Talk:Paula Cole

message: While its impossible to get inside another's head, the information regarding Harbinger is and remains a rather serious misstatement of fact. Paula was, from before high school on and through her graduation, among the most popular students in her class. She was the star of virtually all musical and drama productions in both middle school and high school. She served as class president in high school and an officer in school clubs.
When she began to tour, people from Rockport appeared at her shows, including second grade teachers, middle school science teachers, classmates and others. 
It may well be that, internally, Paula felt pressures to conform. Perhaps so. Its a misstatment of the facts though to say this was an angst-ridden ignored woman in the corner. That just isn't what happened and its time to stop saying that.
- do you have any evidence for these statements?--65.118.148.205 (talk) 15:57, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revisionist History 

message: Many people over the years have misinterpreted Paula Cole's past, believing that her music is the creation of an angst-driven social outcast.  But this is not the truth at all.  In some ways, I understand the reality, which is the opposite of the widely-held belief.  Paula Cole is extraordinarily gifted.  And extraordinarily gifted people receive a certain kind of treatment in school.  When they get a 97 on a test, people ask "what happened?"  When they aren't chosen as class president or prom queen, the question is "what happened?"  Gifted people are expected to be perfect people.  And even if it's only imagined in their minds, they place a level of pressure upon themselves to be perfect.  Paula Cole may well have been angst-driven.  A lot of Type A personalities are.  But social outcast?  No way.  
What makes me believe this to be the case?  Look at the lyrics to "Bethlehem."  (I've lost five pounds these past few days trying to be class president and get straight A's.) Look at the lyrics to "Tiger."  (I can finally be a teenager at age 26.)  Look at the lyrics to "Me."  (It's me who is my enemy, me who beats me up, me who makes the monsters, me who strips my confidence.)  Read her explanation about her hiatus on the website, the part about needing to get off her hamster wheel.  I'm not a social psychologist, but I can recognize that Paula Cole was Ms. Type A all the way!Jw4321 20:34, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I agree with the poster of Revisionist History 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Paulacole.jpg

message: I'm stumped.  How can "I Believe in Love" have a chart placement of #112 on the Billboard Hot 100?  Doesn't the count only go up to 100? Monkey Bounce 08:53, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hot 100  

message: Someone has posted an obviously untrue account of Cole's performance on tonight's All-Star Game (she sang 'God Bless America' at the 7th-inning stretch).   I posted the rebuttal beneath his/her fictitous account (I did not delete it).   What gripe does this person have against her?
Please just delete it next time. This kind of garbage happens all the time where obviously false information gets added. Just delete it and be on your way, maybe make a note on the talk page. You should never be posting a rebuttal on the article itself. Emmpee 04:35, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the section until a source can be provided as per WP:BLP — Zaui (talk) 18:52, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Just add something to the Current status section: In July 2007 Cole sang God Bless America during the seventh-inning stretch of the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. and add a citation. — Zaui (talk) 17:07, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Are the technical difficulties notable?  I'd say no. So what if the performance was delayed?  I was watching on TV at the time and didn't think anything of it.  Stuff like that happens all the time. What is notable is that she sang at the all-star game. That's it. — Zaui (talk) 17:44, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Because the page was protected for insertion of problematic content but this content seem neutral and is sourced, I have added it to the page. — Carl (CBM · talk) 00:29, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

text: done. — Carl (CBM · talk) 23:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Libel for All-Star 2007 Game Performance 

message: What is a false duet, and why is it worth mentioning in the article? "The title "Hush, hush, hush", a false duet with Peter Gabriel talks about AIDS and about a young gay man dying in his father's comforting arms."  So what does that mean, and why was the page edited to add something that only sounds derogatory without any explanation or any purpose?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Springtimeofhisvoodoo (talk • contribs) 20:16, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "False" duet? 

message: I know of paula cole from here work with Peter Gabriel, yet the article has nothing about that. I would recommend adding info on that.
: Agree. There is no mention (I think?) of her work on Secret World Live, either the album or the video release. Rwintle (talk) 15:09, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: While there isn't much discussion of it, there is certainly "mention" of it in Paula_Cole#Recording_career. - SummerPhD (talk) 00:51, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Apparently I can't read. Thanks. :) Rwintle (talk) 17:02, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  what about adding info about here work with Peter Gabriel 

message: I saw her perform at a Sarah McLachlan concert north of Montreal in the summer of 1997. We'd never heard of her (constantly asking "Are you sure it's not Holly Cole??") but we loved her when she performed. Is there any Cdn chart information? I think she became relatively well known that summer and through her association with Sarah.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.189.253.208 (talk) 19:49, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cdn charts? 

message: I just transferred the article out of :Category:Feminist artists into the new :Category:Feminist musicians. However, I don't know enough about Ms. Cole to say for sure that she is properly considered a "feminist" -- and there's nothing on that point in the article, with the possible exception of her participation in Lilith Fair. So I'd appreciate if a knowledgable editor would lend a hand, either adding some info to the article to support inclusion in that category, or else removing the category. Thanks! Cgingold (talk) 03:32, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Nothing in the article supports the category, so I've yanked it and a couple of others. Good catch. - SummerPhD (talk) 04:09, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feminist? 

message: The current status information is years out of date. Surely she has fans available to update the antiquated data.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.2.130.215 (talk) 08:29, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current status 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I am trying to clean up the Women record producer Category and Paula's article has zero mention of her being a record producer. I understand that she might produce her own records (artists generally do that), but I am not sure about purely taking that role. I would like to remove her from the record producer categories. Lyrelyrebird (talk) 13:28, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Record Producer Categories 

message: I have executed changes 1, 2, 5, and part of 4. I opted against 3 as it seemed out of proportion to its coverage within the article. If another reviewer disagrees by all means add it. This leaves proposed changes 6 & 7 that I didn't have time for - although if anything close to the scale of the proposed 6 is added, change 7 should be done. Nosebagbear (talk) 23:52, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Go ahead: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page.  Please make sure you include in your edit summary that I allowed you to make these edits. Cherrell410 (talk) 20:12, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Cherrell410 Thank you very much, I will go make the changes you authorized now! I see some of them have already been made by someone else before now, so I’ll only do the ones still left outstanding. Thanks for taking the time to review this! 675HavenWIld (talk) 15:10, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

text: The feminist message misinterpretation should be added to the song article "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" It deserves the improvement. Binksternet (talk) 00:07, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested updates and corrections to this article