Okay, you young folks,gather round, and let Uncle Brendan share some wisdom with you. See, here's the deal. There are band names, and then there are album names. The Rolling Stones, for example, is a band name. Goat's Head Soup is an album name.
The White Stripes is a band name. Get Behind Me Satan is an album name. I could go on, but I think you've got the idea.
No, actually, I don't think you've got the idea, because a number of your bands appear to be confused on this point. I just clicked on the old myspace account and was confronted by an ad for a concert by a band called "Cute is What We Aim For."
That's fine and dandy, fellers, and I hope you hit what you aim for, but the problem is that you aimed for a band name and what you hit was an album name. One of the opening acts is called "A Rocket To the Moon." Total album name. You may not know this, youngsters, but the Ramones once had an album called Rocket To Russia.
For about 5 minutes, the local alternative station was playing songs by a band called "Does It Offend You? Yeah". Yeah, what offends me is that your band has an album name.
"Clap Your Hands Say Yeah"-- album name. "Death Cab For Cutie"-- album name.
There has never been a good band in the history of the world with a name that contained more than three words. And yes, I'm counting "the". (Exception allowed for "____________ and the __________" names, such as Zombina and the Skeletones or Ko and the Knockouts or Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.)
So listen up, you young whippersnappers! No more album names for band names! Band names for band names, album names for albums! I have spoken!
That is all.
