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Neither can I. Mind you, i can't do them one at a time either...

And is a poster on NSC...

Was written by David Bowie - not one of his finest efforts, but a step up on Laughing Gnome I guess. And performed by Paul Nicholas (of Jesus Christ Superstar, Dancing with the Captain, and BBC's Just Good Friends fame), under the pseudonym Oscar. Bowie later recorded his own version (also not...

She was famous in Evita (1978) three years before she got the role in Cats (1981).

Didn't they also make a film about Widnes, starring Harrison Ford and some Amish kid?

In the UK maybe. They had loads of hits in the US. Horse With No Name was originally called The Desert Song. It is also probably the only major international hit about riding through the American desert ever to have been written in Puddletown, Dorset (America were all sons of US military...

And before The Who were called The Who before they were called The High Numbers before they were called The Who, they were called The Detours. Make your ruddy minds up lads!!!

Sorry for the pedantry, but it was 2-1 wasn't it? Steve Heighway scored for Liverpool.

It'll be interesting to see if any more are coming...

With the related line in bands named after bodily emissions resulting from said masturbation: The Lovin' Spoonful, 10cc, Pearl Jam...

In 1977, Nick Lowe released an EP titled 'Bowi' as a direct piss-take response to David Bowie's recently released Low album.

Ross McManus - Elvis Costello's dad - both wrote and sang "Secret Lemonade Drinker", so the orginal comment that he appeared in the ad is kind of true. But he wasn't the actor raiding the fridge - who was miming. For the record, young Declan McManus, who would later become Elvis Costello, sings...

The B-side of the original 7" vinyl version of Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division was designed to be played at 33 rpm in order to accommodate 2 tracks (These Days and an alternative version of LWTUA). But old analogue jukeboxes were of course unable to discriminate playing speed, and...

Whereas one of The Three Johns was actually called John. The other two were Jon (sic) and, er, Philip.

And lest we forget, the song "Motorhead" by Motorhead is actually a cover version. The original was recorded by Hawkwind before Lemmy got kicked out (for getting himself arrested on a US tour if I recall).