CCF, I didn't mean to tell you how to speak your own language! Hahaha oops! Well, like everyone else I have many bands that I listen to that have names for no apparent reason. Most of Yo La Tengo's audience, the vast majority are from the United States. They probably wanted to make it sound mysterious and not immediately clear to everyone. One of the bands in my collection with the oddest name is Ms. John Soda from Germany. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for that name.