35 Rug-Cutting Bits of Music Trivia to Crank and Dance to Like Nobody’s Watching

These should put a little pep in your step
35 Rug-Cutting Bits of Music Trivia to Crank and Dance to Like Nobody’s Watching

These music facts are sure to get you moving, so whether you’re a good dancer or not, just go for it. Submit to the beat and vibe out on that train car. Everyone on it has seen way crazier things on the subway, so your clunky robot won’t even get a second glance.

And hey, if you’re actually good, maybe hold out your hat and make a few bucks on your way to work. 

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Jonathan Wolff

Jonathan Wolff has written theme music for over seventy television shows, including WILL & GRACE and WHO'S THE BOSS? Music Consultants Group, Inc. His

Synth Keyboards

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Audio Jacks

Audio jacks were invented in the 19th century The jack you use today to plug in your headset is just a smaller version of the one created in the 1870s for telephone switchboards. The little fellas were adopted by the radio industry in the early 20th century, and became really popular with the arrival of Sony's Walkman in 1979. CRACKED.COM

Free Bird

Ed King's guitar strings snapped, right in the middle of Free Bird CRACKED.COM Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant gave King holy hell after his strings broke on stage one night, causing King to quit the band.

Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel couldn't cast aside their egos CRACKED.COM The pair's enormous egos only became more inflated - and fragile - as they each tried to transition to film careers. Garfunkel didn't tell Simon when he was cast in 1971's Carnal Knowledge, fearing he'd quit the band when he found out. And he was right!

Fleetwood Mac

Jeremy Spencer ditched Fleetwood Mac for a cult GRACKED.COM The guitarist allegedly disappeared just before a show one day, only to turn up 5 days later in the main compound of The Children of God.

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine lost it all to Limp Bizkit or a 1939 CRACKED.COM After losing an MTV Award to Limp Bizkit in 2000, bassist Tim Commerford completely wigged out. In a move that Fred Durst called pretty phat, he climbed a prop palm tree, started a fight, and went to jail. Zach de la Rocha quit the band shortly thereafter.

Oasis

Oasis was plagued by sibling rivalry CRACKED.COM Liam Gallagher once beat up his brother, Noel, with a tambourine Later, Noel quit a tour after Liam insulted his wife. The final straw came in 2009, after some stupid fight caused them to cancel a show. Noel took to the band's website, saying I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.

Willie Nelson

After getting pneumonia a few times, Willie Nelson knew he had to give up cigarettes or pot for his health. Не gave up cigarettes. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Vince Neil

35 Rug-Cutting Bits of Music Trivia to Crank and Dance to Like Nobody’s Watching

Kanye

CRACKED a PRI N S KANYE WEST'S G2244 ANTI-SEMITIC RHETORIC. Whether it was on the Drink Champs podcast, NewsNation with Chris Cuomo, Fox News, or his own Twitter page, Kanye kept doubling down on the Jewish Media, Jewish people owning the black voice, or that he's #MeToo-ing the Jewish culture.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Sam Rockwell says his Zaphod Beeblebrox is a combination of Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley and a little Brad Pitt. CRACKED.COM

LFO

The boy band LFO was comprised of three guys: Devin Rich Cronin, Lima 10 the songwriter Brad Fischetti FYILFO LFO was an unfortunate name, but it actually stood for Lyte Funkie Ones, which is... more unfortunate. CRACKED.COM

Cyndi Lauper

Wrestling Celebrities W - PRODUCTION HULKSTER CYNDI LAUPER Lauper was in the Rock N' Wrestling Connection between WWE and MTV. She would get involved in verbal battles against Roddy Piper, and manage Hulk Hogan and Wendi Richter in high profile bouts. CRACKED.COM

Angus Young

35 Rug-Cutting Bits of Music Trivia to Crank and Dance to Like Nobody’s Watching

Guns N’ Roses

Rocket Queen by Guns N' Roses features audio of actual sex... IT VRI ...between Axl Rose and Steven Adler's girlfriend, recorded in-studio. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Taylor Swift

TAYLOR SWIFT IS FOUR DAYS OLDER THAN THE SIMPSONS. She, however, keeps consistently putting out hits. CRACKED.COM

Beyonce

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Ariana Grande

Before she was a superstar, Ariana Grande was known in the news as the Book PIM for getting struck by hockey BOCA KID GETS A PUCK AND ICE JOSE LAMBRET Signatu Florida UNIVERSITY pucks, not once, but twice. CRACKED.COM

Coldplay

Coldplay was named after a book of poems. The book? Child's Reflections: Cold Play. The original name? Starfish. Seems like they made the right choice. CRACKED.COM

Les Paul

CRACKED GIBSON LES PAUL (LES PAUL) Sometimes, you just can't beat the original. Music wouldn't be what it is today without the work of guitarist and engineering pioneer Les Paul, who developed the original Gibson Les Paul electric guitar in 1952. From Jimmy Page to Slash to Duane Allman, the Les Paul has remained ubiquitous.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson didn't sleep for 60 days prior to his death. Jackson suffered from severe insomnia and instead of sleep, his personal doctor had been putting him un- der general anesthesia every night. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber's I'll show you music video and its millions of YouTube viewers shut down an Icelandic canyon. The somewhat unknown Fjaörargljúfur canyon had a 50-80% increase in traffic within two years of appearing in the video and eventually got so damaged it had to be closed for over 10 months. CRACKED.COM

Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris BR WA Adam Wiles' motives for a name change are rather questionable... he wanted a more racially ambiguous name when he first released a soul track. CRACKED.COM

Jay-Z

CRACKED JAY-Z- KINGDOM COME 2003's The Black Album marked his retirement, so fans were thrilled for his return with 2006's Kingdom Come. Commonly referred to as his worst album, it is remembered as a false start before 2007's American Gangster properly kicked off Hov's second coming.

Taylor Swift

In 2013, a Canadian bank robber obsessed with Taylor Swift stole a plane and flew to Nashville. GRJU Не crashed into the runway at Nashville International Airport, and died. It's not clear why he tried to go to Nashville, but investigators think it was an impulsive decision partly based on his obsession. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

John Lennon

John Lennon caused a massive backlash by saying the Beatles are more popular than Jesus now. NOT Thou shalt ha SAVE DOWN no other DO THE BEATLES the ? BEATLES GODS TH N BEATLE TODAY, $100,000 before LOSS WHAT TOMORROW? UTY WORLD FREE PRESEST WA SEAGON NKK et outs BUSINESS M GENERAL NUT ROUT In the U.S. south, church groups burned Beatles records on bonfires and some radio stations stopped playing Beatles songs. In Spain, Mexico and South Africa, people staged anti-Beatles rallies and boycotts. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Rick James

Rick James once got a custom drawing by Salvador Dali, but he ruined it. Dali sketched him at a party on a napkin, and gave it to James. James left it in his shorts, forgot about it, and went swimming in them the next day. CRACKED.COM

The Beatles

In 1968, the Beatles signed a petition to get Mick Jagger in A Clockwork Orange. They sent it to Terry Southern, who was writing the movie adaptation's script, demanding to have Jagger in the lead role. Alas, it was clearly unsuccessful. CRACKED.COM

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