Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

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Lionel Trilling
Calvin Trillin

B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 16:16 (two years ago)

Classic

Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 16:29 (two years ago)

Tom Hollander says he received seven-figure Avengers bonus meant for Tom Holland

visiting, Thursday, 25 January 2024 06:36 (two years ago)

Until 5 minutes ago I thought Karen Allen and Margot Kidder were the same actress

And Brooke Adams. Add Karen Carpenter for more samesiness

flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 25 January 2024 18:57 (two years ago)

Debra Winger, same vibe

Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 25 January 2024 19:03 (two years ago)

James Fox
Edward Fox

Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 January 2024 13:21 (two years ago)

Supertramp
Styx

peace, man, Sunday, 28 January 2024 17:01 (two years ago)

For me it's Styx and Foreigner.

Add one more pairing - Rush and Yes - and you have a quadruvium of AOR that seemed interesting at the time but has aged badly. Add REO Speedwagon and Chicago, it's a sextet of boring.

I hate Supertramp but I am not in danger of confusing them with anyone else. I firmly believe that tenor voices and falsetto were in vogue in the 70s because they worked on the radio and could cut through chunky guitars (cf. Robert Plant and his many spiritual descendents).

I am also working on a companion theory that lower male voices coming into the culture (cf. Crash Test Dummies and the late-career resurgence of Johnny Cash) were partly a result of better audio technology.

Washington Post Malone (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 28 January 2024 17:46 (two years ago)

Those are interesting theories!

peace, man, Monday, 29 January 2024 13:12 (two years ago)

I do not have the energy for an exhaustive study but one could look at male vocal ranges vs. chart positions there may well be a trend.

Bon Scott, Steve Perry-era Journey. Look at Paul Simon solo vs. Simon & Garfunkel. I believe better studio tech (and the parallel development of better home sound systems at home) may have allowed Simon to function effectively alone, and he needed Art less and less.

This is probably not the thread for it though

Washington Post Malone (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 29 January 2024 13:43 (two years ago)

Cabaret
Chicago
Casino

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 29 January 2024 15:45 (two years ago)

Add Company to that list, for me. I don’t get them mixed up but I have to do a secondary ID-check subroutine, always

in an aeroplane under the sea (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 29 January 2024 16:02 (two years ago)

Add REO Speedwagon and Chicago, it's a sextet of boring.

Largely agree, but early Chicago still holds up, and "Roll with the Changes" is a banger.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 29 January 2024 16:21 (two years ago)

EBM
EDM
EDF
EDL

fourth world problems (Matt #2), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 18:44 (two years ago)

Unbelievable!

Alba, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 21:15 (two years ago)

Boulder
Bozeman

budo jeru, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 22:08 (two years ago)

Emmanuelle Béart
Béatrice Dalle

Daevid Allen
David Peel

glumdalclitch, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 16:15 (two years ago)

Robbie McIntosh
Robbie McIntosh

The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 22:22 (two years ago)

IQ
It Bites

brimstead, Saturday, 3 February 2024 02:04 (two years ago)

Secret Samadhi
Razorblade Suitcase

a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 3 February 2024 16:47 (two years ago)

Cordell Jackson
Wanda Jackson

I saw Cordell play live in the 90s, but I keep getting their first names mixed up.

that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Saturday, 3 February 2024 17:52 (two years ago)

Allan Clarke
Alan Price

Was just thing this exact thing. But never confuse either of them with
Alan Clarke

Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 16:41 (two years ago)

Cabaret
Chicago
Casino

Cabaret
Carousel

nashwan, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 16:43 (two years ago)

Bathos
Pathos

I hate them worse than leopards (Matt #2), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 17:01 (two years ago)

Two Door Cinema Club
Bombay Bicycle Club

Mark G, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 11:30 (two years ago)

Not that I get them mixed up with each other but for the longest time I thought the latter was the former's nepo baby:

Ridley Scott
Daisy Ridley

And I always think that Ellen Ripley was named after Ridley Scott.

Selune Gomez (Leee), Thursday, 8 February 2024 00:54 (two years ago)

Daisy Ridley is the great-niece of Arnold Ridley! Not sure that makes her a nepo baby though.

the most powerful man in cornish politics (Matt #2), Thursday, 8 February 2024 03:19 (two years ago)

nadine gordimer
doris lessing

mookieproof, Thursday, 8 February 2024 05:06 (two years ago)

Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre
Makanda Ken McIntyre

Ward Fowler, Thursday, 8 February 2024 11:13 (two years ago)

Jawbreaker
Jawbox

the most powerful man in cornish politics (Matt #2), Thursday, 8 February 2024 15:40 (two years ago)

Fredric Jameson
Frederick Wiseman

The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 9 February 2024 16:41 (two years ago)

Charlie Moore
Charlie O'Brien

Careers overlapped by three years ('85-87), both played for the Brewers. I had to choose one of them for Immaculate Grid today--Brewers/Jays--went with O'Brien and got it right. Charlie Moore would have worked too!

clemenza, Friday, 9 February 2024 18:25 (two years ago)

Hex Induction Hour
Perverted by Language

Mark G, Saturday, 10 February 2024 00:45 (two years ago)

Michael Apted
Michael Aspel

cozen itt (wins), Monday, 12 February 2024 08:49 (two years ago)

Coldcut
Cold Crush (Brothers)

Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 12 February 2024 22:02 (two years ago)

Brad Meltzer (comic book writer)
Toby Meltzer (urologist specializing in genital reconstruction surgery)

Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 13:07 (two years ago)

Dakota Johnson
Dakota Fanning

B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 13:13 (two years ago)

Farley "Jackmaster" Funk
Funkmaster Flex

Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 14:00 (two years ago)

Höfner
Hohner

The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 16 February 2024 14:51 (two years ago)

Lonnie Holley
Lonnie Donegan

budo jeru, Friday, 16 February 2024 16:25 (two years ago)

Doyle Lonnegan

mookieproof, Friday, 16 February 2024 23:45 (two years ago)

approbation
opprobrium

budo jeru, Sunday, 18 February 2024 23:02 (two years ago)

stanley unwin
stanley baxter

stanley baxter
stanley matthews

but not stanley unwin and stanley matthews

ledge, Friday, 23 February 2024 11:49 (two years ago)

Not Stanley Baker?

The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 23 February 2024 12:20 (two years ago)

i dunno, let me google to find out who he was

Stanley Baker
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Stanley_Baker
stanley baker from en.wikipedia.org
Baker was a heavy cigarette and cigar smoker

ledge, Friday, 23 February 2024 12:23 (two years ago)

Only the best British film actor of his generation, mate.

The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 23 February 2024 13:44 (two years ago)

This Stanley Baxter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Lk7qivXbw

The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 February 2024 17:56 (two years ago)

Llewyn Davis
Llewelyn Moss

clemenza, Friday, 23 February 2024 18:01 (two years ago)

(xp) ... also that's Una McLean behind the barra, sorry, barrow.

The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 23 February 2024 18:06 (two years ago)

(sorry, Stanley Baxter is on two threads at the moment and Una McLean is mentioned on the other one)

The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 23 February 2024 18:07 (two years ago)


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