ARISTOCRACY OF POP

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

(For a given value of 'pop' viz I can only think of rubbige bands apart from Freddo that weren't ones we thought up for POP GEOGRAPHY)

Queens:
- Freddie Mercury and the
- Adreena

Kings:
- Crimson (bleurgh)
- Adora (double bleurgh)
- Of Convenience (boring)

Earls:
- Brutus

Dukes:
- Ellington
- Spirit

Prince:
- Charming (ridicule nowt to be scared of)
- Squiggle

Ladies:
- Sovereign
- Marmalade
- Is A Tramp

COME ON CHAPS you must be able to do better than me.

Comments

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

QUeens: Of Noize, Of The Stone Age

Kings: Of The Wild Frontier
and KING!

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

Princess Superstar (ugh)?

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

Lady Sovereign! I'll stop now, I seem to be ADDICTED to basscommenting today...

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Lady Marmalade!

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!

Does Kaiser Chiefs count, isn't Kaiser King in furrin or summat?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Hmm probably. Ska stuff has lots:

King Tubby
Lord Tanamo
Prince Buster

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I like one song of hers, where she hisses "Whasssup, bitches" over and over again.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

when i wz a teeny there wz a PROG ROCK SKOOL BAND called the "lords of echron"!!

TEAMS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

A
Go!
Dream

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

The Proclaimers (=Kings of the Road)

More Kings

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

BB
Ben E
Carole

More Queens

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

-ryche
Latifah

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

didn't we do this like two weeks ago?

also:

KING

PRINCESS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

That was Kingdoms and Queendoms, so they had to be OF somewhere. We are now naming our ruling class.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

lj is SO OVER MAN, we've DONE EVERYTHING ;)

(i am going to the pub now hurrah!)

you knew I'd show for this, surely

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

From my collection I can add:

Kings: Bee, Biscuit Boy, Blank, Britt, Charles, Nat King Cole, Coleman, Curtis, Everold, Geedorah, Hannibal, Horror, Iwah, Jammy, Kooba, Missile, Obstinate, Of The Jungle, Oliver, Porter Orchestra, Shortshirt, Smiley, Stitt, Sun, Sunny Ade, Tee; Albert, Bobby, Cast, Donna, Earl (two for one!), Evelyn, Freddie, Gordon, James, Jewel, John, Johnson, Nora Lee, Steven, Timbo; The King; Kings of Agrippo, Oblivion, Pressure; the Chesterfield Kings, the Dap-Kings, the Dendera Kings, the Four Kings, Virgil Griffin and the Rhythm Kings, the King's Messenger Quartet, the Kingstonians, Ike Turner and his Kings Of Rhythm, Paul Orta and the Kingpins, King Uszniewicz & The Uszniewicztones (I am not making these up), the Soundtrack Kings, the Sunkings and the Kingsmen.

Perhaps I should split these up...

Re: you knew I'd show for this, surely

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Bandit Queen, Mahotella Queens, Mgaboba Queens, New Jersey Queens, Queen Esther Marrow, Teen Queens, Voodoo Queens. I sense sexism at work! Mine or the rest of the world?

Princes: Alla, Ayango, Be, Django, Ellis, Far-I, Heron, Roland Downer, Jammy, Jazzbo, Malachi, Paul, PO, Student, Williams. The something Prince: Fresh, Ginger, Microphone. Bonnie Prince Billy, Microwave Prince Three, Count Prince Miller (scores double), Kid Prince Moore, Winston Prince. I have no Princesses at all!

Re: you knew I'd show for this, surely

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Counts Basie, Five, Lasher, Ossie; The Counts, the Fabulous Counts.

Duke, The Amboy Dukes, Duke Reid, David Duke, Doris Duke, Kamaica Duke, MC Duke, Duke Henderson, Duke Valery.

Bob & Earl, Steve Earl; Earls Bostic, Flute, Gaines, Thomas Conley, Grey, Sixteen, Hines, Hooker, Peterson, Scruggs, Slick, Traylor, Van Dyke, Wright.

Lord Brynner, Creator, Executor, Invader, Kitchener, Of Hardcore, Power, RocKINGham's XI (stretching for another double, but probably not allowed), Sassafras, Superb; the Gaylords, Screaming Lord Jim (I have no S.L. Sutch!), Sir Lord Comic (another double), the Timelords!

Ladies Miss Kier, B, Of Rage, Sugar Sweet.

Re: you knew I'd show for this, surely

[darkpigeon.livejournal.com]

man, you know your stuff, erm... did traci lords ever release a single?

Kings

[dorsalstop.livejournal.com]

-Of Pain (as immortalised by The Police)
-Of Spain (Galaxie 500)
-Your Love (Sade)
-Uptown Top Ran (Althea & Donna)

Queens

[dorsalstop.livejournal.com]

-Karaoke (Sultans of Ping FC)
-May (Black Box Recorder)

Re: Queens

[sbp.livejournal.com]

-Karaoke (Catatonia)

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

ha, I am NOT going to start on songs or I'll be here all night!

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Queen Ter Wonderland
King Ky Boots
Earl Y One Morning
Duke They Know It's Christmas?
Lady Do do do, De da da da