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bhrgunatha  ·  1575 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 393rd Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately"

    Their name

Well, well ,well, you live and learn.. I always assumed their name was about the palm inward V sign but apparently it's from a Vibrators song.

Much more plausible.





goobster  ·  1575 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The idea of "stiff little finger" comes from upper class finishing schools for girls, where they were trained to drink their tea with the pinky finger extended.

It was a way to signal your upper-class status and be subtly snooty.

Hence, an Irish band from Northern Ireland with the name "Stiff Little Fingers" was particularly ironic.