Public Perception of Bands

[Rarebird]

to continue the confusion, germany/-ia in its native language is actually called deutschland. both mutually admire their prog bands and soccer teams ;-)>

I'm a bit mad, I suppose, I admire German bands, not only prog and I often hope a German soccer team wins.

[Rune Blackwings]

Where do they speak Dutch then??? Dutchland???

Pennsylvania

[Rune Blackwings]

Yea, I know...I'm just continuing the joke of getting names wrong

I know

that's why I said "canadia" as well

we all know that place up north is called "hockeyland"

[PeterG]

Don't you mean Hockeylandia

[PeterG]

Pennsylvania

Actually not. The Pennsylvania "Dutch" are German, it was the American mispronunciation of Deutsch that led to them being called Dutch.

[rcarlberg]

Actually not. The Pennsylvania "Dutch" are German, it was the American mispronunciation of Deutsch that led to them being called Dutch.

I find it interesting that Afrikaans is essentially Dutch.

[JKL2000]

Remove your smart brains from audiophile mode and pretend you are the average consumer. How well would you know bands and their members? What is the "average public perception" that constitutes how the public sees them?

For example: The Beatles are one of the few bands where the general public could identify the name of all its band members: John, Paul, Ringo, and George

In the USA, Trailing them by a loooong distant margin would be KISS: back in their hey-dey, the general public could probably identify all four members.....and trailing waaaaay behind them, its possible that a good bulk of persons had heard the names of all four members of Motley Crue

But when I talk to folks over the years, its amazing how many people identify bands like this:

Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Bonzo, the Other Guy
Queen: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, the other two guys
Heart: Ann and Nancy Wilson, three other guys
Jethro Tull: Jethro Tull? I don't like him
Toto: ???


Dont ask me why I just thought about this

I could only recognize and name one member of Kiss. I mean, I know there's the star guy, cat guy, and what...I forget the 4th. And Gene Simmons, who's supposed to be a bat or something.

I do know the names Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, but don't know which is which at all.