It’s 10 Things You Never Knew... About Bells!

1 THE WORD ‘bell’ is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘bell’, meaning ‘bell’. 2 THERE have been countless hit songs about bells over the years, from LL COOL J’s Rock The Bells and METALLICA’s For Whom The Bell Tolls, to AC/ DC’s Hell’s Bells and RADIOHEAD’s Morning Bell. In fact, so ubiquitous are bells as a subject in popular music that experts believe songwriters should leave them alone for a bit. “Bells have been done to fucking death,” says chartologist Paul Gambaccini. “There’s literally nothing more to say about them. Musicians should give it a rest with the whole bells thing because, honestly, we’re all getting sick of it.” 3 SOME musical acts - such as BELLE & SEBASTIAN and PATTI LABELLE - love bells so much they have even…

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