Why does Adam young call himself owl city?

Answer 1

This is what his blog says

After high school I moved to Minneapolis and spent the dead of winter in Minnesota working the graveyard shift at UPS. By default, everyone hated me and I hated being there so I moved home, got another dead end job and wasted a semester and a half at Riverland Community College thinking I could make something of myself (it wasn't a waste because the college was "bad" but because I couldn't make myself do the work and eventually got myself onto the academic probation list and thrown out). This is when I started producing music. How it all ended up working out, I'll never know.

Mid-semester I read a short story by Ambrose Bierce for one of my required english courses, a story called "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" that had a profound effect on me. It wasn't until later that I discovered the 1962 French film adaptation that ended up changing my general outlook, my frame of mind, my point of perspective, and my entire life from that moment on. It was a hammer between the eyes and I remember driving my white beat-up 92′ Caravan to work at Coke with tears in my eyes because of the ironic and obvious spiritual comparisons between my life and the impact of the story.

Read it for yourself or watch the film if you wish to draw your own conclusions. I find both totally inspiring and incredibly powerful. The film is one of the most beautiful pieces of cinema I've ever seen.

People tend to ask me "why Owl City?" and it's not the kind of answer I can explain in thirty seconds during a loud meet-and-greet while the opener is soundchecking in the same room two people are trying to converse in. Even if you and I had half an hour and a quiet coffee shop, it's not that simple.

Make of it what you will. After reading the story or watching the film, I always walk away feeling like I've gotta start living… an emotion I believe we all need to feel more often than we do.

Each time I think about it, the character in the story is me… and all I have left is a little bit of time.

That's why Owl City.

Answer 2

Adam Young (Owl City) has stated quite a few reasons for naming his project Owl City. The two answers that he uses most often are these:

1. In second grade, one of Adam's classmates had an owl farm, and he brought one in for show and tell. For some reason, the owl became loose and then there was chaos. Adam vividly remembered everyone running and screaming, so he decided to make 'Owl' part of the name of his project.

2. In his blog, Adam has stated a secondary reason for naming his project Owl City. During a semester of college, he read a short story called 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' which completely changed his view on life.

To read the blog, go to AYoungBlog(dot)com, and search 'Why I Call Myself Owl City' in the search bar.

Answer 3

I heard he called his self that because when he was younger in school one of his class mates brought in a real owl so as he got older when he was a gd singging I luv him :) listen to his music every day never get bored of him done that for 7 mouths now lol anyway yh he just thought of the owl his m8 brought in then he named him owl city. U know howhe made the song fireflies? He saudbhe was camping at 1 night he was up at the stars and thought f fireflies and dream and the night sky then he made the song fireflies it's just like that

Answer 4

Adam Young grew up in Owatanna, MN which is nicknamed "Owl City"