Talk:Silly Love Songs/Archive 1
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Noise
Anybody know what the noise at the beginning of the song is, and why it is there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.8.71.162 (talk) 04:10, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
subsequent
According to the reference for "Afternoon Delight" by the Starland Vocal Band, "Silly Love Song" was its predecessor on the Billboard charts, yet the entry for the latter only lists a successor for the first time it was knocked from the #1 spot (apparently it was replaced by Diana Ross's "Love Hangover", and then returned to the #1 spot to be finally knocked out by "Afternoon Delight"). Could somebody include both songs in the "subsequent" slot? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.98.147.130 (talk) 21:29, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Moulin Rouge
Part of this song featured in the "Elephant Love Medley" compilations in the Moulin Rouge Film. - Maybe something to add under the media section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.255.27.233 (talk) 08:07, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Best-Selling Song
One of the best Selling songs of the decade? I think not... I've removed this claim on the basis that this song ranked 67th in 1976 in its home country (viz The Complete Book Of British Charts) and the claim has no citation to support it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Antreid (talk • contribs) 23:29, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Genre
I am wondering how this song gets categorized as glam rock or disco. It appears to be vandalism. Prenigmamann (talk) 01:56, 4 November 2011 (UTC)prenigmamann
I agree. Radiopathy •talk• 02:15, 14 November 2011 (UTC)I agree that those genres are misplaced; I'm not calling it vandalism. Radiopathy •talk• 01:49, 16 November 2011 (UTC)- Listen to it. It's a "soft" disco number. It's got that typical disco beat in the background, especially in the "I... love... you..." part. Everything was influenced by disco at that time. Even the famous "Rocky" theme has some disco in it. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:22, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
- Rocky is blatant disco. This one not so much. I really have a problem with glam though. Radiopathy •talk• 23:54, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not even sure what "glam rock" is, although if you could recommend an example or two, I might get it. The larger problem here, which I've seen edit wars over, is how can you source what "genre" a given song is? Especially when it's some of one and some of another. There would be a tendency, for example, to automatically classify everything Paul McCartney did as "rock". Yet you can't really classify "Yesterday" as rock. It's a ballad. It's in the "easy listening" genre, if anything. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:59, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
- Well, Mott the Hoople and the Ziggy/Diamond Dogs-era David Bowie are generally thought of as glam rock; New York Dolls, as well.
- I'm not even sure what "glam rock" is, although if you could recommend an example or two, I might get it. The larger problem here, which I've seen edit wars over, is how can you source what "genre" a given song is? Especially when it's some of one and some of another. There would be a tendency, for example, to automatically classify everything Paul McCartney did as "rock". Yet you can't really classify "Yesterday" as rock. It's a ballad. It's in the "easy listening" genre, if anything. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:59, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
- Rocky is blatant disco. This one not so much. I really have a problem with glam though. Radiopathy •talk• 23:54, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
- Listen to it. It's a "soft" disco number. It's got that typical disco beat in the background, especially in the "I... love... you..." part. Everything was influenced by disco at that time. Even the famous "Rocky" theme has some disco in it. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:22, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
- Allmusic seems to have become an acceptable source for genres; sometimes their judgement is a little questionable, but it quiets the genre wars a bit.
- I would not revert if 'glam' suddenly disappeared from this article, but the discussion is open. Radiopathy •talk• 01:49, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
- How does that site classify "Silly Love Songs" and "Yesterday"? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:54, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
- I would not revert if 'glam' suddenly disappeared from this article, but the discussion is open. Radiopathy •talk• 01:49, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
Barry Gibb co-produced? Harold Cowart played bass?
Where is it stated that Barry Gibb had anything to do with this album. Everyone says the bass playing on Silly Love Songs is Paul's best bass playing, not Harold Cowart's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.124.144.217 (talk) 02:08, 1 January 2014 (UTC)