Worst band names

[hamish]

Fats Domino... real Name Antoine Domino... and he had a weight problem...duh
Frank Zappa ? Since when did your mother christening you something make it a cool band name?

Love the auld Fats. Heard on the radio a few years ago his version of Lady Madonna - brilliant - can't seem to get it anywhere.

I can remember the first time I started to learn the difference between pop and rock/blues/soul when I heard the b side of his Josephine record. Song called Natural Born Lover - awesome. The way he makes love to those piano keys. Wow.

Notice that a lot of his tunes have a Bartholemew as songwriter - I thought that was his name.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Love the auld Fats. Heard on the radio a few years ago his version of Lady Madonna - brilliant - can't seem to get it anywhere.

I can remember the first time I started to learn the difference between pop and rock/blues/soul when I heard the b side of his Josephine record. Song called Natural Born Lover - awesome. The way he makes love to those piano keys. Wow.

Notice that a lot of his tunes have a Bartholemew as songwriter - I thought that was his name.

No Dave Bartholemew wrote songs with him and sometimes for him.. alles klar Herr Komissar?

[hamish]

. alles klar Herr Komissar?

C'mon CTID - you know I can be a bit slow the odd occasion LOL What does that mean??

[CollegeTillIDie]

C'mon CTID - you know I can be a bit slow the odd occasion LOL What does that mean??

I am quoting Falco from his classic song Der Kommisar... It means
is everything clear Mr. Kommisar?

[hamish]

I am quoting Falco from his classic song Der Kommisar... It means
is everything clear Mr. Kommisar?

Jeez - you're not a Falco fan CTID - say it isn't so. That Rock me Amadeus - yuk.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Jeez - you're not a Falco fan CTID - say it isn't so. That Rock me Amadeus - yuk.

Ah that was during his Simple Minds phase when he had lost the plot. Poor ******* died in a car crash may he rest in peace.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Ah that was during his Simple Minds phase when he had lost the plot. Poor ******* died in a car crash may he rest in peace.

Now did you know that there is a link between Falco and Status Quo?

[hamish]

Ah that was during his Simple Minds phase when he had lost the plot. Poor ******* died in a car crash may he rest in peace.

Yeah, I remember that - he was pretty young too. I see Scotty/James Doohan has beamed up - I knew de Forest Kelly was dead and thought Scotty was too. I knew he had alzheimers or Parkinsons or something but I was sure he died a few months ago.
He'll never have to worry about those dilitium crystals again. He was my favourite on Star Trek.

I'm fed up editing misspellings - came across Google spell check by sheer accident yesterday - hit some button thingy - but can't find it now. Have a severe case of the transpositions at the moment.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Yeah, I remember that - he was pretty young too. I see Scotty/James Doohan has beamed up - I knew de Forest Kelly was dead and thought Scotty was too. I knew he had alzheimers or Parkinsons or something but I was sure he died a few months ago.
He'll never have to worry about those dilitium crystals again. He was my favourite on Star Trek.

Star Trek... may Bones and Scotty rest in peace. Maybe they should have followed Kirk's lead by eating All Bran? My Star Trek favourite was that well known Cork Lassie Lt. YouhoorYou

[CollegeTillIDie]

Now did you know that there is a link between Falco and Status Quo?

OK Falco's records were produced by a pair of Dutch brothers called Rob and Ferdi Bolland. These guys wrote that song "You're In The Army Now" which was a huge hit for Status Quo....... one of whose other biggest hits was a cover version of "Rockin' All Over The World" written by John Fogerty formerly of the Creedence Clearwater Revival.....

[hamish]

Star Trek... may Bones and Scotty rest in peace. Maybe they should have followed Kirk's lead by eating All Bran?

Agreed about Scooty and Bones - William Shatner looks very poorly in that advert - then again isn't he in his 70s now??

Remember dodging study in school to see the original Star Trek on RTE every week plus of course The Man from Uncle on Saturday nights. I recall giving out hell one Easter Saturday evening because I had to go the ceremonies when Napoleon and Ilya were on at the same time.

You youngsters don't realise what we had to go through in dem days.

To get back on thread - wasn't there a band called Napoleon Solo?? I'm not confusing that with a group called Unkle.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Agreed about Scooty and Bones - William Shatner looks very poorly in that advert - then again isn't he in his 70s now??

Remember dodging study in school to see the original Star Trek on RTE every week plus of course The Man from Uncle on Saturday nights. I recall giving out hell one Easter Saturday evening because I had to go the ceremonies when Napoleon and Ilya were on at the same time.

You youngsters don't realise what we had to go through in dem days.

To get back on thread - wasn't there a band called Napoleon Solo?? I'm not confusing that with a group called Unkle.

Yes Kirk is in his 70's will be 74 this year. Agreed I think there are bands with those two names...

When I was off work on long term sick leave following my episode I used to watch Man From UNCLE on TG4 at 10:00 each morning . Saw most of them during this time. Great stuff.

[hamish]

When I was off work on long term sick leave following my episode I used to watch Man From UNCLE on TG4 at 10:00 each morning . Saw most of them during this time. Great stuff.

I think it's on one of those Sky channels nowadays - David McCallum is now in his 70s too and Robert whatsisname/Solo is still on the occasional new programme.
I often wonder what became of William Conrad (Cannon), Clu Gullager (various cowboy programmes) and other actor/actresses from 60s TV series. Remember too that girl on Daktari - Cheryll Millar? - my first crush. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. LOL

[hamish]

Now did you know that there is a link between Falco and Status Quo?

I can feel a joke coming here........ Enlighten me.

[noby]

Fats Domino... real Name Antoine Domino... and he had a weight problem...duh

The worst copying ever goes to Chubby Checker.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Yeah, LR sure has the knowledge - fairplay to him.

...never mind me -I'm like Grandpa Simpson. I'm making it up as I'm going along. Did no one tell ye the www is crammed full of rank bull****ters.

Fats Domino... real Name Antoine Domino... and he had a weight problem...duh

I think the "fats" handle was a popular one with jazzers for a bit. There's another rather excellent one out there -Fats Waller -I have some of his stuff. Also there was Fats Navaro and "Tuba Fats" Lacen.

On top of the fact that Waller and Domino were undoubtedly how shall we say -gentlemen of fuller carriage -I think the Fats thing might have been a stylistic handle as well ..i.e if the guys name had Fats in it you knew he was not only a jazzer but a jazzer of a particular ilk.

[noby]

I think the "fats" handle was a popular one with jazzers for a bit. There's another rather excellent one out there -Fats Waller -I have some of his stuff. Also there was Fats Navaro and "Tuba Fats" Lacen.

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[hamish]

Showband from the 70s:

Eamonn Cannon and the Headliners.

[CollegeTillIDie]

I think it's on one of those Sky channels nowadays - David McCallum is now in his 70s too and Robert whatsisname/Solo is still on the occasional new programme.
I often wonder what became of William Conrad (Cannon), Clu Gullager (various cowboy programmes) and other actor/actresses from 60s TV series. Remember too that girl on Daktari - Cheryll Millar? - my first crush. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. LOL

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William Conrad.... not too surprisingly died of a heart attack some time in the past few years.

[hamish]

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William Conrad.... not too surprisingly died of a heart attack some time in the past few years.

Never knew he was dead CTID. I used to like Cannon...a bit. He was no spring chicken even in Cannon....at least 55 or 60 and that was in 60s or early 70s so he must have been a great age when he died.
Another fella I just remembered.....Joe Mannix.