History CowboyBebopAtHisComputer / Music

* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by [[PinkFloyd Pink Floyd]] in the song, "Have a Cigar"'. "The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think, oh, by the way, which one's Pink?"

** The sentence "The NineInchNails won a Grammy for their cover of JohnnyCash's classic song 'Hurt'". It was their song to begin with, ''Cash's'' version was the cover. Of course, since the release of Cash's cover in 2002, [[CoveredUp this has been an]] [[NewerThanTheyThink astonishingly common mistake]] by media types.

** The sentence "The NineInchNails won a Grammy for their cover of JohnnyCash's classic song 'Hurt'". It was their song to begin with, ''Cash's'' version was the cover. Of course, since the release of Cash's song in 2004, [[CoveredUp this has been an]] [[NewerThanTheyThink astonishingly common mistake]] by media types.

** The sentence "The NineInchNails won a Grammy for their cover of JohnnyCash's classic song 'Hurt'". It was their song to begin with, ''Cash's'' version was the cover. Of course, since the release of Cash's song in 2004, [[CoveredUp this has been an]] [[YoungerThanTheyThink astonishingly common mistake]] by media types.

** Including entries on James Blunt and Flyleaf, neither of which could be considered indie rock at all.

** Claiming that J Mascis left Dinosaur Jr. in 1988 (Lou Barlow was the member of the band to leave, and he was fired...by Mascis, who by 1994 was in fact the only original member remaining in the band until the original lineup reunited in 2005).

** Chris Funk of TheDecemberists appeared on ''TheColbertReport''...OK, so far so good..."hosted by StephenColbert, ''star'' of the NBC ''dramedy'' ''TheOffice''"...Uh, guys...wrong "[[SteveCarell Steve]]". Sure, they were both on ''TheDailyShow'' at the same time at one point, but come on!

** The sentence "The NineInchNails won a Grammy for their cover of JohnnyCash's classic song 'Hurt'". It was their song to begin with, ''Cash's'' version was the cover.

* Sound collage group Negativland pulled off a media stunt, effectively lampshading this trope. The Bay Area band self-released a falsified news article based around the David Brom murders, in which the 16 year old boy was convicted of murdering his family with an axe. Negativland released a report that stated, in essence, "Negativland has been forced to cancel a planned tour because their song 'Christianity Is Stupid' is suspected of being a catalyst in inspiring the David Brom murders." In truth, David Brom had likely never even heard the song Christianity Is Stupid, but within months the story was in newspapers across the country, and was even made into a special report on a Californian news station. They were forced to cancel their tour for external reasons: They simply could not allocate the money necessary to provide for a full tour. This "report" was spread with absolutely no fact-checking or research; as stated earlier, the entire debacle can be promptly heard in an odd, documented form on the album ''Helter Stupid''.

* It's still common to see "The Legend of Zelda" attributed to System of a Down. The song is actually an Overclocked Remix song by [[strike: Rabbit Joint]] Joe Pleiman, and System of a Down have denied having anything to do with the song in interviews.

* During the controversy over Hasbro's plans to sell a series of Pussycat Dolls dolls, the [[MoralGuardians watchdog group]] who started the campaign against them [[http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/pressreleases/pussycatdolls.htmclaimed in a press release]] that "Don't Cha" "alludes to group sex." Several media outlets picked up on this and made it sound like the song ''itself'' was about group sex. This all came as a surprise to people who'd actually heard the song. As near as anyone can figure, the supposed allusion is an extremely tortured interpretation of the line "I know she ain't gon' wanna share."

** The sad part is, they actually aren't too off mark.
** However, they also need to learn how to grow a sense of humor, as he mostly does it for laughs. Although sometimes is serious, particularly when dealing with [[EvilMatriarch his mom]].

** To be fair, his early promotional material flip-flopped on this as well.

* While we're on the topic of {{Misattributed Song}}s, it's still common to see "The Legend of Zelda" attributed to System of a Down. The song is actually an Overclocked Remix song by [[strike: Rabbit Joint]] Joe Pleiman, and System of a Down have denied having anything to do with the song in interviews.

* At one time it wasn't uncommon for MoralGuardians to get MarilynManson's gender wrong.

* Near the end of October 2010, a French TV show commentator [[http://www.mikufan.com/hatsune-miku-on-french-tv/ openly criticized]] Hatsune Miku. The Cowboy Bebop moment comes from the fact that when Tania (the commentator in question) talks about Miku, they broadcast a recording of a live performance, [[DidNotDoTheResearch showing Megurine Luka]]. Afterwards, Tania proceeded to compare PoPiPo (one of Miku's most famous songs) with "Baby Lilly" & "René the Mole" (a pair of French phone ringtones), then proceed to call the former (PoPiPo) "horrific", all while openly mocking Miku. [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-all-hate-Tania-Bruna-Rosso/156940667675267#!/pages/We-all-hate-Tania-Bruna-Rosso/156940667675267?v=wall A Facebook group was formed shortly thereafter]].

* Many music video stations, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94v8u1Cv_o such as MTV]] erroneously credited [[TheMinutemen Minutemen]]-spinoff punk rock band [=fIREHOSE=] as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETENrv8cnU Firehouse]], a glam metal band. A somewhat understandable mistake since there's only a one letter difference in their band names, but still...

* The Brazilian network responsible for the ''Rock In Rio III'' broadcasts had some of those "about the band" blurbs. During {{Oasis}}' concert, it said "they've grown bigger than the band that influenced them, {{Blur}}". Not only the bands are contemporary, but they had a rivalry famously called "Battle of Britpop" (with Oasis' guitarist/songwriter Noel Gallagher going as far as wishing Blur's singer and bassist to "catch AIDS and die").
** Blur and Oasis don't even song anything alike.

* Many music video stations, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94v8u1Cv_o such as MTV]] erroneously credited [[TheMinutemen Minutemen]]-spinoff punk rock band [=fIREHOSE=] as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETENrv8cnU Firehouse]], a glam metal band. A somewhat understandable mistake since there's only a one letter difference in their band names, but still...
* KidRock is considered to be a rock artist or alternative rock, with some rap influence. In some cases a creative artist. Till he gets arrested in a bar fight, then he's a rapper.

* KidRock is considered to be a rock artist or alternative rock, with some rap influence. In some cases a crative artist. Till he gets arrested in a bar fight, then he's a rapper.

* Many music video stations, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94v8u1Cv_o such as MTV]] erroneously credited [[TheMinutemen Minutemen]]-spinoff punk rock band [=fIREHOSE=] as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETENrv8cnU Firehouse]], a glam metal band. A somewhat understandable mistake since there's only a one letter difference in their band names, but still...

* Breaking news: Chris Brown has decided to take a page from [[{{Sonichu}} Chris-chan]] and try to regain his fame and attract girls with a special medallion close to his heart. No, it's not an OC, but a Kirby medallion. [[http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/8/82/Itsakirbyretard.png This is the Daily Mail's article on it]]. Apparently, [[WallBanger Kirby is a cat Pokemon]]. The confusion is slightly understandable to a layperson: Kirby, for all intents and purposes, looks like he could be a Pokemon and is owned by Nintendo. So a connection was made by the dimwitted writers. But a cat? In the medallion, he's holding up his arms, which to a stupid person glancing at the picture, looks like cat ears. Sort of kinda not really.

* Many music video stations, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94v8u1Cv_o such as MTV]] erroneously credited {{TheMinutemen}}-spinoff punk rock band [=fIREHOSE=] as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETENrv8cnU Firehouse]], a glam metal band. A somewhat understandable mistake since there's only a one letter difference in their band names, but still...

* Many music video stations, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94v8u1Cv_o such as MTV]] erroneously credited {{Minutemen}}-spinoff punk rock band [=fIREHOSE=] as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETENrv8cnU Firehouse]], a glam metal band. A somewhat understandable mistake since there's only a one letter difference in their band names, but still...

* Many music video stations, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94v8u1Cv_o such as MTV]] erroneously credited punk rock band [=fIREHOSE=] as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ETENrv8cnU Firehouse]], a glam metal band. A somewhat understandable mistake since there's only a one letter difference in their band names, but still...

** The only rapper who Lu has actually dissed is SouljaBoy, by doing a subtle TakeThat of Crank That! and while at a concert referring to Soulja Boy as "a retarded cousin" while speaking of Hip-Hop like a big family.

* Chris Brown has been known for his R&B music and singing. After he had [[WouldHitAGirl that incident with Rihanna]], news reporters kept referring to him as a [[UnfortunateImplications "rapper"]].
* Eminem has constantly been protested against for being [[NWordPrivileges racist]], [[WouldHitAGirl misogynist]], and just plain [[ChaoticEvil evil.]] Those same protestors consider him to be one of the only rappers to rap about those things, while convieniently neglecting the fact that other rappers say worse things than he does, and his songs are extremely socially conscious besides his joke songs.

** However, they also need to learn how to grow a sense of humor.

** The only rapper who Lu has actually dissed is Soulja Boy, by doing a subtle TakeThat of Crank That! and while at a concert referring to Soulja Boy as "a retarded cousin" while speaking of Hip-Hop like a big family.

** That depends on [[http://qntm.org/?uk what you mean by British]].

* The rather mediocre rap group 2 Live Crew's album ''As Nasty as They Wanna Be'' raised a big controversy because of their infamous song "Me So Horny" which apparently had a 'graphic description of the destruction of a woman's vagina' in it. The line in question was "I know he'll be disgusted if he sees your pussy busted", ''i.e.'', deflowering a girl, not mutilating her privates. However, conservative groups, including Focus on the Family, failed to recognize it as a slang term, even though it's clear in the lyrics that the girl is consenting to all this and is just doing naughty things like many teenagers will do. In the end, this actually helped raise this otherwise forgettable group's popularity.

* Chris Brown has been known for his R&B music and singing. After he had [[WouldHitAGirl that incident with Rihanna]], news reporters kept referring to him as a "rapper".

** A Dutch Comedian Frank Van Der Plas did a parody of Aqua's ''Barbie Girl'' that appears all over the internet as "Rammstein Barbie Girl Cover". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja4Pd3bQ-fA It's not even in German.]]