> Heh. If I'd known it was going to get blogged, I would have put more than > a couple of minutes into it. Probably added something about the cosmic > microwave background spectrum curve...
>>>>>>>> It seems to be completely arbitrary. There is a possibility that >>>>>>>> they >>>>>>>> don't bother with anything under $50, but this is just a tentative >>>>>>>> hypothesis. >>>>>>> "Tentative Hypothesis" would be a great name for a rock band. >>>>>> Who open for "Scientific Method". >>>>> I was in a band called The Rhythm Method [1] >>>> Also known as the Mothers?
>>> Heh. Some people called us *something* like that :-)
>> Well, that's what "The Mothers" was actually short for, until their >> record company made them change it.
> I thought they were "The Mothers of Invention"?
That's what the record company changed it ("Mothers") *to*.
>>>>>>>>> It seems to be completely arbitrary. There is a possibility that >>>>>>>>> they >>>>>>>>> don't bother with anything under $50, but this is just a tentative >>>>>>>>> hypothesis. >>>>>>>> "Tentative Hypothesis" would be a great name for a rock band. >>>>>>> Who open for "Scientific Method". >>>>>> I was in a band called The Rhythm Method [1] >>>>> Also known as the Mothers? >>>> Heh. Some people called us *something* like that :-)
>>> Well, that's what "The Mothers" was actually short for, until their >>> record company made them change it.
>> I thought they were "The Mothers of Invention"?
> That's what the record company changed it ("Mothers") *to*.
And the extra meaning was just a happy coincidence?
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>>>>>>>>>> It seems to be completely arbitrary. There is a possibility that >>>>>>>>>> they >>>>>>>>>> don't bother with anything under $50, but this is just a >>>>>>>>>> tentative >>>>>>>>>> hypothesis. >>>>>>>>> "Tentative Hypothesis" would be a great name for a rock band. >>>>>>>> Who open for "Scientific Method". >>>>>>> I was in a band called The Rhythm Method [1] >>>>>> Also known as the Mothers? >>>>> Heh. Some people called us *something* like that :-)
>>>> Well, that's what "The Mothers" was actually short for, until their >>>> record company made them change it.
>>> I thought they were "The Mothers of Invention"?
>> That's what the record company changed it ("Mothers") *to*.
> And the extra meaning was just a happy coincidence?
The band refered to themselves as "The Motherfsckers", because "motherfscker" was slang (at least amongst musicians in L.A.) for "damn good musician".
They shortened it to "The Mothers" for public consumption.
When they signed to their record company (Verve/MGM), the company insisted that they changed it to "The Mothers Of Invention" to try to avoid the association.
>>>>>>>>>>> It seems to be completely arbitrary. There is a possibility that >>>>>>>>>>> they >>>>>>>>>>> don't bother with anything under $50, but this is just a >>>>>>>>>>> tentative >>>>>>>>>>> hypothesis. >>>>>>>>>> "Tentative Hypothesis" would be a great name for a rock band. >>>>>>>>> Who open for "Scientific Method". >>>>>>>> I was in a band called The Rhythm Method [1] >>>>>>> Also known as the Mothers? >>>>>> Heh. Some people called us *something* like that :-)
>>>>> Well, that's what "The Mothers" was actually short for, until their >>>>> record company made them change it.
>>>> I thought they were "The Mothers of Invention"?
>>> That's what the record company changed it ("Mothers") *to*.
>> And the extra meaning was just a happy coincidence?
> The band refered to themselves as "The Motherfsckers", because > "motherfscker" was slang (at least amongst musicians in L.A.) for "damn > good musician".
> They shortened it to "The Mothers" for public consumption.
> When they signed to their record company (Verve/MGM), the company > insisted that they changed it to "The Mothers Of Invention" to try to > avoid the association.
Yes. I meant the reference to a back-up band being a necessity.
-- Lesley Weston
The addy above is real, but I won't see anything posted to it for a long time. To reach me, use leswes att shaw dott ca, adjusting as necessary.
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