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avecigrec said:
As a poet, part of my job is to fuck with language. Period. Point blank.
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As with many cases for me, I know what is "correct" and what I prefer. As I said before, if the abbreviations for the band didn't always include the A, I might feel differently but ATCQ, ASMZ and APC all lead me to believe that in these cases, regardless of linguistic rules, the A holds more importance to the overall name than The typically does.
 
So does the A in A Tribe hold specific importance in relation to the overall name. Like is there a reason they went with A that indicates an intent you wouldn’t get with a random The. They had options ‘A Tribe’ ‘The Tribe’ ‘Tribe’ maybe there was a specific filing methodology in mind when they arrived at that specific name that I’ve disregarded for 30 years in favour of a consistent filing system?
 
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avecigrec said:
As with many cases for me, I know what is "correct" and what I prefer. As I said before, if the abbreviations for the band didn't always include the A, I might feel differently but ATCQ, ASMZ and APC all lead me to believe that in these cases, regardless of linguistic rules, the A holds more importance to the overall name than The typically does.
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You zoomers with your "feelings"
 
Rowan said:
So does the A in A Tribe hold specific importance in relation to the overall name. Like is there a reason they went with A that indicates an intent you wouldn’t get with a random The. They had options ‘A Tribe’ ‘The Tribe’ ‘Tribe’ maybe there was a specific filing methodology in mind when they arrived at that specific name that I’ve disregarded for 30 years in favour of a consistent filing system?
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I think it was probably a rhythm of language thing and had nothing to do with how to file it. I now feel like this should be an interview question with every musician moving forward.
 
TrainFan73 said:
Actually, it isn’t. Copper the frontman had his name changed and band discussion becomes moot at that point. You know who didn’t, Bowie. You know where I keep Bowie… in the Bs.
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Next to your Tin Machine albums?

Also as a thought. So does that mean all Alice Cooper recordings before the name change are filled under A and all post name changes are filed under C?
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
It is for me. I have everything sorted accordingly. That’s how I easily find shit. I don’t have to think “did I file A Tribe Called Quest under the ‘A’s or the ‘T’s?” I just pull up the Discogs app and it tells me where to look.
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In the before times, there were rules in place to prevent you having to worry about it, but since a dumbass programmer couldn’t figure out how to comma delineate a crowd sourced database, we now have infinite debates on the subject.

Without the internet these debates wouldn’t exist. Just like is a hot dog a sandwich.
 
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