Media Research Failure/Music: Difference between revisions

* At one time it wasn't uncommon for [[Moral Guardians]] to get [[Marilyn Manson]]'s gender wrong.

* One issue of Guitar World had a biography on Chuck Schuldiner from [[Death (Music)|Death]]. One of the pictures in that biography was labeled "Control Denied at the Dynamo Festival, May 1988" even though Control Denied didn't form until 1996, and that two of the Control Denied members, Tim Aymar and Steve DiGorgio weren't present in the picture.

* [[David Bowie]]'s groundbreaking 'Berlin Trilogy' is often referred to as being produced by Brian Eno. While all parties involved have noted Brian Eno's huge influence on the records, the fact is that the actual production was down to Tony Visconti. Tony Visconti himself has complained about how critics can't seem to be bothered to read sleeve notes which quite clearly state 'Produced by Tony Visconti & David Bowie'

* Allmusic's biography for the country band [http://allmusic.com/artist/blackhawk-p44752/biography Blackhawk] says that their debut single "Goodbye Says It All" went to number one; it actually went to number 11, and the band never had a number-one hit on Billboard. The biography also says that the fourth single was "Wherever You Go" at number 10. While the fourth single did go to number 10, it was titled "Down in Flames", and it's not like there's any [[Refrain From Assuming]] issue that could have anyone possibly think that the song was called "Wherever You Go" — apparently the writer somehow got it crossed with [[Clint Black]]'s "Wherever You Go", released around the same time. Strangely, the biography also fails to mention the (far more famous) number 7 hit "That's Just About Right", the last single from said album.

** Similarly, their biography for [http://allmusic.com/artist/pirates-of-the-mississippi-p1768/biography Pirates of the Mississippi] says that their debut album tanked, and that their second album was more successful with the hits "Feed Jake" and "Speak of the Devil". These songs were actually the third and fourth singles, respectively, from their most successful ''first'' album. They do correctly identify "Fighting for You" as a dud single from the (unsuccessful) second album, but make no mention of the far more successful "Til I'm Holding You Again" (their second biggest chart hit). You'd think they would be able to avoid mistakes like this, particularly since Allmusic also includes track listings and chart positions for most albums in their reviews...

** And while Manilow did indeed work as a jingle writer for commercials back in the early [[The Seventies|seventies]] (he wrote the "Like A Good Neighbor" jingle for State Farm Insurance, among others), he is adamant about the fact that he ''absolutely did not'' write the famous "You Deserve A Break Today" McDonald's commercial; he only sang the vocal on it. Journalists who [[Did Not Do the Research]] are constantly claiming otherwise.

* [http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Hellivision/taylor_swift.htm This article] about [[Taylor Swift (Music)|Taylor Swift]] from a Christian website turns this [[Up to Eleven]]. For starters:

 

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