Music Facts To Share At The Dinner Table

A collection of strange, dark and fascinating music facts that I’ve stumbled across over the years, including the bewildering origins of some genres of music, and a forgotten musical festival that was extremely innovative (and disastrous) for its time. This is like a “best of” list, and I hope to make many more of them!

Editing by Aldo Pinheiro

Chapters:
0:00 20% of songs on Spotify never get played once
2:32 David Bowie inadvertently transformed Reggae in the 1980s
6:57 90s Hip-hop from Memphis, TN is taking Russia by storm
9:45 Steve Wozniak of Apple hosted one of the strangest music festivals (and may have broken up The Clash)

All music featured in this video:
1:10 PDG Project – Dön Air
1:23 Hesperus – Johnson Boys
1:27 M.S. Baburaj – Pottatha Ponnin
2:30 Prince Jammy – Interface
2:37 Coca Tea and Johnny P – Come Love Me
2:44 Shaggy – It Wasn’t Me
2:47 Sean Paul – Get Busy
3:07 Sound Dimensions – Full Up
3:13 “Full Up” Riddim, originally by Jackie Mitt & Sound Dimension
3:26 Mighty Diamonds – Pass The Kouchie
3:33 Yellowman – Sensemilla
4:16 Wayne Smith – Under Mi Sleng Teng
4:27 Tenor Saw – Pumpkin Belly
4:34 Shinehead – Know How Fe Chat
4:41 Submarine – Caress Me Down
5:00 Eddie Cochran – Something Else
5:06 Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK
5:39 David Bowie – Hang Onto Yourself
7:16 Hensonn – Sahara
7:52 Kaito Shoma – Scary Garry
8:00 Playaphonk – Phonky Town
8:51 Tommy Wright III – Memphis Massacre
9:00 Three 6 Mafia – Niggaz Ain’t Barin’ Dat
9:07 Steve Reich – Music For 18 Musicians
9:18 Sedatefobia – Drill Phonk
11:17 Arsenal – Bolero

Written by Bandsplaining