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Up on my Soapbox: What's in a Name?

post #1 of 7
4/3/07 at 11:53pm
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I just read a record review in the latest issue of Rolling Stone for a new album from a band that has to have the coolest name for a band EVER: Alabama Thunderpussy. I wrote an e-mail to a pal & opined that "Thunderpussy" would have been a pretty cool name, but as with most things, putting "Alabama" in front of it made it cooler somehow.

And that reminded me that some names are a lot cooler than they otherwise might have been. Would "Chainsaw Massacre" have been as effective a title as "The TEXAS Chainsaw Massacre"? Would "Dusk" have worked as well as "Near Dark"? "Extraterrestrial" or "Xenomorph" as well as "Alien?"

I think NOT!

There's really no purpose to this thread other than to rant a bit. Join me if you like, flame me if you must, but it's been a slow day 'round these parts.

Carry on.
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post #2 of 7
4/4/07 at 12:45am
Best names in rap:

Ghostface Killah and Roots Manuva

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is an awesome name. In this instance it's lifted from a movie, but it kicks ass all the same.
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post #3 of 7
4/4/07 at 7:23am
As far as names go, it's hard to top The Abominable Doctor Phibes.
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post #4 of 7
4/4/07 at 11:30am
Alabama Thunderpussy vs. Nashville Pussy in a steel cage match.

Let's let the blood flow and see who's the biggest pussy!
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post #5 of 7
4/4/07 at 12:11pm
I really dig the titles for these:

ABOMINABLE: They could've just gone with the cliche usage of Sasquatch/Bigfoot in the title combined with words like "Terror" (Sasquatch Terror), but I think it was cool to just go with a single adjective that will forever be associated with this monster.

LOST SKELETON OF CADAVERA: A great throw-back to the films it's paying homage to.

I love the "other-worldly" (inhuman) pronoun titles like IT, THEY, THEM, IT LIVES, etc. I also love slimy single word titles like SQUIRM, SLITHER, and SSSSSSS!
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post #6 of 7
4/4/07 at 2:59pm
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Looks like the word "Abominable" may be in the same category as "Alabama" in that it makes words cooler by association.
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post #7 of 7
4/4/07 at 7:58pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8

I love the "other-worldly" (inhuman) pronoun titles like IT, THEY, THEM, IT LIVES, etc. I also love slimy single word titles like SQUIRM, SLITHER, and SSSSSSS!
Of course, we then get all the fun of distinguishing between Them! (1954), Them (2007) and They.
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