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Coffee Break: Abbreviations

What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?Sam Trewick | MPR

by Anna Weggel

September 07, 2018

O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is in town tonight at Mystic Lake.

In a New Times interview, lead singer Marc Roberge said, "We got the name in the basement of our drummer's house back in high school...We changed it from 'Of a Revolution' to O.A.R. after we got a little big because it's easier to put on markees and stuff and people started calling us 'oar', which is fine by me."

What bands do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break that have abbreviations for band names?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

The dB's - Black and White
NAF - Door
R.E.M. - Catapult
CSS - Let's Make Love And Listen to Death from Above
INXS - Don't Change
M.I.A. - Boyz
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
ABBA - Dancing Queen