Back when they were both popular, I used to mix up Sheila E. and Sheena Easton.
(Not something I have to worry about much these days.)
Yes! That’s them. Thanks much.
[Ramones Band Member]: Go to hell, you old bastard.
[Mr. Burns]: Smithers, have the Rolling Stones killed.
[Smithers]: Sir, those aren’t –
[Mr. Burns]: Do as I say!
Britpop band Suede had to be billed as The London Suede in the US because of the adult contemporary singer who performed as Suede.
Brand names easily confused for one another
Easy-On and Easy-Off. Which one is the spray starch and which one is the oven cleaner? This could be important to know.
Duz and Zud. Duz Does Everything. But Zud does things Duz doesn’t.
Triumph and Triumvirat
I used to get Slayer and Slaughter mixed up a lot.
Ha, just looking at that made me think of another band and it took me a second to remember because it confused me… Mr. Bangle, Mr. Buggle? No, it’s Mr. Bungle.
Can you name a song recorded by both bands?
I’ll take a WAG and say “Shakin All Over” since I have Live at Leeds on vinyl somewhere.
I know I’m showing my age and a lot of the younge Dopers won’t have the foggiest idea who I’m talking about, but I can remember when Mahogany Rush (later Frank Marino’s Mahogany Rush) was often confused with fellow Canucks, Rush.
That’s the one!
**Cockney Rebel **(critics’ darlings mid-70’s British pop/rock group, fronted by a music journalist) and the Cockney Rejects (critically reviled punk/oi group founded around 1980, adored by skinheads and still active).
I’ve always had a hard time remembering which was the avante garde and which was the punk between The Residents and The Descendents.