Despite forming in Athens R.E.M. aren’t Greek.
Small Beer
Inconsequential items of no fixed abode
You Better Run From The City Of Refuse
It wasn’t doubts about their relationship which caused Moody Blues drummer Graeme Edge’s girlfriend Sue to refuse to marry him.
Edam
Giggs Will Tear Us Apart Again
Bernard Sumner’s cousin Gordon (Sting) was due to make a guest appearance on New Order’s song for the 1990 World Cup, ‘World In Motion’, but they fell out over a disputed penalty decision during a Manchester United versus Newcastle game.
Edam
Fats Crimson
King Crimson’s ‘Elephant Talk’ came from a Robert Fripp pun on the introduction to Fats Waller’s ‘Your Feets Too Big’ which stride piano fan Tony Levin would perform on the Chapman Stick.
Who’s that walkin’ round here? Mercy
Sounds like baby patter, baby elephant patter
Edam
She’s A Model And
The lyrics to ‘The Floral Dance’ were written by Kate Moss.
Edam
A Kick Up The Southland In The Springtime
A shared appreciation of The Indigo Girls led the co-founders of crowd funding website Indiegogo to name it in their honour.