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Music Trivia: Surreal Videos & Lady Gaga

Published November 15, 2009 Fun Trivia , Music Trivia Leave a Comment

“Bad Romance” – Weird, wacky and wonderful!

On Wednesday 11^th November “Bad Romance”, the latest song and music video of eccentric pop sensation Lady Gaga, exploded into the spotlight in an array of dazzling disco glam with a darkly surreal twist. The new video was directed by Francis Lawrence, who has previously worked with artists such as Jay Z, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears and Gwen Stefani, and features a range of unearthly characters, show-stopping costumes and sensational effects.

Gotta Love the Gaga...

Influenced by such artists as David Bowie and Madonna, and with a notorious passion for fashion and breaking the boundaries of pop, Lady Gaga is sure to create a stir with this most recent release. The star dances and stomps her way through the video as she’s kidnapped by supermodels and sold to the Russian mafia in an eye-catching portrayal of a romance turned sour.

Things to look for in the melange include a bat skull headpiece, a hairless Sphynx cat, a long white bear coat and Alexander McQueen’s bizarre sparkly lobster claw shoes from the Spring 2010 collection. In some of the slightly creepier scenes we see Lady Gaga with an alien-like protruding spine and enormous glistening eyes, before she finally ends the video in bed with a burnt human corpse.

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Music Trivia: MTV European Music Video Awards

On the 5^th of November the 16^th European MTV Music Awards will be held in Berlin, Germany. Before you head to MTV to cast your vote catch up on your VMA, EMA and MTV trivia!

The Nominees Are...

MTV was launched in New York on August 1^st 1981, its original purpose (believe it or not) was to air music videos 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
The term VJ or Video Jockey was popularized by MTV but was actually invented by Merrill Aldighieri and employee of New York nightclub ‘HURRAH.’ The club was a hangout for the future-founders of MTV.
Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles was fittingly played as the first music video on MTV
In the early years, viewer’s would have to suffer momentary blackness between video’s while someone at MTV inserted a new tape into the VCR
The first bands made popular by MTV included Eurythmics, Culture Club, Prince, Bon Jovi, The Police and Def Leppard
The rock band KISS publicly appeared without make-up for the first time on MTV in 1983
The MTV opening video was the Apollo 11 Moon Landing played to the original theme song. Obviously the ‘Moon Man statue’ awarded to the winners of Video Music Awards is a tribute to these early days.

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Music Trivia: U2 on YouTube

Published October 27, 2009 Fun Trivia , Music Trivia 1 Comment
Tags: Music Trivia, trivia

Millions attend the virtual Rose Bowl concert on YouTube

On the 25^th of October as 96,000 fans rocked to U2 at Rose Bowl stadium there was a silent roar of millions of Bono enthusiasts, across seven continents, happily singing along from the comfort of their own lazy-boy’s. With the help of YouTube, U2 selflessly streamed their concert live (and free) for all to see.

So while you are desperately refreshing the U2 channel on YouTube to see if they have reposted the concert, catch up on your U2 trivia!

U2 frontman Bono at the Rose Bowl

You too can be a U2 expert!

There are 4 members of the band: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullin Jr.
Bonos’ real name is Paul David Hewson and The Edges’ real name is David Howell Evans
The band, including Bono’s future wife Ali Hewson, all met at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Ireland. They were originally called Feedback and then The Hype before they settled on U2 in 1978.
In May 1980 U2 released their first international single 11 O’clock Tick Tock and their debut album Boy followed in October.
During the recording of their second album, October, Bono and The Edge temporarily left the group over spiritual disputes.

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Music Trivia: This Is It

Published October 12, 2009 Music Trivia Leave a Comment
Tags: Michael Jackson, Music Trivia

Michael Jackson… This is it.

A new Michael Jackson song, the first track to emerge since his death, has been given its public premiere. The song has been released on Jackson’s website and to radio stations. It will be the only original song on a double CD due to be released this month.

The song is titled This Is It, and refers to the ill-fated concert tour which was to be Jackson’s first major series of concerts since the HIStory World Tour in 1997. Over one million people were expected to attend the series in total. And Jackson intended to retire after the shows, saying it would be his “final curtain call”.

Jackson’s comments were prophetic. Less than three weeks before the first show was to begin in London (and with all concerts being sold out) he died.

SOME FUN MICHAEL JACKSON TRIVIA:

Jackson made his debut in 1964 with his brothers as a member of the The Jackson 5 and began a successful solo career in 1971. The 1982 album “Thriller” is still the best-selling album of all time. Worldwide, Jackson sold 750 million records in his lifetime.

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