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IFC LIST MONTH: Best Vowel-less Groups in Music
By Jim Shearer on 07/07/2008
Filed under: LISTSThe idea for this list came to me after watching an episode of Wheel of Fortune where contestants were buying vowels at will. As Vanna White tapped the glowing letterboxes, I thought to myself, "What if vowels didn't exist?" (left: Wait, what? I'm not allowed to buy a vowel?) How would society, or music for that matter, survive without the A,E,I,O, or U? Where would The Ramones be--whose signature hooks relied on long vowel sounds--without the freedom of using a few choice A, E, or O's? Pronouncing band names like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, or Led Zeppelin, would... MORE »
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