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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

              A section of music from the famous Focus album Moving Waves quotes directly from the music in the title track from Dutch Jazz-rock group Solution's record from 1971 called Divergence
 
True indeed. It is the 6th part of Eruption, which is called Tommy, written by Solution's Tom Barlage.
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Elton John sat in in Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, which later became Gentle Giant.
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Although it might not be obscure, the song "Starless" on King Crimson's album Red was actually meant for the album Starless and Bible Black, but Robert Fripp disliked the song until he had added a long instrumental to it. Both the song "Starless" and the album Starless and Bible Black refer to a line in a Dylan Thomas play Under Milk Wood:
 
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless
and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent and the hunched,
courters'-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the
sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboatbobbing sea.
 
Interestingly enough, there is not another reference or quote from the play in the song or on the album (aside from the phrase "starless and bible black").


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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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OK  GABRIEL  LEFT  BECAUSE  HIS  WIFE  WAS  ABOUT  TO  GIVE  BIRTH  AND   pHIL  WAS  AN  IDIOT
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Originally posted by chas chas wrote:

OK  GABRIEL  LEFT  BECAUSE  HIS  WIFE  WAS  ABOUT  TO  GIVE  BIRTH  AND   pHIL  WAS  AN  IDIOT
 
That is not the exact sequence nor the reason Genesis broke up. But I'd be interested to read your assumptions. But you might want to turn your Caps Lock off before typing though.
...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Although it might not be obscure, the song "Starless" on King Crimson's album Red was actually meant for the album Starless and Bible Black, but Robert Fripp disliked the song until he had added a long instrumental to it. Both the song "Starless" and the album Starless and Bible Black refer to a line in a Dylan Thomas play Under Milk Wood:
 
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless
and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent and the hunched,
courters'-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the
sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboatbobbing sea.
 
Interestingly enough, there is not another reference or quote from the play in the song or on the album (aside from the phrase "starless and bible black").

I think the reason for this is, that the line "starless and bible black" came from Robert Fripp, while the rest of the lyrics around it was written by Richard Palmer-James, who obviously didn't care to refer to Dylan Thomas.
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Jon Anderson golfs in Florida.
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Eddie Jobson was born Etta Johnson to African-American parents.  The infant was raised as a female and began singing in the family church until taking over piano duties at the age of 14.

 
That was hilarious. It's amazing his English accent rose above all this. I would have liked to have known what part of the States he hails from.
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Originally posted by El Pollo Guerrera El Pollo Guerrera wrote:

Again, I'm not sure how obscure this fact is, but here goes...
 
I watched an old and very bad (possibly direct-to-video) movie called "Screm For Help" (1984) the other night.  I was shocked to find that original music for the movie was written by John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), with assistance from Jimmy Page and Jon Anderson.  Anderson also sang a song called "Christie" (the main character's name) that played over the end credits.
So what? Another Zeppie pens a soundtrack. Who cares after Jimmy Page's awful Death Wish II score (which came later). And if it was the 1980s, Jon Anderson would have done anything for a buck. Anything.
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Originally posted by esky esky wrote:

Originally posted by El Pollo Guerrera El Pollo Guerrera wrote:

Again, I'm not sure how obscure this fact is, but here goes...
 
I watched an old and very bad (possibly direct-to-video) movie called "Screm For Help" (1984) the other night.  I was shocked to find that original music for the movie was written by John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), with assistance from Jimmy Page and Jon Anderson.  Anderson also sang a song called "Christie" (the main character's name) that played over the end credits.
So what? Another Zeppie pens a soundtrack. Who cares after Jimmy Page's awful Death Wish II score (which came later). And if it was the 1980s, Jon Anderson would have done anything for a buck. Anything.
 
Death Wish II came out in 1982. I like Jimmy's score a lot. Check out the tracks "The Chase," "Jam Sandwich," "Shadow In The City."
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Pink Floyd's 'Atom Heart Mother' is sometimes jokingly called 'Dark Side Of The Moo' due to the album cover.
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Bob Dylan came to an Ottawa Company (members of Egg/Henry Cow, no recordings) concert once. Later on at a separate concert, he said 'That was worse than Ottawa and Ottawa was the worst goddamned hole in the universe'. :)
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Having a #1 hit with “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”: I asked Jon if he could remember what he was doing at the time he learned the song went to #1. 

“Windsurfing in Barbados”, was his answer. 

Trevor Rabin was in the hospital because a lady fell on him at the hotel pool. 


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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Having a #1 hit with “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”: I asked Jon if he could remember what he was doing at the time he learned the song went to #1. 

“Windsurfing in Barbados”, was his answer. 

Trevor Rabin was in the hospital because a lady fell on him at the hotel pool. 


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If it has to do with Owner of a Lonely Heart, who cares?
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Originally posted by esky esky wrote:

Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Having a #1 hit with “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”: I asked Jon if he could remember what he was doing at the time he learned the song went to #1. 

“Windsurfing in Barbados”, was his answer. 

Trevor Rabin was in the hospital because a lady fell on him at the hotel pool. 


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If it has to do with Owner of a Lonely Heart, who cares?

I thought the part about Rabin being hospitalized because a "lady fell on him at the hotel pool" was notable!!  I wonder if she was fat?  

Maybe that is why "Big Generator" was such a poor work?
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

I thought the part about Rabin being hospitalized because a "lady fell on him at the hotel pool" was notable!!  I wonder if she was fat? 
 
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Maybe that is why "Big Generator" was such a poor work?


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the beatles went from being a pop group to a psychedelic prog rock group LOL
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Not so obscure:
Philppe Bussonnet, Magma bassist is really surprised if you recognize him on the street (or at the swimming pool in this case :) ).
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Bill Bruford was a member of British blues legends Savoy Brown for about a week in 1968.

Paul Fishman from the band Re-Flex (The Politics Of Dancing, a fairly big hit in the 80's) was also on Absolute Elsewhere's album In Search Of Ancient Gods, which featured Bill Bruford
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