Was the "Paisley Underground" so called because it was partly inspired by Prince's 'Around the World in a Day''s psyche-pop-rock/60s-retroism?

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If not, what is the origin of the term?

― La Monte (La Monte), Thursday, 12 October 2006 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

no.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 12 October 2006 01:36 (nineteen years ago)

is this thread for real?

― a portal to squee heaven (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 12 October 2006 01:49 (nineteen years ago)

Well underway for at least three or four years prior to Around The World In A Day, duder.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Thursday, 12 October 2006 01:53 (nineteen years ago)

It's said that Michael Quercio of the Three O'Clock coined the term.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 12 October 2006 01:55 (nineteen years ago)

This thread makes me want to listen to the Dream Syndicate. Steve Wynn totally ripped off Prince.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Thursday, 12 October 2006 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

"Emergency Third Rail Power Trip" was going to be the original title of 1999, but the Rain Parade beat Prince to it.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Thursday, 12 October 2006 02:01 (nineteen years ago)

It was Morrisey's oversized paisley shirts that got them both going, IIRC.

― bendy (bendy), Thursday, 12 October 2006 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

and don't get me started on 'manic monday'

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Thursday, 12 October 2006 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

it's because kendra smith wore paisley underwear.

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Thursday, 12 October 2006 04:08 (nineteen years ago)

i'd like to see Paisley (Rev. Ian) underground, amirite?

― timmy tannin (pompous), Thursday, 12 October 2006 04:13 (nineteen years ago)

As other posters have pointed out, the Paisley Underground was around way before.

Another important point is that "Around The World In One Day" was considered sort of a failure at the time, and hardly influenced much music at all.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 12 October 2006 07:02 (nineteen years ago)

Paisley = 1960s, that's the origin of the term.

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 12 October 2006 11:43 (nineteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_Underground

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 12 October 2006 11:44 (nineteen years ago)

This is why Paisley = 1960s by the way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley_pattern

― everything (everything), Thursday, 12 October 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.hendrixguitars.com/Images/BRAD%20PAISLEY.jpg

― everything (everything), Thursday, 12 October 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

I always took the name as a cross between the Velvet Underground and psychedelia - which sums up "Tell Me When It's Over" or "What She's Done To Your Mind" quite well.

That Wikipedia entry makes the Paisley Underground scene to be bigger than it really was. I always thought of it as an exclusively Californian thing consisting mostly of the folks on the Rainy Day album, with a few satellite bands like Game Theory and True West. House of Freaks were neither paisley nor all that underground.

― mike a (mike a), Thursday, 12 October 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

in fact, Prince was a big fan of The Three O'Clock, and probably was inspired by them to start throwing around the word "paisley"...

― hank (hank s), Thursday, 12 October 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

remember when Garth Brooks was in the Paisley Underground?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 12 October 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

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