AT Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:45:05 STeve wrote:

>OK, forgive me per I know this is sorta dumb...
>
>You know, a few of the "funny band names" mentioned, I couldn't help but
>think...."This band is giving up before they've played a single note".
>
>All this silly band name talk got me wondering.......
>What if the Beatles were instead named something just plain stupid, not
>clever at all?  Let's say "The Cozy Quilters Four".  They refused to change
>their name no matter how much Brian pleaded.
>Would they have ever made it out of Liverpool?  Would Sullivan have dared
>utter, "Direct from Liverpool...The COZY QUILTERS FOUR!!"  Would the girls
>scream?

Yes...cause band names like Herman's Hermits and The Dave Clark Five never 
seemed to hamper other British Invasion acts.

Cozy Quilters UNITE!!


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