Lady Antebellum
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My wife called them a contemporary Peter Paul & Mary.
I thought a country/PP&M version of IYDKMBN was a good idea. Their name was not.
I thought they were very good at that contemporary PP&M thing and exactly the type of music I expect to win Grammys.
I'll be happy if I never hear them again.
I thought a country/PP&M version of IYDKMBN was a good idea. Their name was not.
I thought they were very good at that contemporary PP&M thing and exactly the type of music I expect to win Grammys.
I'll be happy if I never hear them again.
sweatshop said:Although I think some of their music sounds good I cant get with the name.... antebelluman -an ??te??bel??lum adj.Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War. This was not a good time for my peoples...aka black folk.
The definition you cite states that the word doesn't only apply to Pre-Civil War America.
The definition you cite states that the word doesn't only apply to Pre-Civil War America.
Bon Vivant said:sweatshop said:Although I think some of their music sounds good I cant get with the name.... antebelluman -an ??te??bel??lum adj.Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War. This was not a good time for my peoples...aka black folk.
The definition you cite states that the word doesn't only apply to Pre-Civil War America.
This is dumb, the word is Latin and means before the war, but in US history, the term antebellum is used to describe the period between the war of 1812 and the start of the American Civil war. Any reasonable person would assume a American group chose that name to refer to that era.
The definition you cite states that the word doesn't only apply to Pre-Civil War America.
This is dumb, the word is Latin and means before the war, but in US history, the term antebellum is used to describe the period between the war of 1812 and the start of the American Civil war. Any reasonable person would assume a American group chose that name to refer to that era.
From a quick search:
""We got together, you know, as just songwriters. Became friends and started writing songs. And we wanted to put up a MySpace page. So we wanted to take pictures to put on MySpace to get people's attention, and we ended up going out outside of Nashville to this little town. It's this historic town called Franklin, Tennessee, and there's tons of antebellum homes with the columns, like, from Gone With the Wind. And we ended up in front of these houses, and Charles, the other lead singer in the group, he kind of looked back through the pictures and said, "Wow, that's a really beautiful antebellum home." And I said, "What does that mean?" I didn't know what it meant. But after he explained it to me, I was like, "Oh, yeah. It is. It's really pretty." And he goes, "Isn't that a cool word?" And then we just put a bunch of words in front of it, and "Lady" is what stuck. "
*Antebellum - Latin for, 'before the war'. In this case, specifically, the American Civil War."
""We got together, you know, as just songwriters. Became friends and started writing songs. And we wanted to put up a MySpace page. So we wanted to take pictures to put on MySpace to get people's attention, and we ended up going out outside of Nashville to this little town. It's this historic town called Franklin, Tennessee, and there's tons of antebellum homes with the columns, like, from Gone With the Wind. And we ended up in front of these houses, and Charles, the other lead singer in the group, he kind of looked back through the pictures and said, "Wow, that's a really beautiful antebellum home." And I said, "What does that mean?" I didn't know what it meant. But after he explained it to me, I was like, "Oh, yeah. It is. It's really pretty." And he goes, "Isn't that a cool word?" And then we just put a bunch of words in front of it, and "Lady" is what stuck. "
*Antebellum - Latin for, 'before the war'. In this case, specifically, the American Civil War."
LaserWolf said:From a quick search:
""We got together, you know, as just songwriters. Became friends and started writing songs. And we wanted to put up a MySpace page. So we wanted to take pictures to put on MySpace to get people's attention, and we ended up going out outside of Nashville to this little town. It's this historic town called Franklin, Tennessee, and there's tons of antebellum homes with the columns, like, from Gone With the Wind. And we ended up in front of these houses, and Charles, the other lead singer in the group, he kind of looked back through the pictures and said, "Wow, that's a really beautiful antebellum home." And I said, "What does that mean?" I didn't know what it meant. But after he explained it to me, I was like, "Oh, yeah. It is. It's really pretty." And he goes, "Isn't that a cool word?" And then we just put a bunch of words in front of it, and "Lady" is what stuck. "
*Antebellum - Latin for, 'before the war'. In this case, specifically, the American Civil War."
Yeah, I read this and thought, "wow, this makes it even worse."
""We got together, you know, as just songwriters. Became friends and started writing songs. And we wanted to put up a MySpace page. So we wanted to take pictures to put on MySpace to get people's attention, and we ended up going out outside of Nashville to this little town. It's this historic town called Franklin, Tennessee, and there's tons of antebellum homes with the columns, like, from Gone With the Wind. And we ended up in front of these houses, and Charles, the other lead singer in the group, he kind of looked back through the pictures and said, "Wow, that's a really beautiful antebellum home." And I said, "What does that mean?" I didn't know what it meant. But after he explained it to me, I was like, "Oh, yeah. It is. It's really pretty." And he goes, "Isn't that a cool word?" And then we just put a bunch of words in front of it, and "Lady" is what stuck. "
*Antebellum - Latin for, 'before the war'. In this case, specifically, the American Civil War."
Yeah, I read this and thought, "wow, this makes it even worse."
barjesus said:Bon Vivant said:sweatshop said:Although I think some of their music sounds good I cant get with the name.... antebelluman -an ??te??bel??lum adj.Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War. This was not a good time for my peoples...aka black folk.
The definition you cite states that the word doesn't only apply to Pre-Civil War America.
This is dumb, the word is Latin and means before the war, but in US history, the term antebellum is used to describe the period between the war of 1812 and the start of the American Civil war. Any reasonable person would assume a American group chose that name to refer to that era.
Riiiiiiigghhhhhhttt. And any time an American is named Thomas, one must asssume they are named after Thomas Jefferson.
In any event, so what if it is referring to the period before the Civil War. Hate to be bearer of bad news, but not everybody in the US in that period owned slaves, or was pro-slavery. Further, the word "antebellum", doesn't mean slavery. It means the above defintion. Other things were happening in the US besides slavery (which, of course, was awful) at that time. Nothing in the songs they write (to my knowledge), glorifies anything about America's slave-owning past.
Let's not tar and feather this band because of their name. We should do it because their music is suspect, and rips off Alan Parsons.
The definition you cite states that the word doesn't only apply to Pre-Civil War America.
This is dumb, the word is Latin and means before the war, but in US history, the term antebellum is used to describe the period between the war of 1812 and the start of the American Civil war. Any reasonable person would assume a American group chose that name to refer to that era.
Riiiiiiigghhhhhhttt. And any time an American is named Thomas, one must asssume they are named after Thomas Jefferson.
In any event, so what if it is referring to the period before the Civil War. Hate to be bearer of bad news, but not everybody in the US in that period owned slaves, or was pro-slavery. Further, the word "antebellum", doesn't mean slavery. It means the above defintion. Other things were happening in the US besides slavery (which, of course, was awful) at that time. Nothing in the songs they write (to my knowledge), glorifies anything about America's slave-owning past.
Let's not tar and feather this band because of their name. We should do it because their music is suspect, and rips off Alan Parsons.
uuhhh, doesn't it simply refer to a historical period that extends from the end of the colonial era to the outbreak of the civil war in america?
crabmongerfunk said:uuhhh, doesn't it simply refer to a historical period that extends from the end of the colonial era to the outbreak of the civil war in america?
Nothing that "simple" about any term that touches on the Civil War.
Nothing that "simple" about any term that touches on the Civil War.
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