Talk:Jay Kay

message: This article couldn't be any more biased! Just look at how it's written, it's less informative and more 'jay kay is amazing!' This shouldn't be a place for fans to talk about how great their favourite artist is, it's an encylopaedia!
but wait! doesn't jamiroquai roxor your soxors? like, omigod! :P
Oh ******* ******, will somebody PLEASE delete the blatant 'fandalism' on this page?!
Would anyone object to me deleting the entire article and re-writing it?
Please do, this is an encyclopedia, not a fansite. (sigh) ProhibitOnions 14:38, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
:No, this hasn't been written by a fan - rather, it's been copied from some commercial source (the official band website it seems).--Deadworm222 19:27, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
 I find it amazing that no mention is made of his biggest controversy and something he is VERY sensitive about..and that's Jay Kay has ripped off Stevie Wonders voice. NO mention here or on the Wiki page of the band.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.116.55 (talk) 18:11, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality? 

message: Problems: neutrality, possible copyright violation (I cannot verify this), and (extremely) poorly written.
IR Mongoose 11:32, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  I am tagging this page for cleanup and neutrality

message: Anyone else remember Jay Kay being referred to in that respect? --Smallbone10 02:23, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Twat In The Hat 

message: I am wondering if this is accurate, becuase I read on many webpages and newspaper articles that he's quitting, yet on the the 2 main websites, it says he has no intention of quitting. I'm wondering if anyone can clear this up, if it doesn't on it's own during the next couple of days. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.178.196.213 (talk) 01:25, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was falsely reported that he was quitting music, he was quoted out of context by headline hunting journalists. I'd say his own website is authoritative. Best to leave it on the page so people don't try and add it again I think, as it clearly says it was later denied. camelworks 12:44, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quitting Music 

message: He was clocked doing 105mph on the A9, apparently near Dalnaspidal junction which is in Perthshire. However, his holiday home is a good 200 miles north of there, near Gairloch, I could be more specific, but because I don't already see the exact location of his house on the internet, I don't want to be the one that puts it there. I'm not a fan of his, but I entirely understand how he came to be driving at 105mph on the A9, he just had a bit more power than most and was unlucky enough to be seen by the police. Alternatively 18:13, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Returning from holiday home in... Perthshire??? 

message: This article is about Jay Kay only, not Jamiroquai. All of the recently added things which have just been copied from the Jamiroquai article aren't needed here. TomGreen 11:07, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: Ever since 1998 Jamiroquai was officially Jay Kay. Other members weren't notified and if I remember he is more notified as a Jamiroquai. He is the only one featured in recent music videos. If it were a band don't you think the whole band would be in music videos since 1998?(Pleasantview 05:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Actually music videos does not prove anything, except his extreme narcissisms and ambition. Please note that some of the songs featured on 2001's A Funk Odyssey and 2006's Dynamite are co-written with other band members like Smith, Fyffe, Johnson and Harris (prooflink). But even without such input, Jamiqoquai would be considered a backup band for Jay rather than his stage name. Netrat_msk (talk) 11:38, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jay Kay takes the JAMIROQUAI name 

message: Why are we not discussing this? This is only making me want to redirect the page even more you know. (Pleasantview 00:53, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Obviously you must love the redirect 

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message: Hello everyone! I see that here is father is presented as being Luís Silveira, but in the Portuguese Wikipedia they say it was the Portuguese musician Luís Waddington. Is it the same man? Cheers. The Ogre (talk) 12:42, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  His father 

message: Guys you might want to change your information.
On his mother's Wiki page and according to an older interview, his step-father's name in Mervyn Kay, whereas you still have his step-father's name as James Royal.
If you can please clear this up that would be loads helpful to those of us who are confused.
Thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.178.75.82 (talk) 09:56, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Step father's name 

message: If his mother's maiden name is Pringle, his biological father's surname is Silveira (or perhaps Waddington) and his stepfather's surname is Kay then does anybody know where the birth name Cheetham comes from? I think the fact template on this is well deserved. Many websites state that Jay Kay was born Jason Cheetham but nobody explains why.
I have checked the England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983. Of the births registered in January–March 1970, none were for Jason Kay, Jason Silveira or Jason Waddington. Jason Pringle was registered, with the mother's maiden name being Pringle, but this was registered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. However, the birth of Jason Luis J. Cheetham was registered in the district of Barton. As well as being a geographical match, the middle name is the same as the biological father's first name. What does not fit is that the mother's maiden name is also registered as being Cheetham. If this discrepancy can be explained then maybe we have a verifiable source that Cheetham is Jay Kay's birth name. Alternatively, this could be a coincidence and the origin of a mistake that has been repeated all over the internet. By the way, has anybody written a book about this guy? Labalius (talk) 00:52, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If he changed his legal name at a young age, then his birth name is irrelevant except as a point of trivia, and certainly should not be mentioned in the opening sentence. As a point of trivia, it would need a better citation than this original research. -- Tim Starling (talk) 03:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

text: Karen Kay's mother, Edith Pringle, passed away when Karen was a child. After living with an aunt and their family, Karen Kay was adopted by a Preston-based family named Cheetham, which became her adoptive surname. 0zero9nine (talk) 00:42, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Cheetham

message: I've moved the statement regarding environmental hypocrisy from the lead to the section on cars - not least because the link is dead, but because such an accusation should not be in the lead section of an article when only backed up with an article from Yahoo Cars (which now apparently doesn't exist). Mato (talk) 23:12, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure I'd call this "Environmental hypocrisy"; numerous celebrities are pro-car and anti-global warming .... at the same time.  Perhaps a Wiki article on just this particular conundrum?--Atikokan (talk) 13:08, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Environmental hypocrisy 

message: The main source that is cited for his birthplace says he was born in Blackburn:
   "Karen Kay refuses to give interviews about her son, who was also born in the town"
Yet the Wikipedia article regularly states he was born in Stretford, Manchester? 
IMDB and what is AFAICT is his Official FB page both say Stretford. Can someone double check this and fix this please?--CheShA (talk) 18:09, 19 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Jay Kay himself tends to say that he was born in Manchester, which includes Stretford (technically, it's on the border of Manchester). Blackburn is outside Manchester and not part of Greater Manchester. It's important to note that Karen Kay herself didn't confirm Kay was born in Blackburn in that article. So since that local newspaper is the only source that claims he was born in Blackburn, we shouldn't change Kay's birthplace. Not until we have the actual confirmation that he was born in Blackburn, anyway. Thanks.  0zero9nine (talk) 03:02, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Birthplace? 

message: Can anyone demonstrate that this is true to a notable extent? I grew up with Jamiroquai (I mean at the same time, and listening to them), and never encountered a soul who confessed to thinking that this was the name of the lead singer. Whereas there may be the odd befuddled soul out there, I'm not sure that qualifies as encyclopedic; rather, I'd want evidence that this was a common misconception to feel it belonged in the article. In light of this, I'd like to delete the comment, but am unsure as to protocol. Could someone tell me whether there should be a vote on this, or I should delete the sentence? I'll check back on this page in a while, and if nobody has made any comment, I'll delete the remark. Ché (talk) 17:41, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: As nobody has responded to this, I am deleting the remark in question Ché (talk) 19:23, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It is an extremely common misconception in the UK. Jamiroquai was referred to as a singular person during the band's introduction on the X Factor a couple of years ago. I will try to find references so that the statement can be re-instated. Tom Green (talk) 17:18, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  ... sometimes incorrectly referred to as Jamiroquai 

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message: I know he's sensitive about the most obvious influence on his voice,sound. It's why I guess its not mentioned or he has it deleted..but its not deniable who he did on his biggest hit. He did Little Stevie Wonder.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:642:4100:A1A0:C525:8CD0:4531:C7FA (talk) 04:19, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voice taken from Stevie Wonder. 

message: I guess it is noteworthy that Jay Kay has released a video to explain he was not part of the American domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol Building in Washington. People had speculated Kay was a ringleader in the chaos at the Capitol building. Jake Angeli, dressed in a hat with horns, animal fur as a headdress and his face painted in red, white and blue, has the term Jamiroquai trending on Twitter after his image was broadcast globally and his look mistaken for the Jamiroquai singer. [] Virtuella (talk) 03:03, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not noteworthy. They're all only joking about the situation. 웃OO 18:06, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jake Angeli 

message: The photo of Jay Kay is a waxwork dummy at Blackpool Madame Tussauds. This should be made clear.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g186332-d216482-i226002053-Madame_Tussauds_Blackpool-Blackpool_Lancashire_England.html 80.43.228.86 (talk) 11:00, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Photo will be changed. Thanks for letting us know. 웃OO 11:12, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

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