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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 170.1 | Dear God, hope you got the letter.. | MPGS::TURNER | The Bear that Beers the Kirin's Name | Fri Aug 19 1988 18:59 | 16 |
| I hate to disappoint, but...
> The Christians
It's their last name. Honest.
As for the other two:
> Jesus and the mary chain, The Church
Correction: it's "The Jesus and Mary Chain".
I think it's a very simple reason: religious terms and names are
extremely loaded with meaning. Which has more impact, a band called
"Chicago" or a band called "The Lords of the New Church"? or "The
Bible"?
/joe
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| 170.2 | And... | AITG::PARMENTER | Laws don't change by obeying them | Fri Aug 19 1988 19:03 | 3 |
| Don't forget punk legends The Pagans.
- Dan
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| 170.3 | I believe...... I believe.... | CHEFS::LAWSONM | Finite cann't comprehend Infinite | Fri Aug 19 1988 19:04 | 15 |
| Joe Re .1
> I think it's a very simple reason: religious terms and names are
> extremely loaded with meaning. Which has more impact, a band called
> "Chicago" or a band called "The Lords of the New Church"? or "The
> Bible"?
Can you expand on the "loaded with meaning" bit
Ta
As always
mark
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| 170.4 | How about "The Saints" | MED::ARTHUR | Walk away...in silence | Tue Aug 23 1988 21:43 | 5 |
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I believe he means more controversial...
You should see what is happening over here with the
opening of the movie "The Last Temptation of Christ".
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| 170.5 | or even "Genesis" | GUMDRP::TURNER | The Bear that Beers the Kirin's Name | Wed Aug 24 1988 16:36 | 15 |
| � I believe he means more controversial...
No, I meant pre-loaded with societally contextual imagery.
(Ack. That's English?)
That is to say: band names such as "The Saints" or "The Lords of
the New Church" conjure up conscious and unconscious images and
relationships that a name like "The Crickets" or "The Rolling Stones"
don't. When you hear "The Lords of the New Church", or at least when
I do, my brain makes associations with power, life and death, dominion
over people, breakdown and reconstruction on a major level. When I
hear "The Rolling Stones", I think of a Muddy Waters tune and/or a
boulder tumbling down a hill.
/joe
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| 170.6 | :-) | OFFCLU::DKEATING | Sugar Ray Showed The Way | Wed Aug 24 1988 17:08 | 7 |
| .5� hear "The Rolling Stones", I think of a Muddy Waters tune and/or a
.5� boulder tumbling down a hill.
Oh Yeah !!! Well when I hear of the 'Saints' I think of the football
team.
- Dave K.
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| 170.7 | The Saints | WELMTS::GREENB | then I was nutted by reality | Wed Aug 24 1988 17:30 | 5 |
| When I hear of the Saints I think of a bunch of scruffy Aussies
who recorded one of the great early punk 45's i.e. (I'm) Stranded
c/w No Time
Bob
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| 170.8 | Lots of reasons | WEA::PURMAL | Life is like comedy, timing is essential | Wed Feb 15 1989 00:17 | 9 |
| Another religion derived band is Jesus Chrysler, religion and
buisness, is there any more perfect combination? ;-)
I think that some of the religously oriented group names are
a jab at the religion they are derived from. Others are just a
play on words, or as someone previously mentioned, an attention
grabber.
ASP
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| 170.9 | Blasphemous Names | CHEFS::SKINNERJ | Ie Jesu Domine, dona eis Requiem | Wed Feb 15 1989 08:35 | 10 |
| Re. Previous notes
There are also those bands that use the Christian name for blasphemous
impact - "Christian Death" is an example, their last tour was even
under the title of "The Scriptures".
Just because the name's a little extreme don't write them off entirely,
their music is interesting.
John
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| 170.10 | religious names 2 | PUGH::PETER_9 | | Fri Feb 17 1989 16:59 | 4 |
| That's because they are short of things to call themselves so they
can only use religious names
PETE
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