Battle of the three letter acronym bands.

[Wat_Tyler]

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. You have EMF but not NIN?

[da_chimperor]

4. Yeah!? Where's NIN?

You got some splainin' to dooooo!

[Wat_Tyler]

5. It's more bands who are referred to mostly by the acronym.

NIN are Nine Inch Nails to me. The only two I let by whose names are abbreviated are ELO and CCR, because no-one ever says Electric Light Orchestra, or Creedence Clearwater Revival.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. Oh, NOW we see the FANCY BACKPEDALING!!!! heh

[Wat_Tyler]

14. A personal specialty.

[da_chimperor]

11. I say Creedence or CCR

I get your point about NIN though, I only refer to them/him as NIN in writing.

[qnr]

21. Technically though, someone, I think it was Fogerty, was vehemently

against people calling them CCR

[da_chimperor]

24. The band is kinda back as CCR though

The other two original members, Doug Clifford and Stu Cook, won the right to use a variation of the name, Creedence Clearwater Revisited. They're not friendly with Fogarty at all. They both basically hate his guts. They've got a guy from The Cars, elliot easton, and two other guys. I've been to a few shows, and they're awesome.

[qnr]

25. Sounds interesting. I'll keep my eyes open n/t

[AntiCoup2K4]

48. Bullshit.

"Creedence" without Fogerty is like "The Beatles" without Lennon & McCartney.

Fogerty wrote every song, sang every song, and played lead guitar on every song. He IS Creedence.

Now having said that, I voted for REM (when they were a 4 man band)

[Kire]

35. I've never heard anyone use CCR in conversation before.

Bring on the NIN!!!!!

[da_chimperor]

2. 4 letters: NOFX

[catbert836]

3. You forgot

ELO and GFR ;-)

[stevedeshazer]

6. J H E

.

[Wat_Tyler]

8. Oh come on.

The John Henry Extravaganza were terrible!

[arcos]

7. and you forgot 3EB also... and DMB...! n/t

[mcscajun]

9. CCR, without a doubt. Who's ABC?

anyway...

[Wat_Tyler]

13. Ahem. (clears throat)

When your world is full of strange arrangements

And gravity won’t pull you through

You know you’re missing out on something

Well that something depends on you

All I’m saying, it takes a lot to love you

All I’m doing, you know it’s true

All I mean now, there’s one thing

Yes one thing that turns this grey sky to blue


That’s the look, that’s the look

The look of love


When your girl has left you out on the pavement (goodbye)

Then your dreams fall apart at the seams

Your reason for living’s your reason for leaving

Don’t ask me what it means


Who’s got the look? I don’t know the answer to that question

Where’s the look? if I knew I would tell you

What’s the look? look for your information

Yes there’s one thing, the one thing that still holds true

(what’s that? )


That’s the look, that’s the look

The look of love


If you judge a book by the cover,

Then you’d judge the look by the lover

I hope you’ll soon recover,

Me I go from one extreme to another


And though my friends just might ask me

They say martin maybe one day you’ll find true love

I say maybe, there must be a solution

To the one thing, the one thing, we can’t find


That’s the look, that’s the look

The look of love

That’s the look, that’s the look

The look of love


That’s the look, that’s the look

Sisters and brothers

Should help each other

Oh, oh, oh

Heavens above

That’s the look, that’s the look, hip hip hooray, ay

That’s the look, that’s the look, yippee ai yippee aiay

That’s the look, that’s the look

Be lucky in love

Look of love

[mcscajun]

23. No help...still don't know.

sorry.

[redqueen]

47. *golf clap*

love that song. :)

[Wat_Tyler]

59. Athangew.

Wonderfully ridiculous video too.

[BamaGirl]

12. BOC and GnR??

hey, I finally have 300 posts lol.

[Zomby Woof]

15. CCR, then ARS

[qnr]

16. Since CCR was considered acceptable, what about ELP? n/t

[MissBrooks]

17. CCR

The classics... yes!

[maveric]

18. ELP. Emerson. Lake & Palmer

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends!

[redqueen]

32. That would be my choice as well.

[eyepaddle]

41. Put me down for ELP

seven virgins and a mule
keep it cool; keep it cool

[AllegroRondo]

66. Great choice

what other band could perform "Pictures at an Exhibition" and keep it that tight?

[qnr]

19. or even CSN

and don't give me that "but... but... there are only ten options available" bit :)

[gmoney]

20. JFA = Jodie Foster's Army

Not the best band, but a good TLA (Three Letter Acronym)

XTC and ABC aren't acronyms, strictly speaking. XTC is more of a homonym for "ecstacy" and ABC never stood for anything but ABC.

XTC was my number 1 choice, with ABC a close second... they just didn't have the staying power...

[mcscajun]

58. Thanks! You answered the question I asked elsewhere in this thread...

...but never got an answer to: Who/What is ABC?

Now I know...kinda. :)

[DBoon]

22. DOA?

eom

[KinkyDem]

31. DRI

I was thinking Dirty Rotten Imbacles

[Beware the Beast Man]

39. or DK, COC, SOD, MOD

and all the other great 3-initial hardcore bands of the 80's!

[redqueen]

40. COC!

I could have used a few more with taste like yours at my HS. :)

[Wickerman]

26. CVB

Camper Van Beethoven - though not really an acronym on the order of REM or XTC.

[IronLionZion]

27. what does REM stand for?

anyone know? :shrug:

[Wat_Tyler]

28. No.

They've given as many different answers over the years, from Rapid Eye Movement to nothing, to Remember Every Moment to Rats Emit Mozzarella. I guess they just liked that particular agglomeration of letters.

[Squatch]

29. REO

Speedwagon?

What in the hell is a Speedwagon?

[no name no slogan]

53. It's an old fire engine (n/t)

[Phillycat]

30. KLF! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wat_Tyler]

60. Is that HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because you like them, or because you feel derision towards their particular brand of techno-nonsensery?

[Phillycat]

61. That would be number two, Alex. In every sense of "number two".

[StopTheMorans]

33. other: ICP (which is short for "Worst Band Ever")

[pres2032]

34. TSO!!!

Can't beat the trans-Siberian Orchestra!!

[eyepaddle]

42. I did vote for ELP

--mainly because I usually refer to TSO as the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, but both are awesome, especially live! :)

[Kire]

36. PiL

John Lydon's other band.

[Wat_Tyler]

38. No.

The Sex Pistols were John Lydon's other band. Public Image Limited were his real band.

Anger is an energy.

[Kire]

50. Put 'em up, put 'em uuuuuup!

Put 'em up, put 'em uuuuuup! Which one of you first? I'll fight ya both together if you want. I'll fight ya with one paw tied behind my back. I'll fight ya standin' on one foot. I'll fight ya with my eyes closed.(To the Tin Woodsman) Oh, pulling an axe on me, hey? (To the Scarecrow) Sneakin' up on me, hey? Why, gnong-gnong!
Tin Man: Here, here. Go away and let us alone!
Lion: Oh, scared, huh? Afraid, huh? (To the Tin Woodsman) How long can you stay fresh in that can? Ha-ha-ha-ha. Come on, get up and fight, ya shivering junkyard. (To the Scarecrow) Put your hands up, ya lopsided bag of hay.
Scarecrow: Now that's getting personal, Lion!
Tin Man: Yes, get up and teach him a lesson.
Scarecrow: What's wrong with you teachin' him?
Tin Man: W-w-w-ell, I hardly know 'im.

[txaslftist]

37. Penny in your pocket....

suitcase in your hand

they won't get you very far

now you're a twenty-first century man...

though you ride on the wings of tomorrow,

you still wander the hills of your sorrow...

Electric Light Orchestra

Geeky disco phantom prophets!!!

rock on.

[ProfessorGAC]

43. I Saw EMF!!!!

They were superb, but here's the kicker! They were the opening act for FOGHAT!!!!

An Italian progressive rock band opening for the sludge rockers, Foghat. I always thought that was a weird combination.
The Professor

[One_Life_To_Give]

44. AWB

What no AWB

[bo44]

45. TOP EWF aka Tower of Power and Earth Wind and Fire

The great funk, soul and r and b groups always get left out in these conversations.

[txaslftist]

46. Someone else voted for ELO!!!

I thought I was their last fan.

[no name no slogan]

56. You and me both

I've been a fan since I was a little kid in the 1970s. Even though I've gone through many different 'phases', I still keep my ELO records and CDs around, just because the production and songs sound so good-- even 30+ years later.

(and by ELO I mean any version with Jeff Lynne in it. Bev Bevan's 'ELO Part II' thingy is an embarrassment.

[trogdor]

65. Even the "one man band" version on the Zoom CD?

It doesn't really suck, but there was nothing you could really point to as a hit single, like Evil Woman or anything.

/digitized my old ELO LP's so I can listen to them in my car's MP3 player.

[motely36]

49. BTO?

Not one of my favorites, but I think they fit the criteria

[Justin54B20L]

51. O.A.R. baby!

http://www.ofarevolution.com

[chaska]

52. Where's my favorite Italian prog rock band, PFM?

[Kire]

54. I want to ask the administrator to force you to put NIN up there...

...but (a) I think I'll get tombstoned, and (b) it's probably too late, now, isn't it?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

55. AWB

[no name no slogan]

57. BTO, ELP, and my favorites CSA

CSA stands for Comsat Angels, one of the greatest and under-rated bands of the 1980s and 90s.

But how could you forget Bachman-Turner Overdrive?

[silverpatronus]

62. no GNR? NIN? n/t

[dolo amber]

63. GbV

Tell 'em, RKz... ;)

[RandomKoolzip]

64. Where's DNA, MDC, or !!!?

Canadial Philistine!