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January 2009, This Day In Rock

Goin Crazy

Mon, Jan 26, 2009

Crazy happenings on this day in rock...

To start today's this day in rock, I set out looking for a video clip of the 1987 Howie Mandel movie Walk Like A Man, but was unable to find a site with an embedded link so I could share it.  I couldn't even find clips from youtube, which is sad, because they have clips for EVERYTHING!  Well, to be fair and honest there were like 3, but they were all grainy and you could see the outline of the tv and it wasn't scenes I wanted so I left them there.  Have I lost you yet?  Are you wondering why I'm talking about wanting a movie trailer for a music column, OR have you put it together?  The first fact is in fact about the title Walk Like A Man, but for the song, not the movie.  In 1963, this hit by the Four Seasons was released and within 5 weeks would hit #1 on the Billboard charts.  Now see, a movie video w/ the song would have raised this fact on the giggle meter, not to mention it would have tied all the craziness together.

Ok, your accountant comes to visit you.  And the news is great, in fact $30,000 dollars in check form type of great.  How do you respond?

A.  Jump up and down with joy

B.  Plan to throw a big party

C.  Get you air rilfe and attack your accountant because you don't want the check

If you answered C then you are correct.  One of the founding members of Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green did just this when his accountant delivered him a royalty check, and on this day in 1977, he was committed to a mental institution for the deed.



Our final fact is not a funny crazy fact, but an OMG crazy fact.  On in this day in 2001, Limp Bizkit's Big Day Out tour took them to Sydney Australia.  And when the band took the stage, 55,000 surging fans went nuts, and in the process, a 15 year old girl attending the show suffered a fatal heart attack after being caught in the crowd's surge.

Crazy things happen in the rock world, and when you bring them together in one day, it makes for a crazy day in rock.  Have a crazy day, my friends...and I'll keep the straight jacket warm for ya.

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