Born to Harangue
7th generation potato famine survivor 💪
I don't know if this has already been discussed, but what the hell kind of a name is prefab sprout???
“McAloon and his brother Martin invented their band’s odd moniker in 1971 after hearing of strangely named bands such as Grand Funk Railroad and Tyrannosaurus Rex (later T. Rex). If ever they had a band, they would call it Prefab Sprout, the McAloon brothers decided. They also considered Grappled Institution, Dry Axe, and Village Bus. “I love our name because I know the naivete it came out of,” Paddy told Rolling Stone.”
Where the name ‘The Smiths’ was a reaction to pretentious band names at the time such as ‘Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’, the McAloon brothers instead decided to embrace the ridiculous and came up with a nonsensical name of their own when they were children (at about the ages of 9 and 13). Do people honestly care about the name, though?! Not taking a band seriously on account of its name isn’t much different to judging a book by its cover. The content is what matters. I’ve yet to see a valid criticism of the band. “Jazzy fluff!”, “breezy elevators!”, “too well produced!”, “weird name!”.