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View Poll Results: For a blues band, is The Pentatonic Mafia a good name? | |
Yeah.
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Nah.
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10-17-2004, 07:20 PM
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Is it good or bad?
For a blues band: The Pentatonic Mafia.
Don't know how to make a poll lol. |
10-17-2004, 08:14 PM
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Avatar Speakers Endorsing Hooligan | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield California | | | sorry... but thats stupid. |
10-17-2004, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Money sorry... but thats stupid. | I agree. And your gibson is ugly :-p.
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10-17-2004, 10:12 PM
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10-17-2004, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by bassmcgee Is it good or bad?
For a blues band: The Pentatonic Mafia.
Don't know how to make a poll lol. |
The _______ Mafia could be cool, but consider having to explain about the use of pentatonics in blues everytime somebody asks "What's a pentatonic"
Maybe, The Blues Mob; ok that's just as lame. 
You'll think of something. |
10-18-2004, 10:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA | | | What species of geek came up with that name?
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10-18-2004, 10:53 AM
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maybe the penta mafia might be a bit more catchy |
10-18-2004, 10:57 AM
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10-18-2004, 12:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | Not all just for musicians jokes are funny. It's not bad... for like a song title... but not a band name.
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10-18-2004, 01:30 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Southern Massachusetts | | | How about "the Pent up from only playing tonic(s) Mafia"??? |
10-18-2004, 03:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Saint George, UT | | how 'bout nothing with "mafia" in it at all, being such a played out word and all?  |
10-18-2004, 04:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | How about "Steve"
Steve is a fine name, so why not a fine name for a band?
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10-18-2004, 04:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | On a side note: My friend once wrote a song called "The Trenchcoat Mafia Blues." It was... tasteful? 
On a sider note: I was in Matt and The Monkey Mafia, but some techno bastard stole it!
On a sidest note: I've been meaning to release that album for a year or so now.
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10-18-2004, 04:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Isle of Lucy | | | I'm not really fond of anything "....Mafia."
But besides, isn't Clapton already a part of the Pentatonic Mafia?
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10-18-2004, 05:23 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Still in Margaritaville | | | I'm very much of a blues traditionalist. As such, I am not in favor of the "Mafia" part of your band name mainly because the Mafia has nothing to do with the history or traditions of blues. The Mafia is an Italian, more specifically a Sicilian tradition.
Furthermore, I don't know that Mafiosos had any particular affinity for blues music. Thus, I'm not sure that the name Pentatonic Mafia would carry much weight with real blues fans and might even cause antagonism. Perhaps what you seek is another word that reflects a closely knit group, but I don't even care much for mob or gang in relation to blues music.
Bluesmen were quite individualistic and even some were competitive with one another in relation to the skill of their musicianship.
This isn't very creative, but maybe something such as Pentatonic Blues Band or Pentatonic Bluesmen would be better. I know those names are lame, but the use of Mafia really isn't fitting in the context of a blues band. That's just my viewpoint, that being the viewpoint of a blues "purist", so to speak.
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10-18-2004, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Boplicity I'm very much of a blues traditionalist. As such, I am not in favor of the "Mafia" part of your band name mainly because the Mafia has nothing to do with the history or traditions of blues. The Mafia is an Italian, more specifically a Sicilian tradition.
Furthermore, I don't know that Mafiosos had any particular affinity for blues music. Thus, I'm not sure that the name Pentatonic Mafia would carry much weight with real blues fans and might even cause antagonism. Perhaps what you seek is another word that reflects a closely knit group, but I don't even care much for mob or gang in relation to blues music.
Bluesmen were quite individualistic and even some were competitive with one another in relation to the skill of their musicianship.
This isn't very creative, but maybe something such as Pentatonic Blues Band or Pentatonic Bluesmen would be better. I know those names are lame, but the use of Mafia really isn't fitting in the context of a blues band. That's just my viewpoint, that being the viewpoint of a blues "purist", so to speak. | You're thinking way too hard about this, given the origin of the name (i.e. some guy made it up out of the blue [no pun intended, I swear]) Valid points, but I don't think they address the question "does this name sound stupid to the layman?"
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10-18-2004, 10:24 PM
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10-19-2004, 09:51 PM
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10-19-2004, 09:56 PM
| | I wish I could sing like Rick Danko. | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Shreveport LA | | | No good, considering the common person won't know what pentatonic means. |
10-19-2004, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Squidfinger No good, considering the common person won't know what pentatonic means. | Yeah, they'll think it has something to do with satan.
How about "The Blue Collar Mafia"? It's got blue and mafia, with a delightful "Color" pun thrown in.
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