Fun Stuff


(updated 5/6/12)
     These are just some fun Johnny-music-related odds and ends, including songs Johnny is listening to, songs about Johnny, a custom guitar, some games and other cool stuff!


Music that Johnny is listening to:
Johnny or his friends sometimes mention songs or albums that he is enjoying at any given time.  Here is just a sampling!

new 2012 interview with 21 Jump Street costar Brie Larson:  Avett Brothers

2010 sighting:  at a Justin Bieber concert; has said in interviews that he is a "Belieber"
2010 interviews:  The Monkees - Daydream Believer
 2010 interviews:  Sunset Rubdown

2009 interviews:  Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (album), Daniel
2009 interviews:  Augie March - One Crowded Hour

2009 Vanity Fair article (hold onto your hats, folks!):  Keith Richards - 1977 covers of All I Have To Do Is Dream (Everly Brothers) and The Nearness Of You (Hoagy Carmichael), Artie Shaw - Nightmare, Glen Campbell - Galveston, Tom Waits, Bright Eyes, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Iggy Pop, Warren Zevon, Tom Petty, James Booker, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, REM, Augie March, Crosby, Stills & Nash. link

2007 interviews:  Bright Eyes - Cassadaga (album)

2003 interview:  Keep your lamp trimmed and burning - Blind Willie Johnson

2000 Studio interview:  Charles Trenet - La Mer ("The most beautiful song in the world, for me, is 'The Sea' by Charles Trenet.")

1995 unknown interview:  Aerosmith - Seasons of Wither (in response to a question about a song that meant everything to him when he was 12 or 13 and just picking up a guitar)

miscellaneous interviews:  Berlin - Take My Breath Away

1990 Hot magazine interview:  The Replacements, Iggy Pop, Louis Armstrong, The Sex Pistols, and The Clash link

See the Johnny Depp Rocks! Johnny's Musical Heroes page for more of his longstanding musical inspirations!


TV and Films in which Johnny has sung:
 
  • 21 Jump Street
  • Arizona Dream
  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape
  • Secret Window
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Public Enemies
  • Alice In Wonderland
  • Rango


Songs with Johnny Depp in the title:
(sometimes kindly, sometimes not so much so!)

4Kuba   kiley evans
Others with Depp:
(Many of these songs are also available on iTunes)
Songs that mention Johnny:
  • Phoenix Blues, by The Weird 
phoenixblues
supremium
  • and of course, Michael Stipe, by P (live version from March 17, 1993)

More found from lyrics search (note: some of these lyrics have explicit content!)

Other songs about Johnny:
  • Once Upon A Time, by Smoken Listen on CD Baby and read about the connection to Johnny

Bands with Johnny in the name:
  • Gay For Johnny Depp (broke up in 2011)
gay1   gay2   theory   politics   gfjd2011

  • Johnny Depp Clones (now defunct) 
    "pop rock glam band from featuring porn star Chris Green, drag stars Chi Chi La Rue and Karen Dior, guitarist peter X, J. Lyons and St. Robert"
JD clones disc   JD clones front   JD clones liner   JD clones back

12" vinyl EP: All-American Boy

all american boy
  • Johnny Depp, The Band
          An indie pop band that has released an album called Hovercraft on Boo Boo Records.
          Johnny Depp, The Band's MySpace page


Other Johnny-related albums:
 
In addition to soundtracks of movies that Johnny starred in, there are occasionally other albums released that have a Johnny-related theme.  
  • Music From The Films Of Johnny Depp, by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir conducted by James Fitzpatrick
  • The Music From Johnny Depp Movies, by Movie Sounds Unlimited
 

Johnny is an Unexpected Musician

In 2010, the National Association of Music Merchants unveiled a list of "Unexpected Musicians," which features Johnny and other celebrities.  You can see it at wannaplaymusic.com.  Check back as more musical celebrities are added to the list!
 

new Johnny is the Favorite Movie Star Turned Musician

In 2012, Johnny won a People's Choice poll:  "In honor of Sunday's Oscars, Billboard.com has listed their favorite Movie Stars Turned Musicians. Which of these 5 is your favorite?"  (Never mind that Johnny was actually a musician before he started acting!)  Johnny won by a whopping 69%, followed by Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, and Steve Martin. 

people's choice

The poll had been a followup to the Billboard piece on "25 Awesome Movie Stars Turned Musicians."  They saved the best for last, featuring Johnny on page 25.  There is also a short YouTube snippet of him playing guitar on The Man That Knows Too Much at the August 29, 2008 Sheila Witkin benefit.


The Collings I-35 Deluxe Guitar has been dubbed the "Johnny Depp"
By Guitar Player Magazine, "because he's a striking movie star who can carry Hollywood blockbusters, and still be believable in dark indie films.  The I-35 can do it all, as well, but, like a box-office champ, it'll cost you big time for the privilege of its partnership."

Gear magazine
 

Epiphone designed a limited edition
Pirates of the Caribbean Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar:

les paul guitar


See also Epiphone's web site, though it doesn't include information on this limited edition.
 

April Fools!

     On April Fool's Day in 2008, one witty news station decided to print a bogus story about a benefit concert Johnny was allegedly putting together... for "gangland preservation."  Here is the article (mistakes in the text have not been corrected):

News From 91.3 KUWS
Depp, Dylan and friends to jam in Ashland
Story posted Tuesday at 1:38 p.m.
4/1/2008   

The star of the movie "Public Enemy" will hold a concert in Ashland. Mike Simonson reports that while shooting the movie in Wisconsin, Johnny Depp is taking up the cause of gangland preservation.

Depp's idea has blossomed into a dream concert for the small city on Chequamegon Bay. Friends Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Cheryl Crow are now on the ticket to appear at Ashland's Black Cat Cafe. Black Cat owner Honore Spickerman says they know this is a world-class concert, so she's going the extra mile. "Yeah, we went to the thrift store and bought a couple extra chairs and, yeah, I think we're pretty prepared." Spickerman says Depp's request for a private pirate ship on Lake Superior has them concerned. But Mayor Ed Monroe says it's a win-win for everyone. "Absolutely. I can't believe it myself. I can't remember being this excited since I've been 21 years old and heading to the taverns for the first time." Each artist has a favorite gangster: Clapton likes Bugsy Malone, Dylan is partial to Bonnie and Clyde, McCartney likes Pretty Boy Floyd and Depp, of course, likes John Dillinger, the lead character in "Public Enemy". Monroe says this should be good for tourism. "Oh, gangland history, I mean, everyone's got a warm spot in their heart for gangland history. I can't imagine anyone not wanting to turn out for an event like that. I mean, to have Johnny Depp there too championing it? Really." In a statement from Hollywood, Depp says quote: "If we don't preserve our gangland history now, the bullet holes of the past will just fade away." That concert is today, April first, so April Fools.

91.3 KUWS

     Even though this is an April Fools joke, any time Johnny would put together a real benefit concert would be fantastic news!
 

Who Wouldn't Like Johnny Depp?

In April of 2007, a new nightclub opened in Tartu, Estonia... its name is "Who Wouldn't Like Johnny Depp?"  The club sports a 1993-era photo of Johnny behind one of the bars. Read about the club in the Baltic Times.  (October 2008 note: The club used to have a website, as well, but it is no longer active. Perhaps the club is no longer in operation.)
Who Wouldn't Like Johnny Depp?   wwljd2
Johnny's band P released a song called Michael Stipe...

...it was even released as a 7 inch single.  What does Michael Stipe think about this??  I haven't been able to find any comments from him regarding the song.  But I did find a couple of threads from the REM forum, Murmurs, that mention it.  They sound like fans!
Murmurs thread 1
Murmurs thread 2


YM headline, May 1988

YM article


Vanity Fair cover, November 2004
Johnny Rocks!

(guess my site name isn't that original  cool gif )

Jigsaw Puzzles
 
 (Click one to start! You can also change the puzzle cuts to make them harder or easier)

Johnny Rocks   he's a rocker   P   P live
 

separated   once a kid   can't believe   be my baby


I put a spell   people have power   school's out   sharp dressed men
 
new

mint   revolver   my valentine

Click to Mix and Solve


Here's a Maze!
 
 (I have no idea where I found this!)

maze


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