Sin Agog
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 14:31
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Oh and I once got into a sorta mini-argument with Nik Turner over David Bowie's surname. I said, if he didn't want it pronounced Ow!-ee then why would he have named his son Zowie?
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billding68
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 14:34
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Sin Agog wrote: Hol' up! What's tricky about The Flying Lizards? (Apologies in advance if you have a cleft lip or a speech impediment).
I've heard it pronounced lisaards were iwoud say it lizards as it's spelled without the long a ( ah )
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Andfurthermoreagain
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 14:36
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Sin Agog wrote: Oh and I once got into a sorta mini-argument with Nik Turner over David Bowie's surname. I said, if he didn't want it pronounced Ow!-ee then why would he have named his son Zowie?
Ha, this is a long running argument which was indeed further exacerbated by the aforementioned Zowie (whom most assumed to be the same as the Mothers' Wowie Zowie), however Bowie has insisted it was to be pronounced as in 'Zoe'. I think Zowie himself pronounces it 'Duncan' :-).
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Sin Agog
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 14:40
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Sounds like you've been the victim of English regional accents.
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Sin Agog
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 14:43
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It seems weird that he'd take a snazzy showbiz name like Bowie (!!!) and drearify the pronunciation to the point where he may as well have stuck with Jones.
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Andfurthermoreagain
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Edited Feb 12, 2015, 15:09
Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 14:56
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Sin Agog wrote: It seems weird that he'd take a snazzy showbiz name like Bowie (!!!) and drearify the pronunciation to the point where he may as well have stuck with Jones.
True. Does anyone actually know why he adopted the name Bowie (not the reason for the change which is well documented but the actual reason for the name?)
I've never read anything to confirm it but my own personal theory is that during David's mod scene years there was a RnB band doing the rounds at the time called The Wild Ones who released a modsploitational single called "Bowie Man"* b/w The Purple Pill Eaters (har har har, what fun). I always wondered if he got his name from that record (or if at least his attention was initially drawn to the knife by it).
*incidentally they sing 'Bo-whay' (rhyming lyrically with 'the next day**') which is probably significant of nothing at all :-)
**maybe David is re-referencing this record again for his last album title. Maybe it's all one big chain of clues, who knows, all I can say for sure is that the walrus was Paul.......
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Fatalist
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Edited Feb 12, 2015, 15:32
Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 15:31
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Andfurthermoreagain wrote: Sin Agog wrote: It seems weird that he'd take a snazzy showbiz name like Bowie (!!!) and drearify the pronunciation to the point where he may as well have stuck with Jones.
True. Does anyone actually know why he adopted the name Bowie (not the reason for the change which is well documented but the actual reason for the name?)
I've never read anything to confirm it but my own personal theory is that during David's mod scene years there was a RnB band doing the rounds at the time called The Wild Ones who released a modsploitational single called "Bowie Man"* b/w The Purple Pill Eaters (har har har, what fun). I always wondered if he got his name from that record (or if at least his attention was initially drawn to the knife by it).
*incidentally they sing 'Bo-whay' (rhyming lyrically with 'the next day**') which is probably significant of nothing at all :-)
**maybe David is re-referencing this record again for his last album title. Maybe it's all one big chain of clues, who knows, all I can say for sure is that the walrus was Paul.......
Something to do with Mick Jagger I think -http://www.feelnumb.com/2009/12/08/david-bowie-named-himself-after-an-american-knife/
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Stevo
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 15:50
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Isn't the knife and the surname it came from more booh-ie though the h is silent?
& IO don't think I've ever heard David's surname pronounced like that.
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Citizensmurf
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 16:34
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Squid Tempest wrote: I'm still not sure about Sunn O))) or Sigur Ros. Can anyone help?
I believe with Sunn O))), you just elongate the n sound for 20 minutes, varying the pitch every few minutes.
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Citizensmurf
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Re: Pronouncing band names wrong
Feb 12, 2015, 16:35
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I love referring to them as Zed Zed Top. Irritates Americans to no end.
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