Talk:End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)

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Singers?[edit]

"It features all the Wilburys, except Bob Dylan, as lead singers, alternating on verses". Really? I only hear Tom Petty's voice in the verses and Orbison's voice in the chorus. --- He means alternating the choruses

If you watch the video, they're all showing singing solos (except Dylan and Orbison, obviously).

Fixed. 63.231.138.157 (talk) 17:39, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- can someone find out or figure out who is exactly playing what on the track? as in which guitars for who, and if Dylan is inf act on the track at all?

Working on it. Orbison's solo is featured on the video, with the camera pulling in on his guitar, slowly rocking back and forth in a chair, and a brief close-up of a framed photograph of Orbison in his trademark sunglasses. Ellsworth (talk) 03:28, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Chord similarities to "I'm Looking Through You"[edit]

Hmm. Not sure. There's only so many guitar chords, and the first two sound the same in each case. Not sure it's similar enough for a mention. Mind, the sound of the guitar is similar...Pollythewasp (talk) 09:19, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's original research, and a very POV thing (I agree with Polly that the tone of the guitar is the only similarity, and I can't even find anybody so much as casually mentioning the similarity on web forums etc.). I would ask User:Baseball Bugs to consider these problems and explain why the text should remain. If we can't come to an agreement then I'll request comments from other users. Snied (talk) 23:03, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Play the very beginning of either one and you can't tell the difference. If you're worried about that minor detail being some catastrophic OR, I don't know what to tell you. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can tell the difference, due to not being tone deaf. That's not the issue, anyway; it doesn't matter what either of us think. Wikipedia is full of trivia lacking source or notability, let's not pretend this sort of thing isn't a problem. I'm RFCing this and refraining from editing, because it smells like a tedious war brewing. Snied (talk) 23:20, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Should we remark on an alleged similarity to the first notes of another song[edit]

The content in question is

George Harrison's opening guitar chords might be heard as reminiscent of his opening chords in The Beatles' song "I'm Looking Through You".

The pro-inclusion stance is that it is non-controversial. The opposing stance is that it is original research and disputed anyway. Snied (talk) 23:25, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion shows that it is original research. Unless a review or other source can be located that makes the same connection it shouldn't be included. J04n(talk page) 10:02, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Without a supporting cite, it remains the opinion of the editor who added it, and as such would be original research. Alastairward (talk) 22:01, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't even have noticed the vague similarity without having spotted this RfC. No: it isn't appropriate to include the info without proper citation that Harrison was deliberately referencing the Beatles song. --Jubilee♫clipman 17:17, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please only include if you have a citation from an outside source. Note that the citation wouldn't have to say that Harrison was deliberately referencing the Beatles song, just that someone else noticed a similarity. GoingBatty (talk) 00:07, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sleeve photo[edit]

"The sleeve cover of the 45 rpm single, photographed four days after the death of Roy Orbison in December 1988, features a guitar in a rocking chair." However, looking at the photo, Orbison is there, guitar in hand. What gives? - SummerPhD (talk) 15:49, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still wondering this, almost 2 years after the above editor pointed it out. —Gordon P. Hemsley→✉ 20:22, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed this unreferenced info from the article. GoingBatty (talk) 00:30, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]