Talk:Free as a Bird

message: Perhaps it should be noted that King Crimson covered this song in their 2000 live triple album Heavy ConstruKction (surely at the behest of Adrian Belew, a great Beatles admirer). Has the song been covered by anyone else? --Tridentinus 00:24, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: King

message: Great work by andreasedge! But I think there should be a section on this, specifically, the fact that it was held off the no.1 position by Michael Jackson's Earth Song. I remember there were reports that McCartney was particularly disappointed by this, and also there was sniping between EMI and Jackson's record company. Whether I can find sources on the web, or whether I'll have to dig through my old magazines, I don't know! Pawnkingthree (talk) 11:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Go for it, Pawnkingthree. It's up for a GA, but I think there's enough time to put it in. Nice to work with someone else, BTW. --andreasegde (talk) 16:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Chart performance

message: *Don't put the audio sample inline at the start, put it in a box somewhere...
*"The single was released in December 1995" - get an exact date or don't wlink
*"of the video documentary, Anthology " - change "the" to "The Beatles'", and remove comma
*Lead doesn't cover the entire scope of the article... (I think...)
*"for the Anthology project" - italics for album title
*The image and quotes in the Origins section clash to create massive white space. Eek...:) 
*"recorded by Lennon in 1977" - don't wlink year
*"The video" (section title) --> "Music video"
*"Beatles songs, such as Penny Lane, Paperback Writer, "A Day in the Life", "Eleanor Rigby", and Helter Skelter." - quotation marks for songs
*"who is seen only" - who --> which
*"was premiered on BBC Radio 1[34]" - put ref at end of sentence
*"In the US, the song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100." - needs ref 
*No more critical commentary on the song?  (A little bit more...)
Note on my talk page when done, as always! dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 08:03, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Passed, nice work all. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 22:15, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA on hold

message: This needs to be changed. It is not a "Lennon/McCartney" song. The official credit as given in the Anthology 1 booklet is "original composition by John Lennon. Beatles version by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr." I realise this is cumbersome to put in an infobox but what we have now is not accurate. (The anon edit recently reverted as "dubious" was in fact correct.)--Pawnkingthree (talk) 11:16, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with your reasoning (and if the IP had left an edit summary to this effect, presumably User:Tbhotch would not have reverted). I suggest we simply add the very text you quote above, with an inline citation to say it's from the liner notes. PL290 (talk) 12:55, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:03, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Writing credit 

message: Now that the new lede is in place, I wanted to address some concerns raised by more than one editor during the previous consensus discussion. Not wanting to ignore their questions, let's discuss it, which is least contentious and most verifiable: "released as a single by The Beatles" or "released as a Beatles single"?  — GabeMc (talk) 03:14, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: "By The Beatles", no question. Regardless of ambiguously expressed opinions by certain authors on whether or not it was a reunion, I have to say that the primary sources (Apple press releases, the credits on the single itself, etc.) trump POV-ish secondaries. That's my opinion. Also, "a Beatles single" is of questionable grammatical integrity, since the name of the band is not, in fact, "Beatles". Evanh2008, Super Genius  Who am I?  You can talk to me... 04:37, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree Evan. Afterall, "Free as a Bird" won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. And the award went to, "The Beatles". Also, in the article's infobox, it says, "Single by The Beatles", and I don't know how else you could phrase that. There is no doubt that the Beatles version of "FAAB" is officially, "by the Beatles".  — GabeMc (talk) 23:12, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree too.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 20:40, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "released as a single by The Beatles" or "released as a Beatles single" 

message: The instrument in the video looks like a Surbahar rather than a sitar. — goethean ॐ 18:57, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sitar 

message: A few tags (original research and unreliable source) here that look valid. It cannot be a Good article while these tags are present. Can someone try and fix this so it can keep its GA status. AIRcorn (talk) 08:00, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been nearly year. What do you think? It appears that the only major contributor of this article has retired.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 23:42, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I have fixed the issues (aside from the dead link citing a Billboard chart position which AFAIK does not affect the "factually accurate and verifiable" part of the GA criteria) and trimmed out some questionable content. I think it could still do with a proper re-review, but for now I think the immediate issues are addressed, so I'm taking the tag off. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  17:15, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tags 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I cannot help but hear what I hear. I have heard over time many songs remade or borrowed by other artists sometimes unintentionally, sometime on purpose. As Bono sings "Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief", I understand we don't always understand where our inspirations come from. Being a composer I must always be careful to constantly re-listen to my inner library to be sure I'm not copying anyone too much. I don't mind inspiration and creation but outright copy?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.102.89.196 (talk) 04:04, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nissan Altima Infringement Possibility or Just Me? 

message: ISTR that George Martin said in interview that the Beatles never asked him. I also recall Paul saying that because of George Martin's hearing problem, they didn't ask him and that George had suggested Jeff Lynne. If I can find the reference, I'll modify the article.
Apepper (talk) 17:38, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Although it isn't sourced, it looks like that passage is taken from Revolution in the Head (it's a close paraphrase). Pawnkingthree (talk) 22:54, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: George Martin turned down producing?

message: Alan randall played the uke banjo at the end of free as a bird and not george harrison 31.94.30.83 (talk) 18:35, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Free as a bird beatles