Carl Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 While editing Dan's interview with Lita Ford, I had one of those "I remember when..." moments. There was a time when the mononym "Lita" referred to Miss Ford, but sometime in the '90s, a WWE superstar became the world's most famous Lita - something that can be proven with a Google search. "Arrested Development" used to mean a Hip-Hop/Funk outfit, but is now best-known as a TV show. Perhaps the biggest appropriation is Madonna, who somehow stole the title from the Virgin Mary. What are some other names that have been similarly appropriated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 "Ozzy" used to be American slang to refer to an Aussie, but has now been associated with the Godfather of Metal for the past few decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Depêche Mode is/was a French fashion magazine... which is hard to find nowadays even in the web... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabadak Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Deacon Blue presumably named themselves after a certain Steely Dan track... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Engelbert Humperdinck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Good one edna...I think ve got der vinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabadak Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 David Garrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumboXL Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 (edited) AC/DC is better known as a hard rock band than a technical definition of electricity. Edited November 16, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabadak Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 AC/DC is better known as a hard rock band than a technical definition of electricity. ...or sexuality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 Nirvana is better known by the grunge band, then the state of zen. Iron Maiden is known better now by the metal band rather than the torture device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumboXL Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 ...or sexuality! Ehhm, as a non-native speaker of the English language I'm about to learn something new here. Let me guess: does it also indicate bisexuality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted November 19, 2013 Report Share Posted November 19, 2013 Steely Dan is better known than a dildo in the novel Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs. Talking Heads is better known than the term used to describe a person talking as all content and no action. E Street Band is better known than the E Street in New Jersey. Jethro Tull is better known than the 18th-century agriculturist. a-ha and the way of expressing positive recognition. The Rolling Stones are better known than a line in the Muddy Water's song "Mannish Boy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Ehhm, as a non-native speaker of the English language I'm about to learn something new here. Let me guess: does it also indicate bisexuality? I think it's England where AC/DC can mean bisexual. Although, if you listen to the Beck song "Where It's At", you'll hear an American voice say, "What about those who swing both ways, AC/DC." This was sampled from a 1969 sex education recording, so at one point, it was apparently a real term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 It still is a real term, and it's used quite often in America now. :happybanana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Jethro Tull is better known than the 18th-century agriculturist. Right in the six cases. Mainly in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Blondie was a well known comic strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 The B-52's - from the name of a beehive hairstyle, itself named for the B-52 airplane. I don't know who is more popular, Toto or the dog in The Wizard of Oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 I don't know who is more popular, Toto or the dog in The Wizard of Oz. when I hear the name Toto, I think of Dorothy's dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 When I tell people I like Badfinger some automatically think of the middle finger, flippin the bird, giving the ole number one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabadak Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 When I hear the name Phil Collins, I reach for my gun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Wrong thread. That should be in the "How I Would Injure Phil Collins" thread. I believe it's now over 10 thousand pages long (including two posts from his mother). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Nine Below Zero, after Sonny Boy Williamson II's " Nine Below Zero " Deep Purple, after Peter DeRose's "Deep Purple" (most notably performed by Nino Tempo & April Stevens) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabadak Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 Wrong thread. That should be in the "How I Would Injure Phil Collins" thread. I believe it's now over 10 thousand pages long (including two posts from his mother). Oopsie! Schoolboy error! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Iron Maiden is known better now as the metal band rather than the torture device. Not in my house. (please help me ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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