# Talk:The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest

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There is lots in this song that is reminiscent of Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) by Bennie Hill. Starple (talk) 22:49, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

If you had been commenting on the way that Benny Hill's song is in some way similar to "Big Bad John", I could understand the comparison.
However, the chief connection between Ernie and the subject of this article is that they both contain words.

This review is transcluded from Talk:The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Ippantekina (talk · contribs) 07:44, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

 
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### Lead and infobox
"The song's lyrics refer to two friends, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest. Lee asks Priest for a loan of money. Priest offers the money freely. Lee spends it in a brothel over 16 days, then dies of thirst in Priest's arms" This reads rather staccato. Any ways to improve the flow?
I amended it, which is hopefully a bit of an improvement. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:00, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
"He has performed the song live in concert 20 times, from 1987 to 2000." → "Dylan has performed..."
Amended. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:00, 27 March 2023 (UTC)


### Background and recording
"spent the next year-and-a-half recovering at his home in Woodstock and writing songs" → "spent the next year-and-a-half recovering and writing songs at his home in Woodstock"
"From around June 1967, to October of that year" → "From around June to October 1967"
"; some of the recordings were issued on The Basement Tapes in 1975" → I suggest removing this as it has no direct relation to this song or the album John Wesley Harding
"In 1968 it was issued as the lead track of an EP single in Portugal,[16] and it was included on the compilation box set The Original Mono Recordings (2010)" → "It was issued as ... in Portugal in 1986, and included on ... in 2010."
Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 16:59, 27 March 2023 (UTC)


### Lyrical interpretation
"Lee asks Priest for a loan of money. Priest offers the money freely. Lee spends it in a brothel over 16 days, then dies of thirst in Priest's arms" ditto
"Scholar of English Homer Hogan" → English-language scholar Homer Hogan
"and Priest represent the music business" → may present
Inconsistency of present ("Critic Andy Gill regards", "Hogan argues that") and past ("AJ Weberman interpreted the song" etc) tenses throughout
Addressed. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:02, 27 March 2023 (UTC)


### Reception and influence
I tweaked the heading myself; feel free to revert (as long as you leave out the comma as in the previous version)
Avoid one-sentence paragraphs
Done. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:46, 27 March 2023 (UTC)


### Live performances
"live 30 times" lead says 20?
Fixed. (It's 20). BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:46, 27 March 2023 (UTC)


### Verdict
 On hold for seven days. Ippantekina (talk) 16:56, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
Many thanks, Ippantekina. I've addressed all of your comments, but let me know if more is required. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:07, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for your work on the article. It looks fine to go now, great job as always! Ippantekina (talk) 14:02, 28 March 2023 (UTC)