What the fuck kind of band name is "Man Man" anyway?

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Seriously. This repeated word shit has got to stop.

― darin (darin), Friday, 12 May 2006 15:44 (twenty years ago)

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― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 12 May 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

What about pairs of synonyms? Man Man could be Shit Crap.

― lf (lfam), Friday, 12 May 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

I kinda like Shit Crap, though it doesn't have the ring of Shit Robot or Shit in Your Bed.

Man Man blow anyway. Least it's not Portugal. The Man . Now THAT is a bad name for a band.

― trees (treesessplode), Friday, 12 May 2006 16:17 (twenty years ago)

I think Man Man comes from a line from New Kingdom's "Front Man"..."I ain't a front man...I ain't no front man...I'm just a man man...I'm just a man man"...anybody with me on this?

Portugal The Man is a better name than Volcano The Bear...

speaking of bad names, TT The Bear's is a bad name for a club...

― hank (hank s), Friday, 12 May 2006 16:35 (twenty years ago)

"Portugal The Man" is not a terrible band name.

"Portugal. The Man" is.

do you see the distinction

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Friday, 12 May 2006 16:38 (twenty years ago)

"Tapes n' Tapes" is another offender. They can rip off the Pixies all they want, but I'll never get past that name.

― darin (darin), Friday, 12 May 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Man Man blow anyway. Least it's not Portugal. The Man . Now THAT is a bad name for a band.

I like both of these bands. Also Manowar and Man or Astroman?

― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:07 (twenty years ago)

man man was the name of some crazed old guy who painted these crazy painting of three nuns and was obsessed with swastikas was it not?? seem to remember him on much west oh so many years ago being interviewed by terry david mulligan.

― gwolfcow, Friday, 12 May 2006 17:17 (twenty years ago)

Maybe they just need to jam with The The.

― honorary joy division roadie (Bimble...), Friday, 12 May 2006 18:39 (twenty years ago)

I think they chose "Man Man" 'cause they thought it was stupid. Read that somewhere...

― bendy (bendy), Friday, 12 May 2006 18:49 (twenty years ago)

The New Kingdom theory actually manages to make the name cool!

― Makrugaik (makrugaik), Friday, 12 May 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)

>chose "Man Man" 'cause they thought it was stupid<

Did Tapes 'n' Tapes choose Tapes 'n' Tapes because it was stupid, too? Because it is even more stupid. But I wouldn't have guessed that they chose it because it was stupid (whereas I would have guessed that Man Man chose Man Man because it is stupid). Which actually makes it more stupid, but not funny stupid like Man Man is funny stupid. If Tapes 'n' Tapes chose Tapes 'n' Tapes as a funny stupid name, though, it is, IMHO, a funnier funny stupid name than Man Man.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 12 May 2006 21:36 (twenty years ago)

i figured it was a bark psychosis reference.

― keyth (keyth), Saturday, 13 May 2006 02:43 (twenty years ago)

So So Many White White Tigers to thread.

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Saturday, 13 May 2006 03:12 (twenty years ago)

I think Tapes N' Tapes is a great name. I have boxfulls of random cassettes. Half of them aren't even stacked correctly.

― honorary joy division roadie (Bimble...), Saturday, 13 May 2006 03:19 (twenty years ago)

man man and tapes 'n' tapes are both great names, I think! And I haven't heard a note from either of them.

― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Saturday, 13 May 2006 04:17 (twenty years ago)

oh, and the name Man Man always makes me think of Person Man from They Might Be Giants' "Particle Man".

― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Saturday, 13 May 2006 04:18 (twenty years ago)

Aaron, may your first daughter marry a man named Taint Taint.

― darin (darin), Saturday, 13 May 2006 06:24 (twenty years ago)

It makes me think of Bat-Bat from the New Adventures of Mighty Mouse. I believe he used to ride around in the Manmobile, which was a big blob of flesh with legs.
God bless you, Ralph Bakshi.

― eyeless in gazza (Phil A), Saturday, 13 May 2006 07:23 (twenty years ago)

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/4579/manmobile3fw.jpg

― eyeless in gazza (Phil A), Saturday, 13 May 2006 07:27 (twenty years ago)

did they really show that cartoon to children? 'cause that car looks like gigantic dick.

― mts (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 13 May 2006 14:05 (twenty years ago)

How about The Gris Gris?

I guess they (I imagine) took theri name from the Dr. John album.

― Jacobo Rock (jacobo rock), Saturday, 13 May 2006 15:49 (twenty years ago)

Manwoman

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Saturday, 13 May 2006 16:06 (twenty years ago)

Colin, the Guy Mann-Dude invocation is doing my head in.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 13 May 2006 16:08 (twenty years ago)

http://www.wildwaystudio.com/images/Soap/man.jpg

― maria and whiney's gif parade, Saturday, 13 May 2006 16:57 (twenty years ago)

There's a band I know here in London called Forms Forms Forms. That's taking it to the next level, I think.

― Steve Goldberg (Steve Goldberg), Saturday, 13 May 2006 17:54 (twenty years ago)

i was in a band called $$$ ["cash cash cash"]. but we were just doing it for a laugh.

― mts (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 13 May 2006 18:08 (twenty years ago)

Was it a chik chik chik cover band

― Chris Bee (Cee Bee), Saturday, 13 May 2006 18:16 (twenty years ago)

Duran Duran
Duran Duran Duran

― pinder (pinder), Saturday, 13 May 2006 18:29 (twenty years ago)

Duran Duran Duran is a friend o' mine

― Chris Bee (Cee Bee), Saturday, 13 May 2006 19:13 (twenty years ago)

Forms Forms Forms is a decent name.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 13 May 2006 19:49 (twenty years ago)

So So Many White White Tigers to thread.
-- Baked Bean Teeth

I love this band. Lately they've been calling themselves The White Tigers, is this a name change or shorthand?

― registered ratty (registered ratty), Saturday, 13 May 2006 20:09 (twenty years ago)

That guy with the tattoos is far, far too creepy.

― honorary joy division roadie (Bimble...), Saturday, 13 May 2006 20:21 (twenty years ago)

did they really show that cartoon to children? 'cause that car looks like gigantic dick

Ha! Given that it was Bakshi, I think that may've been the point. Some of the stuff they got away with seems a little surprising now, not least all the thinly-veiled references to gayness. It was a forerunner of Ren & Stimpy in that respect.

― eyeless in gazza (Phil A), Saturday, 13 May 2006 22:33 (twenty years ago)

cos it was actually by Kricfalusi innit (Bakshi was producer)

― kit brash (kit brash), Sunday, 14 May 2006 02:10 (twenty years ago)

I like both of these bands.

I know nothing about Portugal. The Man. It's definitely safe to say that hating a band name does not necessarily mean hating a band. I've been listening to the Shit Robot single a lot recently, for example.

Finally, I have never heard them, but So So Many White White Tigers is THE BEST NAME FOR A BAND EVER. Anyone hating on that is silly.

― trees (treesessplode), Sunday, 14 May 2006 04:46 (twenty years ago)

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