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[Music] Successful Bands With Really Bad Names
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Palacefinder General
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Yep! One very big Yank band that didn't make much of a splash over here being The Dave Matthews Band, their lead singer and song writer being...Dave Matthews.
Possibly already mentioned - Wet, Wet, Wet (WTF?!)
Didn't think it would be long before you joined in posting a YouTube video
Yeah, I'd gone nearly a whole day
Nope, that’s a great name as it gave **** & The Gang the chance to sing (about Wacko Jacko) “he prefers Boyz ll
https://youtu.be/0UvHbBZBias
It's a shame this is about successful bands as my mate's brother at school had a band called Suck My Penis Basil Brush and when they didn't get any gigs with that they changed it to "Suddenly A Chopsick Was In My Eye".
I've always thought "The Sex Pistols" was an awful name for a band but the winner by a country mile has to be Kajagoogoo
I've always thought "The Sex Pistols" was an awful name for a band but the winner by a country mile has to be Kajagoogoo
I put two 'best of' CDs on my ipod ten years ago, then took them off. I grew up with the Beatles. I loved them as a kid. Now I find them irritating. McCartney destroyed his cred with all that bollocks he released with Wings. Give Ireland Back To the Irish. Mull of Kin Tyre. FFS. I have 'Imagine' on vinyl, but not on CD. Lennon was quite narcissistic and.....dull. If he hadn't been shot.....his last LP was embarrassing. George? Pah. As for Ringo. For me their name and what they are fit together well.
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Yeah, I'd gone nearly a whole day
Most people are happy with a short list
Not sure the Grateful Dead are a great band. Boring shite more like. Yet.....the name is good. As is electric prunes. We differ to beg.
OK, here are a few really great bands with really shit names:
The Mothers of Invention
Mahogany Rush
Squeeze
Diary of Dreams
Klangstabil
The latter are a bit obscure, so (brace yourself).... I will paste youtube vids. No, I will. I am an absolute sucker for English sung with a German accent. Actually.....I think these boys are the winner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWSg6xm_Y34&list=RDEMaofMD8q7ssQYT3mIcpFdjQ&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhXfiTQXRQg&list=RDEMaofMD8q7ssQYT3mIcpFdjQ&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gID8nAzzIDk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fws8XcBuFg8
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To be fair, I have always been meaning to investigate George a bit more. But I have an instinctive aversion to the super-popular, so always found myself in pursuit of otherness. Bowie and Madonna are the only really massive stars (that transcent music itself) who have stood the test of time for me. I'd rather seek out something new
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I am a BIG fan of this song. Is that a real poncho, I mean a Mexican poncho or is that a Sears poncho, hmmm no fooling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nllWDc8_9lw
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