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| From | "Randall J. Paske" <panacea42@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: "The" Buzzcocks |
| Date | Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:37:32 -0700 (PDT) |
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Stewart wrote:
> > Officially, the group is just called Buzzcocks
> (check all the album
> > covers), but I don't think I know anyone who
> doesn't unconsciously stick a
> > definite article in front of that in casual
> conversation, and quite often
> > in writing. It just sounds better.
I don't always take album covers as final word that a
band is picky about "the" or not, but in this case
it's true. On the Buzzcocks mailing list, Pete
Shelley has definitively said it's just Buzzcocks.
But I still say "the" when speaking sometimes. When
writing, I write around it: "I saw the Buzzcocks show"
rather than "I saw Buzzcocks," and stuff like that.
David wrote:
> Interesting how this works. Many bands who prefer
> not to have a "The"
> attached to their name nevertheless can't seem to
> have it stricken from the
> record, probably because it seems uncomfortable or
> awkward for their fans to delete it.
>
> Some examples of bands who have been known to
> emphatically stage, "we're not
> 'The So-and-So', we're just 'So and So"'
>
> "The" Shoes
> "The" Bangles
> "The" Raspberries
Try Talking Heads! I've seen people add an extra
"the" to the title of the album THE NAME OF THIS BAND
IS TALKING HEADS.
As for the Bangles, the new album says "The Bangles"
on it, and their Web site is www.thebangles.com.
Maybe they gave in.
Randy
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