What's in a name?
Mar. 25th, 2008 09:44 pmSorry a touch later than I wanted, was helping my dad set up his new computer. Yes, I'm jealous, he has one and I don't. LOL! I'll be getting a new one, too, soon enough. Anyway...
Tuesday Tunes @ The Music Memoirs
It's all in a name:
What is the most unusal band/artist's name that you can think of?
Hoobastank. I mean, really. Hoobastank.
Can you name any songs that have an actual person's name in the title?
Michelle (Beatles)
Roxanne (Police)
A Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash)
Cecilia (Simon and Garfunkel)
Darling Nikki (Prince)
Help Me Rhonda (Beach Boys)
Peg (Steely Dan)
Beth (KISS)
Janie's Got A Gun (Aerosmith)
Jeremy (Pearl Jam)
Sexy Sadie (Beatles)
Angie (Rolling Stones)
Eleanor Rigby (Beatles)
Hey Jude (Beatles)
Ben (Michael Jackson)
Suzie Q (CCR)
Layla (Derek and the Dominos)
Mandy (Barry Manilow)
Daniel (Elton John)
Stan (Eminem)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Rosanna (Toto)
Donna (Ritchie Valens)
Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
Alice's Restaurant (Arlo Guthrie)
My Sharona (The Knack)
Oh I could go on and on but I won't. LOL!
A lot of artists have stage names, can you name at least one artist's real name? (You can do as many as you like)
Alice Cooper = Vince Furnier
Engelbert Humperdinck = Arnold George Dorsey
Boy George = George O'Dowd
Billy Idol = William Broad
Elton John = Reginald Dwight
Syd Barrett = Roger Keith Barrett
Elvis Costello = Declan McManus
The Edge = Dave Evans
Ozzy Osbourne = John Michael Osbourne
George Michael = Georgios (or Yorgos) Kyriacos Panayiotou
Gene Simmons = Chaim Witz
Bono Vox = Paul Hewson
Bob Dylan = Robert Zimmerman
Freddie Mercury = Faroukh Bulsara
Iggy Pop = James Newell Osterberg Jr.
Joni Mitchell = Roberta Joan Anderson
Marilyn Manson = Brian Warner
Nico = Christa Päffgen
Sting = Gordon Sumner
Tina Turner = Anna Mae Bullock
Slash = Saul Hudson
Annnd... I'm sure more will come to mind once I post but those did first. LOL!
Tuesday Tunes @ The Music Memoirs
It's all in a name:
What is the most unusal band/artist's name that you can think of?
Hoobastank. I mean, really. Hoobastank.
Can you name any songs that have an actual person's name in the title?
Michelle (Beatles)
Roxanne (Police)
A Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash)
Cecilia (Simon and Garfunkel)
Darling Nikki (Prince)
Help Me Rhonda (Beach Boys)
Peg (Steely Dan)
Beth (KISS)
Janie's Got A Gun (Aerosmith)
Jeremy (Pearl Jam)
Sexy Sadie (Beatles)
Angie (Rolling Stones)
Eleanor Rigby (Beatles)
Hey Jude (Beatles)
Ben (Michael Jackson)
Suzie Q (CCR)
Layla (Derek and the Dominos)
Mandy (Barry Manilow)
Daniel (Elton John)
Stan (Eminem)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Rosanna (Toto)
Donna (Ritchie Valens)
Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
Alice's Restaurant (Arlo Guthrie)
My Sharona (The Knack)
Oh I could go on and on but I won't. LOL!
A lot of artists have stage names, can you name at least one artist's real name? (You can do as many as you like)
Alice Cooper = Vince Furnier
Engelbert Humperdinck = Arnold George Dorsey
Boy George = George O'Dowd
Billy Idol = William Broad
Elton John = Reginald Dwight
Syd Barrett = Roger Keith Barrett
Elvis Costello = Declan McManus
The Edge = Dave Evans
Ozzy Osbourne = John Michael Osbourne
George Michael = Georgios (or Yorgos) Kyriacos Panayiotou
Gene Simmons = Chaim Witz
Bono Vox = Paul Hewson
Bob Dylan = Robert Zimmerman
Freddie Mercury = Faroukh Bulsara
Iggy Pop = James Newell Osterberg Jr.
Joni Mitchell = Roberta Joan Anderson
Marilyn Manson = Brian Warner
Nico = Christa Päffgen
Sting = Gordon Sumner
Tina Turner = Anna Mae Bullock
Slash = Saul Hudson
Annnd... I'm sure more will come to mind once I post but those did first. LOL!