Talk:My Way

message: Why was the lyric deleted? I posted it few moths ago.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.83.148.121 (talk) 16:16, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: If Paul Anka wrote the English Lyrics, Claude François and Jacques Revaux the melody and Claude François and Gilles Thibaut the French lyrics, then, what did Fred Brott write? This first paragraph is confusing!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.139.105.57 (talk) 23:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I can find, Fred Brott had nothing to do with this song. Somebody inserted that in early March. I removed it. Vogelfrei 17:52, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: Someone forgot that in the Philippines, My Way is a portentous, ominous song and is currently banned being sung after 12 AM because it can be a cause for death. 61.9.74.180 15:57, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another trivia 

message: *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjNWZzw1x4o—Preceding unsigned comment added by Root Beers (talk • contribs) 08:09, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paul Performs My Way 

message: I made a major rewrite and reorganization today. Here's an overview of my updates:
*Broke up introductory paragraph into simpler sentences, added third French songwriter credit.  Removed 'Fred Brott' nonsense. 
*Moved Soviet Union example into Cultural References.
*Split Performances, versions, and Cultural references into separate sections.
*Split Cultural References into subsections (musical references, tributes, and general pop culture). Musical references and tributes are ordered chronologically (roughly).
*Reworded paragraphs on David Bowie, Sid Vicious, and the Gipsy Kings to remove redundancies.
*Noted missing citations on statements that Sinatra "did not rate the song highly" and the section about Philippino karaoke homicides.
There's still a certain amount of cleanup called for, but I hope this is a start.
Vogelfrei 17:52, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: Someone wrote that Aretha Franklin did a version of "My Way" in 1967. It seems strange, because, as it has been writen above in the article, Paul Anka wrote the song in 1969. A version of "My Way" by Aretha Frankin had been included on the album Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul, released by Rhino/Wea in 2007; the notes on the CD indicate that the song is an outtake from Spirit in the Dark, which was released on 1970, so that one could be the right year of Aretha's version.
--81.34.147.34 (talk) 18:31, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recorded by 

message: The current version of this article notes, in the Syd Vicious section: "In the album released in conjunction with the second NANA (anime) movie, singer and actress Mika Nakashima did a cover of Sid Vicious' version of the song with what sounds like an audience singing background vocals."  As far as I can tell, the Nana manga has been adapted into two live-action movies and an animated series, but there are no animated movies.  Mika Nakashima stars in the live-action movies, and did release an "in character" album around the time of the second movie.  This album was separate from Nana 2's actual soundtrack album.  I'm going to edit the details listed in this article accordingly. 76.90.175.151 (talk) 21:44, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mika Nakashima version 

message: At the end when you refer to the video "shooting at the audience" you are in fact referring to the heavily censored US release.
That is just the censored version, for US release. The actual video was way more controversial. It's available on Youtube if you wish to watch it.
Anyway, the version of the video released in the UK and Europe (uncut version) has the following ending:
Vicious pulls out a gun, then the camera cuts to a startled audience. He then proceeds to murder 4 audience members. The video depicts them being shot, with blood gushing out of the bullet wounds. 
He then turns to the audience, and laughs as he looks at their blood spalttered corpses slumped in their chairs. He then does a hand gesture to the shocked audience, trying to help the fallen, and walks off.
As I said, incredibely controversial. He is in fact depicted murdering people months before he was actually arrested for the same crime.
Most controversial videos and songs by European artists are somewhat censored before they reach the US market, because of the more conservative political climate in the US, in many areas. This is one of them.
I've added a bit about the video. As I said, it's important to demonstrate how controversial a song it actually was at the time  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.128.223.67 (talk) 15:45, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sid Vicious version 

message: Anyone know if Luciano Pavarotti and Frank Sinatra sung this as a duet? It's on Youtube and available as an MP3 on Pirate Download sites. But it could also be one of those home "put-together" things that some joker has done..... If these two great singers did sing the song as a duet it should have been filmed, but the youtube clips are just of various photos. However, if they did record it it should be mentioned.... And if they didn't then this fact should be cleared up on the page...—Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.217.67.42 (talk) 10:04, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sinatra/Pavarotti duet? 

message: I'm not sure this  edit really helped to clarify the relationship between Comme D'habitude and My Way. The former is about a couple waking in the morning while the latter is about a man looking back at his life. The only relationship between the two is their tune and even that is rather different. --188.221.105.68 (talk) 19:26, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  English version of a French song 

message: Both versions sound very similar for me, although the lyrics are different.
So I wouuldn't really talk about two different versions. But I don't know who covered whom, since both seem to be from about 1978.
Who knows more about this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.193.32.155 (talk) 22:48, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sid Vicious and Nina Hagen version 

message: There was a cover version by a Christian group called "The [what ever the Leader's name was] Singers" titled "His Way". I heard it in 1970. Anyone remember the group's name? Mike Hayes (talk) 07:35, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Gospel version

message: This song has been covered hundreds of times.  The Chris Mann version probably warrants a mention in the "Other versions" section, but may not require an entire section of its own.Originalname37 (Talk?) 16:41, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to move this version to the "Other Versions" section.  I'm not sure, however, how that section is organized.  It seems like it's vaguely chronological, but not quite. I'll do my best. Originalname37 (Talk?) 20:33, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chris Mann version 

message: I just added a reference to the Burt Reynolds movie THE END.
The song appears just as I said it did. However, it has not proven a very popular movie in the long-run.
EnglishHornDude (talk) 16:07, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  In culture 

message: Plagia  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.219.86.228 (talk) 22:13, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Christopher Lee's heavy metal version deserves a mention. It was released on his 2006 album Revelation and again on Metal Knight (2014) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.72.32.132 (talk) 05:14, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Christopher Lee version 

message: I've cut a lot of (mostly) unsourced trivia from the article. On cover versions, please read WP:SONGCOVER: "Only cover versions/renditions important enough to have gained attention in their own right should be added to song articles. Album track listings, listings in discographies, etc., do not show that versions by other artists are noteworthy. Cover songs with only these types of sources should not be added to song articles, either as prose or in a list." Getting rid of them reduces clutter & discourages the accumulation of yet more clutter. EddieHugh (talk) 21:42, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I thoroughly approve, but it's a running battle! I've cut some of this stuff in the past, only to see it reappear. Blurryman (talk) 22:54, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  (Mostly) unsourced trivia 

message: I think it would be worth noting that Seth McFarlane sung this song wondefully (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bShYtQVINBY)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drumerwritter (talk • contribs) 23:46, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seth Mcfarlane Sings My way 

message: I's surprised his version is not mentioned in the article considering it reached number one in the Netherlands.
DanTheMusicMan2 (talk) 13:22, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Herman Brood