songs which are factually inaccurate

[Steel Icarus]

I saw the whole of the moon. One side of it more like, you twont.

Tbf you don't say "I saw possibly 40% of Steely the other day, far less if we're counting clothes" so I think Mike Scott is fine here

 

[Voley]

"Sometimes the snow comes down in June"

OK, in the Himalayas or somewhere, possibly, fair enough.

"Sometimes the Sun goes round the Moon."

This could prove problematic.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

I believe I'm correct in saying that none of the Beatles have ever actually resided in a yellow submarine. Let alone all of them simultaneously.

Nor are/were any of them a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere.

 

[Raheem]

Mick Jagger was not born in a crossfire hurricane. He's from Dartford, and the likelihood that that a hurricane of any kind was occurring there during his birth is miniscule.

...in a hospital in Dartford didn't scan as well, possibly.

 

[Voley]

"You're free, to do what you want to do."

There are many laws preventing same and, frankly, individual liberties and the states control thereof are issues widely debated. I would expect any social commentator to be vaguely aware of this, even a pop singer.

QUITE FRANKLY.

 

[8ball]

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( [62] got there first)

 

[Yossarian]

"And I swear that I don't have a gun. No, I don't have a gun." - Nirvana, Come As You Are

 

[Dr. Furface]

I saw the whole of the moon. One side of it more like, you twont.

Where I grew up the closest pub to home was called The Moon. I liked to think he was singing about that, and if he was he could easily have seen the whole of it, particularly if he'd been the landlord.

 

[hitmouse]

Mick Jagger was not born in a crossfire hurricane. He's from Dartford, and the likelihood that a hurricane of any kind was occurring there during his birth is miniscule.

I'm not confident about whether Joe Strummer's da ever robbed any banks either.

 

[Voley]

I'm a streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of napalm

Honestly. Where do you even start with this?

I'm a runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb

Atomic weapons are incapable of giving birth.

I am the world's forgotten boy

You're a well known singer who has performed to millions and who has his own radio show.

The one who searches and destroys

Ok. You have smashed a fair bit of stuff up in your time. I'll give you that.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Ice Cube sings:

"Cos I'm not a trick
You can suck the biggity-dick, I'm not the piggity-pig
I get away quickity-quick
on the plane to South Central"

However there aren't any airplane landing facilities in South Central Los Angeles.

Then how do the CIA fly in all of their crack-rock then?

 

[bellaozzydog]

"And I swear that I don't have a gun. No, I don't have a gun." - Nirvana, Come As You Are

Ouch

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm not confident about whether Joe Strummer's da ever robbed any banks either.

lonnie donegan's dad was a professional violinist and not in fact a dustman

 

[rekil]

"And I swear that I don't have a gun. No, I don't have a gun." - Nirvana, Come As You Are

'At the time of writing, I don't have a gun. '

 

[seeformiles]

I'm not confident about whether Joe Strummer's da ever robbed any banks either.

Unless it was a sideline to his international diplomacy gig?

 

[seeformiles]

Alanis Morrisette’s “Ironic” will be along in a minute

 

[rekil]

Jailbreak as well, at least twice.

 

[Dr. Furface]

I'm willing to bet that Pete Townsend didn't really have a plastic spoon in his mouth when he entered the world

 

[hitmouse]

lonnie donegan's dad was a professional violinist and not in fact a dustman

Do we know whether his old man wore a) a dustman's hat, b) a professional violinist's hat, or c) neither?

 

[Pickman's model]

Do we know whether his old man wore a) a dustman's hat, b) a professional violinist's hat, or c) neither?

yes, we do

 

[Storm Fox]

Alanis Morrisette’s “Ironic” will be along in a minute

Nope. Ironically 8 minutes have passed and it's not been mentioned.

 

[Pickman's model]

contrary to the lyrics in the pil song, john lydon is not a warrior

 

[Steel Icarus]

contrary to the lyrics in the pil song, john lydon is not a warrior

Also not The Antichrist, though he is a bit of a cunt

 

[Storm Fox]

The Pythons' Galaxy Song is incorrect but has been updated to reflect current understanding.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

I wonder how many of those he managed to stick to.

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Joey Ramone doesn't have the physique to be a shock trooper, in a stupor or otherwise, and as for his assertion that he's a Nazi schatze, given that he's Jewish that's almost definitely untrue. I think inside he knows that a lot of what he's saying is untrue, which is why he doubles down by saying 'Yes I am' repeatedly. I think the whole track is a tissue of lies, frankly.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

I wonder how many of those he managed to stick to.

To be fair, Rick Astley hasn't done any of those things to me.

 

[maomao]

Joey Ramone doesn't have the physique to be a shock trooper, in a stupor or otherwise, and as for his assertion that he's a Nazi schatze, given that he's Jewish that's almost definitely untrue. I think inside he knows that a lot of what he's saying is untrue, which is why he doubles down by saying 'Yes I am' repeatedly. I think the whole track is a tissue of lies, frankly.

I also don't believe that the KKK took his baby away. However, if they had, while ringing the FBI may help establish whether or not his baby is alive I don't think ringing the president will be any use in finding out where his baby went.

 

[Voley]

On the seventh hour
Of the seventh day
Of the seventh month
The seven doctors said
"He was born for good luck
And that you'll see
I got seven hundred dollars
So don't you mess with me."

I find it unconvincing that Muddy Waters' birth would have been accompanied by seven doctors who simultaneously made predictions of his good fortune. Following this up by bragging about one's wealth frankly has no place in modern medicine.

 

[Pickman's model]

To be fair, Rick Astley hasn't done any of those things to me.

give him time