There's gonna be an accident
Feb. 4th, 2005 11:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ventaI just misread one of my own posts. Specifically, I misread the "Music" line. And it amused me, and I think it could become a game.
It's simple - take a band name, add one letter to it. Make a new band name, and tell me the music they play.
So, the original one: Lots of young women who sing harmoniously as they slave away hammering out armour. Yes, it's...
Pretty Girls Make Greaves.
And look over there. The industrial, grinding noise of heavy agricultural machinery operated by benign, smiling little green ladies who wave their knitting at you as the push out another string of heavy bass.
It's... Alien Aunt Farm.
And who are those young gentleman in their crips white suits ? Their traditional rock'n'roll vibe makes them seem so cleancut, somehow.
Oh, they'll be the Dreftones.
(Barrel scraping there, I think.)
Now, of course, I'm trying to think of others, but I keep running into a few problems. A short band name, and it's not obvious what you're basing it on. Mash and Mouse are not readily identifiable as Ash and Muse. Use an obscure band name, and it's not obvious either. And, the worst pitfall of all - add one letter, and suddenly you've got not a bad pun, but a bad tribute band. Consider, if you will:
The Stoned Roses.
No, it's not a group of apple-cheeked English maidens playing on panpipes and sitars, it's clearly just a bunch of rocker-wannabes trotting out poor renditions of She Bangs The Drums.
Any offers ? Go on, even if you hate music this is just an excuse for bad puns. And however much they claim not to, everyone like a good bad pun. Readers are welcome to decry any new bands they consider to be mere cover outfits.
It's simple - take a band name, add one letter to it. Make a new band name, and tell me the music they play.
So, the original one: Lots of young women who sing harmoniously as they slave away hammering out armour. Yes, it's...
Pretty Girls Make Greaves.
And look over there. The industrial, grinding noise of heavy agricultural machinery operated by benign, smiling little green ladies who wave their knitting at you as the push out another string of heavy bass.
It's... Alien Aunt Farm.
And who are those young gentleman in their crips white suits ? Their traditional rock'n'roll vibe makes them seem so cleancut, somehow.
Oh, they'll be the Dreftones.
(Barrel scraping there, I think.)
Now, of course, I'm trying to think of others, but I keep running into a few problems. A short band name, and it's not obvious what you're basing it on. Mash and Mouse are not readily identifiable as Ash and Muse. Use an obscure band name, and it's not obvious either. And, the worst pitfall of all - add one letter, and suddenly you've got not a bad pun, but a bad tribute band. Consider, if you will:
The Stoned Roses.
No, it's not a group of apple-cheeked English maidens playing on panpipes and sitars, it's clearly just a bunch of rocker-wannabes trotting out poor renditions of She Bangs The Drums.
Any offers ? Go on, even if you hate music this is just an excuse for bad puns. And however much they claim not to, everyone like a good bad pun. Readers are welcome to decry any new bands they consider to be mere cover outfits.
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Date: 2005-02-04 02:53 pm (UTC)David Bowtie - Smart experimental rock
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Date: 2005-02-04 04:35 pm (UTC)Or, since we're allowed to dick around with punctuation, I guess I can get rid of their apostrophe.
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Date: 2005-02-04 04:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-04 04:58 pm (UTC)ninja-hamster dance goes wrong: pets chop boys
And if I'm allowed to add the same letter twice I rather like the sharp metal sounds of: ACIDIC
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Date: 2005-02-04 05:01 pm (UTC)You don't need to add the same letter twice, you just need to th1nk l33t:
AC/DIC
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Date: 2005-02-04 05:12 pm (UTC)Abbra - Cheesy pop with a magic stage show
David Bowtie - Extremely posh sound
Loutkast - Urban vandalism
String - Rather repetitive
ZZZ Top - Very boring cure for insomnia
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Date: 2005-02-04 05:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-04 05:21 pm (UTC)Thespo Lice - drama student parasites. If that's not a tautology.
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Date: 2005-02-04 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-04 07:07 pm (UTC)Dildo (isn't that her real name??)
Mouse - Matt Bellemy gets very small, but still spends house messing around on his guitar after each song
The Trolling Stones
Needs Atomic Dustbin
New Model Barmy
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Date: 2005-02-04 10:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-05 12:11 am (UTC)Two lesser-known blues acts:
Muddy Wasters - spend more time playing footy in the park than practising.
Howlin' Zwölf - 12 Germans screeching.
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Date: 2005-02-05 12:36 am (UTC)BeyondCE
I suggested this to
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Date: 2005-02-05 05:34 pm (UTC)And you can take your pick from:
a.m. People - their gigs go on all night.
DM People - co-ordinated footwear.
Em People - nearly twice as wide as en People.
F.M. People - you get the idea
...
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Date: 2005-02-06 03:50 am (UTC)Doges Die in Hot Cars
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Date: 2005-02-06 02:20 pm (UTC)Iron Midden
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Date: 2005-02-06 02:55 pm (UTC)Tall Saints - Larger-than-life girls from East London.
Sealbound - Synthpop collective promoting animal welfare.
Fart of Noise - 80s group who sample bodily functions to make techno/ambient music.
Cultured Club - Band lead by a well-travelled colourful chap who is openly gay.
Sportishead - French Indie group playing music whilst engaging in sports.
Royksoapp - Squeaky-clean Scandanavian band promoting personal hygene.
The Housemartians - Odd looking aliens sing esoteric tracks about mundane stuff.
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Date: 2005-02-06 03:28 pm (UTC)Sled Zeppelin - 70s rock on a taboggan.
Screaming Banshee Blair Crew - Death Rock goes New Labour.
Status Quorn - Vegetarian-friendly rock.
Shisters of Mercy - Delboy goes goth.
The I-Dream Disciples - S Club 8 tribute band (you probably need to be familiar with children's TV to have a hope of understanding this one)
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Date: 2005-02-06 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-06 03:53 pm (UTC)Reaching a little now, I know. Blame
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Date: 2005-02-06 03:57 pm (UTC)OK, going now, really.
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Date: 2005-02-06 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-06 04:06 pm (UTC)Faltered Images - Twee 80s band that broke up before recording anything.
Pubic Image - post-punk band whose first album had artwork displaying a white bar of soap with a curly black hair on it.
My Drying Bride - death metal band that plays haunting multi-instrumental tunes about a lost love using their towel.
I just can't help myself...
Date: 2005-02-06 04:22 pm (UTC)Faith & the Mouse
The Curse - Fat Bob on the blob (I know, this one is inexcuseable, but I couldn't resist the bad rhyme along with the bad pun)
Oh NO!
Date: 2005-02-06 06:39 pm (UTC)Dogs d'Armour flouncy drunkards from the 90's singing about jousting and the hands of fair maidens,
Tory Amos odd little girlie that gets confused between the Labour opposition and old characters from Emmerdale,
Nick Crave and the Bad Seeds says it all, really, doesn't it?
Bonio Dog Doohdah Band They like their biccies, they do!
The Waterbuoys Well known for their song Fisherman's Blues all about what happens if you fall in deep, fast-flowing water without a life jacket!
Cheque please!
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Date: 2005-02-06 07:38 pm (UTC)KLIF - christian dance music
TLA's - one hit wonders with 'TSG'
Raged Against The Machine - great until they split
The Vervet - like a monkey in a bag, waiting to drown
Black Taped For A Blue Girl - [explanation censored]
Bald Sagoth - death metal goes back to its roots and finds they are missing
Belt Canto - no jury in the world would convict you
Ministry Off Sound - Dept of Environment noise abatement division
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Date: 2005-02-06 07:45 pm (UTC)Bone Jovi - gothic rock.
Adam And The Pants - groundbreaking pop videos, now doing backing tunes for soap powder adverts.
Birmingham 60 - well, they were pretty good, but really it's time they retired.
AVAST - a bit like VAST, but with a parrot.
The Whom - bad boys go back to grammar school.
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Date: 2005-02-06 08:05 pm (UTC)Diet Laughing - dark gothic lite
Das Itch - scratchy noise merchants
And None - disbanded?
Lightening Speeds - flash in the pan once the drugs wore off
Robert Smiles - inanely grinning ambient musician
New Model Barmy - no change there then...
Deathbouy - an accident waiting to happen
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Date: 2005-02-07 01:06 am (UTC)Fastboy Slim: DJ keeps playing records at 78rpm.
Fartboy Slim: DJ's been eating too many beans.