Talk:John Phillips (musician)

message: John Phillips was accepted to and attended the United States Naval Academy, but did not graduate, leaving to pursue his beatnik music lifestyle.  Some say that the song "California Dreamin'" was inspired by his stay at the Naval Academy, and him missing "LA." --66.74.77.102
:This type of information is fine for the article.  Be bold and add it. :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:34, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
Indeed he had an appointment to the Naval Academy class of 1958, I believe. He left at the end of plebe summer before classes began. Most likely he did not write "California Dreamin" during this time. It would make it 1954 while most agree the song was written in '63 or so. Who has time to write a good song during plebe summer? --ProdigySportsman 02:11, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No one is saying that the song was written during this period... only that it was inspired by his time away from LA.Tgpaul58 (talk) 14:03, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It could be wrong.  But the USNA thing played out (and was not in the article for a long time).  There are stories from his classmates of him playing the guitar and such.  I think stuff like this belongs on talk until substantiated.  Not in any way pushing it.  Or trying to play sneaky games with talk versus article.  Just the man was more than what his later life in rocknroll was.  Can ask first wife if you want...  TCO (talk) 21:44, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Naval Academy

message: The section on "After" the Mamas and Papa's had a "tone" tag. I rewrote the section and took the tag off. It now has better tone -- but still could use lots more refs. That's another issue, of course. Catherineyronwode (talk) 01:09, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Fixed "tone"

message: I reverted the edit of allegation from claim back to claim from allegation.  Here's my reasoning:
*Claim: to assert in the face of possible contradiction 
*Allegation: a claim of a fact by a party in a pleading, which the party claims to be able to prove.
Since MacKenzie Phillips' has admitted publically she engaged in a consensual, incestutous relationship with her father, and her father is dead and these claims cannot be proven (see definition for allegation), "claim" seems to be the better, more correct choice of terminology here.  What she reports happened may be contradicted (see "claim), but it can never be proven (see "allegation") because the other party is deceased. SkagitRiverQueen (talk) 02:18, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Claim vs. allegation

message: I was trying to clean up some possible vandalism surrounding this entry.
* 1969:  John Phillips (John) Recorded at RPM Studios Johannesburg South Africa 1969
There was some commentary added that it wasn't the same John Phillips.  It was completely removed, and I started to added it back minus the commentary.  However I was having trouble verifying if it truly existed.  Hopefully someone here with more knowledge can verify if it belongs or not.--Cube lurker (talk) 20:58, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  solo album 

message: I found this rather difficult to follow at times. Some sentences were convoluted, while others seemed fragmented. Overall there wasn't enough information provided; there were several gaping holes in the narrative, which was rather confusing. Unfortunately I'm not sure how it could be improved. I'll think on it, I guess. But by all means go ahead if you agree with me and come up with a solution yourself. I'm not quite as, uh, "bold as some... and I'm not at all familiar with the pertaining topic. I was never a fan of early-to-mid-60's folk-pop, I always preferred the later 60's and 70's prodigies like Bridget St. John, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Roy Harper. But that's beside the point. I'm just rambling. See, this is why I don't actually edit articles! 
Kind regards, and lots of love, D.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.105.6 (talk) 02:18, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: "The Mamas and the Papas" section 

message: While this quote/anecdote from Michelle Phillips quoting Mama Cass is very tasty ("You could have any man you want. Why would you take mine?"), it really doesn't have anything to do with John Phillips.  I am more than reluctant to remove it myself, however. Mousebelt (talk) 16:46, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "You could have any man you want. Why would you take mine?" 

message: This is one of the saddest, most ill-represented articles I've ever come across on Wikipedia. This subject is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters / vocal arrangers of the 20th century. This is a travesty that clearly displays s non-NPOV toward tabloid content and trivial sensationalism. This is poorly researched and disgracefully honored. Shame. Maineartists (talk) 01:54, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undue weight 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved (non-admin closure).  Jenks24 (talk) 06:30, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 30 October 2023