Talk:Eels (band)

message: Why should the title be "eels" (with a lower case 'e') and not "Eels"?
: Yeah, why? I'm changing it back. (p.s. please sign your edits.) --Gika 07:51, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  "Eels" was spelled "eels" for the first two albums and thus many fans refer to them as such.  On a related note, E was never known as "Mr. E" during his solo career nor has he ever been officially called this, so putting this informal nickname on par with his official moniker "E" would be confusing.  It would be like calling Madonna "Ms. Madonna" or Dido "Ms. Dido."  Yes, on stage he is often ironically introduced as "Mr. E" and there's a song with that in the title, but "E" is his official moniker for both his solo career and for Eels. Calbaer 18:07, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

text: I'm updating this since there have been no objections.  Scott.wheeler 11:38, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

text: The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the debate was PAGE MOVED TO Eels (band), per discussion below. -GTBacchus(talk) 23:45, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Despite the album title, there's no discernable blues on any of the Eels albums that I've heard.  There's a specific harmonic progression central to pretty much all blues -- a I / V / IV pattern -- and other typical features that aren't featured in the Eels' music.  I'd like to remove that from the genre box. Scott.wheeler 16:46, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm updating this since there have been no objections.  Scott.wheeler 11:38, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

text: The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the debate was PAGE MOVED TO Eels (band), per discussion below. -GTBacchus(talk) 23:45, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blues? 

message: Add "* Support" or "* Oppose" followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~
* Support. "Eels", as shown on the disambiguation page, refers only to the band. Gika 00:11, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Eels - Daisies Of The Galaxy.jpg

message: I have removed a few external links from the page.  Most were no longer active and one, Behind the Church, violated copyright in reproducing lyrics without permission (see WP:COPY and WP:EL for the policies that I have applied here.)  Thanks. -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 22:52, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of External Links 

message: For anyone with a mind to I've a small piece of news from Eels official website on the Daisies of the Galaxy cover 'scandal'. It's about halfway down, listed under 10/30/2000.
http://www.eelstheband.com/news/index00.php  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.202.237.191 (talk) 03:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I linked some better sources from the article, and fixed the article, which said that Bush was president in 2000 and wanted to have the album banned, two obviously laughable things.  Bush likely was never aware of the album, but his staff issued a press release (and had spokesmen Ari Fleischer and Dan Bartlett talk) about how an album with profanity and cartoon imagery was given away at a Democratic get-together.  (Actually, I doubt both talked about this; it's likely one did and was mistaken for the other.  If anyone has any info about this, please share.)  The point was not to ban the album, but that Democrats were supposedly beholden to the entertainment industry.  The Bush campaign likely thought this was a Joe Camel approach to entertainment that should be enjoyed by adults.  The link you gave is useful, however, since the Post article is no longer online at the Post's site. Calbaer (talk) 19:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubya Hates Daisies 

message: Beautiful Freak was in Hellboy 2. Can someone add that?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Videogamer765 (talk • contribs) 22:11, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hellboy 2 

message: This article badly needs a rewrite, or at least a reworking. Too much of the material is utter fancruft, and a lot of it has either nothing to do with the band's notability, or is entirely unimportant. I mean, an entire section on a dog? I went ahead and removed that section, as well as trimmed down the fan section to remove some of the hyperbolic statements and unrelated portions. I mean, a karaoke contest? Hardly notable or important. On a less extreme note, I recommend that the "history" section simply be repurposed into a "history" section that includes the formation of the band, as well as more information on their activity before, in-between and after albums. (of course, only NOTABLE information.) There's definitely a ton of potential for this article, but it seriously needs some help. Also, I think that the template needs to be re-worked. I understand that there have been several members of the band, but I hardly think that 53. Remember, just because they contributed to an album does NOT mean that they were part of the band. Rwiggum (Talk/Contrib) 06:47, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, it needs to be reworked. I am a fan of the band, and I hadn't heard of half of the stuff mentioned in the article on any other site, which seems to lend credence to the non-notability of much of the article. It's hard to know what is notable for this band besides their albums, however, (I think, at least) simply because of the fact that they don't sell a ton of albums and aren't well known. 69.161.78.31 (talk) 18:55, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article needs help 

message: Bad dude in love is the first solo album of E. If 'A man called E' and 'Broken Toy Shop' is mentioned under E solo records, there should be a reference of this one too.
On the Eels' discography there is already a reference of it. Acriel (talk) 13:38, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad dude in love 

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message: should read 'died by suicide' in place of 'committed suicide' 82.41.4.147 (talk) 22:01, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Why? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:43, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electro Shock Blues