Brother Paul TBO suggested a thread on the above subject. I have the following to contribute:
I've personally never been in a band whose name I thought was funny (always felt I had missed something there...). However, my 17 year old son has, for 3 years, been part of a band with an odd and (I think) clever name.
The band's name is I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel.... This name is certainly NOT typical of the way we generally use use words to name a band. That makes life a bit confusing as people often do not get that the words they heard refer to a band. In practice, using the name sort of insists on a discussion. My son and his colleagues have not often wavered from their (straightfaced) insistence that people get the name straight in print, etc. They don't often concede to requests to shorten, abbreviate or change the name (IALDAR was tried once, but was generally observed to be no fun at all). The band's name is like a running joke, with predictable conversations that recur as the unwary become indoctrinated.
It is also very clear to my son and his friends that the wider world of commercial music will probably prove unwilling to accomodate the band's awkward name. But I think that's less important to them than the fact that the joke has been fun so far...
For those who care: I'm a loner, Dottie - a rebel. is a recurring line in dialog from the closet-classic movie, PeeWee's Big Adventure (starring the equally odd Paul Reubens). If you have never seen it, I highly recommend the movie. For those who have, I won't explain - just recall that Dottie is PeeWee's girlfriend.
Bill
