Fun Music Information -> Band
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Band Name Origins:
- One need look no further than the classic rockumentary, "The Last Waltz", where Richard Manuel shared the birth of the group's name. They actually pondered "The Crackers" as a choice! But they had been Bob Dylan's backup band and just went with "The Band." Submitted by: DN
- They could think of nothing better to call themselves. Submitted by: Aaerni
Why the Name is Stupid:
- Just think about it. We know they are a band but they should come up with a more creative name. Submitted by: Daniel L
- There are TONS of other bands, than them. Submitted by: Mr. Critic
- Come on, this is the most cocky, selfindulged name of all. I mean, it's like they're saying, "we're so great, we're not just A band, we're THE Band." Submitted by: Sondra
- Can you imagine trying to sign a gig these days? " What is your name? Uh, we call ourselves "The Band"" Submitted by: The Big Show
Better Off Solo:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Robbie Robertson" | "After the breakup of The Band, Robertson worked as a film composer for Martin Scorsese before releasing his debut solo album in 1987. He had many popular solo hits in Canada, but oddly enough his big international hit 'Somewhere Down the Crazy River' was not a Top 40 hit in Canada" | - whistledog |
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "The Weight" | Should be called 'The Load' since that's used rather than 'The Weight'. - Paul Warren |
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "The Night They Rode Old Cali Down" | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | oldsongs |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "We Don't Talk Anymore" | "We Can Talk," The Band | Kathy |
| "The Weight" | "Sixteen Tons," Tennessee Ernie Ford | Martha Hankins |
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"The Height" originally "The Weight"
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Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | "The Day They Tore the Big Wall Down" | Michael McVey |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | "The Night Ted Drove, Kopechne Drowned" | Fiddlegirl and Tommy Turtle |
| "The Weight" | "The Wait" | Jim Rotondo |
| "I Shall Be Released" | "I Shall Need a Piece" | Leo Keough |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | "The Night Obama Kicked Me Down" | Bob Gomez |
| "When I Paint My Masterpiece" | "When He Wins the Prize for Peace" | Michael Pacholek |
| "We Can Talk" | "Leave. Detox!" | John A. Barry |
| "When I Paint My Masterpiece" | "Or Forever Hold Your Peace" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Up On Cripple Creek" | "Grubby Hippie Freaks" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Life Is A Carnival" | "Why Be A Carnivore" | Alvin Rhodes |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| The Weight | National Association of Chiropractors | Charlie Decker |
Misheard Lyrics:
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: You can't raise a Caine back up
when he's in the peat. Original Lyrics: You can't raise a Caine back up
When it's in defeat. | "Up On Cripple Creek"
Misheard Lyrics: "A comfort stream if I ever did see one" The court out in California"
Original Lyrics: 'A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one" "The flood out in CA"
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"Chest Fever"
Misheard Lyrics: Got no cheese and cracker
Original Lyrics: I know she's a tracker.
| "The Weight"
Misheard Lyrics: Take a load off Manny
Original Lyrics: Take a load off, Fannie.
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"The Weight"
Misheard Lyrics: Then I saw Carmen and Adele were walkin' side by side.
Original Lyrics: Then I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: E. Stone I bet a guy in a bar $5 that I was right. Unfortunately, he had a laptop computer with him, with which he was able to look it up. |
Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Up On Cripple Creek"
The Lyrics: Now me and my mate were back at the shack,
we had Spike Jones on the box She said, 'I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk' Who They Mention: Spike Jones
Submitted by: Bill
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
The Lyrics: Virgil, quick, come see
There goes Robert E Lee Who They Mention: Robert E Lee
Submitted by: oldsongs
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Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Up on Cripple Creek"
The Lyrics: When I get off of this mountain, you know where I want to go? Straight down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico. To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie, girl that I once knew.
Why: Lake Charles sits along Interstate 10 and is approximately halfway between Houston and Baton Rouge. It is home to casinos and many industrial plants. Incidentally, other lyrics in the song mention betting on horses; Delta Downs racetrack is in the town of Vinton, just about 25 miles west of Lake Charles along I-10. (The racetrack didn't exist when the song was written.) The actual Cripple Creek is in Colorado; the song completely misplaces it. (Lyrics copied from Wikipedia's entry on Lake Charles.)
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Fest Chever" originally "Chest Fever"
Submitted by: Peter
