Re: The Innocence Mission?

[Christopher Boek <boek@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU>]

stevev@greylady.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender) writes:

>Cheryl Rohrer rather badly misinterprets:

>>>In article <0096104B.B3AC3F00.11567@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz>,
>>>hobbs_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes...
>>>A friend lent me a tape copy of their eponymous album. It's
>>>bloody excellent.  Someone tell me all about them, *please*

>>I believe that eponymous was an early 'greastest hits' for R.E.M., but i may
>>be mistaken.
>>cheryl

>"Eponymous" also means "giving one's name to a nation, tribe, or
>place".  In Hobbs's usage it means that The Innocence Mission's
>first album is named _The Innocence Mission_ after the name of
>the group.  R.E.M., however, also has an album named _Eponymous_.

Presumably, REM did it as a joke.

Chris.

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|Christopher Boek                               boek@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU|
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