sacrilege

[mmmender]

sacrilege: (noun) a technical and not necessarily intrinsically outrageous violation (as improper reception of a sacrament ) of what is sacred because consecrated to cocteau twins.

"...if there was one thing I could change it would be that name...when we picked it, it was just the name of the band, and people started reading all these things into it." -Robin Guthrie

dare i ask this question?

hypothetical: if you could go back in time and pick any name for this band other than Cocteau Twins, what would you suggest?

ballerina

if you'd like more information on the true source of the name Cocteau Twins, check out this thread (http://www.cocteautwinsforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1170)

[dynamine]

now that's a tough one mmm

'lilly cast'

[Baddy2shoos]

cockatoo twins LOL

[Pale Clouded]

Wouldn't change a thing.

[mmmender]

of course we wouldn't change a thing......but it's just a hypothetical...........c'mon mel, you can do it! ;)

[etc etc]

Haggis Triplets

[mmmender]

Originally posted by etc etc
Haggis Triplets

roflmao
crying

[etc etc]

Mmmender,
Since you've egged me on.......with a nod to Bowie,

Lizzy and the Fried Mars Bars

[Pale Clouded]

Any name I could think of seems inadequate……hmmmm…

Okay how ‘bout Barnacle Bill and the seagulls or White Lightnin’

See what I mean? LOL!

Or we could always go with Liz’s butterfly theme: Silver Spotted Skipper, or Sleepy Orange. I actually used Sleepy Orange for a hypothetical band’s CD cover. Not to good at the name thing I guess...

[Pale Clouded]

Originally posted by etc etc
Mmmender,
Since you've egged me on.......with a nod to Bowie,

Lizzy and the Fried Mars Bars

roflmao

[iceblink555]

Cocteau Triplets?
Grangemouth Trio?
Jacques' Kids?
:dunno:

I think I'm in the same camp as Mel on this one. I can't think of them as anything other than the "Cocteau Twins", not even hypothetically.

I remember reading an interview of Robin a few years ago, back when he still hadn't come up with a name for Violet Indiana. The interviewer asked something about why it was taking so long, and Robin replied that he [paraphrasing] wanted to get it right this time, that he didn't want to have to endure another horrible name like he did for so many years with "Cocteau Twins"! Surprised me because I don't think I ever read anything about them hating the name while they were still together.

--Alan

[andylama]

Fookin' Great Cream Teas (paraphrased from an interview with RG)

[zed]

..just thinking about it makes all the neurons in my brain stop cold. my ass tightens up and i get hives.
not to mention a truly heroic adrenaline dump.


Z.:eek:

[iceblink555]

Originally posted by andylama
Fookin' Great Cream Teas (paraphrased from an interview with RG)

Wait a minute...

FGCT?! --as in Fraser Guthrie Cocteau Twins!

--Alan
np: The Crystal Method - keep hope alive

[Rad]

I was gonna say the Cocteau Triplets dammit... Then maybe the famous CocTAIL.... bah...whatever

[Lucibelle]

Unintellegible Masters of the Chorus Effect

[andylama]

Originally posted by iceblink555
Wait a minute...

FGCT?! --as in Fraser Guthrie Cocteau Twins!



Ooh! Spooky! Hadn't even thought of that!

(shudder)

[andylama]

Originally posted by Lucibelle
Unintellegible Masters of the Chorus Effect

I like it.

[Rad]

By the way... HAS anyone heard why CT hated their name??? I think it's perfect! So what if it's a song name!

[watchlar]

The Dolphin Chronicles
roflmao

damn where the hell is E-LO!!!!!! I need him to laugh at my bad jokes *sigh*

[fredofla]

the fey fairy and frou frou frolics

[iceblink555]

Originally posted by Lucibelle
Unintellegible Masters of the Chorus Effect

I kinda like this one too.

Debut album:

"UMCE - pronounced Ummm, see?"

--Alan
np: Lynyrd Skynyrd - freebird

[simon alexander]

The Grangemouth Gobdroppers *

* 'Gob': vulgar Anglo-British term referring to oral cavity, hence 'gobdropper' = 'jaw dropper', i.e. totally astounding/amazing phenomenon.

Move over Ivo - I think it would have been a stormer!

[Lucibelle]

Originally posted by Radagast
So what if it's a song name!
Is it?? I've heard the song, but never knew the name of it.

[Lucibelle]

A recent thread got me wondering...what would Cocteau Twins be if it had not been for a fateful hearing of a Simple Minds song? :dunno:


If you had to think of a name, and Cocteau Twins was not an option, what would it be?

[Sean_Montgomery]

If they'd started the band a couple of Simple Minds albums later, maybe it could have been 'Someone, Somewhere In Summertime'. Or 'Glittering Prize.'

How about RES? (Robin-Elizabeth-Simon)

Or 'A Vocalist, Bassist, and Many Effects Pedals'

Or 'Straight Outta Grangemouth'

[dprid]

Lesbian Rabbi

[mmmender]

Originally posted by Lucibelle
A recent thread got me wondering...what would Cocteau Twins be if it had not been for a fateful hearing of a Simple Minds song? :dunno:


If you had to think of a name, and Cocteau Twins was not an option, what would it be?

steph........see this thread from last summer.......

http://www.cocteautwinsforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2889

maybe we should merge them?

[Lucibelle]

D'oh! Not enough brain cells left in the ol' memory bank, I guess. ;)

[paulr]

They would have taken inspiration from the wondrous locality of Grangemouth.......

and promptly disbanded !!

[grnfaerie]

my three squaws

well, that's what their SF backstage passes said anyway.

[dynamine]

Originally posted by grnfaerie
my three squaws

:clap:
now we're talkin'.

[Dewayne]

Omega and the Mechanical Animals

[willy]

Haircut 300

[willy]

The Cock Toad Wince

[Baba O'Reilly]

Les Jumeaux de Cocteau

[JohnnyV]

Scots on the Run

Flock of Scots

Scots of Flock

A Scot Called Wanda

Hitchcock's Cameo

Vertigo

[Funkjedi]

TWO-COCK TRIPLETS

[kookaburra]

Is this another one of those popular threads?

It's really doing just about nothing for me.

[E-Lo]

Originally posted by mmmender
If you could go back in time and pick any name for this band other than Cocteau Twins, what would you suggest?
SUMMER-BLING-BLING