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Old 22-03-2010, 18:45
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For example...'Cocteau Twins'. Also, apparently, 'Carpenters'.

Any other offers (the less obscure the better)?
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Old 22-03-2010, 18:54
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Editors - it's amazing how often I see them referred to as The Editors. Repeat after me - it's Editors.
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Old 22-03-2010, 18:55
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Fans of The Sisters of Mercy tend to get a bit upset about this
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Old 22-03-2010, 18:55
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Pet Shop Boys is all I can think of atm. I'll be back with more.
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Old 22-03-2010, 18:58
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Small Faces - I've been guilty of calling them The Small Faces. I guess it's just a habit what with all the other 60's bands like The Beatles, The Kinks, The Zombies, The Who, The Rolling Stones etc.
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Old 22-03-2010, 19:06
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Bangles was another one.

Biggest casualty though was obviously that poor group The
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Old 22-03-2010, 19:38
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The All Saints used to particularly annoy me.
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Old 22-03-2010, 19:48
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In their heyday The Jesus and Mary Chain were nearly always referred to as Jesus and The Mary Chain.
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Old 22-03-2010, 19:50
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The All Saints used to particularly annoy me.
I agree, aside from 'Black Coffee' their output was dire
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Old 22-03-2010, 19:55
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As soon as I saw this thread I thought of Cocteau Twins. Other than that... Delays? (hope that's not too obscure)

For the record though, I think both of them would sound better with the definitive article....
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Old 22-03-2010, 20:23
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Pet Shop Boys is all I can think of atm. I'll be back with more.
Was going to say that Thing is it sounds right when you say " I really like the Pet Shop Boys"
Doves is the best I can think of at the moment.
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Old 22-03-2010, 20:56
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Was going to say that Thing is it sounds right when you say " I really like the Pet Shop Boys"
Doves is the best I can think of at the moment.
Yea if you say "I like Pet Shop Boys" it sounds like you mean in general, just people who work in a pet shop
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Old 22-03-2010, 21:25
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As soon as I saw this thread I thought of Cocteau Twins. Other than that... Delays? (hope that's not too obscure)

For the record though, I think both of them would sound better with the definitive article....
I thought of them as well. They don't help the cause by having their official website as thedelays.co.uk
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Old 22-03-2010, 21:53
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Scissor Sisters are often, wrongly, called The Scissor Sisters...
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Old 22-03-2010, 22:06
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"The Counting Crows" was a funny one.
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Old 22-03-2010, 22:08
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Old 22-03-2010, 22:12
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Eurythmics
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Old 22-03-2010, 22:29
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Seems common when a band has an "s" at the end, as if they are plural.

One thing I never know is do you refer to bands... would you say "Yeah Yeah Yeahs are great" or "Yeah Yeah Yeahs is great". I.e. the band as a whole is singular (is), but a band is a collection of people (are).

There's another ones... Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Old 22-03-2010, 22:31
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Seems common when a band has an "s" at the end, as if they are plural.

One thing I never know is do you refer to bands... would you say "Yeah Yeah Yeahs are great" or "Yeah Yeah Yeahs is great". I.e. the band as a whole is singular (is), but a band is a collection of people (are).

There's another ones... Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I'd personally say "are" seeing as there's more than one of them whether it be a duo, group or brass band/orchestra.
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Old 22-03-2010, 22:44
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The Spice Girls Technically, they are just "Spice Girls"
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Old 22-03-2010, 23:35
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Fleet Foxes. Apparently it annoys them quite a bit, too.
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Old 22-03-2010, 23:48
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Levellers used to get it quite a lot as well.
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Old 23-03-2010, 00:34
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Okay, am I being stupid, or could these things be the instead of The?
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Old 23-03-2010, 09:51
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Jimmy Carr referred to Pink Floyd as The Pink Floyd at their one-off comeback gig.
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Old 23-03-2010, 11:21
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Seems common when a band has an "s" at the end, as if they are plural.

One thing I never know is do you refer to bands... would you say "Yeah Yeah Yeahs are great" or "Yeah Yeah Yeahs is great". I.e. the band as a whole is singular (is), but a band is a collection of people (are).

There's another ones... Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I'd say are as I always think of a band as being a group of people. It seems to be more of an American thing to refer to a band in the singular.
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