music trivia (08.12.05)

It's been a while, but it's always worth the wait. The Trivia Buff, that is moi, is back. Woohoo!

Previously we learnt about Everything But The Girl. Today's trivia is about another unusual band name: Ever wonder what's with Sixpence None The Richer, who gave us hits like There She Goes and Kiss Me?

The name is actually inspired by a book from C. S. Lewis, who also wrote The Chronicles Of Narnia (currently showing in cinemas). Here's what lead singer Leigh Nash said in an interview when asked where they got their name from, which explains it all:

It’s from a book called Mere Christianity and there’s a story where a child asks his father for a sixpence to buy his father a gift. The father gives the son the money and is happy with the gift that he gets. But he realizes that he’s not any richer, because he gave the child the money in the first place. So C.S. Lewis is comparing that to his belief that God gave us the gift that we have. And that’s to serve in the way that we should. We should be humble about it and know where the gifts came from.

I'm no Christian, but I knows what that means. If anyone wants to spare me 600 bucks, I'll buy you a nice cup of latte (decaf optional) in return. Then you'll be 600 bucks none the richer. Ha!

Eh.. non?