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open Song Sampling Music
Is this song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QhneRiJeyY
Sampling this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDl3bdE3YQA
If so, how is it sampling?
openSource for Paul McCartney quote?? Music
On the Dead Artists Are Better page, it lists the following quote from Mc Cartney: "Since his death he has become Martin Luther Lennon." But I can't find this quote mentioned anywhere on the internet except on this page & mirrors of it. Was it just made up?
openJourney (the band) HoYay entry Music
I know Ho Yay is very subjective and YMMV, but I also know TV Tropes does not trope real people. The writer of the Ho Yay entry for Journey is basing it on Fan speculation about the private lives of two real people, not about anything inherent in any of Journey's music. The links listed are only a Tumblr discussion among fan, not any proof. I don't want to potentially get an edit war going, but would I be correct in nuking the Ho Yay entry in question?
Edit: by the same token, the main page Journey entry for Bigger Is Better in Bed. The trope doesn't have any warning against Real Life examples (and I'm not intending bowdlerization, mind), but is this wiki really a place to comment on a real person's photographed crotch size?
Edit 2: never mind about the Bigger Is Better in Bed — I noticed the trope is on the No Real Life Examples index. I'm nuking that entry, but waiting for a third-party judgement on the Ho Yay. Thanks!
edit 3: Okay, just ignore this post. I double-checked the whole NRLEP index and found Ho Yay on that, as well. My fault, mea culpa. Nuking the Journey entry in question.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/Journey
Edited by FranksGirlopenInappropriate wicks Music
I just chopped a citationless Unfortunate Implications wick from Led Zeppelin. The problem is that the example the wick was on also cites Mighty Whitey. Is this an appropriate trope to use in this context?
open Hair, The Musical & a shampoo commercial Music
The title song from Hair, the musical, was used in a shampoo commercial in Australia. I'm not sure of the decade but probably the late 60's or early 70's when the musical was playing. I can't for the life of me remember what shampoo brand it was - it was a popular one at the time. Thanks in anticipation :D
openShould Music.TheProtomenTropes becom a Recap page? Music
I was looking at Music.The Protomen Tropes and realized it fits a recap page pretty well, plus it isn't indexed anywhere. Permission to cut it and move it to Recap.The Protomen ?
Edited by lalalei2001openJustin Bieber Music
Is it okay now to expand his description page without putting in any further details? In my opinion, his description looks to short. And I don't even know if his topic is still banned on Twitter because, that was 7 years ago.
Edited by alnair20aug93open What level are these songs on Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness? Music
Belzebong - Witch Rider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYFHDDlzbb0&app=desktop
Nadja - Now I Am Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXzSVT0oG7U&app=desktop
Kevin Sheerwood - Dead Ended www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmEU-Vyps Ho
Naked City - Thrash Jazz Assassin www.youtube.com/watch?v=H Gkp IQZZN_w
Bjork - 5 Years Www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhkczZqSZdg
Brokencyde - Get Crunk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa6qpgLvH30
Edited by Asd3334openThe Beatles Music
As Beatles fans are well aware, the earlier albums, everything before Sgt. Pepper I believe, were released in Cut and Paste Translations in America and other overseas markets, with different titles, cover illustrations, and track lists. All of those albums are now out of print and the original canonical British pressings are what one will find at the music store or wherever these days.
I am noticing as I scroll through our work pages for the Beatles albums that said work pages include both the canonical British pressings and the off-brand American pressings, and several of the work pages have two illustrations, one being the standard British cover and one being the overseas cover. I would think the work pages should have only the British track lists as they are what the work pages are organized around, and I'm pretty sure that work pages are only supposed to have one illustration.
Thoughts?
open"Referenced By: Elvis Presley" - Okay for "Trope Launch Pad"? Music
I know "Referenced By" pages are Trivia and not Tropes but I want to start one for Elvis Presley that (I hope) will be contributed to by other tropers. That's why I was considering doing it in the "Trope Launch Pad" since more people will see it there. However, if doing this is off-limits, where would the best place be to begin a "Referenced By: Elvis Presley" page before attaching it to the main Presley page?
openEdit War Music
There appears to be an edit-war going on between Swim To The Moon and Scifimaster 92 on Music, here.
openCreator or Music? Music
I read somewhere that composers are supposed to be in the Creator namespace, not Music. How exactly does one distinguish a composer from a musician?
opentwo bands with the same name... Music
So, back in 2011 maybe I made the page for Music.New Yesterday. A band which is Alternative Indie and formally Latin influenced, with their Signature Song as Industrial Disco.
Looking for their new stuff, most of the Google results are about another band, apparently formed in 2015, with the same name who are Alternative Pop with a bit of Disco.
If I were to create a separate page for them, what would the distinction be? Music.New Yesterday Alt Indie band and Music.New Yesterday Alt Pop band?
Edited by lakingsifopen Justin Bieber Music
It fees like Justin Bieber's page needs an update, especially with his page image, which I uploaded one on the discussion page. Unfortunately, editing is locked.
openIs it safe to recreate this page? Music
Is it safe to recreate the Analysis page for Kidz Bop? The one that I want to recreate is completely devoid of complaining and describes why massive hits occasionally get excluded from the franchise instead of complaining about the exclusions.
openPlacing tropes in their proper pages. Music
Should tropes about a singer's personal life experiences go on their main page or their Trivia page? Also are the Trivia pages for singers limited to facts about their songs and albums?
openLegal Question Music
So, I wanted to someday possibly do an album where every song is named after a trope and then is a good example of that trope (e.g. some anvils need to be dropped.) Would this all be protected under fair use or would I get in a deep load of legal Doo Doo if I were to do this?
openYMMV Pages for Creature Feature and Rufus Rex? Music
I find it strange that YMMV.Creature Feature no longer seems to be indexed. I also don't know where to go to index YMMV.Rufus Rex. Anyone?
Why is the YMMV page for Rihanna is blocked from being created? She's a creator and the YMMV is created to discuss her work?