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Name[edit]

Have we any information on the choice of a Blyton-inspired name? Might be amusing to curious folks. It is straight from a Famous Five novel. User:Kafka Liz ^{a girl is no one} 03:51, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

File under absurdist Liz. I think the meaningless was the point. Plus Ireland in the early 80s was a cultural wasteland, and Enid Blyton might have been seen as silly and a fair, saccharine, target. Donnelly was a v strange; but in a good way and fuck knows what he was thinking. Ceoil (talk) 07:01, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also, they had just become a five piece and were heading off to london. Maybe it was a black joke re lambs to the slaughter. Ceoil (talk) 07:09, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

One of the last songs by Nun Attax is "Looking For Words For My Book", which features the line "Hiding from the landlord/Plotting grim murder/Pain in my neck, pain in my head/Enid Blyton's nightmare". So that suggests to me that it's definitely from Enid Blyton and the Famous Five, but as for the exact explanation I don't have any idea. Malifee (talk) 15:17, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Plural versus singular[edit]

This is listed as a featured article and even listed on From today's featured article. I might need correcting but someone might want to check the opening sentence, "Five Go Down to the Sea? were an Irish post-punk band from Cork,". The group is collectively referred to as a band (singular) so it would seem Five Go Down to the Sea was a band" would be correct.

I also have a problem with the second sentence in the third paragraph of the "Beethoven" section, "Dineen was there two other friends." I am not sure what that references. -- Otr500 (talk) 12:42, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"were a band" is correct in British/Irish English. As for the other one, it should most likely be "Dineen was there WITH two other friends" 51.37.53.172 (talk) 13:10, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi.

RE: "Were". While an English speaker from the US may favour the singular (when referring to a group/band), an English speaker from the UK/Ireland will typically use the plural. Per WP:ENGVAR, the latter applies here. This was, if memory served, addressed during the FA review. (Note also WP:WAS: "The Beatles were an English rock band".)

RE: "With". This was a simple omission. I've addressed it.

Cheers. Guliolopez (talk) 14:06, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Music[edit]

This article seems oddly lacking in the actual music this band produced. What about their lyrics was so humorous? What was their music like? What were their most influential songs or records? Is there a sample clip? Most of it focuses on their history as a band instead. Brutannica (talk) 04:52, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah Brutannica, agree. The music and lyrics are better covered on the individual EP/album articles...might do some merging to create a separate section here. Ceoil (talk) 10:23, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]