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Is this actually less of a ZCE? Music
The Awesome Music entry for Visage simply said that every song of theirs are awesome. Then, a troper decided to make it less of a Zero Context Example by adding specific song names. Except... That's not more context, right? Both examples are referring to a specific set of songs, and neither version actually says anything about them.
Edited by JamesJames
Unnecessarily cut WMG and Headscratchers Music
Hi, I noticed that the WMG and Headscratchers pages for Kidz Bop were cut on account of being nothing but "complaining", but I don't see anything wrong about either of them. From what I remember, the WMG one was just users predicting what songs will be on the next album and the Headscratchers page was asking why the franchise didn't cover a certain song. I don't see what's so wrong about that. I do say it is a bit surprising how people actually take this franchise seriously enough to trope it, but I guess it's because it is well-known.
Renaming The Wrecking Crew Music
I notice that The Wrecking Crew has been renamed to The Wrecking Crew (Music). It seems like the namespace system would make that redundant. Was there any discussion before the page was moved? Should I move it back?
What is the policy about links in YouTube that only some people can listen to Music
I have been reading the Dark Reprise page and a couple of the links are private why is that?
Fridge.Music Music
Can the Fridge page for Music be reverted to a previous version before Costanton 11 approved on the removing the signatures, as they're the ones that had first person references, and possibly Troper Tales and natter?
It's part of forum thread
that I'm putting in, and reverting it to a previous version makes it easier to know which are the first-person entries so that it would be easier to be edited and removed.
Requesting because I'm on limited resources; I'm using my phone at the moment and I'm using mobile data.
Edited by alnair20aug93
1000 Gecs page move? Music
There's a page for 1000 gecs, an album by the band 100 Gecs but no actual page for the band themselves. Additionally, their only output aside from the album so far is one EP. While I could see a page for the album being justifiable after further albums are released, it seems odd right now to have a page for their only album but not the creators. Should the 1000 Gecs page be cut and moved over to a new page for the band?
Edited by Pemulis_128
All Blue Entry and before trope list spoiler Music
There's an All-Blue Entry and spoiler text line before the trope list on The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny.
For the All Blue Entry, I think maybe cut all the potholes except the ones for the works where the characters are from
subject of creating nightmare fuel page Music
I am trying to create a nightmare fuel page for the band Cephalic Carnage but have no idea how. Help please?
Nightmare fuel pages Music
Bands that could REALLY use their own nightmare fuel pages: The Acacia Strain Periphery Cephalic Carnage Sunn O))) Nile Converge
Darth Wiki or not? Music
So I've noticed recently mods going around and fixing Most Annoying Sound in YMMV pages to be now Darth Wiki/Most Annoying Sound... which is then followed by random users deleting the entry, citing it's Darth Wiki and thus does not belong to YMMV.
Am I missing some important decision or discussion? Should Most Annoying Sound be just removed from YMMV? Are people cutting it out from YMMV in the wrong? I'm confused and I need answers
Seeking the trope for a Karnivool lyric Music
Deleated by OP; moved to Trope Finder.
Edited by TVRepairman
Creating a page for multiple artists Music
Hi. I'd like to trope circles that make fanmade Touhou music, but there are a bunch of circles I don't have a lot to say about. Is it okay if I create a page titled Music.Touhou Fanmade Arrangements and make it similar to the BEMANI page?
Why was Ear worm made in-universe only? Music
So, I just became aware of this and I am curious why? I'm guessing too many examples otherwise?
Can I do cleanup on LyricalDissonance? Music
Yesterday, I checked out the Lyrical Dissonance page, and noticed that many of the songs listed were in fact songs with both sad lyrics and a sad melody. (The prime example would be "Youngstown" by Bruce Springsteen. Go and listen to it right now; it's probably Bruce's most underrated song.)
Is it cool with everyone if I go ahead and delete those faulty examples?
(And seriously, go listen to "Youngstown." You'll be happy you did.)
EDIT: I've deleted every example that I know is wrong. Be great if somebody who knows the other music helped out with the rest. Thanks, mates!
Edited by MichaelKatsuro
Album Filler Music
Shouldn't Album Filler be YMMV? It doesn't have any examples apart from parodies and mentions, but it's linked on a lot of main music pages, and that seems pretty wrong unless there's a Word of God confirmation.
Edited by TropesForever
Tropers in Coon Rapids, MN - Is Bobby on Thin Ice a real band? Music
Exactly What It Says on the Tin : I've found very few online references to a band that supposedly released three albums and was working on a fourth when they broke up. Can anyone from Coon Rapids, MN vouch that they are? Bobby On Thin Ice
Edited by Exxolon
Sam Smith edits removed without reason Music
So to my knowledge, Sam Smith is now gender-neutral (not a he or she) and asjshfsdf has removed my edits from the page with no edit reason, I am presuming because he is no longer a "man" or "male".
- A Man Is Always Eager: "Dancing with a Stranger" is about someone after a breakup and being conflicted with sexual urges while lamenting about his ex. Of course, they have sex or hook up simply because "I don't wanna be alone tonight".
- I'm a Man; I Can't Help It: "Dancing with a Stranger" tries to twist the blame on the ex for making him have sex with someone else where it was the ex's fault that he can't control his own sexual urges and his partner couldn't satisfy him which led him to find someone else.
But these are examples about his songs not about him as a person, but since Smith's music has been mostly gender-neutral, I'm conflicted on whether the examples should stay. As I presumed when he was still a male when he made the song, it was written from a male perspective, but maybe his music was always from an ambiguous perspective the whole time? Thoughts?
Chaotic evil automatically a YMMV trope? Music
Was editing the page for Razia's Shadow and tried adding the Chaotic Evil trope to the list of examples, but it automatically turned into a YMMV trope instead of a normal bullet point trope. Is Chaotic Evil automatically a YMMV / subjective interpretation trope? I would have thought if the character being described never has his motivations for an evil deed explained in canon apart from "because he wants to", that would count as Chaotic Evil, no YMMV about it. (For context: the character in question is Barayas the spider, who in the song "The Spider and the Lamps" from the musical Razia's Shadow encourages another character to literally Set the World on Fire without apparently gaining anything from it himself. Lyrics of the song here: https://genius.com/Forgive-durden-the-spider-and-the-lamps-lyrics)
Is there any way to sumbit the Chaotic Evil trope to the examples list without turning into a YMMV trope? Or should I just submit it to the YMMV page?
ChristianRock examples Music
Just asking for confirmation, but works listed in Genre pages don't really need context to justify why the work is a part of the genre right?
I'm wondering because the examples listed in Christian Rock is really messy right now, with almost every entry being written in rambling paragraphs that has a lot of indentation issues. I just removed an entry that was listed three times in the page (because with the Wall of Text, I suppose it's harder to see which bands have already been written on the page).
Not to mention, a lot of the artists/bands listed in the page aren't even Rock...
Edited by Adept
Suicide warning kosher? Music
The page for Kurt Cobain has a suicide warning on the top of it. Is this kosher? Doesn't seem like it should be.
Kidz Bop headscratchers page Music
Is there anything remotely salvageable on Headscratchers.Kidz Bop?
Most of it is complaining about how they didn't cover a specific song or whatnot, which is outside the bounds of their actual work.
Edit War Music
KJ Tropes is re-adding entries to Nobody Loves the Bassist without comment, after their removal (with explanation).
Edited by Jhimmibhob
Inconsistent namespacing with Standard Snippet subpages Music
Is there a reason why some of the Standard Snippet subpages are under Music/ (eg. Ride of the Valkyries) and list examples as Standard Snippet (eg. "Standard Snippet: Ride of the Valkyries plays as Alice rides into battle"), while some are under Main/ (eg. Amazing Freaking Grace) and list examples as themselves (eg. "Amazing Freaking Grace: This plays at Alice's funeral")?
Edited by Synchronicity