• RetroBen81
    • 4 years 11 months ago
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    		 Hi,

    What do you all think of the Ohio Players' 1976 #1 hit "Love Rollercoaster"?

    The song was the subject of an urban myth: that a woman pictured for the song's parent album's cover shoot was screaming after being shot to death by the band's manager. The title of the album is called Honey.

    Supposedly Ester Cordet was screaming because the honey drizzled on her stuck like super glue as she attempted to break free from it, which in the end had ruined her skin, and it was that which led her to sue the band and management which prompted the group's manager to shoot her, for which her scream got onto the recording.

    The true story behind the scream, as explained by drummer Jimmy "Diamond" Williams:
    "There is a part in the song where there's a breakdown. It's guitars and it's right before the second verse and Billy Beck does one of those inhaling-type screeches like Minnie Riperton did to reach her high note or Mariah Carey does to go octaves above. The DJ made this crack and it swept the country. People were asking us, 'Did you kill this chick in the studio?' The band took a vow of silence because you sell more records that way."

    ~Ben
    "I am such a purist for old information on anything '70s and '80s."
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    • pappatroll
      • 4 years 11 months ago
      • Posts: 39
      		 I heard this, as urban myths go its pretty cool. I bet I would have purchased the song based on that story
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      • kenE2389
        • 4 years 11 months ago
        • Posts: 283
        		 yeah i heard about this myth aswell, the other one is that she was stabbed in the studio during the recording of the song because she threatened to sue the band for the damage to her skin. Ester Cordet is still very much alive and without skin deformations so I wouldn't put too much stock into the urban legend, it is a pretty cool story though
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        • thecrow174
          • 4 years 11 months ago
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          		 I'm more familiar with Red Hot Chili Peppers' version.

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjq3_co0p3g&feature=related
          There is a battle between two wolves inside us all.

          One is evil and the other one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed the most.

          http://unbelievableyou.com/a-native-american-cherokee-story-two-wolves/
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          • Sense of Self
            • 4 years 11 months ago
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            thecrow174 wrote:
            I'm more familiar with Red Hot Chili Peppers' version.

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjq3_co0p3g&feature=related


            I love this song.
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            • Saltychuck
              • 4 years 11 months ago
              • Posts: 1410
              		 This myth is pretty funny. It's also used in the 1997 horror film Urban Lengend.
              Oh yeah?
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