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Backspacer....the turtle....album too?

bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
edited June 2009 in The Porch
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Is Backspacer really the name of their new album, or are they just messing around with us?
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    Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    Yes it's the real name. It would be very professional of them to lie to us. And did ya ever think it was name before the turtle race?
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    aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Not that it really matters, but I really don't like the name Backspacer for the album. The name could be Turdburgers and I am sure the music will be great, but Backspacer? All I can picture is that cartoon turtle mascot for the turtle they sponsored. It doesn't seem very rock and roll.
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    einatshauleinatshaul Posts: 2,219
    Backspacer is a Winner!
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    CraneCrane Posts: 192
    einatshaul wrote:
    Backspacer is a Winner!

    Agreed! Very good title
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    Mindless DrifterMindless Drifter Posts: 210
    they obviously named the turtle after the name of their forthcoming album....

    kinda shows a subtle sense of humour and tease around the name

    and lol who cares what the albums called ?!

    i mean backspacers a better name than Ten lol!!
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    letsongsprotestletsongsprotest Novi, MI Posts: 548
    Any name is better than self titling it. For whatever reason, I've always hated when bands put out self titled albums or albums with the same name as one of the songs.

    To me, the album title should be the name of the collection of songs. Not just naming it a song/band name.

    I do really like when an album title is a line from a song though. Like Ben Harpers "White lies for dark times" is a line from the song "Shimmer and shine". I like that
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    U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    peep the avatar :mrgreen:
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    bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    letsongsprotest wrote:
    Any name is better than self titling it. For whatever reason, I've always hated when bands put out self titled albums or albums with the same name as one of the songs.

    To me, the album title should be the name of the collection of songs. Not just naming it a song/band name.

    I do really like when an album title is a line from a song though. Like Ben Harpers "White lies for dark times" is a line from the song "Shimmer and shine". I like that

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    BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 3,982
    letsongsprotest wrote:
    Any name is better than self titling it. For whatever reason, I've always hated when bands put out self titled albums or albums with the same name as one of the songs.

    To me, the album title should be the name of the collection of songs. Not just naming it a song/band name.

    I do really like when an album title is a line from a song though. Like Ben Harpers "White lies for dark times" is a line from the song "Shimmer and shine". I like that


    I wonder then if 'Backspacer' is in a line in one of the songs or even the name of a song from the album?
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    Mindless DrifterMindless Drifter Posts: 210
    "Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooos got the brain of backspacerrrrrrrrrr"
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    knowkodesknowkodes Posts: 119
    People got a lot of time on their hands... who really cares. You know if they called it "Ed reads the phonebook" and it was actually Eddie reading a phone book we would all buy it anyway. What about the avocado?
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