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 01:04 pm (UTC)Stratus Quo - Light, ethereal pop/rock, composed using only three chords.
Van? Morrison's. - Irish soul recorded in the back of supermarket delivery trucks.
Sued me - Brit indie pop band forced to change their name, ironically enough, because of an existing lounge singer's lawsuit.
Savaged Garden - Australian pop performed on hedgetrimmers and lawnmowers.
Deft Leppard - Big hair rock with agile drummer.
ABCD - Four chord eighties new wave melodic synth-based pop.
The Miss Zion - Goth band from Utah.
B Sting - Performs bland pop once, then dies after discarding his own abdomen.
The Skinks - Whimsical pop/rock group dressed as lizards.
Dead Can't Dance - or much else, really.
The Smithys - Morose droning accompanied by anvils and hammers.