At 02:16 AM 9/4/2003 -0400, Jaimie Vernon wrote:
>Eurythmics....never had a "the" or "thee"....

Well, that one doesn't actually count.  "Eurythmics" is an ancient Greek
word that means basically, "bodies moving in rhythm," a common choreography
term, and so doesn't require a definite article.  It would be different if
it was a shortened portmanteau word for "Rhythmic Europeans" or something.

As it happens, I'm listening to Jaimie's Scarborough homeboys right this
second, which reminds me that I don't think it's ever been THE Barenaked
Ladies.

Another missing definite article: after their second album, second-string
Tennessee jangle-poppers the Judybats became simply "Judybats."  Apparently
the definite article was the source of all their power, though, because the
two albums they did without it sucked on ice.

S