Talk:I Fought the Law

message: I made this edit because CNN certainly did not announce that they cancelled the show BECAUSE of Stewart's appearance. The closest thing was that the new president of CNN stated that he agreed with Stewart's general message. I feel that my updated wording is more truthful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.173.95.79 (talk) 04:19, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia: Crossfire/Jon Stewart 

message: Sex Pistols covered this song, search Google for 'Sex Pistols I Fought The Law'. They changed most of the lyrics, most notably 'I fought the law, and I won.'
: Googling this only gets me a few sketchy sites that seem to be misattributing the Dead Kennedys' version to the Sex Pistols, and pages that reference the Sex Pistols and the Clash.  It is, in fact the DK version that features the lyric change that you mention.  I'm removing the Sex Pistols references until someone can cite a confirmable publication.  ~CS 03:49, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sex Pistols 

message: When was the Crickets version released? This is in the category "1965 songs", but that date refers to the Bobby Fuller Four version. 86.132.140.84 00:29, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original date? 

message: I'd have to disagree that "I Fought the Law" was Curtis' most recognized tune. Maybe it was his most recorded tune, but as far as his most recognized tune, I'd say that "Love Is All Around," the theme from the Mary Tyler Moore Show, would be Curtis' most recognized tune, or at least a tie between between the two. Just my two cents! Duprees62 00:23, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Curtis' Most Recognized Tune

message: I find the story of the Clash finding the Bobby Fuller version on a jukebox most unlikely.  It wasn't a hit in the UK in 1965, and I don't remember it from that era (I was 19 at the time). I think that it is probably more concerned with Strummer's attempts to conceal his history as a pub-rocker with the 101ers (change of name, etc), rather than a life-long punk.  
Major-league pub-rockers Ducks Deluxe released the song as a single in 1975 in the UK (RCA 2531) at a time when they were playing the same London pub venues as the 101ers, but rather more successfully.  It formed part of the Ducks regular set and Strummer would surely have heard their version many times.  If you listen to the three versions it is very difficult to believe that the Clash version derives directly from the Bobby Fuller version, rather than via the Ducks version.
Mikecc46 10:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The studio jukebox the Clash heard the Bobby Fuller record at was at an American recording studio (I think the Fotomat in San Francisco, I don't fully recall the name offhand) when the band was finishing Give 'Em Enough Rope with Sandy Pearlman. --CJ Marsicano 13:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punk Revisionism? 

message: Why is there a whole subcategory-esque menu on Green Day at the bottom? Is this 100% relevant...?-TheChrisParker (talk) 21:16, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead and removed it because the Green Day version is not the most notable of covers.Kurasuke (talk) 22:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Kurasuke, the subcategory-esque menu on Green Day has been removed on 15 February, 2008. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:09, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Green Day 

message: I think the picture for the article should be changed or re-labeled, as it's not the single cover, but an obscure foreign compilation ('I Fought the Law' was often used due to it being the BF4's most memorable song). Plus, the picture is taken from PJ's night club, and to my knowledge, the band only performed there well after their mainstream fame (post-'Law'). Finally the only possible artwork would be the generic Mustang sleeve, so I think the article would be better off with a picture of the 45 RPM single. -Disco dude rock (talk) 21:08, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bobby Fuller Four single cover 

message: This "Journalists at the scene mistook the playing of loud music including "I Fought the Law" loudly and repeatedly over loudspeakers as an attempt to flush out Noriega using PSYOPS tactics. In reality, the music was played to prevent the journalists hearing the negotiations taking place between the USA and Noriega"
Im deleting the 'in reality...' sentence as it's simply speculation - and it has absolutely no precedent, for why don't they play loud music every-time people are negotiating. it makes no sense, unless there's a real citation  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drjonesgp (talk • contribs) 00:50, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference to Noriega 

message: Can this actually be got anywhere other than the download? It would be much appreciated if answered, thank you --92.237.84.183 (talk) 22:18, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Green Day cover 

message: This page has more blank space than actual information, thanks to short sections alongside three long album info cards. Is there a better formatting option available?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.171.148.226 (talk) 05:52, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page layout, excess whitespace 

message: Does the phrase "I fought the law and the law won" predate the song? Wodorabe (talk) 19:08, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the phrase 

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message: I think that this song's genre is garage rock and rock and roll.
So i added rock and roll in this page. LSM1204 (talk) 06:25, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rock and Roll 

message: Just wanted to share, and a shoutout to the editors!
https://twitter.com/RickWebb/status/1343611514918490119 
Nickgray (talk) 17:42, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  This page mentioned in a Tweet today 😂