Let's spread some musical misinformation

[-Asdfgh-]

There is a little-known secret in the music industry — there is a moniker magi who is actually responsible for coining the names of every famous band that ever rose to prominence.

Band managers meet this secret sorcerer of magnificent monikers in person and provide info about the band, the band-members, the style of music etc, and the magi listens intently without uttering a word. Once the meeting is over, the magi gives the band its name on a cocktail napkin. Occasionally, when the napkins have run out, he has been forced to utter the name of the band aloud. Alas, the magi has a stutter...




There you have the real reason for bands such as Talk Talk, The The, Duran Duran, Yoyo (Ma), Tom Tom Club, Tin Tin Duffy, Django Django, Ting Tings, Mr Mister, Wet Wet Wet, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Now Now, Here Here, Mother Mother, Controller Controller, Frou Frou...

it was an outgrowth of the system the UK used in the 1950s for weapons, which was colour/thing, like Yellow Sun, although Blue Beard was not used. For singers, name/emotion or name/quality was used, such as Billy Fury, Adam Faith, although Jim Underwhelming did less well until swapping to the less common geological feature/first name scheme as Cliff Richard.

North America has used a geographical feature/place name scheme for actors, such as Rock Hudson, River Phoenix, and Keifer Sutherland, a Keifer being a form of Irish bog. Obviously there was an error of ordering with the famous Han Solo character's actor, who was supposed to have been Ford Harrisburg

 

[Jay2U]

it was an outgrowth of the system the UK used in the 1950s for weapons, which was colour/thing, like Yellow Sun, although Blue Beard was not used. For singers, name/emotion or name/quality was used, such as Billy Fury, Adam Faith, although Jim Underwhelming did less well until swapping to the less common geological feature/first name scheme as Cliff Richard.

North America has used a geographical feature/place name scheme for actors, such as Rock Hudson, River Phoenix, and Keifer Sutherland, a Keifer being a form of Irish bog. Obviously there was an error of ordering with the famous Han Solo character's actor, who was supposed to have been Ford Harrisburg

The British artist Adam Ant should be mentioned as well. He was known to have an inferiority complex...

 

[-Asdfgh-]

The British artist Adam Ant should be mentioned as well. He was known to have an inferiority complex...

he was adamant he did not

 

[Boristhespyder]

he was adamant he did not

But he still can’t move that rubber tree plant.

 

[Pops OB]

But he still can’t move that rubber tree plant.

You’ve got to be old, like me, to get this one!

 

[-Asdfgh-]

In the late 1950s there was an explosion of post war publishing and voice radio, which led to a shortage of words. This period was known as The Great, as there weren't even enough words left over to name it.

This led to the syllabbic nonsense at the start of Tutti Frutti, and other songs of the period, and the excessive use of "la". Even in the 1980s REM weren't using actual words half the time, which is why no one knew what Stipe was singing about. Listening to modern pop, I am fairly sure they aren't using words even now.

 

[Jay2U]

In the late 1950s there was an explosion of post war publishing and voice radio, which led to a shortage of words. This period was known as The Great, as there weren't even enough words left over to name it.

This led to the syllabbic nonsense at the start of Tutti Frutti, and other songs of the period, and the excessive use of "la". Even in the 1980s REM weren't using actual words half the time, which is why no one knew what Stipe was singing about. Listening to modern pop, I am fairly sure they aren't using words even now.

In the early 70's they were still suffering from word scarcity...

 

[mrjim123]

With "Hocus Pocus" Focus was at the locus of minimal locution.

It'll take me days to get what I just heard out of my head.

 

[PillO]

With "Hocus Pocus" Focus was at the locus of minimal locution.

It'll take me days to get what I just heard out of my head.

Focus singlehandedly destroyed the Yodel Rock genre by producing the definitive work. Since it couldn't be topped, no one tried. In fact, Ted Nugent had wanted to do Yodel rock , but upon hearing Hocus Pocus, changed direction to Feedback Rock.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Focus singlehandedly destroyed the Yodel Rock genre by producing the definitive work. Since it couldn't be topped, no one tried. In fact, Ted Nugent had wanted to do Yodel rock , but upon hearing Hocus Pocus, changed direction to Feedback Rock.

Yodelling is traditional in the mountains of Holland. "Climb every hillock" sang the Van Traap family.

 

[Jay2U]

Yodelling is traditional in the mountains of Holland. "Climb every hillock" sang the Van Traap family.

Yeah, on every hilltop that reaches above sea level we yodel our lungs out.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

The US ambassador to Austria was appointed as he knows The Sound of Music. Continuing with this hiring policy, the USA is looking for someone who can play digeridoo for Australian ambassador, and someone who doesn't like music at all to go to France.

 

[zontar]

If you play Deep Purple on the autoharp you can get free pizza from the national chain of your choice.

 

[nitrobrother]

If you play Deep Purple on the autoharp you can get free pizza from the national chain of your choice.

Oh man, I'm so gonna do that when I get home tonight.....

 

[Feral Feline]

In the late 1950s there was an explosion of post war publishing and voice radio, which led to a shortage of words. This period was known as The Great, as there weren't even enough words left over to name it.

This led to the syllabbic nonsense at the start of Tutti Frutti, and other songs of the period, and the excessive use of "la". Even in the 1980s REM weren't using actual words half the time, which is why no one knew what Stipe was singing about. Listening to modern pop, I am fairly sure they aren't using words even now.

Spearheading this movement was none other than ...



Screamin' Jay Hawkins...

 

[Feral Feline]

Yodelling is traditional in the mountains of Holland. "Climb every hillock" sang the Van Traap family.

Dutch Yodellers are able to achieve a natural vibrato by twirling their tongues like a miniature windmill...



[non misinfo]
I had the Nits' album "In the Dutch Mountains" long before I ever got stranded on Scheveningen ...




Dropjes, Ik wilt hebben some lekker stukjes...
[/non misinfo]

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Dutch Yodellers are able to achieve a natural vibrato by twirling their tongues like a miniature windmill...



[non misinfo]
I had the Nits' album "In the Dutch Mountains" long before I ever got stranded on Scheveningen ...




Dropjes, Ik wilt hebben some lekker stukjes...
[/non misinfo]

I just came back from Amsterdam with a minor addiction to those rather lekker stroop wafels.

 

[Jay2U]

Dutch Yodellers are able to achieve a natural vibrato by twirling their tongues like a miniature windmill...



[non misinfo]
I had the Nits' album "In the Dutch Mountains" long before I ever got stranded on Scheveningen ...




Dropjes, Ik wilt hebben some lekker stukjes...
[/non misinfo]

I eat some dropjes every day and that's no misinformation.

 

[Jay2U]

I just came back from Amsterdam with a minor addiction to those rather lekker stroop wafels.

Stroopwafels originate from the city of Gouda, just a few miles from where I'm living. Stroopwafel - Wikipedia (no misinformation).

 

[mrjim123]

And we thought Gouda was famous for its cheese. Ah, Gouda, second best cheese in the world, next to Velveeta!