https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7iVsdRbhnc
― Jurassic parkour (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 24 April 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
After a shower, have decided that “professional names” are acceptable, when that is how the person is generally known (e.g., Buddy Holly, Winona Ryder). Nicknames like Debbie and Pete were accepted from the jump. Still on the fence about Magic Johnson.
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Saturday, 24 April 2021 15:36 (three years ago) link
did anybody ever call him Earvin Johnson?
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Saturday, 24 April 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
Surely “Magic Johnson” is the only name by which almost anyone knows Magic Johnson
― Canon in Deez (silby), Saturday, 24 April 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
I’m afraid his official Twitter account is heavily dispositive here
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Saturday, 24 April 2021 15:44 (three years ago) link
(and fwiw, I have heard him called Earvin and always knew that was his name... I had to look up Buddy Holly‘s name, had no clue what that was)
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Saturday, 24 April 2021 15:50 (three years ago) link
All John Cale:
ArchimedesBrahmsCharlemagneDr. MuddGraham GreeneHemingwayJack the RipperJohn MiltonMagrittePablo Picasso (Jonathan Richman cover)
OK, Hemingway and Magritte don't count, although you could make an argument for people who are one-name famous.
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 24 April 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
You could include "Mr. Wilson" in that longer list as well.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 24 April 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
Some of those so flagrantly disregard the rules, it’s a scandal (“Jack the Ripper”??)
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Saturday, 24 April 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
morrisp not playing around
― calstars, Saturday, 24 April 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
I AM CHECKING TWITTER ACCOUNTS
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Saturday, 24 April 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
Lol
― calstars, Saturday, 24 April 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
muddying the waters (hey!) here even more, but I don’t have Twitter, so...Lil Nas X • Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 24 April 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
Frank Sinatra - Miss Kittin & The Hacker
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 24 April 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
He was prescient
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 24 April 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
lol
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Saturday, 24 April 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
Do you know his real name?
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 24 April 2021 21:07 (three years ago) link
(At least I double checked whether Helen of Troy was fictional before I included her.)
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 24 April 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link
Big Bopper’s real name was Chantilly Lace right?
― calstars, Saturday, 24 April 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
is The Avalanches “Frankie Sinatra” against the rules? (Frankie sure seems to be a popular subject)
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 24 April 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
Mecano - Eungenio Salvador Dalí
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 24 April 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link
The Dandy Warhols - Nietzsche
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 24 April 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
Azealia Banks - Anna WintourCass McCombs - Bradley ManningMGMT - Brian EnoCharlie Puth - Marvin GayeJay Z - Tom Ford
These are popular ones that haven’t been mentioned:
MIKA - Grace KellyMiike Snow - Genghis KhanBoney M - Ma BakerBoney M - Rasputin
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 24 April 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
"Bo Diddley" - Bo Diddley"Marshall Mathers" - Eminem
― Lee626, Saturday, 24 April 2021 22:17 (three years ago) link
does "Pretty Boy Floyd" by Woody Guthrie count?
― Lee626, Saturday, 24 April 2021 22:37 (three years ago) link
^it’s not in the spirit of what I had in mind, but I’ll cry uncle and say the more the merrier at this point
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Saturday, 24 April 2021 22:44 (three years ago) link
(what I liked what the prosaic nature of titles that are simply “real” names, or close enough)
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Saturday, 24 April 2021 22:47 (three years ago) link
lol @ sic
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 25 April 2021 03:00 (three years ago) link
Negativland - Michael Jackson
Cocoa Tea - Barack Obama
i like how all of these can be read either way and you can imagine that michael jackson had a song called "negativland" and barack obama has one called "cocoa tea."
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 25 April 2021 04:04 (three years ago) link
Hey, that reminds me of another one:“Michael Stipe” (P, that Johnny Depp band)
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Sunday, 25 April 2021 04:07 (three years ago) link
(remember 1995 – when there was a band called P, and a song by a different band called “Friends of P.”? good times, man)
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Sunday, 25 April 2021 04:10 (three years ago) link
here’s an honorable mention that I’ll use my discretion to allow:https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2228742698_10.jpg
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Sunday, 25 April 2021 04:18 (three years ago) link
this is legit one of my favorite genres of song (though my rules are even stricter than morrisp's). not mentioned yet, i don't think:
king missile - martin scorsesemigos - forest whitakerb bragg & wilco - ingrid bergmanuncle tupelo - d. boonjoey ramone - maria bartiromosr-71 - axl roseking stitt - lee van cleef(that broadway show) - alexander hamiltondrive-by truckers - steve mcqueenthey might be giants - james k. polknick lowe - marie provostpernice bros - jacqueline susannthe baseball project - harvey haddixthe posies - grant hartredd kross - linda blairjonathan richman - vincent van goghjonathan richman - salvador dalijonathan richman - walter johnsonwarren zevon - bill leethe clash - janie jonesspank rock - rick rubinvic chesnutt - lucinda williamsthe band - bessie smithfred eaglesmith - johnny cashlydia loveless - steve earleneil young - pocahontasbelle & sebastian - seymour steinvic chesnutt - woodrow wilsonmina - brigitte bardotbig dipper - robert pollarddominique leone - nellie mckayyoung fresh fellows - amy grantblue oyster cult - joan crawfordsun kil moon - glen tiptonneil sedaka - betty grablebig audio dynamite - esqueritaannie - ralph macchiovan dyke parks - bing crosbyvan dyke parks - jack palancetodd rundgren - wolfman jackbeastie boys - johnny ryallthe kinks - david wattsmountain goats - duke ellingtonblossom dearie - dusty springfieldmighty sparrow - martin luther kinglead belly - howard hugheskraftwerk - franz schubertteenage fanclub - gene clarkwarpaint - billie holiday
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 25 April 2021 04:24 (three years ago) link
^^awesome!(I should’ve thought of “seymour stein”)
― best time to call is friday and saturday afternoons! (morrisp), Sunday, 25 April 2021 04:29 (three years ago) link
ooh, and forgot:
kanye west - barry bonds
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 25 April 2021 04:37 (three years ago) link
Richard Thompson - Alexander Graham Bell
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 25 April 2021 04:44 (three years ago) link
van dyke parks - “van dyke parks”
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 25 April 2021 05:58 (three years ago) link
Sekiden also have an Alexander Graham Bell song but it's not eligible itt
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Sunday, 25 April 2021 06:07 (three years ago) link
Luke Haines, "Peter Hammill"
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 25 April 2021 07:50 (three years ago) link
Andres Calamaro - MaradonaVaudeville Villain - Zinedine Zidane
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 25 April 2021 13:50 (three years ago) link
Serial killer edition:
Soulfly - Jeffrey DahmerSufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy JrCassius - Belle GunnessDahmer - Henry Lee Lucas (this works for a double qualifier since the artist name is also based on a serial killer)Murder Junkies - Danny Rolling
Several songs titled Son of Sam, Jack the Ripper, Unabomber, BTK, Zodiac but don’t know if they qualify. Serial killers are usually more popular by nicknames than by real names no?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 25 April 2021 14:01 (three years ago) link
since we’re doing
Songs with footballers in their titles🕸
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
This rich vein cries out for a poll
― Canon in Deez (silby), Sunday, 25 April 2021 15:05 (three years ago) link
songs in which humans get shredded
― Filibuster Poindexter (Neanderthal), Sunday, 25 April 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
I'll go
Cannibal Corpse - Shredded Humans
The Buoys - "Timothy" (well not shredded, but eaten... close enough)
― European Stupor League (Lee626), Sunday, 25 April 2021 15:41 (three years ago) link
Kesha (still Ke$ha back then) • Cannibal
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
"Leng Tch'e" by Naked City.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 25 April 2021 15:59 (three years ago) link
Songs with footballers in their titles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_for_Pele?wprov=sfla1
― Jurassic parkour (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 25 April 2021 15:59 (three years ago) link