Talk:Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

message: Wasn't the song featured on Animaniacs not Tiny Toons? Suppafly 00:27, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it was Tiny Toons. TMBW:Istanbul (Not Constantinople) has a link to the video of the appearance, which should be all the proof necessary. —User:ACupOfCoffee@ 07:20, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Tiny Toons

message: This article should be about the song in general, rather than jumping about halfway to being an album page for a They Might Be Giants EP. That EP is really just a CD single with more than one backing track. TMBG rarely release "True" singles. —User:ACupOfCoffee@ 07:26, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have deleted the TMBG discography, as clearly tangential to the article.  The text of the article itself is a bit TMBG heavy as well, but I did not, at this time, edit any of that. Jackrepenning 16:38, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Song in general context 

message: According to an article I was reading, there actually isn't any accordion in this song.  It's another instrument that sounds like it. I'll see if I can find the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.153.176.195 (talk) 15:14, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accordian 

message: I have heard the Residents song "Constantinople" enough times that I know it almost by heart, and I really don't think it's the same song. All they have in common is the word "Constantinople" and a somewhat similar verse structure. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thoughtclaw (talk • contribs) 18:18, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Residents — same song? 

message: Am I the only one who's disappointed that this song doesn't mention Byzantium? —Keenan Pepper 06:12, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Considering that it hasn't been called "Byzantium" in over a thousand years, perhaps relatively few actually remember it by that name. Jackrepenning 01:19, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Byzantium 

message: "TMBG's version is at a faster tempo than the original and contains a distinct klezmer influence, including a violin introduction and some accordion parts."  It might resemble klezmer to that editor, but it would seem to be generically 'eastern' in style, indeed that would make more sense.  Maybe the influence could be explained with a bit more detail (or just omitted).  I've just been on a klezmer goose chase which is fine in itself, I'm just not sure it's relevant to the song.  Hakluyt bean (talk) 21:50, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  TMBG version 

message: The verse that goes "even old New Yoooork was once new Amsterdam" is taken from an old Tchaikovsky piece, does anyone know the name, I forgot?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.209.95.63 (talk) 21:54, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Even Old New York 

message: Hello, in keeping with earlier messages here that noted that this article reads more like a TMBG advertisement than a history of the song itself, i have taken the liberty of placing all the cover versions in chronological order, with the TMBG version then getting its all call-out (which i did not alter, merely demoted to a sub-sub-head). It is my belief that when one is dealing with a historical article of this type, placing all the events in chronological order rather than perceived "popularity" order is always the best and simplest path to follow. cat yonwode not logged in 64.142.90.33 (talk) 06:02, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Four Coins also did a version.  (talk) 14:56, 09 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chronological order for covers 

message: (I couldn't edit the article directly because it was locked due to vandalism.) The song was a significant plot element in the TV show "Raising Hope" Season 1 Episode 3.  It is played while the grandmother plays Jenga and they comment that the music is what makes her play so good.  They use the song again at the end of the episode to save the baby, because the music guides the grandmother to help them safely uncover the baby from a tower of junk. --
Julianabelar (talk) 04:52, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: In Popular Culture

message: So when was it written? We have the first recording but not the date the song was published.  Nitpyck (talk) 18:39, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: According to J. J. Kennedy "The Man Who Wrote The Teddy Bears' Picnic: How Irish-born lyricist and composer Jimmy Kennedy became one of the twentieth century's finest songwriters."  AuthorHouse UK Ltd., (2011), p.218. it was written "late in 1953".Tachypaidia (talk) 01:50, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The original sheet music that I own (not a reprint) has a copyright that reads: "Copyright 1953 by ALAMO MUSIC, INC., New York, N.Y."  No month is given. BTW, it retailed for 40¢. Tachypaidia (talk) 17:25, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The performance date by The Lads of August 12, 1953, indicates that "late in 1953" is a terminus post quem for the song, it's composition must have begun earlier.Tachypaidia (talk) 01:45, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  When was it written? 

message: This is not really relevant enough to include in the article.  They are just a random college singing group.  It is also not sourced.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.54.75.66 (talk) 00:36, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Random group?? - see The Duke's Men of Yale. Denisarona (talk) 05:22, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Mention of Yale a capella group

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I am a new user, and re-added a very brief note regarding the existance of a vinyl pressed cover from New Zealand, because I felt it fitted with the article being about the song itself (not just TMBG). Please advise if on an earlier (anonymous) edit I unknowingly breached Wikipedia etiquette. GenXKiwi (talk) 04:58, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Covers 

message: It was in a Muppets episoide with Pierce Brosnan  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.90.203.90 (talk) 01:01, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Muppets 

message: Is it just that it's not well known? Denisarona could you explain why it was removed?  216.173.152.45 (talk) 20:25, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Because the "red link" means there is no article with this name on Wikipedia. Regards Denisarona (talk) 12:28, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why was "C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E" reverted to not being a red link? 

message: Nothing? Drsruli (talk) 01:55, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puttin on the Ritz