OLD 55 Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 more Beatles Edit: Excerpt - "But the whole story of the Beatles' name began in 1957, when young Mr. Lennon assembled his skiffle group, first calling it the Black Jacks, and then the Quarry Men. The group went through several name changes, surviving monikers like Johnny and the Moondogs, the Beatals, the Silver Beetles, the Silver Beats, and the Silver Beatles, before eventually settling on the Beatles. And "The Rainbows". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Quote from Bazooka: Here's a site with a ton of band name origins (<) Good site, but it's quite incorrect about UB40 though! I thought it was common knowledge that they took their name from the English Unemployment Benits applcation form code UB40, which was an "in" joke before they became famous. Sorry! Someone does mention that further into the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt_Acid Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Skiffle! I never knew how that was spelled. I always heard skippo, or skimpo. Skiffle is tehghey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 ruin the fun for everyone who wants to share their knowledge. I thought this was an interesting cross-reference. Nobody is vouching for the factuality of these stories. From the site I can't verify all of these stories, so do take them with a grain of salt. I try and delete the ones that I know to be bogus ...(and some bands intentionally tell different stories about picking their band name). Pink Floyd: There is a little controversy as to how they got the name. A few Americans insisted that the group was named after a character from "The Andy Griffith Show"-Floyd the Barber. Beatles: Actually, the Beatles was the name of the bad Motor Cycle club in the Marlon Brando movie "The Wild One". Lee Marvin played the lead Beatle. See what I mean? They will also welcome your substantiated contributions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Which U.K. band started their career as the Spectres, then Traffic Jam before they hit the big time ? Does anyone know the origin of their current name? (I don't). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Lizzie, some sources DO quote the Beatles as taking their name from the Crickets because they admired Buddy Holly so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Annabelle_ Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Which U.K. band started their career as the Spectres, then Traffic Jam before they hit the big time ? Does anyone know the origin of their current name? (I don't). That would be Status Quo. I read their manager suggested the name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie Posted December 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 That is sooo cool that AC/DC got their name from a speaker of something, because I always thought that AC/DC sounded very familiar... Anyway, The crickets were great and I see why the Beetles admired them. ~Lizzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 That would be Status Quo. I read their manager suggested the name... Too Good Annabelle ! Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 That is sooo cool that AC/DC got their name from a speaker of something... Lizzie, A/C D/C is the kind of electricity we use...Altern Current/Direct Current... at least, that´s what I think... anybody agrees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 L7 .Put the two together and they (sort of) form a square. In Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs' "Woolly Bully" one line goes "Let's don't be L7, Come and join the dance". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 L7 .Put the two together and they (sort of) form a square. In Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs' "Woolly Bully" one line goes "Let's don't be L7, Come and join the dance". "Watch it now, it's gonna gitcha". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulGirl Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 i agree edna, but it's alternate current Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer came up with the band's name while still in high school. Something having to do with 'aero' in a class, and he just liked the way it looked, so he started tacking all types of other words to it. Aerosmith s the one he liked best. He actually had it written all over his school books, years before the band was formed. Yes, Junior, to a point this is correct. However, the name Aerosmith is obviously a play on words from the Sinclair Lewis classic novel "Arrowsmith". And I'm sure that Kramer and the band realized this when they named the band. In fact, there are still many people (including a few DJ's I've heard) that incorrectly pronounce the band name as "Arrowsmith". Anyway, Aerosmith is a great band name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 i agree edna, but it's alternate current Thanks, SoulGis, you know I translate it from french or spanish straight! I learn a lot in songfacts!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulGirl Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 i know, and i think it's amazing - you do such a good job! if only i could speak german like you speak so many languages, then i'd be sorted!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 german is not that easy... I learned it for three years, my grandad was half-german and my husband speaks some... und alles ich kan sagen ist, du weiss, schaesse, hure, gemüse suppe, etc... Oh, maybe I should put bleeps? In german? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulGirl Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 the germans don't bleep anything! they say scheisseall day long on the tv, even o ads! apparently they don't consider sh*t a swear word! and they show full frontal nudity, liposuction operations, anything basically! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 oh, I´m glad to be french then... or argentinian... or whatever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielj Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 I dont see any difference in Arrowsmith ans Aerosmith. Maybe its an accent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenYearsGone Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 JETHRO TULL - named for a 18th century agriculturist and inventor. THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND - was printed on the key ring for the building they practiced in. Later discovered MT was a blind piano tuner that used the same building. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Dire Staits... why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenYearsGone Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Dire Staits... why? according to neck-and-neck.com they were named after their "habitual financial state." I guess that all changed after their first LP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 You´re right, they should call themselves something like "baby I´m a rich man"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulGirl Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 daniel, do you say arrowplane?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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