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Talk:Four Green Fields

message: Someone placed a  on the statement
(It also reflected the tension of daily life in the face of a military occupation, where one was advised, regardless of politics: "Whatever you say, say nothing", to quote a popular song in Makem's repertoire. On emigrating to the U.S., Makem was astonished to find a cordial relationship between the public and its police force, something he had not experienced in Armagh.)
In performance, Makem would often describe aspects of his emigration. He sometimes told a story about anxiously facing a U.S. Customs official who questioned him about his arrival, sending him off with a warm "Welcome to America. Have a nice life." This was a surprise that made a big and favorable impression. I have looked around for a citation for such information, with no luck as yet. Perhaps somebody can find an interview or publication that deals with this aspect of Makem's life. Obviously the fact that people may remember anecdotes from performances or conversations does not constitute properly-sourced Wikipedia material. Nevertheless, for the present, it may be better to preserve unsourced but uncontested facts. Trevor Hanson (talk) 01:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Makem's emigration 

message: Makem's lyrics cannot be listed here in their entirety. Like other copyrighted works, and song lyrics in particular, they cannot be quoted verbatim in Wikipedia. Today's copyright law may be exasperating; but the law is the law. See WP:COPY for details. This particular song was written by Makem, and presumably remains under his copyright; it is not in the public domain. If anybody has evidence that the lyrics have been released to the public domain, this surprising fact would need to be documented here. Spinality (talk) 17:42, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lyrics 

message: Whilst the article states that the song was written befor the 1969 Troubles started is this really a valid suggestion that the lyrics in the final verse are not supporting Republic armed struggle? There were also IRA military operations in the 1950's, such as the raid carried out by Sean South on British military posts in NI.  (79.190.69.142 (talk) 18:20, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pre-1969
Talk:Four Loom Weaver

message: I've removed the following section, which may be true but cites no sources and looks like original research:
: The theory that Four Loom Weaver is a corruption of Poor Loom Weaver is balderdash. In Lancashire dialect Poor (poo-er) just doesn't sound like Four- (f'er). That is closer to Power (p´er)- which would make sense. Hand looms for plain calicos had died out by 1820.
Psammead (talk) 12:11, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor Loom Weaver
Talk:Four Strong Winds

message: I removed an unsourced sentence about the song being about itinerant farm workers in Canada, for which sourcing had been called but not provided. The POV context of that statement is from the Canadian Encyclopedia online, which itself offers no source for the comment, and unless Tyson has explicitly stated the point - only the lyric itself is a definitive source for the song's "meaning," and that is what I edited in. The song is overwhelmingly "about" a relationship; its geographical/sociological context makes for interesting speculation but is neither the main point of the song nor essential for understanding the lyric.Sensei48 (talk) 16:16, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits 9/18 
Talk:Frankenstein (instrumental)

message: It seems complete enough now, though the article could use a bit of work (the trivia is long).  --Rocksanddirt 06:10, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  no longer a stub?  

message: Am I the only one who thinks someone should have sued over this song's similarity to the ZZ Top song, "Cheap Sunglasses"? 65.248.164.214 (talk) 16:48, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You realize this came out 7 years before ZZTop's Cheap Sunglasses right? More like someone should be suing over Cheap Sunglasses' similarity to this song. There's definitely a resemblance. 2601:245:C380:E380:E10D:1B75:404B:EE40 (talk) 23:36, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Resemblance to "Cheap Sunglasses"?

message: "Edgar Winter further pioneered the advancement of the synthesizer as a lead instrument by becoming the first person ever to strap a keyboard instrument around his neck"
Surely that needs a citation? I don't know how to do the 'citation needed' marker, but I think it really needs to be cited from something, that's a huge claim surely?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.82.218 (talk) 13:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations

message: There are two versions of this song, the album track with Ronnie Montrose (4:44) and the single version with Rick Derringer (3:25).  Since this article is linked to by both the They Only Come Out at Night LP and the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles, don't you think this article should have a section discussing the differences between the two versions? —Mmathu (talk) 21:10, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two versions 

message: "disc jockeys nationwide were inundated with phone calls". Which nation was this then? I think we should be told, or it's totally meaningless. Emeraude (talk) 12:10, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationwide?? 

message: Please, somebody add this was featured in Guitar Hero I, as one of the final songs. --190.232.145.38 (talk) 02:42, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guitar Hero I 

message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXkWUTesCBo  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.116.217.242 (talk) 02:06, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1984  

message: I think this needs expunging or at the very least qualifying somehow, or we'll have the accordianists all in uproar! 
also, citation missing for it. the arp 2600 was not the first synth to have a separate keyboard-controller, & it may well have occurred to people to do this with a moog keyboard before the 2600 was even released.
duncanrmi (talk) 20:58, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "the first person ever to strap a keyboard instrument around his neck"
Talk:Free Four

message: Does anyone else hear a whisper at 03:09?
:Sounds like the band members talking to themselves, not so much a whisper as just away from a mic that was still on.  Billy Nair 22:05, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It sounds like "that's it" (i.e. "we done with the vocals") Doc Strange 15:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

text: There appears to be a reference to this song in "Not Now John" about a minute before the end. Dbl3raf (talk) 14:29, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not written out in the lyric sheet, so who knows if it was deliberately referencing this song title, or why they would want to reference it. Without more info, I'd call it a coincidence not worth noting. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 15:13, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Whisper
Talk:Free Man in Paris

message: The second and third paragraphs appear to be original research. The fourth paragraph needs a reference. John Link (talk) 04:12, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original research 

message: I don't believe it was "an instrumental version" used by CBC news, but an excerpt directly from the well-known studio recording (though of course it was one of the sections without any singing). TooManyFingers (talk) 05:42, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  CBC news use
Talk:Frgt/10

message: The amount of hip-hop elements in this song bypasses any other Linkin Park song, and cannot be labeled as 'Rapcore' anymore. Should hip-hop be added to the genres/replace nu metal? Michaelas10 17:30, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hip-Hop 

message: In the chart on the right, it states that the single is 7 minutes and 39 seconds. Can anyone confirm this because on the album page, its only 3 minutes and 32 seconds or something. If its right, can someone add a citation? Ilikepie2221 (talk) 23:06, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Length
Talk:Oh No Not My Baby

message: Boomboxes came after "Oh No Not My Baby". Crtew (talk) 22:18, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly. Long after. Home listening when Maxine Brown recorded it would either have been a record player, or a radio. 1964 was before boomboxes, cassettes, and eight-tracks. The 'boombox' statement is not only inaccurate, it is really misleading to readers too young to know what music formats were current in the 60s. Centrepull (talk) 17:05, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Boombox? Oh No!

message: I have removed the 'auto' flag from the Stub template. I don't know how to assess for promotion past 'stub' class, but the articles seems pretty well-developed now.Centrepull (talk) 22:26, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub Class
Talk:From Here to Eternity (Iron Maiden song)

message: I have this CD single and it has 4 tracks - the "I Can't See My Feelings" isn't on it. Marlinspike 16:45, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Hi all, I've added a lot od ref source for the dif versions of the single and without being a @#$% think that the info already their about the type of discs should be superceded by this new ref sourced info...
--Gr8sshopper 13:23, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: over lap of info
Talk:From Out of Nowhere (song)

message: "...was the first track..." "It was also the first single..."
Why not using the present? the song does stil exist. It is the first track on that album, and so on.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.36.109.130 (talk) 16:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Past?
Talk:From the Inside (Linkin Park song)

message: Isn't the child Chester's son? Bentu (talk) 20:31, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Chester

message: Is it just me or did anyone else notice the fact about the videos not available on DVD? It says that From The Inside is one of four, yet there are only three listed? Isn't the other one Shadow of the Day? Force113  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.90.121.161 (talk) 19:35, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia
Talk:Frontin'

message: should explain what the colloquialism frontin' means exactly. Saccerzd 12:16, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Wasn't there an official remix of this song?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.160.118.126 (talk) 23:26, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remix 
Talk:Power Windows (song)

message: Hello,
I've fixed this sentence: The song was Falcon's only hit on the Billboard Hot 100.... I have fixed it by adding the words to date. I've done this to make the sentence more NPOV due to the fact Falcon could have another hit. I have also added a ref to the Whitburn book for the peak position. - Thanks, Hoshie 04:29, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  recent edit: "to date"
Talk:So What the Fuss

message: Can anyone explain the meaning of this lyric? I have the feeling many people understand it without explanation, but it’s opaque to me. The title does seem to be a euphemism for WTF, which expresses amazement, confusion, disbelief, etc. If it’s “shame on everybody” for one reason or another, what’s the point of that? Is it like “everybody’s flawed, so let’s relax and enjoy life”? Or “I don’t know what to do about the human condition, so I give up”? Am I even close?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark R Johnson (talk • contribs) 21:11, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meaning?
Talk:Someone Saved My Life Tonight

message: Someone I know who has heard this song numerous times before who heard the lyric: "Someone saved my life tonight, Sugar Bear." For many years, until he found out the real lyric, he thought Elton was singing "Sugar Bear", and after reading the actual lyrics, he really was singing "Sugar Bear".  Does anyone have any explanation as to what that lyric means?  Where did "Sugar Bear" pop up?  Do you suppose he was referring to the mascot of Golden Crisp?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.181.191 (talk) 06:15, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Sugar Bear?

message: The article says:
"It is written in the key of A-flat, though after having vocal cord surgery in 1987 that resulted in the loss of his falsetto range, John began performing the song in the key of G."
Only one semitone lower? Really? Do we have a source for that? Contains Mild Peril (talk) 16:48, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pitch 

message: Why are people editing this article repeatedly and substituting David Bowie for Long John Baldry as the friend who helped John to ditch his girlfriend for his career? The cited sources clearly states Baldry as the friend. As do material found in Baldry's page. If anyone know differently please post credible sources.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vzolin (talk • contribs) 03:26, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  David Bowie x Long John Baldry
Talk:Gangster of Love

message: There are several problems with the current article, which was originally about the song, but later "expanded to an album article".  Several Watson compilation albums with different track listings titled Gangster of Love have been released by various record companies over the years, none on Keen or King and none being his debut album (I Cried for You (Cadet) and Johnny Guitar Watson (King) were his first albums, released in 1963-64).  The current article track listing does not match the allmusic linked review and the album cover does not match the Sanctuary release.  Since none of these albums appear to meet WP:NALBUMS, propose to restore article to address the song "Gangster of Love", which was a charting hit and has been recorded by several notable artists. -Ojorojo (talk) 17:06, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Gangster of Love album
Talk:Tell Him (Bert Berns song)

message: As stated, the first recordings of this song were those which were Tell Her ones. So telling Dean Parrish and Kenny Loggins covered this song by changing the text to Tell Her may probably be a false claim, unless it has been proven they changed more to the text than the gender exposed in the title and chorus, and/or melody line, compared to the original version.As the song originally was written as Tell Her, the Tell Him-versions seem to me the cover versions.This song should imho prompt lesbian and gay artists to perform the song in a preferred homosexual context. 83.85.143.141 (talk) 19:26, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tweaked the wording.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:42, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Tell Her'' a cover version? 

message: Yesterday I added the Glee (TV Show) cover of this song and referenced it.  It was removed, presumably under the policy "Not significant / relevant".  This seems highly arbitrary.  It was viewed by 2.8 million people, was released as a single and has millions of views on Youtube.  It was a full-length song and introduced many viewers to the song for the first time.  Moreover, Glee covers are regularly referenced on Wikipedia song pages.  I would like this reference reverted and/or like a better rationale for why it should not be listed, when more obscure covers are. 110.133.94.93 (talk) 06:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Glee Version
Talk:Geek U.S.A.

message: "The meaning of the lyrics of Geek U.S.A has never been revealed, neither by Billy, James, D'arcy or Jimmy but some fans speculate that the song is about drug addiction, which seems to be the most probable one since by that time Billy Corgan had tried a lot of drugs, even though he never got addicted. Another possible meanings is that the song is about having sex for the first time, about a "good girl gone bad" and about the first chapter of the Bible titled "Genesis" since the songs makes possible references to the story of Adam and Eve and how they lost the paradise because of eating the forbidden fruit."
The "song meaning" section of this article doesn't seem encyclopedic at all, even when ignoring the blatant grammatical and structural errors.  Does anyone have any reason why this should not be removed in its entirety?
Catrolean (talk) 15:04, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Song Meaning criticism 

message: Why name a song with these lyrics "Geek U.S.A."? What was Billy Corgan's reason? That'd be a good addition to the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrmoustache14 (talk • contribs) 06:55, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Title Meaning
Talk:Geordie (ballad)

message: The external link with audio sample doesn't work.
I suggest this:   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.54.122.232 (talk) 22:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: Where was Bohenny, or possibly Bo'henny? Is it Bohenie near Pitlochry? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:59, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bohenny 

message: I've revised the Synopsis section to reflect the discussion among folk song collectors and commentators about this song. There are people who think this is an English song elaborated and altered by Scottish authors, people who think there is an undiscovered Scottish  ur-version which has become eroded to produce the two English broadsides and hence the bones of the most widely collected type, and people who think there were probably two different songs which have influenced one another, with some verses being transferred from one to the other and possibly back again. I intend to add a discussion section to reflect that debate.
If this is not acceptable, revert it. Joe Fogey (talk) 18:57, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Synopsis

message: The lyric was changed from "hurted" to "herded" here, with a Danish edit summary, by User:MetalJourn (their only edit anywhere so far) with no source. But Martin Carthy, in his version, uses "murdered" as does mainlynorfolk.info. "Murdered" seems to me much closer in meaning to "hurted" than to "herded". So I have reverted, pending the outcome of any discussion here. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:46, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe the correct is "herded" as in "he didn't herd (/i.e. steal) the cows nor the calfs" - but please correct back if I am wrong. MetalJourn (talk) 18:04, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The English verb "to herd" has a connotation of "to steal"? Or did when this song was first composed? I've already changed it back in the article. But you are more than welcome to offer sources/ evidence in support of your view. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:50, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Herded?
Talk:The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)

message: The chronology follows the order of release in the US. This was released in summer 1976 in the UK, before First Cut Is The Deepest. Is it worth rearranging the chronology, or following two timelines: one for the US and one for the UK? I would suggest the latter. --Matt Westwood 09:49, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chronology 

message: Oh come on! Really, how important in the grand encyclopaedic scheme of things is the opinion of some non-entity on some backwater radio show hosted by some b-list celeb? --Matt Westwood 19:11, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Piffle 

message: The song tells the life story of football pundit Garth Crooks, a gay friend of Rod Stewart.
This biographical detail is mentioned nowhere else in the article; and assuredly not in the article belonging to Crooks himself, who is very much alive. 
A recent edit, dated 5th November 2023 (five days before the time of writing this), I believe this is Vandalism. I therefore intend to delete all reference to the sportsman mentioned in it.
Nuttyskin (talk) 14:22, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism
Talk:The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)

message: The song was also covered by Croatian singer Maja Blagdan in 1994. The song is called "Cura za sve". Can someone mention it..?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.141.23.192 (talk) 23:58, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Covers 

message: There is a borderline edit war taking place here as to whether this song belongs in the Girl Group genre or not.  This song is considered to be a classic “Girl Group” song. Which is why The Shoop Shoop Song is included on the Time-Life collection’’Girl Group Sound’’, whose liner notes say, “Solo artists fit into the category too.”  Besides Everett, solo acts in this collection include Little Eva, Mary Wells, Lesley Gore, Shirley Ellis and a few more.  The Shoop Shoop Song is also included on Rhino Records 2 CD compilation “The Girl Groups”, on Volume 1.  This set also includes several solo acts including a very early recording by Cher as well as Skeeter Davis, Claudine Clark, Evie Sands and more.  Can we now call this a member of that genre and let it be/  Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 18:26, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Girl Group Genre 
Talk:Twistin' the Night Away

message: At the moment the article states that the song was used in the movie "Innerspace", but then under the "Rod Stewart Cover" section it states that the Rod Stewart Version is in "Innerspace".
I can't remember well enough, but my money would be on the Sam Cooke version from memory of the movie.  The IMDB says Rod Stewart version, but I'd still question that.
We need some confirmation of this anomoly - I'll look further as time permits
TheBustopher (talk) 17:32, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Innerspace Movie Version 
Talk:Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

message: The article should mention Basia (Basia Trzetrzelewska)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.131.137.50 (talk) 00:59, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: She is included in the Cover versions section. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:33, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Basio

message: The article has info boxes for the cover versions by both Cyndi Lauper and Basia. But these did not chart and are not supported by any sources, even in the article text. Should they be removed? Martinevans123 (talk) 18:32, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lauper and Basia
Talk:Walking in Memphis

message: how could this song ever be mis-attributed to Cher, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Michael McDonald, Bruce Hornsby or Bob Seger? i could see Michael Bolton, never heard Wouter, but really how could people misattribute this song to them? i never heard of Marc, but he has a distinct voice. --66.218.11.137 02:17, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: well, it sounds alot like springsteen. I myself was surprised when i found out it wasn't springsteen. And it's not mis-attributed to Cher, she did a cover of it.- -[The Spooky One] | [t c r] 12:05, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Mis-attributed

message: There's no mention on the page of when UK dance act Shut Up And Dance released their version, called "Raving I'm Raving" in 1992.  Mark Cohn got wind of it as SUAD didn't get clearance for the sample and in the end they had to compromise, by releasing it as a limited single, and that it would be deleted and all the royalties go to charity.  It reached No.2 in the UK charts, then fell to No.38 the week after and then disappeared.  They even used bits of their version when they remixed Cher's version of Mark's song. Andrew07 (talk) 18:40, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Raving I'm Raving 

message: I added a "Critical Reception" and a "Writing and Inspiration" section, I just (stupidly) forgot to put on the "Edit Summary" what I was doing. I apologize and hope this is not a major problem.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Upikedaltonwb (talk • contribs) 20:17, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editing Mess Up 

message: In one spot, this article says Cohn was inspired to write the song in 1985. In another, the date is given in a quote by Cohn as 1986.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.31.5.26 (talk) 03:55, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Year Contradiction 