Talk:The Spirit of Radio

message: I recently made this edit stating the connection with Simon & Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence.  The edit got reverted because it was lacking a reference.  I actually agree with the criticism.  What I will do is change the wording so that no reference will be needed.  I will state the straight facts that can be verified by anyone.
It will no longer be presented as a "connection", but rather a similarity.  Hopefully someone will be able to find a reference that will support the original assertion that the lyrics are indeed a connection, but until that is found, I think it would be best to simply present the similarity as a simple fact.--Concord gioz (talk) 21:52, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It's clearly true. Shame that there isn't a citation strong enough to avoid it getting reverted.Nickpheas (talk) 15:17, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Simon & Garfunkel connection: "words of the profits"

message: Must we have links to videos that no longer exist? (154.5.194.215 05:09, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: comment

message: On the Honesty (Billy Joel song) page, it states: "The band Rush alludes to this song on their track 'The Spirit of Radio'. Vocalist Geddy Lee sings the lyric 'Of your honesty, yeah your honesty' in a New York accent, referencing Joel's strong New York roots."
Any references for this claim?  GoingBatty (talk) 06:30, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Honesty (Billy Joel song) page doesn't have a reference listed so why do you need one for this page? Scampfarmer (talk) 23:21, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Allusion to Billy Joel's song "Honesty"? 

message: The structure of the song sounds like Cheap Trick's Surrender. AmericanLeMans (talk) 05:27, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Without multiple reliable sources that would just qualify as original research. Wisdom89 (T / C) 05:35, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surrender 

message: The american single it at 3:40 was released on The Anthem label. This version has been available on the UK compilation double CD - "No. 1 All Time Rock Album" in 1995 EAN 0731453505421. This edit basically fades before the end section with 'the sounds of the...' Refrain kicks in. The UK single edit is 2:56 but is stated on the vinyl as approx 3:00 mins. This edit roughly chops the opening guitar riff and has a later very badly spliced edit but is the version I first bought growing up in the UK. If anyone knows of this version on CD I would be grateful for the info!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49scream (talk • contribs) 20:04, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Single Version on CD 

message: I once saw a promotional copy of the song with a copyright of 1979 by Mercury Records, obviously the American distributor. So technically does this mean it was first released in '79?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.33.59 (talk) 03:10, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Promotional copies released in 1979 

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message: Should there be a personnel section since there is an additional musician on this track (Erwig Chuapchuaduah on steel drums, according to Rush's website), especially since this musician is never mentioned in the body of the article? SomePersona (talk) 00:41, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personnel section 

message: What does this mean:  "... the song is a lament on the change of FM radio from free-form to commercial formats...".
What are free-form and commercial formats in radio?  Does free-form just mean the DJ can play whatever they want, or is there more to it than that?  And what exactly are commercial  formats? Is there anything we can link to for those phrases? It just seems a bit unclear. David10244 (talk) 11:14, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear 

message: Is ref 11, to a PDF copy of an issue of Cashbox, a link to a copyright infringement?  It seems like it is. David10244 (talk) 11:35, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright infringement?