Talk:Snakes & Arrows

message: here's one source for the info. I haven't worked on this article before, but watch the Rush article, and saw this link added. Hope this helps kill the Crystal ball thing, I'll try to add cites later, but I need dinner now. anyways, :http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003523620 ThuranX 01:10, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
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message: does this have anything whatsoever to do with that or visa-versa? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.60.106.216 (talk • contribs).
:Doubtful. Snakes & arrows is a cultural reference unto itself, at least from the game of the same name (which evolved into Chutes (Snakes) & Ladders). However, there's no point in speculating on the origin of the name in the article; the origin should only be discussed when there's a reliable source for the origin of the name. —C.Fred (talk) 01:37, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: snakes and barrels

message: An editor madea page for Far Cry (song). I have turned it into a redirect. all the info there was already here, and comprised of a single paragraph, and the generic rush album template info. Until there is sufficient critical review and such to create an in depth article regarding the song's technical structure, lyrical meaning, and public reception, there's no point in making it it's own page. ThuranX 02:21, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A few days ago, I asked onthe Far Cry talk page for content to be added. It hasn't. Since the article wasn't more than a single line ' it's asong from S&A', and an infobox, I've returned it to a redirect, pending some substance. I'm not much of a dletionist/reductionist, but one wan line and an infobox isn't much of an article. THere should be some play numbers and reviews by now that we can cite, so let's get some of that in there. Thanks .ThuranX 04:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Far Cry 

message: Are these release dates worldwide or canada/us only? Music shops here in the UK don't seem to have any info on the single...
Good question. So far the article is written from the information available from Rush's official website, so what is here is what's known already. When international release dates are known, I agree that they should be included here. -- ManfrenjenStJohn 00:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release Dates 

message: 1. Far Cry
2. Armor and Sword
3. Workin' Them Angels
4. The Larger Bowl
5. Spindrift
6. The Main Monkey Business
7. The Way The Wind Blows
8. Hope
9. Faithless
10. Bravest Face
11. Good News First
12. Malignant Narcissism
13. We Hold On
This is the tracklist included in the sales sheet for Snakes & Arrows put out by Anthem. -- Rusher 19:54, 08 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snakes & Arrows tracklist released. 

message: I added several sections today, incorporating a lot of what was already here, along with new information that was released today (and some other stuff that has been floating around -- with good cites of course).
Most importantly, If anyone wants to improve the way I cited the Geddy quote, I invite you to do so.
ManfrenjenStJohn 23:58, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geddy Quote 

message: Here are the intro sentences for their articles as they stand right now:
* "Vapor Trails is the seventeenth studio album...."
* "Feedback is a studio EP...."
It follows that Feedback is outside the studio album count for Wikipedia purposes, and internal consistency says to number S&A as the 18th album with the clarifier of full-length studio albums.
—C.Fred (talk) 03:15, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cfred - Thank you for the clarification. This has got to be the single most misconstrued fact regarding the album. : )  -- ManfrenjenStJohn 03:25, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lookback at the last two studio recordings

message: Is there a credible source for this? Ldkronos 19:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: it has been widely publicized, but i added a reference anyways. ...Patrick (talk, contributions) 03:02, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  DVD-Album Format 

message: I heard the full album was leaked, but the only source I have is  and that's a blog, so I'm not sure how reliable it is, anyone have other sources?
Kagrenak 03:35, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What's more relevant, rather than what your search turned up, is what the reliable sources have to say about it. As far as blogs, I'm not sure they quite qualify, but they could do as a temporary source until something better is found. —C.Fred (talk) 00:40, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I know for a fact that the album was indeed leaked, I've seen it first hand, though I know without a valid source, my input is almost null.  Do a search of a major torrent tracker and you should find it.69.235.131.141 06:51, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Was the early release continent-wide, or is your dealer just going to lose his new release privileges when the label finds out? —C.Fred (talk) 02:38, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All I know is they arrived in a normal shipment on Monday and there was no restriction applied by the record company.  As far as the dealer goes how was he supposed to know not to sell it (apart from looking at the US copy of the sales sheet that I printed out for him a couple of weeks back)?  It seems to be a record company mistake.  My copy's got the FBI anti piracy warning on it so as far as I can tell it's an American copy.Megamanic 03:06, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album Leaked? 

message: The "Reviews" section and some of the other stuff can be snipped, I think... Kudzu1 23:04, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've gone and snipped a lot of the excess reviews and added the Pop Matters review. Jasonn 22:00, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Post-Release Updating? 

message: Ben Mink is credited for two songs: not only "Faithless" but also for "We Hold On". If you listen to the guitar solo, you'll hear a violin melody on the background.--MarceloNunesPOA (talk) 18:52, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, he isn't credited on We Hold On. This has been removed. Listening to the guitar solo and thinking one hears a violin melody is original research. Wisdom89 (T / C) 23:45, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ben Mink 

message: should the two tours to support the album be mentioned? ThuranX (talk) 05:11, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  tour? 

message: Where is the consensus discussion or source that describes Snakes & Arrows as "Progressive rock"? If this is referring to the established consensus on the main Rush article that the band was indeed progressive at in the late 70's and early 80's, then this is probably an inappropriate label for the album. Comments or thoughts? Wisdom89 (T / C) 18:56, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Without getting into my personal views on this (as that would be OR), where are reliable sources for any genre?  Unfortunately (for our purposes here on Wikipedia), Rush's music is notoriously difficult to pin a label on, and I don't know of any reliable music sources that even attempt to define Rush anymore.  Of course, if there are, I'd love to have a look at them and see what is being said.  In the meantime, I'll see what I can do to find something definitive one way or the other.  If you do have something I don't know about, please post a link.  Mønster av Arktisk Vinter Kvelden (talk) 06:48, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This discussion seemed to peter out but Wisdom89 is correct. Rush ceased to incorporate prog to a mentionable level post 1980-ish. And for this album it need-not-apply at all. All those in favour of rm'ing it? All opposed? Wiki libs (talk) 05:12, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Progressive rock? 

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message: Regarding this passage "Lifeson had met guitarist David Gilmour during his tour stop in Toronto" - not really clear here who was stopping in Toronto, Lifeson or Gilmour. We're leaving it to the reader to assume that Lifeson lives in Toronto, but you know what happens when you assume...
Suggest something such as "Lifeson had met guitarist David Gilmour during Gilmour's tour stop in Toronto" FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 20:11, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good to me.  - FlightTime Phone (open channel) 20:13, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks mate! Change made. FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 13:23, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
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