Quote Originally Posted by Optium
I disagree. I WOULD say "The Beatles" is an amazing band. In much the same way I would say The Grapes of Wrath is awesome, not The Grapes of Wrath are awesome or "Aliens" have really good special effects.

I can understand where you're coming from though, because the band
name seems to refer to the members of the band. But I think it's one of
those commonly misused expressions that we grow to get so used to that
we think it's correct.

.opt
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I used to think they were singular, like Led Zeppelin is cool, but apparently I should say Led Zeppelin are cool. That doesn't make sense to me much though. Like, "The Gang are" is still kinda weird. Because, wouldn't I really say "Led Zeppelin is comprised of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Charles Bonham", not "Led Zeppelin are comprised of ..."? I dunno for sure.

But I think I would say The White Stripes are not good, because their name is plural. I understand the counterargument with the book titles and movie names, but I think it's pretty set that titles refer to singularities... well, I'm an engineer, so whatever.