True meanings

[psychocat]

I get the reaction "Uh I didn't really need to know that" when I explain to people the meaning of song titles and group names.
I got it when I told a friend the meaning of Turning Japanese by the Vapors (it's about spanking the monkey) and I also got a similar reaction when I told someone what "Scissor Sisters" means.

Do you folks know of any ?

[stinkyattic]

Steely Dan is not the name of a band member. He was a steam-powered dildo from the book Naked Lunch. And if you go into their discography, you find a LOT of other very odd and obtuse references. The best part of being a Steely Dan fan (the band, not the dildo) is finding these references, because nearly every song has a hidden meaning.

Marshall Tucker was the name of the guy (a piano technician) whose name was on the key to the practice space that the band of that name used.

Jethro Tull invented a seeding device that revolutionized English agriculture. Why a band would use that as a name is beyond me.

[epilepticme]

a wiki page on band name etymologies...
List of band name etymologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_band_name_etymologies)

Iggy Pop â?? real name James Jewel Osterberg.[38] His stage name derives from his first band The Iguanas, where he got the nickname - Iggy of the Iguanas

[Nightcrewman]

The Thompson Twins were not twins at all the three band members took their name from the two incompetent detectives in Herge's Adventures of Tin Tin.

Jethro Tull one of my favourite bands their name is not really all that weird compared to say ....
The Strawberry Alarm Clock or The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band what was that all about :)

Cheers

NCM