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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. It would be a folk group,

Reply to ProudLib72 (Original post)

Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:58 AM

Feb 2019

and I'd call it If Only I Were a Grandma.

(That's a personal reference to the fact that, alas, I won't be having grandchildren. Which isn't really a tragedy, just a personal sadness.)

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If You Started a Band, What Would It Be (Punk, Metal, Rockabilly) and What Would You Call It? [View all] ProudLib72 Feb 2019 OP

4 or 5 middle aged+ guys who gather sporadically dweller Feb 2019 #1

It would be a symphony orchestra and I would call it The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #2

Crossover punk thrash OriginalGeek Feb 2019 #3

Ooh, that's a good one! ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #8

I hope they bring XXL shirts! OriginalGeek Feb 2019 #11

Everybody knows 2XL shrinks down to L ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #12

A string band, playing mostly old timey, maybe a few Irish tunes yonder Feb 2019 #4

It would be a folk group, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #5

My son and his friends used to talk about starting a band MissMillie Feb 2019 #6

Tobin and the Antidepressants. Tobin S. Feb 2019 #7

The best "and the..." I ever heard ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #9

I've had three: The Clockwork Orange, The Holland-America Line and The Freedom Toast DFW Feb 2019 #10

Did you make any music videos of "The Freedom Toast"? red dog 1 Feb 2019 #14

Did we ever! This should keep you occupied for a while: DFW Feb 2019 #19

Wow! red dog 1 Feb 2019 #21

Hope you have some time to kill! DFW Feb 2019 #22

The name would be "Toss the Rat". bif Feb 2019 #13

Something like this? ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #15

More like This Will Destroy You or Mogwai bif Feb 2019 #18

An oldies group, playing "real" oldies, from the 1950s & 1960s red dog 1 Feb 2019 #16

Like Reparata and the Delrons? ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #17

Synth/Punk... Tikki Feb 2019 #20