Besides, Bono has a last name. It's Vox. Seriously.
One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!
Mal ,'War Stories'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Gandalfe - Apr 14, 2005 11:11:01 am PDT #8135 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
DavidS - Apr 14, 2005 11:22:19 am PDT #8136 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Just a reminder for any Austinites, Bubblegum Music Is The Naked Truth is the theme for the Alamo's show on Monday, April 18th.
Lyra Jane - Apr 14, 2005 11:41:02 am PDT #8137 of 10003
Up with the sun
Besides, Bono has a last name. It's Vox. Seriously.
Yeah, but I think even he realized that looked dorky pretty fast, since it usually only comes up when the name is being explained. The weird variation is when someone decides to call him Bono Hewson, which I've seen a fair number of times in early '80's articles.
(Is Edge the Edge's last name, and The a first name? I have never seen Edge Evans. I guess it's easier to be mononamed if you're a guitarist.)
Hayden - Apr 14, 2005 12:24:49 pm PDT #8138 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Just a reminder for any Austinites, Bubblegum Music Is The Naked Truth is the theme for the Alamo's show on Monday, April 18th.
Sweet.
tina f. - Apr 14, 2005 12:26:37 pm PDT #8139 of 10003
I guess it's easier to be mononamed if you're a guitarist.
When I was putting all my CDs on my iPod I noticed that on the inside sleeve of Boy that Larry Mullen, Jr. is just "Larry." Adam Clayton was the only one who had both first and last name. Guess Larry decided he couldn't pull the mononame off.
Hayden - Apr 14, 2005 12:30:16 pm PDT #8140 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Not without an oh-so-cool name like "Bono" or "The Edge." Perhaps if Larry had called himself "Carlos The Dwarf"...
joe boucher - Apr 14, 2005 12:44:14 pm PDT #8141 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Guess Larry decided he couldn't pull the mononame off.
Maybe he didn't want to be confused with Wild Man Fischer.
DavidS - Apr 14, 2005 12:47:21 pm PDT #8142 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Speaking of one named musicians, I recently got I Am A Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons.
Anybody else heard it yet? I've heard Antony compared to both Jeff Buckley and Nina Simone. Mostly I'm hearing the Nina Simone stylings, if she was a gay white boy with a great voice.
tina f. - Apr 14, 2005 1:07:12 pm PDT #8143 of 10003
Anybody else heard it yet?
I got it off emusic a couple of weeks ago. It is like the second highest rated CD of the year at metacrtic right now. I enjoyed it but I haven't felt the urge to listen to it over and over.
In constant rotation with me at the moment is the new Bright Eyes, the Wrens (who are possibly playing this summer in Chicago), and Archer Prewitt Wilderness.
I wish I liked the new Brendan Benson more, too. I ordered it after re-discovering his second album and the new one is pretty good but I prefer Lapalco.
In other news, I am seeing Iron and Wine next week and am very excited because his new EP is very good. Oh, and did you Mountain Goats fans know that John Darnielle has a blog? It's purty good stuff.
DavidS - Apr 14, 2005 1:28:02 pm PDT #8144 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The song by Anthony I am finding most affecting is "For Today I Am A Boy" which I hear in the context of the included postcard from a child hermaphrodite to his parents at a sexual reassignment clinic, from 1966. (Which I presume is real.) It's such a vulnerable, naked song.