Talk:Sandy Denny

message: I wrote the first few sentences of this article. Her early life is documented in "Irish folk Trad and Blues: A Secret History" by Colin Harper and Trevor Hodgett. (2004).
Ogg 11:21, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Among the two books listed and the Memorial Page linked in the article, I think there are enough references to meet encyclopedic criteria. Therefore, I'm removing the This article does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by including appropriate citations. note at the beginning.--RattBoy 00:41, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Last I looked, Zierke's content was still accessible via The Wayback Machine at http://www.archive.org/web/web.php - Useful resource. Still someone ought to ask Zierke if he'll let them host the content elsewhere. THere is (or was) also a not-quite-finished biography available somewhere on the internet. Apparently the writer had a falling out with the publisher, who re-assigned to the project to Clinton Heylin. --Chris 22:54, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: References and sources

message: This is surely one of the best written articles Wikipedia has to offer. Thank you.  --Peter Eisenburger 20:01, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "Who knows where the time goes"

message: The article has a sentence that Denny died as a result of " substance abuse and uncertainty about her career path, but Jill Broun, a close friend, attributes the haemorrhage to a brain tumour."  She died because of uncertainty about a career path? Either more needs to be said re what this means or this is old vandalism that stuck. Someone who knows what this sentence means - please amend. Thanks Spanglej (talk) 09:23, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The section titled 'Death' begins with a reference to Denny's worsening substance abuse.  The fact that she had a substance abuse problem is never mentioned previously in the article.  When did she begin experimenting with drugs and alcohol?  What substances did she use? Was she ever treated? Perhaps, this is a topic for more discussion within the article. PhoePhoe (talk) 12:49, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point, PhoePho; i will reword that abrupt jump into worsening substance abuse. It reminds me of the Mad Tea Party. You can't have a new cup unless you've already had a cup! 70.36.137.192 (talk) 06:59, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Death

message: It seems rather odd to say
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  She remains to this day the only guest vocalist on a Led Zeppelin album.
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Since 1) She's dead; and 2) Led Zeppelin is disbanded.
She will *always* be the only guest vocalist on a Led Zeppelin album. Yea, verily, it shall remain ever true. 
So why phrase it that way?
- rob  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.156.138 (talk) 03:24, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "She remains to this day..." 

message: I don't really know how to edit properly, but noted that fellow folk musician Bert Jansch's "Where Did My Life Go" is not mentioned.
Reference is the book Dazzling Stranger by Colin Harper, page 266.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.21.140.2 (talk) 14:55, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tributes 

message: Does it matter that that someone in the Sunday Express likes her work? Does it even matter that someone at allmusic likes her - the quote from his piece about her is neither informative nor interesting.
Why not just 'SD is widely regarded as...(etc.)' — Preceding unsigned comment added by Notreallydavid (talk • contribs) 07:36, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Endorsers 

message: The sixth paragraphh has neutrality/POV issues but I'm not sure what should be done with the specific text:
Released in 1977, the album is now generally thought to be overproduced despite containing some of her finest compositions such as "I'm A Dreamer", "One Way Donkey Ride" and the classically-influenced "All Our Days".
Bumm13 (talk) 09:18, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality/POV issues in sixth paragraph 

message: On the photograph of her grave she is identified as "The Lady".  It is not the first time I have seen her described thus, as if it was a title or something like it.  I don't see anything to indicate that she had some kind of heritage as a member or relative of a member of the British peerage.  Is it a title or something given as a kind of tribute to her or her memory?    2602:306:2420:4ED9:D49E:1E86:48B9:3800 (talk) 21:45, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It comes from the title and words to one of her songs, see here: https://genius.com/Sandy-denny-the-lady-lyrics Tony 1212 (talk) 11:37, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Also, according to Mick Houghton's biography, "The Lady" was Trevor's pet name for Sandy, and it was Trevor who commissioned the gravestone (without consulting Sandy's parents). Letdorf (talk) 21:27, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Lady......? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Was "Denny" an assumed name, a stage name, an adoptive name, or what?  Why didn't she use McLean, and why specifically the switch to "Denny"? I mean, she can call herself whatever she likes...just wondering if anyone has sourced info on the reason for the name change! 70.27.6.130 (talk) 16:24, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Denny was her surname (parents were Neil and Edna Denny), McLean was a middle name (from a grandparent's surname as I recall), not her surname Tony 1212 (talk) 11:40, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: "Sandy" being of course a Scottish (?) diminutive of Alexander (man), Alexandra (lady)... Tony 1212 (talk) 02:37, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who knows where the name goes? 

message: The second paragraph of §  Solo career and final years includes:
: the album also marked her last recording of a traditional song, "The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood" (words by Richard Fariña)
Obviously that's not a "traditional song" in the usual sense. Richard Fariña wrote the lyrics and 
:borrowed the melody from 'My Lagan Love,' a modal tune from Ulster, Northern Ireland.(Quoting from a post by the pseudonymous "Ar Kay", in a thread "Origins: The quiet joy of brotherhood" on The Mudcat Cafe)
I don't know if these and other supporting posts in that thread qualify as  reliable sources, so I'm not changing the article, but someone with greater expertise than mine should check this.
--Thnidu (talk) 04:36, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood" is not a traditional song 

message: It could be mentioned that she was the only person other than Led Zeppelin band members to be assigned a "rune" on the Led Zeppelin IV or "Zoso" album (three upright triangles meeting at a central point). AnonMoos (talk) 23:06, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it's shown here. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:11, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Led Zeppelin IV "rune"