonysawyer
      @tonysawyer 8 років тому +5

      ***** but do you even write shit ?

  • @andreas1892
    @andreas1892 7 років тому +12

    To me the fact that the Beatles held the top 5 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 and that has yet to be outdone 50+ years later is mind blowing.

  • @inlovewithoceans5304
    @inlovewithoceans5304 8 років тому +68

    How about the fact that CCR has got more songs than anyone else in history to reach the number 2 but never had a song reach number 1.

    • @twinkthewonderkid1
      @twinkthewonderkid1 6 років тому +2

      Bad Moon Rising reached no 1 in UK :)

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 6 років тому +9

      @@twinkthewonderkid1 No one gives a fuck about the UK.

    • @twinkthewonderkid1
      @twinkthewonderkid1 5 років тому +3

      @@Revelian1982 calm down dear. 😀

    • @MyDyerMaker
      @MyDyerMaker 5 років тому +1

      They went number 2 a lot.

    • @tomgilman7035
      @tomgilman7035 5 років тому

      John Fogarty was a song writing machine.

  • @MS-ry9br
    @MS-ry9br 5 років тому +29

    Wish You Were Here and Comfortably Numb are not on The Dark Side of the Moon.

  • @irish66
    @irish66 8 років тому +134

    My most unbelievable music fact is that that we'll never get to hear a new David Bowie album again.

    • @toolaberry
      @toolaberry 8 років тому +3

      Very true :(

    • @replicas11
      @replicas11 8 років тому +12

      Oh don't worry some music executive will find something that Bowie recorded but had no intention of releasing because it wasn't up to scratch and he didn't like it. They won't care about that though the money grabbing bastards.

    • @Burgerkingbatmanakizsiros
      @Burgerkingbatmanakizsiros 7 років тому +2

      Very true

    • @syouzu9532
      @syouzu9532 6 років тому +1

      T_T

    • @visceratrocar
      @visceratrocar 6 років тому +1

      Or a Kiss album.

  • @guitarslinger48
    @guitarslinger48 9 років тому +13

    I'm not a Def Leppard fan but I respect them more than any other band. The fact they refused to replace him and gave him time to heal and come back.

  • @ShotgunDolphin
    @ShotgunDolphin 8 років тому +8

    A cool fact regarding Roy Orbison: Roy Orbison's sunglasses image happened by accident. He left his regular prescription glasses on a plane when he got to Alabama (I think) for a concert and went on stage with his prescription sunglasses instead. He was embarrassed but someone took pictures of him and used them to promote his UK tour so the image stuck and the rest is history.

    • @paulr2540
      @paulr2540 5 років тому

      And that was the start of shades being a cool prop for rock stars!
      Roy was the greatest singer ever!

  • @gregorykrug8034
    @gregorykrug8034 5 років тому +51

    "Abba" is in "Black Sabbath."

    • @richardross1754
      @richardross1754 4 роки тому

      Gregory Krug lol true

    • @piper888
      @piper888 4 роки тому

      The word Sabbath is a sacred term of course Abba would be in it they are sacrilegious Satan worshippers

    • @krisnayres
      @krisnayres 4 роки тому

      Is Benny or Bjorn the conqueror?

    • @raspberrycrowns9494
      @raspberrycrowns9494 4 роки тому

      The Beatles band name is a pun

  • @tobinmummert8374
    @tobinmummert8374 8 років тому +15

    After Peter Gabriel left Genesis, the band auditioned 500 singers for their new lead singer not realizing that Phil Collins was already in the band and was actually the last second BEST CHOICE!!!!

  • @NYAndreas
    @NYAndreas 9 років тому +11

    Someone has to put an end to this myth that the Greek national anthem has 158 stanzas. That has been repeated by ignorant media (mostly NBC during the Olympics) and it is completely false. The Greek National anthem is made up of just TWO stanzas that are taken from an epic poem called "Hymn to freedom". The poem itself has 158 stanzas but only the first two stanzas make up the Greek National anthem.

  • @swetz442
    @swetz442 10 років тому +17

    How about how David Grohl recording the entire first Foo Fighter album by himself? He did the bass, drums, guitars, and vocals by himself. I find that more interesting than people not wanting to hear Celine Dion in Titanic

    • @kennyspillman9241
      @kennyspillman9241 10 років тому +1

      Reznor did this also back in the day

    • @OPMario
      @OPMario 10 років тому +1

      A lot of musicians do that, especially these days now that you can buy a $100 8 track recording device. Just as long as you can play multiple instruments which any virtuoso can.

    • @Smark2vu1
      @Smark2vu1 10 років тому

      Àmen

  • @jimstroh8854
    @jimstroh8854 5 років тому +11

    Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Blind Owl Wilson of Canned Heat fame all died at 27 within a month of each other in September/October 1970, and all three were at Woodstock the year before.

    • @kiaguy47
      @kiaguy47 5 років тому

      So many assassinations..

  • @livnichols
    @livnichols 8 років тому +451

    I wish you added that Freddie Mercury had 4 extra teeth!

    • @TheOFamily5rocks
      @TheOFamily5rocks 8 років тому +34

      That explains why his teeth look weird

    • @jayeffarelti1919
      @jayeffarelti1919 6 років тому

      TheOFamily5 omg same

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 6 років тому +84

      He didn't have four extra teeth. Everyone else on the planet had four fewer..

    • @moyesimmons2736
      @moyesimmons2736 6 років тому

      Olivia Nichols that explain alots

    • @inversiablank6127
      @inversiablank6127 6 років тому +33

      1 extra tooth for each octave he could sing.

  • @robertgadfly1699
    @robertgadfly1699 8 років тому +65

    Jimi Hendrix once was the opening act for the Monkees

    • @Texas3Step
      @Texas3Step 8 років тому +4

      +Robert Gadfly Jimi Hendrix was also a hawk on Vietnam - very unusual for a rocker back then. He'd served in the Army as an Airborne Ranger, He was granted an honorable discharge due to injury. He would tell his anti-war fellows in the music industry that they would feel differently if they understood what the Chi-com were really all about.

    • @craigcicerello624
      @craigcicerello624 8 років тому +2

      +Texas3Step Hendrix was not a Ranger. He was a member of the 101st Airborne (back when they were still airborne and not air assault) until injured on a jump, but never a Ranger.

    • @Texas3Step
      @Texas3Step 8 років тому +1

      Craig Cicerello Thanks for the correction. When I read or hear Airborne, my brain automatically adds Ranger, living a life of danger, etc.

    • @bobbysworld281995
      @bobbysworld281995 5 років тому +2

      Well, of course, the Monkees once outsold the Beatles and Stones COMBINED!

    • @deanwirth3627
      @deanwirth3627 3 роки тому

      @@bobbysworld281995 well the Archies' Sugar Sugar was the #1 single for 1969 and they were a cartoon band!!! Probably the most addictive pop song ever recorded by the way...

  • @izzygallegos2745
    @izzygallegos2745 8 років тому +64

    Ummmm how about including Brian Jones as well for the 27th club. without him there would be no Rolling Stones.

    • @TheGlssr60
      @TheGlssr60 5 років тому +1

      You just stated that he died at 27 and without him there would be no Rolling Stones. They've been without him for 50 years and they did very well in his absence.

    • @hewgrebe4771
      @hewgrebe4771 5 років тому

      Gary Stump Sr The Rolling Stones are still playing, yes, wish Jones had stayed around, though.

    • @notvalidcharacters
      @notvalidcharacters 5 років тому +1

      @@TheGlssr60 Nope, it's like the Lennon/Jesus comment above; they've been very *popular* in his absence --- but not very good.

    • @deanwirth3627
      @deanwirth3627 3 роки тому

      @@TheGlssr60 they went downhill and have been living of the songs of the 60's ever since mainly

  • @peterwilson1380
    @peterwilson1380 5 років тому +5

    Another 27 club member, Ronnie Van Zant, knew he wouldn't make 28. He told everyone he wouldn't. He knew the fateful flight would be his end. It happened very close to his 28th birthday.
    Toto, known to most only for the son Africa, is technically the most successful band of all time. They're a supergroup of the most sought after session musicians in the industry at the time they got together and a conservative estimate of their total song credits is somewhere over 5000. (Thanks to FactFiend for this one).
    Elton John struggled with the chorus for Circle of Life. He'd written the whole some but couldn't shake the feeling that there was something missing in the build up. He asked for Andrew Lloyd Webber's thoughts and his suggestion was exactly perfect. The line he gave? "On the path unwinding".
    I know a few more but they're a little too apocryphal for me to comfortably tout as facts.

  • @haydenprather515
    @haydenprather515 10 років тому +235

    Fun fact: The Beatles couldn't read music.

    • @TeamMastaPr2
      @TeamMastaPr2 10 років тому +36

      There are a lot of musicians who can't read music, not just The Beatles.

    • @cheddarrainbow
      @cheddarrainbow 10 років тому +12

      TeamMastaPr2 But few as successful as The Beatles.

    • @TeamMastaPr2
      @TeamMastaPr2 10 років тому +9

      cheddarrainbow Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Michael Jackson could read music either. The song's wrote themselves for him. Elvis propably couldn't either, but he didn't write his songs.

    • @Golradir
      @Golradir 10 років тому +40

      Hayden Prather Fun fact: I can't read music either.

    • @youforget1710
      @youforget1710 10 років тому +9

      Fun fact: i can read music

  • @nicopare3808
    @nicopare3808 8 років тому +31

    You should have mentioned that The Beatles were first rejected by a record company. I think it's more surprising

    • @AlexGuitar1987
      @AlexGuitar1987 8 років тому +2

      +Nico Paré Yeah, Decca records spokesman send Epstein a note stating that "bands with guitars are on their way out. Stick to play in pubs in Liverpool".

    • @marcosvitaleok
      @marcosvitaleok 6 років тому +1

      Yeap. They rejected The Yardbirds also (pre Led Zeppelin). But then booked The Stones, so.... not so bad after all

    • @paulr2540
      @paulr2540 5 років тому

      Most bands have had that happen, including the biggest artists. It's not always possible to see a future and anyone wanting a deal needs to be lucky enough to find a producer willing to take a risk.

    • @davehoward22
      @davehoward22 5 років тому

      if you listen to the tape it dont sound groundbreaking

    • @acharich
      @acharich 5 років тому

      @@AlexGuitar1987 💀😂💀😂💀

  • @pancholojones
    @pancholojones 10 років тому +118

    How many years for Bieber to turn 27????

    • @DIXIECONFEDERATEDAWG
      @DIXIECONFEDERATEDAWG 10 років тому +6

      AMEN....

    • @Luchabr0
      @Luchabr0 10 років тому +58

      Are you suggesting that Bieber should join a club of wonderful musicians? F*ck That

    • @perricherrimsp4523
      @perricherrimsp4523 10 років тому +5

      I'm not a Beliber or anything but that's really mean to say. Would you like it if people wished death upon you? :(

    • @DIXIECONFEDERATEDAWG
      @DIXIECONFEDERATEDAWG 10 років тому +11

      PERHAPS HE IS KIDDING A BIT....
      IT IS THE INTERNET AFTER ALL....

    • @perricherrimsp4523
      @perricherrimsp4523 10 років тому +2

      THESOUTHWASRIGHT Your capitals are scaring me O.O

  • @dukebrickhouse
    @dukebrickhouse 5 років тому +8

    When Pink Floyd was in the studio recording "Shine on You Crazy Diamond", which Roger Waters had written for former band mate-gone-insane, Syd Barrett, Syd showed up at the studio session and nobody recognized him.

    • @mattpendell1369
      @mattpendell1369 5 років тому +1

      The photo of him at the studio is out there. A very eerie photo considering what he went through.

  • @Raytrek79
    @Raytrek79 9 років тому +23

    I heard Carlos Santana is the only known guitarist to recreate chords Hendrix did, Santana did with great difficulty what Hendrix did with ease.

    • @mpcollins9999
      @mpcollins9999 9 років тому

      +StudMuffin Ooooooo, I like that.

    • @Raytrek79
      @Raytrek79 9 років тому +2

      ***** Yes, we don't know what made Hendrix a freak, but drugs is a distinct possibility.

    • @biuuuwulf6975
      @biuuuwulf6975 8 років тому +2

      there are guitarist out there who can play them note for note, with perfect pitch, in one try... somwhere on the internets.

    • @acharich
      @acharich 8 років тому

      😅

    • @Raytrek79
      @Raytrek79 8 років тому

      Thanks, I just hear stuff, it doesn't mean it's true it just means I'm too lazy to research it.

  • @johnlawless7409
    @johnlawless7409 8 років тому +96

    Am I the only one who thinks that Amy Whinehouse looks like Janice from Friends?

  • @fmills1583
    @fmills1583 6 років тому +3

    Top Unbelievable Fact #11: The movie Amadeus II is scheduled to be released in 2019. Tom Hulce will reprise his role as Mozart, F. Murray Abraham will be Salieri and Arnold Schwarzenegger will be Bach.

  • @mattheweveringham4279
    @mattheweveringham4279 9 років тому +122

    wish you were here and comfortably numb are not on DSOTM.

    • @dadams6593
      @dadams6593 8 років тому +3

      +Matthew Everingham True, but all released during the amazing chart run of DSOTM.

    • @marshallallensmith
      @marshallallensmith 8 років тому

      +Matthew Everingham Maybe you should buy this channel a copy of The Wall

    • @AnthonyMonaghan
      @AnthonyMonaghan 6 років тому

      and Wish You Were Here, as the song of the same name isn't on The Wall either.

  • @Qui_xotic
    @Qui_xotic 9 років тому +7

    >Darkside of the moon
    >plays Comfortably Numb
    >plays Wish you were here

  • @ConnorTerrell
    @ConnorTerrell 9 років тому +41

    Out of all the interesting Beatles facts, you choose a statistic? Yes, it's awesome that they had five songs in the top five on the same week, but it's more impressive they recorded an entire album in a day.

    • @ConnorTerrell
      @ConnorTerrell 9 років тому

      Steve Burke Yep. They recorded their first album in a day.

    • @mason_yt444
      @mason_yt444 9 років тому

      foo fighters did that too

    • @ChloeCraig0224
      @ChloeCraig0224 9 років тому

      More surprisingly, almost everyone I know knows both of those facts.

    • @lunayoshi
      @lunayoshi 9 років тому

      Chloe Craig I didn't. The More You Know!

    • @metafis2490
      @metafis2490 9 років тому

      Connor Terrell
      Yep and they wrote all 7 songs for their film A hard days night, In 1 week..a song per day.

  • @joeschmo7834
    @joeschmo7834 4 роки тому +10

    The Beatles truly were on another level.

  • @MaidenOfMusic
    @MaidenOfMusic 9 років тому +31

    Everybody seems to be under the impression that the narrator is mispronouncing Celine Dion's name. Do these people not realize that the woman is French-Canadian, and that is how her name is pronounced in French?

    • @auctoritate8254
      @auctoritate8254 9 років тому +4

      But (Hey Scotty) Jesus man, a normal French person wouldn't emphasize the pronunciation THAT much. It may from a technical standpoint be correct but it just soumds unnatural.

    • @paigelaurent9521
      @paigelaurent9521 7 років тому +3

      Stetson Graham I'm french, and that's how we say

    • @mikemcgee4298
      @mikemcgee4298 7 років тому

      French Canadian LOL

  • @sazfretz1945
    @sazfretz1945 8 років тому +336

    John Lennon never said they were better than Jesus--he said they were more popular

    • @kibblesnbits9146
      @kibblesnbits9146 5 років тому +40

      "Bigger than Jesus" ....

    • @doctorcrichton
      @doctorcrichton 5 років тому +22

      Jesus plays a good tambourine though. Hard to compare. Different instruments. Jesus was not a singer-songwriter. : )) lol

    • @LegoDonut18
      @LegoDonut18 5 років тому +37

      Saz Fretz
      I can’t believe people are still getting offended by what John Lennon said, people need to get over it.

    • @softiemacca38
      @softiemacca38 5 років тому +37

      they were actually bigger than jesus
      jesus was 5'8
      every beatle except for ringo was 5'11

    • @candacecasey5634
      @candacecasey5634 5 років тому

      That's kinda the same thing...

  • @CacaoRockBand
    @CacaoRockBand 8 років тому +44

    Elvis Presley, since his manager col. Tom Parker was an Illegal Immigrant from Holland, never played outside the U.S. and Canada. England never had him playing live over there.

    • @redscrochetedstuff3266
      @redscrochetedstuff3266 6 років тому

      CacaoRock Online Radio (cacaorock.com) I'm an Elvis fan, and I did not know this. Thank you for the fact.

    • @sweetsuszie
      @sweetsuszie 6 років тому

      CacaoRock Online Radio (cacaorock.com) what dies his father being an immigrant have to do with that?

    • @thecraftycyborg9024
      @thecraftycyborg9024 6 років тому

      sweetsuszie - They didn't say it was his father, it was his manager. And since most musicians aren't willing to go somewhere their manager can't/won't, it's not surprising to hear he'd refuse to go somewhere his manager couldn't go.

    • @thecraftycyborg9024
      @thecraftycyborg9024 6 років тому +2

      I never knew this about him, but it'll be fun to have a new Elvis fact no one in my family knows come the next holiday. My grandpa is obsessed with Elvis and my grandmother loves him, to, and they've spread the love to my cousin (who might as well be my nephew, seeing as I'm 23 years older than the little dude). My cousin even had an Elvis costume when he was a baby, hand made by my mom, and he asked her for a new Elvis costume this year for Halloween.

    • @sweetsuszie
      @sweetsuszie 6 років тому

      Cassie C colonel Tom Parker was his father.... Google it

  • @mmolica3
    @mmolica3 4 роки тому +16

    I think the copyright on Happy Birthday might be old info. I recall hearing something about the courts overturning that.

  • @tonysinclair1670
    @tonysinclair1670 9 років тому +26

    Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus still have careers. You should've added that to your list.

  • @NeilThompson30
    @NeilThompson30 8 років тому +8

    The sixteen track tape for Gary Numan's 'The Pleasure principal' album was just about to be mixed. It was left next to a magnet and the whole thing was wiped. They had to record the whole album again.
    Not a lot of people know that!

  • @sdgakatbk
    @sdgakatbk 8 років тому +19

    Django Reinhardt's 3rd and 4th finger on his left (fretting) hand being badly damaged due to a fire. He adjusts how he plays, invents a style of jazz technique and becomes one of the greatest guitarists ever.

    • @greghufton6561
      @greghufton6561 8 років тому

      Django was an absolute legend, should've been on the list.

    • @sdgakatbk
      @sdgakatbk 8 років тому

      +Greg Hufton Very much agree.

    • @tomaszwota1465
      @tomaszwota1465 7 років тому

      Aye, such an omission

    • @brianphilips68
      @brianphilips68 6 років тому

      Inspired Tony Iommi to carry on playing

  • @MiTmite9
    @MiTmite9 4 роки тому +4

    The first I ever knew of Elvis being blond was yesterday, when I took a Sporcle quiz and there he was in a photo, age six or so, completely blond. This is one of the best in the Mojo top ten series. I love that the clip of Elvis singing "Your Teddy Bear" was included. I've never seen that clip before.

  • @boko1564
    @boko1564 8 років тому +19

    #2 and thats why no one can say that the Beatles suck! ENOUGH SAID!

  • @AltorLight
    @AltorLight 7 років тому +16

    As of June 28, 2016, Happy Birthday is no longer Copyrighted, and is Public Domain.

  • @AmericanEagleThe2nd
    @AmericanEagleThe2nd 8 років тому +53

    Wow the next time I sing 'Happy Birthday' in public I could be sued! ha!

    • @scottminnella1880
      @scottminnella1880 8 років тому +4

      +Philip J B It was only if you got paid to do it.

    • @billlynn3196
      @billlynn3196 8 років тому +2

      arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/happy-birthday-is-public-domain-former-owner-warnerchapell-to-pay-14m/

    • @Pinebrookjohn75
      @Pinebrookjohn75 8 років тому

      +Torben Otten no it isnt. they just cant sure when you sing it in public. in the us anyway

    • @diamonddragonplays4500
      @diamonddragonplays4500 7 років тому

      Philip J B yeah its good now

    • @jonathanross149
      @jonathanross149 6 років тому +1

      Amazingly Happy Birthday shouldn't have been copyrighted. it's back in the public domain now....free to play.

  • @peterwindle4453
    @peterwindle4453 5 років тому +10

    Trivia : the Mariah Carey song "Sweet fantasy" sampled "Genius of Love", by Tom Tom Club, which was most of Talking Heads (minus David)

  • @50ftFrankenstein
    @50ftFrankenstein 10 років тому +27

    Here's a fun fact, John Fogerty was sued by some of his former band mates in Creedence Clearwater Revival after he left for a solo career for making songs that sounded too much like CCR songs that he had written and sang.

    • @TeamMastaPr2
      @TeamMastaPr2 10 років тому +14

      As a Creedence fan, I can confirm that it was not his band mates, but their record label Fantasy Records. Saul Saentz (the label's owner) sued John Fogerty for copying himself claiming that his old hit "Run Through the Jungle" was too similar compared to his new song "The Old Man Down the Road". John proved him wrong to the court by playing the riffs on his guitar.

    • @Crasho327
      @Crasho327 10 років тому

      It was his record label.

    • @joechambers2382
      @joechambers2382 10 років тому

      they also have a video on that if i remember correctly

    • @acullen113
      @acullen113 10 років тому +4

      They actually put this in another video. Top 10 Sound Alike Songs or Top 10 Rip-Off Songs. Something like that.

    • @randyking3057
      @randyking3057 10 років тому

      Yes, I heard him say this in an interview, Very interesting fact, indeed.

  • @ForcefulBeaver
    @ForcefulBeaver 10 років тому +36

    Wish you were here/comfortably numb weren't even on 'Dark Side of the Moon'...

    • @wormspeaker
      @wormspeaker 10 років тому +2

      I came looking for this. Incredible songs, but not part of the album that is being referenced.

    • @whenthemusicsover6028
      @whenthemusicsover6028 10 років тому

      Not sure which is more unbelievable. The fact that Wish You Were Here/Comfortably Numb not being on Dark Side, or the fact the they're ignorant of it. :P