cryptic band names

Ash Ra Tempel?

What about my answer?

Edited by Tuzvihar - August 19 2007 at 07:19

it is Amon Düül indeed. to explain the riddle:
someone who has been sexually betrayed is also called being "horned" in many languages, not only English; try making the sign of two horns with little and index finger at a bus driver who closed the door into your face in Italy, and he will stop the bus and come at you (happened to us on our honeymoon in Firenze when Friede made the sign at a bus driver ). "a horned man is a monster, Iago" (Othello). Amon is of course a God that is usually depicted with ram's horns.
as to the second part: most native English speakers will pronounce "Düül" "Duul" first. if shown how to pronounce it, the best they can usually come up with is something that sounds more like "Deal" than "Düül". I still have slight difficulties with the "ü" sound, although having lived in Germany for 14 years now; it is one of the ways my accent shows


Edited by BaldJean - August 19 2007 at 08:52

darqdean wrote: ^ thanks for the explanation - I missed the cuckold's horns - silly of me. I always have problems pronouncing Düül, or even the ü vowel inparticular. I assume üü is a dipthong in Turkish, but it's pronounciation is beyond me - I would also imagine that the band themselves would pronounce it with a German accent - possibly seperating the word into into two syllables so that the first ü would sound different to the second. In English umlouts are unknown and any double vowel is pronounced as the single but held for longer so I guess in my head I pronounce it Deul but it rarely crops up in spoken conversation where I live   anyway, my next clue - sounds like the script's singer

in German double vowels are pronounced as long vowels too, so Friede and I pronounce the "üü" as a long "ü", or rather she does and I try to . you may not know, but I am American by birth and came to Germany in 1993

no

Nope. Hint: sounds like linguistically rather than musically...

BaldJean wrote: must be Phish then

Angelo wrote: That was my first guess, but Jean beat me to it. New one?

ok, here is one:
his wife Suzannah betrayed him with a king (first part).
a pile gone wrong (second part)

I wouldn't guess Amon Düül II, honestly.

Angelo wrote: The new one is very cryptic again - you like to make it difficult, don't you Jean?

to be honest, I think the first part is pretty obvious, and if you have guessed that you know it all. there is a very famous story about Suzannah and a king. you may, however, not remember the husbands name.
I like to use riddles with references to ancient history, since I have a bachelor degree in it