Artist names you're unsure of how to pronounce

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  1. mrbobdobalina

    mrbobdobalina Forum Resident

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    I'm not talking about Stevie Nicks. It's Styx. Or Stynx. Stinks. I'm sure Ms Nicks smells lovely. Her music, on the other hand....
     
    mrbobdobalina, Nov 11, 2018
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  2. Luckless Pedestrian

    Luckless Pedestrian Forum Resident

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    The Louvin Brothers. LOW-vin or LOO-vin?
     
    Luckless Pedestrian, Nov 11, 2018
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  3. Stone Turntable

    Stone Turntable Independent Head

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    New Mexico USA
    Tomb Junes
     
    Stone Turntable, Nov 11, 2018
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  4. bodine

    bodine Senior Member

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    That’ll do. Thx
     
    bodine, Nov 11, 2018
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  5. Maggie

    Maggie like a walking, talking art show

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    The latter.
     
    Maggie, Nov 11, 2018
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  6. wayneklein

    wayneklein Forum Fool

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    I agree (although my brothers and on the radio they said Daveez) but it does make me laugh that Dave and Ray can't even agree on that!
     
    wayneklein, Nov 11, 2018
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  7. warewolf95

    warewolf95 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Wow - I totally forgot I made this thread and it's up to 32 flippin pages!
    :)
     
    warewolf95, Nov 11, 2018
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  8. wayneklein

    wayneklein Forum Fool

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    I figured out how to pronounce just by break it down (and was right for a change) but Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears must have had a dickens of a time with some folks...
     
    wayneklein, Nov 11, 2018
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  9. dajokr

    dajokr Classical "Mega" Box Set Collector

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    Is it ‘Eagles’, or ‘The Eagles’?

    :hide:
     
    dajokr, Nov 11, 2018
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  10. Oatsdad

    Oatsdad Oat, Biscuits, Abbie & Mitzi: Best Dogs Ever

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    Alexandria VA
    It's "The Iggles"! :D
     
    Oatsdad, Nov 11, 2018
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  11. Suncola

    Suncola Possibilities

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    I've heard Arista Records pronounced two ways:

    "AIR-ista", and "uh-RISS-ta".

    Which is correct?
     
    Suncola, May 5, 2019
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  12. AlmanacZinger

    AlmanacZinger Zingin'

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    Fugazi.
     
    AlmanacZinger, May 5, 2019
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  13. AlmanacZinger

    AlmanacZinger Zingin'

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    Eagles. But the band themselves don't even stay consistent.
     
    AlmanacZinger, May 5, 2019
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  14. Fender Relic

    Fender Relic Forum Resident

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    :shrug: or, Ar-is-ta
     
    Fender Relic, May 5, 2019
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  15. B. Bu Po

    B. Bu Po Senior Member

    It's the former.
     
    B. Bu Po, May 5, 2019
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  16. california_roll

    california_roll Memento Mori

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    I think I pronounce it right but for some reason, ever since I was a kid, I'm fearful of tripping on a syllable and messing up when I utter "Lynyrd Skynyrd".

    Same with Dmitri Shostakovich.
     
    california_roll, May 5, 2019
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  17. Laineycrusoe

    Laineycrusoe Forum Resident

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    Paul Leka.
     
    Laineycrusoe, May 5, 2019
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  18. Sear

    Sear Dad rocker

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    Tarragona (Spain)
    Ramones
     
    Sear, May 5, 2019
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  19. NorthNY Mark

    NorthNY Mark Senior Member

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    Canton, NY, USA
    In US English, it's just two syllables, emphasis on the second: Ruh-MOANS
     
    NorthNY Mark, May 5, 2019
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  20. bob_32_116

    bob_32_116 Forum Flaneur

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    I think people still speak in hushed tones about the Australian female presenter of a TV variety show who dropped a clanger by pronouncing the name of the band Duran Duran as "durren durren", with the short "u" sound as in "current".

    I have also heard people who don't know better pronounce Bob Dylan's last name as "dye-lan", rhyming with "nylon".
     
    bob_32_116, May 5, 2019
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  21. Sear

    Sear Dad rocker

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    Tarragona (Spain)
    I've said all my life RA-MO-NES
    RA
    MO
    NES
     
    Sear, May 5, 2019
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  22. NorthNY Mark

    NorthNY Mark Senior Member

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    I figured that, when I saw that you were posting from Spain. In English, an E following a consonant at the end of a word usually is silent, and makes the previous vowel long, as in the case with the name Ramone (pronounced Ruh-Moan). The S at the end just makes it plural (and is pronounced more like a Z than a hard S).
     
    NorthNY Mark, May 5, 2019
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  23. guppy270

    guppy270 Forum Resident

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    Levittown, NY
    Bruce Cockburn :)
     
    guppy270, May 5, 2019
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  24. Sear

    Sear Dad rocker

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    Tarragona (Spain)
    U2.
    I never say YOU TOO
    I say

    UDOS
     
    Sear, May 5, 2019
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  25. Markyp

    Markyp Forum Resident

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    Louth

    About 6 mins 30 in.
     
    Markyp, May 5, 2019
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