http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 19:30:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117304 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:34:08 +0000 ianslat 117304@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>BBC6 would LOVE The Tabards. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117300 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:26:27 +0000 Oxbridge 117300@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In my day, there were loads of bands with extremely daft name, mostly from Liverpool: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Echo and the Bunnymen, A Flock of Seagulls... I could go on, but someone will probably shoot me if I do. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117111 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:15:06 +0000 rickwestwell 117111@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>nobody in their right minds would want to call themselves The Beatles</blockquote></p> <p>Yup, you can imagine the conversation:</p> <p><blockquote>"OK, Buddy Holly and the Crickets are really good, so what's like 'the Crickets', then?"</p> <p>"Erm... how about 'the Beetles'? Beetles are like Crickets, after all..."</p> <p>"Yeah, not bad, but let's change the spelling to make it cool - how about 'The Beatles'?"</p> <p>"What the fuck? Are you some sort of cunt?"</blockquote></p> <p>OK, I made the last quote up, but think what could have been... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117108 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:07:25 +0000 Gerontius 117108@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The Daves...a great name for an indie band.<br /> Cud - Rain Parade - Green on Red - Mudhoney - Gaye Bykers on Acid...absolutely treasure them but wouldn't dream of playing them again. A moment in time.<br /> A name can either make or break a band...Trash Can Sinatras or Kitchens of Distinction....good bands, crap names.<br /> However, nobody in their right minds would want to call themselves The Beatles<br /> Stars BTW </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117102 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:58:39 +0000 virtuallywill 117102@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Keane were originally going to be called Coldplay but thought it too depressing. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117097 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:28:09 +0000 Skylarking 117097@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I hear 'The Man' isn't very fond of them, though I think he can probably exhale now... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117070 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:25:43 +0000 waylandsmithy 117070@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Cold medina. Cold medina? I'll give you 'cold medina'. </p> <p>Is it possible to dislike Public Enemy, though? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117069 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:19:26 +0000 beau-jolly 117069@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I used to do the ironing to Emenem. Now its cold and I have a jumper so I don't need to iron shirts. Does this make me dull or "bad"? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117067 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:12:03 +0000 Scroat 117067@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oxy you need to be over on the Damien Hirst thread in the Chat Room.</p> <p>It's ironic but when I hear rap I have this urge to kill someone. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117060 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:44:12 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 117060@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I quite like rap. I don't necessarily agree with some of the sentiments expressed in the lyrics, but I enjoy the music.</p> <p>I was duped into buying an Outkast album by their singles being quite good. A double album with about 20 tracks on each disc, and 95% of it was absolute shite. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117057 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:40:01 +0000 Scronnyglonkle 117057@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I can see the Tabards competing on a new Saturday Night talent show for indie bands called "Britan's got Turgid"</p> <p>I will give stars but only in an ironic way </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117046 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:49:50 +0000 Skylarking 117046@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oh I won't hesitate in agreeing with you about most rap, Oxbridge. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117041 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:36:30 +0000 Oxbridge 117041@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>'Oxbridge: would you really rather listen to Scouting for Girls than Outkast?' </p> <p>Yes. Obviously I am generalising but most rap is ugly, nasty, misogynist, tuneless bilge and if the majority of those producing it were white, nobody would be hesitating to say as much. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117039 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:13:31 +0000 Otis B Driftwood 117039@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Who ? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117036 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:08:58 +0000 kimllfixit 117036@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>How about 'The Milibands'? Unremarkable and never going to get a number one spot. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117033 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:54:06 +0000 Skylarking 117033@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I *saw* Cud! And was just listening to Blur. But Oxbridge: would you really rather listen to Scouting for Girls than Outkast? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117026 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:31:10 +0000 Oxbridge 117026@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Any indie's still a ton better than rap, R&amp;B, hip-hop and all the other shite that kidz (see what I did there?) listen to these days. But yeah, some delightfully dull names. Anyone remember Cud? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-117017 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:51:32 +0000 Skylarking 117017@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks Wayland. It's very hard to parody the dullness of noughties/teens geetar indie - either the names or the music itself as it's turned into such a magnificent self-parody. And Jo Wiley genuinely is excited by the prospect of a new Pigeon Detectives album - it's scary!</p> <p>Do I sound old? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-116957 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:10:20 +0000 waylandsmithy 116957@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>'The Tabards' is inspired. Lovely job! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=41049#post-116955 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:59:54 +0000 Skylarking 116955@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The excitable ranks of guitar based indie rock are abuzz, following confirmation that the dullest possible band name for the genre has been located and copyrighted by researchers at Leeds University.</p> <p>It is understood that a number of record companies are in a bidding war for ownership of the name The Tabards. Rumours are circulating of six-figure sums being offered to the team, who are said to have been working for several years to pinpoint the name.</p> <p>‘We’ve known for several years that a stupefyingly prosaic band name is non-negotiable when marketing guitar-based indie’ explained Jez Whitmore, UK CEO of indie label Sony BMG. ‘Unless a name infers a sufficient level of unadventurousness, the average indie fan is prone to become fearful and indecisive. He or she quickly retreats to the reassuring timbre of names such as The View, The Feeling and The Wombats.’</p> <p>Indie music was founded in the late 1970s in the wake of punk, but it wasn’t until the mid-1980s that record labels noticed the disproportionate interest in bands with dreary forgettable names - The Smiths and The Cure regularly outselling The Cocteau Twins by 5 to 1 - until their record label forced them to re-crhisten themselves The Daves. </p> <p>Over subsequent decades critics have regularly declared the indie rock genre to be dead, before further tediously-monikered bands such as Pavement, The Strokes, Pulp and Coldplay lead another revival of its fortunes. But as the supply of suitably tedious band names finally seems close to exhaustion, even the stoutest defender can be heard expressing concerns for the future of indie.</p> <p>‘Names like The Tabards are becoming harder and harder to come by’ explained Mr Whitmore ‘For that reason Sony is willing to pay whatever it takes to secure it. And we have the perfect band waiting to adopt it; ‘The Tabards’ sums them up perfectly - except of course they don’t stand out, thank God!’ </p>