Talk:Sade (band)

message: I've removed the link Sweetback because that word currently points at Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, the seventies movie.  It would seem more sensible to me to either disambig the word or have Sweetback point to the band, with the movie being Sweetback (movie) or Sweet Sweetback or whatever, but at the moment it isn't StuartDouglas 21:23, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That section is for "see also," so having the text there with no wiki link doesn't make any sense.  It should either be there with a link to a (nonexistent) article that may be filled out later, or it shouldn't be there at all.  I added it back as Sweetback (band). Xihr 00:40, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's cool - the only point I was making was that it originally pointed to the wrong page and so it was better to have nothing than the wrong thing.  I've amended the link so that it follows usual Wiki display conventions though StuartDouglas 09:32, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sweetback

message: Someone's been adding entries in the (redundant, now removed) discography on the Sade Adu page for an upcoming Sade album in 2007, apparently titled X Lounge.  Whoever's making the edits isn't adding any references, and I can't find anything about it on the official Sade news sites.  Does anyone know anything about this?  Is it anything more than a rumor at this point? Xihr 22:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New album?

message: Her image appears to have been deleted. I have removed the redlink reference in the infobox. Thanks. Refsworldlee(chew-fat)(eds) 00:17, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-existent infobox image 

message: When Epic Records made a point of putting "Pronounced Shar-Day" on her albums for years why does this article claim it's "pronounced 'shah-day'"?? Yes, almost all DJ's and audiophiles pronounce it wrong but this is supposed to be a reliable source isn't it? 
AaronzDad (talk) 04:15, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Because, as has been covered over and over again in these talk pages, the shar-day pronunciation was intended for UK speakers, who are non-rhotic.  Rhotic speakers, such as Americans or Canadians, will pronounce the R, which is incorrect according to Sade's own pronunciation (she sings her own name in "Maureen") and the IPA pronunciation which is provided.  The pronunciation shah-day is the only one which will result in the correct pronunciation from all international English speakers. Xihr (talk) 01:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

text: It might make sense to mention this in the article. The U.S. release of Diamond Life listed the erroneous "shar-day" pronunciation on the spine of the CD/LP/cassette, causing this mispronunciation to become universal in the rhotic countries. ProhibitOnions (T) 08:06, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: I understand that the article needed to be "internationalized", but is it really necessary to talk about how many "units" the band have sold worldwide in the introduction? Surely there are more interesting aspects to Sade's music? 84.198.246.199 (talk) 22:24, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Writing style 

message: Album: Diamond Life
1. Your Love is King 3.37
    Directed by Jack Semmens
2. Smooth Operator 4:17
     Directed by Julian Temple
3. Hang On To Your Love 3:58
      Directed by Brian Ward
4. When Am I Going To Make a Living  3:34
      Directed by: Unknown  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Allentexas2010 (talk • contribs) 09:49, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video Release 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Some confusion here. There are entries for Sade Adu and for Sade the band. Allmusic has one entry for Sade and the genres are listed as follows: R&B, Adult Contemporary, Sophisti-Pop, Adult Contemporary, Quiet Storm. There are some people who think that she is a jazz singer or that the band is a jazz band or both. If I find other sources that conflict with these assertions, what happens then? Whose sources are right?–Vmavanti (talk) 02:08, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this jazz? 

message: Sade isn't jazz, and everyone knows it. The band knows it. I don't understand the refusal to face that fact. I would like to remove it from the Jazz Project.—Vmavanti (talk) 01:31, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Years later, nothing has changed 

message: Regarding the rhotacized United States:  I'm a native speaker of American English, and always wondered why Sade ought to be pronounced /ʃɑrdeɪ/. How can I be expected to know that, from reading the name? Well, now I gather it's because people at Epic Records put that out. 2001:B011:3009:58DC:9897:8569:563:5956 (talk) 04:05, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation of "Sade"