ab3@pucc-h (kulawiec) (11/14/83)
In a recent posting, hocda!sra [aka Scott Abbot] mentions a number
of bizarre and (largely) unknown group names...some of these are rather
interesting.
For instance, It's A Beautiful Day (featuring David LaFlamme) had
an FM hit with "White Bird", and several of their albums are now collectors
items. Ultimate Spinach evolved into Steely Dan; and no, I don't think
I'll discuss the origin of "Steely Dan" here. Suffice to say that it refers
to an inanimate object featured in an X-rated flick. Finally, the Bonzo
Dog Doo Dah Band folks are intertwined with the Monty Python types...they
had such great songs as "Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?" and "I'm the Urban
Spaceman" and "The Canyons of Your Mind".
There are some interesting bands out here in the midwest as of
late, too...Skanking Lizard, Burning Corvairs, Phil 'n the Blanks (say it
quickly), Heavy Manners, Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows, Pocketwatch Paul
and the Rhythm Rockets, Juggular, The Bzzz...
And finally, my favorite name for a bar (This one's in Chicago on
North Halsted):
The Wild Hare and Singing Armadillo Frog Sanctuary
---Darth Wombat
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Darth Wombat
{ allegra, ihnp4, decvax, harpo, seismo, teklabs, ucbvax } !pur-ee!rsksra@hocda.UUCP (S.ABBOT) (11/17/83)
One group I will never forget although I have never heard their music -
Ethel The Frog
They are a heavy metal band from England. I believe they got their name from a
Monty Python skit. They did a satire on the BBC (as usual) and had a TV show
called "Ethel The Frog". After the opening credits, the host (John Cleese)
who introduced the show saying something like "And tonight on Ethel
The Frog <someone> will discuss nuclear fusion" or something to
that effect.
Scott Abbotdya@unc-c.UUCP (11/17/83)
References: pucc-h.363
I thought that Steely Dan was the name of the * FAMILY *'s communal
inanimate sexual object in { Tom Wolfe's ?! } book "The Naked Lunch." Or
Steve Simels of Sterno Review would have us believe....
--dyarob@ctvax.UUCP (11/18/83)
#R:pucc-h:-36300:ctvax:39000002:000:320 ctvax!rob Nov 16 10:22:00 1983 I thought Steely Dan came from a Burroughs novel. Can you explain the connection between Monty Python and the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band? Lastly, a couple of Texas bands with interesting names: X-Spand-X from Austin Johnny Reno and the Sax Maniacs from Fort Worth. Regards, Rob Spray ... decvax!cornell!ctvax!rob
delph@tesla.UUCP (11/18/83)
A few things in this general vein...
1. Jimmy Buffet recorded "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean", there's
nothing there about tuxedos. He has also written the immortal " Why Don't We
Get Drunk (and Screw)".
2. A friend of mine likes to pronounce XTC as "ecstasy" (sort of. Try it
once.)
3. There used to be a local group here in Ithaca called Better Music Through
Science. New York City dwellers can occaisionally find what's left of
them as Faculty Party.
Robert Del Favero
{whatever}!cornell!tesla!delph