Yet another "How old are you?" thread

[Paul Farquhar]

The Thompson Twins (Thompson and Thompson

That would be Thomson and Thompson, actually. The joke is in the spelling, they aren’t actually twins.

Also, Tintin, not TinTin.

 

[R_J_K75]

RacerX from Speed Racer but I don't know the band, TinTin I know of the classic comic but not the band. The Thompson Twins and Mott the Hoople I know the bands but not the references.

Without Googling I think Steve Morse was in RacerX and Mott the Hoople wrote "All the Young Dudes" but David Bowie and Bruce Dickinson did versions of it? But no clue on the comic book references either.

You'd be surprised how some bands got their name. Jimmy Page was talking with a few people about putting together a super-group when Keith Moon chimed in, "That'll go over like a Lead Zeppelin". Shortly after Led Zeppelin I was released they got sued by the German Zeppelin family, and had to pay them to use their name.

A friend of mine started a band and needed a name, so he opened a phone book (remember those?), pointed and the last name was Rockwood, so there you have it and "Rockwood" was born.

 

[R_J_K75]

Mott the Hoople (novel) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

@Ryujin had it almost right, but missed an intervening step. The band got their name from Manus's novel title. But THAT was in turn a reference to "Martha Hoople" (as mentioned above).

I was close, I think? Bowie did a version, but I remember hearing it way before 1994, I'm confused was that Mott the Hoople doing their best Bowie impression. Bruce Dickinson covered it in 1990 on Tattooed Millionaire, and I know I heard Bowies version of it before that. But according to Wikipedia it wasnt released until 1994.

All the Young Dudes - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

BONUS POINTS: Bruce Dickinsons' record Tattooed Millionaire was named while divorcing his wife after finding out she was sleeping with Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr...AKA Nikki Sixx. Bruce made a comment something to the effect of disassociating himself from the LA glam rock party lifestyle, I'm paraphrasing, "I don't ever want to be a Tattooed Millionaire".

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Another day older and deeper in debt ...

 

[R_J_K75]

Another day older and deeper in debt ...

15 miles down the Erie Canal

When I worked at General Mills in Buffalo NY, they were doing an install in the basement. An engineer used to go down and check the site out on his lunch break and noticed an old bottle and some rusty nails. Next thing you know the preservation society gets involved, all progress on the project stops until they excavate the entire area because they determined it was an old portion of the Erie Canal. Needless to say, he never lived that one down. That's up there on the list of office faux pas as microwaving fish.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I should have posted this yesterday, but Blue Oyster Cult where originally known as Blistering Blue Barnacles.

 

[Ryujin]

That would be Thomson and Thompson, actually. The joke is in the spelling, they aren’t actually twins.

Also, Tintin, not TinTin.

Oh, the many problems with living it, getting old, and working from memory

 

[R_J_K75]

That would be Thomson and Thompson, actually. The joke is in the spelling, they aren’t actually twins.

@Ryujin

What about Simon & Simon, or Tony! Toni! Toné!, BTW none of them were named Tony, Toni, or Toné; and Simon and Simon was a half-baked, hard boiled network TV show bomb.

 

[R_J_K75]

I should have posted this yesterday, but Blue Oyster Cult where originally known as Blistering Blue Barnacles.

That's a mouthful. Is Godzilla BOC or Deep Purple? I don't think I can name another song by them except Don't Fear the Reaper, sorry, I couldnt resist

 

[Ryujin]

@Ryujin

What about Simon & Simon, or Tony! Toni! Toné!, BTW none of them were named Tony, Toni, or Toné; and Simon and Simon was a half-baked, hard boiled network TV show bomb.

Ever since mentioning Mott the Hoople I've had Ian Hunter's album "You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic" bouncing around my head. I hate how my brain works sometimes. Bloody 60+ years of trivia.

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