Talk:Art of Life

message: I've listened to both "Art of Life" and Schubert's 8th symphony, and I don't see any similarities between the two. I believe that some sort of reference should be given to back this claim up, as the relationship between these two pieces is not inherently obvious.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.109.29.124 (talk) 15:19, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Partly based on Schubert's 8th symphony? 

message: How exactly does a piano solo come to be controversial? Ric | opiaterein 19:12, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversial piano solo?

message: This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it.  Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed.  I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy.  In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed or you would like to help spread this message contact us on this page. Thanks, ---J.S (t|c) 06:48, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube links 

message: Uhm, I own what I believe to be an official dvd release of the Art of Life concert. Inside is a pamphlet (in japanese and english) which confirms a fair amount of the creative process within. How exactly would I cite that, if I were to get my hands back on said dvd? Vespertilio 18:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know, but instead you cite that Cyrus will delete it, try this WP:FN and just copy the words from the book and voilà, just look at the book who wrote it or cite as X Japan OFFICIAL biography. Darkcat21 20:36, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No offense, but I am not sure whether you should be handing out advice regarding references. After all, that request for comment has been filed against you for citation-related reasons, among other things. And what exactly are you suggesting here? To cite information under an arbitrary "official biography" label instead of precisely stating its origin? - Cyrus XIII 21:27, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey, you're saying that I can't help people? You're banning me or whatever? It's yor problem if you don't have enough money to buy that official book and check the info written by staff from the band. Darkcat21 18:05, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe this is more suited to proceed on the talk page of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Darkcat21. - Cyrus XIII 21:48, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to Source 

message: The version of the song I have is 34:09 and the piano solo is more like 13 minutes long compared to the "29 minutes" and the "eight minutes performed solely on piano." I also own the official DVD which is the same version as the mp3 I own. Can I ask where the 29 and 8 minute numbers came from?Badymaru 23:02, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The live recording clocks about 34 minutes, while the studio version is about 29 minutes long. - Cyrus XIII 23:49, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The 8 minute number comes from the Radio Edit of Art of Life Xatticus, 09:07, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Song Length?

message: At January 6th (Diff link) an unregistered user saw fit to change the genre from "Progressive metal | Speed metal" to "Symphonic rock". It is my personal opinion that putting music into genres is very highly a subjective matter but by comparing Art of Life with the examples on the two aforementioned genres and then with "Symphonic rock" I believe that the change was unnecessary and to the worse. Thus I revert it for now, which should be better unless I've missed something. 213.238.233.27 (talk) 13:25, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't agree with Visual Key either, considering that it is a style, and not exactly a rock variant. Also, although this song doesn't sound like Nightwish, Within Tempatation, After Forever and etc, I think symphonic metal is the genre that best describes the album, because of all the orchestration work and the fast solos/heavy guitar riffs. Victão Lopes I hear you... 18:58, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genre 

message: I removed "but was cut short when Yoshiki collapsed mid-way through the song"
because Yoshiki got through his part of the song fine, more or less, even with his collapse at the conclusion. It was a 15 minute version of the song where the middle piano solo stuff was cut out.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.135.101.98 (talk) 01:05, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This would imply that the finale after the piano solo was played, which it wasn't. – Cyrus XIII (talk) 01:50, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, they had intended to play the full version, because on the last Tokyo Dome show (March 30th), they played Art of Life basically from the point where Yoshiki collapsed to the end. Xatticus 09:09, 09 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  March 28th, 2008 

message: Could anyone rewrite this section properly? It is not bad at all, but it sounds a little too emotional for an encyclopedic analysis. Besides, those titles like "Glimpse of Hope", "Hope", "Internal Conflict" and "Live On" should be replaced by something more "technical" like the other ones. Also, understanding the piano solo as a representation of an "internal conflict" is something highly subjetive. Editors should refrain from publishing such interpretations. Victão Lopes I hear you... 00:10, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Song Structure and Analysis 

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