Commonly misspelt names and titles

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Go on, be a smartarse.

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:45 (twenty years ago)

P J Harvey has a space between the P and the J.
Endtroducing..... has five dots.

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:46 (twenty years ago)

N.W.A has no period after the "A".

― Vic Funk, Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:52 (twenty years ago)

It's Missy Elliott with two l's and two t's.

― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Jimy Williams has only one 'm' in his first name.

― boldbury (boldbury), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 20:03 (twenty years ago)

Inverse to Missy: Cass Elliot only has (or had) one "t."

― Joseph McCombs, Tuesday, 1 June 2004 20:24 (twenty years ago)

kur(d)t cobain had a difficult time spelling his own name sometimes.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 21:25 (twenty years ago)

"Some Bizzare Album"/"Some Bizarre Album".

― auuV (auuuV), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 21:29 (twenty years ago)

Dannii Minogue

― wombatX (wombatX), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 23:30 (twenty years ago)

galaxy 500

― the surface noise made by people (electricsound), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 23:31 (twenty years ago)

Getting very anal now, but bands who sound like they should have 'The' at the start of their name, e.g. Pixies, Eels.

Lemonheads changed their name to The Lemonheads from 'Come on Feel..' onwards.

Verve changed to The Verve after they reformed.

― wombatX (wombatX), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 23:37 (twenty years ago)

the smashing pumpkins did that too, didn't they?

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 23:46 (twenty years ago)

The Infotainment Scan (people often refer to it as The Infotainment scam, me included).

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago)

people on ILM tend to spell Bob Seger's last name as if he were the offspring of Thimble Theater cartoonist Elsie Segar

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 23:49 (twenty years ago)

kayne west!!

― „©„Ÿ„¨„©, Wednesday, 2 June 2004 00:11 (twenty years ago)

Raashan Rashan Rashaan Rahsaan Roland Kirk

― earlnash, Wednesday, 2 June 2004 00:14 (twenty years ago)

Big Jus?
Bigg Jus?
Big Juss?
Bigg Juss?

― superultramega (superultramarinated), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 00:58 (twenty years ago)

Surely Led Zepplin is the most common?

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 01:35 (twenty years ago)

Lynard Skynard

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 03:00 (twenty years ago)

Nobody ever messes up the Beetles, do they?

― Sam Hunt (robosam), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 03:04 (twenty years ago)

"Gangsta Rap" is missing a letter "r".
"Riot Grrrls" has two "r"s too many.

...Hey! That gives me an idea!

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 05:22 (twenty years ago)

Pink Fllyodd...oh damn I give up

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 05:35 (twenty years ago)

I read this thread as "Commonly misspelt names and titties."

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 05:36 (twenty years ago)

Gary Newman
Lou Reid
Audio Bullies (They're the ones who misspell it however)

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 06:08 (twenty years ago)

People often transpose the "e" and "r" in Billy Squier's name. In fact, if memory serves, he useta have a rider in his contract guaranteeing him bonus money if his name was misspelled on the marquee during live performances.

And what's the deal with Keith Richard(s), always pluralizing and de-pluralizing his surname? He changes his name more frequently than his blood!

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 06:21 (twenty years ago)

Stephen Morrisey: 20 years on, he's back after 7 years, & people are still spelling his name wrong

― bham, Wednesday, 2 June 2004 07:44 (twenty years ago)

It's "Never Mind The Bollocks" dammit! It's a British slang word meaning "testicles" (or also, in this context, rubbish) and has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with young bulls - so if I see one more yankee bastard refer to that album as "Never Mind The Bullocks" then so help me I'll go over there and tear their bollocks off with my bare hands!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 08:06 (twenty years ago)

Tiefschwarz (without the t). Thanx Job! ;)

― sander, Wednesday, 2 June 2004 08:09 (twenty years ago)

Mastodon (I see "Mastadon" almost as often as the correct spelling)

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 08:15 (twenty years ago)

Cindy Lauper, Kizz, Kirk Hammet, Jason Newstead...

― tod (tod), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 08:31 (twenty years ago)

Actually I think I started a similar thread once, with a gripe about Röyksopp often becoming Röyskopp in the writing of non-Norwegians.

― OleM (OleM), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 10:17 (twenty years ago)

...and as a converse to this: Norwegian music journalists during the late 80s often insisted on writing about David Sylvain.

― OleM (OleM), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 10:18 (twenty years ago)

Gary Newman
Lou Reid

Lew Reid and Garry Newman shurely?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 10:19 (twenty years ago)

Red Hot Chilli Peppers

― OleM (OleM), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 10:22 (twenty years ago)

Now that I think of it, what was up with Living Colour, spelling their name the non-American way?

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago)

Actually I think I started a similar thread once, with a gripe about Röyksopp often becoming Röyskopp in the writing of non-Norwegians.

Wow, that's a far better name.

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Alanis Morissette? Morrisette? Morisette? Morrissette?

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 15:30 (twenty years ago)

Who cares?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 15:32 (twenty years ago)

Ghoast of Randy Rhoades to thread.

― briania (briania), Wednesday, 2 June 2004 15:34 (twenty years ago)

Chris Christopherson (i've seen a couple times stupidly)
Timo Mass

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Thursday, 3 June 2004 03:57 (twenty years ago)

eleven months pass...

malcolm mcclaren
lots of variations of justus köhncke

― OleM (OleM), Friday, 27 May 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

Codplay

― Cool Hand Luuke (ex machina), Friday, 27 May 2005 12:36 (twenty years ago)

The Weakerthans have a song "Plea From a Cat Named Virtute". Most people read the cat's name as "Virtue", and they should.

― Vornado, Friday, 27 May 2005 12:51 (twenty years ago)

Matthew Jonhson
Anthony & The Johnsons

― Curt (cgould), Friday, 27 May 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

Björk is often misspelled Bjork.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 27 May 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)

Stewart Osborn
Stewart Osbourne
Stuart Osborne
Stuart Osbourne
Stuart Osborn

Sometimes I forget which way's right myself.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 27 May 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)

Grant McClellan, MacClendon, McClennan, McLennon
(tho I don't think I've ever seen "Forrester")

― diedre mousedropping and a quarter (Dave225), Friday, 27 May 2005 13:22 (twenty years ago)

I've heard it, on 24.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 May 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

People often seem to pronounce Serge Gainsbourg as Serge Gainsbrough and sometimes spell it as such.

And while we're on the French, British people often seem to think that François is the female form, rather than Françoise (with the s pronounced). As in Hardy.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 May 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/odetobobbiegentry/disc/images/bggc.jpg

Double trouble!

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 May 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)

Oh, that's a geocities picture so probably won't work. Anyway it's Glen (one n) Campbell and Bobbie (not Bobby) Gentry.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 May 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

Wiley - Treadin' on Thin Ice
This Heat - Deceipt

― Curt (cgould), Friday, 27 May 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

The e and the l magically get reversed in Art Garfunkel, too.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 May 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

Minnie Riperton - there's only one p in Riperton.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 27 May 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

Eurythmics (no "h")
Rythm Syndicate (no "h")
Micky Dolenz (no "e")
Davy Jones (no "e")

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 27 May 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

Wiley - Treadin' on Thin Ice

except it's Treddin' On Thin Ice

why do people get so, so confused by Missy Elliott? I've seen her surname spelt Elliot far more than I've seen it spelt Elliott ie correctly. She does put her surname on her album covers, you know!

Marianne Faithfull with two Ls

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 27 May 2005 14:28 (twenty years ago)

That's why "Treadin" is a misspelling. (Some people are just posting the misspelt names.)

― Curt (cgould), Friday, 27 May 2005 14:34 (twenty years ago)

Maybe there should be a thread about MUSICIANS who deliberately, compulsively misspell their song titles, like Slade or Prince or countless rappers.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 27 May 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

Deaf Leopard

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Friday, 27 May 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

The Ratpure

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 27 May 2005 15:12 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

The title of that Cocteau Twins EP is Tiny Dynamine.

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Friday, 28 October 2005 08:37 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

And it's Chumbawamba, not Chumbawumba.

― anatol_merklich, Monday, 11 May 2009 06:18 (sixteen years ago)

er... odyssey & oracle
megadeath
jonathan davies

― Charlie Howard, Monday, 11 May 2009 09:33 (sixteen years ago)

I was gonna mention Chumbawamba too. I remember seeing it spelled Chumbawumba even on MTV when they were playing "Tubthumper".

Minnie Riperton has only one "p" in her surname.

― Tuomas, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:23 (sixteen years ago)

Yo La Tango

― Edward Saroyan, Monday, 11 May 2009 16:26 (sixteen years ago)

There are two Os in Thelonious. The man's name was not Thelonius.

― Subtlest Fart Joke (Oilyrags), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:04 (sixteen years ago)

Pharoah Sanders

― abanana, Monday, 11 May 2009 18:18 (sixteen years ago)

Pharoahe[ Monch

― Subtlest Fart Joke (Oilyrags), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:22 (sixteen years ago)

err...

― Subtlest Fart Joke (Oilyrags), Monday, 11 May 2009 18:22 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/tsmnwa

― StanM, Monday, 11 May 2009 18:44 (sixteen years ago)

Minnie Riperton has only one "p" in her surname.

I have a copy of Come To My Garden on CD wot spells it this way...

― henry s, Monday, 11 May 2009 18:54 (sixteen years ago)

Deaf Leopard

If only...

― t**t, Monday, 11 May 2009 19:46 (sixteen years ago)

and another thing: that Stereolab comp is NOT titled Oscillations From The Anti-Sun...

― henry s, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 02:53 (sixteen years ago)

even on MTV when they were playing "Tubthumper"

Tubthumper

― the sound of mu (sic), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 10:56 (sixteen years ago)

speaking of stereolab, "lo boob oscillator"

― lolsdale street (electricsound), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 11:12 (sixteen years ago)

even on MTV when they were playing "Tubthumper"

Tubthumper

Whoops, the album was called "Tubthumper" and the single was "Tubthumping", I always forgot which was which.

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 12:32 (sixteen years ago)

nickave :)

― Zeno, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 14:57 (sixteen years ago)

I peeled this off a window yesterday:
http://i42.tinypic.com/2dwhwu1.jpg

― Mike Dixn, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 15:52 (sixteen years ago)

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