Talk:Lateralus (song)

message: It seems to me like a lot of this article is opinion and speculation, and therefore is not really worth covering.
But, what's the real meaning of the word "Lateralus"?
: Perhaps inspired by the rectus capitis lateralis muscle. Lateral thinking, get a backbone, and all that. –Pomte 01:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The article says, "The line 'As below so above and beyond, I imagine' is a quote from one of the Seven Aphorisms of Summum...." It is not, in fact. Here's a link to Summum's own web page stating the aphorisms in full: 
http://www.summum.us/philosophy/principles.shtml
As you can see, "...and beyond, I imagine" is not part of their aphorisms. That leaves us with "As below, so above", which goes back much further than Summum[], a mystical philosophy that was made up in the 1970s, apparently. (Here's Wikipedia's coverage of the use of the aphorism in Hermeticism[], for example.)
Basically, then, it looks like the reference to Summum is a completely pointless (and deceptive) plug for someone's pet philosophy. 71.215.84.21 (talk) 21:57, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference to Summum

message: can we include something about the time signatures used in this song (987 in the chorus, use of 5/4 in the rest of the song, etc.)? Deutschebag17 06:17, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: time signatures

message: This one is more for Mr Lyon.  Not beating a dead horse, but would like to make sure this is completely covered.  You removed the reference to the song starting at 1 minute 37 seconds(and some change), which is about 1.617, for what reason?
Also, the fact that their rhythm of the verse, which is obviously intentional considering the context that the song was written in(as indicated by interviews), is unsourced, does it make it original research? Why is this more valid than stating when Maynard starts singing? Wikidan829 16:15, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fibonacci and verse rhythm 

message: Please be aware of WP:NOR (no original research) and in particular WP:SYN (synthesis) when putting together articles like this one - Wikipedia should be a summary of what independent sources say about the subject. Note that I don't think it's actually been breached in the present article but just a hazard that needs to be kept in mind. Orderinchaos 17:37, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just a note 

message: I think we are pressing our luck with a copyvio on the lyrics even though they are part of the Fib sequence. the_undertow talk 07:48, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lyrics 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:L4T3R4LUS.JPG

message: For the record, the first reference (http://www.cdicarlo.com/paper_04maynard.htm) is dead. I've left it up so someone may be able to explore that site and find the source that it's trying to link to. --Evan ¤ Seeds 20:01, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead source link 

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message: Looking at the CD sleeve, the song title actually reads "Lateralis" (Latin for "lateral"), not Lateralus. I didn't upload a photo of the sleeve for copyright reasons, but could someone please verify if that's only me?  Benjamin Landorff (talk) 19:47, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct title?